City of Opportunity undercut by jobless youth plea
An anonymous Decatur reader, a mother, writes to Mr Barrett Shelton to question Decatur's slogan City of Opportunity. She details her 20 year old son-in-law's three month job search, lacking connections, experience, and support to start a trade. She asks who created the motto and why her family cannot get a fair chance.
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Barrett Shelton
Decatur Daily
Decatur
Ala
Shelton
City of
City of Opportunity
Opportunity
Fair City
John Doe
ColorTour to Return for Annual Fall Visit in Decatur
The Alabama ColorTour group of about 40 travel counselors will spend Oct 1 in Decatur during their seventh annual Alabama tour. The Decatur Chamber of Commerce credits ColorTour with boosting tourism and notes the 1961 study showing 18.6 million visitors and $163 million in personal income from travel in Alabama. Hubbert emphasizes U.S. 31 corridor importance for Midwest visitors and sustained tourist flow.
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Alabama
Decatur
Alabama Travel Council
Cornelian Sirloin
Montgomery
W. J. Hubbert
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Agee
Bill Wright
Birmingham
Ed Ewing
State Bureau of Publicity and Information
Bill Graham
The
Travel Council
Girl Found Dead Near Her Home in Perdido Alabama
AP report says 5 year old Martha Smith was found dead in a clump of woods near her home after being last seen Monday afternoon. Parents searched. a brother and another boy were with her earlier. Authorities believe she was strangled elsewhere and moved to the woods. no sign of sexual assault.
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Perdido, Ala
Martha Smith
James Smith
W. O. Garner
Students Professors At MSFC Join 90 Day Summer Program
The NASA Marshall Space Flight Center hires 255 students and professors for a 90 day summer program. They begin work tomorrow and will be on the job at MSFC Huntsville by June 19. Of the hires, 28 are graduate students, 27 hold advanced degrees and faculty positions, and 200 are undergraduates from about four colleges including the University of Alabama and Auburn University. Most are in scientific and engineering fields and will work in their specialties at the center.
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Huntsville
NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center
MSFC
New England
West Coast
University of Alabama
Auburn University
Marshall Center
Jap Crewmen Believed Lost After Vessel Sinks
SAN JUAN Puerto Rico AP Between 10 and 20 Japanese crewmen were missing from a sunken fishing vessel believed lost after the Kaig Maru collided with the Italian tanker Fina Italia about 300 miles northwest of Puerto Rico Early Tuesday The fishing boat carried 25 to 35 crewmen Fifteen were rescued and taken aboard the Italian ship which was due in Portland Maine on Saturday
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Coast Guard
Fina Italia
Portland
Maine
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James N. Bloodworth
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