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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1964
Page
6
In Lienz Tyrol a British consul's sister Laura Hart travels with American journalist Joe Keller amid Nazi Italian tensions. Albin Boschetto evades capture near a border region as a mysterious cache hidden years earlier looms. Laura plans a safe walk despite warnings of deadly precipices and looming war.
Laura wanders after tea in a Hoigarten and tracks her way back toward her brother’s flat near the railway station. A random turn leads into a dark alley where three leather‑clad assailants corner a black‑haired man. Laura witnesses a violent assault as the man is dragged toward harm.
A fourth man missing after a Wednesday duck hunting mishap in Eutaw Alabama was recovered from the Warrior River. State troopers said three bodies and an overturned boat were retrieved on Wednesday. the latest body identified is Robert Holston of Eutaw.
Earl Wilson predicts 1964 will favor Lyndon Johnson in a landslide with California New York and several other states, notes Castro in Cuba and Tina Louise romance, TV stars changes in NY press, a rise in live music in cases, and a world fair reception despite early criticism. A cameo about Barbra Streisand nose and Gorgeous George ends with a charitable gesture before death.
Gold is one of the first metals known to man with ancient mining by Egyptians and Assyrians and later Aztecs Incas and Spanish explorers. The 1849 California Gold Rush spurred settlement and Pacific Coast development. Puzzle questions follow with humorous answers about letters and islands.
A short puzzle note hints at rearranging letters to reveal related objects. It lists across clues Jupiter Honey He Mother Ear Speeder and down clues John Pen River Here Mop Tee, inviting readers to see tomorrow’s paper for the answer and to send in riddles for a Britannica atlas prize.
The piece argues a 1964 two stage tax reduction will add about 5.6 billion dollars to the economy in 1964 with a conservative 2x multiplier effect, totaling at least 11 billion. It links wage gains, business investment, and permanent tax reductions to sustained economic growth despite skeptic fears. It cites Dr. Walter W. Heller and University of Michigan data on auto purchases.
Slocomb Alabama mayor Robert F. Smith was sentenced to three years in prison for conspiring to defraud the U S government over false reports on veteran course accreditation at the now defunct Southeast Alabama Junior College. J B Smith posted a five thousand dollar appeal bond. Eleven former students testified they earned under 25 hours weekly yet received VA payments of 160 dollars monthly. The school was declared bankrupt last summer.
Tourism is described as Britain’s fourth largest industry and the largest single earner from the United States, highlighting its economic impact and international appeal.
The body of 17 year old Tommy Huff Jr. was found near Grand Batture Island in the Mississippi Sound. Sheriff Grimsely said searchers still seek 17 year old David Bresemann. Earlier 16 year old Ellis Dunn Jr. was found at Point Aux Chenes Bay after a duck hunt capsize.
The University of Alabama Medical Center at Birmingham received research grants totaling 177557 for the 1964 calendar year. Dr Charles A McCallum dean of the dental school will direct a project totaling 62305 while Dr S Richardson Hill dean of the medical college will direct 115552. Alabama senators Lister Hill and John Sparkman announced the grants.
AP report says 17 year old Glenda Duck was shot eight or nine times by an unidentified man who broke into the Duck home as her brother Ricky, in another room, was knocked unconscious. Police found a .25 caliber pistol at the scene and no arrests had been made. The mother Leola Duck had left minutes earlier to bring supper to her husband at Russell Manufacturing Co. The teen was to be picked up by her pastor for babysitting duties shortly after. Neighbors described a break in during television viewing and supper. The brother provided a description before collapsing.
Harold Douglas King 17 of Red Level died when the car he rode in overturned on Covington County road 82 near Red Level. The highway patrol reported the fatality occurred Thursday.
A scooter and a sports car collided on Montgomery southern bypass Thursday night killing two people. The dead are Larry Wayne Hendrix, 16, and Maj. Boyd D. Wood, age unspecified, both of Montgomery. A third Montgomery youth, 15-year-old Richard Medley, was hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
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