Power Failure Paralyzes Manhattan in Heat Wave
A massive blackout hit New York City causing elevators to stall, lights to fail and traffic to halt as 3,500 police and civil defense workers scrambled to manage chaos. Hospitals and hotels were affected while emergency power kept some services running.
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Robert F. Wagner
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Waldorf-Astoria
Independent
Subway Division
Dear Helen Worden Erskine advice column selections
Excerpts present Dorothy Dix style letters: a wife abused by a jealous husband, a separations in love, a sober-drunken dinner dilemma, and a reader seeking writing guidance. Helen Worden Erskine counsels breaking free, trust in actions, and pursuing discipline and writing study.
Local Social Notes Roundup From Winter Haven to Cullman
Anderon Butler of Winter Haven Florida visiting the Higgins family this weekend and attended church Sunday. Mr and Mrs J P Brown and family visited relatives in Birmingham Sunday. Ted Whites guests included Edward Brown Douglas and Michael Skinner. Henry Thompson and family of Cullman were in the area Thursday. A luncheon honored Mr and Mrs Tom Brown formerly Marty Drake at the Browns home. Troy Skinner and Curtis Brock hosted Good Hope visitors Sunday. Maxie Butler and children from Bethel attended church. Arvel Rodgers and Terry visited relatives weekend. Allen Glover and sons of Cullman called on Ira Glover last week. Lord Tennyson served as England’s poet laureate for 41 years 11 months before his 1892 death.
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Anderson Butler
Winter Haven
Florida
Roy Higgins
J.P. Brown
Birmingham
Ted White
Edward Brown
Douglas
Michael Skinner
Henry Thompson
Cullman
Tom Brown
Brown
Marty Drake
Deleus Brown
Troy Skinner
Curtis Brock
Good Hope
Maxie Butler
Bethel
Arvel Rodgers
Terry
Allen Glover
Ira Glover
City Firm Gets Redstone Pact
The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center awarded Pearce and Gersham of Decatur a 162,890 dollar contract for a two story addition to its Fabrication and Assembly Engineering Division office building. The 101 by 42 foot structure will be built across the front of the current one story wall and will include air and standard office lighting with potential for expansion to three stories. It will increase usable area by about 30 percent.
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George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Pearce and Gresham
Decatur
Hummingbird Defies Flight Norms With Hovering and Backward Flight
The hummingbird uniquely hovers in place without moving its body and can fly backward. This exceptional flight capability arises from its rapid wing motion and flexible shoulder joints.
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