Christmas week business and police notes from Decatur
Stores announced extended hours Wednesday through Friday with 8 p.m. closings after Christmas. Post offices stay open till 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. Salvation Army toy drive urged. A Christmas play "And There Found They Christ" planned at Sherman Street Church of God Sunday at 7 p.m. Sheriff warns to lock cars and remove keys as packages are left unattended. One arrest reported downtown. police docket shows 36 cases with red light violations leading, plus orders for parking, drunkenness, speeding, and other infractions. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Sherman Street Church of God
Sheriff's Office
Decatur
Alcoholism and the church's role in healing
The text argues alcoholism is a major tragedy affecting millions and labels it a sin. It calls for love and compassion rather than blame, notes alcoholics often hide deep emotional sickness, and praises Alcoholics Anonymous. It urges the Church to study AA methods and integrate Christian presence and power to heal.
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P.P.B
Alcoholics Anonymous
Christ
Cullman man patents new sticky mouse trap
Samuel T. Hughes of Cullman received patent number 2 962 836 for a rodent catching device described as a flat roofed hut with sticky pads. Hughes and Claude L. Hanks funded the device, with plans to sell the patent and promote the trap to lure buyers.
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Cullman
Samuel T. Hughes
Cullman Pest Control
Hughes
U. S
Washington
Claude L. Hanks
Alabama Electors Split Five for Kennedy Six for Byrd
Alabama’s 11 electors meet Monday with a split pledge as five vote for John Kennedy and six for Harry Byrd. The division mirrors a regional revolt and could affect the final electoral tally if absences shift support among Loyalists independents or Byrd electors.
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Montgomery
Alabama
John Kennedy
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Kennedy
Richard Ne Nixon
Mississippi
Byrd
Democratic Party
Walter B. Jones Panesipanna
Aiis
Suras Omar
U S Air Force Plane Crashes in Munich Killing Many
A U S Air Force transport carrying American students home to Christmas in England crashed into a Munich streetcar area. Police say 50 to 60 people died including 11 students and seven crew plus a civilian passenger. The craft struck a church steeple and exploded, flames rising 150 feet.
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Munich
Germany
England
Convair
University of Maryland’s Junior College
Munich- Riem
Hans Jochen Vogel
Cera
Kennedy Cabinet Averages Youthful Ten Members Named
President-elect Kennedy completes a 10 member cabinet with an average age around 47 years. J Ed Day chosen as postmaster general from Los Angeles insurance. Budget and workforce details cited for the Post Office Department as 500000 employees and 3.8 billion dollars. The new team includes Health Education Welfare and Commerce secretaries with Abe Ribicoff and Luther Hodges among picks.
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Douglas B. Corjell
Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
J. Edward Day
Kennedy
Day
Post Office Department
Alabama cotton farmers seek higher prices to stay profitable
An Alabama Legislative Cotton Study questionnaire shows farmers want prices near 36.42 cents per pound to gain a reasonable profit, higher than the 1960 crop average of 31.70 cents. Ed Mauldin says over 500 replies came from 67 counties, urging parity support and cautious with synthetic fibers.
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Alabama Legislative Cotton Study
Alabama
Ed Mauldin
Leighton
Mauldin
Birmingham
Secretary of Agriculture
Cotton Study Committee
Shoppers Fill Decatur Stores Amid Holiday Demand
Decatur merchants report Saturday as a strong sales day with many saying it could reach or exceed last year’s totals. Stores along Second Ave and Bank St saw heavy traffic, while some merchants noted only modest results. Most say stock is ample and expect the coming week to be the best of the year with bargains drawing customers.
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Decatur
Second Ave
Bank St
First Ave
J. D. Gray
Chamber of Commerce
Gray
Lee St
2Nd Ave
Moulton St
Plane Crash Toll Rises As Investigators Probe Cause
Investigators hunt for the error or malfunction behind history’s worst air disaster as the death toll climbs to 136. A child passenger Stephen Baltz dies after surviving over a day. 300 police and fire crews search wreckage in Brooklyn while the CAB leads a broad probe into radar traces and flight paths.
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George W. Cornell
NEW York
Stephen Baltz
Wilmette
Ill
United Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
Phillip Goldstein
Civil Aeronautics Board
TWA
LaGuardia Field
Idlewild
Goldstein
Brooklyn
Grand Canyon
Edward F
Young Lodge Asked To Stay At His Post
Palm Beach Florida AP reports George Lodge son of Henry Cabot Lodge was asked to remain as assistant secretary of labor for international affairs until June. Lodge was chosen as chairman of the governing board of the International Labor Organization for a one year term ending in June. He is the second American in 41 years to hold the post.
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Young Lodge
Palm Beach, Fla
John F. Kennedy
George Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
The
International Labor Organization
Blessed Art Thou Mary begins five part Nativity tale
The Associated Press writer presents a new five part Nativity series starting Monday in The Decatur Daily. The piece, Blessed Art Thou Mary, follows the love story of Mary and Joseph from espousal through the journey to Jesus birth, continuing a tradition of heartfelt scripture narratives.
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Luke
Jesus
Associated Press
George Cornell
Mary
Joseph
Decatur Daily
Evening sky guide shows Saturn near Moon. dawn returns Jupiter
Decatur skies report a sunset at 4 40 p m and sunrise at 6 51 a m with Saturn visible above the Moon tonight. The planet leaves the evening sky and will reappear as a morning star in February near Jupiter.
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Saturn
Jupiter
River and Weather Update for Decatur Area
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge reads 16.57 feet this morning, up 0.03 feet in 48 hours. Sea level reading 550.87, Guntersville 593.3, Wilson 505.5. High Friday reached 39 degrees at 3 p.m. with a low not specified.
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Decatur and
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Guntersville
One
Wilson
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