Decatur civic notes include church schools and banquets
Local families from Boston and Decatur visit relatives as vacation Bible School runs June 8 12 and 15 19 with daily 9 to 11 30 a m at First Presbyterian. A Victory Banquet for the bond sale drive is at Decatur High School tonight at 7 00 p m. Sixteenth Avenue Baptist urges all members to attend. Women of the Moose host an evening at 8 00 p m at the Moose Home on E Moulton St public invited. Tennessee Valley State Trade School lists visitors from multiple towns including Kenneth Casey Decatur Ray White Cullman Oscar Cole Huntsville and many others. Ninth Street Methodist holds Vacation Church School June 8 12 for ages four to 12 from 9 to 11 30 a m daily. See Diary On Page 2.
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First Presbyterian Church
John L. Brownlee
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Decatur High School
Sixteenth Avenue
Women of the Moose
Moose Home
E. Moulton St
Tennessee Valley State Trade School
Kenneth Casey
Decatur
Ray White
Cullman
Oscar D. Cole
Huntsville
Orva Davis
Loretta
Tenn
Clark Carr
M. F. Carr
Toney
Tommy Jackson
Geraldine Thompson
Town Creek
Billy Roberts
Howard White
Russellville
G. L. Jean
Kenneth Plunkett
James Clem
Ardmore
Mary Barber
Oda Barber
Billy Davis
Willis Poore
New Market
Billy Hunter
Sheffield
Wayne Eaves
Elkmont
Hubert Dollar
J. L. Madison
Jasper
Luther Shelton
Lexington
Florence Alexander
Henry Dodson
Moulton
Thelma Patterson
Rufus Boggs
Willie R. Bailey
Marvin Bailey
Florence
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Two Small Loan Bills to Get Airing Today
Alabama lawmakers debated two small loan measures at a House State Administration hearing. Rep. Bob Gilchrist tied lenders to “unarmed robbery” and urged borrower protection, noting profits from small investments. Gov. Patterson backs Gilchrist, with eight committee members co sponsoring.
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Montgomery
Bob Gilchrist
Morgan County
House Committee On State Administration
Gilchrist
Decatur
Alabama
John Patterson
H B Taylor
Butler County
Patterson
Orbiting Mice Fail in Air Force Live Orbit Test
Four trained mice were sent aloft aboard the Discoverer III satellite to orbit Earth for 26 hours and return alive. Radio signals ceased after 13 minutes and the projectile likely burned up on reentry. The mission aimed to inform Project Mercury planning for manned orbit.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Cal
Air Force
Calif
Earth
Pacific
Cape Canaveral
Folsom Faces Politics in Inland Docks Report
A veteran state engineer criticizes former Gov. James E. Folsom for poor planning and overspending in the inland docks program. Folsom calls the Patton report political while urging continuation of the docks project despite a three to ten million dollar funding history. The report, sent to Gov. Patterson, aligns with an independent study by Howard H. Houk.
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Mobile
James E. Folsom
Folsom
John J. Patton
Patton
Earl McGowin
John Patterson
McGowin
Howard H. Houk
State Building Commission
Cullman
Inland Docks
Hartselle Awaits Garment Plant Contract Details
Hartselle officials say a contract to bring a garment plant to town will take two to three weeks to finalize after talks in Tennessee. Merrill Doss and local leaders report general agreement and a bond issue of 105000 backing the project. The site is the 6.8 acre Pres Watkins property south of the cemetery, with a lease to the Hart selle Industrial Development Board.
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Hartselle
Tennessee
Merrill Doss
Hartselle Chamber of Commerce
John Burleson
Jack Hoffhaus
Hartselle Enquierer
Pres Watkins
Hartselle Industrial Development Board
Decatur Boys State Posts From Cabinet At Alabama Event
Hill Ferguson III reports from Boys State at the University of Alabama May 31 to June 5. He describes campaigning, polling, and runoff elections for governor and state governor candidates, with notes on local participants Ned Pierce from Sylacauga and Doc Price from Evergreen and Artie Hanes of Birmingham and Billy Banner of Eufaula.
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Hill Ferguson III
Dennis Holt
Decatur High School
Boys State
University of Alabama
Ferguson
Decatur Daily
Hill Ferguson II
Boys' State
University, Ala
Dressler
Dac
Ned Pierce
Sylacauga
Doc’’ Price
Evergreen
Artie Hanes
Birmingham
Billy Banner
Snakebite Sends Area Man to Hospital After Quick Dash
Winford Holbert a 23 year old bakery worker from Moulton Heights was bitten by a copperhead while walking his dog along Flint Creek. He ran a mile to his car and stopped for help twice before reaching a local doctor. He is expected to go home this afternoon.
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Winford Holbert
Flint Creek
Macedonia
Moulton Heights
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Minton
Linc Loany
O. K
Holbert
Night Sky Guide for Decatur Friday
The entry notes Vega rising high in the east at midnight. Venus appears in the west after sunset while Jupiter lies due south around 10 24 p m. The moon is new tomorrow at 5 53 a m with a Friday sunset at 6 58 p m.
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Vega
Venus
Jupiter
Weather and River Readings at Keller Memorial Bridge
Tennessee River level at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning 21.69 feet, down .10 in 24 hours. Sea level reading 555.99 feet. TVA lake levels listed: Guntersville 595.3, Wilson 507.2 feet. Yesterday high 63 at 2:30 pm, low around 4:30 am. At 10:25 am today 77 degrees. Forecast calls for mostly sunny conditions.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Guntersville
Wilson
Agreement Near on Cotton Swap Plan in Congress
Washington AP reports cotton growers and Agriculture Department officials are close to a plan for orderly transfer of cotton acreages within a state or county. The House Agriculture Committee heard that technical details are being worked out and the policy committee and secretary of agriculture must approve. The plan would redistribute unused allotments within counties and states to farmers who continue planting.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
House Agriculture Committee
Department
Fred H. Heidelberg
Raleigh
N. C
Secretary of Agriculture
Heidelberg
Medaris Named for Two Star Promotion
Maj. Gen. John Bruce Medaris, head of the Army ballistic missile program, was nominated for permanent promotion to two stars, a rank he currently holds temporarily.
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Washington
John Bruce Medaris
Army
Three Judges Hear Starkweather Escape Bid In Omaha
Three Federal Circuit Court judges opened a hearing on Charles Starkweather’s latest appeal to avoid execution. The condemned killer’s writ of habeas corpus was denied in district court and a stay previously granted 98 minutes before execution expires today.
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Omaha
Charles Starkweather
Starkweather
Federal District Court
Western powers seek Soviet pledge on West Berlin rights
Western officials say the United States Britain and France may cut their 10,000 man force in West Berlin if the Soviet Union drops its threat to the city. Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko hints at flexibility but Khrushchev may not yet instruct him.
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John M. Hightower
Geneva
United States
Britain
France
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
Kremlin
Berlin
Gromyko
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Herter
Herter, Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
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