Decatur to Get Westgate Shopping Center With 16 Stores
Emmette L. Barran of Gateway Realty Co announces Decatur's Westgate Shopping Center to open at Alabama 24 west of 13th Street. The 86,000 square foot complex on a 10 acre site will host 16 stores including Gibson's department store and an A&P supermarket.
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George Biggers III
Decatur
Emmette L. Barran
Gateway Realty Co
Westgate
Alabama 24 West
F 13Th St. W
Barran
Gibson’s Department
A&p Food
Gibson’s
Alabama
Cullman Tags New Industry
Officials of the National Screw and Manufacturing Co of Cleveland Ohio announced a $3 million industrial plant for Cullman Alabama on a 66 acre site along U S 31 S. Construction to start within two weeks with Daniel Construction Co Birmingham building the 240000 square foot facility. Plant to employ 150 to 200 by year end and is slated to open by November 1. The firm will manufacture industrial fasteners and traces its origins to 1869 when it made horseshoe nails.
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Cullman
National Screw and Manufacturing Co
Cleveland
Ohio
North
Alabama
E. A. Channer
George C. Wallace
U.S. 31 S
Channer
Daniel Construction Co
Birmingham
William B. Green to Speak at IEEE Engineering Meeting
William B. Green of Redstone Arsenal will address the IEEE Engineering Management chapter at 6 p.m. at Michael's Restaurant inside Holiday Inn West. Green serves as assistant chief of the Materiel Analysis Section Production for the U S Army Missile Command.
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William B. Green
Ieee Engineering Management
Michael's
Holiday Inn West
Green
U. S. Army
Missi Command
Redstone Arsenal
Athens Plans Water Project Funding and Land Options
Athens city council voted to apply for a 93 656 advance planning loan for a 2 2 million water project and authorized securing land options for piping from the Elk River. The meeting lasted 4 hours 15 minutes after Jim Mullins outlined work. U S Rep Bob Jones said federal money is not now available but Congress may act on a loan bill.
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Athens
Communities Administration
Iown
Bill Malone
Elk River
Jim Mullins
Reids and
Mullins
Fof
Huntsville
Dewitt Garrett
U.S
Bob Jones
Jones
Congress
Elks River
Tennessee
Thomas H. Kuchel
Rit
Calif
Lee Athens
House Studies Aid Changes
The foreign aid authorization bill moves into a new ideological conflict between the House and Senate. The Senate approved 68 to 20 a $3.24 billion annual bill with a two year authorization and a deadline, plus a 16 member commission to map the program. The measure also shifts $25 million of military aid to the Organization of American States for Latin American assistance.
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Geoffrey Gould Washington
House
Senate
Organization of American States
U.S
Paratroopers and Rebels Clash as Reports Surface
U S paratroopers and rebel forces exchanged gunfire in Santo Domingo with unverified word of a death and a wound. In Washington the House Armed Services Committee backed a 1 billion dollar military pay bill, over Johnson's proposal. In Moscow Tass reported the Soviets launched the Cosmos 68 satellite.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
U.S
Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Senate moves on $4.7 billion excise tax cut
Washington AP reports Senators prepared for swift action on a $4.7 billion excise tax cut bill to repeal wartime and postwar levies. Senate floor manager Russell B. Long expressed hope the measure would pass by nightfall.
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Washington
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate
Old-Timers Watch Solons See 1965 Governor Hopefuls Meet
Former state senators reunite at the capitol renewing ties since 1923. The gathering brings two prospective gubernatorial candidates into a friendly exchange as they reconnect with old colleagues and reflect on Alabama politics.
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Montgomery
Markets At A Glance Fades Amid Mixed Trades
New York stocks fell amid heavy trading while bonds were mixed and treasuries steady. Chicago grain showed wheat easier and corn steady to easier with slack demand. Oats fell on light liquidation. Soybeans firm with a late rally, hog prices up 50 to 75 cents to a top of 25.50, and slaughter steers steady to strong with a top of 28.25.
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New York
Chicago
Decatur Housing Authority Praised for Urban Renewal Work
The Decatur Housing Authority received an award for superior achievement in the city’s multi million dollar urban renewal project. Director Charles H. Parker accepted the honor during the Southeast Regional Council convention. Judges noted city wide benefits from its federally assisted program.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Decatur Housing Authority
Housing Authority
Charles H. Parker
Southeastern Regional Council
National Association For Housing and Redevelopment Officials
Décatur Housing Authority
Southeastern States
U S Planes Hit Near Hanoi in North Viet Nam Strikes
AP dispatch from Saigon reports U S Navy planes targeting bridges 50 and 55 miles from Hanoi and other military sites in North Viet Nam. Over a 24 hour period ending 6 am, 230 attacks were launched on Viet Cong targets in South Viet Nam.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Hanoi
North
U.S. Navy
Red Capital
Ninh Binh
U.S
Highway 7
Air Strikes Hamper Viet Cong Support Say Johnson
President Johnson told influential members of Congress that U.S. air strikes have made it much harder for the North Vietnamese to reinforce the Viet Cong. He gave no clear sign of immediate escalation plans, according to reports from visitors.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
U.S
Senate Finance panel backs speed limit incentive in bill
Long notes a Senate Finance Committee insertion creating a strong incentive for speedier passage. The amendment would set first stage excise repeal effective the day after President Johnson signs, with the House backing a July 1 start. The Louisiana senator said the administration isn’t likely to renew its floor debate request.
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Long
Senate Finance Committee
Johnson
House
Louisiana
Civil War Skirmishes Threaten Union County Tanneries
Wednesday’s Decatur Daily recounts a Civil War era tale of bushwhackers and bummers harassing a tannery owner near Union City. The piece, relayed by John Knox from the tannery owner to his son, shows risks to producers supplying goods for the army and the price paid for defiance of the enemy.
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Morgan County
Union City
Decatur
John Knox
Copter crash over Georgia swamp kills 18 soldiers
Two Army UH-1 helicopters collided near Ft. Benning on a training mission, plunging into a swampy area two miles from the airstrip. The 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion crewed three men per ship and a dozen more were aboard each craft. searchers recovered bodies as the Army reported 18 dead with possible additional victims.
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Columbis, Ga
Ft. Benning
Army Infantry Training Center
Army
Blackburn Unopposed In City Race
Mayor Gilmer Blackburn 37 will run unopposed for the city commissioner post unless other candidates qualify by 5 p.m. today. City Clerk Joe Pettey notes past years saw many candidates, but wind has been taken from the race since the mayor signed in earlier. Elections set for August 17 with one commissioner elected each year for a three year term. Each commissioner earns 200 dollars monthly and the mayor 300 dollars.
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Gilmer Blackburn
Joe Pettey
Pettey
Reeves Fruit Stead Citrus Peaches for Sele
Reeves Fruit Stead in Hertselle offers home grown peaches for sale with phone contact 773 2691. Advertisement notes direct sales to customers and local delivery options.
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Ack Reeves Fruit Stead
Hertselle
Sele
Ale
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