Ground Is Broken Today For New Sears Store Here
Sears announces a 70 000 square foot retail outlet at Gateway Shopping Center in Decatur with over 200 local jobs. The $700 000 investment aims for completion in six months, plus two months to stock. Mayor Blackburn hailed Decatur as a city and Sears noted strong local market potential.
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Sears, Roebuck & Co
Gateway Shopping Center
Sears
Alabama
Crescent Motel
Gilmer Blackburn
Decatur
Lucien E. Oliver
William P. Engel
Sears Company
Huntsville
Engel
United States
Amazing
Blackburn
Hall & Colvard
Emmette Barras
William Engel
Guyerts
Morgan County Board of Revenue
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Gateway
Explosion damages Flint Shell Service Station in Morgan County
An early morning blast at Flint Shell Service Station caused over 5000 in damage. The 1963 Chevrolet pickup was wrecked and two gas pumps were destroyed. No one was injured. The owner is F D Peebles Jr and the station was leased to O E McMurry.
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Flint City
B. Z. Rogers
Gardendale 3
H. D. Casey
Winford Turner
Flint Shell
Morgan County
F. D. Peebles, Jr
Decatur
O. E. McMurry
McMurry
Sandy
The
James Peebles
Casey
Tom Slaton
Tennessee Valley Rest Home
Fire Department
Freshman Brenda Clemons Enrolls at Florence State College
Miss Brenda Clemons of Decatur leaves for her freshman year at Florence State College as noted in the diary column. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Horace Clemons.
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Brenda Clemons
Horace Clemons
Decatur
Florence State College
Gospel and faith endure amid scientific progress
W R argues that while science and automation advance rapidly in the last century, human hearts show no corresponding improvement. He asserts the gospel remains unchanged, citing transformed lives as proof, and maintains the need and solution through faith in Christ.
No Limitation Says President
President Kennedy told the Senate the limited nuclear test ban treaty does not limit his authority to use nuclear weapons for U S defense or allied defense. He sent a letter to Senate leaders Mike Mansfield and Everett Dirksen with unqualified assurances that military safeguards would be followed.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate Today
United States
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate of the United States
Mass protest in Chicago demands anti discrimination ordinance
Hundreds of white property owners gathered around City Hall led by bus groups in a protest against a proposed real estate discrimination ban. Police estimated the crowd at about 3,000 as demonstrators marched in formation around the square.
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Chicago
City Hall
Hundreds At Mixed Schools Boycott and Access Across Alabama
By Don McKee Associated Press. In Birmingham Alabama hundreds of white students boycotted two schools while thousands attended with Black students. Attendance fell at West End High and at the former white school in Tuskegee, but seven other schools showed near normal attendance as racial barriers began to fall.
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Don McKee
Associated Press
Birmingham
Alabama
West End High
Tuskegee
West End
Birmingham School Board
Murphy High School
Mobile
National Guardsmen
Ramsay High
Graymont
Ramsay
Charles Willcox
Kennedy administration sees restraint in Birmingham desegregation clash
The Kennedy administration reports a favorable outcome in enforcing court orders to integrate schools in Birmingham Tuskegee and Mobile without federal troops. National Guardsmen were federalized then withdrawn as local police maintained order amid protests and demonstrations.
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Washington
Kennedy
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Birmingham
Tuskegee
Mobile
Robert S. McNamara
Justice Department
Look For The Golden Arches
Local classified ad advertises Mc Donald's Hamburgers on 6th Ave in Decatur Alabama offering value meals under a single price point with emphasis on Golden Arches branding.
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McDonald's
6Th Ave
Decatur
Ala
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