Six New Decatur Industries Bring Experience and Money
Six new Decatur companies formed by high school juniors and seniors operate under Junior Achievement of Decatur Inc. with products from Presto Memo to six arm towel racks. The program teaches free enterprise, with about 18 advisors guiding the six student-run firms. Products sell for a $1 ceiling price and are marketed door to door, aiming to expand countywide if successful.
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Decatur
Mike Freeman
Junior Achievement of Decatur, Inc
Jaco Supply Co
Edward Glenn
Nina Bailey
Handy Products Co
Marshall Christian
Francine Wahl
Patricia Sivley
J. A. Wood Co
Bryan Owens
Nancy Washington
Lyle Looney
Algope Enterprises
Vernon Mathis
Becky Burlson
Pat Smith
Alabama Flour Mills
The
Chemstrand Co
Decatur Sand and Gravel
Decatur Transfer
State National Bank
Decatur Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Goodyear. Mills
Gobble
Decatur High School
David Heckler
Phyllis Bogle
Burleson
David Owens
Junior Editors Quiz on Light and the speed of light
The article explains light travels 186 282 miles per second and notes Roemer and Michelson figures. it highlights vast cosmic distances measured in light years and invites readers to mail in answers for a prize. Scott Watson wins a 20 volume World Book Encyclopedia set.
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Olaus Roemer
Jupiter
Earth
Roemer
Michelson
Scott Watson
Travis A. F. B
Calif
Kennedy Mention Comes Up In Hoffa Jury Selection
In Chattanooga, Attorney General Kennedy’s name surfaces during jury questioning as lawyers pick jurors for James Hoffa on a jury tampering charge. Hoffa co defendants include Dorfman Tweet Campbell Parks King, linked to the 1962 Nashville conspiracy case that ended with a hung jury.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Robert F. Kennedy
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
U.S. Dist
Frank Wilson
Limestone County 4H Talent Show Saturday in Athens
Limestone County 4H Club talent show set for Saturday at Athens Elementary. Officials say the event begins around 9 30 a m with both elementary and senior division winners to be selected.
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Athens
Cotton Soil Bank Opposed by Alabama Panel
Alabama Cotton Study Committee opposes a soil bank plan, urging quick presidential and congressional action while warning of harm to Alabama agriculture. They ask to extend the March 15 allotment transfer deadline and send copies to Johnson and Freeman.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Cotton Study Committee
Congress
Johnson
Orville Freeman
State Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Soil Bank
George Grant
Grant
Secretary of Agriculture
Ovid A. Martin Washington
Wheat Dominance Highlighted In Agriculture Report
An Agriculture Department report notes wheat domination in the market or crop focus. The brief emphasizes wheat as the leading crop, reflecting prevailing agricultural trends and potential policy implications.
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Agriculture Department
Lawrence Holds Four After Raid
MOULTON Lawrence County Sheriff Neal Fretwell said four persons were arrested after a wildcat whisky raid. The four named are Elsie Hardin Dave Terry J Q Terry and Stanley Hutto. Hardin and Dave Terry faced distilling charges while J Q Terry and Hutto faced possession of stills. Two 500 gallon stills were destroyed about 10 miles northwest of here.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Neal Fretwell
Fretwell
Elsie Hardin
Dave Terry
J. Q. Terry
Stanley Hutto
Hardin
Hutton
Here
Mailboxes Damaged Across Priceville Area
Deputies report at least a dozen mailboxes damaged from Priceville to Priceville Mountain on Highway 67 and along Shoal Creek Road. Postal Inspector H B Raley unavailable for comment. An owner reportedly saw the vandals’ vehicle.
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Priceville
Morgan County
Priceville Mountain
Highway 67
Shoal Creek Rd
H. B. Raley
Rural poverty hits sixteen million in nation
The Agriculture Department reports sixteen million of the 35 million families in poverty live in rural areas. Poverty defined at net incomes of 3000 dollars or less including self produced food and housing value. Regional concentration spans Appalachia to northern Alabama and Georgia to Oklahoma with pockets in Illinois Indiana Ohio and northwest regions.
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Washington
America
Agriculture Department
Apprachian
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Texas
Oklahoma
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Lakes States
Northwest
Limestone County board approves additions and purchases
Athens The Limestone County Board of Education votes to fund an 18000 dollar expansion at West Limestone High School for vocational agriculture and home economics. The board also allocates 10000 dollars to three schools for water access and buys a county wrecker for 5564.03 from Home Wrecker Co. in Chattanooga.
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Athens
Limestone County Board of Education
West Limestone High School
George Roberts
Roberts
the Daily
West Limestone
Mooresville
Belle Mina
Limestone Sale Promises 500 Pigs At Barn Auction
Limestone County Agent's office reports about 500 feeder pigs to be sold today at the fifth Limestone County Feeder Pig Association sale. The auction starts at 1 30 p m at the sale barn just off Highway 1.
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Athens
Limestone County
Limestone County Feeder Pig Association
GOP Primary Urged to Boost Alabama Election Prospects
Julian Elgin of Montgomery urged a Republican primary to strengthen GOP chances in the presidential race. He wrote to state Rep. Tandy Little, chair of a study committee, as it prepared its report for the State Republican Executive Committee meeting in Mobile.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Julian Elgin
Tandy Little
Little
Republican Executive Committee
Mobile
Elgin
George Wallace
Johnson
Court Continues Its Slow Pace
Morgan County Court's criminal division moved at a sluggish pace on its third day. Jack Tapscott pled guilty to three counts of prohibition law violations, receiving $275 in fines and three months in jail. Buck Stinson was found not guilty, Lillie Pearl Blackman’s case was continued, and Lynn Williams’ trial began yesterday afternoon.
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Morgan County Court
Jack Tapscott
Lewis West
West
Buck Stinson
Lillie Pearl Blackman
Judge West
Lynn Williams
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Gala Gibson
William Grubbs
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George D. Aiken
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Blake
Lawrence
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American Express
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Gulf
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B’ham Trust
Sears
Whitewall
Safe-Trac
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