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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1963
Page
1
The Commerce Department granted conditional licenses worth 40.6 million dollars for U S wheat to Russia. Two licenses of 20.32 million dollars each were issued Thursday to two unnamed American firms, leaving the final deal uncertain.
Police logged multiple crashes on Royal Dr and nearby intersections. Pelsons describe a Davis vehicle skidding into Vaughn at U S 31 at 7 29 am and a 5 15 pm exchange at 10th Ave 9th St SE. Also a 6 40 am crash at 6th Ave NE and Holly St NE involving Earl Barbrey and Hershall Nichols. See DIARY on Page 2. The article also covers U S grain sales licenses to the Soviet Union under conditions. shipments may proceed if terms are agreed, with payment and shipping issues cited as key sticking points.
Anti American demonstrators smashed all first three floor windows of the U S legation in Sofia with icicles and ice chunks. Four American cars were overturned as police slowly cleared the crowd. The protest centered on alleged CIA spying by former Bulgarian diplomat Ivan Georgiev, once a U N delegate.
The discussion asks how God’s hardening of Pharaoh’s heart and the ensuing plagues fit love and justice. The speaker argues God and Pharaoh both influence hearts. Pharaoh hardens himself, while God permits or reinforces a rebellious stance. History shows humanity as chooser of God’s laws and consequences. today, hearing versus hardening remains the issue.
In Atlanta a new civil rights tactic arose during a Municipal Court hearing for the wife of comedian Dick Gregory and two other Black women arrested in a Toddle House sit in. They faced anti trespass charges. their attorney argued they were stockholders in the owning firm and thus not trespassers. Bond was set at 100 dollars each and Gregory traveled from Chicago for the session.
Moore-Handley Inc plans a 40 000 square foot steel and concrete block distribution center on land owned by L N Railroad at Sixth Street and Fourth Avenue SE. The project costing about 170000 will be financed under the Cater Industrial Act with a 21 year lease back to the firm and bond support by the Industrial Development Board of Decatur. The facility will employ about twenty people and serve industrial customers and merchants in a growing trade area.
Thieves cracked a half ton safe at Williams Auto Parts on 131 4th Ave NE and took more than $1,000 cash and undetermined checks. Two acetylene tanks and a card board shield blocked a torch glow while entry was gained through a rear door. investigators place the time window after 6 p.m. and before 7:15 a.m. The scene showed cash targeted while other drawers and desks remained untouched.
President Johnson briefing on the Cyprus crisis intensifies preparations for two day talks with West Germany Chancellor Ludwig Erhard. CIA Director John McCone met Johnson at the ranch with early breakfast briefing and a committee formed to study foreign aid reforms.
A post holiday sale at Robinson's on 2nd Avenue features discounted merchandise and special offers as customers shop for clearance items after Christmas.
New York buyers push stocks higher in selective gains while bonds trade quietly. Cotton shows irregular activity as Chicago wheat firms on short covering and corn and oats move mixedly. Soybeans stay mostly firm with short covering. hog prices slip 50 cents to $1 with a top of 15.75. slaughter steers fall 25 to 50 cents with a top of 23.60.
A Negro student admitted to all white Auburn University faces denial of dormitory housing and seeks federal court relief. A hearing is set for 10 a.m. Monday before U.S. District Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. in Montgomery.
British patrols moved through Nicosia to keep peace as Greek Turkish forces clash in a five day crisis. A British soldier was wounded in Larnaca while patrols faced language barriers hindering joint Greek Turkish operations. Archbishop Makarios urged public cooperation to aid restoration of order.
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