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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1963
Page
3
Governor George Wallace says he has received bids to speak in every Western state during his tour next month but will accept invitations in four states. Colorado California Oregon and Washington are the chosen states he will visit, keeping engagements within a week.
Mr and Mrs Jerry Ferguson and Mrs John Sullivan visited relatives in Birmingham over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Glenn Johnson are building a new house on their place. Mr and Mrs Edward Owens have almost completed their new house ready to move in soon. The condition of Mrs J W McCaghren has somewhat improved. Mrs Charlie Keenum Sr and Mrs Charlie Jones Enon visited Mrs McCaghren and Jessie Monday afternoon.
Morgan County Probate Judge Cliff Almon released the official tabulation showing voters defeated the voter registration amendment and a hospital administration measure. Amendment tallies include Amendment 1 1606 for 741 against and Amendment 13 1120 for 697 against.
A Decatur man identified as J H Elliott alias Red Top or Red Cap is paroled after 19 years of a life sentence for a 1944 murder. Elliott was 19 at the time of the crime and was convicted October 6 1944 for the killing of Erskine McDaniel in Decatur on February 28 1944.
Between 1820 and 1960 a total of 42 million persons immigrated to the United States. This figure reflects major waves of migration shaping the nation's demographic and economic landscape and highlights how each era brought different national origins and settlement patterns.
Decatur resident Robert Hardin, a 1962 Decatur High School graduate and English major, received the Madison Marshall $300 scholarship from the Decatur Kiwanis Club. Professor William A. Short presented the award to Hardin, who is married to Brenda Richardson.
The Nubians plan resettlement along the Atbara River near the Sudanese Ethiopian border once the Aswan High Dam is finished. Egyptians will move north to the Kom Ombo region as part of the relocation.
Mike Johnson of Florence State College stayed with his parents Mr and Mrs C J Johnson. Mr and Mrs Hollis McCaghren of New York visited their parents Mr and Mrs John McCaghren and were called home by the accidental death of Mrs McCaghren's father in Florence.
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