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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1962
Page
2
Sunday weather and astronomical details note sunset at 4 39 p m and sunrise 6 49 a m. Moonrise 10 05 p m with Last Quarter Tuesday. Uranus visible only with telescope and about 1 673 billion miles from Earth.
Friday night readings on the Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge show 16.45 feet, up .20 feet in 24 hours with a sea level equivalent of 550.75 feet. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warmer today, mild Sunday with a high near 44 and a low around 27. At 10 p.m. Friday the temperature was 27 degrees.
Pat Harve of Buckeye lost her purse at a carnival. Days later a package and letter arrived. The note claimed the ferris wheel operator husband found the purse and that 12 cents was mailed with it.
The Mariner 2 probe sent back preliminary measurements from Venus including solar wind, interplanetary magnetic field changes, and lower cosmic dust levels. Officials said significant data came from the surface approach and radiometer readings as the craft breached Venusian vicinity.
Town Creek officer Charles Burnell suffered two broken ribs when his patrol car crashed into a bridge on Alabama Highway 20 near the east red light. Burnell, hospitalized at Colbert County Hospital, was not in serious condition after a pursuit about 11:30 a.m. leaving his car a total loss.
Richmond Flowers state attorney general elect told Mutual Savings and Life Insurance Co. agents at the Crescent Motel last night he would not tolerate mob violence in Alabama and urged a peaceful solution to the integration crisis. He noted his Auburn Alabama ties and quipped about the Alabama Auburn game.
Hospital notices list multiple names for admissions and dismissals in Decatur Madison Athens Cullman Elkton and Hartselle. Individuals include Mrs Hubert Warrick Mrs T J Rawlins Virginia Gatcheff James Brazelton Master Joey Burgreen Master Richard Norman Master Alan Shelton Miss Mary Ann Shepherd and others with street addresses and city names.
Douglas argues the press underrates Pentagon and CIA operations and dreads depth reporting. He says media seeks lowest common denominator and avoids controversial issues, leaving the public system underinformed since World War II and unable to track complex foreign events like Indonesia in depth.
Hugh Ballew 72 of New Market died Friday in a Nashville Tennessee hospital. Funeral services are set for 1 30 p m Sunday at Union Grove Baptist Church New Market. Survivors include his widow Mrs Hugh Ballew a daughter Mrs William Steakley Nashville a son James Bellew New Market and two grandchildren.
Nancy Lynn Kelley 17 of Hartselle was crowned Morechi Beauty Queen at Morgan County High School. She was chosen from six senior representatives as alternates were named from each class. Judges included Rainey’s Beauty Academy, Limestone County agent, and a Cullman agriculture specialist. The winner will be featured in the 1963 Morcohi yearbook.
In Limestone County Court Friday Johnny Mack Turner avoided charges of assault with intent to murder on the solicitor’s motion and payment of costs. John D. Smith pled guilty to hunting ducks before legal hours and was fined 25 dollars plus costs. Dean Beach was fined 10 dollars and costs for hunting ducks after legal hours. The docket also listed 14 additional cases including licenses and traffic offenses with varying fines as eleven defendants failed to appear and warrants were issued.
United States pledges to keep Western bases and nuclear deterrent until final phase of disarmament. Arthur H. Dean at a 17-nation conference says NATO protection and foreign bases remain essential for security, despite Soviet demands to disarm early.
Slightly more than 300 persons and others in Limestone County attended X-ray screenings for tuberculosis on Thursday and Friday. The Jefferson County Mobile Unit operated on the courthouse square from 8 a.m. to noon. Athens and Limestone County seniors and staff were among participants. The event was sponsored by the Limestone County Tuberculosis Association and funded by Christmas Seal sales. Mrs. Gladys McNutt assisted with registration.
Union leader James R. Hoffa tells U S District Court he borrowed from Test Fleet dividends and denies receiving value from CCI as a payoff. He says he used his wife's dividends, planned to repay, and asserts the Flint strike was settled on the best possible terms. The trial proceeds into a ninth week as Hoffa resumes testimony.
In a speech to the Economic Club of New York, President Kennedy urges three tests for the 1953 tax bill, calls for early and meaningful tax cuts, and pushes restraint on soaring federal spending. He singles out foreign aid as a top priority while warning against overspending that could destabilize the economy.
The Decatur Daily corrects a Friday report misnaming John Bates. Eddie Johnson was convicted of daylight house breaking in Kentucky. buying, receiving and concealing stolen property in Montgomery. and burglary and grand larceny in Montgomery. The error is regretted.
A Moulton resident, Mrs. Buck Jones, suffered leg and head injuries in a one vehicle crash on Alabama Highway 24 two miles north of the C. R. Long Store Friday at about 5 30 p m. She was taken to Lawrence County Hospital.
The President promotes a tax package aimed at boosting the economy and increasing future revenue. He argues delaying or maintaining current taxes wastes resources and that the plan protects national security and inflation. He insists action is necessary and not a short term band aid.
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