Army Developing Two Anti Missile Systems
Huntsville Army officials report two anti missile programs in progress. Nike Zeus aims for field and defense use with forward looking capabilities while Plato targets mobile defense for U. S. and overseas sites. Total funding to end of current fiscal year reaches 66.3 million with major allocations to Nike Zeus and Plato.
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Huntsville
Continental
United States
J. A. Shinkle
Army Rocket and
Senate
Small Business Committee
ARGMA
Army Ordnance Missile Command
Redstone Arsenal
Shinkle
Plato
Field Army
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Grand Central Rocket Co
Athens Rotary Hosts Ladies Night Dinner
Athens Alabama Rotarians welcomed wives and guests to the annual ladies night dinner at the elementary school cafeteria. Guest speaker Gayle Gupton of Nashville entertained with humor and magic while honors included district official Bill Griffin and club presidents Carl Jones Wallace Steele and Lyman Jones.
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Athens
Ala
Gayle Gupton
Third National Bank of Nashville
Bill Griffin
Cullman
Rotary International
Griffin
Lawson Davidson
Decatur Rotary Club
Davidson
Wallace Steele
Athens Civitan Club
Steele
Lyman Jones
Athens Kiwanis Club
Jones
Carl Jones
Ladies Night’ Committee
Carl Martin
Ancient performer Senor Car star of Broadway and film
The hundred year old parrot Senor Car, oldest performer on Broadway, appears in The Rope Dancers while his predecessor features in a Hollywood production. The bird once belonged to Pancho Villa, halted a nightclub robbery with a cry for help, and mimicked Lily Pons, drawing her ire.
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New York
Broadway
Senor Car
Parrot
Mexico
Pancho Villa
Lily Pons
Limestone County to operate 1959 wheat allotments
Athens Alabama Limestone County will run its 1959 wheat crop under allotments. Wallace Steele Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office manager says individual farm allotments will be assigned under the program.
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Athens
Ala
Limestone County
Wallace Steele
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Wheat acreage climbs from 1954 to 1957 in Limestone County
Steele cites ASC data showing limestone County wheat plantings rising from 2 004 acres in 1954 to 8 764 acres in 1957. Statewide plantings grew from 5 000 acres in 1938 to 140 000 last year. Allotments will be mailed by early June with a June vote. farms may group up to 15 acres, home use plots up to 30 acres, and any over allotment loses price supports.
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Steele
ASC
Limestone County
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Sylvania Corp
Zeus
Athens Rotary
Alabama
Wallace
Morgan County
Couic
Sherman Powell
Decatur
L'stone
Penney’s
Penney
Ocean
Dacron
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