Stolen outboard motor reported. fire damages vacant home
Deg Pats Leonard Hudson reported the theft of an 18 hp outboard motor from his garage at 10 30 a m Monday. A vacant house at 424 Vine St NE burned at 6 10 p m Monday with owner listed as Phil Irwin in the fire log. Morgan County Democratic Women install Jan 4 at Russell Erskine Hotel with reservations at 534 0213.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Hudson
9Th Ave
Vine St. NE
Phil Irwin
Morgan County
Madison County
Division of Democratic Women
Russel Erskine Hotel
Taxpayers Get An Extra Day In 1962
Washington announces an extra 24 hours for federal income tax returns as April 15 falls on a Sunday. Commissioner Mortimer Caplin says the deadline extends to midnight Monday April 16, with timely returns accepted if postmarked by midnight.
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Washington
Mortimer M. Caplin
Internal Revenue
IRS
Artificial Insemination Debate Sparks Moral Reflections
A speaker rejects artificial insemination arguing it is unnatural and morally troubling. He cites religious concerns and suggests adoption as a better option for couples seeking children, noting children conceived artificially would not be truly owned by the couple.
Dutch To Discuss Colony West New Guinea With Indonesia
The Netherlands says it will negotiate over West New Guinea with Indonesia without preconditions. Sukarno proclaims West Irian as Indonesian province and orders a military command while warning of invasion risk. Nederlandse officials cite Papuan self determination and autonomy debates amid looming naval moves and arms purchases.
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Nel Slis
Hague
Netherlands
West New Guinea
Indonesia
Jan de Quay
Holland
East Indies
Sukarno Monday
de Quay
New Guinea
Labor Party
Subandrio
Dutch New Guinea
Sukarno
Bogor
West Irian
Abdul Haris Nasution
Biak
Hollandia
Celebes
Navy
Yugoslavia
Poland
Negro Found In Canal Today
Officers investigated the death of Bennie Outlaw a Black man found in the canal on Washington St with a bullet wound in the stomach He was alive on rescue but died at Decatur General Hospital shortly after arrival An autopsy was planned and funeral arrangements were to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington St
Bennie Outlaw
Church St. NW
Decatur General Hospital
Sammy Robinson
Outlaw
Ernest Bowman
Police Department
Lewis C. (Pinky) Brown
Go Ahead Set for Two City School Buildings
The City Commission voted to fund two new school buildings in Decatur the elementary school in the southeast area and the junior high unit in the southwest area. Financing will be via bonds with bids for the elementary school to be let January 25 and a February contract for the junior high unit. Both projects target completion by August 13 to avoid delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PHL
R. “Beeman
Decatur
Cens
Board of Education
Berlin Talks Open New Phase In East West Reach
U S Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrej Gromyko held a two hour meeting in Moscow to seek a mutually acceptable basis for East West Berlin negotiations. Thompson said more talks are possible but did not specify timing or details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Johnson
Moscow
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Andrej A. Gromyko
Berlin
Gromyko
Thompson
Kempton - Jenkins
Two-Day Old 1962 Starts With Oddities At Bronx Zoo
A 2 day old hippo at the Bronx Zoo surprised staff by surfacing from underwater birth in the elephant pool. The sex of the pup is unknown, weights estimated between 50 and 60 pounds.
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Andrew Meisels
Associated Press
Phoebe
Peter II
Bronx
Bronx Zoo
Ioseo County
Mich
Larry
Dorlin Kall
Peekskill
N. Y
Kall
New Year Weekend Traffic Toll Surges Past Record
The three-day holiday period ended Monday with 331 traffic deaths, 83 fire deaths, and 473 total fatalities. The National Safety Council had projected 330 traffic deaths, while historical records show 374 as the three-day New Year peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Accidents Kill 19 In Alabama Over New Year Weekend
The Associated Press reports at least 19 accidental deaths in Alabama during the New Year weekend. Twelve deaths came from two house fires and a traffic crash, including five children in a Childersburg fire. The coroner named victims Dorothy Ann Smith and others, all children of residents described as Negro, and noted another Beligee fire killed three of Ruth T. Rice’s children while she visited a neighbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Alabama
Childersburg
Clinton Perkins
Dorothy Ann Smith
Mary E. Smith
James Arthur Foster
Ellington Parker
Max C. Hardy
Annie Ruth Rice
Kennedy Holds Policy Talks With Johnson and Officials
President Kennedy meets with Vice President Johnson and top defense leaders in Palm Beach to discuss national security and readiness. The talks, not about the defense budget, precede Joint Chiefs arrival and cover 1962-63 spending and testing questions. The Kennedy family notes progress of Joseph P. Kennedy after his stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney Shoemaker
Palm Beach, Fla
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson City
White House
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
United States
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joseph P. Kennedy
St. Mary's Hospital
West Palm Beach
New England Storm Disrupts South and Mid-Atlantic Travel
A New Year snowstorm blanketed parts of Virginia and Tennessee with up to a foot of snow and heavy falls in the Southeast and East. Schools in 24 counties and 3 cities were closed while traffic slowed and conditions grew hazardous. Colder air pushed into the Northeast with subzero readings in northern New York and 13 in Watertown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Tennessee
New England
Maryland
New York State
Watertown
Alabama
Georgia
Middle Atlantic Coast
South Atlantic Coast
South Atlantic Seaboard
Richmond
Johnson City
It Pays To Read These Opportunities Open Six Days A Week
The Decatur Daily outlines opportunities available six days weekly inviting readers to explore job tips and ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Daily
Rebel Leader's Political Allies Hunted in Portugal Uprising
In Beja a 37-year-old army officer turned politician, Capt. Joao Maria Paulo Varla Gomes, lay near death after the attempted seizure of a barracks. Manuel Serra, a former Catholic youth leader, was captured while heading toward the Spanish border with four armed companions. The revolt against Premier Salazar left at least one government official dead and prompted tightened security and canceled Lisbon rally.
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Joao Maria Paulo Varla Gomes
Beja
Manuel Serra
Gomes
Salazar
Jaime Filipe da Fonseca
Lisbon
da Fonseca
Santa Maria
Goa
Bargains Galore at Our January Sele Event
Bargains fill the store during January Sele sales event with wide discounts and ads featuring Robinsons and other items.
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William Daily
11Th St. SE
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman
Decatur Council
Masonic Temple
Mary Lou Dancy
Order of the Eastern Star
T. R. Walton
Sherman St
Decatur City
Wheeler Brown Hendrix
Bank
John Robins
DAR
Redus Collier
Walter Sturdivant
D. L
Peekskill Hospital
Burlington
Free Press
Vermont
Woodrow Wilson
JFK
Tex
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Maxwell D. Taylor
Lake Worth
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Justice Department
Newport
Columbus
Ohio
Michael DiSalle
THE
Portugal
Antonio Salazar
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