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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1962
Page
1
Railroader Charles Layman 95 at Flint City hospitalized with a broken hip after a fall. Police report thefts at Gateway Shopping Center and gas theft from a 1951 Chrysler. Docket lists overparking and drunkenness charges, plus driving record issues. Fire destroys a house on Walnut Street. Lodge and Masonic meeting announced. Building permits issued for homes and signs. Curb Market appears Saturday morning with various foods and goods.
Wallace endorsement ends months of speculation about Alabama speaker race. Brewer, 34, hails from Montgomery and pledges support to the Wallace administration. He will face organizational session prep as education and tax policy loom.
Dr Frances O Kelsey appointed director of the investigational drug branch as part of an FDA reorganization to five divisions. The move follows stronger federal authority after thalidomide concerns, with the new unit evaluating proposed human tests and ensuring safety and effectiveness before marketing.
The author argues that condemning others for using the Lord's name in vain while doing so themselves shows either deep confusion or hypocrisy. If deliberate, it is a serious sin beyond mere error. if not aware, it may reflect ignorance and warrants prayer for awareness and consideration of impact.
Moulton Council voted five to zero to suspend two officers Calvin White and Hoyt Hill for 15 days effective December 27 for illegal possession and sale of fireworks. Police Chief May led the action after reports that they sold fireworks to a local store and teens alerted officials.
Limestone County agents advocate planting pines on idle land to boost wealth and provide jobs. The Tennessee Valley Authority publication notes pine forests support 10 new jobs per 1000 acres and yield about one cord per acre annually.
About 99.3 acres on Meadus Road in southwest Decatur were bought by the city and county for 43650 dollars. The Coliseum Board led by E. K. Henson will draft plans for property use. Mayor Gilmer Blackburn notes the 1963 Morgan County Fair may be held there and possible structures include a coliseum, armory, race track, park, and kiddie land.
New York AP reports quiet trading in stocks with mixed bonds, stronger corporate issues. Commodities show irregular cotton, wheat up slightly, corn steady, oats weak, soybeans firm on speculative buying. Hog prices fall 25 to 50 cents to a top of $17, slaughter steers steady to down as high as $30.
Exiled Cuban leaders and survivors of the 1961 Bay of Pigs release reunited in Miami as talk of new anti-C Castro action grows. Manuel Artime and others met President Kennedy in Palm Beach, who plans to attend a ceremony at the Orange Bowl honoring the brigade. The Cuban Families Committee says more relatives are arriving and a new boatload may follow.
Katanga forces opened fire on U.N. troops in Elisabethville and refused Tshombe’s cease fire. Seven U.N. soldiers were wounded. U.N. Congo operations chief Gardiner said U.N. forces did not return fire.
President Kennedy opens welfare budget review with Kermit Gordon taking the oath as Budget Bureau director on Kennedy’s Palm Beach patio. Anthony Celebrezze Wilbur Cohen and Francis Keppel accompany, signaling emphasis on education and expanded federal aid for schools and training.
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