Redistricting in Alabama Treads Negro Majority Regions
Alabama lawmakers weigh how to redraw Senate lines amid counties with nonwhite majorities. Court orders have boosted Negro voter registration in Bullock and Macon, with potential shifts in districts. Proposals consider a 40 senator plan and multi county groupings to maximize black representation.
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John Patterson
Hale-Perry-Marengo
Dallas
Haltom
Lowndes
Wilcox
Marengo
Sumter
Bullock
Macon
Dallas County
Senate
Barbour
Greene
Hale
Monroe
Perry
Progress report and tech advances from Southern Bell in 1961
A look at Bell System innovations such as live ECG transmission by DATA PHONE, data sets for medical use, and x ray transmission, plus Berlin prosperity contrasts, rising indoor plumbing, and Southern Bell’s 1961 investments. The piece notes 293 million dollars in facilities, 7.6 million telephones served, and 46 percent dialed long distance by year end. It also features a photo caption of an early telephone repairman in a tool chest on wheels.
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Bell System
Bell Labs
Southern Bell
Georgia Court Case Far Reaching One
Washington AP reports a Supreme Court review of a case with broad political stakes for farmers and city dwellers. The decision could signal how much urban voters gain in state legislatures amid disputes over voting systems and representation. No clear guidelines exist on what constitutes invidious discrimination.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Area Men In Service Headlines From Fort Gordon And More
Army Pvt. Henry F. Sherrod Jr. completed eight weeks of military police training at Fort Gordon Ga under the Reserve Forces Act. Airman Basic J R Morton is reassigned to a Greenville Miss technical training course for fire protection specialists. Van B Gibbs commissioned as a second lieutenant after Officer Training School, will study meteorology at the University of Utah. Jesse James and his gang hid out at Meramec Caverns in Stanton Mo for 15 years.
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FT. Gordon
Henry F. Sherrod
Grant St
Decatur
Provost Marshal General School
Here
Sherrod
Kappa Alpha Order
Phi Beta Kappa
Omicrom -Delta Kappa
Decatur High School
Lackland Afb
Tex
J. R. Morton
Hershel H. Morton
United States Air Force
Greenville Afb
Miss
Morton
West Point
Ala
Jesse James
Meramec Caverns
Stanton, Mo
U S Fiscal Policy Editor's Note on Budgets and Growth
Sam Dawson analyzes how federal budgeting shapes business and jobs, noting that the administrative budget omits Social Security and other funds, yet these affect the economy through withheld pay and benefit checks. The piece flags a fierce upcoming debate on deficits versus growth.
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Cal
The
Times
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
Congress
Airman Engman Reassigned After Training Graduation
KEESLER AFB Mississippi reports Airman 2C Lloyd J Engman Jr of Decatur reassigned to Hamilton AFB California after completing USAF technical training in aircraft radio repair. He trained to operate test and repair interphone and emergency radio equipment. A Decatur High School graduate, he is the son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd J Engman of 1716 Summerlane SE.
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Keesler Afb
Miss
Lloyd J. Engman Jr
Decatur
Hamilton Afb
Calif
United States Air Force
Engman
Airman
Decatur High School
Lloyd J. Engman
1716
Summerlane SE
Kennedy Promoted to Technical Sergeant in Air Force
Ellsworth AFB South Dakota reports Robert A Kennedy of Decatur has been promoted to technical sergeant. Kennedy is a radar technician assigned to the 740th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron. Separately, Georgia faces a landmark shift as a three-judge federal court voids the county unit system used in Democratic primaries for governor and other offices. The system previously valued rural votes highly, prompting the Georgia Democratic party to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case next term starting October. The court may allow popular votes to decide the governor if county disparities align with Electoral College norms. The lower panel suggested a standard tying vote weight to nationwide Electoral College variances, noting Alaska and New York as an extreme example. The outcome hinges on how the Supreme Court defines reasonable vote weight disparities.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
Europe
Washington
Kennedy
Treasury
Ellsworth Afb
S. D
Robert A. Kennedy
Decatur
United States Air Force
Sgt. Kennedy
740Th Aircraft Control and Warning
U.S Senate
Georgia
Democratic Party of Georgia
U.S Supreme Court
U.S
Alaska
Supreme Court
Kennedy Family Details of Ardmore Sergeant's Family
The sergeant is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Kennedy of 424 8th Ave SW. He is married to Juanita Lee of Arm adia Florida and is a Decatur Senior High School graduate. He and his wife have two children, Dianna and Bobby.
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C. M. Kennedy
8Th Ave
Juanita Lee
Armadia
Fla
Decatur Senior High School
Dianna
Bobby
Hendricks Promoted to Staff Sergeant in Mainz Artillery
Nelson W Hendricks and his wife Helen of Birmingham report his promotion to staff sergeant in Germany where he serves in the 40th Artillery Battery A in Mainz. A 1946 Athens High School graduate, he entered the Army in August 1950 and arrived overseas in January 1961. He attended the University of Alabama.
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Mainz
Germany
Nelson W. Hendricks
Helen
Birmingham
40Th Artillery
Hendricks
East St
Athens
Athens High School
University of Alabama
Soldier Billy R. James Assigned to 51st Ordnance Co
THULE Greenland Army Pfe Billy R James 23 and wife Sara of 122 Church St Decatur received assignment to the 51st Ordnance Company where he serves as a missile mechanic. He joined the Army in July 1961 and completed basic training at Ft Benning Ga. He is a Decatur High School alumnus and is son of Mr and Mrs William R James of 414 10th Ave SW Decatur.
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Thule
Greenland
Army Pfe
Billy R. James
Sara
Church St
Decatur
51St Ordance Co
James
Army
Ft. Benning
Decatur High School
William R. James
10Th Ave
Protestant churches send aid overseas since 1946
Protestant churches in America have shipped more than two billion pounds of food medicines clothes and other supplies valued at 224 million dollars to needy peoples overseas since 1946.
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America
Diamond Rings Reported Stolen
F L Corbin reported two diamond rings stolen from his Prospect Drive home between 8 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday. One ring was a plain one carat diamond in a yellow gold setting valued at 500 dollars. the other a three quarter carat cluster of eight small diamonds in a yellow gold mounting valued at 570 dollars. No break in evident, and a house key may have been used to enter, with a key stolen from the garage about a month ago.
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F. L. Corbin
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Rose Bushes
Decatur Nursery and Greenhouse
Old Moulton Rd
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Raymond J. Crowley
U.S House of Representatives
van B. Gibbs
Cullman
Gibbs
St. Bernard College
Air Force
University of Utah
Air Force Institute of Technology
U.S. Fiscal Policy
Fis
Budget Bureau
Uncle Sam
Ous Services
Davidson Coal & Feed Co
Holly St. N.E
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Sherman St
Atlas Tire
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Atlas
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Canada
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Kentucky
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