Community notices and local updates from Inbenale
Reunion for Vassar alumni set for Sunday at Hatfield Lake with 10 a.m. gathering and 12 45 p.m. lunch. each family to bring a picnic basket. Morgan County Registrars not in session Monday but set for Sept 9 at the courthouse. Mrs Henry Howle of Cullman hospitalized in critical condition after a Friday auto crash. First Methodist play school starts Sept 9 at 9 a.m. Mothers urged to accompany children. World War I veterans group 2405 and auxiliary meet Monday at 6 30 p.m. at the American Legion Home in Hartselle for supper. Decatur officers report bicycle theft on Memorial Drive and a breakage at Gulf Oil Co on Canal Street. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Vassar
Hatfield Lake
Morgan County Board of Registrars
American Legion
Hartselle
Decatur Police Department
Gulf Oil Co
Canal St
John Chitwood
Chitwood
City Election Runoff Promises Heated Campaign
Voters in the city head to 29 polling places from 8 am to 6 pm Tuesday for a runoff between street and sanitation candidate Joe Elliott and veteran commissioner Wilson Morgan. Elliott and Morgan lead the Aug 20 primary with 2 020 and 1 875 votes respectively, while Dick Coffey and Rev. Joseph Griggs trailed.
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City Commission
Joe Elliott
City Street Department
Wilson Morgan
Faith in Seeing God Beyond Sight
The answer urges living by faith, noting God’s love shown through creation and the Bible. Trust Christ with a simple, sincere faith to feel His presence, aided by prayer and reflection on Jesus’ sacrifice.
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L. K
God
Christ
Thomas
Logjam Could Kill Pending Senate Bills
Barrett Shelton Jr reports that Alabama's 1963 legislature faces a one day session with a possible logjam ending most major bills including redistricting workmans compensation and governor's succession. Speaker Albert Brewer optimistic yet wary. Sen Ed Horton expects a 24 hour session must come to terms or die. A local Morgan County license commission bill nears signature and a Huntsville exemption issue may delay firemen hour limits to 56 per week.
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Barrett Shelton, JR
Alabama
Albert Brewer
Brewer
Ed Horton
Limestone County
Morgan County
Senate
House
Huntsville
Rep. Brewer
Roscoe Roberts
Madison County
Sen. Horton
Horton
Drillers Press On For Miner in 308-Foot Shaft Rescue Effort
In Hazleton Pennsylvania a team of drillers continues to probe a 308 foot shaft for Louis Bova missing since August thirteenth along with co miners David Fellin and Henry Throne. Andrew Drebitko lower ed to inspect a chamber wall confirming a false alarm from a 12 inch plastic metal plug used to shield Fellin and Throne during a prior rescue. A 22 inch shaft near the chamber is the focal point, with another volunteer expected to descend as the mission proceeds later Sunday evening.
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Stanford H. Benjamin Hazleton
Louis Bova
Bova
David Fellin
Henry Throne
Andrew Drebitko
Pottsville
Drebitko
Fellin and Throne
Gordon Smith
Labor Day Festivities Start With Area Events
A full Labor Day program unfolds across the area beginning today with motorcycle races at the Athens Fairgrounds led by AMA riders. Gov. George Wallace tours North Alabama visiting Lawrence and Morgan counties. In Florence he speaks at 1 p.m. then appears at the Unit ed Terry Club reunion in Maryland. Decatur parade, barbecue, and beauty contest highlight local plans with 10 a.m. parade from Bank and Wilson to Delano Park. The day features invocation by Rev. W P Maxwell, welcome from Mayor Gilmer Blackburn, and a noon barbecue followed by the beauty contest winner at 10 p.m. Governor Wallace’s 1 p.m. appearance is tentatively set pending Montgomery confirmation.
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American Motorcycle Association
Athens
Athens Fairgrounds
George Wallace
Lawrence
Morgan Counties
North
Alabama
Florence
United Terry Club
Decatur
Howard Hovis
Gilmer Blackburn
Huntsville
Highway Patrol
Huntsville Post
Calvin Johnson
Scottsboro
Betty R. Fletcher
Huntsville Hospital
Florence Post
Morgan
Limestone
Cullman
Main Pagoda Opens As Diem Eases Buddhist Tension
In Saigon the main pagoda was allowed to open and Buddhist monks and nuns returned from a river prison as martial law eases. President Diem hosted tea with nuns while U.S. Ambassador Lodge walked unguarded through Saigon, signaling closer government openness amid protests.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Ngo
Din Diem
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Xa Lai
Diem
U.S. Information Agency
Marshall Head Calls Complete Reorganization
Huntsville Alabama AP Director Wernher von Braun announces a major reorganization at the Marshall Space Flight Center effective immediately. The plan expands space programs, strengthens Huntsville operations, and shifts management to focus on policy and major engineering decisions.
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Huntsville
Ala
Marshall Space Flight Center
Wernher von Braun
von Braun
The
Space Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Michoud
New Orleans
Mississippi
Hancok County
Miss
Cape Canaveral
NASA
Eva Becomes A Town: Citizens Approve 49 to 3
In Morgan County area, Eva residents vote to incorporate as a town by a 49 to 3 margin. A second election will select a mayor and five council members, with Probate Judge T C Almon to set the date.
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Eva
Morgan County
Earl Thompson
Eva High School
T. C. Almon
Almon
Missing New York trip ends search for Ann Arbor girl
Jacqueline Wilson 16 daughter of University of Michigan professor called home from New York saying she went there after a civil rights march in Washington She planned to seek waitress work and refused to talk with her parents Her father Dr Russell Wilson appealed to police FBI and President Kennedy for help in tracing her
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Jacqueline Wilson
University of Michigan
New York
Paul Lutzier
Jacqueline
Washington
Lutzier
Jacugeline
Patricia
Russell Wilson
Michigan
FBI
Kennedy
Luizier
Delays Japan Visit To Maintain Contact In Viet Nam Crisis
Assistant Secretary of State Roger Hilsman canceled a planned trip to Japan to stay in close touch with the developing crisis in South Viet Nam. Secretary Rusk conferred with McNamara Bundy and others as U S leaders fear a prolonged crisis could threaten the war effort. Officials discount reports of a coup against President Diem amid Buddhist arrests and protests.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Roger Hilsman
Japan
South Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
Robert C. McNamara
MacGeorge Bundy
Hilsman
U.S
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
Saigon
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