Decatur Events and Local Notices in Brief
Temperatures from 35 to 66 degrees with little rain expected through Thursday or Friday. Decatur Jaycees sell Christmas trees behind the armory 5 to 9 pm to fund baskets for 75 needy families. Washington named as permanent U.S. capital 1800 years ago today. Newcomers Luncheon at Holiday Inn Wednesday noon. reservations to Mrs. Albert Bolay. Recorder docket lists numerous traffic and public order charges. A 1953 Plymouth damaged by hit and run on 2nd St SW. Sheriff's weekend arrests include violations from drunkenness to drugs. Chamber to vote on five directors and by law change. ballots mailed Wednesday. American Legion Post 15 meets tonight at 7:30. Methodist Men’s Club Ladies’ Night Tuesday at 6:30. Mrs. Jack Spangler recovering from eye surgery in Birmingham. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Wadsworth St
University Hospital
Birmingham
New York
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Indiana
Baltimore
Kansas City
Boston
Miami
Fla
West Yellowstone
Mont
Rockefeller Center
Nantucket
Coast Guard
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New Hampshire
Maine
Vermont
Emery
Robinson Attacks Patterson and Kennedy in Montgomery Speech
Jackie Robinson condemned Alabama Governor John Patterson as "stupid" and criticized John Kennedy in a Montgomery address to about 2,000 African Americans. He urged action on civil rights, denouncing appeasement and urging equal rights as the boycott’s legacy and the nation’s responsibility.
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Montgomery
Jackie Robinson
John Kennedy
Alabama
John Patterson
Brooklyn Dodgers Starf
Patterson
Kennedy
Robinson
Sth
U.S. Supreme Court
Love and Hell Reconciled in Faith Assertions and Civil Rights Notes
A sermon argues hell does not refute God's love citing scripture that God loves humanity and sent Jesus to atone for sins. The piece also recalls civil rights tensions with White attendance at William Frantz and McDonogh 19 schools, a Gandhi inspired call for action, and a minister urging concrete civic letters alongside prayer.
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G. P
Hell
God
Redmond
William Frantz School
William Frantz
McDonogh
Liroyd C. Foreman
Frantz
Mohandas Gandhi
Mr. Foreman
Gandhi
Davis
Seviaien
Bolting Electors Meet To Chart Strategy In Mississippi
Unpledged presidential electors from Mississippi and Alabama meet in Jackson to discuss strategy. Mississippi has eight electors and Alabama six. Governor Barnett says replies were courteous but no pledges of help. State Senator Earl Evans of Canton chairs the group. Electors vote December 19 for the party platform.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Alabama
Ross Barnett
John F. Kennedy
Barnett
Earl Evans
Canton
Eratic Party
Louisiana Supreme Court Upheld Ruling On Desegregation
Gov Jimmie Davis led Louisiana into a third special session as the state faces a federal court ruling. The Supreme Court today affirmed a three judge decision from New Orleans striking down Louisiana laws aimed at preserving segregation.
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David Zinman
Orleans
Jimmie H. Davis
Louisiana
Washington
Supreme Court
New Orleans
De Gaulle Cuts Algeria Peace Tour Amid Riots Deadly Clash
Rioting in Algiers boosts fatalities to 79 with four more killed in Oran as Moslems clash with French troops. Rebel leaders in Tunis reject De Gaulle's home rule plan and call for UN intervention. De Gaulle rushes back to Paris a day early, ending his Algeria outreach.
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Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Paris
Oran
France
Tunis
de Gaulle
Ferhat Abbas
United Nations
Casbah
Belcourt
Full Time Civil Detuse Program Boosts Morgan Progress
Proctor notes the Morgan program leverages federal funds with Alabama receiving about 90000 dollars while few city county programs were approved. He sees the step to launch and update planning, adding a full time staffer will better coordinate local, state, and federal efforts and secure matching funds for record microfilming.
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Proctor
Alabama
Snowstorm Cripples Eastern U S and Spurs North Alabama Flurry
A prewinter blizzard cripples the eastern U S with closed airports, stock exchanges, and schools. North Alabama reports light snow flurries with temperatures slipping into the 20s tonight as a broader cold front moves in.
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North Alabama
Associated Press
Wall Street
New York
Washington, D.C
Decatur Skies Brief for Tuesday December 13
The entry notes a sunset at 4 38 p m and sunrise at 6 47 a m with a new moon upcoming December 18. It mentions Cassiopeia the Lady in the Chair high in the north and the bright W shaped asterism with the North Star below.
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Cassiopeia
Weather and River Summary for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 16.97 feet with a 0.50 foot rise in 24 hours. Other TVA lake stages listed include Pickwick 408.6 Guntersville 593.4 Whitesburg 552.8 Wilson 504.6. High temp Sunday 56 at 7 am. low 27 at 8 am. 10:20 am 30 degrees. Forecast shows cloudy windy cold today with clearing tonight and Tuesday. Winds northerly 10 to 20 mph diminishing tonight. High today 41 low tonight 24 high Tuesday.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Georgia Color Barrier Falls at Atlanta Bus Station Cafeteria
Three Atlanta college students were served in a white cafeteria at a Macon bus station before police detained them briefly. The manager asked them to leave. they refused, were taken into custody, and later allowed to continue to Jacksonville. Police called it a misunderstanding and did not identify the students.
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Macon, Ga
Atlanta College
Jacksonville
Fla
L. B. McCallum
Kennedy selects Rusk for U.N. post and Bowles for State undersecretary
President elect Kennedy names Dean Rusk of the Rockefeller Foundation as ambassador to the United Nations and Chester Bowles of Connecticut as undersecretary of state. Adlai Stevenson is offered the UN post but requests time to decide. Rusk praised Stevenson as a great American and urged a pro freedom foreign policy.
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Chester Bowles
Palm Beach
Fila
John F. Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Rockefeller Foundation
Adlai Stevenson
United Nations
D-Conn
Atlantic Shore
Rusk
Truman
Stevenson
Bowles
Kennedy
U.N
Georgia
State Department
United States
Ocean Front
Three Detroit Teens Charged With Interstate Car Theft
Athens Limestone deputies arrest three Detroit youths after a high speed chase along Highway 31. They are jailed on speeding and car theft charges and handed to the FBI for arraignment in Huntsville as juveniles.
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Athens
Detroit
Mich
Limestone
FBI
U.S
Huntsville
Thomas J. Jenkins
Birmingham
Milton Clem
Red Ennis
Clem
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