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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1961
Page
1
The first objective in Katanga was reportedly gained as the United Nations begins a new offensive. William N. Oatis reports from the scene on the initial gains and ongoing UN operations in the region.
U.N. forces report first objective achieved in Elisabethville as diplomacy eyes peaceful Congo solution. Kennedy aides push negotiations with Katanga President Tshombe and Congolese Premier Adoula to end fighting and form a unified Congo government.
Decatur and Birmingham residents return from Fort Pierce Florida where Mrs Eula Hobbs underwent major surgery. Miss Janis Hornbuckle to conduct Story Hour at Decatur Public Library for children six to nine. Eugene Lamon discharged from Decatur General Hospital after an auto accident. City issues building permits totaling 27 500 and 12 000. Sheriff's office reports one non support arrest. Fire log quiet for 24 hours. See Diary On Page 3.
Before the King James Version, most Christians relied on Latin or vernacular readings. Jerome’s Latin Vulgate was the medieval standard, while earlier English renderings appeared with Wycliffe’s 1380s translation and subsequent medieval copies read aloud by clergy. The KJV appeared in 1611 and was authorized by English Parliament.
President Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy fly to Venezuela on the first leg of a Latin America stay to highlight U S aid pledges. They appear upbeat despite protests and threats linked to the visit.
Negroes suspend anti segregation demonstrations in Albany Georgia pending outcomes of talks with white leaders. Three conditions are set: dismiss charges against arrestees, desegregate bus and rail terminals, and form a biracial committee. Martin Luther King Jr. to be consulted before further actions.
The newspaper sponsors a March 10 1962 17 day jet tour to Rome Florence Venice Milan Lucerne Zurich Paris London and New York with Alitalia Brownell and Cramer Travel. Highlights include two and a half days in Rome two days in Lucerne and Zurich and a motorcoach tour to Versailles. Optional return by boat with a cost deduction of about one third. Be at City Electric Auditorium at 7:30 for a previewColor movie of the trip.
Two gunmen stormed the Lafayette National Bank branch on Kings Highway Brooklyn killing guard Henry Kraus 53 and spraying bullets. A police officer nearby was wounded but saved by his badge deflecting a shot. The robbers fled in a white car with an undetermined amount of cash.
Adolf Eichmann, former Gestapo officer, was sentenced to hang by a three man Israeli court. Judge Moshe Landau called the crimes unparalleled in magnitude and aimed at annihilating the Jewish people. The court set a 10 day window to file a notice of appeal with five days to draft reasons.
Senator Sparksman told a Morgan County Democratic meeting that Communism is losing steadily and the United States should not fear Russia. He cited Khrushchev’s shift toward peaceful coexistence, Russia’s lack of votes for communist governments, and predicted Russia may become a capitalist country due to religion, free enterprise, and farmers’ independence. He also noted no new federal integration legislation and praised Democrats’ initiative.
Heavy rains swelled streams across central and south Alabama as Montgomery prepares evacuations. A 160 man evacuation crew is ready to move families from northern city sectors while the Alabama River nears 7 feet above flood stage. Weather officials expect Montgomery to reach 45 to 46 feet by Saturday afternoon, with 35 feet as flood level. A 45 foot reading could inundate parts of the city to 18 inches.
Bedford Massachusetts AP The appearance of a large Soviet fishing fleet off the New England coast slows tests of experimental radar equipment for ferrets in planes and ground stations. Air Force scientists say the fleet is well equipped and could affect the SAGE direction center network and radar emission detection efforts.
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