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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1966
Page
1
The Associated Press 288 page illustrated year in review covers Viet Nam, space flight, Johnson Great Society push, Dominican revolt, student protests, and the Pope visit. Available February for 3 dollars plus tax. reserve with a check to The Daily. Coupons appear on page two.
Police investigated three daytime collisions in Decatur. A 1965 Chevrolet driven by Francis E Webster Jr collided with a 1966 Honda driven by Andrew Jasper Shell. A 1957 Plymouth driven by Gladys Anderson Reed hit a 1966 Ford pickup driven by Daniel Troy Terry. A 1962 GMC bus driven by Vernis Gillespie collided with a 1964 Rambler parked on 2nd Ave SE.
City Administrator Larkin Yates announces a intensified push for a city wide War on Junk campaign next year. Yates, head of the cleanup committee, urges full citizen cooperation to avoid failure and notes a national trend to beautify highways and streets.
John Knox profiles in Wednesdays Decatur Daily several Indian agents and missionaries who championed Cherokee underdogs and eased the clash between expanding civilization and native rights, highlighting hopeful passages amid a harsh history.
Samuel Younge Jr., 22, a Tuskegee Institute student and SNCC field secretary, was found shot to death in Tuskegee. A white man was taken into custody as hundreds of Negro students from the institute marched to the scene near a taxi stand. Fellow students said Younge helped erect tents in Lowndes County last week for evicted Black residents.
In Lyon France a refinery and storage farm suffered a blast from five large butane tanks igniting a massive fire. More than 90 people were treated for burns while authorities searched for at least ten missing or believed dead.
New York sheriff officers arrest Michael J. Quill and eight union leaders for contempt after they refused to end a city subway and bus strike. A judge orders jail until they comply and bring 34,400 workers back to work in good faith. Quill taunts the court as cameras roll, criticizing Mayor Lindsay and the Times.
Advertisement lists business loan offers from Mutual Face Corporation and Smell? Smell? firm with contact number 353 0742 and address fragment.
New York stocks higher with active trading. Bonds mixed and cotton quiet. Chicago wheat lower as old crop months weaken. Corn mostly easier with late selling. Oats steady to mixed. Soybeans lower with late profit taking. Hog futures steady to 75 cents higher, top 29.50. Ag feed steers steady to 50 cents higher, top 27.25.
President Johnson received a personal message from Pope Paul VI through Arthur J. Goldberg, praising fervent prayers for peace in Vietnam and signaling ongoing Vatican support. Goldberg, rushed to the Vatican, also met Secretary of State Rusk before briefing Johnson on the peace offensive and a possible bombing respite.
The Associated Press declares Alabama Crimson Tide as the national football champions for 1965, marking Bryant's team a third AP title in five years. The Tide keeps the silver trophy first awarded in 1957. Undefeated Moulton and once-beaten Decatur face off in the TWC tournament at Athens tonight. details on pages 8 and 9.
South Vietnamese and Korean units on a search and destroy mission near Tuy Hoa faced a Viet Cong counterattack led by 180th Battalion. An official report cites eight guerrillas killed and eight captured, with light allied casualties as fighting moved from the Mekong Delta.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co plans a 200000 square foot expansion at its polyester film plant in Decatur with an eventual 125 to 150 new jobs. The proposal will be on the board agenda at the February meeting and construction could start about a month after approval.
Weather Bureau forecasts measurable rainfall tonight and Wednesday improving drought areas. About 20 percent of the region will see rain tonight rising to roughly 60 percent on Wednesday as Decatur and nearby locations received over an inch of rain. Winds shift from east to south with highs around 51 degrees midweek.
Mobile home financing services offered by Security Mutual Finance Corporation located at 714 Bank St with contact number 353-0742 as advertised.
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