Decatur Scouts visit Wheeler Refuge and city honors
Cub Scouts from Decatur Pack 90 Den 4 toured Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge viewing mounted wildlife and exhibits then on a nature trail. Refuge hosts 250 bird species and various small mammals. Police report a prowler incident on Prospect Drive. City docket lists multiple traffic and conduct cases. Decatur wins HANDS city beautification award. Augusta also wins. Governor Wallace presents a 102 million state budget for 1965 66 with a note on a dynamite controls bill in Alabama.
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Decatur
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Clifford Campbell Jr
John R. Roby
Headquarters
Montgomery
George Wallace
Wallace
The
Commonwealth
Finding peace after loss through faith and hope
A preacher counsels that trouble harms most when it enters the heart. Faith in God keeps hope alive and preserves peace, even amid great losses. The message echoes Jesus: believe in God and also in me to hold steady in despair.
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Mary Martin
Jesus
God
Remodeled Log Mansion in Lawrence County Pioneer Style
John Knox describes a tall white-pillared house halfway between Decatur and Moulton in Lawrence County. The structure blends pioneer motifs with colonial design and has undergone two remodels. He recounts a clan that settled there over a century ago, now nine families strong in the county’s famed Scotch-named community.
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Decatur
Moulton
Lawrence County
Decatur Daily
John Knox
Junior College Bid Tops Funds
Nashville firm J T Dugger and Son was low bidder for Tennessee Valley Technical Junior College at Decatur. The base bid of 1 026 980 exceeds the 1 million budget and adjustments are likely before contract award. Planning commission will ask top three bidders to consider bid reductions and a decision is expected soon.
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Nashville, Tenn
C'land Girl Crowned Moulton Rodeo Queen
Deb ora Terry of Courtland High School was named rodeo queen at the Moulton Jaycees event after a five-judge panel selected her from 17 contestants. Four finalists were chosen before the final selection.
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Moulton Jaycees
Debora Terry
Courtland High School
Winford Turner
Moulton
Cloture Vote Seen Tuesday in Senate Debates
A report notes Miss Beverly Dearman aged 18 and Miss Joyce Roden a 17 year old from Hatton High are among contestants as Mansfield moves to limit debate time on the voting rights bill. The plan requires at least 31 senators to sign and a two thirds vote to apply cloture with a potential vote by week end.
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Joyce Roden
Hatton
Shanna Malone
Mount Hope
Beverly Dearman
Lawrence County High School
Washington
Sena
Lawrence County
Mike High School
Mansfield
Joyce Motion
Roden
Hatton High
Shanna Ma
Congress
Alabama desegregation resolution clears final hurdle
The go slow desegregation plan, which kept the Alabama Senate in a filibuster stalemate for days, finally cleared its last legislative hurdle today. The Associated Press reported from Montgomery. The United Nations also reported heavy fighting in Santo Domingo as U Thant briefed the Security Council.
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Montgomery
State Senate
United Nations, N. Y
U Thant
U.N. Security Council
Santo Domingo
Viet Nam Coup Attempt Fails
A Vietnamese government spokesman said a coup aimed at assassinating major civilian and military leaders failed after a rapid series of raids. The plan targeted premier Phan Huy Quat's government and the South Vietnamese high command with a 11 p.m. Thursday zero hour. The dissident group had staged two prior uprisings on Sept. 13 and Feb. 19.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
Viet Nam
Phan Huy Quat
Market Summary A Glance Chicago Stocks Stocks Lower
Wheat firmer amid scattered demand while corn faces liquidation. Oats steady to easier with light trade. Soybeans weak under liquidation. Hogs steady to 25 cents higher at 22.50. Slaughter steers steady to 25 cents lower, top 30.
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Chicago
Wallace Urges Redrawn Districts and Budget Plan
Governor Wallace urged lawmakers to reapportion Alabama without ceding sovereignty to federal courts and proposed a $127.5 million budget for pensions and security. He urged redrawing congressional districts this year or court action, and suggested options for Senate and House representation under the one man one vote ruling.
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Pensions and Security Department
Montgomery
George Wallace
Commonwealth
House
Senate
Alabama
Wallace
U. S.house
U. S. Supreme Court
Saturn V Full Power Test Clears Booster for Moon Mission
Saturn V, the large booster to propel a three man lunar mission by 1970, passed a static fire test at Marshall Space Flight Center. The five engines reached 7.5 million pounds thrust for 44 seconds, a highly successful verification prior to crewed flight. Dr. Wernher von Braun called the test a major step toward the space work horse program.
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Huntsville
Marshall Space Flight Center
Marshall
Free World
Wernher von Braun
Nasaienter
Saturn
Gemini Flight Target Date Set for June 3
NASA announced a June 3 target date for the four day Gemini mission of McDivitt and White to orbit Earth 62 times in 97 hours 50 minutes. The plan includes test of space suit and hatch procedures with a possible 15 minute space outing for White.
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Howard Benedict Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Gemini
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
NASA
McDivitt
White
Earth
Alexei Leonov
Voskhod
U.S
Space
Air Force
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Few Changes In Textbooks Says Seeman
Dr R Seeman, superintendent, says Alabama free textbook program will bring only scattered changes in Decatur schools. Board approves adoption of new texts under state plan and authorizes purchase of used textbooks for next year.
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George Biggers
Editor City
Alabama
Decatur
R. Ie
Sit Oe
Board of Education
Leeman
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