TVA Board Inspects Wheeler Dam Damage After Collapse
TVA officials led by Brigadier General Vogel and Aubrey Wagner toured the Wheeler Dam lock site after the 70 foot wall failed killing two and injuring several. They assessed damage and planned steps to repair the Tennessee River artery, noting the catastrophe as unprecedented in TVA history. See TVA on Page 2.
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TVA
Wheeler Dam
Tennessee Valley Authority Board
Aubrey J. Wagner
Herbert D. Vogel
Phillip Kyle
Decatur Daily
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee
Youth Rally in Morgan County High School Saturday
A Youth For Christ Club rally is set for 7 30 p m Saturday in Petty Gym Morgan County High School Hartselle guest speaker Lowell Vann invites all to attend. The event is part of local youth activity and outreach.
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Petty
Morgan County High School
Hartselle
Youth For Christ Club
Lowell Vann
Giving to God Before Bills Finds Peace and Blessings
A pastor counsels that God meets needs when giving is proportionate to prosperity. He cites 2 Corinthians 8:12 and a story of a man who tithed before paying bills, discovering more remaining of nine tenths and lasting spiritual peace. He urges readers to trust God and try generous giving.
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G.P
God
Reapportion Death Thorns But Reapportionment Lives In House
Gov. Patterson's admin failed to secure 64 votes for reapportionment in the Alabama House, edging 56-48 before a switch left the tally 55-49. Rep. Bob Gilchrist shifted from yes to no to block auto defeat, then moved for reconsideration and a 52-47 vote kept the measure alive. He pushed to postpone action to Tuesday, bid to win broader support as Senate panels advance other items. Freedom Rides bill cleared Senate Judiciary Committee with no dissent, while a school financing investigation resolution moved forward in the Senate Rules Committee. The House readied for a showdown over reapportionment.
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Montgomery
John Patterson
North
Alabama
Bob Gilchrist
Morgan County
Gilchrist
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Senate
Birmingham
Anniston
Ala
Bert Haltom
Privileges and Elections Committee
Constitution Committee
House
Severe Thunderstorms Forecast in Northern Alabama Counties
The U S Weather Bureau warned of severe thunderstorms with hail and damaging winds from 2 p m to 8 p m across ten northern Alabama counties including Colbert Cullman Madison Marshall Jackson Lauderdale Lawrence Limestone Morgan and eastern Winston County with forecasted extreme weather.
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Birmingham
Alabama
U.S. Weather Bureau
Colbert
Cullman
Madison
Marshall
Jackson
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Limestone
Morgan
Winston
Box Scores From Jackson Pack Fragments
AP notes from Jackson Mississippi: score updates appear amid a list of brief items. Mentions total convictions arrivals Friday awaiting triad released on bond paid fines hunger strike and jail space availability with limited readable context.
Kennedy swims as treatment for backache in Palm Beach
President Kennedy, diagnosed with a back injury since May, follows Dr Janet Travell's order to swim in a heated pool. He traveled from Washington to Florida, staying at the Wrightsman villa, and appeared untroubled and upbeat while visiting the estate.
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Karl R. Bauman
Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Janet Travell
Washington
Wrightsman
Government House
Ottawa
White House
Vanier
John Diefenbaker
Justice dept objects to ban on Freedom Rides into Alabama
The Justice Department objects to a federal court order barring groups and individuals from sponsoring Freedom Rides into Alabama, arguing the riders were exercising constitutional rights. Rioting erupted in Montgomery on May 20 and Birmingham on May 14, with a bus burned near Anniston. Judge Frank Johnson last week halted sponsorships and ordered police to protect interstate travelers while restraining Klan groups and four individuals from violence. The DOJ asked to be relieved from the case against CORE and others.
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Montgomery
Justice Department
Alabama
U.S. District Court
Birmingham
Anniston
U.S. Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Martin Luther King Jr
Johnson
Calvin Whitesell
L. B. Sullivan
Freedom Under
Whitesell
Little Rock
Night Sky Notes for Decatur Saturday June 10
The entry reports sunset at 7 00 p m and sunrise at 4 34 a m with moonrise at 3 40 a m and a new moon Monday night. Jupiter and Saturn, the two largest planets, appear southeast at 11 53 p m and in the south at dawn with Jupiter brighter.
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Jupiter
Saturn
Tennessee River water levels and forecast at Keller Memorial Bridge
The Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 16.08 feet, up 0.41 feet in 24 hours. Sea level reading 550.38 feet. TVA lake stages Guntersville 595.1 Whitesburg 551.6 Wilson 507.4. High today 88 with a low of 68 and a high Saturday 88. Clouds give way to possible thunderstorms. Winds SW 8 to 20 mph, gusty with storms.
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Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Laos talks stall as Gromyko attends Geneva meeting
U S Ambassador Harriman meets Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko in Geneva to urge Moscow to help revive the Laos cease fire as British co chair suspended talks amid cease fire violations. Rebels advance near Luang Prabang and Pathet Lao gains threaten Xieng Khouang province, complicating negotiations.
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Geneva
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Andrei A. Gromyko
Laos
Harriman
Washington
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Britain
Cochairman
Gromyko
Moscow
Khrushchev
Vienna
Austria
Luang Prabang
Pathet Lao
Xieng Khouang
Chen Yi
Red China
Adam Rapacki
Poland
Ung van Khiem
Viet Nam
United States
Padong
Mattress and Box Spring Clearance at Robinson's
Robinson's advertises a clearance sale on mattresses and box springs with notable savings. The notice highlights deep discounts and invites shoppers to visit the outlet for the reduced prices.
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Fabulous Savings
Robinson's Lady
Tractors for Freedom Committee Pushes Castro Trade
The Tractors for Freedom Committee says it will ship 100 tractors within two weeks as part of a deal with Fidel Castro in exchange for 1,214 released invasion prisoners. A six member team of agricultural experts would negotiate, while the group urged prompt prisoner verification with Red Cross involvement.
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Detroit
Tractors For Freedom Committee
Fidel Castro
Castro
International Red Cross
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
Jack Paar
NBC
Havana
Cuba
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Milton Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Alabama Traffic Toll Totals 25 Hurt in State Incidents
A Thursday statewide tally lists 29 rural and 74 urban accidents with 2 rural deaths and 14 rural plus 11 urban injuries. Property damage totals 11 725 rural and 19 949 urban. Arrests include drunk driving reckless driving speeding no license brakes lights improper passing running stop signs wrong side of road and yield violations across rural and urban areas. Specifics note Decatur Cullman and Decatur Highway Patrol incidents with multiple wrecks injuries and various violations.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Decatur
Cullman
Decatur Highway Patrol
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