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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1961

Page

8

Inflatable Space Docks and Hogs Promise Easier Orbit Repairs

Article outlines inflatable airtight structures for space repair and assembly, including a sausage-dock that envelops a spacecraft and air from the mother ship, and a space hog portable tube with rigid rings for extravehicular work, enabling astronauts to perform tasks outside ships.

Space Hog

Rubber Company Union Continue Contract Talks

Negotiations between B F Goodrich Co and the United Rubber Workers for a new contract covering 12 500 workers will continue day to day into this week after the old contract expired Friday. Wages and working conditions are on the table. no progress report has been issued.

Columbus, Ohio B. F. Goodrich Co United Rubber Workers UAW Goodrich Firestone

Workshop Lecturer Is Announced

Dr Helen E Peixotto associate professor in psychology at Catholic University of America will be guest lecturer at the Workshop on the Exceptional Child sponsored by St Bernard College Education Department August 14 18 Announcement by Father Jerome Diffley head of Education Dr Peixotto has served on the Catholic University faculty since 1949 and is chief clinical psychologist at the university Child Center Native of New York City she earned her BA from Mt St Vincent MA from Columbia and PhD from Fordham Fiberglass is used in more than 30000 products

Helen E. Peixotto Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Catholic University of America St. Bernard College Department of Jerome Diffley O.S.B St. Bernard College Peixotto Catholic University New York City College of Mt. St. Vincent New York Columbia University Fordham

Moon by 1967 a bold pace in space predictions

The article surveys space progress noting a satellite launch three and a half years earlier and predicting a man on the moon within six years. It calls for heavy earthbound work to assemble the final spacecraft and payloads, with engineers and scientists delivering the necessary means.

Earth Russia United States Alreay Eral

Government Bans Bikinis on Portugal Beaches

The government prohibits bikinis on Portugal beaches and warns women buying modest one piece swimsuits against squeezing into smaller sizes.

Lisbon Portugal

Engineers Seek Bids for AF Base Building Addition

Army engineers Mobile District invites bids for an addition to an Air Force Base engine and repair building near Selma. The project includes cleaning tanks a monorail and a 1000 pound air hoist with bids opened June 23. Also invites paving bids for two roads near Lake Seminole.

Mobile Army Engineers, Mobile District Office Air Force Base Selma Lake Seminole Jim Woodruff

Churchill Made Ro tarian at English Club Dinner

Sir Winston Churchill accepted honorary membership announced at a club dinner in Westerham England and noted as a Ro tarian. The report also describes two local roads serving engineer facilities near the Chattahoochee and Lake Seminole in Decatur County Georgia with access to river and landing strip sites.

Westerham, England Winston Churchill Butler’s Ferry Engineers Ranger Chattahoochee River Lake Seminole Decatur County Engineers Flint River

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