Me Retire Now Come Back In Five Years
Elkmont High history teacher Miss Bertha Martin denies retirement rumors. She plans to teach another term and sponsor the senior class at Elkmont High, saying she loves teaching and may work longer to support her family amid Viet Nam concerns.
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Faye Blair
Elemont
M. O
Miss Bertha) Martin
Limestone County
Bertha
Auburn
Biloxi
Miss
Viet Nam
Martin
Pettysville
Piney Chapel Jr. High School
Pisgah
C. S. Pettus
Why Columbus Didn’t Have a Continent Named After Him
A reader asks why Columbus’s discovery was not named for him and explores his voyages from 1492 to 1501 plus Amerigo Vespucci’s role. The piece notes Columbus’s mistaken India goal, lands sighted including San Salvador, Cuba, Hispaniola, and the Virgin Islands, and Vespucci’s later naming of America.
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Columbus
America
Ferdinand
Isabella
Spain
San Salvador
Watling Island
Bahamas
India
Japan
Cuba
Hispaniola
Haiti
Dominican Republic
New World
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Jamaica
Trinidad
South America
Asia
Erigo Vespucci
John Cabot
Nova Scotia
Vespucci
Almerigo Vespucci
Marshall Loses Funds For Project
The Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville lost a 581000 construction project after a compromised space program was adopted by the Senate House Conference Committee. The announcement came Tuesday after Senate approval and House rejection amid a 4.2 billion civilian space program for the fiscal year. NASA would receive 4 2480000000 funding, with over half aimed at manned lunar effort before 1970.
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Washington
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Senate
House Conference Committee
House
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cattlemen Tour Belle Mina Station in North Alabama
Cattlemen from 13 North Alabama counties toured the Belle Mina Experimental Station on Tuesday to study feeding practices and marketing methods for cattle. Superintendent John Boseck spoke on finishing steers for slaughter and on carcass weight versus live weight sales. The event ran from 9 to 11:30 a.m. with a barbecue lunch.
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Belle Mina
North Alabama
John Boseck
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Miss Bertha) Martin Sr
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Peas
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U. S. Choice
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Jim Dandy
Lafayette and
Sycamore Streets
Belle Mina Station
Tulsa
Oklahoma
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