Decatur Shrine Club to Meet and Community Events
Decatur Shrine Club meets Friday at 7 p.m. in the Sirloin Room of Cornelian Court Hotel with Rev. W. J. Johnson speaking. North Alabama Shrine No. 7 moves to Saturday 7 30 p.m. at Masonic Temple for Christmas parade and initiation. Gifts for a needy family, Christmas basket drive, and Friday bazaar at Sixth Avenue Church of God. State Labor officials remind minors under 17 need employment certificates. Junior A and B basketball games moved to Saturday 6 30 p.m. at Moulton Heights. Dr. Clarence L. Shelby of Westside Presbyterian to consider retirement. Robert Trent wins Toastmasters humorous speech contest at Cornelian Court Hotel with title The V Bomb. About 50 attendees. Women’s Golf Association Christmas party at Decatur Country Club noon. Car fire on 1300 block of 15th Ave SE causes slight loss. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Decatur Shrine Club
Sirloin
Cornelian Court Hotel
W. J. Johnson
Southside Baptist Church
Meeting of
North Alabama Shrine No. 7
Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
Masonic Temple
Robert Trent
Florence
Trent
Dewey Massey
Loyd O'Guin
Decatur Club
Vincent MclInery
Tommy King
15Th Ave. SE
Christmas Parade to Be Citys Biggest Yet in Decatur
The 25 unit Christmas parade in Decatur will start at 5 30 p m along Bank and Lee streets up 2nd Ave and end in front of Gordon Bibi School. It includes 90 Austinville School children, eight area bands and the Decatur Drill Team alongside 12 floats with themes like Santa s Mailroom and Humpty Dumpty. Decorations along two miles of downtown streets glow with new lights and colors. The Retail Merchants Association and Chamber of Commerce will spend about 6000 for parade and decorations.
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Decatur
Moulton St
Louis Blizzard
Bank and Lee
2Nd Ave
Gordon-Bibb School
Wilson St
Austinville School
Jack and
Jill
Toby
Tyler
Humpty Dumpty
Gordon Bibb
Santa Claus
Downstown
Retail Merchants Association and
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Private Schools Debate Opens in Louisiana Legislature
A Louisiana House committee begins a hearing on a bill offering parents a choice between private and public schools with grants to send children to private nonsectarian schools. The bill, framed as freedom of choice, would replace a 1958 compulsory private attendance law and keep private schooling voluntary. The House also moved a states rights resolution against federal courts after a three judge panel voided interposition doctrine.
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Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Risley Triche
Jimmie H. Davis
State Board of Education
House
Senate
Racial Inquiries on Noah’s Ark and the Last Supper
The reply states no biblical evidence confirms Negro presence on Noah’s Ark, noting Noah’s family likely shared a single racial origin. For the Last Supper, Scripture identifies the participants as Hebrews with Judas as a Jew from Jerusalem, though the text cautions against inferring race from silence in the Bible.
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Judas
Noah
Jerusalem
Reds Send Two Dogs Into Space
Moscow reports a 5 ton Soviet spacecraft carrying dogs Pchelka and Mushka into orbit for research. Tass notes the mission mirrors the August flight and that other animals and plants were aboard for telemetering studies while no return details were given.
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Preston Grover
Moscow
Tass
Earth
Laika
Radio
Pchelka
Mushka
Little Fly
Brewer Warns Alabama Redistricting Could Split Jefferson County
Alabama lawmaker Rep. Albert Brewer told Birmingham’s Exchange Club that population shifts may force Jefferson County out of the 9th District and into two districts as the state eliminates one congressional seat. He cautioned the deadlock risk could push for an at large election advantaging North Alabama.
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Morgan
Albert Brewer
Birmingham
Alabama
Jefferson County
Brewer
Exchange Club
House of Representatives
Congress
Kennedy names Williams as assistant secretary of state for Africa
President-elect Kennedy selects Michigan Governor G Mennen Williams for the key Africa post, saying the role is second in importance to none. Williams will retire as governor January 1 after six terms.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Kennedy
White House
Georgetown
Williams
Robert A. Lovett
Defense
Connecticut
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Stuart L. Udall
Little People Convention in Las Vegas Sees 300 Attendees
In Las Vegas 300 delegates from the National Association of Little People of America gather for their first annual convention. Members from Des Moines to Nevada range from 4-10 to 2-11 in height and discuss headlining issues while enjoying casino crowds. They aim to prove they can perform man-sized tasks and be understood like any other group.
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Bob Barnes
Las Vegas
Nev
National Association of Little People of America
Bob Brower
Des Moines
Iowa
Bob
Marcella
Hacienda Hotel
Moon Occludes Aldebaran Tonight in Taurus
Decatur forecast notes a full Moon tonight at 10:25 p.m. with Aldebaran, the bright star in Taurus, briefly hidden as the Moon passes in front of it. It will be occulted again this month and several times next year.
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Aldebaran
Taurus
Weather and River Update for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 17.30 feet with a 24 hour drop of 0.03 feet. Sea level reading 551.60 feet. TVA lake stages include Pickwick 408.6 Guntersville 593.5 Whitesburg 554.1 Wilson 507.3. High today 46 degrees, low tonight 21, tomorrow 46. Forecast: mostly clear to partly cloudy and cold with northerly winds 8 to 16 mph easing tonight then turning northeast Friday.
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Decatur and
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
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Sixth Avenue Church of God
The
Missionary Society of the Church
Ralph Williams
Moulton Heights
L. A. Owen
Westminster Church
First
Clarence L. Shelby
Westside Presbyterian Church
Women’s Golf Association
Decatur Country Club
Dallas
William Frantz School
George Dreyfus
Louisiana State University
American Civil Liberties Union
Louisiana
Goldfinch
Tulane University
William Frantz
Jerry Hopkins
New Orleans Times- Picayune
Hopkins
Time
Life Magazines
Lloyd Foreman
Santa
North Pole
Solons
Robinson
Ghrotnas
U.S. Post
State Department
James Gabrielle
Frantz School
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