Athens Bible School Enters 21st Year of Growth
Athens Bible School marks 21 years in operation as it reflects on origins in Limestone County. Founder efforts in the 1940s raised money for a 14 acre campus, with early leaders Irven Lee A J Rollings Benny Lee Fudge and others guiding growth from a frame building to a modern campus.
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Winford Turner
Athens
Athens Bible School
Ryan
Here
Irven Lee
A. J. Rollings
Bennie Lee Fudge
North Alabama School
Fudge
Athens Agricultural School
David Lipscomb College
Norman L. Parks
E. H. Sjams
Rollings
Lee
M. A. Creel
Limestone County
Creel
O. G. Johnson
Wiley Bullington
Charles Chumley
Chumley
Wayne Hemingway
Cliff Buchanan
State Department of Education
Buchanan
Limestone
Morgan
Madison
Lawrence
Lauderdale
Cit
Nick Davis
Higway 31
S. Hoffman St
Church of Christ
Dirksen Backs LBJ Tax Effort
Sen. Everett Dirksen of Illinois pledged Republican support for the 11.5 billion tax reduction bill to reach President Johnson after mid February. He backs longer daily Senate sessions to speed final vote by early February, as Democrats plan to vote by February 11. Johnson says each day of delay costs about 30 million in lost economic activity due to higher withholding.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Johnson
Dirksen
Senate
Repub
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate House
Congressional
House
Senate Committee
Kennedy visits grave of sister during Malaysia ceasefire push
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy visits his sister’s grave in northern England before resuming talks with British officials on his Malaysia peace mission. He plans to press Sukarno to honor the ceasefire in Borneo and attend lunch at Chequers with key ministers and the U.S. ambassador as the nine day deadline nears.
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Milton Marmor
London
Robert F. Kennedy
England
Malaysia
Kennedy
Sukarno
Indonesia
Borneo
Sir
Alec Douglas-Home
Chequers
Richard A. Butler
Commonwealth
Duncan Sandys
Defense
Peter Thorneycroft
U.S
David Bruce
Asia
Philippines
Britain
Athens High Girl Wins Junior Miss
A 17 year old Athens High School senior was crowned Limestone County's first Junior Miss at Athens Junior High School auditorium. Ann Britt, daughter of Mr and Mrs R C Britt, Athens, won over seven contestants with Miss Littrell as first runner up.
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Athens High
Athens
Limestone County
Ann Britt
R. C. Britt
C. P. Hay
Sarah Frances Conner
Lauderdale County
S. E. Stewart
State National Bank of Alabama
Decatur
Carolyn House
Mary McMunn
Sherie Keyes
Betty Agee
Faye Littrell
Marcia Usery
Elkmont
Carolyn Harrison
West Limestone
Littrell
Britt
Birmingham
Mobile
Escapee Watson Captured in Birmingham
A. C. Watson, a convicted burglar who escaped from Morgan County jail with Robert Carr, has been apprehended in Birmingham. The deputy said Watson will likely stay there to face escape charges filed before his Morgan County felony. The FBI continues to search for Carr.
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Morgan County
A. C. Watson
Birmingham
Watson
Robert Fred Carr
FBI
Carr
Glassharmonics in 18th Century Stage Instrument
The hydrodaktyle psychic har monica appears as a name linked to an 18th century musical instrument also called a glasspiel. This device produces sound by rubbing wet fingertips along the rims of glasses.
First Chemical Process: Heating Wood to Charcoal
The earliest chemical process discovered involved heating wood to create charcoal. Char coal fuel, burning with little flame or smoke, provides about twice the heating power of wood.
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Turner
C. V. McKee
Clinton Ezell
W. B. Bullington
J. Barney Griffin
Joe H. Morris
Nasium
Billy Joe Thrasher
Lena Killen
Billy Jo Thrasher
Midwestern Baptist Schools
Bible Institute, College, Seminary) OF
Pontiac, Mich
Grace Baptist Church
Sherman
Riverview
Old Testament and New Testament Survey
Noles
Ralph Jones
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable’s
Million Dollar Club
Jones
Equitable
Group Insurance
Family Insurance
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