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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1961
Page
1
Price M Bryant said Jan 1 is no penalty deadline for ad valorem tax payments if mailed or postmarked by that date. The office, closed Jan 1, opens Saturdays 8 30 to noon. Other items include traffic charges from Recorder's docket, a drunkenness arrest, a false alarm, and local animal shelter numbers.
In the middle ages December 6 marked St Nicholas Day with festive bishop elections and toys. The name Santa Claus arose in America, linked to Longfellow in 1828. Parents must decide whether to tell children about him in light of Romans 14.
A 16 year old Lawrence County High School athlete Weldon Naylor of Moulton died in a three vehicle crash on Alabama Highway 33 near Moulton. Three other men from Danville and Moulton were seriously injured as investigators sorted details.
A car on Highway 20 skidded into a canal near Lakeside High School killing Marvin Stover at the scene. Passenger James Edward Wallace died later at Decatur General Hospital after the crash during winter weather. Autopsy shows Stover died of a heart attack before impact.
Alabama faces a growing fiscal bind as deficit financing expands beyond car and house debts for families. From 1950 to 1961 the state's debt rises from about 30 million to 450 million with debt service over 20 million yearly, prompting top officials to urge restraint to avoid cash shortfalls.
President Kennedy reportedly approves a new farm program aimed at boosting farm income and modernizing with the 1960s. Orville Freeman said the plan has general presidential approval and will be revealed in a special agriculture message to Congress and in the State of the Union. Freeman traveled from Washington to Palm Beach to discuss farm issues with Kennedy.
In Vientiane the vain effort to form a neutralist coalition government among Princes Souphanouvong Souvanna Phouma and Boun Oum collapsed. Souphanouvong returned to Plaine des Jarres after Boun Oum refused a third time to meet. Souvanna offered no clear stance on negotiations while relations among the princes remained cordial but unproductive.
Navy cadet Bob Hecht visits Jackson Mississippi with student Marguerite Richmond as he ponders if Southern or Northern girls are fairer during a five day stay. Hecht, quarterback who helped beat Army, pursued Miss Richmond after a Clinton midshipman sparked the bet.
Federal civil rights group NAACP faces final arguments on an injunction in Alabama. Roy Wilkins denies any in state operations since the injunction, saying the organization functioned in Alabama for almost 40 years. The state seeks proof of registration and potential illegal activity, while Wilkins calls the record of long distance calls a threat to association rights.
The Associated Press notes near zero readings in Kentucky and Tennessee with frost in Florida and a broad cold front across the eastern half of the nation. The Weather Bureau predicts a warming trend but frost or freezing temperatures may reach southern Florida tonight.
Mrs Woodrow Wilson widow of the President who helped shape the League of Nations died at her Washington townhouse. She was 89 and had been in failing health for over a month, dying Thursday night on the 105th anniversary of her husband’s birth after a respiratory ailment and long heart issues. She cared for her husband until his 1924 death.
The area is under a sharp icy touch from a cold snap with a low of 14 degrees this morning at 6 30 a m and a high near 30 degrees. Additional cold is expected today with a 37 degree forecast and a 22 degree reading at 10 a m. Tonight stays cold with a low around 21 and Saturday's high near 45. After Christmas sale ad from Robinsons on Second Ave.
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