White Christmas Joy and Worries Across Area
Snow turned to sleet and melted quickly as Decatur and nearby towns enjoyed a rare White Christmas. Children celebrated with new toys while police reported routine incidents. In Hartselle, a 12 week old boxer puppy vanished leaving two young brothers heartbroken. See AREA on Page 2.
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Santa Claus
Decatur
Hartselle
William
Stevie
Grisham
William Grisham
N. Sparkman Sr
Santa
Snead College Honor Roll and Local Incidents in Decatur
Seventeen students at Snead College Boaz earned Fall Quarter honor roll honors including Patricia Ann Bowling of Decatur. Also noted are a Decatur Kiwanis no meeting and city permits issued for Bert Childs building at 212 2nd St SW and Luther Hendrix demolition on Gordon Dr SW. Police report a 1957 Chevrolet collision on Ferry Street caused by ice with Walter Faulk and Johnny Motes involved. A break‑in at Lewis Brown’s office yielded glass, desks, a safe and missing wallets and watches.
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Snead College
Boaz
Ala
Patricia Ann Bowling
Decatur
Bert Childs
Decatur Iron and Steel Co
2Nd St
Luther D. Hendrix
Gordon Dr
Ferry St
Church St
Walter J. Faulk
9Th St
Johnny W. Motes
Hartselle
Faulk
Lewis C
Pinkie) Brown
West
Hamilton
Ten Commandments Still Guide Moral Law, Says Reader
The Ten Commandments remain God’s moral law showing sin and our inability to meet it. The Cross fulfills the law by Christ taking the penalty and granting righteousness by faith. Salvation comes by grace, not by keeping the law, which acts as a mirror to reveal sin and guide faithful living after faith.
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P. E
Christ
World Christmas Peace Amid Cold War Events 1962
Christmas 1962 brought prayers for peace as Moscow offered good will while nuclear tests continued. Fidel Castro’s prisoners were freed and family reunifications promised in Cuba. Kennedy spent the holiday in Palm Beach with Mass and yacht cruises. Queen Elizabeth urged unity inspired by Telstar.
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Moscow
United States
Sweden
Seismological Observatory
Uppsala
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Viet Nam
Yemen
Congo
Berlin
India-China
John Diefenbaker
John XXIII
Vatican
Children’s Hospital
St. Peter's Square
Holy Land
Bethlehem
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
Caroline
John Jr
St. Edward's
British Commonwealth
Telstar
U.S
Phone Rebates May Be Quick
Southern Bell agrees to an early settlement after the Alabama Supreme Court ordered a refund of 13.77 million dollars for 1954 to 1958. The total refund to customers will depend on the company’s earnings on its investments. Frank Newton said the decision should be concluded promptly to serve Alabama customers.
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Birmingham
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Alabama Supreme Court
Alabama Public Service Commission
Frank Newton
Southern Bell
Alabama
Markets At A Glance Stocks Rise And Bonds Mixed
New York markets show moderate gains with higher stocks and mixed government bonds. Commodities include irregular cotton and mixed wheat, firm corn, steady oats, lower soybeans, hogs up to 25 cents, and slaughter steers steady to 25 cents lower with top prices noted.
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Chicago
After Christmas Clean-up Prices in Our Store
Christmas sale wrap up with clean-up prices on many items. Robin son’s adv. shows discounts on assorted merchandise.
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Robinson's
Kennedy's slow start delays tax talks and military review
President Kennedy begins post-Christmas conferences with a luncheon cruise on the Honey Fitz and a planned tax policy session delayed by fog. He will meet McNamara and the Joint Chiefs for a year end military review and budget look, while Mansfield leads the Treasury talks.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Honey Fitz
Mansfield
White House
Pierre Salinger
Soviet Union Accuses U S Embassy of Espionage in Moscow
The Soviet Union accused the U S Embassy in Moscow of spying and demanded it stop. U S Ambassador Foy D Kohler rejected the charge as unfounded and accused Russia of anti American press and TV campaigns.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
U. S
Foy D. Kohler
Kohler
Relatives Of Prisoners Can Sail Thursday
About a thousand Cubans relatives of Bay of Pigs captives freed before Christmas prepare to depart Cuba for south Florida on Thursday. Russians in Cuba also move toward home aboard the Admiral Nasimov, with Cuban officials warning of strict limits on what families may take. The voyage follows Castro approved exchanges for medicines and food totaling 53 million dollars. James Donovan, the U.S. negotiator, returns to a hero’s welcome as talks of further releases surface. See RELATIVES On Page 2.
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Havana
Bay of Pigs
United States
Miami
Fla
Florida
Cuba
Admiral Nasimov
Berlin
Nasimov
Fidel Castro
Port Everglades
Pan American World Airways
American Red Cross
Associated Press
Joe McGowan Jr
Pool
U.S
Manuel Artime
Artime
James B. Donovan
New York
Donovan
Castro
Alabama Toll Rises Over Christmas Weekend in Fatalities
The Associated Press reports Alabama’s Christmas weekend death toll reached 41 with two more traffic victims and a fatal fire. Traffic crashes killed 19 people from Friday evening to Tuesday, a fire killed Willie Pride 80 of a Colbert County community near Tuscumbia, and other accidents claimed five more lives. Pride’s house fire was blamed on an open grate stove with clothing catching fire as he tried to extinguish flames. A Birmingham man, Joe Paulk 66, was struck crossing a street in south west Birmingham. William Young 77 of Vina was fatally struck near the crest of a hill on Ala 172. Two fires accounted for four more deaths. State details continue on Page 2.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Willie Pride
Colbert County
Tuscumbia
James May
Pride
Joe, Paulk
Birmingham
William Young
Vina
Ala
Toll rises as Christmas weekend claims many lives
The four day Christmas period saw at least 632 traffic deaths and 820 total fatalities from accidents. Fires killed 105 people and 83 others died in non fire or traffic incidents amid severe cold. Auto deaths fell below pre weekend estimates.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
THE
Janice Coulter
Lorene Gilliahand
Tracy
Johnny Horn
Brother Frankie
Fred Horn
Nelson St
Night Beth Smith
Barbie
Ken
Billy Smith
Nelson St. SE
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Soviets
Nikolai G. Ignatov
Communist Party of the
Kazakhstan
Virgin Lands
Babson
Baltimore
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Union Memorial Hospital
Byrd
Hermosillo
Son
Mexico City
Sonora
William A. Beal
William Dudley Beal
Tucson
Detroit
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Nashville
Tunis
Habib Bourguiba
Robert D. Clark
National Safety Council
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