First Qualifying Date Set For Athens Candidates
Athens voters eye June 10 as the first day for filing for city offices with mayor and five council seats on August 11. City Clerk John Crutcher notes a newspaper ad June 9 and a swift green light on June 10. Mayor Arthur Stewart and several contenders including Wayne Bodie Jennings and Robert Allen Tinnon are hinted as possible candidates. Around 25 candidates expected for council. all incumbents except Gordon Copeland likely seeking re election.
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Athens
Arthur Stewart
Wayne (Bodie) Jennings
Stewart
Jennings
Robert Allen Tinnon
Owens Junior High School
John Crutcher
Tinnon
Gordon Copeland
Eight year old girl hurt in city street collision
An eight year old girl Toni Jo Garrison was struck by a Morgan County Sheriff’s Department vehicle on Moulton Street near Somerville Road. Deputy Joe Anders drove her to Decatur General Hospital for head abrasion arm bruise and wrist sprain. Deputy Milton Thomas and a second deputy investigated the crash.
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Decatur General Hospital
Morgan County Sheriff's Department
Toni Jo Garrison
Billy Joe Garrison
Moulton St. E
Joe Anders
Milton Thomas
Sheriff's Department
Moulton St
Somerville Rd
Breach of Contract Trial Opens in Circuit Court
Circuit Judge James N. Bloodworth is to wrap a $5 000 breach of contract suit for Muri C Sims versus Thomas Jeff Tanner and others. Judge Newton B. Powell indicated plans to begin another $5 000 damages case involving David Best Harrell and Valley Builders Inc.
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James N. Bloodworth
Muri C. Sims
Thomas Jeff Tanner
Newton B. Powell
David Best Harrell
Valley Builders, Inc
Gemini Flights On Schedule For NASA Space Missions
Houston AP reports Gemini space flights remain on schedule with the second unmanned launch likely in September and the manned shot before year end. A timetable for hardware was released. testing continues in St Louis before Cape Kennedy mating in late July. The program aims to place two astronauts in orbit to develop techniques for the Apollo moon missions planned this decade.
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Houston, Tex
Manned Spacecraft Center
Gemini
St. Louis
Cape Kennedy
Earth
Sound May Be A Farm Aid
Washington AP reports Agriculture Department researchers found amplified sounds may deter pests attacking stored farm products especially grains. Experiments with Indian meal moths showed low hums reduced egg hatch and moth survival, suggesting sound as a pesticide substitute or supplement. Freeman seeks field tests to oppose claims that chemical pesticides threaten humans and wildlife.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
Agriculture Department
Robert Kirkpatrick
Savannah
Kirkpatrick
Washington
Orville L. Freeman
Mississippi River
Freeman
Memphis
Tenn
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Safety Director Appointed for Mobile Safety Group
The Greater Mobile Safety Association selects Montag Gaines of Baton Rouge as executive director. Gaines, 52, will earn 11630 dollars annually and take office July 1, moving from his current role as managing director of the Greater Baton Rouge Safety Council.
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Mobile
Greater Mobile Safety Association
Louisiana
George E. McNally
Montag
Forrest Gaines
Baton Rouge
Gaines
Greater
Telephones in the United States Lead Global Service share
The article notes that about 57 percent of the world's telephones are in service in the United States, highlighting the country's dominance in telephone networks and usage.
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United States
Compton to Receive Masters in Industrial Administration
Carlton B. Compton son of Mr and Mrs Rowland Compton P O Box 111 Decatur will receive his masters degree in industrial administration from Carnegie Institute of Technology Pittsburgh Pa June 8 He graduated in 1962 with a B S electrical engineering from MIT Cambridge Mass He has accepted a position with Raytheon Co Boston Mass
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Carlton B. Compton
Rowland Compton
P.O. Box
Decatur
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsburgh
Cambridge
Mass
Raytheon Co
Boston
April milk output falls to 1934 low
An Agriculture Department report shows April production of evaporated and condensed milk at 159 million pounds, the smallest since 1934, while fluid and non fat dry milk markets gain ground and bolster dairy supplies. Government selling of surplus corn falls far short of last year, held back by ample grain stocks and avoidance of price declines.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Moulton Plans Election Rules and Loan Firm Startup
Moulton City Council authorized Attorney Harold Speake to draft an ordinance for the August 11 election to choose a mayor and five councilmen. A $50.50 annual license was set for small loan companies. Only three council members voted. T. D. Littrell and Wallace Snead abstained while partnerships for Moulton Small Loan Co. were announced.
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Moulton
Atty
Harold Speake
Howard Burch
Howard Hollingsworth
Irvin Nix
T. D. Littrell
Wallace Snead
Moulton Small Loan Co
Bedspread Founder Catherine Whitener Dies at 83
Catherine Evans Whitener, founder of Dalton Georgia's tufted textile industry, died in a Dalton hospital after a long illness at age 88. She started by selling a $2.50 bedspread in 1901 and built a world distributing firm, later shifting to floor coverings and carpets. She was widow of Will L. Whitener.
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Dalton
Catherine Evans Whitener
Whitener
Will L. Whitener
North Georgia
Tenant Mystery At Mobile Is Solved
In Mobile an urban project puzzle ends with a raccoon captured by workers using corn as bait, resolving who will occupy the new City auditorium’s home. The find closes the mystery with an unexpected wildlife twist.
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Mobile
New City Auditorium
Engineering demand looms for 1960s in Georgia hills
An estimated 48 000 new engineers will be needed each year during the 1960s. In northeast Georgia's Whitfield County, residents near the Tufted Textile Manufacturers Association headquarters recall the trade.
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Georgia Hills
Whitfield County
Tufted Textile Manufacturers ’Association—a Trade Associates
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