Watts Bar Lock to close six days for repair work
The Watts Bar Lock on the Tennessee River will close to navigation from 12:01 a.m. November 4 to 12:00 p.m. November 9 for upper gate repairs. The Clover Craft Club meets November 7 at 7 p.m. at 1123 Fifteenth Avenue. Veterans of World War I Morgan County Barracks 2405 and Auxiliary meet November 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion Home in Hartselle for a monthly meeting and covered dish supper.
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Watts Bar Lock
Tennessee River
Clover Craft Club
Julian Moody
15Th Ave
Morgan
Hartselle
Do You Believe Public Decisions For Christ Equal Conversion
The speaker argues that many who come forward are seekers rather than finders and that faith must be coupled with decisive action. He cites Jesus on denying Him and stresses following Christ beyond mere public decision or church membership, noting real life change requires surrender.
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Cc Ll
Jesus
Andrew
Peter
James
John
Diplomatic Shift Seen For Lodge
Saigon turmoil deepens as a Buddhist monk dies by self immolation at the central market. U S intelligence chief John H. Richardson and other Saigon officials may be recalled or replaced as Henry Cabot Lodge seeks a stronger approach amid Diem’s regime. Police attacked American reporters while tanks ringed central Saigon in a tense security crackdown.
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South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
U. S
John H. Richardson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Washington
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Nhu
U.S
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Thich Quang Huong
Hue
Grant Wolfkill
John Sharkey
National Broadcasting Co
David Halberstam
New York Times
Foreign Ministry
Sharkey
Wolf
AMA Manager Seeks Protection for Mor gan City Drivers
Jack Metcalf AMA Decatur office manager asked Morgan City council for assurance motorists would be treated fairly and not arbitrarily arrested during a city visit. The request followed a meeting where expected fireworks did not explode.
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Flint City
The
Alabama Motorist Association
Morgan County
Jack Metcalf
Decatur
AMA
American Automobile Association
Metcalf
Hungary Tells U S Ready To Buy Wheat
Hungary says it is ready to purchase 800 000 tons of American grain. Cargill has asked the Commerce Department for an export license as Hungary, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria seek large purchases. The move awaits the Kennedy administration with price and payment terms undecided.
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U.S
Endre Marton Washington
United States
Cargill, Inc
Minneapolis
Commerce Department
Senate
Everett M. Dirkson
Illinois
Legation
Janos Radvany
State Department
John Cole
Cargill
Griffith Johnson
Radvany
Harold C. Wedeler
Office of
Eastern European Affairs
Honduras Coup Triggers Downtown Gunfire After Swearing In
In Tegucigalpa, shooting erupted downtown within an hour of a civilian military provisional government taking power for about a year. The violence centered near the Honduran University law faculty amid reports of a pro Castro student faction. The new leadership led by Col Osvaldo Lopez Arellano, with eight civilians and two military members, vowed to remain until causes of the coup against Ramon Villeda Morales are resolved.
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Honduras
Law Faculty
Honduran University
Time-Life News Service
New York
Associated Press
Col
Osvaldo Lopez Arellano
Ramon Villeda Morales
Lopez Arellano
Big Boy the rabbit roams Canal Street yard in Decatur
A tame rabbit named Big Boy lives in the back yard of 814 Canal Street NE Decatur under the guardianship of widowed Mrs. R. C. Sims. The bunny, whose sex is debated, has become a comforting companion for the elderly woman who has mobility issues.
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Nancy Edwards
Decatur
Canal St
R. C. Sims
Canal
Big Boy
W. H. Stephenson
First Baptist Church
Billie Kay
Billy Ray
Mopsy
Sims
Senate probes target Valachi testimony on crime network
Senate Investigations subcommittee aims to pierce a false front of legitimacy masking a nationwide crime syndicate. Joseph Valachi, a convicted killer and drug racketeer, testifies about Cosa Nostra with details on murders narcotics gambling and loan-sharking.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington
Senate Crime
Joseph Valachi
Senate Investigations
Derworld
Valachi
Cosa Nostra
Vito Genovese
Subcommittee
New York
Hurricane Flora Turns Back from Cuba Threat to Caribbean
Flora battered eastern Cuba for 28 hours with high winds and rain, leaving at least 43 dead in the Caribbean. Forecasters noted an uncertain path as the storm drifted southwest back toward the Caribbean Sea, weakening over Cuban mountains before potential reintensification.
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Fla
Flora
Cuba
Caribbean Sea
Florida
Bahama Islands
Gerard Philippeau
Nova Scotia
Florida Straits
Camaguey
Nassau
Arthur Pike
Grand Cayman Island
Yucatan Peninsula
Gordon Dunn
Caribbean
Cullman Circuit Clerk Named Postmaster in North Alabama
Cullman County Circuit Clerk John Sparks was appointed postmaster of Cullman on Saturday by Congressman Carl Elliott. Sparks, 44, will leave the office after 10 to 15 days to assume duties, with John Guthrie named as his replacement. Sparks, a deacon and former Boy Scout organizer, has two daughters and is a long-time Cullman resident.
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Cullman
Cullman County
John Sparks
North Alabama
Carl Elliott
Sparks
John Guthrie
House of Representatives
The
T. A. Smith
M. W. Holmes
Smith
Guthrie
K. J. Griffith
First Baptist Church
Fairview
St. Bernard College
Baileyton
Com- Sparkman
Patricia
Betty
Robinson's on 2nd Ave Sells Magnevox TV Sets
Buy Magnevox color or black and white TV sets at Robinson's on 2nd Ave with free parking. Local shoppers can browse the display and take advantage of parking convenience while selecting a new television.
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Robinson’s
2Nd Ave
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