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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 01, 1963

Page

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Katanga Leader Tshombe Near Kolwezi In UN Crisis

Katanga President Moise Tshombe moved his remnants to Kolwezi amid a UN demand for surrender or face destruction. The U.N. set a two week window for reconciliation talks as Thant urged a Congo solution and negotiations with Tshombe's camp remained fragile. Sheriff's deputies reported multiple Monday arrests on varying charges.

Robin P. Mannock Leopoldville the Congo Katanga Moise Tshombe Kolwezi United Nation Congo Legion Elisabethville Tshome U.N Britain Rhodesia U Thant New York Congo Thant Tshombe Cyrille Adoula Paul-Henri Spaak Spaak United Nations

Disturbance Reported On 4th Ave NW And Vandalism At Suggs Grocery

Police were called Monday night to 305 4th Ave NW for a disturbance. Earlier the same day at 212 W Moulton St officers spoke with F N Suggs owner of Suggs Grocery about weekend BB gun damage to three store windows and a cracked one.

4Th Ave W. Moulton St Suggs Grocery F. N. Suggs

New Year Celebrations Around World Amid Bitter Cold

New York welcomed 1963 with a 300000 crowd in Times Square amid 11 below zero wind chills as Tokyo hosted vast shrine gatherings and Moscow's Khrushchev urged peaceful coexistence. Meiji Shrine drew 330000 and 400000 visited four shrines. An imperial palace greeting was anticipated in Japan. Khrushchev sent New Year wishes to President Kennedy and the American people.

Associated Press New York Times Square Japan Tokyo Meiji Shrine Imperial Palace Moscow Khrushchev Soviet Union Kennedy

Four New Year Babies Born in Area Hospitals

A son to Mr and Mrs Leonard Tucker Athens 6 born at 3 35 a m today at Athens Limestone Hospital first in four county area and a girl to Mr and Mrs Edwin Trowbridge born at 8 43 a m at Decatur General Hospital first Morgan County birth of the year Two more New Year Day births reported a boy to Mr and Mrs Felix Bates born at 6 40 a m at Athens Limestone Hospital and a second boy to Mr and Mrs W B Crysel born at 9 43 a m at Decatur General Hospital

Leonard Tucker Athens Athens-Limestone Hospital Tucker Morgan County Edwin Trowbridge Decatur General Hospital Felix Bates Athens- Limestone Hospital W. B. Crysel Area Law

Ruth as history not fiction in biblical record

The article argues the Book of Ruth is not fiction, noting its non fictional writing style and its trustworthiness as history referenced by other Bible passages. It contends the Bible fits historical schemes and offers lasting hope beyond what fiction provides.

Jesus David Obed Ruth G.J

Guns Take Lives In State Over New Year Holiday

Three fatal firearms accidents and a highway wreck push Alabama New Year toll to nine. Guilty youth include Gary Bennett Graham 12 Florence shot while hunting with family. Mickie Jenkins 12 Duncanville shot in deer hunt near Tuscaloosa. eight year old William James Turner 8 Orrville injured in home shotgun accident. A driver Ellison Gaines Brady 22 Chickasaw drowned after car left road into Three Mile Creek. friend David L King assisted in search. A painter Robert Smith Irwin 40s Iron City Tenn died after a 70 foot fall from a bridge. No others killed in traffic.

Gary Bennett Graham Florence Young Graham B. H. McBride 8Th St. SE Mickie Jenkins Duncanville Tuscaloosa Jenkins Mickie William James Turner Orrville Selma Bailey K. Green William Henry Lee Turner Ellison Gaines Brady Chickasaw Three-Mile Creek Brady David L Trafic Robert Smith Irwin Iron City Tenn Levan Lee

Jennery Cleererice Sale at Rob inson's

Readable fragments note a clearance sale at Rob inson's with the prompt to buy at the price you want to pay. They present a casual ad style likely aiming at budget shoppers.

Jennery Cleererice Robinson‘s

Holiday Road Toll Could Be A Record Low

Traffic fatalities during the four day New Year holiday weekend rose slowly as the period neared midnight. The National Safety Council lowered its preholiday toll estimate from 420-480 to 350-380 after three days of data, leaving open the possibility of a record low for the four day span. The previous record low was 375 in 1951-52.

National Safety Council

Skybolt Row Continues Amid Senate Probe and Ford Plans

Washington AP report says the Skybolt missile program will be cut off by the Air Force with a plan due next Monday to wrap up the project. Senator Richard Russell will lead a Senate committee probe, while Senator William Proxmire predicts continued funding despite Kennedy admin opposition. The move follows Kennedy, Macmillan talks and McNamara’s support of cancellation due to delays costs and better options. The program has cost $350 million with $307 million more cited.

Larry Osius Senate Armed Services Committee William Proxmire D-Wis Congress Kennedy Pentagon Harold Macmillan Nassau Skybolt Robert S. McNamara

Kerr Dies, Oklahoma Leader, at 66

Washington AP report states Sen Robert Kerr Democratic Oklahoma 66 former governor and influential Senate figure died after heart illness. In Pasadena two officers were attacked a fire bomb exploded and a man struck by a bottle during teenager caused Tournament of Roses Parade disturbance.

Washington Robert S. Kerr Okla Oklahoma Senate Pasadena Calif

New Year Eve Police Stop 27035 Cars in Indy

Indianapolis police stopped 27 035 vehicles at city blockades during New Year celebrations and found only one drunk driver. In Marathon Florida a light plane crashed on takeoff killing a Maryland family of five. FAA identified victims as E P Hass and family of Clinton Maryland. The UN set a noon deadline for surrender of Katangan planes with no immediate result.

Indianapolis Marathon Fla Maryland Florida Keys Federal Aviation Agency Flight Control Center Key West E. P. Hass Clinton, Md Hass FAA United Nations, N.Y U.N

Destructive Northeast Blizzard Smashes New Year Events

Persistent arctic gales and subzero temperatures lash the Northeast causing deaths and rescues. New York state records 27 below zero while Maine endures a decade’s worst blizzard with up to 20 inches of snow and 90 mph gusts.

New York State Pennsylvania New Jersey Rhode Homer New York Times Square Lani Nine Tone Highland Falls N.Y Coast Guard Sauk Hudson River New York Harbor Staten Island Maine Bangor Daily News John H. Reed New York Central Railroad Hudson Buffalo Niagara River Coast

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