Trapped Worker Reaches Surface in Nuclear Shaft Rescue
Floyd Shaw first of four miners pulled from an 1800 foot desert shaft after a cable failure trapped them since 6 p.m. Saturday. Shaw, unhurt, and three others remained in a 30 by 30 foot room while rescuers cleared tangled cable and a second man was killed in the incident. The AEC kept details secret, offering no test purpose or device information.
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John Lengel Mercury
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The
Atomic Energy Comrssion
Floyd Shaw
James C. Gray
Indian Springs
Shaw
George R. Cooper
Tucson
Ariz
Art Luhnow
North Las Vegas
Leland Roeder
Pioche
Frank Solaegui
William Flongas
Tunnels
AEC
National Home Week Observed in Alabama
Gov George Wallace has proclaimed National Home Week in Alabama per the Home Builders Association of Alabama. The slogan Better Living Begins When You Buy A New Home marks events ending with a Mobile convention at the Admiral Semmes Hotel from Saturday through Monday. The 17year promotion aims to raise public awareness of home building advances. A separate voyage off the Arabian coast reports a rich untapped food resource of bottom fish and crabs for chronically underfed populations.
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George Wallace
Alabama
Home Builders Association of Alabama
Mobile
Admiral Semmes Hotel
Indian Ocean
Arabian Coast
Army Missile Command buys 1.3 million in August Southeast
Redstone Arsenal reports August purchases and small awards totaling about 1.3 million across the Southeast. Birmingham firms led with 719,883 in awards, while Huntsville, Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama cities also received funds. Items ranged from pennies to thousands of dollars for missiles and rocket support gear.
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Redstone
Army Missile. Command
Army Missile Support Command
Missile Command
Birmingham
Huntsville
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Birmingham man named administrator of Selma Boys Ranch
John L. Tarrant of Birmingham named administrator of the Boys Ranch near Selma, Alabama, sponsored by the Alabama Sheriffs Association. Former Birmingham school principal has assumed supervision of the ranch program, which will serve as a home for underprivileged boys as sheriffs statewide raise funds.
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Selma
Ala
John L. Tarrant
Birmingham
Alabama Sheriffs Association
Tine W. Davis
Montgomery
Tarrant
Church Adopts Open Door Policy for Negroes in Churches
East Alabama Presbytery approved an open door amendment to admit Black worshippers in white churches by a 41 to 38 vote. The measure must gain a majority approval from 80 presbyteries and be adopted by the next general assembly. The meeting also authorized a new church in Montgomery named St. Andrew's Chapel.
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Dothan, Ala
Presbyterian Church
East Alabama
General Assembly
Southeast
Presbytery
Montgomery
St. .Andrew’s Chapel
Henry Neill Segrest elected presbytery moderator
Henry Neill Segrest of Tuskegee was elected moderator of the presbytery and will preside at the next meeting at the First Presbyterian Church in Alexander City on January 15, 1965. Two new ministers were approved, the Rev. M. D. Sivley to be installed October 15 at Mill Brook Presbyterian Church and the Rev. Wallace Alston Jr. to serve at the First Presbyterian Church in Auburn.
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Henry Neill Segrest
Tuskegee
First Presbyterian Church
Alexander City
M. D. Sivley
Millbrook Presbyterian Church
Wallace Alston Jr
Auburn
Herons Fly Neck Forward Feet Extended In Flight
Birds glide with necks tucked facing forward and legs extended behind. The observation notes typical heron morphology in flight.
Capital Paper Backs Goldwater Montgomery Editorial
The Montgomery Advertiser endorsed Republican Sen. Barry Goldwater for president but cautioned Alabama must rally to Goldwater or risk signaling acquiescence to federal civil rights and undermining states rights in future party candidates. The piece notes Alabama’s role in national politics despite a likely Johnson victory.
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Montgomery
Alabama
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