Huntsville International Airport Southern served Atlanta, Chattanooga, Memphis, Montgomery, Muscle Shoals, Nashville, New Orleans and Orlando nonstop from Huntsville using DC-9 aircraft. Southern had direct DC-9s from Huntsville to New York City (LaGuardia Airport), Washington, D,C. (Dulles Airport), Denver, St. Louis, Detroit and Wichita. In 1979 Southern merged with North Central Airlines to form Republic Airlines which continued to serve Huntsville, by that time having dropped Chattanooga and Montgomery service and having added Greenville/Spartanburg and Mobile/Pascagoula service. Republic was acquired by Northwest Airlines which later merged with Delta Air Lines. Service to Atlanta (ATL) hit a high point in early 1985 when 17
Avery Dulles the United States. Dulles prepared his written remarks to the pope prior to the visit. Dulles died on December 12, 2008 at Fordham University in the Bronx, where he had lived for many years. His remains were buried in the Jesuit cemetery in Auriesville, New York. Cardinal Dulles wrote 25 books and hundreds of articles and essays. A "catalogue raisonné" including his many translations, forewords, introductions, reviews and letters to the editor, was published by Fordham University Press in 2012 under the title "The Legacy of Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J.: His Words and His Witness". Avery Dulles Avery Robert Dulles,