Decatur progresses on city projects with new facilities and roads
A $150000 city service complex will house the street department and animal shelter near the Albert Brewer Overpass. Central Parkway from 14th St to Gordon Dr will be built first as a two lane road, later four lanes, funded by gas tax money about 65000 annually. The Magnolia to 14th St connector follows, then Danville Rd improvements. Bond issue funds proceed to two new elementaries, a new high school, and additions, with targets of fall occupancy next year and 1971 for the high school. A library tax measure may be voted after November, no auditorium or county coliseum plans updated, mayor notes progress after a year of action.
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City Service
City Street Department
Animal Shelter
Albert Brewer
Magnolia
14Th St
Central Parkway
Gordon Dr
Austinville Rd
8Th St
Decatur
Magnolia — 14Th St
Danville Rd
Austinville
Flint
Austin High
Civic Center
Free six week course seeks eight nurses in Morgan area
Registered nurses inactive for years are urged to join a free six week refresher course at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. A $4142 federal grant funds the program under the Manpower Development Training Act with no obligations to work for any hospital. Applications via Mrs. Tommy Vest. John C. Calhoun College conducts training. supported by Alabama Nurses Association and State Department of Education.
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Manpower Development Training Act
Meredith Woodall
Alabama State Employment Office
Decatur
Morgan, Lawrence
Limestone County
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Woodall
Tommy Vest
Judge Concludes Amendments Did Not Alter County Votes
The Shades Valley Sun reports that two amendments approved by Jefferson County voters in the December 5 referendum would not have changed statewide results, per records at the secretary of state showing the county’s votes could not affect the outcome.
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Peer
Shades Valley Sun
Jefferson County
Secretary of State
Memphis Protest March Includes Beale Street Riots
The demonstration along Beale Street turned violent with bricks bottles and missiles. King joined the march after returning from New York as part of a seven week strike led by the city s Negro population with most strikers being Black.
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Beale ‘Street
King
New York
F1 era strike over bivouac and storage in North Vietnam
The report describes a variable sweep wing era attack against bivouac and storage areas in the southern Panhandle of North Vietnam. The initial mission is said to have been staged in dark overcast skies and portrayed as successful. The F111 is noted as an offshoot of the TFX program linked to Robert S. McNamara. Desert cover is referenced with 90 percent of the Turkmen Republic’s area described as black sands in the Karacanin region.
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Panhandle
North Vietnam
Robert S. McNamara
Defense
Champion Plywood Plan to Build Major Mill Complex
Longbine outlined a new U.S. Plywood Champion Papers project to locate a Courtland facility with daily output of 275 tons of pulp for high speed business papers. The plant would employ about 400 people initially, source pulpwood from local landowners, and invest over $5 million annually in wood purchases.
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North Carolina
Texas
Alabama
Longbine
Courtland
U.S. Plywood
Champion Papers
Champion Papers Inc
Civitans
Ohio
Decatur Civitans
Bob Longbine
Gerald Paulson
Billy Smith
Hospital and dismissal list followed by paper and label production notes
The article lists numerous hospital patients and dismissals with names and addresses including Mrs. Shelly H Richardson and Rev Otis E Kirby along with other individuals. It then describes paper and paperboard production data noting Champion Machinery and Longbine statements about high quality printing papers used for brochures and labels and one in three envelopes passing through Champion mills.
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Champion
Longbine
Harris Sentenced To 10 Year Term
Eighteen year old George D. Harris was sentenced to ten years in prison by a circuit court jury for the murder of Edward Frank McCoy, 22, last Dec. 3 at the McCoy home near Red Bank in northern Lawrence County. The verdict followed a short deliberation after the defense rested.
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Bob Stansell
Moulton
George D. Harris
Harris
Edward Frank McCoy
McCoy
Red Bank
Lawrence County
Cactus Bootleggers Export Plants to Europe and Japan
Cactus smugglers ship ornamentals to Europe and Japan amid high demand for exotic plants. Investigators note cross continental routes and hidden shipments as authorities tighten border controls.
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Europe
Japan
Gagarin's Journey From School to Space Pioneer
Yuri Gagarin, born near the Volga, learned to fly while studying and joined the Soviet air force academy at Orenburg, graduating with top honors in 1957 the year Sputnik launched. He married Valentina, now 33, and they have two daughters, Elena and Galya. His fame reshaped his life as he became a key cosmonaut and space program leader.
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Volga River
Orenburg
Valentina
Yelena
Galya
Gagarin
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Reneau P. Almon
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Trinity
Henry Stewart Michelini
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John J. Smith Sr
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Hillsboro
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Douglas Shaw
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Tony Allen Patterson Jr
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