Guest Editorial John Sparkman A Life's Work
A retrospective editorial extols Senator John Sparkman of Alabama. It recounts his humble tenant-farm beginnings, as university furnace stoker, and his dedication to housing and small business laws. It argues his age is the campaign issue, defends his vigor, and urges voters to reelect him.
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The
Anniston Star
U. S
People of
Alabama
John Sparkman
Congress
North Alabama
Sparkman
Robert Sherrill
New York Times Magazine
Small Business Administration
Select Committee On
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
Senator Sparkman
Senate
Weather Forecast for Decatur and Vicinity
Friday temperatures reach 61 at 2 p.m. with a 54 degree low at 12 a.m. Highs expected in the upper 60s and lows around the upper 40s. Today’s forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, with mostly fair conditions tonight and Sunday.
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Decatur
Emergency Numbers and Crisis Contacts Listed
The notice lists emergency and crisis numbers for several counties including Morgan County Hartselle Limestone Athens Lawrence Cullman and the Decatur Daily offices For personal crises call the Crisis Call Center at 355-8000 or dial 0 for operator assistance Also provide contact numbers for poisoning emergencies and general emergencies across multiple counties and departments.
Former Teammates Reunite at Redstone Arsenal
Don Whitmire Harold Self and Marvin Worley, once Decatur High School teammates, met again after 30 years at Redstone Arsenal. Whitmire, a Navy admiral with the Defense Department Intelligence Agency, Worley a colonel, and Ibby Irwin crowned queen at Lawrence County High School halftime.
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Huntsville
Redstone Arsenal
Worley
Adm
Don Whitmire
Harold
Col
Marvin Self
Harold Self
Marvin Worley
Decatur
Whitmire
Navy
Defense Department
Ibby Irwin
Lawrence County High School
Willard Irwin
Miss Irwin
Thieu signals guarded steps toward peace amid political support
Thieu voiced readiness for a cease fire and insisted on withdrawal provisions, while delaying final agreement until his signature. He seeks backing from opponents amid concerns over Communist participation. opposition Buddhist groups offered muted criticism as Assembly politicians demonstrated in support at the palace.
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Nation
Hanoi
Kissinger
An Quang
Thien
Thieu
National Assembly
Tornadoes Raze Areas in Georgia Florida Alabama
Tornadoes struck multiple counties in Georgia Florida and Alabama causing extensive damage. A twister in Highland View Florida overturned a pickup injuring Junior Foley. No fatalities reported though several homes churches and a marina suffered heavy damage.
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Pelham
Shelby County
Birmingham
Attapulgus
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Lake Seminole
Rinehardt
Elk
Georgia Highway Patrol
U.S. 27
Florida Line
Junior Foley
Franklin County
Highland View
Apalachicola
Florida Highway Patrol
Tallahassee
Alligator Point
Florida Panhandle
Highway Patrol
Gadsden County
Quincy
Walton County
Chuck White
White
Moulton Lawman Struck By Car
Moulton policeman Buford Pearson 36 was struck by a hit and run driver while flagging a vehicle near the Lion's Club. He was hospitalized at Decatur General Hospital with injuries not yet known. Deputies detained a group of suspects on Byler Road. identities were not released. The incident occurred about 11 p.m. Friday.
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Moulton
James Farris
Buford Pearson
Decatur General Hospital
Pearson
Lion's Club
Sheriff's Deputies
Byler Rd
HeW to appoint doctors for Tuskegee survivors care plan
HEW would name a panel of doctors with no prior Tuskegee involvement to diagnose and treat the 125 men. PHS would inform all survivors about their participation and examine them. The doctors would report findings with treatment rationales. PHS would locate all survivors and infected contacts on a top priority basis while protecting identities and keeping promised benefits in place.
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HEW
Tuskegee
U.S. Public Health Service
PHS
Close To Nature Turns Bearly Close For Father Plaisance
Father Aloysius Plaisance of St. Bernard College slept in an open shelter in eastern Tennessee when a black bear climbed to a top bunk to reach his backpack of food. He said the proximity was the closest a bear has ever come to him in his 15 years of camping.
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Cullman
Father Aloysius Plaisance
St. Bernard College
Tennessee
Father Plaisance
Health Planning Agencies Form North Central Council
The North Central Health Planning Agency plans are submitted for approval to the State Board of Health and federal planners in Atlanta. The council will include providers and consumers with consumers as the majority and meet four times a year. Crestline PTA Halloween carnival in Hartselle features a parade at 4 p.m. and a chili and hotfood sale at 4 p.m. with carnival activities starting 5:30 p.m.
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State Board of Health
Atlanta
North Central Health Planning Agency
North Central
George Wallace
Hartselle
Crestline
PTA
Lynn Scofield
Vietnam progress affects pacification charts since June peak
The article notes a progressive improvement for the Communists since June when pacification figures showed 557 000 people under enemy control. Despite regaining one percentage point, Hanoi and the Viet Cong are viewed as stronger strategically and politically than at the March 30 offensive start. Some officials say cease-fire terms could leave a fragile Viet Cong hold and limit South Vietnamese retaking efforts.
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Hanoi
Nguyen van Thieu
Temperatures and sun data from a short period report
The note lists hourly temperatures from 4 am to 10 pm with readings around 57 to 59 degrees and lows near 54 degrees. It shows sunrise at 6 02 am and sunset at 4 56 pm for tomorrow with two small daytime spikes near 61 degrees and 57 degrees.
Trio of 1939 Decatur Raiders Cohorts Shine Across Careers
The 1939-40 Decatur Red Raiders produced three co-captains Self Whitmire and Worley who powered a 7-1 season. Whitmire became all American at Alabama before Navy, Self starred in the Rose Bowl and later coached at Florence State. Worley, after UCLA, served in the Army and helped Berlin Bears win the 1948 European Championship.
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Red Raiders
Tennessee Valley
Self
Whitmire
Worley
Raiders
Decatur
Huntsville High School
Huntsville
Huntsville High
University of Alabama
Tide
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Alabama
Capstone
Southern California
Florence State
UCLA
Berlin Bears
Escapees Sentenced in Limestone County Court
Two Limestone County men Tommy Plant and David Thompson pled guilty in Limestone County Circuit Court for jail escape. Several cases were continued to the week of Nov 13 including robberies and grand larceny tied to a Florence suspect. In Limestone County Superior Court Freida Scott Betty Springer and Donnie Allen Hill were bound over on grand larceny charges after shoplifting incidents in Athens stores.
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Athens
Limestone County
Tommy Plant
David Thompson
Bobby James Staggs
Florence
Limestone County Superior Court
Grand Jury
Freida Scott
Betty Springer
Donnie Allen Hill
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Decatur Daily
Tennessee Valley Printing O., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Associated Press
Ncurn
Decatur High School
Red Raider
Morgan County
Lawrence County
Redstone
Lawrence Queen
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Army Missile Command
Florence State University
Moulton Lawman
Regional Council of Governments
Alabama Regional Council of Governments
Vietnam
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