Wheeler Dam lock wall collapses floods work area
A violent rupture at Wheeler Dam Friday night breached the lock wall and flooded the adjacent construction area on the Tennessee River. Two men are missing and presumed dead, five TVA workers were injured, and commercial barging is halted for months as crews plan to lower Wheeler Lake and install an emergency bulkhead to stop the flow.
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Wheeler Dam
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Tennessee River
Wheeler
Lauderdale County
Henry H. Hines
Florence
Coy Lineberg
Clifton
Tenn
Wilson Lake
Gilbert Stewart
Wheeler Lake
Wheeler Reservoir
Wilson
Wilson Dam
Stewart
Tennessee
Central Baptist Pastor Preaches Convention Sermon
Rev. A B VanArsdale of Central Baptist Church will deliver The Convention Sermon at 10 50 AM today. The sermon titled The Everlasting Gospel was first given at the Southern Baptist Convention in St Louis on May 23. An alternate was used because Billy Graham’s schedule conflicted with the European Crusade marking the first time an alternate preached the convention sermon. Vacation Bible School at Calvary Baptist June 5 9 runs daily 8 to 11 AM for ages three to 16. Leon Nichols of Detroit and his wife visit Mrs S I Nichols and sister Mrs Cecil Kirkpatrick in Decatur. details on Page 2.
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A. B. VanArsdale
Central Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Convention
St. Louis
VanArsdale
Billy Graham
Calvary Baptist Church
Leon Nichols
Detroit, Mich
Decatur
Nichols
S. I. Nichols
Cecil Kirkpatrick
Hope Through Prayer for a Hurting Family
A distressed mother seeks guidance as alcohol and an unhappy marriage push a family toward disaster. The response urges steadfast love and daily prayer, citing scripture about the power of fervent prayer and God’s mercy, noting that change may come slowly and that parents should shape their children with discipline rather than indulgence.
Kennedy Khrushchev hold six hour Laos focus talks
In Vienna Kennedy and Khrushchev met for six hours including luncheon and a private session with aides. They discussed nuclear tests disarmament and Germany with emphasis on Laos. A joint press conference described the talks as frank and courteous. Kennedy warned of danger in Southeast Asia as Geneva talks lag.
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Austria
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Khrushchev
Laos
Foreign Office
M. A. Kharlamov
Pierre Salinger
Kharlamov
U. S
Germany
Salinger
West Berlin
Berlin
Embassy
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
Southeast Asia
Geeva
Pathet Lao
Traffic arrests Friday total 105 in state
Friday saw a statewide drive to cut highway deaths with 105 reported auto accidents and 44 injuries. Local police in Hartselle and Cullman each reported one drunken driving arrest while Morgan County sheriff’s deputies logged two reckless driving and three license violations. Highway Patrol noted four speeding arrests and multiple license violations.
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Cullman
Morgan County Sheriffs
The
Highway Patrol
River Lock Collapse Pressures Tennessee Firms
Businesses along the Tennessee River face disrupted river traffic after the Wheeler Dam lock collapsed Friday night. Chemstrand and Ingalls Shipbuilding report potential water intake and delivery challenges, while Alabama Flour Mills weighs costs and possible grain routing by truck or rail. Repairs will determine the extent of impact on manufacturing and processing operations.
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Tennessee River
Wheeler Dam
Louis Scott
Acriion Manufacturing
Chemstrand
Scott
R. S. Byers
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Decatur
Wheeler Lock
Upper Tennessee
Mississippi River
Galls Shipbuilding
Claude Carter
Alabama Flour Mills
Carter
Florence
See River
Decatur Skywatch: Evening Mercury Sets Soon
The article notes Mercury fading as it sets earlier each evening with the next morning appearance planned for July. It also gives times for sunset 6:58 p.m. and moon phase and sun events for Monday June 5.
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Mercury
Tennessee River Reading At Keller Memorial Bridge
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge showed 21.13 feet on Saturday morning with a fall of 31 feet in 12 hours and sea level reading of 555.43 feet. TVA lake levels listed Pickwick 413.9 Guntersville 559.0 Wilson 507.1 feet. High Friday reached 87 degrees. 82 degrees reported Saturday at 11:05 a.m. Forecast calls for partly cloudy and not as hot today with fair mild tonight and light winds shifting to northerly 8 to 15 mph. High today expected around 84.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Pickwick
Guntersville
Wilson
Haltom Pushes Senate Rules Change On Reapportionment
Senator Bert Haltom of Lauderdale seeks to exempt reapportionment bills from committee study and move them directly to the Senate floor while boosting House seats from 106 to 120 and the Senate to 40. Gov Patterson backs the reform, as opposition grows among Black Belt senators.
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Ranetna
North Alabama
House
Senate
Haltom
Lauderdale
John Patterson
Hakem
Men Running Everywhere Witness Describes Dam Collapse
W T Lemar, among about 50 workers near the lock, recalled the moment the Wheeler Dam lock failed and water rushed toward the men. He called it the scariest thing he ever saw as a boat had just passed and concrete workers on the opposite bank were unaware until a call came. He compared the blast to dynamite.
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Wheeler Dam
W. T. Lemar
Lemar
J. T. Hellums
Hellums
Saturn Barge Trip May Be Affected By Wheeler Lock Accident
An accident at Wheeler Lock on the Tennessee River halted barge traffic during the Saturn space project shipment. The Marshall Space Flight Center said the schedule remains uncertain and no decision has been made on delays to the Saturn rocket program.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Tennessee River
Wheeler Lock
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wheeler Dam
Marshal Center
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Jfk
Hollice Smith
Daily
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Saturn
Huntsville
Ala
Ethan Allen
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