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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1963

Page

3

First Girl Enrolls in Tech School Trades Courses

Joey Summers, 18 from Muscle Shoals, becomes the first girl enrolled in electronics and drafting at Tennessee Valley State Vocational Technical School. Director Carlton Kelly confirms coed classes and notes she aims to work in engineering after graduation. Summers cites career goals and questions gender role shifts as boys enter once female dominated professions. Foundries in France employ about 108,000 people.

Trade Tennessee Valley State Vocational Technical School Joey Summers Muscle Shoals Carlton Kelly Joey Col Tennessee Valley Trade School

Grain Sale to Russia Under Study in Ottawa

A group of American grain merchants led by Burton Joseph pretends to study a large grain sale to the Soviet Union, aiming to match Canada’s recent deal. The talks in Ottawa involve Joseph, Charles Ritz, Ralph Bruce, Leopold Stern, and others, with government approval seen as the remaining hurdle. A White House source offered no comment.

Ottawa U.S Soviet Union Canada Burton Joseph 1.5. Joseph Inc Minneapolis United States Russia Joseph S.A. Borisov Charles Ritz Joseph Group Minneapolis Tribune and Des Moines Register The Tribune White House State, Commerce and Agriculture Duluth Minn Kennedy

Local fertilizer and seed orders listed with customer addresses

A long OCR list details customers and their purchases of turf fertilizer seeds and sorghum. Names include Mrs. B B Harper and Mr. Phil D Mitchell with items from Scott's, Federal's, Swift’s and DeKalb's brands. Addresses span Alabama towns like Athens Hartselle Trinity and Montgomery area.

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Daily Bert County High School France Soviet Robert Tarzier Grace Baptist Church Belk State Pride Dacron Virgin Acrlan Ana Ala Tata Vlad S&h Kwik-Chek CHEK Gateway Shopping Center Arthur Bowen Bennie Hicks Nell Thomas 9Th Ave. S.E Decatur, Ala Disco Drady Free Austinville Flint Road Bay Scott’s Turf Builder Mrs Calvin C. Hughes State Ave S.W J. Candler Cain Johnston St. S.E Federal C. B. Humphrey College St. S.E Royster’s Irwin J. Owens Bushel Funk Ann Nunnelley 9Th Ave S.E Ainslie W. Wyle East Moulton St Paul Robinson Trinity Mountain Swift Verbon Shelton 8Th Ave. S.W B. B. Harper 11Th Ave. S.W Scott’s Bobby Joe Townsend Davis St. N.W Federal’s Phil D. Mitchell Frances C. Scott Athens Ala D. M. Robertson Hartselle Dotha Turner Tower St. S.E Swift & Co Brimm Garden Lawn Fertz Robert H. Leem 6Th Ave N.W Royster S.M. Sorg J. B. Hitt DeKalb J. E. Lindsey Cypress St Fertz John Cook Brookmaner Dr. S.E Scott's Turf Builder Fertilizer Robert E. Duff, Jr 21St Ave Dorothy Caudill Lafayette St. Ya Gallon William C. Parker Trinity, Ala Geneva E. Gray Royster’s Garden & Lawn Willie Box Jackson St. S.E Swift’s S. E. Caudill, Jr Lafayette St Lawn Fertilizer A. W. Chenault Harrison St. S.E Roysters Lawn and Garden Robert J. Gray Grant St Fertilizer C. L. Orr Alabama Bushel Pfister P. R. Hutson 1St Ave. S.W. Ya. Gallon E. L. Benefield 15Th Ave Cobb’s Ted Grantland Decatur Funk Hessie Clemm Trinity McCurdy Olor Gray Paul C. Davis Drive-In Feed and Seed Moulton Street
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