Segregation Battle Moves To New Front In South
The Associated Press reports escalating actions as Black and white protesters rally in Rock Hill and Atlanta. About 150 Negroes and one white man joined a SNCC effort in Rock Hill, while many arrestees refused bonds. Martin Luther King Jr. fights a four month sentence in Atlanta lunch counter case, asserting illegality and constitutional rights. Kennedy signals moral support amid national debate.
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S.C
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Mgr
Martin Luther King Jr
DeKalb County
King
Atlanta
U.S. Supreme Court
Jeff Davis Selected 100 Years Ago Today
Montgomery remembers Jefferson Davis selection as president of the Confederate States on the eve of 1861. Delegates from Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi and South Carolina formed a provisional congress, adopted a constitution February 7, 1861, and Davis arrived in Montgomery Feb. 10 to take the oath the next day. A reenactment of his inauguration February 18 is noted.
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Jefferson Davis
Confederate States of America
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Washington
Montgomery
Confederacy
Jeff Davis
State Farm Output Is Called Below Par
State Farm Output Is Called Below Par by Hollice Smith county editor Bellemina reports Auburn University Extension Service director criticized national surpluses contribution. Arch Masons meeting noted. Ladies Council of Central Christian Church to meet Monday at 7 p.m. at Katharine England home with Mae O Bar in charge. Diary on Page 2.
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Hollice Smith
Bellemina
Auburn University
Ladies Council
The
Central Christian Church
Katharine England
Mae O’bar
Alabama Farm Bureau Urges Full Use of Resources for Growth
Dr E T York told a District Farm Bureau meeting that Alabama must develop full potential and use all resources to raise per capita income and reach a $1 billion annual farm income by 1970. He cited Alabama's current income around $500 million and noted a 6 percent rise in 1960 potential to $1.3 billion, with cotton contributing $14 million more than trends. He urged an accelerated state wide educational program and Farm Bureau cooperation.
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E. T. York
Io Golte
Farm Bureau
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Walter Randolph
Question on Christian duty and family responsibility
A reader asks if active church work excuses neglect of family and selfish wealth. The author responds that no Christian should ignore family needs and cites the Bible condemning a provider who fails his household, noting uncertainty about the spouse’s perspective and urging reflection on jealousy or envy over church giving.
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L Ke
Weapons Probe In The Making
Washington AP report says a new congressional weapons inquiry is forming as Republicans challenge President Kennedy on missile gap claims. Senate leaders plan to summon the service chiefs around February 20 for the annual defense posture review.
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Washington
Kennedy
Prescott .Bush
R-Conn
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Service Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Robert S. McNamara
Styles Bridges
N. H
Dirksen
McNamara
Labor Department adds 25 center areas to unemployment list
The Labor Department designated 25 large districts as substantial unemployment areas highlighting a worsening jobless situation. A spokesman said the region’s condition is the worst since early World War II with St. Louis and Kansas City among those affected.
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Washington
Labor Department
St. Lewis
Kansas City
Kennedy urges Congress on elderly health insurance plan
President Kennedy asks Congress to approve a health insurance program for 14.2 million Americans aged 65 and older financed by Social Security taxes and new methods. Officials project rising costs with sizable proposed new appropriations budget impacts for the next two fiscal years.
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Marvin L. A. Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Senate
Eisenhower
Snowbound Tri-State Struggles Ease With Sunshine
Virginia Maryland and West Virginia dig out from record snowfall as sun and rising temperatures help. dozens of schools closed and two Virginia highway deaths linked to the storm. Roads remain largely impassable on secondary routes with continued snow and drifting.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Jefferson-Berkeley-Morgan County
Fic
Shenandoah Valley
Cumberland
Robert R. Golden
Hagerstown
Night Sky Forecast Mentions Moon Phases and Eclipse
Decatur skies report at 6 38 a m notes a total solar eclipse visible over several cities. The entry lists moonrise and new moon timings for February with references to France Italy Jugoslavia Bulgaria Roumania and Russia.
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Sarge
France
Italy
Jugoslavia
Bulgaria
Roumania
Russia
Weather and River Reading at Keller Memorial Bridge
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge reads 16.62 feet with a 1.09 foot 24 hour rise and sea level at 550.92 feet. Pickwick Lake at 408.0 inches shows a low of 32 degrees overnight. Today at 9:40 a.m. the temperature is 16 degrees with a forecast of mostly ice and warmer in the afternoon. Winds NW at 7 to 12 mph with a high near 47.
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Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Pickwick
Trial set for Raymond Brown in knife slayings
Ashland Alabama AP. A 15 year old Raymond Eugene Brown pleads innocent and not guilty by reason of insanity to three first degree murder charges in the knife slayings of three women relatives. Circuit Solicitor Frank Head discusses potential consolidation and death penalty considerations as trial approaches.
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Ashland
Ala
Raymond Eugene Brown
Circuit
Frank Head
Head
Sam McKay
Sub Sighted Near Coast
The Navy reported a sighting near the coast but would not identify the report source or exact position. Air Force Gen. Laurence S. Kuter, at a San Diego news conference, said the unidentified submarine was about 40 miles off a major U S base near Norfolk Virginia.
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Washington
Navy
Pentagon
Air Force
Laurence S. Kuter
San Diego
Calif
Norfolk
Kuter
North American Air Defense
First Graders Use Geometry To Learn Reading In Coffeeville
In Coffeeville Alabama first graders at Dear Ol Coffeeville El study geometry as a path to arithmetic and literacy. Principal Kornegay says the program began after Stanford research and aims to teach lines triangles and angles while boosting reading and vocabulary. Parents admit limited geometry knowledge but see students drawing lines forming triangles and learning to read write and count through geometric lessons.
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Coffeeville
Ala
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Coffeeville el
PTA
Kornegay
Standford University
California
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