Man Alone in Space Faces Death After Escape Attempt
Kirk Hammond, chosen as the first man to circle the Moon and return, is stranded aboard Explorer Nineteen after a third-stage failure. With two hours of oxygen left he contemplates suicide, fights panic, and endures a chilling, agony filled death as the satellite drifts into deep space.
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Kirk Hammond
Earth
Explorer Nineteen
Cape Canaveral
Hammond
Canaveral
Ohio
Tech
John Willing
Willing
City funds demand $250000 yearly over five years
City Commissioner Wilson Morgan spoke to the Decatur Rotary Club urging an extra 250000 annually for five years to strengthen the general fund. He cited debt, retirement planning, city expansion, recreation, and library funding as key needs with projected library spending at 12,000 this year and recreation at 30,000 rising to 45000.
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Wilson Morgan
Rotary Club
Morgan
Decatur Rotary Club
City Library Board
Library Board
Bookmobile Schedule Thursday June 25
Bookmobile routes listed with times at H H Barbecue Baughers Store Capshaw Johnsons Store Frenchs Mill Bethel School and Community Webb s Barbecue Greenbrier Belle Mina Mooresville with morning and afternoon stops and durations printed.
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H&h
Baugher’s
Capshaw
Johnson's
Frenchs Mill
Bethel School and Community
Webb’s
Greenbrier
Belle Mina
Mooresville
Harold B Wallace joins Alabama Flour Mills
Harold B Wallace has joined Alabama Flour Mills in the poultry management department of the Red Hat Feed division. The Decatur native recently graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute with a business administration major, announced by vice president and general manager C I Carter.
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Harold B. Wallace
Alabama Flour Mills
C. I. Carter
Wallace
Decatur
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Red Hat Feed
Water Use in Ray On Production
About 75 gallons of water are used to produce one pound of ray on. The figure highlights the vast water footprint in synthetic material manufacture and industry efficiency considerations.
Starkweather Loses Round in Nebraska Court Bid
In Lincoln Neb Charles Starkweather 20 seeks U S Supreme Court review of his conviction for slaying 17 year old Robert Jensen of Bennet Neb He contends he lacked proper representation and hopes for a constitutional review Ahern one of his lawyers plans to ask the high court to clarify the denial while Neb Atty General Beck says a state execution date could be set after the order arrives The case is described as the fifth such bid.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles Starkweather
Robert Jensen
Bennet
Jensen
Albert J. Ahern Jr
Washington
Supreme Court
Nebraska
C. S. Beck
State Supreme Court
Starkweather death date and Fugate appeal noted
Caril Ann Fugate, age sixteen, was convicted as an Starkweather accomplice in the Jensen slaying and sentenced to life. She is appealing and has applications before the state Supreme Court for a new trial. The article also notes U S railroads handle about eighty percent of total coal production, with the remainder moved by canal boats or trucks.
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Starkweather
Caril Ann Fugate
Jensen
State Supreme Court
U. S
Watch Snatch Arrest Follows Street Corner Ask
Birmingham police arrested Willard Thomas Young on a charge of snatching a timepiece from M. D. Mitchell after Young asked for the time on a street corner. Mitchell stated he was willing to give time but not the watch.
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Birmingham
Ala
M. D. Mitchell
Willard Thomas Young
Mitchell
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