Private Mission Suspected in Cuba Flight Disappearances
Federal sources indicate fliers Robert Thompson and Robert Swanner were on a private leaflet dropping mission over Cuba in December 1961, not a government operation. Families seek Social Security benefits and insurance, while officials dispute eligibility and note differing treatment from the Bay of Pigs victims.
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Washington
Robert Thompson
Robert Swanner
Cuba
Central Intelligence Agency
George Smathers
D-Fla
Smathers
Congress
Double Chekk Corp
Miami
Fla
Pompano Beach
Sun- Sentinel
Matanzas
Thompson
Swanner
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Clifford McIntire
R-Maine
McIntire
Presque Isle
Maine
Texas Pair Await Chair in 1961 Torch Murder
A Texas woman Caro Lima and her partner Leslie Ashley face execution by electric chair for the Houston torch murder of Fred Tones after a sex party at his real estate office on February 6 1961. Lima held at Goree prison farm. Ashley housed near the execution chamber.
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Texas
Carolyn Ann Lima
Leslie Douglas Ashley
Douglas
Liv
Ashley
Miss Lima
Goree
Fred Tones
Houston
Tones
Cory Dame Grate
York City
Azalea Peak on Mobile Trail Weekend
Mobile flower experts say azaleas on the 35 mile Azalea Trail near Mobile are near peak bloom this weekend. Extreme winter cold delayed some varieties but later blooms align with the weekend’s timing.
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Azalea Peak
Mobile
Ala
High Profits TVPPA Told in Memphis Meeting
In Memphis on March 29 J D Brown of the Tennessee Valley Public Power Association said private power firms earn up to 33 percent returns using accelerated depreciation for tax purposes while rate-making uses the full tax burden. TVA chief engineer George Palo urged continued large steam-unit builds at existing sites or new plants like Bull Run near Knoxville to meet the South’s growing power needs. Public power reps from seven states attended the annual meeting.
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Memphis
Tennessee Valley Public Power Association
J. D. Brown
Washington
Federal Power Commission
George P. Palo
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
South
Palo
Bull Run
Knoxville
Plastic Seaf Cancels Car Headlight Glare
Rome Italy traffic specialists test plastic fairy leaves on highway medians to cut headlight glare. The artificial greenery outperforms real plants, which withered due to exhaust pollution.
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Rome
Italy
Federal Judge Sets Hearing On Desegregation In Mobile
A federal judge schedules a hearing for April 25 on a motion for a temporary injunction to end segregated operation of Mobile County schools or, alternatively, to require a desegregation plan. The NAACP seeks permanent relief. 11 Negro parents in a class action represent 20 students, within a district of 74,358 pupils. The suit alleges a dual school system violates civil rights.
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Mobile
Ala
NAACP
Mobile County
Courtland Man Slips and Cuts Throat at Home
Stewart Madison Horton of Courtland slipped on a slick floor after lunch at his home and cut his throat. He was rushed by ambulance to Decatur General Hospital in reportedly good condition. Elliott-Brown Funeral Home said Horton slipped and cut his throat in a window as his wife had just mopped the floor.
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Stewart Madison Horton
Courtland
Decatur General Hospital
Elliott-Brown Service Funeral Home
Moulton
Horton
First A-Bomb Test In More Than A Month
Washington reports a low yield underground nuclear test at the Nevada site. The Atomic Energy Commission said the detonation produced less than 20 000 tons of TNT equivalent and was the first test in over a month.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
ARC
Low Bid For Booster Road At Marshall Space Flight Center
A $267,730 bid to construct a two mile heavy duty road at the Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville was submitted by Ashburn and Gray Inc Huntsville as the apparent low bid. The project aims to support Saturn V booster transport between the assembly area and test stand area with a government estimate of $336,025. Thorneberry Contractors of Huntsville was the second low bidder at $285,534.
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Mobile
Ala
Army Engineers
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ashburn & Gray, Inc
Thorneberry Contractors
West Morgan 4H Club Holds Sewing and Muffin Contest
At a West Morgan School elementary 4H Club meeting Miss Mary Coffee spoke to members about sewing projects. Girls baked corn meal muffins judged by Mrs. Mattie Teague with Brenda Lacey first, Deborah McNutt second, Bowery Hill third. Geraldine Terry presided and the devotional was given by Mi Koleen Worden.
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West Morgan
West Morgan School
Mary Coffee
Mattie Teague
Brenda. Lacey
Deborah McNutt
Bowery Hill
Geraldine Terry
Mikoleen Worden
Bonsai Use Extends Beyond Pines to Many Tree Types
Bonsai practice favors pines but many other trees can be dwarfed. Maple elm cherry cedar cypress and weeping willow are also used for miniature landscapes. Each species offers distinct forms and growth habits for artistic shaping.
India Army Expanded to Meet Red Chinese Threat
Informants say India's army will grow by 250,000 troops to counter the Communist Chinese threat. The present strength is an official secret but reportedly just over 500,000.
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India
New Delhi
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TVPPA
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Universal Construction Co
Cullman
US Dist
Daniel H. Thomas
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Meramec
Missouri
Dillehay Drug
Sam
Country Boy
Jimmy
Billy Mack
Freddie
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Decatur
First Federal Savings
First Federal Saving and Loan Association of Decatur
P.O
Dick Coffey Ford
B. F. Aldridge
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