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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1960
Page
1
Sgt. Alexander Quintavalle announces that Regular Army enlistees on or after Dec 12 1960 may be granted paid leave to stay home during Christmas. Details available at the Decatur Recruiting Station phone EL 3 4633.
Ten white students resume classes at William Frantz as protests intensify. police guard both Frantz and McDonogh No. 19 while mothers picket in near freezing weather. A federal court blocks legislative moves aimed at delaying desegregation and a new private school act surfaces in Baton Rouge.
The reader seeks meaning after a life of quiet impact. The answer suggests unconscious influence, noting powerful lives often unaware of their effect. It cites Peter’s shadow healing in Acts and compares daily acts of prayer to unseen channels of grace and energy.
President elect John F Kennedy chose Harvard professor David E Bell as budget director and aims to complete his cabinet by late next week. Bell, 41, heads Harvard's Littauer Center for Public Administration and will liaise with Eisenhower budget chief Maurice E Stans before shaping budget recommendations for the Kennedy era. Mike Feldman from the Senate staff will assist Bell until inauguration.
Washington announced the Cuban government of Fidel Castro as Communist controlled and released 1 million dollars for Cuban refugee aid under the Mutual Security Act.
Two white men, William J. Miller and John W. Griffin, received five year probation sentences after pleading guilty to assault with intent to murder and mayhem in the castration of a Birmingham Negro man in 1957. Judge Alta King said leniency reflected that neither was an aggressor or principal.
Senate election contest subcommittee has not received any Republican request to investigate a state, while Sen. Henry M. Jackson accuses the GOP of delaying certifying votes and trying to tarnish John F. Kennedy's victory. Thruston B. Morton to lead a GOP probe into alleged irregularities described as a national disgrace.
The Soviet Union's newest spacecraft hailed by Premier Khrushchev as a step to man's flight into space was reported circling the Earth today with two canine passengers aboard, showing calm in the voyage.
London AP reports British scientists say the latest Soviet space ship stopped transmitting today. Prof Bernard Lovell of Jodrell Bank radio telescope suggests three possibilities: it landed under command, burned up in the atmosphere, or suffered electronic failure.
The Moscow radio reports all is well aboard the 5 ton satellite with dogs Pchelka and Mushka under television scrutiny. If the pattern from the August ship is followed the satellite may be returned after 24 hours aloft. Signals from the transmitters were monitored at multiple laboratories.
Welfare workers recall four year old Jo Ann and her 18 month old sister Dianne left by their vanished mother in a Tampa bar. The girls wait by the window for toys as Christmas nears, while authorities search for clues to their background and fate.
Former Cullman Products Division workers led by Ova Hogland John O Davis Coy Wren and Calvin Waldrop circulated a petition with 111 signatures urging a reopening of the plant which has 143 eligible workers. The move comes as the company cites losses and a stalled contract while most equipment moved to Muncie Indiana.
Decatur lights turned downtown into a winter wonderland as stores stay open late and the Christmas parade featuring Santa Claus and friends heads along Bank Lee streets and 2nd Ave. Shoppers browsed wrapped gifts despite near freezing weather and planned more holiday shopping this week.
Police caution shoppers about increased theft during Christmas shopping. Chief Pack Self notes bad check artists exploit crowded stores and warns against leaving packages in cars or purses on counters to prevent theft.
Alabama tax collections show October and November gains shrinking proration needs. Gov Patterson ordered a 9.4 percent proration based on a year ahead forecast. October income tax rose 24.42 percent in November while sales tax rose 2.73 percent.
SELMA Ala AP voters in Dallas County approved continuing liquor sales by 3568 to 1906 with 5474 total ballots cast, the second largest turnout in county history. The outcome confirms ongoing access to legal liquor in the county with over 8300 registered voters.
Alabama retail sales from August to September 1959 rose 6.7 percent and 7.1 percent year over year. Eighty percent of Alabama counties posted gains with food businesses up 21 percent gasoline stations up 18 percent and restaurants and drug stores each about 15 percent higher than September 1958.
Cuban state media warn of a protest over U S rocket debris landing in Oriente and Holguin as Havana prepares to use the incident in a televised attack on the United States. Fidel Castro’s government has charged U S aggression at the U N General Assembly amid a tense diplomatic dispute.
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge stood 17.39 feet this morning up .09 in 24 hours, sea level at 551.69 feet. TVA lakes readings included Pickwick 408.2 Guntersville 593.4 Whitesburg 553.4 Wilson 507.0. High Thursday reached 38 degrees at 2 pm with a 24 degree low at 6 am today.
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