Tennessee official's silence fuels Decatur city rumors
A Daily Decatur report highlights State Highway Director Herman Nelson's reticence and the city’s tensions over parking meters and future developments. The piece notes Nelson rarely comments, preferring department sources, and covers Decatur housing plans, a federal building rumor, and local political snubs.
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Tennessee
Herman Nelson
Alabama
Nelson
State Highway Department
THE
Decatur: Daily
George Wallace
6Th Ave
Highway 31
Highway 72
Montgomery
Ardmore, Tenn
Agents Plan Meet June 10
The Alabama Association of County Agricultural Agents will hold its seventh annual convention June 10 to 12 at the Jefferson Vis Hotel in Montgomery. Attendees from across the state will hear speakers, receive service awards, and four H club leaders will be honored. New officers will be elected and installed on the final day.
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Roberts
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Alabama Senate
Montgomery
Ala Association of County Agstural Agents
Une
Jeffersonvis Hotel
Ate
Seaman Ronald G Wright Serves On USS Shangri La Exercise
Seaman Ronald G Wright USN, son of Mr and Mrs Bullard P Wright of Somerville 2, participates in Operation Fair game II in the central Mediterranean and Corsica May 16 25 aboard the USS Shangri La. The exercise involves 34 American and 26 French ships with ground troops from both nations including US Marines 2nd Battalion 8th Marine Regiment and French units Fusiliers Des Marines Commando Group Tactical Assault and the French Foreign Legion.
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Shangri-La
Ronald G. Wright
USN
Bullard P. Wright
Somerville 2
Mediterranean
Corsica
United States
8Th Marine Regiment
France
Fusiliers Des Marines
Tactical Assault
French Foreign Legion
Simon Lake Arrives at Charleston Homeport for Tender
Fireman James P. Tapscott USN, son of Mr and Mrs Wood Tapscott, has arrived at Charleston South Carolina aboard the USS Simon Lake submarine tender which will be homeported there. The Simon Lake departed Bremerton Washington April 16 and transited the Panama Canal on April 27 to join the U S Atlantic Fleet and Submarine Squadron 18.
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Simon Lake
James P. Tapscott
USN
Woodrow W. Tapscott
Charleston
S.C
Navy
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Bremerton
Wash
Panama Canal
U.S. Atlantic Fleet
Airman Vincent Competes in NATO Royal Flush Exercise
Airman 3 C Terry G Vincent, son of Mr and Mrs Glen E Vincent of Decatur, participated in Royal Flush 10, a NATO combat reconnaissance training exercise held in Central Europe May 18 to 20. Assigned as a vehicle dispatcher in the 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Laon Air Base, he is a Pensacola Technical High School graduate.
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Laon
France
Terry G. Vincent
Glen E. Vincent
11Th Ave. SE
Decatur
Europe
Vincent
Laon AB
U.S
NATO
Pensacola, Fla
Bird Goes Missing Then Shot By Police Call
A police report describes a bird deemed dangerous that led to an officer with a shotgun being dispatched. The animal was shot dead after the call to headquarters.
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