Decatur Community Notes Include Degrees and Local Alerts
Joe Edd Magnusson and A Kenneth Suggs earned their D M D degrees at University of Alabama Dentistry commencement. Business and Professional Women's Club meets Thursday at 7 p m at Pet Dairy. Boy and Cub Scout Roundtable at Delano Park tennis courts 7 30 p m. Decatur Fire Department logs show several minor fires with no damage. Police recover tire wheel and nine bowling pins left in a front yard over the weekend.
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Joe Edd Magnusson
A. Kenneth Suggs
Decatur
University of Alabama School of Dentistry
Delano Park
W. M. Edwards
8Th St
Gemini Countdown Begins Wednesday
The diary notes medical exams started after breakfast and planned to run into early afternoon to collect data for comparison with Gemini 4 flight observations.
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Gemini
Supreme Court to Review Dismissed Georgia Indictments
The Supreme Court agreed to review the dismissal of indictments against six Georgia men in the shotgun slaying of Lemuel A. Penn, a District of Columbia educator. The U.S. District Judge Bootle ruled the Justice Department failed to show a federal violation. The case will be argued in the Court's new term beginning October 4.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia
Lemuel A. Penn
District of Columbia
U.S. Dist
W. A. Bootle
Macon
Justice Department
Department
Birmingham Truck Exec Shot by Fired-Employee
William D. Sellers Jr. president and co-owner of Baggett Transportation Co. was shot in the shoulder in Birmingham by Leon McClain, 52, a man said to have been fired by the company last week. McClain will be charged with assault with intent to murder.
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Birmingham
Decatur
William D. Sellers Jr
Baggett Transportation Co
Birmingham Broadcasting Company
Leon McClain
Answer on proxy salvation and judgment day
The guidance emphasizes personal repentance and faith in Christ for salvation. You can pray for your father and help lead him to Christ, but no one can transfer their place in heaven. Each person stands before Christ for judgment and must accept salvation individually.
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J.E.W
Christ
Space Pros Could Teach Rookies Ropes
Veteran astronauts Virgil Grissom and John Young plan to mentor rookies James McDivitt and Edward White for the four day Gemini flight. Young, who coauthored a detailed report from the first Gemini mission, warns beginners to expect the dramatic moment when the second stage fires and the spacecraft unveils a sudden blaze.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
James McDivitt
Edward White
McDivitt
White
Cape Kennedy
Air Force
Space Pros
Harold R
WILLIAMS _ AP
Houston, Tex
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Grissom
Young
Record Memorial Day traffic toll blamed on incompetence
Traffic deaths over a three day Memorial Day weekend reached 450, the National Safety Council said, largely due to incompetent driving. Howard Pyle cited poor driving skills after a period ending Monday. Major crashes near Needles, Lone Pine, and San Jose killed 16 others, as a head on collision on a desert highway marked the weekend.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Howard ‘Pyle
Council
Pyle
Needles
Lone Pine
San Jose
Calif
Athens Plant Name Changes
Officials of Nebraska Consolidated Mills announced name changes for their poultry plants in Athens Alabama and Dalton Georgia to Red Hat Poultry. Gus King manager of poultry processing and sales said the change is effective today. Dalton plant formerly Dalton Poultry Co. and Athens plant formerly Sweet Sue Poultry Co. Inc. Products will carry the new Red Hat Poultry brand names.
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Athens
Nebraska Consolidated Mills
Alabama Flour Mills
Decatur
Ala
Dalton
Red Hat Poultry
Gus-King
Dalton Poultry Co
Sweet Sue Poultry Co., Inc
King
Sweet Sue
Oswald Widow Marina Oswald to Wed Kenneth Porter
KRLD reports Marina Oswald widow of Lee Harvey Oswald plans to marry 27 year old electronics technician Kenneth Jess Porter today. In Washington the Office of Education says it will withhold federal aid from 14 Alabama state colleges and public junior colleges until they provide compliance assurances with the Civil Rights Act.
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Dallas
KRLD
Marina Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kenneth Jess Porter
Washington
U.S. Office of Education
Alabama
State Board of Education
Decatur High School’s 1965 graduation pledge to future
The Decatur High School class of 1965, largest yet with 375 graduates, pledged not to fail their community. Salutatorian Susan Mooney urged classmates to use their abilities to unlock doors worthy of their efforts and honor the heritage given to them.
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DHS
Decatur High School
Susan Mooney
Civitan
William H. Jenkins
Bev’ Evans
Center
Evans
Decatur Crystal Club
Athens shooting of DC educator and Army Reserve officer
Penn, a District of Columbia adult and vocational education director and Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, was killed July 11 1964 near Athens Georgia when gunshots fired from a passing car hit his vehicle. Indictments cited an 1870 statute and the 1964 Civil Rights Act against several suspects.
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Penn
Athens
District of Columbia
Army Reserve
Washington
Ft. Benning
Bootle
Congress
Cecil Myers
Joseph Howard Sims
Denver Willis Phillips
George Hampton Turner
Herbert Guest
James S. Lackey
Two Advisors Die In Ambush In Viet Nam War Update
US air and naval forces attacked North Viet Nam targets in six raids including Hoi An depot and bridges. Two Navy F8 Crusaders were lost one pilot killed and another rescued at sea. South of the border Viet Cong ambushed a government convoy killing two US Army advisers and wounding a third on the Pleiku Le Thanh Road.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hoi An
North Viet Nam
Central Highlands
Pleiku
le Thanh
Quang Ngai Province
Logging in Morgan County A History of Early Southern Lumber
In the Morgan County area, logging and lumbering began on a large scale around 1880 and peaked by 1902. John Knox interviews a local figure connected to the industry, recounting ox wagon operations and hazards from collapsing bridges to poisonous snakes.
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North Alabama
Decatur Daily
John Knox
Morgan County
OAS Seeks Extension of Dominican Republic Security Zone
The Organization of American States plans further talks with the Dominican junta to extend the security zone around the National Palace. Junta leader Antonio Imbert Barrera vows the OAS will not control the palace or nearby grounds, while rebel Col Francisco Caamano Deno proposes tightening the zone and limiting junta presence.
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Oas
Louis Uchitelle
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Governent
Jun
Imbert
Francisco Caamano Deno
D. R
Markets At A Glance From New York and Chicago Highlights
Stocks mixed as trading moderates while Treasuries slip. Cotton rises in quiet sessions. Wheat weak amid hedge selling. corn and oats mixed with liquidation. Soybeans strong with broad buying. Hogs advance 25 to 50 cents to a top of 22.75. Slaughter steers gain 25 to 50 cents to 31.
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New York
Chicago
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Business and Professional
Pet Dairy
Decatur Fire Department
Old Trinity Rd
11Th Ave
Fairway Dr
Walnut
McCartney St
Edward H. White
Gus
George Biggers
H. R. Leeman
Mike Bradley
Neal Conner
Jim Garner
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AY BY
Wheel Horse Lawn & Garden Treeters
Aycock
Redie Sheck
Lefeyette Se
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
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