Decatur Cable TV appoints Don Atchison as manager
Don Atchison of Memphis is named manager of Decatur Cable TV Inc by Robert H. Huston Ameri can Cable Television executive vice president. He arrives to assume duties after moving from Birmingham area where he lived seven years with Burnup and Sims Construction and later worked in cable and antenna manufacturing. He will live on Brookhaven Street with wife Betty and three children. The native of Clanton attended Eastery High School in Birmingham and has about three years in cable facilities.
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Don Atchison
Memphis
Decatur Cable TV Inc
Robert H. Huston
American Cable Television
Decatur
Atchison
Burnup and Sims Construction Co
Brookhaven St
Betty
Clanton
Eastery High School
Birmingham
North Alabama Insurance Agents Attend Meet in Florida
Seventeen staffers from the North Alabama District of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. attend a week long business conference in Hollywood Florida at the Diplomat Hotel with company officials. Names include L C Waltrip Decatur R L Lambert Athens B T Hyde Florence E L Trowbridge Florence J C Collum Florence J L Williams Florence W A Skorzak Muscle Shoals City J S Holland Sheffield M W Holland Sheffield W K Holmes Sheffield W L Franks Russellville L E Chaney Huntsville W R Byrom Jr Huntsville A L Lanier Huntsville R G Sisco Huntsville and J J Flanagan Huntsville. James E Owen promoted to foreman of the Tool Room second shift at Prestolite Co. plant. Owen joined the company in 1961 and is a Hazlewood High School graduate. He and wife Peggy live at 1713 Iris St SW.
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North Alabama District of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Hollywood
Fla
Diplomat Hotel
L. C. Waltrip
Decatur
R. L. Lambert
Athens
B. T. Hyde
Florence
E. L. Trowbridge
J. C. Collum
J. L. Williams
W. A. Skorzak
Muscle Shoals City
J. S. Holland
Sheffield
M. W. Holland
W. K. Holmes
W. L. Franks
Russellville
L. E. Chaney
Huntsville
W. R. Byrom Jr
A. L Lanier
R. G. Sisco
J. J. Flanagan
James E. Owen
Prestolite Co
Owen
Hazlewood
Tennessee Valley State Vocational School
Peggy
Iris St
Mutual Savings Employee Elevation and State Insurance Leaders
Roy A. Chandler of Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co Decatur was elected vice president of the Alabama State Association of Life Underwriters at the 31st annual Birmingham convention Roy C Spraggins of Independent Life Insurance Co Gadsden was named president for 1966 67 term The association chose Decatur as the site for its 1967 convention
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Roy A. Chandler
Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co
Decatur
Alabama State Association of Life Underwriters
Birmingham
Roy C. Spraggins
Independent Life Insurance Co
Gadsden
Farmers And Merchants Bank Raises Interest Rate
Officials of the Farmers and Merchants Bank at Madison announced five percent per year, compounded semi annually. The minimum deposit is $100 with additional deposits of the same amount. The bank invites checking accounts and offers free personalized checks and mail service, promising lower charges than local rivals.
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Farmers and Merchant Bank
Madison
CSTRAND Receives National Safety Council Honors at Decatur
C strand of Monsanto Co in Decatur wins two National Safety Council top honors the Award of Merit and the Winner award for its Chemical Section Safety Contest. Paul Runge presents the awards praising the department for a year with no lost time injuries and for sustained safe operations amid daily changes. He applauds efforts with new techniques chemicals and processes and notes safety underpins total performance.
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Chemstrand
Monsanto Co
Decatur
National Safety Council
Paul W. Runge
Chemstranders
Runge
Monsanto
F. M. Jones
J. B. McKay
Acrilan Development
Paul Taylor
TVA Lake Fish Yield Is Down
TVA reported a commercial fish harvest of over 7.1 million pounds valued at more than 1.2 million dollars to about 1,100 fishermen. The draw was worth an estimated 2.4 million dollars at market prices with North Alabama reservoirs supplying over half the catch and Kentucky reservoirs about a third. The average yield was 13 pounds per acre.
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TVA Lake
TVA
Charles J. Chance
Fish and Wildlife Branch
North
Alabama
Kentucky
Shopping centers to reach 45 percent of trade by 1970
Chain Store Age reports U S and Canada shopping centers will total 78.7 billion dollars in 1966, 36.8 percent of retail trade, up from 68.4 billion the prior year. Growth at 2 percent annually would push centers past 45 percent by 1970, with 10,275 centers operating by year’s end.
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U.S
Canada
Chain Store Age
SPACO appoints Milton Beilock as Manager of Engineering
William A. Beach of SPACO announces Milton Beilock as Manager of Engineering. Beilock, former Northrop Space Lab aide, is a Georgia Tech and MIT graduate and Air Force veteran. He will direct design development and testing of electronic and mechanical components and systems.
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Huntsville
William A. Beach
SPACO
Milton Beilock
Beilock
Northrop Space Laboratories
Georgia Tech
M.I.T
Tau Beta
Browns Ferry TVA to be world's largest nuclear plant
The Browns Ferry facility near Decatur is planned as the world’s largest nuclear power plant with two 1.1 million kilowatt units totaling 2.2 million KW. Units expected online by 1970 71 or 72, at an estimated cost of 247 million dollars and payroll above 2.5 million annually.
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TVA
Browns Ferry
Decatur
Commonwealth Edison Co. of
Illinois
Causes Of Increased Truck Hauling Costs From State Weight Laws
An Auburn University paper explains how differing state weight limits create higher costs for interstate carriers. It details historical adoption of weight laws, barriers from nonuniform limits, and a Jacksonville to Memphis example showing 12 000 pounds less payload possible and higher per unit costs.
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William D. Clark
Auburn University
Auburn
Jacksonville
Fla
Memphis
Tenn
HE RF van Poae
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Prestolite
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Southern Bell Co
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Flint Church of Christ
Mutual Savings
Arthur Foerster
McDonald’s Hamburgers, Right
George Gibson
Decatur High School
McDonald’s
Idea Car
AMXII
American Motors
AMX
Army Assn
William T. Weissinger, III
Chrysler Corp. Space Division
Tennessee Valley
The
Association of the U.S. Army
Redstone Arsenal
Frederick Schultz
General Electric Co
RCA
Radio Corporation of America
Burlington
Mass
Army
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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NASA Marshall Center
Robert R. Head
Marshall Center
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