Calhoun students build a seaworthy dream fades to splash
Huntsville trio Jessie Fields Granville Helton and Dan McCrary built an oak canoe for a camp counseling project. After 32 hours they tested it at Calhoun pool and the boat quickly filled with water. Instructor Bob Shuttleworth joked they sank the ship yet praised effort. The article shifts to Audie Murphy’s career and life, noting his wartime service and early acting rise.
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Calhoun Junior College
Jessie Fields
Granville Helton
Dan McCrary
Huntsville
Calhoun Pool
Bob Shuttleworth
Fields
Shuttleworth
Jenkins to Leave School System After Long Civic Service
Born 1905 in New Decatur, Jenkins pursued a long career in education starting as a teacher in 1931 in Selma. He served as principal at Waverly High, Greensboro High, then moved to Decatur in 1948. He plans to teach history at Calhoun Junior College this fall and remains active in historical and civic groups.
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New Decatur
Jenkins
Lafayette
Birmingham Southern College
Emory University
Selma
Waverly High School
Greensboro High School
Decatur
Athens College
Calhoun Junior College
The
Alabama Historical Association
Albama Hall of Fame
North Alabama Historical Association
Alabama High School Principals’ Association
Alabama Educational Association
Decatur Rotary Club
Masons
Methodist Church
Margaret Payne
Adairsville
Gage van Horn
Pittsburgh
William Jenkins Jr
Birmingham
George Jenkins
Tulane University
New Orleans
Annette Jenkins
Mobile
Alabama
Hijacking of Flight 442 Plunges Cuba Crisis Into Spotlight
The hijacked Boeing 707 from Buenos Aires to Miami was diverted to Havana after a Friday seize by a Venezuelan youth for political reasons. Cuban radio acknowledged the event but did not respond to Pan Am President Halaby’s plea to release the 69 passengers and nine crew. State Department said all aboard were safe per Swiss Embassy. Caracas and U.S. officials offered varying details as the hijacker remained unidentified.
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Havana
Pan Am
Najeeb Halaby
Fidel Castro
Miami
Buenos Aires
Caracas
Murphy’s film comeback after long career and plane disappearance
Murphy joined business later in life after a 44 movie run including To Hell and Back and The Red Badge of Courage. He produced A Time for Dying with a cameo by Murphy and planned another project in Mexico as the missing propjet last spoke Friday morning before vanishing.
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Murphy
Audie
Casablanca
Sicily
Anzio
Italy
France
Audie Murphy
James Cagney
Bill
Wanda Hendrix
Hell
Carle
Terry
Mexico
Butler
Turkish crisis and missing plane reports amid Turkish hostages
Reports connect a missing Murphy party plane nearing Roanoke Woodrum Airport with poor visibility and no flight plan. In Turkey, clashes with the People’s Liberation Army flare as hostage crises and arrests unfold, including Sinan Cemgil’s death and police chief firing amid ongoing security operations.
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Roanoke
Woodrum
Murphy Party
Federal Aviation Administration
Modular Properties Inc
Martinsville
Murphy
Ankara
Sibel
Cihan Alptekin
People’s Liberation Army
Adiyaman
Liberation Army
Sinan Cemgil
U.S
Istanbul
Muzaffer Caglar
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Cuba
Hugo Delagado
Carac&s
Delagado
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Pamela
Airlines
James
North Hollywood
Calif
Atlanta
Jack Littleton
Fort Collins
Colo
Lenoir Corp
Raymond Prater
Chattanooga
Alabama State Docks
Gamble’s, Inc
Montgomery
Here
Ohio
Tony Estes
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