TVA Program a Channel for Tennessee Valley Advancement
The Tennessee Valley Authority arose to unite drought protection flood control navigation and hydroelectric power across the Tennessee Valley. It grew from earlier federal efforts like Musc le Shoals and canal projects to fuse agriculture forestry industry and region-wide development. The author frames TVA as a tool in the cold war for proving American success democracy and enterprise to the world.
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New England
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Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
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Muscle Shoals
Alabama
Great Wilson Dam
Congress
George Norris
Nebraska
Tennessee Valley Authority
National Defense
Oak Ridge
Paducah
Marshall Space Flight Center
Free World
Tullahoma
TWA
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Tennesee Valley Authority
TVA River System Transforms Tennessee Valley Life and Power
The Tennessee Valley Authority forms a unified, government owned system to control floods, navigate the Tennessee River, and generate electric power. Dams like Fontana, 480 feet high, back up lakes and supply power for regional growth, defense needs, and rural electrification, while boosting industry, jobs, and prosperity across seven states.
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TVA
Congress
Washington
Tennessee River
Paducah
Knoxville
Fontana
Mississippi
Ohio River
Fontana Lake
Tennessee
Melton Hill
Oak Ridge
Clinch River
Chattanooga
Kentucky
Ohio
Public hearing set on building code adoption in Decatur
Decatur Alabama city government schedules a 10:00 a.m. hearing on July 3 1962 in City Hall to consider adopting the Southern Standard Building Code Part IV Housing by reference. Three copies of the code will be on file fifteen days prior. notice runs in The Decatur Daily for two weeks. Adopted June 5 1962. Authentic: Joe Pettey City Clerk June 7-13.
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Board of Commissioners
Decatur
Alabama
Commission
Vine and
Railroad Streets
Southern Building Code Congress
Birmingham
City of
Decatur Daily
Viet Nam aid vague as U S keeps details tight
James Marlow reports the Kennedy administration remains vague about economic and military aid to South Viet Nam as about 2 billion dollars in aid, 6 000 troops, and 80 helicopters are involved. He notes secrecy around equipment and missions and cites AP items on U S fliers, advisers, and combat roles alongside Vietnamese forces.
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Associated Press News
Washington
Kennedy
South Viet Nam
United States
Eisenhower
Diem
Maxwell Taylor
Taylor
Viet Nam
U.S
U.S Army
Improvement Ordinance No 1283 A Decatur Alabama
The City of Decatur Alabama board confirms Improvement Ordinance No 1283 and orders the stated improvements to be made with cost assessed to benefited property. The city shall construct without bids under the city engineer’s supervision, adopted June 5 1962. June 7 B.
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Board OF Commissioners
City OF
Decatur
Alabama
Community Notes From Morgan County and Nearby Towns
Local residents visit relatives in Fayette Birmingham and Lazard area while several are hospitalized or recovering at Baugh Wiley Smith Clinic and Hart sellet Hospital. Graduates from Priceville High School include June Taylor Kathryn Hudson Patricia Reeves and others. The Payne family from Huntsville remains seriously ill after transfer from V A hospital in Birmingham.
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Aubrey Rooks
L. E. Beasley
L. A. Newton
Fayette
Troy May
Keith
Mason Hawkins
Johnny
Nancy
J. T. Leeman
Birmingham
Ollie Blankenship
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Jimmy Watson
Helen Henderson
Ronnie
Decatur
Priceville High School
June Taylor
Kathryn Hudson
Patricia Reeves
Billy Ballentine
Carolyn Landers Brown
John Berry
Roger Lambert
Jerry Knighten
Fred Vaughan
Hartselle Hospital
Paul Hudson
W. H. Payne
Huntsville
Ed Hunkapiller
New Hope
Mary London
Jackie
Hollywood
Fla
V. A. Hospital
Brandon St
Bill Chun
Black Sea coast hub of Russia's seaside resort scene
The Black Sea coast is Russia's Riviera with resorts, bathing beaches, and spas along the shore. Odessa stands as the chief port, ranking beside Leningrad as Russia's most important seaport.
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Black Sea
Russia
Riviera
Odessa
Leningrad
LPN Install New Officers For State
MOBILE AP A Birmingham woman Mrs Elma Sharp is the new president of the Licensed Practical Nurses Association of Alabama She was installed Wednesday night during a banquet of the 16th annual convention The officers installed include Mrs Pearl Powell Enterprise as first vice president and Mrs Nannie Dedman Birmingham as second vice president
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Mobile
Birmingham
Elma Sharp
The
Licensed Practical Nurses Association of Alabama
Sharp
Pearl Powell
Enterprise
Nannie Dedman
Morgan City Union Hill Rate Hearing Set for June 22
An Alabama Public Service Commission hearing is scheduled for June 22 on Brindlee Mountain Telephone Co. rate increase in north Alabama. About 2,500 subscribers in Arab Moran City Union Hill Oleander Eddy Joppa and Summit would be affected.
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Montgomery
Alabama Public Service Commission
Brindlee Mountain Telephone Co
Alabama
Arab
Moran City
Union Hill
Oleander
Eddy, Joppa
Summit
Boy's Staters Take Over State Capitol
All 425 Boy's State delegates move headquarters from the University of Alabama to Montgomery for a day to run state affairs and will return Friday for a final address by Lewis McCray of Tuscaloosa, former Alabama Legion commander.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Montgomery
Lewis McCray
Alabama Department of the American Legion
Turner Acquitted In Self Defense Slaying Trial
Huntsville Alabama AP A Circuit Court jury acquitted James Turner former Madison County commissioner in a manslaughter trial He testified that he shot Shields Jones of Elkmont Alabama to death last December 31 in self defense after Jones repeatedly tried to enter his home.
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Huntsville
Ala
James Turner
Madison County
Turner
Shields Jones
Elkmont
Jones
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