Skyline Corp Plans New Decatur Plant With 100 Jobs
Skyline Corp of Elkhart Indiana confirms immediate construction of a 66 000 square foot mobile home plant on 18 acres south of Decatur on U S 31. Initial employment will be 100 with potential to reach 300 to 400 as suppliers and industries attract others. The project is part of a 1968 69 expansion totaling over 4 million dollars, reaching 1 600 000 square feet of space after completion in spring 1969.
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Skyline Corp
Elishart
Skyline
Arthur J. Decio
V. Brewer
U. S. 31
Decatur
Decio
Orporation
102 Degrees Sunday Sets Heat Record In Area
A scorching 102 degrees was recorded Sunday by the Decatur Gas Department, the first local reading to exceed 100. At 8:30 am the department logged 90 degrees, with state readings showing Muscle Shoals at 100 and the Decatur-Huntsville bureau listing 97.
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Decatur Gas Department
Gas Department
Decatur- Huntsville
Decatur-Huntsville
Muscle Shoals
U S and Soviet to begin talks on missile limits
President Johnson announced that the United States and the Soviet Union will start talks soon to limit offensive and defensive nuclear missiles. The announcement came at the White House amid the signing of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty with 51 nations joining. Kosygin in Moscow urged international disarmament talks including halting weapon manufacture and stockpile reductions.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Soviet Union
White House
London
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
UN envoy invited for Geneva nuclear conference rejected
U N spokesman said Communist China refused to accept a Thant invitation for Beijing to attend a U N sponsored nuclear conference in Geneva. In Washington three of five FTC members urged a total ban on cigarette advertising on television and radio.
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United Nations, N.Y
China
UU Thant
Peking
Geneva
U.N
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Three Qualify For City Race
The mayor council election field grows to 20 as three candidates qualify for council. Mrs Phylliss Sidebotham and J B Carter for Place 4 along with Wallace Meadows for Place 1 submitted their filings with the city clerk.
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Phylliss Sidebotham
J B. Carter
Wallace Meadows
Russians Force Down U S Troop Plane Off Course
A Seaboard World Airlines DC-8 with 214 U.S. servicemen aboard was forced to land on Iturup Island in the Kuril chain after straying off course while en route to Vietnam from McChord AFB. The incident drew rapid diplomatic contact as the crew and passengers were held while Soviet authorities investigated.
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U.S
Washington
Vietnam
Pacific Ocean
McChord Air Base
Seattle
Wash
Iturup Island
Kuril Chain
Northern Pacific
State Department
MI6
Sturup
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Moscow
Alexei Kosygin
Vsily V. Kuznetsov
Pentagon
Seaboard World Airlines
Joseph Tosolini
Seaboard
Final Hospital Deeds Expected This Week
Land purchases for the 155 acre Lurleen B. Wallace Mental Retardation Hospital are to be completed this week. Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control chair Guy Roberts said deeds for the remaining 16 acres will finalize the acquisition for the project.
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Lurleen B. Wallace
Guy Roberts
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Roberts
Markets At A Glance New York Stocks Decline Amid Mixed Commodities
New York stocks slipped in moderate trade with cotton mixed. Wheat, corn, oats, and soybeans mostly fell on liquidation, while hogs rose 25 to 75 cents and slaughter steers gained 25 cents with sizable receipts.
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New York
Chicago
R& Furniture Announces New Store Hours
The furniture store R and Furniture reports new operating hours from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily with all day Wednesday service. Contact 353-2370 for more details.
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R& Furniture
Ady
Southern Bell Changes Listing and New Bell System Firm
South Central Bell begins operations in Decatur marking a transition from Southern Bell. The new company, headquartered in Birmingham, becomes the world’s largest telecom firm with assets over 2 billion dollars and over 5.5 million telephones in Alabama Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi and Tennessee. It is the 24th Bell operating company and employs more than 40 000 across five states. Decatur Exchange lists over 380 employees as part of the transition.
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Decatur
Southern Bell
South Central Bell
Southern Bel
Alabama
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Birmingham
Nationwide
Bell
Ed Southern Bell Co
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Decatur Exchange
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