Decatur Calendar Highlights Local Meetings And Events
The Decatur Safety Council board meets at noon at Shangri-La Restaurant. Revival services run 7 p.m. daily at United Pentecostal Church with Rev. Richard Forsythe of Forest Miss. Vacation Bible School at First Bible Church 1620 5th Ave SE daily 9 to 11 30 a.m. for kindergarten to sixth grade. Ladies Auxiliary to the Decatur Fire Fighters meets at Shangri-La Restaurant 7 p.m. Riverside School hosts 7 30 p.m. session for Head Start parents. AARPs monthly meeting 10 a.m. at Summer Manor with H R Leeman speaking and a covered dish lunch. Bus trip info to Sand Mountain Parish via Ninth Street UMC. call Elizabeth Roberts or Hubert Stiller by Saturday. Redstone Division North Alabama Railroad Club meets 7 p.m. at Huntsville Public Library auditorium. Spring Steam Excursion films shown.
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The
First Bible Church of
Decatur
5Th Ave
Sand Mountain Parrish
Ninth Street United Methodist Church
Elizabeth Roberts
Hubert Stiller
Redstone
North Alabama Railroad Club
Huntsville Public Library
Goodyear Mills worker charged after knifing injures coworker
Truman Kelley, 41, of 708 W. Moulton Sr., charged with assault with intent to murder after a knifing at Goodyear Mills Saturday. Kelley, held in county jail after transfer from the city jail, allegedly injured Thomas Scruggs, 27, of Athens 7, who was training to be a foreman and is listed in good condition at Decatur General Hospital.
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Goodyear Mills
Truman Kelley
W. Moulton Sr
Thomas Scruggs
Athens
Scruggs
Decatur General Hospital
Blessing of the Shrimp Fleet Opens Alabama Season
In Bayou La Batre Alabama 100 flag draped shrimp boats paraded under dark skies for the second annual Blessing of the Shrimp Fleet Bishop John May of Mobile blessed the boats and sprinkled them with holy water The boat Mary Jo captained by Jimmy Cain was judged best decorated with Gov George Wallace and his wife among the spectators
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Bayou LA Batre
Ala
Gulf Coast
Mobile
John May
Mary Jo
Jimmy Cain
Medina and Henderson My Lai cases linger in court
The United States did not prove Yamashita ordered atrocities but convicted him for not stopping them. Medina and Col. Oran Henderson at Ft Meade Md remain the only My Lai cases still pending.
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United States
Yamashita
Medina
Col
Oran Henderson
Ft. Meade, Md
Acupuncture Claims Spark American Medical Debate
A fragment from a Reston era piece discusses speculative claims of blindness and paralysis cures by acupuncture and needles. It recounts travel to China with Henry Kissinger’s July visit, body pains linked to political figures, and the Rockefeller funded Peking Union Medical College now nationalized in 1951.
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America
Henry Kissinger
White House
China
South China
Canton
Peking
Foreign Ministry
Peking International Club
Mao Tse-Tung
Prmier Chou
Chen Chu
United States
Nixon
Kissinger
Rockefeller Foundations of
New York
Union Medical College
Peking Union Medical College
Oliver McCoy
China Medical Board of New York
Rockefeller
McCoy
Forbidden City
Apollo 15 mission faces Hadley Apennine landing challenge
Apollo 15 astronauts Scott Irwin and Worden prepare for a risky lunar landing at Hadley Apennine, with Rover 1 and a 67 hour surface stay. Worden will map 20 percent of the moon from orbit and perform a space walk to retrieve film from the equipment bay.
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Donald K. Slayton
Worden
Merril Worden
Jackson
Mich
Scott
Earth
Nixon
Godspeed
Irwin
Soviet Union
Lunar
Apennine Mountains
Lunar Equator
Moon
Hadley-Apennine
Apollo 15 Astronauts Insured for 50 000 Each
The Apollo 15 crew receive 50 000 dollar accident and disease coverage from Travelers Insurance through August 7 after their 12 day mission. The National Space Club Scientific and Educational Foundation funds the policy, supplementing government coverage and following prior Apollo missions.
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New York Times News Service
New York
Travelers Insurance Co
Hartford
Earth
National Space Club Scientific and Educational Foundation
Club
Massachusetts
Apollo 15 dawn launch staffing from MSFC centers
Marshall Space Flight Center personnel coordinate Apollo 15 ops from Kennedy Space Center and related centers. In Huntsville and Houston teams monitor Saturn V and Lunar Roving Vehicle activities as the lunar mission begins with a flawless start.
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Huntsville
Ala
Marshall Space Flight Center
Space Agency
Marshall Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Marshall
Eberhard Rees
Kennedy Space Center
William R. Lucas
Hermann K. Weidner
James T. Shepherd
Saturn
Richard G. Smith
Erich W. Neubert
Kennedy
R. Scott Hamner
Houston
Manned Spacecraft Center
H. Fletcher Kurtz
Rees
Alvin E. Hughes
Nicholas C. Costes
Space Sciences Laboratory
Mission Control
Adoption policy on racially mixed children abroad noted
The social welfare ministry says it sees no objection to adopting a racially mixed child abroad if requested by parents and permitted by Vietnamese law. If the child is not recognized, a foreign applicant must follow standard procedures. Marshall officials observe lunar mission progress from Houston and Huntsville sites with engineers and support staff.
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Social Welfare Ministry
Safety City Project Planned for Huntsville Pupils
A group of independent Huntsville insurers plans a year round safety city for children ages 5 to 9 with miniature roads, crossings, a city hall and library. Adult safety education will include two classrooms and night Defensive Driving courses. Construction start is uncertain due to state delays.
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Edd Davis
Huntsville Times
Huntsville
Ala
Brahaeé Springs Park
National Safety Council
Gene Gardner
National Highway Safety Antis
Gardner
Tampa
Fla
Memphis
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Edgewater Gulf
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Biloxi
Decatur Safety Council
Mea
United Pentecostal Church
8Th Ave
Richard Forsythe
Forest
Miss
Decatur Fire Fighters
Riverside School
American Association of Retired Persons
Summer Manor
H.R. Leeman
Gov
Mrs
George C. Wallace
Reston
Apollo
Chairman Mao
Hsin Chiao
Li Pang-Chi
Chu Yu
Chou
Hadley Rille
Country Club Rd
Fairway
MSFC
NASA
Rosaline Gunya
Gunya
Herbert
Barnard
Lucas
Shepherd
Smith
Ernst Stuhlinger
S. F. Morea
James M. Sisson
William R. Perry
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