Weather Beginning To Ease State Grip With Roads Opening
Weather hopeful for Tennessee Valley and Deep South as more than a foot of snow melts. Highs near 38 today and 48 tomorrow with frigid nights. Decatur warns stay home due to icy roads though highways reopen with chains. City crews clear streets. Limestone County schools to reopen Monday. decision expected late today. Weather appears to improve, but travel remains hazardous.
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Alabama Highway Patrol
Decatur
Bill Wright
Wright
Cullman
Athens
Morgan County
Cullman County
Lawrence County
Limestone County
Carcel
Limestone
Diary notes disorderly conduct charges after city crash
Ray mond West of 1420 5th Ave SW was charged with disorderly conduct after a crash on Moulton St near 11th Ave West. Lawrence Smith of West Court Apt 11 was charged with disorderly conduct. Mary Hill was charged as well. The Daily issues a correction.
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Raymond West
5Th Ave
Moulton St
11Th Ave
West
Lawrence Smith
West Court Apt
Smith
Mary Hill
Hill
The
Daily
Conversion described as divine and life changing
The speaker argues conversion is God’s work not human opinion and cites Jesus teaching about being converted. The reply notes historical and contemporary examples including St Augustine Luther Wesley and even William James who, after seeking faith, reports a sudden inner energy and peace following prayer by a simple believer.
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Jesus
Kingdom of Heaven
St. Augustine
Martin Luther
John Wesley
Christ
William James
Waited With Axe Kills Family In Smallwood
In Smallwood New York a killer used an axe to murder Joseph McAdams 49, his daughter Judith Meddough 19, and Florence McAdams 20 after midnight New Year party. Police arrest Frank S Scaramuzzo 24 of Monticello on first degree murder charges. McAdams had broken engagement with Scaramuzzo months earlier.
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Smallwood
N.Y
Joseph McAdams
McAdams
Judith Meddough
Miss Meddough
Florence McAdams
Frank S. Scaramuzzo
Monticello
Leslie Vincent
Miss McAdams
Scaramuzzo
Auburn Sets Rules For News On Franklin Admission
Auburn University announced ground rules for news coverage of Harold A. Franklin becoming the school’s first Negro student. Media reps must register. live broadcasts and recording equipment are barred on campus except at Franklin’s registration in the library.
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Auburn
Ala
Auburn University
Harold A. Franklin
Franklin
Uni- See
Johnson orders 5000 postal workers cut by June
President Johnson won a pledge from Postmaster General Gronouski to cut the postal payroll by 5,000 within six months, bringing the total to 590,000. A $77 million parcel post rate hike is planned to lower the annual postal deficit by about $100 million, with economies that may reduce services slightly. Khrushchev sent a 20 page note as Johnson pivots to a 1964 peace push.
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Frank Cormier
Johnson City, Tex
Johnson
John A. Gronouski
Gronouski
Nikita Khrushchev
Gronovski
White House
Austin
Cyprus crisis grows as Makarios calls for treaty abrogation
British mediator Duncan Sandys urged Makarios amid his pledge to void the 1960 treaties tying Cyprus to Britain Greece and Turkey. Fidel Castro marked Cuba’s revolution day vowing progress faces collapse. A gunman failed to kill Ghana's Nkrumah, and Slocomb mayores received prison terms tied to the defunct Southeast Alabama Junior College case.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Duncan Sandys
Makarios of
Cyprus
Makarios
Britain
Greece
Turkey
Montgomery
Slocomb
Southeast
Market Summary Stocks and futures drift higher in cautious trade
New York AP reports stocks higher with moderate turnover while bonds are mixed. Cotton steady amid selling and short covering. Chicago grains show wheat about steady and mixed, corn and oats weak. Soybeans weak with liquidation. Hogs steady to strong with top at 15.65. Slaughter steers steady with top at 23.
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Chicago
New Year Baby Born in Decatur 1964
A girl born to Mr and Mrs Larry Warnick at 3 20 p m Wednesday at Decatur General Hospital was the first Decatur baby of 1964 Mrs Warnick and the newborn are reported fine A second New Year baby girl arrived just before midnight at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital to Mr and Mrs Ronald Flack early New Year day 1964
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Larry Warnick
Moulton St. E
Decatur
Warnick
Decatur General Hospital
Ronald Flack
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Plane Feared Down In Pacific
Honolulu AP report says a C124 carrying 22 000 pounds of cargo has gone down about 450 miles west of Honolulu with eight aboard and a Navy corpse aboard. No confirmation yet. four aircraft head to the reported crash site amid conflicting messages.
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Honolulu
Air Force
Pacific
Wake
Hawaii
Fost
Midway Island
Maj. W. M. Millar
Birds Need Your Help in Cold Weather
Weather hardships threaten wildlife as snow remains on the ground. A few daily moments aid thousands of birds by clearing snow and providing bread or crackers in a sunny yard feeding spot or on an outdoor table. Grocery seeds for bird feeders can boost this effort now.
Huntsville Outlines Desegregation Plan for Senior Classes
Huntsville Board of Education proposed a federal court desegregation plan covering 12th grade classes this month and 11th and 12th grades next fall. Judge H Hobart Grooms withheld comment on adequacy while directing submission of a plan from August. The plan, prepared by attorneys Joe L Payne and Reid B Barnes, details race neutral processing of Negro and white student applications for transfers and assignments for upcoming terms.
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Birmingham
Huntsville Board of Education
U.S. Dist
H. Hobart Grooms
Joe L. Payne
Huntsville
Reid B. Barnes
Elderly Sisters Helped After Snow Strands Them
In Chilton County near Clanton Alabama sheriff deputies brought food and supplies to Catherine and Nettie Baker, sisters in their late 60s, whose Macedonia area home was cut off by eight inches of snow and fallen trees. Sheriff Hugh Champion assisted before more help arrived as state troopers urged axes and tools to clear roads.
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Catherine Baker
Nettie Baker
Hugh Champion
Macedonia
Clanton
Chilton County
Alabama thaws after historic snowstorm blankets state
The Associated Press reports Alabama begins to thaw as a major snowstorm recedes. Official forecasts show temperatures rising into the mid 40s to low 50s, with snow diminishing in northern areas.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Heart of
Dixie
North
Quickies by Ken Reynolds Nee Wants Ads Glow
A lighthearted column notes that want ads offer jobs that feel less daunting and more attainable, framing employment listings as approachable opportunities. The piece reflects playful humor about daily job seekers and the appeal of practical, attainable work.
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Kwame Nkrumah
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ANSA
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