Community events and incidents in Decatur area
A slate of local notices covers a Gordon-Bibb Elementary pre school clinic, a Free and Accepted Masons dinner, and student council elections at Gordon-Bibb. Also noted are hospital recovery updates, a 1937 Plymouth collision, a fire call near Mooresville, a Neel rally closing Democratic campaigning, and Jayceettes recognition in Decatur.
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Gordon-Bibb
Gordon- Bibb
Amy Hunter
Gordon-Bibb Elementary School
Claudia Williams
Gail McGee
Bride Walks Alone To Apri Bride
NEW ORLEANS AP Pretty Suzanne Marie Ricau walked down a Roman Catholic church aisle alone to wed Donald A. Boudreaux after her excommunicated father, Jackson G. Ricau, could not accompany her to the altar. Ricau, a top officer in the pre segregation South Louisiana Citizens Council, later joined them at the rail as the ceremony began. The excommunication of Ricau and two others by Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel cited defying orders to desegregate parochial schools.
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New Orleans
Suzanne Marie Ricau
Jackson G. Ricau
South Louisiana Citizens Council
Ricau
Joseph Francis Rummel
B . Gaillot Jr
Leander H. Perez Sr
St. Francis Xavier Church
Metairie
Donald A. Boudreaux
Jolly Folsom In Short Stop
James E. Big Jim Folsom campaigned through Decatur and Athens delivering light remarks after songs by the Meat Grinders. He shook hands with supporters, teased a runoff, and urged backing all candidates on May 1 while noting four lane highways reduce traffic deaths and sparring with city papers backing opponents.
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James E
Big Jim
Folsom
Decatur
Montgomery
Ardmore
North
Alabama
Big City
Jolly
Victory for People Seen by Alabama Candidate deGraffenried
State Sen. Ryan deGraffenried told a Johnston Street crowd that the people of Alabama want the changes he represents. He said the victory belongs to the voters and praised Lt. Gov. Albert Boutwell, noting his withdrawal from campaigning due to health. He pledged reform of liquor agents and political corruption and urged election to press for reapportionment. He stressed education as key and called for leadership to fix the state's education system. See VICTORY on Page 2.
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Ryan deGraffenried
Alabama
Johnston St
2Nd Ave
deGraffenried
Albert Boutwell
Boutwell
de Graffenried
Oran braces for mass French push in occupation plan
AP dispatch reports 12,000 French troops massed around Oran with 2,000 more arriving to reach a 12,000 men minimum for control of the port city divided by European extremist and Moslem nationalist zones. Authorities ordered four main thoroughfares cleared and warned shooters may fire on violators. General Katz warned buildings used to shell troops will be cleared. Public attitudes mixed as crowds gathered amid church bells and celebrations. See 12,000 on Page 2.
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Oran
Algeria
Secret
Joseph Katz
Algerie Francaise
Summit talks possible but not ripe says Kennedy and Macmillan
President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Macmillan agreed to consider East West summit diplomacy if productive results seem likely while conditions are not yet ripe. They planned further talks, including discussions on a German settlement, Berlin and disarmament, with possible multiple summits if favorable.
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Washington
Kennedy
Macmillan
U.S
White House
Dean Rusk
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Berlin
Pierre Salinger
Harold Evans
Pacific
Russia
Is Conscience Always a Safe Guide
The answer notes conscience is not always right and can be evil weak defiled or seared. It argues conscience is variable and untrustworthy unless enlightened and sensitive to the Holy Spirit, in which case it may be safely followed.
Guard Unit Departs Ft Hood Aug 9
The 279th Signal Battalion plans to depart Ft Hood Texas on August 9 for home stations. Headquarters and Co B are stationed at Huntsville. About 150 Decatur men are in Co B. The unit was activated October 1 1961 and left Oct 15 for Ft Hood. Transportation and duration of the return trip were not yet known.
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279Th Signal Battalion
Decatur
Co. B
Ft. Hood
Tex
Army
James Rosbury
Huntsville
National Guard
Rosbury
Morgan County voters set to decide Tuesday in major election
Footsore candidates will retire from the field Tuesday to await voter decisions. Some 77 state senate hopefuls crisscross Morgan County since the February 26 qualifying deadline. Weather may boost turnout to a county record, with about 14,000 ballots expected from nearly 20,000 registered voters. In the 1954 governor race a record 13,600 voted, and sheriff turnout neared 13,100. Rural polls open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Decatur and Hartselle stay open until 6. See Main on Page 2.
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Footsore
Morgan County
Decatur
Hartselle
Candidates Spread Out In Last Call
Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls spread across Alabama from the Tennessee Valley to the Gulf coast in a final pre primary push. Atty Gen MacDonald endorsed party plans to use private detectives to watch Tuesday's voting. George Wallace and James E. Folsom spoke in Jasper, Wallace thanking supporters while outlining his positions.
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Alabama
Tennessee Valley
Gulf Coast
Atty. Gen MacDonald
Democratic Party
George C. Wallace
James E. Folsom
Jasper
Bid Opening Set On Belt Line Section
The State Highway Department in Montgomery will receive bids on May 24 for grading drainage pavement and an overpass on a section of Belt Line Rd in Morgan County. About two miles will be ready for use about 120 working days after letting. Paul Collier said rights of way had been obtained for the work. The pavement and overpass extend from Old Moulton Rd north to Highway 72. The project will connect Highway 31 S at Highway 67 with Highway 72 west of Decatur. The listed overpass crosses the Southern Railroad.
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State Highway Department
Montgomery
Belt Line
Morgan County
Paul Collier
Collier
Board of Revenue From
District No. 1
Moulton Rd
Highway
Decatur
Southern Railroad
Georgia System is Ruled Out
A three judge federal court ruled Georgia's county unit system unconstitutional for Democratic primaries. The ruling bars use of the Neill Primary Act as amended last Friday and enjoins party officials from holding a primary under that act. The decision also blocks state and party rules that allocate units violating the court's standards, with an appeal planned to the U S Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Atty
Eugene Cook
U.S. Supreme Court
Frigideire Home Freezers
Frigideire home freezers mentioned in an unclear fragment describe a sale or product note. The text references generic phrases about freezing, storage, and a brand name in a disrupted OCR snippet. No clear dates people or places are identifiable.
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Rising Sun Lodge No
Masonic Temple
Betty Briscoe Ange
Floyd Briscoe
United Business Educattion Association
University of Alabama
Ange
Tuscaloosa County
Inez Blankenship
Wichita
Kan
C. E. Maples
Morgan County’ Mental Health Association
First Christian Church
Ellen Jones
Colonial Rest Home
Jones
Robert W. James
10Th Ave
Edd M. Milner
Danville Rd
James
Austinville Rd
Milner
University Hospital
Birmingham
Doris Marie Russell
Trinity
John E. Russell
Trinity 1
Mooresville
Neel
Dwight Hooper
Decatur Jayceettes
Ge Graffenried
James Folsom
Suzanne
Jolly Folsom
By Andrew Borowiec
By John M. Hightower
R. F
Weether
THE
Associated Press
Wallace
Carbon Hill
Frigideire
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