Shrimp Found With College Ring Tells Family Tale
A shrimp caught near Mobile Bay bore a 1960 Spring Hill College class ring with initials D B H. Da vid Hirshburg Jr., a 1960 graduate, said he once wore the ring and believed it lost about a month ago while fishing for speckled trout. The ring’s discovery prompts a reporter to trace Hirshburg’s background and current job in Mobile.
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Bill Rice
Mobile Bay Causeway
Spring Hill College
D.B.H
Spring Hill
Jesuit College
Hirshburg
Mobile Bay
Dri
Millett to speak on Investing in Today's Market
Frederic J. Millett head of the Research Department of Goodbody and Co investment bankers will address Rotary Club at the Lyons Hotel during the regular meeting Monday starting at 12 15 p m.
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Frederic J. Millett
Goodbody & Co
Rotary Club
Lyons
School Cost Over $2 Million
The City Board of Education reported a year ending Sept. 30 1963 total funds available of 2 884 169 26 with state federal and local revenues and city support including 100 000 from Decatur and 1 093 314 78 from city bond sales. Expenditures totaled across categories with the largest capital outlay for new buildings and sites at 888 532 70 and end year unappropriated surplus 160 27 61 reserved for October payroll and 206 452 59 in building funds.
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City Board of Education
Decatur
General Control
Moulton Man Elected to ARA Board in Birmingham Meeting
Thomas C. Pettus was elected one of two new directors for the Alabama Rehabilitation Association at a Birmingham meeting Friday.
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Moulton
Thomas C. Pettus
Alabama Rehabilitation Association
Birmingham
Editorial Praises Redistricting Push by Anniston Labor Council
The piece lauds the Anniston Labor Council for urging Governor Wallace to convene a special session to adopt a redistricting bill. It contrasts state inaction with potential federal intervention and notes Republican positions on the issue while stressing States Rights as preventive policy. The editorial frames redistricting as essential to good government.
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Anniston Labor Council
George Wallace
Jim Martin
U. S. Senate
Wallace
Polio Immunization Drive Expands in Lawrence and Cullman
Lawrence and Cullman counties launch a second polio immunization push starting today and Sunday respectively. The drive targets all residents two months and older with free vaccine given by volunteers at multiple stations across communities, including Moulton, Courtland, Hillsboro, and Cullman locations.
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Lawrence
Cullman
Morgan
Limestone
Two AFU Agents Killed in Whisky Raid Near Brent
Two federal liquor agents Ralph Holt and Joe Cooper were killed during a whisky still raid in a wooded area near Brent Alabama. Authorities reported the men worked for the Alcoholic Tax Unit based in Tuscaloosa. Further details were unavailable.
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Brent, Ala
Here
Ralph Holt
Joe Cooper
Alcoholic Tax Unit Department
Tuscaloosa
Huntsville Woman Rescued From Smoke Filled Boarding House
An unconscious woman identified as Sherry Wilson, 30, of Huntsville Alabama, was rescued from a smoke filled room at a downtown boarding house. Fireman T C Hutton spotted smoke and radioed the alarm after entering the building to carry her to safety.
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Mobile
Sherry Wilson
Huntsville
Ala
T. C. Hutton
Seven Miners Survive Flooded German Mine Rescue
In Broistedt Germany seven miners were rescued after 23 hours trapped in a flooded ore mine. They rode a raft across water to a shaft and were hauled to surface uninjured. Officials started two new shafts to locate 43 missing colleagues as pumps diverted floodwaters to reseal the dam.
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Germany
Lengeder
Brunswick
Conservatism Defined By Brock At GOP Dinner
Rep William E Brock of Tennessee highlighted conservatism as a lifestyle at a Morgan County GOP fundraising dinner in the First Federal Savings and Loan penthouse. He cited mothers in Chattanooga and the 42nd district’s Republican victory as proof of progress and described liberals as stealing a good word.
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Paul Robinson
Republican Party
William E. Brock
Tennessee
Don Mayhall
Republican Club
Nancy Edwards
Weller
William E Brock
Federal Savings and Loan Association
Brock
TVA
America
Chattanooga
Big Lift moves 2nd Armored into position in Germany
The 2nd Armored Division, after a 5600 mile Big Lift from Texas to Germany, unbuttons its gear and focuses on rolling 6500 vehicles into the maneuver area for a war game with the 3rd Armored Division from Oct 30 to Nov 5. It must keep 15,278 men healthy in cold Germany and prevent traffic and farmland damage as German civilians share routes. Maj. Gen. Edwin Burba, commander, says plans have gone “only too well.”
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Thomas A. Reedy
Frankfurt
Germany
2Nd Armored Division
Texas
U.S. 3Rd Armored
United States
Edwin Burba
2Nd Armored
West Germany eases U S troop issue after talks in Bonn
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk reports satisfaction after talks with Chancellor Erhard Adenauer and Defense Minister von Hassel in Bonn. West German leaders, worried about Big Lift reducing U S forces, sought reassurances on U S troop strength in Europe.
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Germany
West Germany
U.S
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Ludwig Erhard
Konrad Adenauer
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
Washington
United States
U.S. 2Nd Armored
Texas
Hurricane Ginny shifts away from Carolinas coast
Hurricane Ginny with 100 mph winds veered northward staying offshore of the Carolinas. The Miami forecast centers its path east-northeast about 120 miles south of Wilmington with center tracking away from land while warnings ease from Wilmington southward. Evacuations were voluntary with about 1,500 people leaving Charleston area before the threat subsided.
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Wilmington
N.C
Ginny
Carolinas
Atlantic
Miami Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Cape Hatteras
South Carolina
Grand Strand
Eighth Tropical Storm Helena Forms Far Out At Sea
Helena formed Friday in the Atlantic about 1,500 miles southeast of Miami as the season's eighth tropical storm. Hurricane Ginny lingered off the Carolinas while forecasters at San Juan Puerto Rico reported Helena's top winds near 50 mph from a 5 p.m. position east of Dominica in the Leeward Windward Islands.
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Miami
Fla
Helena
Atlantic Ocean
Ginny
Carolinas
San Juan
P.R
Dominica
Leeward-Windward Islands
Caribbean Sea
Frigidaire Service Offered at Robinson's on 2nd Ave
Complete service for Frigidaire and all make appliances available at Robinson's on 2nd Avenue. Adv. copy advertises repairs and parts for home laundry and kitchen equipment. Local shop emphasizes prompt service and qualified technicians.
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Frigidaire
Robinson’s
2Nd Ave
Adv
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