Historic Group Meet at Wheeler Home Sunday
The North Alabama Historical Association and the Tennessee Valley Historical Society hold a Wheeler Home gathering Sunday at 2:30 with papers by Charles G. Blackwell on Decatur During the Reconstruction and Lawson Davidson on The Skyres Family and the Civil War. A covered dish supper will follow as the Wheeler Home opens at 1:30 with guests hosted by Mrs. John Quince Le Grand of Chapel Hill, N C.
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The
North Alabama Historical Association
Tennessee Valley Historical Society
Wheeler
Decatur
Charles G. Blackwell
Trinity
Skires
Lawson Davidson
John Quince le Grand
Chapel Hill
N. C
Annie Wheeler
Onions Leeks Garlic and Welsh Onion in Lily Family
The onion leek garlic and welsh onion are all members of the lily family.
Bank Robbery Bandit Uses Couple as Hostages in Tennessee
In Smithville area, a masked gunman held banker W N Paris at gunpoint as his wife Carmyn Paris watched. The bandit demanded money from Liberty Savings Bank in Liberty, claiming $1,200 plus ransom. Most of the cash found later in an abandoned car was in silver. Federal agents and state troopers investigated potential links to three prior Tennessee bank robberies.
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Mike Freeman
Smithville
Tenn
Tennessee
FBI
Dekalb
Here
Carmyn Paris
W. N
Liberty-Savings Bank
Liberty, Tenn
Ardmore
First National Bank of
Edward Steele
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U. S
Kenneth Harwell
Paris
Dowestown
Liberty Bank
Rockefeller meets with SHAPE chiefs in Paris talks
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller spent two hours at SHAPE headquarters in Europe discussing allied defense with Gen Lyman Lemnitzer and Gen T W Parker. An aide called the meeting most useful but gave no details. Rockefeller then lunching with his wife near Versailles, planned to see President de Gaulle.
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Paris
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers Europe
SHAPE
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
T.W. Parker
Rockefeller
Feller
Versailles
Charles de Gaulle
Lemnitzer
Cortlandt V
Seven Die In Truck Accident In Ohio Coasted Coil Crushes Car
A tractor trailer coil of steel rolled off a truck on a winding Ohio 7 grade, killing six people including Sally May Negley 17 and Theodore East Palestine 8, and injuring William White 33. Lila White 56 and William G. White 64 died, while the younger White was left in critical condition.
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East Liverpool
William S. White
East White
Lila White
William G. White
White
Mrs. Josephine Weaver Appointed Top Value Store Manager
Mrs. Josephine Weaver of 1201 Grant Street has been named store manager for the Top Value Enterprises Redemption Store at 110-112 E. Moulton Street. R. K. Gary, manager, announced her appointment noting her previous work at Ira's Book and Gift Shop and a Morgan County High School graduation in Hartselle.
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Josephine Weaver
Grant St
Top Value Enterprises Redemption
E. Moulton St
R. K. Gary
Top Value
Robbers abduct elderly couple after bank theft nears Tennessee home
A pair of assailants seized an elderly couple outside a bank, forced them into a car, and drove to a nearby home in Silver Point Tennessee. The victim Mrs Paris aided by a nearby clinic while police investigated the open vault and reported theft of silver from the bank.
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Paris
Solon to Speak at GOP Fundraiser Dinner
Congressman William E. Brock of Chattanooga Tenn will be guest speaker at a Morgan County Republican Party dinner Oct 25 at 7 pm in the First Federal Savings and Loan Association Penthouse. Brock’s election gave Tennessee 3rd District its first Republican in 42 years. he is grandson of a former U.S. Senator and was named Outstanding Young Republican of the Year. Tickets are 10 per person or 15 per couple with sales at Robinson's Second Ave Republican Headquarters in the Masonic Building or by calling 353-3553.
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William E. Brock
Chattanooga
Tenn
Morgan County
Republican Party
Federal Savings and Loan Association
Brock
Tennessee
U. S
San Francisco
John D. Chandler
Robinson’s
Second Ave
Masonic Building
ZIP code craze grows as postal push pays off
Washington AP reports the Post Office Department touts ZIP code as a success after months of operation. Public awareness increased as ZIP appears in comics and theater. signboards and mail trucks display it, though usage in addresses will take at least another month to measure.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Meredith Willson
Santa Claus
Lucky Gordon testifies in Keeler perjury case
Aloysius Gordon says Christine Keeler vowed to see him jailed after a spring row at her apartment. He denies landing a blow in the John Profumo scandal. Prosecutors allege Christine paid a co defendant to back her story. Gordon describes a scuffle and his apology as Christine fled.
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Hal R. Cooper
Associated Press
London
Aloysius
Lucky” Gordon
Christine Keeler
John Profumo
Christine
Gordon
John Buzzard
John Hamilton-Marshall
Paula Hamilton-Marshall
Pearls Grow Big Off Western Australia Coast
Cultured pearls develop to marble size along the western Australian coast, signaling potential for larger pearl farming yields and new industry opportunities. The statement highlights natural pearl growth in local waters and suggests economic potential for exporters and divers.
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Western Australia
Cost Of Federalizing Guard Top $400000
The Army reports pay and allowances for Alabama national guardsmen called up during the school integration crisis exceed 400000 dollars. About 17000 Air and Army guardsmen were federalized. most served roughly two days. Around 500 remain on active duty.
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Washington
Army
Alabama
Peggy Selected Miss Speed Queen for State
Peggy was chosen Miss Speed Queen for the state in Birmingham as AP reports. The event highlighted contestants and the pageant’s regional competition results.
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Birmingham
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