Christmas Parades Light Up Decatur Area With Bands And Floats
Decatur area hosts multiple Christmas parades starting Thursday with Hartselle at 6 30 p m featuring bands from Hariselle Hatton Cullman and Morgan County Training School. Decatur, Moulton, Athens and other communities plan parades with numerous floats and bands. TV telecast and Miss Morgan and Miss Decatur Jaycee appearances noted.
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Decatur Area
Hartselle
Main St
Bill Beavers
Hariselle
Hatton
Cullman
Morgan County Training School
Hartselle High School
Decatur
Falkville
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Decatur Jaycee
Athens
Frank Manker
Batson Miller
Scout Roundtable and groups meet this Thursday in Decatur
The Cub Scout and Boy Scout Roundtable convene at 7 25 p m Thursday atop First Federal Penthouse with Elwood Canada and Dr Sage Copeland leading the Cub session and Cortes Perry directing the Boy Scout group Den mothers and unit leaders are urged to attend The Great Books Discussion Group meets Thursday evening at the Dobson home 214 Lafayette St NE The LeClub Entremeres gathers Friday at 315 p m with Mrs Alfred Hodgins 1829 Brookmeade Rd Fire Department logged two calls Tuesday a grass fire at Moulton Heights and a chimney soot incident at 1906 16th Ave SE no losses Kiwanis meets Thursday at the Decatur Boys Club with Dr Ira Myers health officer of Alabama speaking See DIARY on Page 2
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First Federal
Elwood Canada
Sage Copeland
Cortes Perry
Great Books Discussion Group
P.m
Odell Dobson
Lafayette St
Decatur Fire Department
Moulton Heights
16Th Ave. SE
Emmette Barron
Decatur Kiwanis
Decatur Boys’ Club
Lyons Hotel
Ira Myers
Alabama
FBI Keeping Tab On Klan
Washington AP J Edgar Hoover told Martin Luther King Jr that the FBI has infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan and other racist groups as it did the Communist party. King said Hoover indicated arrests would be made soon in the Philadelphia Mississippi trio killings.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Martin Luther King Jr
FBI
Ku Klux Klan
Communist Party
FBI Director’s
King
Hoover
Philadelphia
Miss
Georgia
Humanity Sea Greets Pope On Historic Arrival
Bombay India AP A gigantic fervent sea of humanity surged around Pope Paul VI as he arrived saying we come as a pilgrim of peace joy and love The pope rode 67 in an open white Lincoln convertible for 1% hours covering 13 miles and was encircled by hundreds of thousands with estimates of 100000 at the airport and over a million along the route The reception was described as surpassing any in modern Indian history and the crowd pressed toward the motorcade with fields and hills covered by sightseers.
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Bombay
India
Pope Paul VI
Pontiff
Highway Route Plan Discussed At Hazlewood Hearing
Officials of the State Highway Department outlined a four lane Decatur to Tri Cities project at Hazlewood High School. William A. Waugh said six routes were studied and a preferred route was chosen for two segments in Colbert and Lawrence Counties, with maps displayed for public comment.
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Robert Stansell
State Highway Department
Decatur
Tri-Cities
Hazlewood High School
William A. Waugh
First District
Waugh
Colbert
Lawrence County
Tuscumbia
Courtland
Highway Department
Is Your Faith Real Christianity or Namesake Belief
The writer challenges a friend who loves God but despises selfish critics, saying true Christianity manifests love of people. A “name only” faith lacks righteous living and harms society, while genuine fidelity adorns biblical teaching with compassionate action.
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God
L.W
Jesus
Feck
Baker invokes 5th Amendment in Senate payoff probe
Washington AP Baker refused 46 questions from senators investigating a $25 000 political payoff linked to a government contract. He invoked the 5th Amendment and declined to surrender subpoenaed documents citing self incrimination and other rights.
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Washington
Bobby Baker
Williams
B. Everett Jordan
D-N.c
Baker
Rusk And Gromyko Meet For Second Time At U N
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko met at the U N in New York amid signs of potential Soviet payments into a general fund. Negotiators viewed the talks as a possible step back from earlier intransigence on UN finances.
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Lewis Gulick
United Nations
N.Y. AP
Dean Rusk
Andrei A.gromyko
U.N
U.S
Gromyko
United States
Decatur Families Use Electrolux Cleaner for 30 Years
Decatur families have relied on an Electrolux cleaner for three decades. Glenn Butler is listed with the contact number 353-9579 in reference to Box 15.ody for further information.
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Decatur
Glenn Butler
Ody
Markets At A Glance New York and Chicago trading roundup
New York markets showed higher stocks and mixed bonds while cotton stayed quiet. In Chicago wheat and corn fell on liquidation and hedge selling, oats were steady with mixed prices, soybeans rose on short covering, and hogs and cattle were mostly up with topline figures around 16 and 26 respectively.
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New York
Chicago
Taylor Returns With New War Plans for Vietnam
Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor will fly back to South Vietnam soon to work out new plans for intensifying the war against Communist guerrillas. He will consult with the South Vietnamese government and may consider air strikes on supply lines from North to South Vietnam via Laos.
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John M. Hightower
Washington (Ap
Maxwell D. Taylor
Johnson
South
Viet Nam
Laos
White House
Taylor Land
Thetatement
Taylor
South Viet Nam
Peron Delayed Return as Brazil Holds Ex-Dictator
Ex-dictator Juan Peron arrived in Rio de Janeiro amid Brazil’s refusal to let him proceed toward Argentina. He faced forced return to Madrid and possible detention, while Spain weighs options with Argentina over his fate.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Montevideo
Jozo Lampreia Gracie
Foreign Ministry
Madrid
Lampreia
Peron
Rio
Iberia
Minor league draft backed for high school and college players
The minor leagues voted unanimously for a combined free agent draft of high school and college players with an unrestricted draft of all players not on major league rosters. In Birmingham, U.S. District Judge H N Grooms refused to hold the Sumter County Board of Registrars in contempt as requested by the Justice Department. In Montgomery, a New York firm purchased 7.5 million dollars in bonds from the Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority.
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Houston
Birmingham
U.S. Dist
H. H. Grooms
Sumter County
Montgomery
New York
Alabama Trade School and Junior College Authority
Wallace may call early 1965 Alabama special session
Several lawmakers expect Governor George Wallace to convene a special session of the Alabama Legislature early in 1965. The move would address pending state issues and set the legislative agenda for the new year.
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Montgomery
George Wallace
Archie Hill Sr Dies In Huntsville
Archie Wallace Hill Sr 71 of 218 Longwood Dr SE died on arrival at Huntsville Hospital Tuesday at 2 30 p m after an apparent heart attack. He operated Hill Chevrolet Co in Decatur until the late 1920s before founding Hill Chevrolet Co in Huntsville. He fell ill while traveling from Atlanta to Huntsville and declined a physician stop.
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Huntsville
Archie Wallace Hill
Longwood Dr
Huntsville Hospital
Mr. Hill
Hill Chevrolet Co
Decatur
Atlanta
We Pay Top Prices For Used Furniture
Exchange Furniture Co offers high prices for used furniture with contact number 353 4403.
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Exchange Furniture Co
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Wilson St
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Morgan County High
Florence State College
LeClub Entremeres
Alfred Hodgins
Brookmeade Rd
By Barry Schweid
Humanity Sea
Pope
George W. Cornell
Partment
Iee
Carl T. Curtis
Neb
Lennox P. McLendon
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Peronight
Buenos Aires
O Power
Archie Hill, Sr
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