Separate development proposal from Jessie Gillespie letter
Publisher Jessie Gillespie urges Negroes to reject integrationist groups and push for self rule in the South. She praises Mound Bayou as proof of black self-governance and calls for counter-picketing against white agitators, expressing strong segregationist views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAACP
CORE
SNCC
Martin Luther King
Aaron Henry
Mound Bayou
Miss
South
Jessie Gillespie
Mid-South
Walls
Mississippi
Service News From Fort Gordon Honors Area Men In Service
Pvt Jerry L. Barnette 23 completed eight week radio relay and carrier operation course at the Army Southeastern Signal School under the Reserve Enlistment Program. He trained to operate field radio relay carriers and related gear after basic at Ft Polk. Barnette, a 1959 Decatur High School graduate, earlier worked for Southern Bell and is the son of Mr and Mrs John E Barnette of Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnette
Ft. Polk
Decatur High School
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co
John E. Barnette
2Nd St. SW
Local Servicemen Report From West Point High and Navy Base
Burden son of Mr and Mrs William G Burden Vinemont 3 entered the Army in February and is a 1960 graduate of West Point High School He completed basic training at Fort Gordon Ga He is a 1960 graduate of Lauderdale County High School and was employed at Cleveland Ohio prior to entering the service Firemen Apprentice Bobby D Ball and Ralph Calwell are crew members of the USS Bennington serving with the 7th Fleet in the Far East Ball is the son of Mr and Mrs Brady Ball Decatur 2 Calwell is the son of Mr and Mrs Mark Calwell Athens 2 James F Tapscott 17 son of Mr and Mrs Woodrow Tapscott Hartselle 4 and Jerry Montgomery 17 son of Mr Thad H Montgomery Hartselle 3 recently completed basic training at the Naval Training Center here.
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Ft. Gordon
Lauderdale County High School
Cleveland
Ohio
Bobby D. Ball
Ralph Calwell
USS
Bennington
7Th Fleet
Far East
Ball
Brady Ball
Decatur 2
Calwell
Mark Calwell
Athens 2
Great Lakes, Ill
James F. Tapscott
Woodrow Tapscott
Jerry Montgomery
Thad H. Montgomery
Naval Training Center
Barksdale
Richard M. Barksdale
Irvin St
Athens
Ft Gordon
Training and air power missions for USAF in Vietnam aid
RNING, JULY 12, 1964 B72 services for USAF personnel who are training and assisting the Vietnamese in the fight against communist aggression. PACAF oversees the training mission and provides air power to defend the U S and its allies in the Pacific and Far East. The airman's wife, Sue, is the daughter of G H Rowe Hance ville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USAF
PACAF
U.S
Pacific
Far East
Sue
G. H. Rowe Hanceville
Nday
R_ DALY
Two Soldiers Complete Artillery Training at Fort Sill
In Fort Sill Oklahoma Pvt Roy D Fleming has completed advanced training as a cannoneer and Pvt Alden L Burden finished an artillery survey course at the Army Artillery and Missile Center. Fleming is the son of Mr and Mrs Ollis J Fleming of Rogersville. He joined the service in 1958.
Army and Air Force Promotions and Assignments Noted
7th Infantry Division in Korea reports Russell D. Barksdale promoted to specialist four and Army Sgt J C O'Brien assigned June 17. Barksdale, radio operator, is son of Richard M. and Mary Barksdale of Athens Ohio. O'Brien, training NCO, is son of Eva M. Mansfield of Wadsworth Ohio, wife Frances at Paradise Trailer Court. Airman Bradley C. Cook, son of G C and wife, is reassigned to Seymour Johnson AFB North Carolina after three years in West Berlin. he and family to visit parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
7Th Infantry
Korea
Russell D. Barksdale
Army
J. C. William O’brien
Sgt
O’brien
Eva M. Mansfield
Wadsworth
Ohio
Frances
Paradise Trailer Court
Bradley C. Cook
G. C. Cook
Magnolia St
Symour Johnson Air Force Base
N.C
West Berlin
The Jar Seal Science Demo by Bob Brown
Science For You presents a jar sealing experiment with two Kerr lids and jars. One jar holds cold water the other hot. after cooling the hot jar produces a ringing lid while the cold jar yields a dull tap. Condensation creates a partial vacuum so atmospheric pressure presses the hot jar lid inward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Brown
Reynolds Joins PACAF Role as Aircraft Mechanic
Saigon Viet Nam A.2.C. Charles J Reynolds son of Mrs Velma Reynolds Cullman 6 is now on duty here with a unit of the US Pacific Air Forces Reynolds is an aircraft mechanic and is helping provide essential support and backup duties with the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Viet Nam
Charles J. Reynolds
Velma Reynolds
Cullman 6
Pacific Air Forces
PACAF
Reynolds
Jungle march completed by Sgt. John Ferrell in Canal Zone
Army Sgt. John D. Ferrell of Co. C 3d Battalion 508th Infantry finished a 60 mile jungle march across the Canal Zone from Atlantic to Pacific. He is 23, entered the Army in 1958, stationed in the Zone since 1963, and home in Decatur at 1510 11th Ave SE. Assets in employee welfare and pension plans totaled about $66 billion in 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Kobbe
Canal Zone
John D. Ferrell
Becky
11Th Ave
Decatur
508Th Infantry
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Ferrell
Co. C
3D Battalion
Army
Bertha D. Ferrell
Elkmont High School
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Decatur Daily
P. O. Box
Phil Campbell
Ala
Decatur Daily Decatur
FT. Gordon, Ga
Jerry L. Barnette
Sherman
H. H. Watson
Civitan
Decatur Civitan Club
Harry Hamme
Charles Bradford
Lewis West
John Street
Aaron Michaels
Sargeant At
Ronald Reinhardt
Bob Ford
Noel Callahan
Wayne Wales
Euel Briscoe
Leonard Moody
Woodcrest
Seersucker
New Fall
Oordecatur
Science
New York
Ry Wee ‘Marr
United States
Boy Te
Dacron
W.t.grant CO
Nec Atic Schadping
Oni
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