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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1961
Page
1
Alabama secured the 1961 AP national title, earning 452 of 480 possible poll points. Ohio State finished second with 436 points as the voting wrapped up.
Coach Bryant's Alabama squad closed a flawless campaign by routing Auburn 34-0 for their fifth straight shutout and a Sugar Bowl date with Arkansas. The Tide rode a 17 game win streak and shared top AP honors with a strong defense and standout players Pat Trammell Mike Fracchia and Billy Neighbors.
Do not change churches. Your interest drives attention, not the minister. Seek personal scriptural study, develop a hunger for spiritual things, and pray for the Spirit to guide you. Jesus preached with authority and clarity. aim to align your heart with truth in everyday practice.
President Kennedy will telephone congratulations to the University of Alabama and its undefeated football team tonight on campus. A pep rally and the message from New York will be broadcast by local stations WMSL WAJF and WHOS FM from 6 30 to 7 p m. Alabama earns the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame MacArthur Bowl as top college program.
President and Mrs. Kennedy will visit Venezuela and Colombia December 16 and 17 to spotlight the Alliance for Progress. The four day trip aims to dramatize cooperative efforts to accelerate economic and social development in the Western Hemisphere with further Latin American visits possible. Kennedy will also attend housing and education project dedications begun under the program. He will depart from Washington to San Juan on December 15 and stay with Gov. Luis Munoz Marin.
In Santo Domingo a crowd of antigovernment supporters clashed with a small band of about 20 hoodlums linked to an army police push to incite violence during a week-old general strike against Balaguer. Five wounded by bombs, one shot in the thigh, and a shopkeeper beaten as troops withdrew.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The United States pressed toward orbiting a man this year as John H Glenn Jr moved into a ready room near the Cape launch pad to begin medical tests space roadmaps and simulations for a three times around the world mission at 17500 miles per hour.
State Prison Director Frank Lee campaigned hard for the $10 million prison bond on today’s ballot and said he paid for all of it except $800. A first box reporting in the constitutional amendment election gave a 43 lead to the bond issue as seven voters in Bonham and rural Wilcox County already voted by midmorning.
The prison bond proposal leads a slate of 45 amendments voted today, drawing more interest than the rest. Former Gov. Folsom opposes directing funds to prisons over schools, while Gov. Patterson and Lt. Gov. Lee back rehabilitation for young offenders and a full prison system rebuild. The plan also includes 3 million for a Huntsville University research institute and 2 million to match federal funds for hospital construction, with most amendments limited to county needs.
Genevieve Habert, a French born art lover, noticed a Matisse gouache hanging upside down at the Museum of Modern Art. After she alerted guards and staff, director Monroe Wheeler confirmed the error and the picture was corrected within hours. Habert praised her persistence and noted many visitors may have missed the mistake.
State toxicologist testified that Janice Clower Thomas died from multiple stab wounds to the heart and lungs and heavy blows to the head and face. Bowen Jr. faces first degree murder charges as the defense contemplates calling him to testify while her husband, William Thomas, described discovering her body. Police said Bowen admitted the slaying and recounted attacking Thomas with a rolling pin after she screamed during an attempted entry.
Widespread clashes erupt between United Nations troops and Katanga forces under President Tshombe in Elisabethville. Panic drives many residents to flee as Katanga's Evariste Kimba accuses the U.N. of starting the shooting and vows defense.
Acting Secretary General U Thant ordered jet planes flown to Elisabethville to aid U.N. forces in Katanga. A U.N. spokesman said the jets will support ground action by U.N. troops and destroy any hostile aircraft.
Nine Katanga casualties listed with uncertain U.N. losses. Mortar and rifle fire from several directions trigger a panic exodus in Elisabethville as Katanga ministers reportedly remain at their posts. Urquhart accuses Katanga of a final act of bad faith amid renewed clashes and roadblocks around the U.N. airport seven miles from the city.
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