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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1961
Page
2
A carrier delivery notice shows weekly and Sunday delivery terms with a base price of 1.95 plus 4 percent sales tax, and an additional 3 percent sales tax in Alabama. It references Monday and Sunday delivery work by Mote and Reuters.
Three Chattanooga Negroes were slightly injured when a 1949 Ford pickup struck a bridge 5 miles west of Mooresville about 8:15 p.m. Friday. Marshal Brown and his wife Gertrude Brown, and Frank Miller Brown were thrown from the vehicle. A following 1961 Ford wagon driven by Jean Giers of Lacey's Spring skidded into the wrecked truck. no one in the wagon was injured. Damage estimated at $600. slight bridge damage. no charges.
Hospitals list births including infant daughters and infant sons with mothers and street addresses. Dismissals include local residents and a Canadian address noted with a regional prairie description. The fragment ends with a physical geography aside about prairie land and lakes.
This Christmas Eve Jupiter sets at 7 04 p m followed by Sirius rising at 7 28 p m and due south at 12 16 a m The sky tonight features a Venus? sunset and a bright test star sequence with Jupiter Sirius and other celestial objects.
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge fell 10 feet to 21.55 feet by Friday night with a sea level reading of 555.85 feet. At 9 p.m. the temperature was 48 degrees. The forecast calls for cloudy and windy weather with a few snow flurries, then partly cloudy and cold tonight and fair and rather cold Sunday with a high near 38.
The Justice Department broadened its civil conspiracy case against General Electric to cover all GE products from light bulbs to washing machines. The amended complaint, listing 39 antitrust actions with 29 convictions since 1941, seeks broad court orders and consent judgments to curb price fixing across GE’s extensive U S operations and product lines.
Athens Fire Chief and Mrs. A E Bumpus hosted a Christmas supper for 29 people at the fire hall Friday. Assistant Chief Larry Mobley said tables were arranged near the Bum pus apartment. Mrs. Bumpus prepared the food. Guests included volunteer firemen and local officials such as Mayor Arthur Stewart former City Council President William D Smith and Councilmen Mickey Kirk.
U Thant reported Tshombe demands Katanga's richest region send senators and deputies to the Congolese Parliament as promised. Tshombe claims authority while Bunche notes Tshombe acted in good faith in Kitona talks, aiming for peace and stability amid regional tension.
The FDA seized the entire stock of World-Wide Nutri-Health, Inc. of Pittsburgh, valued about 30 000 dollars, alleging false claims that the pills insure longevity virility radiant health and protection from cancer heart disease and other illnesses. The agency noted a house to house sales effort accompanied the launch.
American French and British troops in Berlin prepare for Christmas away from home. About 500 soldiers will dine in Berlin and many more receive invitations or remain on duty. US troops at Friedrichstrasse bivouacked for months will be relieved on Christmas night. Santa duties, Cardinal Spellman arriving for midnight Mass, and Berlin's festive lights mark the holiday.
President Kennedy flew home from Bermuda to Florida and went to the hospital where his father, stroke victim, has shown slight improvement but doctors doubt a full recovery. A hospital bulletin at 6 p.m. EST noted some improvement since Thursday.
Donna McDowell survived a 65 percent burn in a Christmas Day 1959 blaze that smashed through a wall to rescue her. She underwent her 16th operation to ease burn related skin tension and is now an 8th grade honor student at Piedmont High. Donna has painted and written again, befriended Gov. John Patterson, and recently gifted him a painting during a Montgomery visit.
The Athens fire department fought two grass fires Friday afternoon one at 12 29 p m on Highway 72 roadside on State property and another at 3 29 p m in a vacant lot at 901 S Houston St on property owned by Mary Dean Black.
Margaret Ade Wallace 73 collapsed on Bryan Street near the Dr A J Du Pu y home about 4 30 p m Saturday and died en route to Athens Limestone Hospital Coroner Buddy Evans announced The body was taken to McCon nel Service Funeral Home and will be shipped to Brecksville Ohio for Wednesday funeral and burial Surviving nieces and nephews include John Wallace of Athens.
Aaron Burr of Newark and Garrett A. Hobart of Long Branch were both born in New Jersey making the state the birthplace of two U.S. vice presidents.
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