Several 1962 cases tee up in Decatur Police Court actions
Mrs. Howard Odell remains in Hartselle Hospital after surgery. The Recorder’s docket lists 53 charges with disorderly conduct leading at 12, plus assorted traffic and vagrancy offenses. Morgan County deputies report four arrests on public intoxication and one for driving without a license. City activities paused on New Year’s Day but to resume tomorrow. no fires reported. In a separate incident Ollie Cohen says her husband Travis discharged a gun during handling, injuring her left side.
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Morgan County Sheriff's Force
Decatur
City Hall
City Commission
Baugh- Wiley-Smith Hospital
Ollie B. Cohen
Newcomb St
Travis
Kennedy and Khrushchev Exchange New Year Peace Hopes
President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev exchanged New Year greetings hoping for peace in 1962. The Kennedys hosted a black tie dinner at the Wrightsman home with friends and diplomats, including David Ormsby Gore, as the couple planned quiet time and weekend work on defense matters.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Ocean
Charles B. Wrightsman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Pentagon
Jacqueline
Wrightsman
Jane
Kennedys
David Ormsby Gore
Washington
Fire Kills 5 Youths Over New Year Weekend
A weekend of deadly accidents raises Alabama's death toll to 16. Five children died in a Chil Auburn home fire on Sunday night including Dorothy Ann Smith and Mary E. Smith. Four youths perished in a Selma highway crash. The incidents, plus a fatal gun accident Friday night, prompted an AP roundup of accidental deaths from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Chilersburg
Selma
Clinton Perkins
Dorothy Ann Smith
Mary E. Smith
James Arthur Foster
Billington Parker
Max C. Hardy
Frances Hardy
Perkins
Walter Evans Jr
Lorraine
Pensacola
Fla
Bobby Jean Mack
Lois Crume
Alabama Highway Patrol
Evans
Walter Sr
Erick M. Glover
Hartford
Five Charged With Theft Of Gas In Moulton
Police report five youths and men charged with petit larceny for stealing gasoline from a truck at Charlie Aldridge's gun shop about 8 p m Sunday. Suspects include Gerald Young 22 from Grand Rapids Minnesota Ray Rutherford 20 Arthur Rutherford 18 Billy Mack Jenkins 16 of Lawrence County and Billy Joe Melson 18 from Mississippi.
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Moulton
Louis Aldridge
Charlie Aldridge
Aldridge
Gerald Young
Grand Rapids
Minn
Ray Rutherford
Arthur Junior Rutherford
Billy Mack Jenkins
Lawrence County
Billy Joe Melson
Mississippi
Why worship God if He does not demand it
The answer states worship arises from awe and love for God, not obligation. Humans feel reverence for supreme authority, and recognizing a higher superior is part of wisdom. Worship stems from adoration, joy, and the sense of majesty felt by believers.
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F. A
Ani
Why Cause Big Stink Moulton Cat in Stove
Chief Deputy Clarence Harris and Deputy Calvin White answered a 7 pm call to help a man remove a pole cat trapped in a Speake Community stove. They advised letting the animal exit on its own to avoid a disturbance as the cat was bedded in the back of the electric stove and no one was home.
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Moulton
Clarence’ Harris
Calvin White
Harris
Rusk Sees Room For Confidence In 1962
Secretary of State Dean Rusk expressed cautious optimism for 1962 saying the United States will seek constructive contacts with the Soviet Union to pursue agreements on Berlin and related issues. He warned crises may arise from decolonization and Cold War pressures, noting new nations do not join the Sino-Soviet bloc and predicting possible moderation in the Congo but Laos coalition talks remain unsettled.
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Rusk
United States
Soviet Union
Berlin
Congo
Laos
Snow falls across nation as cold air sweeps south
Snow and rain dampened New Year’s arrival in the eastern half of the United States with cold air dipping into Georgia, the Carolinas, and Alabama. Fresh snow appeared in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, with over an inch in Fort Payne Alabama. Temperatures fell to the 30s in snow areas and the 40s in southern states. Miami registered 69. Light snow touched the northeastern Plains and Great Lakes as frigid air spread south and east.
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Southland
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Fort Payne
Ala
Decatur
Miami
Plains
Great Lakes Region
Ohio Valley
Midwest
Optimistic Air Covers World
The new year opens with guarded optimism as leaders pledge for peace in 1962. Khrushchev promises to avoid war while Kennedy eyes improved U S Soviet ties. both sides report hopeful notes amid a clouded world outlook.
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Khrushchev
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fila
Kremlin
Trud
Something New and Pet Doctor features debut in Decatur Daily
William Ledger won $10 for asking What makes your heart tick and Gayle Carmody won a pet care book for asking Can dogs eat pork and pork bones The two new features appear six times a week in The Decatur Daily and run on page 14 and page 11 respectively
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William Ledger
Gayle Carmody
Gayetteville
N.Y
Decatur Daily
Army Captains Hunted After Lebanon Coup Attempt
In Lebanon, security forces hunted two army captains suspected of leading a failed coup against the government. The uprising began near midnight with an attack on the Defense Ministry in Beirut and hostages taken, including a presidential cousin, before the plot was crushed and captains fled. The PPS group behind the effort faced arrests as clashes ensued and deaths occurred.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Defense Ministry
Fuad Chehab
Popular Social Party
PPS
Abdullah Saade
Saade
Missing Limestone Resident Dead Near Pisgah School
ATHENS William Tallent 47 was found dead about 11 30 a m Sunday in a sage grass field two miles east of Pisgah School Neighbors last saw him Christmas night Limestone Coroner M W Bud dy Evans ruled death from exposure Found by Charles and Guy Jennings in the bird hunting field Sister Mrs Carl Downs identified the body Funeral services set for 10 a m Tuesday at an undecided location Rainey s Funeral Home Ardmore handles arrangements
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Athens
William Tallent
Pisgah School
Tallent
Limestone
M. W
Buddy” Evans
Charles
Guy Jennings
Car! Downs
Rainey
Ardmore
Woman Shot At Birthday Party In Decatur
A 22 year old Negro woman Dorothy Jean Stegal and her sister Ida Lee Caldwell were shot at a birthday party at 612 15th Ave NW. The suspects are Jeff Stegal, Dorothy’s husband, and no arrests had been made as of this morning. The wounded woman was reported to be stable at Decatur General Hospital.
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Decatur General Hospital
Dorothy Jean Stegal
Walnut St
Ida Lee Caldwell
Stegal
Jeff Stegal
Ernest Bowman
Police Department
15Th Ave
January Clearance at Robinson's Slashes Prices
Our great January Clearance features deep price cuts at Robinson's. Savings are highlighted across departments as shoppers chase value.
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