Ten Die in Ohio Nighttime Crash Killing Migrant Family
A fiery collision near Genoa Ohio killed ten people including eight children from the Campos family and the Chico family. A six year old station wagon carried victims. one driver, Charles Strong, escaped after leaping from a flaming cab. The crash occurred as the car attempted to pass another vehicle and struck Strong head on.
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Toledo, Ohio
Genoa
Felix Campos
Campos
Emil Webert
Elmore
Ohio
Charles Strong
Swanton
The
Highway Patrol
Strong
City issues building permits for several local addresses
The city clerk issued permits for M E Sims to build houses at 115 117 and 119 Beard St with 9000 each and at 1407 1409 Newman Ave 9000 each. L M Wilson to build at 1210 Donna Ave SE for 17400. L L Presswell to enlarge den add storage at 405 Everett Dr SW for 1000. Ella Romine to change electrical service at 2224 Kooken Ave SW 125. J M Harmon Jr to add carport storage room utility room and change electrical service at 1721 Somerville Rd SE for 2500. Also may include Veneeey Washington St NW. Police report two shot including Emma Davis and Earline Points. Roy Luckett not hospitalized. Judge James H Crow Jr shows steady improvement after heart attack. Mary J Cottingham hospitalized after surgery. Diary continued on page 2.
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M. E. Sims
Beard St
Newman Ave
L. M. Wilson
Donna Ave
L. L. Presswell
Everett Dr
Ella Romine
Washington St. NW
Eatur General Hospital
Emma Davis
Earline Points
Roy Luckett
Joining a church after New Testament conversion
The advisor says genuine Christian life includes church membership. After belief and baptism, Christians unite with believers, as solitary faith is not observed in the New Testament. Seek a fellowship that trusts the Holy Spirit and lives visibly changed by Jesus.
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Jesus
Mass Polio Vaccine Program Ordered in Walker County
A rapid immunization drive was ordered after Walker County's seventh polio case this week. Dr. Kelley said 80,000 Sabin doses will fly into Birmingham for free distribution across the county with Jasper as headquarters. Dr. Smith called the surge an emergency amid 13 statewide cases.
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Jasper
Ala
Walker County
County Medical Society
T. G. Kelley
Birmingham
W.H.Y. Smith
Alabama Public Health Department
Smith
RFK open to changes in civil rights act
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing he would accept modifications to the civil rights program including removing beauty shops barber shops and swimming pools from public accommodations coverage and allowing limited jury trials under a provision empowering suits to end racial discrimination in schools and public places.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Senate Judiciary Committee
Kennedy
North Koreans Charge US War Provocation Plots
North Korea accused the United States of war provocation and attempted to justify U.S. occupation in South Korea. The Foreign Ministry and a Communist broadcast claimed Washington covers up its aggression while ignoring a Red Suicide Squad raid that killed three U.S. soldiers in South Korea. See NORTH On Page 2.
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Robert Eunson
Associated Press
Seoul, Korea
North Korea
United States Today
South Korea
U.S
North Korean
Foreign Ministry
State Department
South
North
July Building Boom Tops One Million Five Hundred Thousand
Decatur issued building permits in July totaling about 1.541 million dollars, the second highest in 19 months. Homebuilding dominated with 60 houses valued at 825,235 dollars. Major permits included Austin High School phase 1,400-seat auditorium for 429,398 dollars, Gunthorp Brown Funeral Home 137,680 dollars, and a Kroger addition 50,000 dollars. The year to date is around 5.6 million, down about 600,000 from 1962.
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Decatur
Austin High School
Danville Road
Gunthorp-Brown Service
Kroger
6Th Ave
Federal
Chamber of Commerce
Boy ordered to quit school and work for five years
Philadelphia Juvenile Court Judge ordered a 16 year old to quit high school, take a job, and pay half his weekly salary for five years to the family of Steve Breitenbach after a car he borrowed ran down the man. Breitenbach, 46, lost a foot and suffered serious injuries and remains hospitalized. Judge Hoffman said rehabilitation and public safety guide such actions.
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Philadelphia
Ein Meast Sr
Brookes
Sault and Battery
Steve M. Breitenbach
Breitenbach
Hoffman
Woman Here Takes Life
Mrs Audrey E Long died by self inflicted gunshot at about 745 am at her Decatur residence in bad health. Morgan County coroner Lewis C Brown said she used a 410 gauge shotgun placed under her chin. Her husband M J Long was present but outside the house. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Gunthorp Brown Service Funeral Home.
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Decatur 2
Noebiedioiesston Decatur
Hatless Happy Hits Hapless Hatters
AP fashion writer notes the hat industry laments Mrs. Rockefeller shedding hats amid public attention. Millinery officials hope she will return to hats to sustain visibility and sales, while comparing her influence to prior First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. They stress hats offer quick, memorable entrance in politics and media.
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Jean Sprain Wilson
NEW York (Ap
Nelson Rockefeller
Mrs. Rockefeller
Goldwater seeks Senate probe over tax data use in desegregation push
Sen. Barry Goldwater demands a Senate investigation into alleged use of income tax returns to pressure merchants near military bases to accept desegregation. He joins Southern Democrats in criticizing Defense Secretary McNamara's directive designating off limit communities for servicemen over discrimination. Javits supports the directive while Russell questions its use of defense funds for social reform or a military surveillance effort. In Washington, critics of Kennedy allege Communist involvement in civil rights agitation, while DOJ sues Birmingham to register over 2,000 Negro voters. Protests swing from Newark to Brooklyn to Clarksdale with arrests for marching without permits.
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Associated Press
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Goldwater
Air Force Reserve
Jacob K. Javits
R-Ny
Secretary of Defense
Richard Russell
D-Ga
McNamara
Russell
Georgia
Senate Military Appropriations
Armed Services Committee
Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
John C. McLaurin
Mississippi
Employment at record high with unemployment decline
The Labor Department says US employment rose to a new all time high of 70.9 million in July while unemployment fell seasonally. Government tax receipts rose 9.5 percent to 42.7 billion dollars in 1962. Meany warns rail workers may push for nationalization if denied the right to strike. Rusk to stay in Moscow beyond test ban signing. House Foreign Affairs panels nears 4.1 billion foreign aid authorization. Dr Stephen Ward placed in iron lung in serious condition in London.
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Washington
United States
Labor Department
Alabama Legislative Panels Push Redistricting Plan And Voting Limits
A legislative committee backed a two year old nine district plan to nominate candidates by district with a statewide runoff. The panel also approved bills to disqualify racial demonstrators from voting and to lower the voting age to 18 for Alabama. Other actions included liquor tax proposals and a pension for former governors.
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Alabama
U.S
House Constitution and Elections Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Frank Dixon
Chancey Sparks
State Sovereignty Commission
House Judiciary Committee
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