Decatur junior band sign up and local notices
L W Yates invites entering seventh graders at Decatur Junior High to join the junior band, contact EL3-5631 weekdays. Decatur Emblem Club No 127 meets Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Elks Lodge. Jane Miller of Decatur earns multiple honors on Deshler High School graduation including Legion Auxiliary award, a scholastic medal and NHS membership. Joe S Elliott, Alabama Rainbow Assembly grand deputy, returned from Montgomery after attending the 29th convention and spoke at installation events. See DIARY On Page 3.
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L. W. Yates
Decatur Junior High School
Decatur Emblem Club No. 127
Elks Lodge
Jane Miller
Decatur
Deshler High School
Tuscumbia
American Legion Auxiliary
National Honor Society
W. J. Miller
Truman Ave
Joe S. Elliott
Order of Rainbow Assembly For Girls of
Alabama
Montgomery
Emblem Club
Decatur Emblem Club
Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Wannetta C. Cagle
Community Service and Social Welfare
Katherine Horton
Ways and Means
Ladder of Christ Helps Overcome Inner Struggle
A reader asks why good intentions fail daily. The answer likens self-help to a roof repair needing a ladder, then argues the Bible provides the ladder through Christ. With Christ dwelling in a person, the power to overcome inner evil makes attainable what once seemed impossible.
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God
Paul
Christ
Grain Group and TVA Discuss Wheeler Dam Bottleneck
Grain shippers and TVA officials met in Sheffield to address moving bulk liquid commodities past a damaged lock at Wheeler Dam. TVA proposed two plans to ease the bottleneck as through traffic remains halted since the lock walls collapsed June 2. engineers estimate eight months to repair.
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Sheffield
Ala
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wheeler Dam
TVA
Tennessee
Navy and NASA Team Up to Move Saturn Booster
The Navy will assist NASA by using the barge Palemon to transport the Saturn booster from Huntsville to Cape Canaveral. After crossing Wheeler Dam by barge, the booster will be moved by road a short distance to the Navy barge for final voyage. TVA plans a cross dam pipeline to move liquids, reducing transfer hazards.
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Huntsville
Ala
Navy
Space Agency
Cape Canaveral
The
Naw
Alabama
Wheeler Dam
Tennessee River
Marshall Space Flight Center
Space Flight Center
Saturn
TVA Plans Temporary Bypass for Wheeler Dam Cargo
TVA navigation chief J Porter Taylor told about 150 grain shippers and barge operators that TVA will begin work within 10 days to install an over the dam bypass system to move cargo past the Wheeler Dam damaged lock. The move aims to restore grain traffic through the Tennessee Valley area.
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Knoxville
TVA
J. Porter Taylor
TVA Navigator
A. McLaughlin
American Oil Co
Atlanta
Tennessee River
Sheffield
Ala
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wheeler Dam
TVA Navigation
Alabama Monday traffic wrecks and arrests breakdown
A Monday report covers Alabama incidents with 136 total wrecks split into 27 rural and 109 urban cases. It lists 0 deaths, 18 injuries, and $52,870 in property loss. Arrests include drunk driving, reckless driving, speeding, license violations, improper passing, running stop signs, wrong side of road, and yield right of way across multiple cities.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Athens
Decatur Peties
Hartselle
Courtland
Decatur Highway Patrol
Tractor Body Reach Cuba
An American mission arrived in Havana to exchange tractors for prisoners and was greeted by Fidel Castro era officials. Four members met at the airport with Major Luis Crespo Enrike Cabre and Fernando Otero before proceeding to the Havana Riviera Hotel.
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Havana
Cuba
Washington
J. B. Liljedhal
Purdue University
JFK Cancels Speech Today
President Kennedy canceled a speaking engagement to speed his back recovery. White House press secretary Pierre Salinger said the decision showed no deterioration in condition. Kennedy had been slated to address the U S Conference of Mayors at a Washington hotel.
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Washington
Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
White House
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Salinger
House
Sam Rayburn
Dtex
Rayburn
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
JFK
Cross Burned In Man's Yard On Kirby Bridge Rd
A four foot wooden cross wrapped in burlap and kerosene was burned last night in the front yard of Price Brown on Kirby Bridge Rd near the Lawrence County line. Neighbors alerted the sheriff around 11 30 p m. Brown was alone and asleep. Investigators Chief Deputy Pat Patterson and Deputy Paul Smith examined the scene.
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Kirby Bridge
Lawrence County
Price Brown
Brown
Pat Patterson
Paul Smith
Nuclear Ban Talks Face Deepening Doubt in Geneva
In Geneva the Soviet Union pressed the West to accept an inspection veto or merge talks with general disarmament. The United States and Britain rejected both, saying they would study moving talks but refuse any veto over control machinery. Tsarapkin kept meeting but warned only a three member board or merger could restart discussions, hinting at possible shelving if tied to general disarmament.
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United States
Britain
Washington
London
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Tsarapkin
Arthur H. Dean
Michael Wright
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Vienna
Dean
New York Herald Tribune
Army blames Army for killing spree in confessional
Two teenagers James Latham and George York claim seven slayings in five states began after Army harassment and resistance to racial integration. They say they wanted death and would prefer the electric chair, but say the Army cannot claim sole blame for the killings. They discuss the Whitaker murder and face murder charges as authorities push cases forward.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
James Douglas Latham
Mauriceville
Tex
George Ronald York
Jacksonville
Fla
Kansas
Colorado
Army
Salt Lake County
Decatur Skywatch June 14 Visible Planet Notes
The notice lists sunset at 7 02 p m and sunrise at 4 34 a m for June 14 in Decatur. The Moon sets at 8 13 p m with first quarter approaching June 21. Mars sets at 10 15 p m while Jupiter and Saturn appear in the southeast. Venus rises later.
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Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Weather and River Update for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 16.51 feet, up 26 feet in 24 hours. TVA lake stages listed include Pickwick 413.9 Guntersville 595.1 Whitesburg 552.0 Wilson 506.8 feet. High today reached 81 degrees with 89 degrees forecast. humid with scattered storms today through Wednesday.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Clee
Uncertain House Vote on Patterson Reapportionment Action
In Montgomery, Gov Patterson and Rep Gilchrist push for 64 votes to pass the Hatem reapportionment bill. After a 56 voting block last Friday, negotiations continue with lawmakers who opposed it as a decisive vote looms this week.
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Morgan County
Bob Gilchrist
Montgomery
House of Representatives
Haltom
Gilchrist
House
Capitol
John Patterson
Gov. Patterson
Patterson
Senate
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Demopolis
Troy Spence
Gene Tierce
J. S
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Duane Greathouse
United Auto Workers Union
Hugo Pineda
American University
Roy Rainer
University of California
C. H. Hansen
Michigan State University
Dorian Falk
Geneva
Union
John A. Whitaker
Solon
Lee
Robinson's
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
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