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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1966

Page

7

Integration attitudes shift between North and South in 1966 survey

George Gallup reports a shift in white attitudes on integration outside the South from 36 percent too fast in August 1965 to 44 percent in 1966. In the South, too fast dropped from 69 percent to 62 percent as of May, with Northern whites increasingly opposed to mixed schools and Southern whites also showing decline.

George Gallup Princeton N. J South American Institute of Public Opinion

Minutemen Ready For Strange War

A Midwestern AP report details the Minuteman missile system at Malmstrom AFB Great Falls Montana. Capt Carmine Parrella Jr and Lt Alan Lutsky run 24 hour shifts in an 80 foot underground launch control center guarding 10 missiles and an alert readiness system.

Doug Huigen Great Falls Mont Belt Carmine D. Parrella Jr Malmstrom Air Force Base Air Force Viet Nam United States Arctic Circle Parrella Alan L. Lutsky Minuteman Lutsky Alpha Flight Sage Parella

Sinatra Marries Mia Farrow On Airplane Flight

Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow wed in a brief ceremony at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas after a flight-filled romance beginning in 1954. The 50 year old singer and 21 year old actress announced they would fly to New York, with airport officials noting the jet did not land there. The ceremony was performed by District Judge William Compton with Jack Entratter hosting.

Palm Springs Calif Frank Sinatra Mia Farrow Las Vegas Sinatra London New York Miss Farrow Los Angeles Jets Peyton Place Sands Hotel van Nuys Here Desert Spa William Compton Jack Entratter Sands Maureen O’sullivan John Farrow Entratter William Goetz Red Skelton Hollywood Nancy Barbato Frank Jr Nancy Christina Tina California Nevada Ava Gardner

Jomes Urges Tripling U S Pollution Funds

Rep Robert E Jones D Ala urged tripling federal spending to combat water pollution and expand research and development He said industry should play a major role in antipollution programs and that funds must rise tenfold for significant progress.

Decatur Daily Level-7 Jones House Subcommittee On Natural Resources and Power House Science Washington Robert E. Jones D-Ala

L'stone Courthouse Annex Two-Thirds Complete

Athens construction of the $169000 courthouse annex is about two thirds finished. The boards of education and revenue expect to move into it by August 29. Chambers Lumber Co. of Athens builds on the old county jail site. the education board contributes 50000 toward the cost with the revenue board paying the rest.

Limestone Courthouse Limestone County Boards of Revenue and Athens Boards of Education and Revenue Chambers Lumber Co Board of Education Board of Revenue C. S. Pettus Pettus

TVA Timber For Sale On Pickwick Wheeler And Guntersville Lands

TVA offers about 2 440 023 board feet of sawtimber and 86 4 cords of pulpwood on Pickwick Wheeler and Guntersville Reservoir lands in Mississippi and Alabama. Five sales include Yellow Creek embayment Colbert Steam Plant Elk River Caperton Ferry North Sauty Creek. Sealed bids due 10 00 a m CST August 17 1966 in Muscle Shoals Alabama.

Tennessee Valley Authority Pickwick, Wheeler Guntersville Pickwick Reservoir Yellow Creek Tishomingo County Mississippi Colbert Steam Plant Colbert County Alabama Elk River Limestone County Wheeler Reservoir Jackson County Caperton Ferry Bridge North Sauty Creek F. G. Lupier Southern Branch Division of Reservoir Properties Muscle Shoals

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