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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1963
Page
2
The report notes sunset at 4 41 p m and sunrise at 6 52 a m with moonset at 11 04 p m. It marks winter beginning locally and states in the southern hemisphere the sun is high signaling the first day of summer.
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge Friday morning reached 16.10 feet with a 14 foot rise in 24 hours and sea level at 550.40 feet. TVA lake stages Saturday night listed Guntersville 593.3 Whitesburg 551.7 Wilson 505.6 Pickwick 408.6. Forecast calls for cloudy conditions with rain sleet and snow ending around noon followed by clearing and cold. Northeasterly winds 10 to 18 mph. Sunday outlook is fair and cold with a low near 28 and high around 34.
Mrs Rosie Allen Hudson 89 of 1110 9th St SE died Friday at a local hospital. Services set for Sunday at 1 30 pm at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church with Rev W W Coffey officiating. Burial in Athens City Cemetery Rainey Funeral Home Ardmore directing. Survived by three sons Claude W Hudson Perry Hudson and Leo Hudson of Athens.
Board members discuss redecorating Pryor Field two room area for a pilot's lounge and planning room while planning a regional airport expansion. Officials indicate Decatur Athens Airport won't close and air space plans should avoid conflicts.
Huntsville backs a jet age airport project spanning Decatur and Huntsville to serve North Alabama and South Central Tennessee. The move could end Pryor Field’s commercial service. private aviation may continue there. County leaders react as Decatur officials press a joint venture long discussed.
Defense Secretary McNamara, after meetings in Saigon with Maj. Gen. Tran Van Don and leaders Minh and Tho, urged a tougher U S backed drive in 1964. He cited plans to concentrate power in key regions while other areas stay under Viet Cong control, and warned the American commitment has limits.
Reports from Washington say House Speaker McCormack and Senate leader Pastore jockeyed after three closed conferences over foreign aid funding and a grain credit ban. They eyed a $100 million gap as negotiators sought compromise language while Passman warned no bill this year.
The commission denounces poll taxes and literacy as gatekeepers of the ballot, insisting no American should pay to vote or be denied voting rights for limited education. Brendan Byrne objects, asking if ballots should be printed in other languages. Only Georgia and Kentucky allow 18 year olds to vote. Alaska 19. Hawaii 20. others 21.
During the International Banana Festival in Fulton a grade school pupil, Diana Lewis, fractured her wrist after slipping on a banana peel. Local events continued as spectators witnessed the mishap.
A winter storm bringing freezing rain and snow disrupted travel from northern Louisiana to southern Mississippi with hazardous driving on bridges and highways. Mississippi expected up to three inches of snow, a 31 degree high and 20 degree low, as Oswego New York piled over a foot of snow boosting its season total to 66.2 inches. Further north, severe cold blanketed Chicago with record lows and multiple cities posted December temperature records.
Calendar snapshot for December 21, 1963 notes major events including Judge Merrill Otis ruling the Wagner Act invalid as commerce not covering manufacturing, Plymouth landings in 1620, Curie discovery of radium in 1898, Patton death in 1945, 1951 coal mine disaster, and geopolitical shifts from 1959 to a 1963 US UK nuclear force proposal.
Mexico City government decrees that stores may open Sunday to handle Christmas trade with double pay for employees. The measure targets retail sectors seeking holiday sales relief amid crowded shopping periods.
The deep freeze dropped to minus 35 in Bemidji Minnesota minus 26 in Devils Lake North Dakota minus 24 in New Al bia Iowa minus 23 in Wanakena New York minus 20 in Greensburg Indiana and Rockford Illinois. Freezing conditions extended into northern Florida and El Paso Texas near the Mexican border as the coldest air of the season spread south and east.
Suspects cited by officials include Daniel charged with the second blast near a Negro night club across town from the University. Maxwell faces the Nov. 19 explosion three blocks from Miss Malone's dormitory as Maj. Gen. Graham notes a juvenile plot possibility. Grand jury set January 7 for evidence. Governor Wallace and Adj. Gen. Harrison state guardsmen on federal duty with Army jurisdiction unclear.
A USDA scientist in New Orleans has invented a method to instantly age rice. The process requires sealing the rice for six hours at 200 degrees, replacing the natural aging period of six to ten months with a few hours of treatment.
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