Forecasts For Future Made By Editors
In 2000 A D autos will be barred from downtown areas and low cost housing from the 1940s and 1950s will be slums bulldozed. Solar power will light and heat, electric transmission will be wireless, double deck highways will carry autos above and trucks below with heated surfaces. Nuclear energy may be avoided in North America with solar powering homes and factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling F. Green
Washington
A. D
Associated General Contractors of A
Nixon
Joseph Watterson
Journal of the American Institute of Architects
George B. Roscoe
Qualified Contractor Magazine
North America
Roscoe
Decatur Declares War on Litter During Cleanup Week
Decatur will hold Spring Cleanup Week June 16 to 20 to tackle littering. The street department will supply pickup trucks for residents and businesses to haul off refuse, adding to regular trash collection. Signs reading Dont Be A Litterbug will toll the message at street markers to urge year round cleanliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Trinidad West Indies Hosts Large Hummingbird Population
Trinidad in the West Indies reports a substantial hummingbird population with diverse species noted across regions. Observers highlight abundant feeders and flowering areas supporting high activity and variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
West Indies
Lonnie J. Pack Rites Set Today
Funeral services for Lonnie J. Pack age 52 of 1618 Jackson Street Southeast are set for today at Sherman Street Church of God with burial in Athens City Cemetery. Brown Funeral Co. of Decatur directs. Pack died Saturday at Decatur General Hospital after a period of illness. He is survived by his widow, a daughter, a son, three sisters, one brother, a granddaughter, and many nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie J. Pack
Jackson St. SE
Sherman Street Church of God
Athens City
Brown Funeral Co
Decatur
Pack
Decatur General Hospital
Chrysler Corp
Detroit
Fannie Pack
Tommy Blaxton
Bobby Joe
John Boyd
Athens
Leon Bowen
Etheridge
Tenn
Joe Anglin
Huntsville
Sum Pack
Nashville
Traveling Old Hat To This 6-Months Old
Six month old Thomas Wade Marlar of Town Creek endures repeated travel for medical care. He has spinal meningitis and head drainage, with treatment in Colbert Hospital and Birmingham, while doctors hold little hope yet he improves gradually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Creek
Thomas Wade Marlar
Town Creek 2
Colbert County
Tuscumbia
Colbert Hospital
Birmingham
Carl Marlar
Birmingham Hospital
Athens Barber Loses Arm In Highway Wreck
Athens barber Athens-Columbus Taylor 54 of Tanner is in satisfactory condition after a Thursday crash on Highway 72 E. eight miles from Athens. His right arm was amputated above the elbow after he was thrown from his overturned 1954 Chevrolet. Highway Patrolmen Carl Edgemen and B G Faulkner investigated the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Columbus
Taylor
Tanner
Athens-Limestone
Highway 72 E
Here
Carl Edgeman
B. G. Faulkner
Farm start-up costs limit graduates returning to farming
A Minnesota family economics bureau report finds only one of six agricultural college graduates returns to farming due to the large investment required to establish a modern farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural College
Minnesota Family Economics Bureau
Five Burglaries Arrested Report in City Month May
City records show 241 offenses in May with 5715 in fines plus 3124.10 from parking meters and 424.93 from curb cops. Five arrested for burglaries, one for forgery, four picked up by Madison County sheriff. Police investigated 59 wrecks injuring 16. three autos stolen, two recovered. Sub-thefts included hub caps radios batteries fender skirts tires and mirrors. Other notices list intoxicated on street gaming and driving violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison County
Fire Department Responded to Seventeen Alarms in May
City fire department answered seventeen alarms during May, with two unnecessary runs and one false alarm. Major blaze on May 4 destroyed the Willard Morgan house on Highway 31 S in Flint. Other incidents included the Bill Woodall home on 217 Eighth Ave NW, damage at Persons Furniture on Bank St, and the Reese G. Robertson garage on 715 Sixth Ave SE.
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Willard Morgan
Highway 31
Flint
Bill Woodall
Eighth Ave
Persons Furniture Store
Bank St
Reese G. Robertson
Sixth Ave
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Roy Odom
Joe S. Elliott
Fedders
Radio Shack
LaFayette and
Éth Ave. N
Plymouths
US Motors
2Nd Ave
Chicago
Alcoholics Anonymous
United States
Daniel Webster
Franklin, N. H
Paul King
Pitt’s
Sunshine Cleaners
Second Avenue
Fire Department
Remington
Kee
Down
Stuart Watch Co
Sterchi‘s
Stuart
Man
Parker
Sheaffer
Anson
Jewelry Dept
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