Marine Pvt James R Allen to complete combat training at Camp Pendleton
Marine Pvt James R Allen son of Mr and Mrs Rufus E Allen of 620 Fifth Ave SW Decatur is set to finish four weeks of individual combat training June 27 at Camp Pendleton California The course covers infantry tactics first aid demolitions fortified firing and advanced weapons schooling Marines learn all Marines are infantrymen regardless of job.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
FHTNC
James R. Allen
Rufus E. Allen
Fifth Ave
Decatur
Marine Corps Base
Midshipman Harris Heads Aboard Remey For Training Cruise
Boston native John B. Harris Jr. departs June 11 aboard the destroyer Remey for a two month Midshipman training cruise to Northern Europe. He is gunner's mate third class in the USN, son of Mr and Mrs John B Harris of Cullman and husband of Mrs Margaret E Harris of McKeesport Pa.
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Boston, Mass
John B. Harris, Jr
USN
John B. Harris
Cullman 7
Margaret E. Harris
McKeesport
Boston
Mass
Remey
Europe
Daily Crossword Clue List and Cryptoquote Puzzle
A list of crossword clues across and down with numbers and a cryptoquote puzzle. Includes sample daily code AXYDLBAAXR mapping to LONGFELLOW and a quotation hint from King Features Syndicate.
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Longfellow
Private Talion’s unit overseas since 1956. awards noted
Second Lt. Kirby K. Key, 23, wife Sarah of 209 Prospect Dr Decatur, completed the officer basic course. Talion’s Battery B has been overseas since February 1956. He entered the Army in September 1948 and earned the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service and the Combat Infantryman Badge. Buchanan attended Cullman High School Fort Belvoir VA.
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Talion’s
Army
Buchanan
Cullman High School
Fort Belvoir, VA
AHTNC
Kirby K. Key
Sarah
Prospect Dr
Decatur
Army men noted for birthday activities and training abroad
In Germany and Augsburg, soldiers from the 264th Field Artillery Battalion and the 11th Airborne Division's 504th Infantry celebrated the U S Army's 183d birthday. Pfc Thomas D Key, 19, from Decatur, and Pvt Curtis C Frost, 23, of Kalamazoo, trained overseas after enlisting in 1956 and 1957. Sgt Neal H Posey completed a Fort Belvoir drafting course. Jesse M Robertson from Cullman graduated recruit training in San Diego.
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V Corps
Germany
AHTNC
Richard H. Buchanan
Lola Mae
Albert L. Buchanan
Cullman
U. S. Army
Buchanan
VI Corps
Thomas D. Key
Luther Key
Decatur 1
264Th Field Artillery
Key
Moulton Heights High School
Augsburg
Curtis C. Frost
Elaine
East G Ave
Kalamazoo
Mich
Frost
11Th Airborne Division
504Th
Fort Jackson
S.C
San Diego, Calif
Jesse M. Robertson
Casey Robertson
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Witty odds and ends from Boyle’s mailbag column
HAL BOYLE surveys a jumble of fresh curiosities from readers. Jefferson popularized waffles and tomatoes in early America while traffic fatalities peak on Saturdays. Fun facts span salt reserves, sea lions, and a joke about right versus married.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Thomas Jefferson
Holland
Jefferson
England
Johnny Desmond
United States
Cafe St
Monique van Vooren
Benjamin Franklin
Death of Mrs Henrietta Pompeet at Market Street home
Mrs Henrietta Pompeet died at her home 419 East Market Street Saturday evening. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church at the corner.
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Henrietta Pompeet
E. Market St
Shiloh Baptist Church
Presbyterians Reject Merger With Negro Units
The 128th Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly in Birmingham voted down a merger with the Negro segment as impractical at the present time. Commissioners urged close fraternal cooperation with the Colored Cumberland Presbyterian Church and approved a 600000 expansion plan a 250000 annual budget and relocation of the theological seminary to an urban center possibly Memphis or elsewhere.
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Birmingham
Cumberland Presbyterians
128Th General Assembly
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Assembly
Cumberland Presbyterian Theological Seminary
McKenzie, Tenn
Memphis
Well Its Not An Auto Is It West Plains Tractor Crash
West Plains Missouri farmer David Lee Hogan paid a 40 dollar fine after his tractor pulled from a service station and struck a car. Hogan said he drove the tractor to town because his car license had been revoked for a prior traffic violation.
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West Plains
David Lee Hogan
Hogan
Berlin’s Largest Public Library Sets Benchmark in Volumes
Berlin’s public library, boasting over 700 000 volumes, stands as the city’s largest cultural resource. The collection spans literature, history, and reference works, reflecting ongoing expansion and community access goals.
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Berlin
Burial at Sykes Cemetery with Rev Corsby officiating
The service for the deceased will take place at Highway 31 and Lafayette Street with burial at Sykes Cemetery. Survivors include four nephews Edd Jones Valdermosa Springs Herbert Jones Huntsville Phillip Moore Huntsville and George Jones Madison, two nieces C Moore Decatur and Ella Evans Madison. Carl M Sykes Funeral Service handles arrangements.
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Highway 31
Lafayette St
Sykes Cemetery
Corsby
Edd Jones
Valdermosa Springs
Herbert Jones
Huntsville
Phillip Moore
George Jones
Madison
C. Moore
Decatur
Ella Evans
Carl M. Sykes
Spring Snow Brings Plow Crews Out in Summer Towns
Hailstorms trigger unusual snow removal in U.S. towns forcing multiple municipalities to deploy plows in spring and early summer to clear damaged streets and resume normal traffic.
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U.S
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Yiw
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Gene Akern
City Finance
2Nd Ave
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Army Engineer School
Fort Belvoir
Chrysler Corp
Neal H. Posey
Ruth
Moulton
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William H. Posey
Rt. 4
Mt. Hope High School
Boyle
H. Leon Reeves
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Lite
Chenault Agency
Grant St
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Dial
TTY
Sterchi
Ford
Geary Feece
Ernie Ford
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Semmes Motor Sales
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