Cooler Air May Return On Tuesday
Barrett Shelton Jr notes in Alabama politics that determining the eight U.S. House winners from Alabama is nearly impossible amid a heat wave since May 9. He cites upsets, legal questions, and the unlikely certainty of any candidate’s fate, urging high turnout and eight votes per voter while referencing a uranium fact about Camp Century in Greenland.
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Barrett Shelton, JR
U.S. House of Representatives
Alabama
Congress
U.S
House of Representatives
Washington
Sam Engelhardt
State Democratic Executive Committee
Camp Century
Greenland
North Pole
Interstate Highway System Progress Despite Dirt Roads Ubiquitous
A State Highway Department news release during a planned press tour highlights 41000 miles of the National Interstate System with over 9 percent of cities with 50000 plus connected. The writer notes extensive rural dirt roads remain from North Alabama to the capital while praising progress on four lane highways and pondering impacts on small towns. Interstate 65 runs toward Cullman with limited progress to Decatur and a few four lane sections north to the Tennessee line.
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Georgia Line
Fort Payne
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
Jasper
Decatur
Mobile
North
Alabama
Boards of Revenue
Wate
Highway Department
Ohio
Florida
Birmingham
Cullman
Tennessee Line
Mooresville
Redstone Arsenal
Tennessee River
Overpass Contract Set Likely In August
State Highway Director Sam Engelhardt reports plans for the Gordon Street Overpass are complete and a contract letting is expected in August. Bridge plans are being reviewed by L and N Railroad and the Bureau of Public Roads, with right of way negotiations progressing. several appraisals are pending for two tracts, and financing remains to be sorted with federal highway funds.
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Sam Engelhardt
Gordon Street
John Patterson
Engelhardt
L & N Railroad
Bureau of Public Roads
F Englehardt
BPR
Washington
Farm losses trim Ohio farm count by ten thousand
Ohio State University economists estimate the number of farms in Ohio fell by about 10 000 from 1959 to 1961. They say roughly 400 000 acres of farmland were removed from production during the period.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio State University
Limestone voters choose 10 candidates in run off
Ten races are on Limestone run off ballots including six county offices and four state and federal posts. County contests include Tax Assessor James Newby versus David Ruf, Tax Collector Leonard Moyers against Bobby Thornton and Buddy Evans, Coroner Herman Andrews Sr. versus Charlie Sammet Jr., and Board of Revenue chair Marvin Miller versus Homer McLemore. District 1 member Rube Moore faces Hugh Pepper.
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Athens
Limestone
U. S. Congress
James M. Newby
David E. Ruf
Leonard W. Moyers
Bobby W. Thornton
Buddy) Evans
Herman C. Andrews Sr
Charlie Sammet, Jr
Board of Revenue
Marvin L. Miller
Homer McLemore
District 1
R. O
Rube’ Moore
Hugh G. Pepper
Prisoners Honor Saint Dismas at Folsom Mass
Saint Dismas was honored in a solemn High Mass at Folsom Prison California attended by about 250 inmates. The Good Thief reference marked the service as a notable religious observance inside the facility.
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Saint Folsom Prison
Calif
Folsom Prison
St. Dismas
Gusty AU gust settings preparation note
A fragment notes readiness to go in the August setting. It mentions preparation steps and timing but lacks full context or specifics about actors or locations. The readable text implies a deployment or rollout aligned with an August window.
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Cates
Estes Kefauver
Wall Street Journal
Texas
John Connally
Fort Worth
Navy
Don Yarborough
Houston
Jack Cox
Breckenridge
BY Charles Cates
State Highway Department
R. C
Rube” Moore
Rube Moore
Charles L
Morgan County
Charles L. Murphree
Bulova
Jim Allen
Alabama Power CO
Gadsden
THE
Martindale-Hubbell
Pald
Committee For Preservation
TVA, O. 3
Killen
Athens, Ala
Hartselle
Florette
Neel
Woodland Mills
Waldermose Springs
Somerville
Massey
Falkville
Cole Springs
Leesdale
Lacey’s Spring
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