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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1963
Page
14
HAL BOYLE reflects on weather as a humbling force and a test of human limits. He recalls Warners quote misattributed to Mark Twain, notes weather’s impartial power over farmers and nature, and questions the desire to machine the climate in the future.
A fire at Bowman stockyards in Montgomery destroys about 200 cattle and damages the open pen complex. The blaze, reaching 150 feet high, lasts roughly two hours and prompts full firefighting response. Owner W. S. Bowman estimates losses in the hundreds of thousands of dollars with no serious injuries reported.
A lengthy records page lists numerous personal debt transfers and deed corrections with many names and amounts from $1 to $27,000. Transactions include payments to and from individuals and firms such as Gobble Fire Lumber Co Inc, Prentiss H. Clark, and Decatur Land Co Ltd, plus several deeds of correction and a Federal Housing Commission item. The document also records marriage licenses and civil suits in Morgan County Court, noting multiple parties and small monetary claims.
The Senate approved a 1.2 billion college construction aid bill by 54 to 27, aiming to expand classrooms labs and libraries at 2100 colleges with priority to growth plans. It funds 180 million yearly in grants and 120 million in loans for four year colleges, plus 50 million for public junior colleges and 25 million rising to 60 million for graduate schools. The program emphasizes matching funds and limits to science engineering math and modern languages while avoiding broad religious establishment concerns.
In a three hour nocturnal confrontation on Bob Fork Creek in Eastern Kentucky, bootlegging factions traded about 100 shots. State Police Detective Walter E. Woods said one man was hit in the arm, affecting the mountaineers’ reputation as sharpshooters.
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