Drivers Get New Caution
The National Safety Council warned against drinking and driving and speeding for conditions during the New Year weekend. It cited that over half of fatal accidents involve driving too fast for conditions and about 38 percent involve drinking drivers. AP tallies estimate 420 to 480 potential deaths over the period, with prior holiday totals showing 646 traffic deaths over Christmas and 838 total fatalities.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Alabama PSC Orders Refund Limit On Southern Bell Local Rates
Public Service Commission of Alabama issues a formal order restricting refunds to residential customers of Southern Bell Telephone Co. local exchange rates. A hearing is set for Jan. 4, 1963 to determine refunds and rates for 1954-58 and 1958 to the effective date, excluding business customers and long distance charges. The order follows an Alabama Supreme Court limit of 6.2 percent return on investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Public Service Commission
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Alabama Supreme Court
Southern Bell
Commission
Suspect in Grimes case confesses complicating Marked murders
Chicago detectives report a possible confession by Lawless detailing the 6 year old Grimes girl murders. He describes abducting two girls, undressing them, and disposing of evidence before fleeing across the country. Authorities weigh whether the tale matches Patricia Grimes and the case remains unsolved despite ongoing investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Detroit
Chicago
Lawless
Patricia
Los Angeles
John A. Tidyman
Grimes
Weather and Sky Watch: Jupiter Shines Over Decatur
Decatur Weather shows sunset at 4 46 p m and sunrise 6 55 a m on Sunday. Moonset is 8 48 p m with Jupiter bright near the Moon as the planet will depart the evening sky in late February.
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Jupiter
Earth
River gauge drops at Keller Memorial Bridge Friday
Tennessee River reading Friday night at Keller Memorial Bridge fell 0.37 feet to 16.48 feet with a sea level reading of 550.78. Forecast calls for cloudy mild day and night with rain and a low around 4 degrees at 8 25 p m.
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Keller Memorial Bridge
State Oil Field Record Is Set
The Citronelle Oil Field in Mobile exceeds prior yearly drilling marks with 62 producing wells, totaling 355 for the year. State official Lamoreaux notes pace outstrips the past two years and beats 1959’s 61 record, as 70 percent more development wells are drilled locally amid a national drop. One acre soil yields up to 50,000 earthworms.
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Mobile
Citronelle
Philip E. Lamoreaux
Big North
Mobile County
Alabama
Citronell
GE offers tube factory to Anniston as Christmas gift
Anniston city commissioners accepted a 1.9 million offer from General Electric for its tube making plant on the city’s southern outskirts. L. Berkley Davis of Owensboro Kentucky, GE official, cited years of good community relations and the decision came after the plant’s announced closing due to competitive pressure.
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Anniston
Ala
General Electric
Alabama
L. Berkley Davis
Owensboro
Electronic Components
Davis
Chamber plans finance drive for Well Street site
Chamber director Chamber Bill Hubbard will lead a finance campaign set to begin March 1. Charles Parker of the Housing Authority notes the Chamber parcel is the second to be bought in the Well Street Area while the federal government has purchased a site for a federal building with construction to start late February or early March. A third parcel is being sold to Morgan County for parking and future building use, with no timetable for the Chamber building. The planned Chamber building centers on a main hall with two entrances, offices on the south, an exhibition area, two conference rooms and a board room on the north, plus some parking.
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Charles Parker
The
Housing Authority
Chamber
Well Street
Parker
Morgan County
Funeral Services Held for Robert P. Tyler
Robert P. Tyler age 66 of Kalama Michigan will be laid to rest at Harmony Baptist Church in a 2 30 p m service conducted by Rev Bill Harrison.
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Moulton
Robert P. Tyler
Kalama
Mich
Harmony Baptist Church
Bill Harrison
Mrs Ora Braidfoot Rites Held in Birmingham
Mrs Ora Young Braidfoot 65 of Birmingham died Friday at Keyton Hospital. A Lawrence County native, she lived in Birmingham most of her life. Burial in Mount Pleasant cemetery, Franklin County. Elliott-Brown Service Chapel in charge. Survived by one sister Mrs R W Murphy two nieces one nephew and one grandson.
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Moulton
Ora Young Braidfoot
Birmingham
Elliott-Brown
Keyton Hospital
Lawrence County
James B. Young
Mount Pleasant
Franklin County
R. W. Murphy
Birth announced for Jones family at Decatur General
A son was born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Jones at Decatur General Hospital 1302 River View Ave SE. The item about hamburgers notes their origin with the Russian Tartars and sailors from Hamburg introducing it to the Western world.
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W. R. Jones
River View Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Hamburg
Two Bound In Limestone Deaths At Athens
In Limestone County Court Judge D L Rosenal Jr bound over two defendants to await grand jury action. Edward Bonner 31 Athens Negro faces first degree murder in the Etoy Jones shotgun killing. Wiley Junior Broughm Morgan County Negro is charged with leaving the scene of an accident after a wreck near Pryor Field that killed Samuel S Lappin of Cincinnati Ohio. John Henry Woods also faces a first degree murder charge with a Friday preliminary hearing set. Seventeen other cases were heard including licenses drunkenness reckless driving and speeding. Six defendants failed to appear and warrants were issued.
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Athens
Limestone County
D. L. Rosenal, Jr
Edward Bonner
Wiley Junior Broughm
Morgan County
Bonner
Broughm
Etoy Jones
Pryor Field
Samuel S. Lappin
Cincinnati
Ohio
John Henry Woods
Rosenal
Strange New Year Ritual Burns Past in Atlanta Church
In Atlanta Grace Methodist Church on New Year’s Eve about 2000 members burn slips of paper containing their darkest thoughts. Under Dr Cecil Myers guidance they drop the slips into the altar fire serving as a personal covenant with God to rid themselves of burdens for the new year. The ritual began over 15 years ago by Dr Charles Allen who advocated psychological methods to aid self renewal.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
Grace Methodist
Cecil Myers
God
Myers
Charles Allen
Mary Hogan
Allen
Houston
Tex
First Methodist Church
U.N. Forces Use Narrow Escalation in Katanga Clashes
United Nations in New York reported its Congo mission ordered to take necessary action in self defense to restore order after Katangan police attacks on Elisabethville roadblocks. Secretary-General U Thant and aides reviewed Katanga reports amid a Christmas Eve clash and power and water cuts.
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Katanga
U.N
United Nations
New York
U Thant
Congo
Gardiner
Elisabethville
Youth in Japan Stabbed Soldier Near Camp Zama
In Sagamihara Japan a 17 year old youth was charged with stabbing and wounding American soldier Spec 4 J R Pitts 22 of North Little Rock Arkansas three times in the back and once in the stomach Pitts was treated and listed in very satisfactory condition A second U S soldier Spec 4 Robert T Graves of Beaumont Texas was involved but not wounded The incident arose after a quarrel with two Japanese youths near Camp Zama and the minor suspect was arrested ten hours later Names of minors are not disclosed under Japanese law
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Sagamihara
Japan
J. R. Pitts
East 8Th St
North Little Rock
Ark
U.S
Pitts
Spec
Robert T. Graves
Parry Street
Beaumont
Tex
U.S. Army Medical Command
Zama
Graves
Camp Zama
U.S. Army
Top Liar Is Selected Top Liar Is Selected
Williamsport Ohio resident Lewis earned the title of World Champion Liar of 1962 after an odd weather tale by the Burlington Liars Club. The club praised the boastful award while noting its credibility is as flimsy as its stories.
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Burlington, Wis
Williamsport
Ohio
Burlington Liars Club
Lewis
Strike Talks Are Off Again in New York Papers
Federal mediator Stephen S. Schlossberg halted CN negotiations for the New York printers strike as unions and publishers trade sharp statements. In Cleveland the two daily papers face a fifth week of walkouts over working conditions and security amid ongoing talks. Labor Secretary Wirtz, visiting New York for a separate port dispute, has no plan to intervene in the newspapers talks.
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NEW York
Stephen S. Schlossberg
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Schlossberg
Cleveland
the Plain Dealer
American Newspaper Guild
Cleveland Press
Scripps- Howard
W. Willard Wirtz
Basement Wall Collapse Kills Five in Maryland Store
A basement wall under construction at a suburban Maryland department store collapsed on Friday. Five workers died and 11 were injured as earth timber and steel crushed the site near the University of Maryland. Crews searched rubble hours after the incident while three workers escaped. Foreman Thomas Shanebrook said tie rods were being placed through a 17 foot wooden form for a concrete wall when a 20 foot embankment beside the form caved in and toppled the wall.
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Washington
Maryland
University of Maryland
Thomas Shanebrook
Exiled Cubans Rally Behind Kennedy After Palm Beach Meeting
Cuban invaders praised President Kennedy as a rallying point after meeting him in Palm Beach. Douglas Aguilera and Enrique Ruiz Williams spoke of high morale and plans to return to Cuba for support. The Orange Bowl ceremony, to be televised by ABC, drew attention amid talks on freeing 21 Americans in Cuba.
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Cuba
Douglas L. Aguilera
Enrique Ruiz Williams
Palm Beach
Kennedy
ABC
NBC
CBS
U.S
United States
Local Dismissals List From Decatur and Surroundings
A readable roster lists multiple dismissals and addresses including Harris Ballinger of Somerville and Luke Presley Henson of Decatur. Other names appear with street details such as 276th Ave SE and 1302 Riverview Ave SE along with university box numbers and several Decatur entries.
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Harris Ballinger
Somerville
James L. Jones
Ave
Luke Presley Henson
Decatur
Patrick Allen- Alexander
Gordon Cheatham
Morgan Ave
Opal Boschung
University of Alabama
Vinson J. Roy
Beech St
Patricia Ann Miles
Ith Ave
Patricia Chumley
Park St
Martha Byford
Obituary Notices Include Keenum Hicks Carter Garret Murphy
Mrs Mildred Keenum Danville Mrs Emma Hicks Moulton Master Thomas Allen Carter Mooresville Master Russell Patton Carter Mrs Brenda Garrett infant girl Decatur Mrs Tommy Murphy Shacey s Spring 1.
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Mildred Keenum
Danville
Emma
Hicks
Moulton
Thomas Allen Carter
Mooresville
Russell Patton Carter
Brenda Garrett
Decatur
Tommy Murphy
Shacey
Paint sales reach four hundred million gallons yearly
A report notes that about 400 million gallons of paint are sold to amateur painters each year, reflecting strong DIY activity and broad consumer demand for home improvement supplies.
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Decatur Daily
Amy Countey
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
MAIL
McC Electric
Ulloch
Penneys Anniversary
Bobby
London
British Isles
Europe
Mediterranean
River Decatur
Decatur and Vicinity
Albany
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Denver
Des Moines
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Socaee
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. Paul
New Orleans
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland
Ore
Richmond
St. Louis
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Winnipeg
Yule
Bill Hubbard
Mrs. Ora Braidfoot
Port Everglades
Fla
Decatur General Admissions
Ernest L. Slaten
William W. Jones
Riverview Ave
Carvers
Lecatur
Olid Moulton Rd
Decatur Transit
Chuck Wagon
Decatur’s Finest
Second Ave
Dial
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