XB70 Maiden Flight Encounters Troubles at Seal of Speed
The XB70 made its first flight at Edwards Air Force Base amid engine trouble and a locked brake incident. Air Force officials remained confident the triangular-wing bomber will serve as a research aircraft as plans foresee 2000 mph capability, with investment rising toward 1.5 billion dollars.
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Charles Maher Edwards
Air Force
Palmdale
Calif
Edwards Air Force Base
California
Gladys Switch Forces Hurricane Watch From Cape Hatteras
An unexpected turn by hurricane Gladys moved the coast from Cape Hatteras to Sandy Hook into the danger zone. The Weather Bureau issued a hurricane watch from Wilmington to Provincetown with tides three to four feet above normal and 100 mile per hour winds.
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Miami
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Sandy Hook
N.J
Weather Bureau
New York
Chesapeake Bay
Wilmington
Provincetown
Mass
Chesapeake
Delaware
Gladys
Statement Read In Beecher Trial For Sand Mountain Slaying
In Scottsboro Alabama the trial of Johnny D. Beecher 32 a Black suspect opened with a read statement from Beecher given to state investigator Roy McDowell. The June 15 slaying of Martha Jane Chisenhall 21 Stevenson was followed by a two day manhunt and Beecher’s injurious capture in Tennessee. He denied the alleged crime and pleaded not guilty while a judge previously rejected insanity and a dismissal motion.
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Scottsboro
Ala
Johnny D. Beecher
Roy McDowell
Jackson County
Beecher
Martha Jane Chisenhall
Stevenson
Ala. He Was At Large From A Prison Work Gang At the Time. Mrs. Chisenhall
Sand Mountain
Pittsburgh
Tenn
Chisenhall
McDowell
Quebec Population and French Speaking Share in Canada
Quebec's population nears 5.5 million while about a quarter of Canada’s 19.1 million people are native French speakers. The figures highlight linguistic distribution across provinces and national demographics.
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Quebec
Canada
Foreclosure Sale Ordered on West Morgan County Property
Federal National Mortgage Association will sell Lot 46 Block T Western Gardens Subdivision in Morgan County Alabama at public outcry for cash to satisfy the mortgage debt. The sale is set for October 20 1964 in front of the Decatur Courthouse during legal hours. Calvin Gilchrist & Murphree attorneys represent the assignee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Braxton Roberson
Joana S. Roberson
Garber, Cook & Hulsey, Inc
Morgan County
Alabama
Garber, Cook & Hussey, Inc
Federal National Mortgage Association
Fedreal National Mortgage Association
Decatur
Western Gardens
Six Alabama areas removed from unemployment register
An niston Gadsden Evergreen Fort Payne Greenville Oneonta plus five more locales are shifted off the Labor Department substantial unemployment register under a general reevaluation of labor market areas in September. Annexed improvements in An niston and Gadsden reflect gains in apparel plants primary metals and textiles while Evergreen remains on redevelopment status briefly.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Anniston
Gadsden
U.S. Labor Department
State Industrial Relations Department
Evergreen
Fort Payne
Greenville
Oneonta
DeGraffenreid Sees Alabama Lacking Clear Direction
Former state senator Ryan deGraffenreid told the Decatur Rotary Club that Alabama faces economic and directional uncertainty. He cited only 1800 new jobs statewide from 1963 to 1964, contrasted with gains in Mississippi Georgia and North Carolina, and urged orderly leadership and constitutional debate.
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Ryan deGraffenreid
Decatur
Alabama
de Graffenreidh
Mississippi
Georgia
North Carolina
Tennessee Valley
deGraffenreid
Etowah
Calhoun
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
deGraffenrer
Old Law Enforcement Brings Howls In Fashion Suburb
In Darien Connecticut police charged 12 people including three corporation executives a psychiatrist and a teacher with serving liquor to minors at dinner and debutante parties in two suburban homes The arrest highlights a 1933 Connecticut law prohibiting liquor service to anyone under 21 except by parents The minimum age in Connecticut is 21 while nearby New York allows 18.
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Darien, Conn
Corporation
Tarien
Fairfield County
New York City
Connecticut
Anyon
New York State
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North Americanon
Desert
Jack Livingston
Centre
Calvin, Gilchrist & Murphree
By Alan Burleson
America
de Graffenreid
de Graffenreic
Supreme Court
United States
George Wallace
Charles Murphree
Ryan Degraffenried
Ifly
Nerv
Rtler
Republican Party
Tom Brigham
Young Republican Club
Republican Executive Committee
Pavilion Inn
Branding Iron Restaurant
Otor Company
Lincoln
Mercury Division
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