TVA Tamps Flood Risk With Major Control Operation
The Tennessee Valley Authority launched a flood control effort as heavy rain drives the Tennessee River toward five feet above flood stage. Decatur is forecast to crest at 564 feet with up to 10 inches of rain in parts of the TVA region. Dams Norris Cherokee Fontana began spilling to lower water levels while officials caution the high water will persist for days.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee River
Lee Shepherd
TVA
Decatur
Shepherd
Kentucky Lake
Norris
Cherokee
Fontana
Tennessee
Daily Want Ad Sells Boat in Decatur Daily
H L Groover of Hartseller sold a 14 foot aluminum boat like new via the Decatur Daily Want Ad and received sixteen responses. The ad run highlights low cost rates: three lines for ten days at four dollars. Readers are urged to place their own daily want ads for buying or selling.
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H. L. Groover
Hartseller
Decatur Daily Want
Decatur Daily
Prestolite Shuts Down As Flood Waters Hit Decatur
Flooding moved through Decatur with high water in parts of the city while many plants stayed open. Prestolite Co on Alabama 20 closed for the day and through the weekend per plant manager. Monsanto Textiles and Wolverine Tube remained open with weather guiding operations. Nearby businesses opened gradually as water receded and rain persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Prestolite Co
Alabama 20
Tom Scoggins
Monsanto Textiles Co
Wolverine Tube Co
Wolverine
H. E. Orr
Billy’s Mini Market
6Th Ave
Prestolite
Civil Defense monitors flood damage in North Alabama
Local officials meet at the Civil Defense office to assess torrential rains that battered Decatur and county areas. National Guard trucks assist Civil Defense as bridges in Lacon and Johnson's Chapel near Danville fail and floodwaters threaten roads.
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Civil Defense Office
North
Alabama
Howard Proctor
Russell Bolding
County Commission
Dick Fleming
John McBride
John Quarles
National Guard
Bill Levin
Proctor
Civil Defense
Decatur
Pack Self
Lacon
Johnson’s Chapel
Danville
Morgan County Civil Defense Office
Black Bears See Replay in State 4A Tourney Drive
Austin's Black Bears prepared for the NCAA Mideast opening round after a booster drive edged toward a $1,000 goal, with $843 raised. They knocked off Carver and Wenonah in key rounds, won the 4A championship, endured heavy rain, and returned home early morning for Nashville finals.
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Bears
Austin Booster Club
Indiana
Marquette
Kentucky
Austin Peay
Carver
Wenonah
Nashville
Austin Boosters
City Board of Education
Black Bear Fund
P.O. Box
Decatur Daily
Disaster Area Tag Considered In North Alabama Floods
The heaviest rainfall in a decade flooded Decatur and surrounding areas, with 7.48 inches by 12:30 p.m. and more rain to come. Damages may reach tens of thousands. Athens man died in the floods. Gov Wallace calls for federal relief as Morgan County faces tornado watches and possible disaster declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Alabama
Athens
Tennessee
National Weather Service
Morgan County
Livingston
Hale County
Forrestdale
Birmingham
George Wallace
C. J. Sullivan
North
Washington
My Lai Massacre Noted In 1969 Daily On This Date
A Daily On This Date entry cites the My Lai massacre in 1969 Vietnam village My Lai. The surrounding text includes unrelated classifieds and weather notices.
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Vietnam
My Lai
Enlistee POWs Form Peace Committee in Hanoi Prison
Eight enlisted men slated for early return from Hanoi were found to be antiwar critics who refused camp orders and formed a Peace Committee in a Hanoi area prison. They joined other prisoners from South Vietnam in signing antiwar statements and urging Congress to press negotiations.
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Seymour M. Hersh
NYT
Washington
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Peace Committee
South Vietnam
Congress
Paris
Young
Pentagon
G.i.’S
White House
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Somerville
Tony Ransom
Somerville Rd
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Tommy Stevenson
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Dial
THE
CD Office
Black Bears
Austin
By Ben Windham
Frigidaire Sales & Service
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Landers
Ee Ees
Ee Financial
Spec
Michael P. Branch
Army
Branch
Highland Heights
Air Force
John Young
Waukegan, Ill
Chicago
Nixon
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