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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1960
Page
7
Phillip Kyle reports on a five man Decatur Daily News crew using an electronic crow caller to hunt crows. Despite heavy shooting only about 12 crows were killed and several escaped, illustrating that humans lack hunting prowess compared to clever birds.
New York economist Eliot Janeway predicts 1961 will bring stock trouble as markets move to lower multipliers and earnings. He cites housing, steel, and oil as risks, expects housing starts to lag, and notes steel overproduction and price collapse.
James R. Hoffa Teamsters Union president waived preliminary hearing and was ordered to report in Orlando on December 16 for arraignment on a mail fraud charge. He and two others were indicted in Orlando on Wednesday for alleged misuse of union funds in Sun Valley Inc. Hoffa, free on a $10,000 bond, will travel as needed and plans to return to Washington then Chicago for union contract negotiations likely to last three weeks. Co defendants are Henry Lower and Robert E. McCarthy Jr.
In 1786 printers in Philadelphia staged a strike seeking a weekly wage guarantee of six dollars, a move noted as arriving earlier in the year than typical for this period.
In Algiers protests clash as European Algerians riot against De Gaulle while he tours Algeria for self determination talks. At least 100 hurt, about 400 arrested, tanks quelled barricades amid nightly tear gas and clashes.
Leftist Captain Kong Le and his forces recaptured Vientiane’s military grip in a bloodless coup, ousting anti Communist troops who had toppled him a day earlier. Paratroopers from Gen Phoumi Nosavan arrived, adding about 180 rebels within striking distance as a truce held in the capital. Premier Prince Souyanna Phou- palk remains referenced with key power dynamics shaping the standoff.
A collection of Christmas letters from young readers in Athens Falkville Decatur Tanner and surrounding areas. Each child requests gifts from Santa including dolls, rocking horses, a piano, a refrigerator and various toys, expressing good behavior and family wishes.
Thirty polling places were designated in Morgan County for the cotton referendum Tuesday. Voters will decide on marketing quotas for the 1961 upland cotton crop, with quotas requiring two thirds approval. Polls open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at listed stores, churches, and schools across the county.
Two persons pleaded guilty and one was tried in Morgan County court Friday. Judge R L Handley fined Thomas B. Tanner 25 dollars for carrying a concealed weapon and Jerry S Vandiver 25 dollars for violating the prohibition law. Alford Long was found guilty of assault and battery and fined 50 dollars. Several cases were continued to January 6 including Vaughn and Baker on worthless checks, Rufus Barnett for leaving the scene, and C B Brown for assault and battery. J F Harvill's worthless check charge was dismissed and David Suits obscene language charge was not pressed.
Bookmobile stops include Tanner School 9 to 10 30, Tanner Community 10 35 to 11 10, Blue Ridge Negro 11 20 to 11 50, and Athens 1 to 4. The schedule lists times and locations for circulating library service.
President Lit Shao-chi of Red China arrives home to a very warm welcome from Mao Tze-tung after attending a Communist summit in Moscow. Peiping Radio cites the reception as enthusiastic with drums and yong pounded.
In Moscow at a Kremlin luncheon hosted by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, Brazil’s Vice President Joao Goulart was guest of honor. They reportedly discussed the prospect of diplomatic relations between Brazil and the Soviet Union.
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