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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1963

Page

8

Task Group 77.5 Poised for War in South China Sea

The U S Navy task group 77.5 with an aircraft carrier and four destroyers crews 3 720 men and patrols the Far East ready to respond to any nuclear or conventional attack. The unit can launch aircraft within minutes and operates with silent radios to avoid detection while slipping away from Soviet plotting charts.

77.5 U.S. Navy South China Sea Southeast Asia South Viet Nam Red China U.S. 7Th Fleet Far East Asia Fleet Hawaii Japan Daniels Soviet Union United States

Bookmobile Schedule for March 21 Across Town

Route list shows stops at Oakdale Glass Grocery Sardis Springs Clem's Grocery Johnson Junior High Pisgah Pisgah Grocery Mosley Springs School Jopley Springs Bottoms Grocery Pinedale Harris and Dixon Ardmore School Ardmore City Café with times from 8:45 to 3:30. Resident patrons urged to consult local notices for details.

Oakdale Glass Sardis Springs Clem’s Johnson Junior High School Pisgah Mosley Springs Jopley Springs Bottom’s Pinedale Harris and Dixon Ardmore City Cafe

Nevada mine safety alert from UNR bureau official

The University of Nevada bureau of mines warns stay out of abandoned mines as most populated areas sit near historic mining. Dr Stanley E Jerome notes thousands of square miles are riddled with prospectors diggings and warn that for the unwary they are booby traps.

Reno Nev University of Nevada Bureau of Mines Nevada Stanley E. Jerome Bureau

Talk Telephone Teamwork Today’s service a product of teamwork

The piece explains that Western Electric Bell Laboratories and operating phone companies like Southern Bell collaborate to improve communications and reduce costs through ongoing research. It notes expansion costs rise with interconnection, highlights improvements since 1952 lowering handset prices, and lists many raw materials including steel aluminum copper tin plastics rayon nylon and gold and silver for contacts.

Western Electric Bell Laboratories Southern Bell

NASA Marshall employees win 4375 in invention and incentive awards

Twenty eight MSFC workers share 4375 for invention and incentive acts. Invention awards total 1400 go to eleven men across Manufacturing Engineering Aeroballistics Astrionics and Pro pulsion and Vehicle Engineering with several titled devices. Sustained Superior Performance honors amount to 2475 for eight MSFC staff across divisions.

Huntsville Nasa-Marshall Space Flight Center NASA MSFC Robert Schwinghamer Hans F. Wuenscher Joseph F. Boehm Adolf L. Herrmann Astrionics Willis G. Groth Optical Nine Center Army Missile Support Command Army Richard Schmidt Aeroballistics Walter W. Jacobi William A. Schulze Ronnie W. Phillips Propulsion Linda G. Edmonson Jesse L. Seal James F. McMenemy Sarah C. Swann James F. Campbell William Snoddy Ronald D. Scott

Bond Ordered For Thaggard In Alabama Case

The Alabama Supreme Court ordered bond for T. L. Thaggard of Montgomery after he was jailed for contempt for refusing to answer a bank recovery suit question about a $43,000 withdrawal. The court overturned Judge Eugene Carter, freeing Thaggard on $1,000 bond while his appeal proceeds. Thaggard faces false pretense charges over the clerical error deposit and refusals to disclose where the funds are.

Montgomery Alabama Supreme Court Supreme Court Eugene Carter T. L. Thaggard High Tribunal Thaggard Carter

Morgan County Civil Suit Against Rus sell Willingham

Clarence L. Flannagan sues Rus sell Willingham in Morgan County Court seeking damages of 400 dollars. The filing is listed among daily court records.

Morgan County Morgan County Court Clarence L. Flannagan Russell Willingham

Fresh Cucumbers Soaked Then Firmed By Osmosis

In this Science For You feature, sliced cucumbers soak in salt water to draw out water by osmosis, becoming limp, then soak in an alum solution to refirm. The alum water is dilute, and water reenters the cucumber cells causing osmotic turgescence. The full Science Circus experiments are available in book form from General Features Corp.

Science General Features Corp

James Takes Capital Race

Montgomery mayoral race results show Mayor Earl D. James leading with 12,169 votes in the Democratic primary. Pleas Looney trails with 4,173. Admiral John G. Crommelin has 1,509. Commissioners races: Frank Parks leads Public Works 12,767 to 4,904 for Walter Darby. L. B. Sullivan tops police and fire with 9,397 to 7,468 for J. B. Rucker. Republican Thomas H. Moody chosen for Parks seat with 145 to 54 for Ruby Helen.

Commissioners of Public Works Frank Parks L. B. Sullivan Sullivan J. B. Rucker H. I. Dobbs A. M. McCrory Parks Walter L. Darby Sr Thomas H. Moody Moody Ruby Helen

Massachusetts 1842 law limits child workers to ten hours

One of the first U S efforts to safeguard child labor was Massachusetts legislation in 1842 restricting children under 12 to a ten hour workday.

United States Massachusetts

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