Alabama faces worsening drought and fire risk amid limited preparedness
Alabama officials warn the drought raises extreme fire danger with low winds and scarce funds for protection. Farmers struggle as planting delays and dry soil hinder crops while pastures burn and fire towers remain unmanned due to budget limits. Hunters, smokers, and motorists heighten fire risk across counties.
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Alabama
Madison County
R. O. Magnusson
Colbert
Lauderdale
Winston
Marion
J. M. Stauffer
Decatur Population Rises to 38 905 in City Directory
Decatur’s 10th city directory shows area population up 10 percent over two years to 38 905, with greater Decatur at 38 905. The volume includes buyers guide, street and householder directories, and telephone listings by street.
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Decatur
State Directory Co
Maryville
Tenn
Greater Decatur
U S
Robert E. Conner
Decatur Public Library
Morgan County boards set election session and induction figures
The Morgan County Board of Registrars will sit at the courthouse Monday. In November, 439 Alabama young men will report to the Montgomery Induction Station to meet the state's Selective Service quota. counts include 10 from Morgan, 16 from Cullman, 10 from Marshall, and 14 from Madison. Miss Ginger Quillin has joined the prep squad at David Lipscomb College in Nashville. The Morgan County Chapter of the Alabama Association for Medical Assistants meets May 1 at 7:30 p.m. hosted by Mrs. W. M. Patterson on Ivy Street in Hartselle.
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Morgan County Board of Registrars
Court House
Alabama
Montgomery
Ralph W. Adams
Morgan
Cullman
Marshall
Madison
Ginger Quillin
Cecil E. Quillin
College St
David Lipscomb
College
Nashville, Tenn
Morgan County
The
Alabama Association For Medical Assistants
W. M. Patterson
Ivy St
Hartselle
Meaning of love in the Great Commandments from Christ
The message says love God and neighbors is a standard to judge ourselves not a mere command. Only by responding to God's love shown at the Cross can we love, for His Spirit enables us to love the unlovely and all people. Human love fails without Christ’s transforming power.
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A. W. Todd
Richard A. Mitchem
Weather Bureau
Jesus
God
Rev. C. S. L
Christ
Kennedy pledges pursuit of peace amid East West crises
President Kennedy said differences with the Soviet Union will generate crises but the search for peace must continue. In a University of Maine foreign policy address he hailed recent East West agreements as offering progress toward peace.
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Frank Cormier Crono
Maine
Kennedy
University of Maine
Gin Accident Kills Youth In Priceville
An 18 year old Priceville boy, Ronnie Golden, was killed when his jacket snagged in a gin head at his father's Priceville Gin. He was pulled head first into the machine as workers freed him. He died after hospitalization at Decatur General. The incident prompted a medical response and an investigation. Meanwhile Lord Home, newly named British prime minister, pledged a plain spoken government in a fireside address. He met with Queen Elizabeth II to accept office and planned to reveal his Cabinet today.
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Britain
Priceville
Ronnie Golden
W. H. Golden
Decature
Golden
Kenneth May
Lord Home
Elizabeth II
Home
Lord Salisbury
Earl of Home
Baron Douglas
Thistle
Sir Alexander
Alec Douglas- Home
Priceville Gin
Polio Sabin Drives Readied Across 16 Alabama Counties
An army of 3 000 polio fighters trains to launch a Sunday immunization drive in 16 Alabama counties led by Sabin oral vaccine. Type I given today with Type III in December and Type II in January. Free vaccine with 25 cent voluntary dose.
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Alabama
Jefferson
Calhoun
Cherokee
Chilton
Cleburne
Colbert
Coosa
Eto
Cullman County
Tuscaloosa County
Sabin Vaccine Drive Expands Across Madison County
Dr. Milton Peeler chair of the Medical Society reports 125000 Sabin doses ordered for today’s Madison County drive starting at 11 a.m. Vaccination plans include future drives on December 1 type 3 and January 12 type 2 with doses available for nearby counties and workers at Redstone Arsenal.
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Milton Peeler
Medical Society Committee
Sabin
Madison County
Peeler
Frigidaire Sales and Service Best Trades at Robinsons
Frigidaire promotions highlight top trade offers at Robinsons on Second Avenue. Dealers tout exceptional value and customer satisfaction during the sales event.
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Frigidaire
Robinson's
Second Ave
Cuban Crisis far reaching effects and U S prep studied
Page A-13 surveys a year after the Cuban Crisis noting its global impact and U S military preparedness. Siagon reports cover preface to the monk self immolation death and the X-15 pilot Joseph Walker. B-12 features John Knox discussing Hillsboro’s former all women governing body.
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U. S
Siagon
Joseph Walker
Hillsboro
John Knox
First Big Lift Stage Success in Germany
The United States launched the largest armored airlift in history, flying 450 officers and men from Texas to Europe. Six C135s arrived in Germany with one heading to France, as a 14,500-man division prepares to deploy to Rhine Main Sembach and Ramstein bases. Brig. Gen. Keith L. Ware, Medal of Honor recipient, led the lead plane and called the flight uneventful.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
Europe
Texas
Atlantic
United States
France
2Nd Armored
Rhine- Main
Sembach
Ramstein
Etain
Phalsbourg
Chaumont
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
3Rd Armored
Keith L. Ware
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Ware
5.00 Down Will Hold Any Schwinn Bicycle
A local ad promotes a sale offering any Schwinn bicycle for five dollars down with payment plan lasting until Christmas Eve. The deal highlights affordable financing to attract shoppers.
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