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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1962
Page
2
The report notes a Tuesday January 2 timeline with sunset at 4 49 p m and sunrise at 6 55 a m. It lists New Moon on January 6 and Earth at perihelion at 91 346 000 miles with Saturn and Jupiter setting in the early evening.
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge reads 16.82 feet with a 0.08 decline in 24 hours and sea level at 551.12 feet. Temperatures range from 3 to 42 degrees with 31 degrees current. Forecast calls for clearing this afternoon, a fair and colder night with freezing temperatures, and a sunny cool Tuesday with northerly winds 10 to 18 mph. Highs 38 to 40, lows 22.
Temperatures in Alabama will average 5 to 8 degrees below normal with little day to day change after the start of the period. Normal highs run 50 to 62 degrees and lows 30 to 41. Rainfall is light or none, with any slight showers expected Thursday or Thursday night.
The community mourns the death of Mrs. Bertha Adams of Belle Mina who passed away at 5 o'clock this morning. Her daughter Mrs. Early Morgan shared the news as friends and relatives remember her.
The world rang in 1962 with festive crowds from Times Square to Paris while Britain froze under heavy snow and Berlin faced rain and the wall’s presence. In Madrid crowds ate grapes for luck, Italy tossed objects into the street, and in Algeria terrorists rejected holiday calm with grenades and bombs.
The National Safety Council reports 203 traffic deaths by Sunday during a 78 hour New Year period. Total toll 295 with 53 in fires and 39 in miscellaneous accidents. If trends hold, road deaths would be a three day record low.
A statement notes that for every person who dies in a US car crash, about 35 others are injured or permanently disabled, highlighting the broader human cost of traffic fatalities in the nation.
A medical facility roster lists residents and their addresses including Mrs Sim Price 1015 Grant St and Mrs Ramon Knighten 1803 Locust St along with William H. Fairley 1301 First St SW John R Sharpe 1615 Jackson St and several others across Savannah Montgomery Moulton and Athens. The document records names together with street routes and city locales.
The notice lists numerous admissions and dismissals including Edward Leo Shelton Hanceville Jackie Ray Ellenburg Cullman Mrs Bessie Lancaster Cullman Mrs Vinnie Wooten Arley 2 Mrs Wallace John Freeman Cullman 1 Mrs Kenneth M Henry Cullman Paul Fredrick Spinks Garden City and more with names addresses and localities across Cullman Vinemont Holly Pond Addison Somerville Decatur Trinity Ardmore and River Rouge noting continued coverage from page 1. The document also references Laos outlook and South Viet Nam statements amid ongoing regional tensions and a Berlin crisis note.
President Kennedy urges strengthening the foundation of world peace in 1962 as Soviet leaders express hope for steps to reduce military danger. White House says Kennedy will attend a fund raising dinner in Columbus, Ohio after Palm Beach. The discussions emphasize West Berlin as a key vested interest and pledge determined action to protect it.
Families from Cullman and Decatur report several newborns. A daughter born December 29 at Cullman Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Buel Laney Vine mont. A daughter born December 29 at A Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. William Daily 2220 1th St SE. A girl born Sunday at Decatur General Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Knighten 1803 Locust St SE. A boy born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hightower 924 Austin St. A girl born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sims Jr. 1005 8th Ave. A girl born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Devaney Madison 3 at Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital. A daughter born December 29 at Decatur General Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Henry Cullman.
The government distributes a 48 page booklet titled Fallout Protection What to Know and Do About Nuclear Attack detailing death from blast and fire and planning for community shelters and low cost home shelters. It notes five megaton yield comparisons and the need for stockpiling food and a metal pail for waste disposal.
Funeral services for James Edward Buddy Wallace age 4 of 519 4th St NW will be Tuesday at 11 am from Oak Ridge Methodist Church with burial in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Gunthorp Brown Service Funeral Home directs. Pallbearers include Floyd Johnson Flavis Suggs Richard Hyde Clinton King Byrd Sparkman and Jim McCullouch. Wallace died Friday at Decatur General Hospital after a Plymouth plunged into a canal near Lakeside High School on Wednesday.
Mrs. Sarah E. Clark 79 Hillsboro died 1 45 p m Sunday at home Funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday Morris Chapel Methodist Church Lawrence County with Revs James Hood and Irvin Hagood Burial Morris Chapel Cemetery Highsmith Funeral Home Russellville directing She was widow of Robert F Clark former Lawrence County Board of Education member Member Baptist Church Survived by six daughters six sons one son Fletcher Clark Hillsboro four brothers and 27 grandchildren 39 great grandchildren
Hollywood mourns 75 year old defense attorney Jerry Giesler who died at his Beverly Hills home after a long battle with heart illness. Once Hollywood’s premier criminal lawyer, he represented stars in high profile passions cases and publicized his tough, no nonsense approach to controversial trials. His career waned after 1959 due to recurring heart attacks.
Yves Lanvin asserts that perfume stimulates the nervous system and can intensify moods or create them, reflecting his view on scent influencing emotion.
Five traffic mishaps were investigated Sunday by city police, all with property damage only. Drivers included Frank C. Wallace and Mrs. J. E. Chappell in a Grant Street collision, Basil Roberts and Raymond Bradford on 6th Avenue, John Grimshaw backing into a parked car, Evelyn Howell and Elijah Gray Jr in a 6th Avenue SE rear end, and Frank Lanier rolling back into a parked car near the Princess Theater.
Athens Limestone County schools will reopen Tuesday after the Christmas holidays.
Cullman deputies reported six arrests in the weekend roundup including two for intoxication. Two more were for highway intoxication. One suspect each was cited for driving while intoxicated and violating the prohibition law.
Twenty five arrests were made by the sheriff's force Dec. 25 31. Public drunkenness led with nine cases followed by five for illicit liquor violations three for possession of prohibited fireworks three for no driver's license and one each for manslaughter reckless driving driving while intoxicated burglary and false pretense.
The Malayan government appoints U S Professor W T Philips to head the Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister's Department, signaling a shift in strategic economic guidance.
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