Birmingham Bomb Explodes At Negro Leader Home
Racial tensions in Birmingham flare with a dynamite blast at Arthur D Shores home and mobs throwing rocks. Police report two arrests for rock throwing and gun carrier. Shores, a noted civil rights attorney, survived with family away at the time. Sixteen hundred or more demonstrators previously and after the incident, with state troopers restoring order.
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Birmingham
Bney
Arthur D. Shores
Shores
A. D. King
Moore
Two-Vehicle Collision on Johnston Street Involves Sale Area
A 1961 Chevrolet driven by Syable Murphy collided with a 1959 Studebaker driven by Helen Covert on Johnston Street near Al lied Sales. Police report says the Chevro let backed from a parked position and the Studebaker backed from a distant lot. incident occurred mid street. City records list three building permits issued on Tuesday including a six room house for C E McClenden and additions for Harry Jones and Robert Partain.
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Johnston St
Allied Sales
Syable P. Murphy
12Th St
Helen W. Covert
Johnson St
Studebaker
Chevrolet
C. E. McClenden
Alpine St
Harry Jones
Carol Lane
Robert J. Partain
6Th Ave. NW
Answer to agnostic seeking faith through Bible and Spirit
The answer urges honest prayer to God asking Him to reveal His Word, then reading the Bible with humility. It cites Peter about Scripture being from God and says the Holy Spirit can convict a seeker of truth and need for Christ. It stresses seeing oneself as God sees and points to Christ’s life as the record.
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Peter
Christ
Decatur Miner Escape Hole Drilled As Rescue Continues
In Hazleton Pennsylvania drilling of a new escape hole for three trapped miners began today. Two of the men at 331 feet underground regained surface contact after about 40 hours, through a six inch bore, while a companion remains separated by debris in the tunnel.
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Hazleton
Fatal Three Truck Crash Near Piedmont Claims Three Lives
A west of Piedmont three truck collision on U S 278 killed 25 year old Decatur man William Floyd Ryan Jr and Cecil Warren and his wife of Oneonta. Ryan was returning from Atlanta with a battery load for Decatur Parts Co. Two others were injured. Funeral for Ryan set for Thursday at Summit Baptist Church.
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Piedmont
U. S
Decatur
Oneonta
William Floyd Ryan
Cecil Warren
Ryan
Warren
Decatur Parts Co
Atlanta
Jim Clinton Goins
Aden Duncan
Heflin
Summit Baptist Church
Jimmy Rogers
Junior Hill
Moulton Plans Polio Immunization Outreach
Four polio cases in Lawrence County prompt a mass immunization drive beginning Saturday. Health authorities will set up stations at the courthouse and Town Creek Courtland and other areas for residents aged two and up. States officials and local physicians coordinated after a county delegation urged action.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Robert Ryan
W. H. Smith
Ryan
Smith
R. M. Hutto
Courtland
Catherine Darlene Orr
Linda Randolph
Rebecca Crumpton
Town Creek
Frigidaire Washer and Dryer Ad with Easy Terms
Frigidaire washer and dryer offered with no money down and easy terms. Prominent dealer Robin-WorKers advertises flexible financing and quick approval options for shoppers seeking home appliances.
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Robin- Workers
Injuries Fatal To City Youth In Bicycle Crash
An eight year old boy, David Gene Smith, died at Decatur General Hospital from injuries suffered when his bicycle collided with a 1957 Chevrolet on Tower Street. The car was driven by James E. Bailey. Police said Bailey was southbound on 14th Ave SE when the bicycle struck the vehicle, breaking the windshield. The incident occurred Aug. 5.
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Decatur General Hospital
David Gene Smith
Gathel G. Smith
14Th Ave
Tower St
James E. Bailey
Ardmore
J. R. Johnson
Bailey
David
Desegregation Moves Face Objections In Mobile Schools
Attorneys for a group of Negro parents object to a partial desegregation plan in Mobile schools led by Constance Baker Motley of the NAACP. In Chicago a judge issues a TRO to halt a United Airlines maintenance walkout. In Montgomery a Senate panel approves a bill to offset FHA anti discrimination orders by creating a state housing authority. In Birmingham a federal attorney links false bombing charges to violence and urges leaders to calm the community. In Washington a Defense official says the Soviet Union could not gain advantage under the test ban even if cheating.
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Birmingham
Hood
Mobile
Constance Baker Motley
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Montgomery
Kennedy
Federal Housing Administration
Senate
U.S
Macon L. Weaver
Rev. A. D. King
Washington (Ap
Defense Department
Elliott Morgan Vie In Runoff In Decatur City Election
In what appears to be the second highest turnout in Decatur City Commission history, Joe Elliott edged Wilson Morgan into a runoff for Sept 3. The near record unofficial 5,359 votes followed four years by Morgan as commissioner and compares to 1958 turnout of about 5,000.
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Mike Freeman
Daily
Decatur
City Commission
Joe Elliott
Elliott
Wilson Morgan
Elliott Wins Decatur City Commission Runoff in Three Year Term
Elliott led with 2020 votes, Morgan 1875, Coffey 1084, Griggs 379 in unofficial tally. Final certified results show Elliott 2020 Morgan 1875 Coffey 1084 Griggs 379 with Elliott urging public support and Morgan seeking runoff unity.
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Elliott
Morgan
Dick Coffey
Rev
Joseph Griggs
City Commission
Coffey
Griggs
The
Daily Last
Hearing Set On Plea By Negro To FSC
A hearing is scheduled for August 29 on Wen dell Gunn a Tuscumbia Negro student at Tennessee State College seeking federal orders to admit him to Florence State College in all white era. The suit filed in U S District Court names Florence State president Elbert Norton and registrar Chester Arenhart as defendants seeking injunctions to admit Gunn and to consider qualified Alabama Negro applicants promptly.
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Birmingham
Florence State College
U. S. District Court
Wendell Gunn
Tennessee State College
Gunn
Florence State
Elbert B. Norton
Chester M. Arenhart
U. S. Dist
H. Hobart Grooms
Alabama
Gemini mockup tested at Cape Canaveral for space project
A Gemini spacecraft mockup nicknamed the Tron Bird is used to test ground support equipment for the United States next man in space program. The model was shipped here last week from McDonnell Aircraft Corp in St. Louis, builder of the Gemini craft.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
St. Louis
Downtown Value Days sales planned in Decatur
The Downtown Business Association announced a three day sale from Thursday to Saturday to highlight back to school items and fall stock. Merchants such as Graber's Department Store J C Penney Belk Hudson Ster Robin Lee will display the Downtown Value Days banner.
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Downtown Business Association
Decatur
Graber’s Department Store
J. C. Seen Co
Belk Hudson
Ster- Robin
Redistricting Bill Shifts Alabama Seats in Congress
The House backs a bill placing Mobile with the First District and moving Montgomery and Hale county residents into other districts. The Senate debates education funding, honors Earl Speight, and names the new industrial relations building the Jesse Earl Speight Memorial Building. Speight’s funeral features remarks by ex-governors and former aides.
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Montgomery
House
Sovereignty Commission
Alabama
Senate Finance Committee
Earl Speight
Senate
George Grant
Pike County
Mobile
Frank Boykin
Boykin
Mylan Engel
Montgomery County
George Andrews
Armistead Seldén
Hale
Seaports Committee
John Tyson
Tandy Little
GOP
Alton Turner
Crenshaw County
Speight
Jesse Earl Speight
James E.folsom
Frank Dixon
John Patterson
Albert Boutwell
J. C. Inter
Guy Hardwick
James Allen
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