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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1961

Page

3

Valley Eying River Without Great Alarm

Industries along the Tennessee River shift deliveries from water to rail and truck as Wheeler Dam remains breached. TVA meetings in Knoxville and Sheffield aim to plan around repairs for months, with some pipelines or conveyors discussed. Costs may rise and grain and coal shipments face disruption, though Chattanooga firms see no immediate alarm.

Associated Press Tennessee River Ternnessee Wheeler Dam Muscle Shoals Alabama Tennessee Valley Authority Knoxville Tenn Sheffield Ala Chemstrand Corp Decatur Eee Guntersville Dam Midwest W. J. Williams Chamber of Commerce River Committee Tennessee Valley Guntersville Nashville Coal Co Wester Kentucky Coal Co Uniontown Coach Transportation Co Georgia Power Co Rome Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce Combusting Engineering Co

Physicals Block Many In South

More than half of the men drafted last year in 17 states and the District of Columbia failed medical or mental tests. The Army surgeon general release cites Alabama Arkansas Florida and Georgia among the states with high rejection rates.

Washington District of Columbia Army Surgeon General Alabama Arkansas Florida Geor

Justice Department Holds Comment On Red Defiance

The Justice Department reserved comment on the American Communist party's plan to defy the Supreme Court by not registering as controlled by the Soviet Union. Officials signaled readiness to pursue legal action over compliance, while Atty. Gen. Kennedy's aides review related rulings on the Internal Security Act and party member convictions.

Justice Department Washington Communist Party Supreme Court Soviet Union Department Robert F. Kennedy Gus Hall U. S. Party

Shuttlesworth Plea Denied by Circuit Court

Birmingham AP A Circuit Court judge denied Rev F L Shuttlesworths bid to set aside a lower court contempt citation He had been convicted in Recorder s Court of refusing to obey an officer interfering with an officer and contempt of court He was fined 10 and jailed 24 hours for declining to answer questions while invoking the Fifth Amendment Lawyers planned appeal arguing recorder proceedings should move to a higher court

Birmingham F. L. Shuttlesworth Shuttlesworth Recorder's Court William Conway U.S Conway J. Edgar Bowron

Ashland Plant Expansion Plans Detailed

General Graphite Co. of Ashland Alabama announces a 500000 expansion to raise plant capacity from 200 to 600 tons daily. W L Shumate Jr president says a new mica recovery plant will be built. Four months to complete the project with a small workforce increase from 65.

Ashland Ala General Graphite Co W. L. Shumate Jr Shumate General Graphite

New Air Force Reserve Units Set in Alabama

Birmingham AP reports restructuring of the Air Force Reserve will eliminate the 2690th Air Reserve Center in Birmingham while creating the 8444th Air Reserve Recovery Group there and two recovery squadrons in Guin and Huntsville. Units extend across Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Virginia.

Air Force Birmingham Clement F. Brown Jr 2690Th Air Reserve Center 8444Th Air Reserve Recovery Group 9301St Guin Ala 9302Nd Air Reserve Huntsville Via Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia

Nichols May to Offer Evening for CORE in New York

Comedy duo Mike Nichols and Elaine May host an evening in New York this weekend to benefit the Congress of Racial Equality. Proceeds from a Sunday night show will support CORE programs.

Freedom Riders South Harry Belafonte CORE Golden Theater Mike Nichols Elaine May New York The Congress of Racial Equality

Nova Design Is Revealed

Washington reports NASA details the Nova rocket project to power the Apollo spacecraft. Maj. Gen. Don Ostrander outlines a 22 engine first stage and staged upper sections, with horizontal or vertical moon landing concepts and later use of a nuclear upper stage for interplanetary missions.

Washington Space Agency Kennnedy Don Ostrander National Aeronautics and Space Administration Senate Space Committee Ostrander NASA General Electric Martin Convair Sions Cape Canaveral Fla

Ocean City Grows to Maryland’s Second Largest City

Ocean City Maryland, normally a quiet Atlantic resort, swells from a permanent population of 965 to as many as 125000 on certain July and August weekends, making it Maryland’s second largest city during peak season.

Ocean City Maryland Atlantic Resort

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