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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1957

Page

6

Social Security disability checks Aug plan urged

Thousands nationwide to receive August disability insurance checks. eligibility emphasized for those 50 to 65 who have not yet applied. Foster warns June 30 deadline for long disabled workers to secure benefits. explains criteria based on medical evidence and substantial gainful activity.

Ware Foster Decatur Social Security Office Foster

TVA Dams Report Visitors Increase During May

TVA reports about 1,276,500 visits to dams and steam plants in May, up roughly 375,000 from May 1956. Chickamauga Dam led with 223,300 visits, followed by Kentucky and Norris Dams. Others include Guntersville 94,100 Fontana 86,000 Pickwick 85,600 and more across TVA sites.

TVA Chickamauga Kentucky Dam Norris Guntersville Fontana Pickwick Landing Fort Loudoun Douglas Boone Johnsonville Shawnee Colbert

State Farm Agent Wins Trip To Florida

Malcolm H. Smith local State Farm agent wins a three day trip to the Career Club meeting in Miami June 17 18 19 accompanied by Mrs Smith and son Harry. The event honors top performers from State Farm 8000 member field sales force in the U S and Canada with leading agents and district managers in attendance. Also notes a separate fact that some Australian Aborigines can live without clothes despite temperatures from 90 in daytime to 10 above freezing at night.

Malcolm H. Smith State Farm Insurance Companies State Farm Career Club Miami

Notable Claim on Substantial Gainful Activity

The text discusses whether he could engage in substantial gainful activity. It notes that both the job type and the earnings must be evaluated to determine the extent of work he performed.

Valley Seeks Three Billion Seedlings For Eroded Land

TVA foresters with local workers estimate nearly three billion plantable seedlings are needed in the Tennessee Valley. Areas include 657000 acres of eroded land 774000 acres of open land and 1271000 acres of badly burned grazed or overcut woodlands. Seigworth notes plantable area higher than eight years ago while planting in 1957 totaled 17.3 million seedlings with TVA supplying 45 percent.

Tennessee Valley TVA Kenneth J. Seigworth

Mrs. Denver Wooten Sets Quite A Record During School Days

Mrs. Denver Wooten earned a perfect attendance streak from Meek High School to Sacred Heart College and ranked second in her class. Her daughter Jayne Rhae started Cullman Junior High without missing a day, while Marilyn has attended Cullman High for six years straight.

Wootens Jayne Rhae Cullman Junior High Marilyn Cullman High

May Rainfall in Tennessee Valley Exceeds and Lags Averages

The Tennessee Valley Authority reports May rainfall across the valley with Decatur Alabama near 6.55 inches and Kentucky Dam peaking at 8.27 inches. East Chattanooga records 3.14 inches while the long term May average is 4.09 inches. Runoff in Chattanooga averages 1.32 inches this May, with five month totals of 18.01 inches versus 15.04 inches on average.

Tennessee Valley TVA Chattanooga That City Kentucky Dam Perryville Tenn Decatur Ala Cherokee Dam Norris Dam Douglas Dam Kentucky

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