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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1961
Page
9
East Germany pressed Washington to halt troop movements along the Berlin to West Germany Autobahn. ADN said the note called the actions illegal and provocative, citing 3 000 soldiers in about 500 vehicles moved in combat dress, with risks to civilian traffic and highway integrity.
Fourteen Birmingham Negro leaders offered to meet city white leaders to discuss solving community problems. The statement arrived as officials pressed to close most parks to avoid integration, a federal court ordering park integration by January 15. Signer W. E. Shortridge noted parks as the urgent issue, though not mentioned in the statement.
Birmingham AP report: two Negro men entered an unoccupied store office Saturday, broke a desk, and fled with between 1500 and 2000 dollars. James Reeves and Elizabeth Haney identified the theft and the incident followed an earlier community statement stressing unity and responsibility amid race relations.
An overflow crowd attended a joint funeral in Greeley for Ellen Craven 8 Calvin Craven 10 and Gerald Baxter 10 cousins of the Cravens. The service followed a bus train collision that killed 20 children. Bus driver Duane Harms 23 faces arraignment Monday on involuntary manslaughter charges.
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