Rebels Return To Cannibalism Shock Congo War Narrative
A Congo relief account details eight Belgian plantation workers held at Isangi and murdered after months in captivity. Rebels accused of reviving cannibal rituals to honor Lumumba and boost morale, with nuns and a Dutch priest among victims. Mercenaries confirm brutal executions and desecration of Lumumba monuments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busira- Lomami Plantation Company
Father Haane
Isangi
Lumumba
Congo River
Congo
Weather and Astronomy Summary
Weather and celestial notes include sunset at 4 38 p m and sunrise at 6 48 a m. Moonset at 2 39 a m and a full moon total eclipse expected Friday night with Mars and Venus rising in the southeast with Mars about 16 million miles closer to Earth than Venus.
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Mars
Venus
Earth
Fire Destroys Home. Two Officers Save Woman
In Athens on patrol Saturday the fire raged in a front room around a heater. Officers Bumpus and Case pulled Mrs. Gladden Semeene from the door, aiding her while dousing the flames in her hair. The house sustained heavy damage and Mrs. Gladden was taken to hospital by McConnell Funeral Home ambulance.
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Bumpus
Births Reported From Local Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Alfred Dunn of Trinity 1 welcome a girl Friday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs LaVon Bullock of 1308 Carridale St have a son Saturday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Tommy Roden of Somerville announce a son Saturday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Roger Engle of 1805 College St greet a girl Saturday at Decatur General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Dunn
Trinity
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
LaVon Bullock
Carridale St
Decatur General Hospital
Tommy Roden
Somerville
Roger Engle
College St
Decatur General
Deaths Mrs. Frank Armstrong 82 Athens
Mrs. Frank Armstrong 82 of 820 Herford Dr. Athens died Thursday at 10 p.m. in Athens Limestone Hospital. Services were held Saturday at McConnell Chapel at 2 p.m. with Rev. James Harris officiating. Burial followed in City Cemetery. Surviving are daughter Mrs. George Porter of Athens, son William Clay Armstrong of Toronto, Canada, sister Mrs. Wallace Jeffrey of Athens, three grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Pallbearers were Wallace Jeffrey, Robert Wiggins, Jim Burke King, Bill Caughran, Nick Flood, and Lester Rich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Frank Armstrong
Herford
Athens- Limestone
McConnell Chapel
James Harris
City
George Porter
William Clay
Armstrong
Toronto
Canada
Wallace Jeffrey
Robert Wiggins
Frank M. Carter 88 dies in Athens
Frank M. Carter, 88, of 1125 Pryor Street East, died Saturday at 5:30 a.m. at his home. Services will be today at 3 p.m. at McConnell Funeral Home Chapel with Sam Binkley officiating. Burial will be in City Cemetery. Survived by wife Mrs. Frank Carter, son Holly Carter of Hendersonville NC, three grandchildren, four great grandchildren, and three sisters. Pallbearers are nephews. Carter was a Spanish American War veteran.
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Athens
Frank M. Carter
Pryor St. E
McConnell Funeral Home
Sam Binkley
McConnell ' i
Frank Carter
Holly Carter
Hendersonville
N.C
Julia Carter
George Prestwood
Etta Carter
Chattaooga, Tenn
Carter
Falkville Jail Break Leads to Manhunt Arrest Near Jail
A Parrish Negro man Hesie Franks escaped from Falkville jail after initiating a break at gunpoint. State Troopers recovered him about 45 minutes later in a pasture half a mile from the jail. Franks was jailed for driving intoxicated and faces escape robbery and carrying a concealed weapon charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falkville
Clifford Haney
Haney
Hesie Franks
Franks
Morgan County Sheriff's Deputies
J. J. Lumpkin
G. E. Gravice
Morgan County
Chary
Nazis Seize 80000 Church Bells for War Armament
An estimated 80,000 church bells in Germany and occupied lands were confiscated by the Nazi regime during World War II to be melted down for weapons and munitions. The move aimed to repurpose religious symbols into strategic materials.
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Germany
Countries
Tshombe heads to Bonn after Munich stay with police
Congo premier Moise Tshombe left Rome thanking Italian police and flew to Munich for protection, with aides saying he would stay until Tuesday before traveling to Bonn. In New York J Edgar Hoover criticized racist groups and cited a Mississippi case with suspended sentences in racially charged bombings. In Saigon two U S officers were killed in the Mekong Delta as attacks rose. In Sheffield Ford Motor Co expands aluminum castings plant by about 25 000 square feet. In London a man sued a woman for breach of promise seeking 5000 pounds damages.
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Munich
Germany
Moise Tshombe
Congo
Rome
Bonn
New York
J. Edgar Hoover
Ku Klux Klan
Sheffield
Ford Motor Co
Harry G. McMurry
Four Area Auto Accidents Result In Damages Only
Saturday troopers investigated four traffic incidents across four counties with no injuries but more than 2,000 dollars in property damage. A cow was killed after a 1964 Chevrolet hit it east of Moulton on Highway 20, injuring the car by 300 dollars. driver James Little, 17, Danville. In Somerville, a 11:30 a.m. three car crash on Highway 67 damaged a 1964 Chevrolet driven by Joy Sharp, 30, Somerville, by 800 dollars. another car driven by William Beck, 61, Somerville, 50 dollars. a parked car 75 dollars. Near Eva, two 1957 Chevrolets collided, two drivers Patsy Patton, 15, Falkville, and John Hutchins, 19, Falkville, each 300 dollars. Cullman area crash on Highway 69 involved a 1956 Chevrolet driven by Harold McIntosh, 18, Cullman, and a 1951 Chevrolet driven by Vin Miller, 18, Cullman, with 50 dollars each.
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Moulton
James F. Little
Danville
Somerville
Joy Sharp
William Beck
Eva
Patsy Patton
Falkville
John Hutchins
Harold McIntosh
Cullman
Vin Miller
Death notices for Mrs Mattie Howard and Jim Watson
Mrs Mattie Howard dies at her home 406 Church St W with services to be announced by Reynolds. Jim Watson dies at 503 Pine St Hartselle and funeral set for Sunday 2 p.m. at Hartselle Baptist Church with burial in Hartselle Cemetery Rev P N Johnson to officiate. Survivors include wife Tommie Lee Watson and five sons Mose Albert Joe and Jim Watson Jr with others listed in Detroit.
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Mattie Howard
Church St. W
Reynolds
Jim Watson
Pine St
Hartselle
Hartselle Baptist Church
P. N. Johnson
Reynolds Funeral Home
Tommie Lee Watson
Mose Watson
Albert Watson
Joe Watson
Detroit
Three Vehicle Crashes Probed by Decatur Police
Three auto accidents investigated Saturday by Decatur police left no injuries. A three-vehicle collision on Highway 31 S near Hicks Chevrolet involved a 1958 Volkswagen driven by Lon C. Dunn and a 1959 Chevrolet towing a 1960 Ford driven by Franklin D. Alexander. In a separate incident at Decatur Shopping Center, Ruby Jean Thompson and Nolan Du vall Thompson sustained heavy damage to Thompson’s 1961 Chevrolet and lighter damage to the 1955 Buick. A third crash at 6th Ave SE involved Cowan Lafayette Posey in a 1964 Plymouth and Paul G. Gilbert in a 1964 Cadillac with unspecified damage.
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Decatur
Volkswagen
Highway
Hicks Chevrolet Co
Lon C. Dunn
Ford
Franklin D. Alexander
Addison
Ruby Jean Thompson
Hartseller
Nolan Duvall Thompson
Thompson
Cowan Lafayette Posey
1Sth
Ave
Paul G. Gilbert
Merrill
Wis
6Th Ave
Jane Brooks to march with Southerners in Washington parade
Jane Brooks, daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard R Brooks of Decatur, will march as a guide with Jacksonville State College’s The Southerners marching band in the inaugural parade in Washington DC on January 20. The band was chosen by the State Democratic Committee to represent Alabama. The two performances of the A Cappella Choir were part of the Christmas concert at the college and First Presbyterian Church of Anniston. The church meeting notice and Decatur fire calls follow.
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Jane Brooks
Leonard — R. Brooks
Ave. SE
Decatur
Jacksonville State College
Washington, D.C
State Democratic Committee
Alabama
Jane
First Presbyterian Church of
Large Docket In County Court For Alabama Cases
County Court convenes January 25 with about 1M cases on the docket. Lewis H. West notes all persons, witnesses and defendants must attend January 22 for guilty pleas and motions. Arraignments for defendants listed on the circuit docket occur December 18. Multiple assault, larceny, prohibited law violations, indecent exposure, drunkenness and other charges are listed for James Stinson, Bobby Posey, Leroy Blackmon and many others in Decatur and surrounding areas.
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Nal
Lewis H. West
Criminal Circuit Court
H. Harrison Hill
State OF Alabama
James Stinson
Bobby S. Posey
Leroy F. Blackmon
Effie Mae Malone Freeman
Hector D. Montgomery
Frank Fuqua
Jack Parnell
William M. Hart
Beverly Stroup McDonald
Wayne Woodall
Kenneth Grantland
Robert Wales
George
Griffith
Earbey L
Lynn Williams
Floyd Johnson
Charles Ricks
Odis Simpson
Alias
Aes
David Smith
Kenneth White
Floyd Wigginton
Assembly
Douglas Wigginton
Fletcher Turney
Martha Brown
Murry Alexander
Murry Alexander, Violate of the Prohibition Law, the Cases. —L. V. Powell
Albert Eugene Pate
J. E. Ledlow
James Wilburn
Ward
Mack L. Turner
Dewey Barber
Ture
Alabama
Marvin Hopper
Linda Southward
Mamie Milton Collier
Vagranl C. Soloman
Reck
Henry Mizzell
Obscene Law
Dismissals List From Hartselle Court Calendar
City of Hartselle cases include James W Moore Jimmy James Jacob Coffee and multiple defendants charged with driving while intoxicated disorderly conduct public intoxication and carrying concealed weapons. Other docket entries name J W Reynolds Joe Patterson Jerry Hargrove Bob Stevens Billy Joe Pridmore and Carl Morris in various charges.
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Guy Strickland
James W. Moore
Aang. W. Moore
Robert Greer Parker
Charles
Jimmy James Jacob Coffee
James Bobby Thorneberry
City OF Hartselle
J. W. Reynolds
Bob Stevens
Jimmy Smallwood
Joe Patterson
Billy Joe Pridmore
Jerry Hargrove
Carl Morris
Arrest Near Police Station: Man Slashes Wife
Decatur police arrest Marvin Bonner after he slashes his wife on Railroad Street near the police station. Officers pull him from a parked car and escort him to jail. The injured woman is treated for a deep cut to the left side.
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Decatur
Railroad St
Ted Agee
Bobby Newsom
Marvin Bonner
Bazooka Found At Dover Arsenal With Cuban Flag
Police discovered a four foot long black bazooka at Dover Army Arsenal in New Jersey. The rocket launcher, lacking a serial number or maker’s mark, had a paper Cuban flag attached and was found near a water area about 100 yards from a Manhatten side location.
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Army
Pica
Dover
N.J
U.N
Hospital Admissions List Includes Five Names
Admissions show Polly Shelton Lee Cagle Janie Olivier and Willard Springer at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital with addresses in Hartselle and Decatur. Details span 1210 Fifth Avenue Southeast 611 Avenue Southwest and 505 Nell Street Southwest 1409 Sixth Avenue Southwest.
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Baugh-Wiley-Smith
Polly Shelton
5Th Ave
Lee Cagle
Ave
Janie Olivier
Nell St
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Simbas
Patrice Lumumba
Haane
Eyville
Stanleyville
Laumumba
Buschs
2Nd Avenue S.E
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Mekong Delta
London
Eardley C. Gunasekera
Christina Ware
Lloyd's of London
Edward Lloyd
Ake
The
Christian Women Fellowship of the First Christian Church
Decature
W. J. Elmore
Moulton St
McArthur St
Robert Chatman
J. B. Jones
Pleasant Ferrell Hubbard
Lewis Johnson
Timothy Royster
Victor Glasscock
Albert Kilpatrick
Fay Leenage
Earnest Jennings
Ruth Nelle
Alfonso Meeney
John M. Powers
Cecil Brown
Chilaw East
Spencer Weinman
Addie Denson
Earnest Jackson
Percy Leon Johnson
W. M. Bryant
John W. Lee
Bruce Stanfield
Mamie Lee Benford
Martha Shull
Una M. Ene Parker
Una M. Foote Parker
Marie Shull
James Wright
Lowell Bayne Reese
Petit
Carl Howard Simmons
Virgil Harris
James O. Jones Jr
Carolyn
St. SW
Obelee Wood
Jesse Johnson
Boby R. Jett
St. Ave
James H
Locust &J
Cari
Willard Springer
Paul Kornis Decatur
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