River and weather summary for Decatur area and nearby towns
Data show river reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning 18.85 feet with sea level 553.15. TVA lake stages listed include Chickamauga 681.1 Pickwick 411.3 Guntersville 594.0 Whitesburg 553.5 Wheeler 553.2 Wilson 506.9. Sunday high 87F at 2 PM, low 69F at 4 AM. Today near 90F, tonight upper 60s, Tuesday near 90F. Forecast partly cloudy through Tuesday with 30 percent rain today, 40 percent Tuesday. Climate data: high 87, low 70, average 79 (7 above normal). Precip: day 0.50 in, month 1.17 in, year 47.96 in (11.26 above normal). Sunrise 6:36 AM, sunset 6:39 PM. Extended: warm with scattered thundershowers Wednesday and Thursday, highs in 80s, lows in 60s. Weather from The Associated.
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C A B to Add Up to 16 Cities for Europe Flights
The Civil Aeronautics Board seeks to expand North Atlantic service by adding up to 16 cities to the current 13 served by Pan American and Trans World. The announcement came as Chairman Robert D. Timm spoke at the dedication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, a $700 million project. The plan aims to broaden U S routes to Europe as part of a broader review of transatlantic air travel.
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Vietnamese Foreign Minister Defends Integrity in New York
South Vietnam’s Foreign Minister Nguyen Phu Duc rejected corruption and civil liberty abuse allegations during a Plaza Hotel interview before two weeks of talks with international officials led by Secretary Kissinger. He arrived Saturday for meetings with high level diplomats and discussed the topics in New York.
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Latvian Jew detained during protest outside Soviet central committee
In Moscow a 25 year old Latvian Jew Arkady Shpilberg was arrested after displaying a poster Let Me Go To My Family in Israel. An American AP correspondent Roger Leddington was detained moments earlier by militia and a plainclothes secret police agent outside the party building.
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Vatican says it has not taken any formal step
Vatican spokesman Federico Alessandrini stated on Sunday that the Vatican has not taken any formal action regarding the issue. He emphasized that no official decision or policy change had been made, underscoring the Holy See’s cautious stance amid ongoing discussions.
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Iraq awards $117 million oil export facility contract
Iraq’s official news agency announced Brown and Root, an American company, won a $117 million contract to build crude oil exporting facilities in the Persian Gulf. The project covers offshore terminals with loading facilities for four tankers.
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McCall's to be sold to Chicago buyers next week
Norton Simon Inc. plans to sell McCall's, a century old women's magazine with about 7.5 million monthly readers, to Chicago interests led by Jay Pritzker for an undisclosed cash and notes price. Pritzker chairs Hyatt International Corp. and leads the purchasing group.
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Iraq Awards Major Oil Pipeline Contract to U S Firm
The deal covers 41 inch pipelines delivering up to a million barrels daily from Rumaila and Basra. The award to an American company is notable because Iraq, an Arab socialist state, has had no diplomatic ties with the United States since the 1967 Middle East war, and officials often cite Arab oil as a political weapon against Israel supporters.
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Daily Records of Admissions and Births in Decatur Area
Admission and dismissal list from Decatur General and surrounding towns includes names of patients, birth announcements, and related staff notes. Several individuals from Decatur, Athens, Trinity, Moulton, Huntsville, and nearby communities are named with multiple listings under admissions births and dismissals.
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Pamela J. Green
Decatur
Elmer L. Mitchell
Athens
Hershel A. Hall Jr
Trinity
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Christopher J. Tucker
Clara M. Miller
Earthy L. Smith Jr
Kenneth Taylor
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Roy W. Gosline Jr
Brian E. Lake
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Town Creek
Henry W. Cubitt Jr
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Anthony Elliott
Edgar R. Lamar
Macon
Hubert Gale Morgan
Decatur General Hospital
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Somerville
Skyscraper Built From Top Down in Kansas City
An unprecedented method for a 32-story Altgar building designed by Louis Kahn will start with the top floor hanging from a central core. Sponsors Arnold Garfinkel and Richard Altman say the top-down construction will shorten the nine story timeframe by six months and is part of a downtown Kansas City renaissance amid a $3.4 billion building boom and 11 new structures totaling $145 million.
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Altgar
Philadelphia
Louis Kahn
North America
Arnold H. Garfinkel
Richard A. Altman
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