Local collisions, honors, and civic notices steer Decatur update
Police log reports multiple weekend wrecks across Decatur with drivers charged for license violations and failures to yield. Notable events include Curtis Stewart honored by IMC in Skokie for 25 years, and Carl Elliott touting armory and housing progress in the Seventh District. Community parades and church meetings cap the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Stewart
Cullman
International Minerals & Chemical Corp
Skokie
Ill
IMC
Top Football Award Goes To Former Scrub
Former Harvard scrub turned national touch football star will receive the top honor at the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame banquet. President Kennedy to receive the fifth gold medal for contributions to football and amateur athletics alongside other honorees including eight scholar athletes and two coaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hackleman
Associated Press
NEW York
Harvard
National Football Foundation
Hall of Fame
Kennedy
Glenn Davis
Army
Charlie (Choo Choo) Justice
North Carolina
Weldon Humble
Rice
Bob Suffridge
Tennessee
Bob Reynolds
Stanford
George McAfee
Duke
Chicago Bears
Pat Pazzetti
Lehigh
Wesleyan
Claude Reeds
Oklahoma
Hall
Don Faurot
Missouri
Charles Caldwell
Williams
Princeton
Earl Blaik
Joe Romig
Colorado
Merlin Olsen
Utah State
Alex Kroll
Rutgers
Wade Butcher
Vanderbilt
Robert Johnson
Mike Kline
Oregon State
David Thompson
Tufts
Albert Iosue
Western Reserve
Robert
Use Your Electric Skillet For Lunches And Desserts
Keep your electric skillet handy and use it often for lunch dishes like grilled cheese. Start with a light syrup to coddle pared apple halves as a simple, flavorful side.
Prison Bond Issue Illuminates Alabama Ballot Proposals
The legislature weighs bonds for Kilby Prison and prison reforms, plus amendments on state university finances and Auburn Board limits. Governor urges bonds to fund youth camps and prison rebuilds while prohibiting campus board members. court condemnation rules debated with property owner damages and private utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn Board of Trustees
Auburn
Kilby
Montgomery
Frank Lee
Folsom
Khrushchev Sets Stage for Fast Soviet Tests
The Soviet results show no spectacular breakthrough but hint at steady anti missile defense progress. The United States lags in atmospheric testing, risking criticism for delaying tests while Russians push ahead in a two month window to pressure talks and media impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khrushchev
United States
Hospital Dockets List Dismissals and Names
Dismissals include Ernest Ogles Trinity 1 Master R Coleman 1901 St. SE Newton Shelton 208 4th Ave NW Joyce Handley 1106 5th Ave SE. Names, addresses and infant listings appear for Mrs. H B Howard Cullman and Mrs. Winford Sterling Danville. Also noted are Master Curtis Eubanks Somerville Brenda Crowe 1018 8th Ave SW and infant listings for Mrs. Garth Thrasher and Mrs. Billy Terry at Moulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest C. Ogles
Trinity
R. Coleman
Newton S. Shelton
4Th Ave
H. B. Howard
Cullman
Winford Sterling
Danville
Vivian Dean McLain
8Th Ave
Alonzo Bruce Pettey Sr
Cain St
Curtis Ray Eubanks
Somerville
Brenda Sue Crowe
Thomas R. Coleman
9Th St
Herbert Samuel Ferguson
Thomas Harvey
Jesse Gillespie
7Th Ave
Allen Bryan Higdon
Stratford Rd
Tracy Rivers Harrison
Athens
Leland C. Vickers
9Th Ave
Garth Thrasher
Decature
Billy P. Terry
Moulton
Listings of Athens Limestone residents and others with addresses
A compiled list shows numerous residents and family members from Athens and surrounding towns such as Tanner Hanceville Cullman Decatur Holly Pond Vinemont and Somerville with ages and household relations including infants. The tally includes Betty E Cunnington Ella Carter Jannett Woodruff Lucille Coats Mary Silas Louise Haggar William Marshall James Evans Birdie Newman Preston Holt Julius Headrick Jessie King Isaac Baker Sam Davis Ed Comer Terry Tubbs James Isom George Cook Roy Allred Hamrick Hoyt Talley Speer Phillips Homncomb Buster White Tony Bradford Ellenburg Clyde Smith Tolen Cone Ann Bates Roy Poff Schrimsher Howard Bates Connie Cothren Rita Scoggins Joseph Sinard Betty Bearden Master Barry Wood Master Clarence Swann Dora Austin Harbin Terry Susie Tate Minnie Parker Samuel Draper and others with residential addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jannett Nell Woodruff
Tanner
Steve Balch
Harvest
Jesse M. Camp
Anderson
Lucille Coats
Athens
Mary Ruth Silas
Louise Haggar
William W. Marshall
James Willie Evans
Birdie Ruth Newman
Toney
Preston Holt
Lawrence County Admissions Board Names 9 Applicants
List shows nine names including Minnie Smith Mount Hope Claude Jackson Town Creek Hattie Cowan Moulton Clinton Allen Trinity Laron Hurst Moulton Terry Moulton Carrie Mae Carroll Courtland Billy Vinson Moulton with numbered entries indicating perhaps positions or rankings yet to be clarified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Jackson
Town Creek
Hattie Cowan
Moulton
Clinton Allen
Trinity
Laron Hurst
Terry
Carrie Mae Carroll
Courtland
Billy Vinson
BANK STREET Admissions Names and Addresses
Bank Street lists admissions including Mrs A E Thayer 225 Johnston Street Mrs Grady Retherford Court Jerry Kirby Trinity Baby Jimmy Pannell 818 6th Mrs Kyle Letson and infant daughter Moulton 4 Mrs Odean Hbyes Courtland 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Thayer
Johnston St
Grady’ Retherford
Courtland
Jerry Kirby
Trinity
Jimmy Pannell
6Th Ave
Kyle Letson
Moulten
Odean Hbyes
Tariff Policy Revision Faces U S Congress Clash
Geneva AP reports President Kennedy seeks sweeping tariff cuts under a new method as Europe’s Common Market pushes across-the-board reductions. Six nations cut tariffs among themselves and offer similar terms to outsiders, pressuring the United States to abandon product by product talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
United States
Kennedy
Congress
Rome
France
Germany
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
European Free Trade Association
Castro declares Cuba a Marxist Leninist state in TV address
In a five hour nationwide speech Castro framed Cuba as a socialist state and pledged a Marxist Leninist path. He recalled his early views at Havana University and outlined the creation of a single all powerful party to lead Cuba through socialism to a people's democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Castro
Batista
Brother Raul
Armed Forces
Ernesto Che Guevara
Fulgencio Batista
Havana University
Soviet Union
United Party
Laos Urged to Preserve Laos Cease Fire and Unity
Britain and the Soviet Union urged Laos three princes to implement the unity government plan amid rising tensions. Harriman, U S delegate at the Geneva talks, supported the appeal for peace as Souvanna Phouma and Souphanouvong negotiate posts. A behind the scenes accord allows limited French troops to remain after a neutral regime is formed, pending Lao government approval.
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Geneva
Britain
Soviet Union
Laos
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
Lord Home
Andrei A. Gromyko
Boun Oum
Vientiane
Souvanna Phouma
Souphanouvong
Pathet Lao
Souvannha
Souvanna
Cochairmen
French Indochina
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Harriman
Red China
10 000 Tickets Available For Alabama Fans
Alabama announces a priority ticket plan for the Sugar Bowl against Arkansas in New Orleans. About 10,000 seats will be sold to faculty A Club active alumni alumni and the public with a two ticket limit per person. Orders via lottery dated by receipt, $6 per ticket plus 50 cents postage, mailed to the Athletic Ticket Office. Tickets mailed around December 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
B. W. Whittington
Alabama
Arkansas
New Orleans
Athletic Ticket Office
P.O. Box
U. University
Whittington
Decatur Builds on Chamber and Industry Toward Recovery
Decatur forms an active chamber of commerce and joins North Alabama Associates to spur economic recovery. Thomas D. Johnson credits Shelton for developing markets for farm products and the city’s cash market ethos. Decatur avoids subsidies and single big industry, hosting 150 plus industrial and major businesses alongside service firms. Herbert P. Benton of Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing notes 3M’s praise for the local workforce and community support as plants expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
North Alabama Associates
Thomas D. Johnson
Shelton
Johnson
Herbert P. Benton
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Fatality in Decatur After Public Safety Incident
A 37 year old Black man Erskine Brown of 627 Sunset Dr NW was fatally struck in a late Saturday incident near City cemetery. Otis Eugene Trammell 26 of 703 Madison St NW admitted involvement and remained at the scene when police arrived at 5 26 PM. Police found a .38 caliber item and two discharged cartridges near the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Erskine Brown
Sunset Dr. NW
A. J. Hallman
Otis Eugene Trammell
Madison St. NW
City Cemetery
Hallman
Trammell
Brown
State Highways Claim Lives Of Five Persons
Five people died in Alabama this weekend in two fires and three traffic crashes. Sherman Terry 69 of Moulton was struck on Alabama 24. Willie Marsh 51 of Pine Hill died in St Clair County after a collision. Ester Ligon 51 a Birmingham teacher perished in a collision on U S 78 near Birmingham. Joe Daniels 36 and May Bennett about 38 were killed in a house fire in Andalusia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Grady Sibley
Lawrence County
Sherman Terry
Moulton
Highway Patrol
Willie J. Marsh
Pine Hill
St. Clair County
Birmingham
Ester Gunnels Ligon
U.S. 78
Andalusia
B. B. Norris
Joe Daniels
May Bennett
Associated Press
Ulbricht rejects Kennedy plan for Berlin autobahn
East German Communist leader Walter Ulbricht dismissed Kennedy suggestion of an international administration for Berlin's 110 mile autobahn. He called such moves useless speculation and insisted the autobahn belongs to East Germany, a sovereign nation, not a U.S. or Western control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Communist Party
Kennedy
Ulbricht
U.S
West Germany
Izvestia
Eust. Ulbricht
East Germany
United States
West Berlin
New Owner Vows Efficient Ambulance Service
Brown Gunthorp says the ambulance service will be retained and run efficiently. The new owner, a World War II Marine veteran, is a 32nd degree Mason and member of several civic groups including Za mor a Temple Birmingham Lions American Legion VFW and DAV. He is married with two children and attends the Episcopal Church. Lightning causes about 27 500 fires annually in the U S and kills hundreds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunthorp
Southwest Pacific
Zamora Temple
Birmingham
Lions Club
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Alabama Sheriff's and Peace Officers Association
National Funeral Directors Association
Mike
Becky
Episcopal Church
Local Birth Announcements Patch Across Alabama Towns
A string of birth notices lists newborn daughters and sons born to families in Dayton Cullman Bremen Moulton Trinity Athens and Athens Limestone areas. Children arrive around late November and early December at local hospitals with parents named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis H. Reynolds
Dayton
Ohio
Ed Comer
Cullman
Cullman Hospital
Clarence Brown
Bremen
James Brown
Mavis Lee Allen
Moulton
Lawrence County Hospital
Clinton Allen
Trinity
George Cunnington
Athens
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Ave
Johnston St. SE
Inens
Rufus S. Silas
Irish Leader Resigns From Foreign Service
Conor Cruise O'Brien resigned Saturday from Ireland's foreign service after tensions as U.N. representative in Katanga Province. Foreign Minister Frank Aiken said O'Brien sent a written resignation explaining he wanted to leave. U.N. sources noted he had been relieved as chief U.N. representative in Katanga and Ireland requested his release for Foreign Office needs. George Ivan Smith acts as U.N. chief in Katanga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N.Y
Conor Cruise
O’brien
U.N
Congo
Katanga
Ireland
Foreign Service
Frank Aiken
New York
General Assembly
O'Brien
Foreign Office
Dublin
George Ivan Smith
Deaths Stella Allred 55 Dies. Service Today At Nazarene
Mrs Stella Pearl Allred 55 of 1000 Cedar Lake Rd died Saturday at 3 am at her daughter's home. Funeral service 1 30 pm today at Southside Church of the Nazarene with Rev W E Murphree officiating. Burial Bethsada Cemetery five miles southwest of Cullman. Gunthorp Brown Service Funeral Home of Decatur in charge. Survivors include daughter Mrs Dorothy Groomer Riverside Calif two sisters Mrs Alice Sherman Decatur Mrs Myrtle Newman Hartseller four grandchildren and several other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Pearl Allred
Cedar Lake Rd
Southside
Church of the Nazarene
W.E. Murphree
Bethsada
Cullman
Gunthorp-Brown Service
Decatur
Dorothy Groomer
Riverside
Calif
Alice Sherman
Myrtle Newman
Hartseller
Three Soviet Bloc Nations Back In Good Standing
Premier Cyrilla Adoula’s government restored diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union Poland and Czechoslovakia in Leopoldville after three months of delays. The charges d affaires received credentials while remembers recall of Moscow diplomats for aiding Lumumba. Poland had not established relations with Leopoldville earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
the Congo
Cyrilla Adoula
Marcel Lengema
Soviet Union
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Joseph Mobutu
Patrice Lumumba
Stanleyville
Antoine Gizenga
Lumumba
Congo
Adoula
Gizenga
Weather and Sky Guide for Monday December 4
Sunset 4 37 p m Sunrise 6 40 a m Moonrise 4 02 a m New Moon December 7 Prominent Star Fomalhaut due south 548 p m A line from this star to Polaris passes west of the Square of Pegasus and Cassiopeia in CST
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fomalhaut
Polaris
Pegasus
Cassiopeia
Tennessee River reading rises slightly at Keller Memorial Bridge
Decatur area reports the Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge at 16.51 feet on Saturday morning, up 0.01 feet in 12 hours, from sea level 550.81 feet. TVA lake stages listed include Pickwick 409.1 Guntersville 593.2 Whitesburg 551.7 Wilson 507.3 feet. Friday high 64 at 3 pm, low 48 tonight, today forecast variable clouds and mild with little change Monday, high near 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Moulton Son Blinded By Car Lights In Fatal Crash
The driver testified that blinding headlights caused him not to see Terry until impact. Terry was thrown about 105 feet from the collision and carried part of the way on the car's headlight. Funeral services are to be announced by Elliott Brown Service. Survivors include his wife, three sons Billy D. Terry Charles B. Terry and Sherman B. Terry Jr. and six daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry
Sibley
Elliott Brown
Billy D
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National Association of Accountants
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