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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1964
Page
1
Gunmen in Halloween masks raided the St Anthony church rectory in Paterson New Jersey taking four priests and two guards hostage. They looted an armored truck valued at $511000 while police sought a getaway car. The alarm was triggered after the robbery and the bank said the money was insured.
A speeding freight train rammed a halted passenger train in dense fog near Villahermosa Mexico. Forty one people were killed and 75 injured including three American tourists.
Reports detail a Tacotalpa Mexico accident leaving Nils Werner critically injured with amputation risk and Carl Benson family injured. fires at 825 Carridale and 1610 8th Ave SW cause slight losses. Elks Club Christmas dinner for charity. freight train accident blamed on fog and engineer’s inattention with Miguel Sanchez Cruz fleeing the scene. Earls, 38, of Tenosique Tabasco, jailed on burglary charges after prior prison terms. VFW Post 4190 meets. Friday building permits issued for R K Craig and steel siding projects.
New York AP reports irregular, moderate trading across stocks and mixed bonds. In Chicago grains wheat shows export hopes while corn and oats rise on buying, soybeans firm with lower supply. hogs top at 18.00 and cattle at 25.75.
A.W. argues sex is not the supreme love expression and notes Bible, law, and society do not declare it so. He says love should be between two married people, blessed by God and church, citing God joining in marriage and opposing promiscuity and nonmarital relations.
Two Hart selle men were injured when a 1960 Chevrolet convertible ran off Highway 31 S in rain and hit a guide wire by the Shoal Creek bridge. The crash cut intermittent power to Hartselle for about an hour. Edward Bozeman and Billy Miller were named by Police Chief Kyker as occupants. Bozeman drove the car which spun out and totalled the vehicle.
Advertises appliance service with free parking on 2nd Avenue. Includes promotional note for contacting the shop.
Thirty more white hostages are believed killed by rebels in the northeastern Congo. Among the missing is American Mary Baker of Richmond, Virginia, last seen at Banalia on November 20. Refugees say 14 missionaries were freed at Bafwasende but doubt others were killed.
Rep. William E. Miller said after talks with Sen. Goldwater that Dean Burch should keep the national chairmanship even if only a one vote majority exists on the 132 member GOP committee. Miller argued a replacement would reflect a minority and that Burch should stay if he can command a bare majority.
Heavy snows choke mountain passes from California to Washington while rains and gales pound the Pacific Northwest. Oregon and eastern Washington endure deep snow with 5 feet in some passes. Portland flooded by slush. Yakima reports 10 inches on the ground. At least 25 deaths from the coast to the north.
President Johnson places top priority on reducing federal spending as he stays at the LBJ Ranch for Christmas. He plans talks with Budget Director Ker M it Gordon and three Cabinet officers about proposals, with officials predicting spending under 100 billion dollars for the new fiscal year.
Shopper alert offering Electrolux cleaner or polisher at discount before December 24. Includes contact Glenn Butler at 353-9579 with Box 15, ladv. listings.
William Thomas Saunders aged 41 of 1902 8th Street SE died at 10 35 a m at Decatur General Hospital after more than two hours of surgery by Huntsville neurosurgeon and other physicians. His stepdaughter Kelly Jean Prather 24 of the same address sustained a scalp laceration and was listed in satisfactory condition. The accident occurred shortly before 7 a m in front of the Highway 20 Spur Service Station east of Mooresville involving at least three cars.
New York AP reports mob boss Joseph Bonanno did not show up at his attorney’s Manhattan office as the attorney left to appear before a federal grand jury awaiting Bonanno. The Smith Voyager freighter remained in a violent Atlantic storm with the captain and two crewmen aboard. A Prichard Alabama robbery case sees Wiley Allen 17 and James Bennett Jr 21 charged with a $2000 armed robbery at a local food store.
Two men and their wives were charged with the Bank of Carbon Hill robbery after separate captures in Decatur and another Tennessee town. Roger Alexander and Thomas Miller, both 20s, with wives, are jailed in Walker County awaiting preliminary hearings. About $1,400 was taken.
South Viet Nam's government and war effort face uncertainty after a weekend purge by young Vietnamese generals known as the Young Turks. They dissolved the High National Council and arrested most members, signaling a major political shift.
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