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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1963
Page
8
Eastman Kodak introduces four Instamatic cameras and four Kodapak film cartridges with instant pop-in loading, auto film advance, and built in flash. Models range from the budget Instamatic 100 to the feature rich Instamatic 700, with prices from under 16 to about 110 dollars.
Tinsley E. Yarbrough of Decatur receives a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship with a $1,500 stipend and tuition support. He plans graduate study in Modern European History at Rice University after earning his B A at the University. He is a political science major with a history minor and a 2.6 GPA.
The recent six weeks honor rolls from Austin High School name first and second recipients in seventh eighth and ninth grades. Seventh grade: first Ronald Cox Stanley Hamilton Marcia Billion Sherry McWhorter Rodger Matthews and second Janice Chandler Brenda Hale Rodney Braswell Roy Lake Carlos Presswell Randy Gray Steve Bowers Myra Halbrooks Sheila McCluskey Gary Maner Brenda Parr Preston Pepper Karen Prater and Searcy Weed. Eighth grade: first Suzanne Fawcett Susan Massey Phyllis Clark Cynthia Turner second Wanda Blankenship Judy Chandler Ella Hill Jan West Paul Allen Joe Cabiniss Phil Hastings Rennie Lorraine Jerry Reid Belinda Porter Barbara Wood Carol Fuehrer Sydney Grady Rebecca Kullman Kay Brooks Judy Means Lynn Moebes David Jones Steve Widney Joan Atkins Freda Smith and Byron Gray. Ninth grade: first Linda Sue Childers Patsie Reed Jerry Miller Gary French Pamini Edie McGuire Janice Sparkman. Second Sadie Clark Paula Hovis Brenda Mobley Mike Boone Mike Halbrooks Jimmy Waller and Marchetta Roberts.
Rev Travis Voss filled the pulpit at the Baptist Church Sunday morning. Mrs Douglas Gray, daughter of Mr and Mrs W D Lanier, is a Birmingham Hospital patient. Numerous community members are ill and Mrs Willie Zimmerman has moved to Mississippi. Mrs Jimmy Landers is a Lawrence County Hospital patient. Mrs Oscar Hale of Birmingham visits Mr and Mrs L B Terry.
The Soviet Union launched an unmanned satellite named Cosmos 13, Tass reported. Cosmos 12 was launched December 22, and Cosmos 13 was said to be placed in orbit with initial measurements of radiation and other phenomena.
In Montgomery Alabama Sheriff Mac Sim Butler said 11 year old Willie James Johnson drowned while trying to rescue another boy, Lucian Brooks, who swam to the riverbank after the incident in the Alabama River on Wednesday.
Tass said the equipment installed on board the satellite is functioning smoothly during its 89.77 minute orbit around the Earth. The note confirms stable performance and no immediate anomalies detected in the system.
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