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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1963
Page
7
Cliff Roberts sleeps under a night sky of imagined wealth a mine prosperous with ore and workers. A vision of Cochise and a mysterious black-haired beauty fills his thoughts until Kit Adams awakens him with a breathless plea and a promise that she is real.
In a tense scene, Cliff and Kit cling to each other after surviving a perilous climb. She reveals improvised rope work on the big rope while dawn finds Kit armed and vigilant beside a waterfall as jaguar threats loom and Bum the dog stays close. Cliff worries about renewed danger from nature and predators.
Cliff and Kit uncover a hidden gold cache after a long hunt with Cochise and Chinitza. Cliff realizes the spear motif links to the treasure, and they haul bags of gold through a tunnel to safety as the tense chase with the pursuing tigers ends pending tomorrow.
A reader contest winner is announced as Reeny Robinson, 12, from Austin Texas. The article explains the polar lights seen in the northern hemisphere, naming aurora borealis and aurora australis and describing arcs, curtains, and the corona. It links the display to sun spot activity and invites questions for the Britannica contest.
Joe Beams of Decatur will preside at the Alabama School Transportation Conference the week of June 17 at the University of Alabama. Beams, Morgan County Schools maintenance and transportation supervisor, will be accompanied by officials O N Williams Frank Madry Glenn Shirley and James Berry. The theme is The Challenge We Face In School Transportation In Alabama. Workshops will be led by the vocations trades and industries division of the state Department of Education. Beams began with Morgan County schools in 1938 as a bus mechanic later becoming shop foreman and then supervisor. Superintendent Lester E Wooten praised Beams as a leading transportation supervisor who has attended every state conference since 1943.
Riddle asks for a city older than Abraham famed for handicrafts and steel now a United Arab Republic capital. Tomorrow’s paper reveals the answer. Also includes yesterday’s Word Puzzle answer and a note inviting riddles and jokes with winner Wile Davis of Washington DC.
A Congo River system is described as offering around 8000 miles of navigable water across its main channel and branches. This figure highlights the river’s capacity for transport and commerce in central Africa, with emphasis on potential routes for regional trade and development.
The House Conservation Committee heard testimony on bad water as state industry leaders urged no water reduction while backing tighter pollution controls. A compromise proposal would create a pollution advisory board and restrict enforcement powers, supported by State Health Officer Ira Myers and Fish and Game officials. Wildlife interests pressed for stronger protections as test results from Demopolis waters were cited.
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