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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1960
Page
1
Glimpses from Decatur indicate most state and federal offices will stay closed Monday. The city expects full operations resume Tuesday with limited disruption noted in the diary on Page 2.
The Bible indicates Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and Mary’s unique son with no earthly father. It also notes siblings of Jesus through Joseph and Mary later, suggesting physical kinship rather than spiritual kinship in the family.
President elect John F Kennedy will delay decisions on tax cuts and pump priming public works until after taking office. He maintains a cautious approach amid unemployment above four million, appointing Walter W Heller to chair his Council of Economic Advisers as part of a measured start.
The Decatur sky notes moonset after midnight and a full moon tonight with Altair and Regulus visible. Mars rises at 5 13 p m and Venus sets as the evening progresses with captions of events and celestial movements.
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge Saturday morning stood at 17.05 feet, up .30 feet in 12 hours, with sea level reading 551.35 feet. Friday high 38 at 3 p.m., low 36 at 3 a.m. Today 9:15 a.m. 43 degrees. Forecast calls for cloudy but mild conditions with southwest to west winds 8 to 15 mph. High today expected near 55.
A 59 year old Union Grove man Dewey Joseph Moon was killed in a hit and run two miles southwest of Morgan City in Morgan County. His body was found Saturday morning by the Old Rescue Road. A man was jailed for investigation and was said to have admitted striking something Friday night while drinking and driving.
A nostalgic Decatur column recalls festive December 1935 scenes with turkey chases on Bank Street and Johnston Street, Shirley Temple at the Capitol Theater, WPA markers, and a Turkey Trot fundraiser. It notes cold weather, Christmas shopping, parity checks for farmers, early teacher pay, and mood improving as business returns.
Christmas observances span Lagos to Washington with Eisenhower highlighting gratitude and urging virtue. Europe enjoys a prosperous season while Congo faces famine in Bakwanga. Prisoners Powers Olmstead McCone face austere holidays, and Berlin houses former Nazi leaders as communist regimes reshape Christmas customs.
Rev Robert E Shaw pastor of First Christian Church in Decatur offers a Christmas prayer for unity and self giving. He asks God to remove self seeking from worship and to help believers join as one family beyond nations and ranks. The prayer centers on Bethlehem's gift and the Prince of Peace.
A brief holiday message from Robinson’s to many friends wishing a merry Christmas and noting the store on Mont Ve. The item captures a seasonal greeting without additional details.
The Decatur Daily announces no edition on Monday as the paper takes a holiday. The message wishes subscribers a Merry Christmas and notes the publication will resume after the holiday.
Decatur prepares for heavy service on Christmas Day with 95 telephone operators and about 5 500 long distance calls expected. 2 500 normal Sunday calls with 39 operators, plus patrols by state highway officers and almost full sheriff and city police staffing.
Traffic deaths rose in the Christmas 78 hour period with 39 fatalities by noon and total fatalities in fires and other accidents bringing the overall count to 50. Icy highways and factors like speeding and drinking were cited by the National Safety Council as continuing hazards.
Mrs. Mary S. Grantham, 65, of York, was killed when her car collided with a second vehicle on Alabama 17 about 12 miles from York on Friday. She was riding as a passenger in a car driven by her nephew, N.L. Owens.
A Canadian National Railways train struck a bus loaded with Christmas shoppers at a St Johns crossing, injuring 12 including the driver. Rescuers freed two trapped passengers after a 20 minute effort as the bus was dragged 50 feet and stopped against a telephone pole on an icy downgrade.
Sen Lister Hill selected Marc Ray Clement Tuscaloosa lawyer John W McConnell Mobile attorney and Roy L Nolen Jr Montgomery businessman to join a committee studying a permanent state headquarters in Birmingham. Several others were named earlier.
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