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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1960
Page
2
Governor Patterson warned that Alabama faces riots if federal desegregation moves proceed. He urged private schooling or school shutdowns as the only alternatives, vowing to oppose forced integration while rejecting mob violence.
Five city building permits totaling over 50000 were issued by the city clerk. The courthouse basement remodel received a 26400 permit with Baker and Shaw Contractors starting work yesterday. Other permits include 6000 for 616 2nd Ave SE office and warehouse, 18000 for a new residence at 1803 Birch St SE, 600 for enlarging an kitchen and storage at 720 Alma St NW, and 400 for new electric service at 141 2nd Ave NE.
For rent five room house at 208 Memorial Drive Northwest with hardwood floors electric heat and washer connections. $75 monthly. Call Et 3 3432 between 9 am and 5 pm. Also ads for furnished five room rent and small four room units with prices. Contact numbers included.
Mrs. Berta Oden 71 died Tuesday at her daughter Mrs. Joseph Latham’s home in Eva1. Services set for Thursday 2 p.m. at Rock Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Dewey Crow officiating. Interment in adjacent cemetery. Peck will direct. Survivors: one daughter two sisters three brothers six grandchildren four great grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
The bauxite carrier SS Alcoa Pioneer developed a leak while discharging at Gulfport Mississippi two weeks earlier. Inspectors found the leak had stopped after the ship moved to Alabama State Docks and Alabama Dry Dock for further checks.
Montgomery AP Volga Adams must return to New York to face grand larceny charges for allegedly swindling Frances Friedman out of 108273 dollars with a claim that she could cure skin conditions by destroying Friedman's money. Adams surrendered in Birmingham and was ordered extradited by Gov. Patterson after appeals failed.
Lloyd Parks of Birmingham convicted of manslaughter for the June 27 traffic death of Mrs. Pauline Clay in Selma. He received 10 years in prison plus five days and a $50 contempt fine after a stormy trial where both he and circuit Solicitor Blanchard McLeod were cited for contempt. The judge said no man provoked him more and cited their heated exchange at the bench.
Workers at the shipyard found a rivet missing from the hull during a survey. An eel had been sucked into the hole and wedged itself halfway through, dying but effectively stopping the leak.
A nine year old boy suffered a broken leg and arm after being struck by a car on Jefferson Street at 7 50 a m Athens police said the boy ran from behind a northbound vehicle into the path of another car no charges were filed and the boy was taken to Limestone Hospital where Carlos Dwight Davis is a patient with and Wendell Davis listed as parents.
Newsmen report 20 white children and one Negro girl entering William Frantz School with U.S. marshals at McDonogh No. 19 as several Negro girls attend in the first grade. boos greet black attendance while civil tensions persist around the boycott and school officials consider board finances.
Four year old David Jones was struck by a car in an alley near his Chickasaw home. Police say he ran from behind a hedge into the vehicle’s path.
The Dauphin Island bridge in Mobile County moved 12,995 vehicles last month, down 218 from the prior period, while bridge revenue rose despite fewer vehicles.
Decatur markets show cotton middling at 81, cottonseed $33 per ton, and milk at $3.30 per hundredweight. Pulpwood $13.50 per cord, No 2 yellow and white corn priced around $1.01 to $1.06, No 2 oats $0.855, yearlings and calves trading around $21.00 to $23.50, hogs active with prices from $14.00 to $25.00.
The AP average of 60 stocks rose 0.9 points to 215.20 at noon as industrials led gains. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 5.03 to 602.14 with steels motors aircrafts airlines and many chemicals advancing. Government and corporate bonds moved higher overall.
Cattle supply steady and hogs active with prices for yearlings vealers and sows. Nashville reports heifers and stockers priced 16.00 to 23.50, choice vealers 30.00 to 34.00, hogs 190 to 245 pounds 18.00 to 18.25, sows 14.50 to 15.50, and lambs steady. Thomasville market notes hog receipts 4400 across multiple cities with steady to 25 higher. barrows and gilts 17.75 to 18.25, 180 to 240 pounds 17.00 to 17.50, 240 to 270 pounds 16.25 to 17.25, sows 11.50.
AP wires report quiet trading for broilers and fryers with several plants down. Overall supply and demand steady, with weekly slaughter around 383 000 to 449 100 head and farm prices around 14 14.75 cents per pound for various weights. Georgia live poultry offerings well cleared with fryers up to 34 pounds and broilers around 14 5 to 15 5 cents, strong demand for heavy hens.
Rev. Austin Self filled his regular appointment Sunday. Harvey Anderson was discharged from the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Noah Heflin of Chicago visited Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Terry for Thanksgiving. Mrs. John Buttram admitted to Lawrence County Hospital Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Filgan and boys spent a week in Irvine and Lexington visiting Mrs. Fil. The four mile bridge collected 7974 in tolls in November, up from 6995 in 1959.
At the American Rocket Society meeting Peter Castruccio of Aeronca Manufacturing described plans for rendezvous satellites to enable refueling rescue or resupply by about 1964. Lawrence J. Kamm outlined SATRAC a two craft system using optical guidance with lamps rings and hooks for in space coupling.
A large crowd attended the church wide Thanksgiving supper at Gandy's Cove Church. Residents and visitors, including Martha Ann Key from the University, and families from nearby towns, shared holiday visits, hospital checks, and Thanksgiving gatherings across Morgan County.
Phenix City police report 30 year old James Shores accidentally shot his right leg during pistol practice. Witnesses say Shores drew from a holster when the .22 caliber pistol fired.
The King Ranch, spanning over one million acres, stretches across multiple domains in the United States. It celebrated its 100th birthday in 1953, marking a century of ranching prominence and expansive landholding.
Gan's mother Mrs. Edward Harris Denise Hitt and family joined Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Terry Handell Decatur and Mr. and Mrs. Cal Cantrell visiting Mr. L. M. Filgan Lem Cartee E. G. Hitt and Donnie Tucker of New Center at Mr. John Stricklin and Mrs. Espie Morrow.
New Kiwanis Club board members and committee chairs plan a Dutch dinner Thursday at 6 30 p m in the English Room of Hotel Lyons to discuss local civic matters and related schedules. The report also mentions incomplete election box counts in Baldwin County and other community notices.
A passenger train and a loaded bottled gas truck collided at a grade crossing in Nashua New Hampshire causing a massive explosion and fire. Five people were killed and more than a dozen injured including the truck driver his wife and their two small children and a passenger aboard the Boston and Maine Railroad diesel car. Debris and gas tanks sprayed from the wreckage as the blaze spread to the single car train carrying about 40 passengers from Concord and Manchester to Boston.
A Decatur General Hospital discharge list includes Robert Donald Lively Arthur Robert Springall Thomas Benton Garner Edgar B Wallace Mrs Billy Woodall and infant Anthony Keith plus numerous others such as Mrs Auburn Hope Lester J Little Kimberley Turner Toney John William Suits Charles L Smith Baby Grant Gilbert Baby David Tennis Owens Jr Royce Edwin Messer Mrs Hoyt Alvis Mrs Etta Mae Hill Mrs Earl Lee Foster Master Danny Ray White Mrs Odell Wilson Lonnie Pettey and others. The document records patient dismissals with home addresses.
Dismissals recorded for Gordon Taft 408 7th Ave SW and Lorene Gray Falkville along with Ann Needham Decatur and Mary Bailey Somerville with Sylvia Smith Falkville and Billy Bishop and infant Connie Regina Somerville. Admissions include Charles W Busby Danville Sherry Nicholson Hartselle and Grace Norris 410 10th Ave SW.
Mrs. Charles Berryhill along with Edith Hendrix Audrey Gibson and C. J. Blackwood are named with multiple street addresses in a compilation. The list also includes Austin Legg and Dianne Austin Hicks with additional urban avenues.
The list includes Alma Williams and Matilda Moore from Athens along with Leo Wilbanks of Rogersville and Thomas Longshore of Detroit. Other entries name Lurlene Griffin Tanner Ruth Haygood Belle Mina Jewel Moss Catherine Counce Donald Lovell Hazel Lainer and Carol Leake.
Cullman Rotary Club sets Ladies Night for December 13 at All Steak Cafe. Stanley Johnson is the newest club member, accepted at the latest directors meeting.
Ralph Chermock Dr. William Guest Prof. Talmadge Lundy and 17 students explored the Flint Island White Springs Seating Bay and Beaver Dam Peninsula portions of the refuge. They observed thousands of waterfowl at close range including Canada Goose blue geese snow geese coots and several duck species.
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