Monkey Cage Banquet Birthday Fete For Space Pioneers
Huntsville 1959. Miss Baker the space monkeys celebrated her 20th birthday at the Alabama Space and Rocket Center as Able had died after flight. The exhibit includes a model of her capsule and notes on lift off and recovery.
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Gay Barber
Huntsville
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wernher von Braun
England
Miss Baker
Space
Able
Alabama Space and Rocket Center
Earth
David Gaines
Big George
Gaines
Sapce Museum
Naval Aerospace Medical Center
Pensacola
Scott
Baker
Life Magazine
von Braun
Charles Thoman
Thoman
Cape Canaveral
Cape
Caribbean
America
Russia
REACT roster sought to aid travelers in Decatur area
Decatur REACT plans a 24 hour service roster listing wrecker stations service stations motorcycle repair camper services trucker aid restaurants and motels. Alan Swafford says listings are free with a July 15 deadline and will be shared with 50 REACT members to direct late night traveler requests.
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Decatur
REACT
Alan Swafford
Swafford
REACT + bers
Decatur React
P. O
Dirt and Paint On a Suspect Arrest in Disturbance
City officers arrested a young man late Wednesday night for drunkenness resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. Police report he sat near a yard between the school and fire station on Gordon Drive SE with dirt smeared on silver spray paint around his nose and mouth and a dirt hole nearby. He allegedly resisted and was subdued after Mrs. Grant struck him with a flashlight. The incident occurred about 10 40 p.m.
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Keith Mickle
Janis Grant
Gordon
Mickle
Lawrence County Liquor Cases Dismissed After Trials
Forty six illegal possession cases were dropped as defense argued juries in Lawrence County show little chance of convicting based on the initial trial results. Sixty six cases were appealed after district court verdicts. only two convictions and several acquittals or hung juries occurred through mid schedule.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Billy Burney
Charles Tarter
Bryce A. Graham
Dist. Atty
Tim Littrell
Littrell
August Bid Date Set for New Athens Post Office
The U S Postal Service will open bids in August for a 400000 construction project in Athens to replace the aging Washington Street facility. The 10000 square foot building on four acres will nearly double space. completion slated for summer 1978 with work to begin later this summer.
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Athens
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
Dave Call
Atlanta
Hine-Market St
Washington St
Hine St
Market
Pryor Streets
School Chief Lewter Takes Oath in Limestone County
Kenneth Lewter, Limestone County superintendent elect, takes office Friday after winning the May 1976 election. He plans minor changes, a board discussion on restructuring, and job descriptions, with prior roles including Owens Junior High principal and Tanner High athletic director.
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Athens
Limestone County
Kenneth Lewter
Lewter
Bobby Thornton
J. C. Chisholm
Chisholm
Owens Junior High School
Tanner High School
School Board
Golf Pro Retiring After Life On Links
ATHENS Ray Bailey of Athens retires from golf after 47 years in the game. The Woodland Golf Course resident pro helped design the nine hole course south of Athens and has headed its operation since 1967. Bailey, 73, began playing in 1930 and recalls lessons from Johnny Morris at Tuscaloosa Country Club.
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Athens
Ray Bailey
Bailey
Woodland
Tuscaloosa Country Club
Johnny Morris
Johnny
Bailey's eight-year Athens run yields lasting 64 mark
Inside became resident pro at Athens Country Club and shot a 64 there, a record still standing. He won the club's first tournament and repeated it two years later. He also claimed a pro tournament in Sheffield and the 12th flight at the Southeastern Open in Montgomery among 252 players.
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Athens Country Club
Bailey
Sheffield
Montgomery
Work To Begin On Soybean Station In Courtland
Lawrence County Exchange plans a soybean receiving station east of Courtland to be finished by harvest. Grade work on the site will wrap up next week. A new farm supply store and liquid fertilizer mix plant on the 10 acre site north of Alabama 20 will be completed by next spring. The Courtland station and an addition to the Moulton station will triple receiving capacity.
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Courtland
Lawrence County Exchange
Loyd Rutherford
Exchange
Alabama 20
Moulton
Heat and thundershowers forecast across Alabama through Friday
The National Weather Service warns of heat and daily chances of thundershowers through Friday with mid 90s highs statewide and low 70s at night. Rain chances peak today around 60 percent, easing to 30 percent tonight and Friday, with 0.25 inch expected over 36 hours and isolated spots reaching an inch.
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Alabama
North
The
Weather Service
Winfield
Huntsville
Weather and river readings for Decatur area
River and weather data from Keller Memorial Bridge include river reading 21.30 and sea level 555.60. Today’s high near 92, low 72, with a 60 percent chance of rain today and 30 percent tonight through Friday. Extended outlook calls for mainly afternoon thundershowers with highs in the 90s and lows in the 70s.
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Decatur and Vicinity
Keller Memorial Bridge
Spirit of America address set at Athens State festival
Athens State College President Sidney Sandridge will deliver a patriotic speech Monday at the Spirit of America festival on the Spirit of America stage at Point Mallard. General Omar Bradley will accept the Audie Murphy patriotism award. Lt. Gov. Jere Beasley will present it. Bradley will be flown from Redstone Arsenal and leave after the ceremony. Sandridge, since 1970 president, is listed in Who's Who in America and has a long career in academia.
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Athens State College
Sidney Sandridge
Julian Walker
Point Mallard
Omar Bradley
Audie Murphy
Walker
Jere Beasley
Bradley
Haeetsy
Redstone Arsenal
Sandridge
Athens State
Virginia
Albemarle County
A University Rapes Wey
Or School of
Emory University
Northwestern University
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Hartselle
Rodney Bailey
J. W. Bailey
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Lovelady St
Charles Bradley
Larry Sparks
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