Launch Site Set for Saturn First Flight Tests
NASA dedicates an 11 million dollar launch complex built by the Army Corps of Engineers as the first Saturn launch point. The 45 acre facility will handle the C1 and later C2 vehicles with thrust well beyond Atlas and Soviet rockets, enabling manned moon missions in the coming decade.
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America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Army Corps of Engineers
Ing
Kurt Debus
NASA
Saturn
Atlas
Dean Gardners Freed Hardeman student makes Honor Roll
Freda Dawn Fuller, daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Fuller, earned a 3.75 quality point average on a full time business administration program and made the spring Honor Roll per E Claude Gardner Dean Registrar Freed Hardeman College Henderson Tenn. Tom White Decatur Chamber director speaks to Jaycees about Chamber activities tonight. Building permits issued by city clerk include S M Rigel 1802 College St SE 8950. Floyd Lee 909 Bank St 500. Guy Lamon 2111 Clara Ave SW 800. Sheriff’s office reports four arrests for disorderly conduct public drunkenness and highway intoxication. Flossie McMurry 33 Decatur 4 and James McKenzie 21 Hanceville 1 were involved in a 615 p m traffic mishap on 6th Ave SE. Willie Buford 411 14th Ave NW treated at Decatur General Hospital for head injury but not sure who hit him. Trash fire behind Tennessee Valley Coop reported 1150 a m Monday. See Diary On Page 2.
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E. Claude Gardner
Freed- Hardeman College
Henderson, Tenn
Freda Dawn Fuller
Freda
Raymond Fuller
Trinity 1
S. M. Rigel
College St
Floyd Lee
Bank St
Guy Lamon
Clara Ave
Flossie McMurry
Decatur
James McKenzie
Hanceville
6Th Ave
McKenzie
McMurry
Decatur General Hospital
Willie Buford
14Th Ave
Buford
Crusade to England's North for Major June Revival
A. C. says no English crusades in six years yet plans a grand June crusade in Britain's industrial North. He cites low church attendance and youth participation, noting British leaders urge a spiritual push and a stadium will host the largest crusade yet. He acknowledges large obstacles but sees tremendous opportunity for impact.
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A. C
England
Britain
Saturn May Move To Cape Canaveral Amid Route Troubles
Huntsville AP The Saturn booster to Cape Canaveral faces routing hurdles from Redstone Arsenal to Wheeler Dam. Overhead structures under 25 feet must be cleared or removed, with the Palaemon barge and Navy LST among alternatives. NASA aims to launch in late 1961 while weighing costs and time.
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Jack Stillman
Huntsville
Ala
The
Space Agency
Redstone Arsenal
Wheeler Dam
Redstone
Florida
Marshall Space Fight Center
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Canaveral
NASA
Canavéral
Bart Slattery
Space Flight Center
Four Trujillo Assassination Suspects Held Family Hostage
Dr Robert Reid Cabral recounts that four fugitives who plotted Rafael Trujillo’s killing seized him his wife and infant son in Ciudad Trujillo for four days. The hostage drama ended when gunfire and surrender left two dead and two in custody.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Rafael
Trujillo
Robert Reid Cabral
Reid Cabral
Juan Tomas Diaz
Marcelino Velez
Velez
Diaz
Antonio Dela Maza
Cabral
Rex Ulo Betancourt
North Alabama Industrial Growth Seen as One Urban Unit
TVA Director Aubrey J. Wagner forecast that area industrial growth will fuse Morgan Limestone and Lawrence counties into a single urban industrial stretch from the Tri Cities to Guntersville. He praised Decatur and urged planning to harness local resources for lasting prosperity.
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North Alabama
Tri-Cities
Guntersville
TVA
Aubrey J. Wagner
Wagner
Morgan, Limestone
Lawrence
Alabama
Decatur
Décatur
Decatur Skies Moon and Planets Visible Tonight
The sky shows a new moon over Decatur with prominent star Altair low in the east at 9 24 p m. Planets in order of size Mars visible in the west at 8 22 p m Venus rises at 2 34 a m Saturn due south at 2 47 a m Jupiter left of Saturn for observers tonight.
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Altair
Mars
Venus
Saturn
Jupiter
Weather and River Update for Decatur Area
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning 14.79 feet, up .28 in 24 hours. Sea level 549.09 feet. TVA lake stages: Pickwick 415.0 Guntersville 594.8 Whitesburg 550.4 Wilson 507.4. High 86 at 3:30 pm. low 64 at 4 am. At 11:15 am today 62 degrees. Forecast partly cloudy and warm today.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Army changes agency name at Redstone Arsenal to Army Ordnance Missile Support Agency
Maj. Gen. August Schomburg announced that the organization running the installation will be renamed the Army Ordnance Missile Support Agency while Redstone Arsenal itself retains its name. The change covers the operating agency at the Huntsville site.
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Huntsville
Army
Redstone Arsenal
Army Ordnance Missile Support Agency
August Schomburg
Army Ordnance Missile Command
Former Alabama governor recalls free whisky from ABC cellar
Former Alabama governor Gordon Persons testified in a Montgomery tax case that lawmakers and their guests frequently visited the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to receive free whisky during his 1951 to 1954 term. He noted a steady demand around legislative sessions and said he and his wife did not drink.
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Washington
Alabama
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Gordon Persons
ABC
Governor
United States
Persons
Wilton Persons
Eisenhower
Montgomery
James T. Thrower
Dothan
Ala
C. C
Jack) Owen
Alabama Public Service Commission
Maury A. McWilliams
Prattville
ABC Board
Thrower
Adlai Pleased With His Visit in Caracas Venezuela
Adlai E Stevenson visits Caracas for a 48 hour stay en route to Argentina on a Latin America mission. He expressed satisfaction with the results and with Romulo Betancourt's firm stance against dictatorships, noting warm reception despite past anti U S sentiment.
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Caravas
Venezuela
Adlai E. Stevenson
Argentina
Latin America
Stevenson
Romulo Betancourt
U.S
United Nations
Richard M. Nixon
Daily Journal
Dam Lock Being Shut
Bulkhead installation at Wheeler Dam lock continues under TVA direction to halt water flow after Friday night wall collapse. TVA holds Knoxville meeting on the disaster causing two deaths and millions in damages while unrelated helicopter incident near the site prompts rescue and investigation.
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Wheeler Lock
Tennessee
Decatur Daily
Wheeler Dam
IVA
TVA
Knoxville
Tenn
Senger
J. D. Hamilton
The
Space Agency
Florence
Hamilton
Pettit
Wheeler Medical Center
Tennessee River
Coy Lineberg
Clifton
Wheeler Reservoir
Building Hits Half Million
May construction activity pushed the year to over 212 million with 520000 in building permits issued by the City clerk. May 1960 still holds the largest first five months total, while 29 permits for new houses totaled 408400.
Louisville & Nashville Sues Southern Over Underpass Rights
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad sues the Southern Railway Co in U S District Court Birmingham for 250000 alleging breach of a 1907 contract on a shared right-of-way. L N says the Church Street underpass clearance is too low for modern equipment and Southern failed to repair and renew as agreed, costing L N money.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
U. S
Birmingham
Te Southern Railway Co
L&n
Southern
Church St
Decatur
Kennedy Reports From Europe After Talks With Khrushchev
President Kennedy returns to Washington after a week in Europe meeting Khrushchev de Gaulle and Macmillan. He will address the nation at 6 p.m. EST on television and radio, outlining general points of the discussions and reaffirming resolve against Communist pressure. Congressional leaders and diplomats weigh the Vienna talks with mixed optimism and skepticism about future East West negotiations.
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Kennedy
America
Europe
Andrews Air Force Base
Khrushchev
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Harold Macmillan
London
Lee Radziwill
Greece
Aegean Sea
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
White House
Executive Mansion
Mewsmen
Berlin
Congress
Vienna
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
A- Iown
John Sparkman
Homer Capehart
R-Ind
Hickenlooper
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
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Dillon Graham
Associated Press
Adlai
Robinson
JFK
By Phillip Kyle
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Flint Creek
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