Decatur Boat Harbor Changes Seen After Five Years
David E Lilenthal and his wife arrived in Decatur to hear him speak at Decatur High School Auditorium. The couple noted dramatic growth and a navy of pleasure boats in the harbor under a clear morning sky. The speech at 8 p.m. was billed to carry national impact as the TVA discussion begins.
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Decatur
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Decatur Events Include Hobo Party and Market Items
The Apes Club meets in Decatur at Miss Ruby Jones yard, with supper at 6 30 p m and rain location in the Pet Dairy Co Hospitality Room, plus a TVA essay award event featuring Ray Parker and attendance by notable figures. The Decatur Curb Market lists foods and plants for Saturday. North East Girl Scout Neighborhood hosts outdoor skills exhibit 2 to 4 p m at the Little House grounds. The National Guard Armory will serve as rain shelter.
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Pet Dairy Co
North East
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Kennedy to pass Decatur by helicopter Saturday
President Kennedy will fly from Nashville to Muscle Shoals by helicopter Saturday and pass Decatur along the river between 3:30 and 3:40 p.m., weather permitting. Naval aide Capt Tarwell Shepard says crowds along the river may host a view as the president slows over the area. no landings planned. In Nashville he will mark Vanderbilt University's 90th birthday and start dam work at J Percy Priest Dam, then head to Muscle Shoals for a TVA anniversary speech.
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TVA
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Jamie Moore
Moore
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Burke Marshall
Washington
Birmingham
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Joseph Dolan
Marshall
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Cooper In Fine Shape After Long Space Flight
Astronaut Gordon Cooper recovered aboard the USS Kearsarge after a 34 hour mission. Doctors called his condition normal with only brief wooziness after stepping from Faith 7. The crew, NASA officials, and President Kennedy praised the feat as a major step for human spaceflight, despite a late mission electrical hiccup that required manual reentry and close coordination with John Glenn aboard Coastal Sentry.
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Fla
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Glenn
Japan
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Roger
U.S. Navy
New York
Living amid evil asks Christian witness in Sodom setting
A reader in a sinful city seeks guidance on God’s will and how to witness at a troubling job. The minister urges self-examination, warns against worldly comfort, and cites Lot in Genesis 13 and 19 as a lesson. Consider if God placed you there for testimony and align life with His lead.
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God
Died Thursday E L Blackwell a Decatur aviation figure
Ernest Leonard Ernie Blackwell 55 longtime operator of Tennessee Valley Flight Service at Decatur Athens Airport died Thursday night He was born August 4 1907 in Elkwood Madison County He moved from farming to flying and later ran a feed mill before opening a private flying service on Alabama 20 West Burial in Roselawn Cemetery Funeral service Saturday at 2 p m at Gunthorp Brown Service Funeral Home Chapel with Rev John Rutland officiating
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Ernie) Blackwell
Tennessee Valley Flight Service
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Elkwood
Madison County
McAllen
Tex
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Frigideire frost proof from Robinson's
Frigideire frost proof appliance advertised with free parking offering from Robinson's.
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U S Bases Bham Vigil
Federal signs of easing racial tension emerge as civil rights adviser returns to Washington. Sheriff Bailey fears a tense weekend ahead with 24 hour guards and ongoing patrols, while Birmingham leaders report an uneasy quiet and continued security measures.
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Atty
Robert Kennedy
Washington
Melvin Bailey
Eugene (Bull) Connor
Malcolm X
Edith Green
D-Ore
Birmingham
Birmingham racial probe gains limited enforcement powers
A Montgomery legislative panel pared back a racial trouble investigation bill in Birmingham while urging quicker action to empower the probe. The Judiciary Committee approved a rewritten measure to subpoena witnesses and documents, allow cross examination, and cite contumacious witnesses only if questions were refused.
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Khrushchev keeps door open to test ban talks
In London diplomatic circles Khrushchev signals readiness for further negotiations on a nuclear test ban. Birmingham federal judge declines to compel University of Alabama to turn over personal files of applicants since February. Cape Canaveral Polaris A3 launches third straight successful land pad test beating 1,800 miles. Montgomery Senate approves 4 percent sales tax constitutional freeze by 24 to 1 vote.
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Khrushchev
Birmingham
University of Alabama
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Ala
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Market roundup mixed as grains rally and hogs rise
New York markets show mixed stocks while sugars stay strong and bonds mix. In Chicago wheat and corn trade with varied moves, oats hold firm, soybeans weaken on liquidation. Hogs advance to 16.25, slaughter steers up 0.50 to 24.00 as activity remains uneven.
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