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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1961
Page
3
The Space Unit center has grown since last July 1 with 5,400 staff and 100 more to reach 5,500. Payroll totaled 20 million for the six months. Major work ties to Saturn launches, with a new Saturn booster static test facility planned at Redstone Arsenal. The Cape Canaveral complex includes a blockhouse launch utilities and instrumentation.
In Auburn Alabama a masked gunman robbed the Bank of Auburn taking an estimated 30 000 to 35 000. Police from city county state and the FBI pursued the suspect but lacked solid leads. The bandit described as about 35 years old 5 feet 9 inches 160 pounds with dark hair and wearing a beige coat remains at large.
The center began operations on July 1 with four staff and a civil service payroll of about $1,859,000. A separate contractor workforce of 1,698 supports the center at the arsenal and in Huntsville, with a monthly payroll exceeding $1,000,000.
Authorities report two women seriously injured in a shooting at a Huntsville city area farmhouse. Mrs White and Mrs McCarver, both with children, were residents of the farmhouse as investigators pursued leads on the case.
Classes will resume Wednesday for both day and evening students at St for completion of the first semester of the 1960 61 academic year.
Athens reports Limestone County court processed thirty cases Friday including highway intoxication and speeding violations, public drunkenness, no drivers license, hunting without license, reckless driving after hours, and running a stop sign.
West Germany and the Soviet Union signed a three year trade agreement ending disputes over West Berlin. The pact maintains status quo with a Berlin clause to protect West Berlin, expands trade by 20 percent, and covers 1958 to 1960 levels. The deal received backing from major parties including the Social Democrats.
Manuel Alves in Rio de Janeiro has regained sight after 26 years of blindness due to a firecracker injury at age nine. Doctors performed the operation this year and report successful visual restoration.
A partial OCR fragment describes a confrontation with a gun, a cashier handed a sack, and an instruction to sit with someone. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names, dates, or full actions.
President elect Kennedy appoints C Weaver of New York as administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency making the highest level Negro in government. Weaver, NAACP chair, plans to resign his post. Kennedy praises his housing expertise. Bundy named for national security. Furcolo criticizes the choice.
New Delhi India Prime Minister Nehru urged farmers at a community development conference to abandon antiquated plows and embrace modern tools saying man is a tool making animal. He warned against remaining in the cow-dung age.
President Jack Warner of Tuscaloosa reports that 215 expansions with $163.5 million in capital and 147 new industries investing about $64.9 million will expand the economy. He cites job creation near 13,500 and increased use of debarking and chipping machines in Alabama saw mills turning waste into usable products.
Moscow AP reports two scientists claim to pinpoint artificial satellite locations up to 240 miles high with an accuracy as close as two yards. Francois Barles and Paul Milfier of the Meudon Observatory lead the study.
The massive television antenna atop the Empire State Building provides coverage for all of New York City. Local officials note its role in broadcasting and communication across the metropolis.
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