King Predicts 900 000 More By August
AP reports Dr. Martin Luther King Jr says federal voting rights measures will add about 900000 more registered Negroes by August end. Across the Deep South Negroes have increased voting strength by nearly 500000 in the past year, boosting overall eligibility and registration in states still reshaping political power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Atlanta, Ga
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership
Deep South
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Greensboro
Ala
Selma
Senate Passes Grants-In-Aid Education Bill
Alabama Senate approves a private school grant in aid bill for white pupils not wanting to attend integrated classes. Passed 229 to 0. sent to the House as Governor and Wallace backers push for passage amid racial tensions and anti communism campaigns. Federal court previously barred public school tied grants. new measure avoids race language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
State Senate
Theate
House
V. George Wallace
Alabama
Steel Talks bogged down amid union and firms dispute
Washington AP reports steel industry labor talks between the AFL-CIO United Steelworkers Union and 10 major firms are stalled with a potential strike set for midnight Aug 31 if no agreement is reached. Union leaders had shown cautious optimism earlier but wage policy criticism surfaced from the union and countercharges from negotiator R. Conrad Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Pittsburgh
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers Union
I. W. Abel
R. Conrad Cooper
Cooper
Senior Girl Scout Troop 62 and Junior Troop 24 To Present Camping Program
Decatur Diary reports a camping program by Senior Girl Scout Troop 62 and Junior Troop 24 of Friendship Circle on Decatur Cable Television at 1 p.m. Today. Also notes American Wind Symphony Orchestra members arriving at noon for pickup by Decatur and Austin high school band boosters at the Chamber of Commerce. Police investigated a wreck Friday at College Street SE and Loving Avenue SE at 3:20 p.m. A 1957 Ford driven by Carol B Miles collided with a 1955 Pontiac owned by Vertie Rainey. Damages light. Alabama Highway Patrol logged more wrecks Fri day including a 1962 Oldsmobile driven by Carl H Garth colliding with a parked 1956 Chevrolet owned by Marshall Mears and a 1959 Volkswagen truck driven by Willie E Hodges in Florence after 4 p.m. on Alabama 36, injuring Hodges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Circle
Decatur
American Wind Symphony Orchestra
Chamber of Commerce
Austin
College St. SE
Loving Ave. SE
Carol B. Miles
12Th St. SE
College St
Vertie Rainey
Florence 1
Alabama Highway Patrol
Carl H. Garth
Detroit
Mich
Marshall Mears
Athens
Moulton On
Alabama
Willie E. Hodges
Florence
Senator Gilchrist Seeks Decatur Annexation Bill
State Senator Bob Gilchrist introduced a bill to annex four and a half square miles into Decatur. The bill has a first reading and is expected to have a second reading Tuesday and a final reading Friday with support from House Speaker Albert Brewer and Rep. Ralph Slate. The Morgan County delegation’s backing could determine passage in both chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Gilchrist
House
Senate
Morgan County
Gilchrist
Decatur
House of Representatives
Albert Brewer
Ralph Slate
Newsmen Back Campaign For Handicap Unit Drive
Representatives of radio and television stations and newspapers from Morgan Limestone and Cullman counties met at a rehabilitation center for a second time to back a fundraising campaign for an adjustment workshop center at the local trade school. Seven media members endorsed full publicity support for the project, following a prior meeting to seek endorsement before and during the drive. The workshop aims to provide work training adjustment for mentally and see Newsmen on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Limestone
Cullman
First State Bank of Decatur Granted Charter
Decatur's The First State Bank of Decatur receives a charter from the State Department of Banking. President Joe Blackburn said FDIC approval is pending and operations could begin by late October or early November in the old Albany Station post office annex with extensive renovations planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
First State Bank of
State Department of Banking
Joe Blackburn
Blackburn
Albert Brewer
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Washington
FDIC
Albany Station
London Puzzle Over Girl Dying On Time Foretold
London doctors report in the British Medical Journal that a healthy mother of five died a week after her 43rd birthday following a minor operation. A fortune teller had predicted she would die at 43, provoking debate on whether fear and stress influenced the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
London
British Medical Journal
A. R.elkington
D.D. Yun
P.R. Steele
Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission
Ottawa
British Medical Association
Medical Association
Small Business Loan Approved For Hartselle Firm
The Small Business Administration approved a 166400 loan for the Hartselle Decatur Development Co. The funds will buy land buildings machinery and equipment for Scientific Engineering Co. of Hartselle which makes missile and space program components. About 75 people are employed. The loan runs 18 years and was announced by Senators Sparkman Hill and Rep. Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle-Decatur
John Sparkman
Lister Hill
Bob Jones
Scientific Engineering Co. of
Hartselle
Negro Woman Charged With Whisky Sale
A 36 year old Decatur Negro woman Lillie Pearl Blackmon was arrested Friday for selling a pint of whisky to a 15 year old boy. She faced a prohibition violation and was freed on a $300 bond after arrest by County Investigator Donald Hobby Chief Deputy Pat Patterson and City Detectives Bobby Newsome and Ernest C Bowman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Lillie Pearl Blackmon
Brooks St
Donald ~ Hobby
Pat Patterson
Bobby Newsome
Ernest C. Bowman
Accompan
Bombed U S Canberra Crashes In Vietnamese City
A U S57 Canberra jet crashed on a busy Nha Trang street killing at least 12 Vietnamese civilians and injuring 71, after battle damage and engine trouble during a Viet Cong raid. The crew survived after bailing out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nha Trang
U.S
Locust Hill Estate and a Noted Granddaughter
Decatur Daily previews Sundays feature on the John D. Rather estate Locust Hill near Tus cumbia and its well travelled granddaughter. John Knox recounts Gen John D Rather career and a century old puzzle solved through coincidences from Decatur to Florence Italy. The issue also notes a Gallup Poll in Sundays Daily examining public image of the FBI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locust Hill
John D. Rather
Tuscumbia
Europe
Decatur Daily
John Knox
Decatur
Florence
Italy
FBI
Gallup
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ghanaian minister delivers peace message to Johnson
Ghana's foreign minister Alex Quaison-Sackey handed President Johnson a secret peace appeal from Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah after a 55 minute Oval Office meeting with McGeorge Bundy. The envoy, also UN General Assembly president, did not brief reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ghana
Alex Quaison-Lackey
Johnson
Kwame Nkrumah
Quaison- Sackey
Oval
McGeorge Bundy
Quaison-Sackey
U.N. General Assembly
White House
Nkrumah
Ho Chi Minh
North
Viet Nam
Viet
South Korea to Send Noncombat Unit to Viet Nam
South Korea plans to deploy a noncombat force of about 15 000 men to South Viet Nam as approved by the Defense Committee of the National Assembly. The vote was 12 to 2 with plenary action expected next week. Existing troops in Viet Nam number around 2 500 performing engineering and medical duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
South Viet Nam
Defense Committee
South Korean National Assembly
South Korea
Viet Nam
Worldwide Moving and forage. Call Daniel at 353- 14
Moving notice seeks Daniel contact for relocation services with a phone number reference. The fragment indicates an advertisement style contact point for a moving and foraging related need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Torate
Florida
Rex Thomas
Associated Press
Hubert Humphrey
John McCormack
Rep
Emanuel Celler
D-Ny
Luci Johnson
Everett Dirksen
R-Ill
Humphrey
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Celler
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
David Knight
Daily
Ist State Bank
4Th Ave
S.E
Viet City
By Ronald J. Deutsch
South China Sea
Canberra
Gilbert L. Meyers
U.S. Air Force
LBJ
By Lewis Gulick
Linda Sue Folsom
New Brockton
Vicki Powers
Mobile
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Waal
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!