Monsanto hires two engineers for Acrilan dept in Decatur
James W. Skeeles and James D. Smitherman join Monsanto as process engineers in the Acrilan manufacturing division. Skeeles, Alabama native with degrees from Louisiana Tech, previously worked for Tersa Gas Transmission and Calcasieu Paper Co. Smitherman, from Talladega, earned a University of Alabama engineering degree and came from Owens Corning Fiberglass Co. in Anderson, South Carolina. A Census Bureau survey announces next week in area to assess job tenure for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Circuit Judge James Bloodworth to lead a seminar on new criminal law developments at a Maryland conference. Ted Otis of Decatur receives two concurrent three-year federal liquor-law sentences after a Feb raid involving 19 suspects.
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Monsanto
Alabama
Acrilan Manufacturing
James W. Skeeles
James D. Smitherman
Keeles
Louisiana Tech
Tersa Gas Transmission Co
Owensboro
Calcasieu Paper Co
Elizabeth
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Cardinal Dr. SW
Decatur
Smitherman
Talladega
University of Alabama
Owens Corning Fiberglass Co
Anderson, S.C
Carol Jean
14Th Ave
U.S Bureau of the Census
Faye C. Glover
Cullman
Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Morgan-Litestone County
James Bloodworth
State of Maryland
Baltimore
Bloodworth
National College of Trial Judges
Reno
Nev
Ted Otis
Birmingham
Otis
U.S
Clarence Allgood
Allgood
One-Eyed Dog Squeaki Saves Man From Burning House
In Montgomery Alabama an elderly man credits his one eyed dog Squeaki with waking him as flames from a heater engulfed his home. He fled with the dog in his arm, house destroyed, and plans to move to a hotel while leaving Squeaki behind at the ruined site.
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Montgomery
Ala
John L. Ingram
Squeaki
Ingram
Decatur Woman Joins UA Huntsville as Temporary Earth Science Instructor
Mrs. John Osterlund of Decatur appointed a temporary earth science instructor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. A Florence State College graduate, she nears MA requirements in earth science, specializing in geography, with prior teaching in Decatur and Florence, plus lab instruction at UA Tuscaloosa. Also notes a fire at Industrial Uniform Service causing about 500 dollars in damage, 100 garments affected, sprinkler system activated, cause under investigation. Regular convocation of Decatur chapter 38 Royal Arch Masons set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Masonic Temple.
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John Osterlund
Decatur
University of Alabama
Huntsville
Osterlund
Florence State College
Decatur City
Tuscaloosa
Kappa Delta Pi
Rudy Mabrey
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
Garden City native Arzt helps world’s fourth heart transplant
Dr. Donald C. Harrison of Stanford, a Garden City native, played a major role in the world’s fourth human heart transplant. At 33, he serves as Chief of Cardiology at Stanford and helped locate a donor for Kasperak, while his wife Laura McAnnally Harrison notes his focus on post operative care and family life.
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DAILY
Garden City
Cullman County
Donald C. Harrison
Harrison
Laura McAnnally
Hanceville High School
Decatur Daily
Stanford
Calif
Harrisons
Florence State College
Stanford School of Medicine
Virginia White
Santa Clara
Mike Kasperak
East Palo Alto
Hanceville High
FSC
Birmingham Southern College
Birmingham School
University of Alabama Medical School
R. C. McAnnally
McAnnally
Boston
Mass
Peters Bent Bringham Hospital
Stanford University
Medical School
Innovation Is Key Says Ben Brown at Decatur Lions Club
Ben B Brown of Southern Bell Alabama urged innovation defined as new useful products and services with marketing as the key. He cited television, tires in stores, and the evolving telephone industry while warning free enterprise must be guarded to keep US progress. He praised the Junior Achievement program for teaching how money is earned and the nation’s growth.
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Cora Blair
Ben B. Brown
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Alabama
Decatur Lions Club
Brown
America
United States
U. S
Durham
N.C
Southern Bell
Charlotte
Birmingham
Lions Club
Frank L. Chenault—Jr
Teft
Talks Brown
Lion Dan Beaty
Decatur
Billy Smith
Weather Hurting Alabama Seafood Industry
The weather slows parts of Alabama's seafood sector while shrimp remains steady. William Anderson of the State Conservation Department's Seafood Division reports oyster production down at least 30 percent in the last quarter of 1967 amid windy wet conditions and reduced catches.
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Mobile. Ala
Alabama
State Conservation Depart
William Anderson
Governor Wallace feeling fine after second betatron treatment
Alabama Governor Lurleen Wallace remained at a Houston hospital for a third betatron radiation session aimed at destroying a pelvic growth possibly malignant. An M. D. Anderson spokesman said she was progressing despite tests last week and a surgery in July, with her husband former Gov. George Wallace nearby.
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Houston. Tex
Alabama
Lurleen Wallace
M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute
Estate Receives 30000 After Alabama Crash Verdict
The State Board of Adjustments awarded 30000 to the estate of Mr and Mrs George Hes berger and their infant son who died in a 1967 crash on U S 82 in Bullock County Alabama caused by an improperly marked curve and a lower shoulder. Other awards included 19000 to a Childersburg widow and 11088 to Walter Earl Rogers with 8000 to Mrs Dee Roberts widow.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Board of Adjustments
Chicago
Alabama
George Hesberger
U.S. 82
Bullock County
Childersburg
Betty Sue McInnish
U.S. 280
Bibb County
Walter Earl Rogers
Highway Department
Dee Roberts
Rogers
Roberts
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Bloodworth Seminar
Skeeles
Squeaks
Kasperak
Innovation
Ben Brown
Robin Hanan
Alabama Commission On the Aging
Phil Cox
Commission
Hugh Maddox
State of Alabama Commission On Aging
Ira Myers
Myers
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Bessemer
West Blocton
C. R. Reeves
Reeves
Cecil Calvin McClellan
Joy Bethea
Ment’s Seafood Division
Gov. Wallace
Mobile Bay
Anderson
A. V. Gonzales
Gulf of Mexico
Mexican
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Bayou la Batre
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