Governor George Wallace Assembly Home Shot At Sunday Night
A white gunman fired at the Alabama governor's mansion Sunday night as Gov George Wallace Lurleen and children were at home. Police broadcast a pickup alert for a 50 year old rough looking man in a 10 year old black Ford with license tag starting in figure one. No injuries are reported and bullets may have missed the ante bellum building on Perry Street.
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George Jr
Peggy Sue
Lee
Local Crash Near Gibson’s Involves Two Sedans
A 1963 Chevrolet sedan driven by Jimmy Randolph Scott collides with a 1961 Chevrolet sedan driven by James Albert Banks on U S 31 in front of Gibson's. Banks faces disorderly conduct charges. Debris mentions band boosters meeting and sheriff arrests over the weekend for various offenses.
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U.S
Gibson’s
Jimmy Randolph Scott
James Albert Banks
4Th Ave
Banks
Sheriff's Patrol
World problems stem from the heart not just sin
The speaker argues social, economic, and racial issues reflect heart deceit and vice. Only heart change through Christ, born again, regenerates people and reforms lives and social order. The emphasis is on love, tolerance, and compassion guiding societal transformation.
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Christ
Broken Dam Takes A Life
A Princeton University student, Mike Chapman 20 of Tulsa Oklahoma, was found dead half a mile downstream from a flash flood that swept two cars off Alabama 150 near Birmingham. Authorities investigate if an earthen dam explosion caused the flood. a dynamite cap was found nearby. Five Princeton students were involved. three escaped unharmed. The other car’s occupant Grady Thompson survived. the others were James Gewin Bailey Bishop and Dave Stewart.
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Princeton University
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Tulsa
Okla
James H. Thompson
Chapman
Princeton
James Gewin
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Bailey Bishop
Philadelphia
Dave Stewart
N. J
Grady Thompson
Bessemer
Thompson
Alabama 150
Limestone Youth Dies From Well Accident
A 22 month old boy, John A. Rouse, fell into a 40 foot well at the Madison 3 home near Mooresville Limestone County, after lifting tin from a curb. Grandfather Melvin Rouse lowered himself to aid, and Crutcher Rouse and George Steelman pulled the child out with a rope. Family members attempted artificial respiration for 10 to 15 minutes with Mrs. Robert Lauderdale assisting. Coroner Charlie Sammett said the well held about four and a half feet of water.
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John A. Rouse
Crutcher Rouse
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Madison 3
Mooresville
Sammett
Melvin Rouse
George Steelman
Robert Lauderdale
Neutralist forces retreat from Xieng Khouang in Laos clash
Neu tracer Gen Kong Le reports heavy attacks by pro Communist forces in Plaine des Jarres after the neutralist garrison at Xieng Khouang evacuated the town 28 miles southeast of Plaine des Jarres. Premier Souvanna Phouma says Red domination in northern Laos appears possible. No casualty figures available.
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Violence in State Claims 17 Lives in Weekend Tragedy
Seventeen people died violently in Alabama over the weekend with one missing feared drowned in a flash flood. Two accidental shootings, one drowning, four burnings, and nine traffic deaths are reported. Gary Shurm Jr. 8, of Birmingham, was killed during a scuffle over a loaded shotgun.
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Alabama
Gary Shurm Jr
Birmingham
Jack Holland
Gary
Ad Lee
Fair Trial in B h ai Doubted
New York attorney William N. Kuntsler moved to transfer 41 Negro demonstrators from Birmingham Recorders Court to U S District Court. Nine were arrested for trespass at a white lunch counter. others joined a protest march led by Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth who warned of continued action, including a possible hunger strike.
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Birmingham
New York
Fred L. Shuttlesworth
Shuttlesworth
U. S
AIA opposes education tax plan in Alabama
The Associated Industries of Alabama representing 855 firms condemns the proposed 51.5 million education tax and urges a 1 percent sales tax instead. The stance aims to shift funding strategy for state education.
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Birmingham
Associated Industries of Alabama
AIA
Some Just Can't Stand Prosperity
A Southern Bell public relations man recalls a customer who objected to a 14 cent refund in Alabama. An office clerk checks the record and reveals the man has had no bill since 1956, when his telephone was moved to another room.
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Birmingham
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Alabama
Markets At A Glance
Market notes show gains in stocks amid heavy trading while bonds are mixed and light. Cotton trends weak with general selling. Chicago wheat May shows strength amid broader activity and sparse details on other grains.
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Chicago
Meaning of First Of A Series Editor's Note on Life After Death
The Rev. Dr. Thomas S. Kepler, noted Protestant theologian, surveys contemporary views on death in the first excerpt from his book The Meaning and Mystery of the Resurrection. Association Press publishes. National Board of YMCAs holds copyright.
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Thomas S. Kepler
Association Press
National Board of Ymcas
Life After Death in Modern Thought and Faith
An analysis of beliefs about immortality from religious faith to Scientific Humanism. The article contrasts Voltairean doubt, Christian resurrection, and Harvard Ingersoll Lectures with scientific skepticism and debates on immortality, noting surveys of scientists and the search for meaning beyond death. Tomorrow: Psychic Research.
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Jesus
Early Church
God
Earth
Heaven
Hell
Ingersoll
Harvard University
Harold DeWolf
School tax bills awaited Tuesday vote in Montgomery
The administration seeks swift passage of school tax bills to raise about 51.5 million for the coming fiscal year starting Oct 1. With current revenue shortfalls, state funds would total 6.5 million, far below the original estimates, and schools have faced probation for five of six years.
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