Tornado Misses Spring Hill Orphanage As Town Rumbles
A freak winter tornado hit Spring Hill Tennessee destroying much of the business district and two churches while sparing an orphanage where 180 children slept. No serious injuries reported as National Guard and state agencies aided in rescue and debris removal near Nashville.
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Morgan County Post 15 to Meet. Library Talk for Children
The Morgan County Post 15 American Legion will hold its regular meeting at 725 Bank St Monday at 7 30 p.m. Elbert Chandler will discuss veterans benefits and answer related questions. A story hour for children age 6 through 9 is set for Saturday 10 to 11 a.m. at the Decatur Public Library. Recorder's docket lists charges including improper parking speeding and public drunkenness. A sheriff's arrest was made for public drunkenness Thursday. City clerk issued building permits for several properties and businesses. A hit and run damaged a mailbox was reported Thursday in Decatur. See Diary On Page 2.
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Decatur Public Library
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One Way to God Through Christ, Evangelist Declares
A Christian speaker argues against universal religious paths, asserting Christ as the sole route to God. He says the search for God is universal, but salvation comes only through Jesus, who proclaimed to be the way the truth and the life. He has preached worldwide and will continue to declare this truth.
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Christ
Senate Pays Hill Tribute to Longtime Alabama Senator
Alabama Senator Lister Hill was honored by nine colleagues in a ceremony marking his 25th anniversary in the Senate and 40 years in public service. Senators Sparkman Mansfield and others lauded his work on health care through the Hill Burton Act and the nationwide health network.
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Lister Hill
Hill
Solon
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Congress
John Sparkman
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Hill- Burton
Senate
Markets At A Glance From New York To Chicago
Markets show mixed activity with stocks lower, bonds steady, and commodity futures varied. Wheat is narrowly mixed, corn broadly firm, oats weak, soybeans strong, hogs slipping up to 25 cents, and slaughter steers down up to 1 dollar.
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New York
Chicago
$21 Million Phone Rebate is Ordered
The Alabama Public Service Commission ordered Southern Bell to refund $21.23 million to phone customers. The rebate covers charges from 1954 to present under a rate change tied to a state Supreme Court decision. The ruling cites a 6.2 percent annual return on investment and directs rate fixes and future refund calculations.
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Supreme Court
Alabama
PSC
Tshombe Placed Under Curfew After Peace Tour
Katanga leader Moise Tshombe, after a peace tour to the Rhodesian border, remains under nightly curfew in Elisabethville and vows to curb U.N. troop movements. U.N. warns there will be restraint unless he stirs Katangans or seeks a scorched-earth policy. Concerns persist over Kolwezi and potential attacks on copper and cobalt plants.
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Sakania
Kolwezi
East Berlin Shines For Nikita Arrival
East Berlin prepares for Premier Khrushchev notables at the Socialist Unity Party Congress opening Tuesday. Walter Ulbricht leads the East German Communists as Khrushchev looms as the star, with the Soviet Chinese leadership question looming large. Snow falls on the center as workers decorate city streets and the party HQ with a red banner and Lincoln quotation. Khrushchev earlier met Gomulka and Cyfankiewicz in Poland, then stayed incognito at a resort near Warsaw.
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Poland
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Jozef Cyfankiewicz
Warsaw
Hal Boyle to headline Jaycee Banquet in Decatur
AP columnist Hal Boyle was named as a featured speaker for the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce annual Distinguished Service Award and Bosses Night Banquet at the Country Club Tuesday. He replaces William L. Ryan who must be in Berlin to cover the East German party congress.
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Associated Press
Decatur
Metric System Bill Aims Study On U S Weights And Measures
Rep George P Miller introduces a three year study by the National Bureau of Standards to evaluate switching the United States to the metric system. The measure would trigger retooling across industry and affect pricing and product labeling while already incorporating metric usage in pharmaceuticals and the military. Jefferson had earlier attempted a metric system adoption.
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Mississippi officials blamed for Meredith turmoil
A Justice Department official argued that stricter discipline by the University of Mississippi would have eased Meredith's deteriorating situation. The university pressed that Meredith's news conference triggered the latest student protest. In Washington, Secretary of State Rusk voiced optimism for a peaceful Congo settlement after a 21 hour Senate meeting.
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James H. Meredith
Justice Department
Dean Rusk
Congo
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New Manager Named for Prestolite Plant
James F. Gage is named plant manager for The Electric Autolite Co. Prestolite facility, replacing R. C. Boden on special assignment. Gage, previously chief product engineer at the Decatur plant, has a long career at Electric Autolite and is a Purdue electrical engineering graduate.
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Electric Autolite Co
Prestolite
R. C. Boden
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L. Garber
Electric Autolite
Decatur
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Toledo
Ohio
Purdue University
Institute of Radio Engineers
Society of Automotive Engineers
Severe thunderstorm and tornado forecast issued for southern US
A severe thunderstorm and tornado forecast was issued for parts of southeast Louisiana southern Mississippi and southwest Alabama including Choctaw Clarke Washington and Mobile counties in Alabama.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Choctaw, Clarke
Washington
Mobile
Kennedy weighs dock strike with AFL-CIO leader Meany
President Kennedy held a Washington meeting with AFL-CIO president George Meany over the three week East and Gulf coast dock strike. Meany said no solution yet. A Swiss diplomat noted 100 Americans will fly home Sunday with ransom medical supplies to Cuba.
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Gulf Coast
Kennedy
Washington
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
Havana
United States
Cuba
Walking Suit Fashion Bites Back In Style
AP Fashion Writer Jean Sprain Wilson reports New York couture writers embrace the walking suit trend. Designers Ben Reig and Arthur Jablow focus on mobility with military epaulets, pleated tunics, wing panels, and long beaded gowns to blend elegance with practicality for day to night wear.
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New York Couture Group
Ben Reig
Arthur Jablow
Reig
Chiron
Patterson Backing State Finances Amid Critics
Governor John Patterson reiterated that Alabama’s finances are sound despite opposition. Senator Pete Mathews warned the general fund may be about two million dollars short, signaling inevitable proration across departments. Patterson urged the Wallace administration to pursue economy as in recent years, maintaining disbursements under revenue estimates.
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John Patterson
Pete Mathews
Clay County
Senate Finance Committee
Mathews
Patterson
George Wallace
Seymore Trammell
Wallace
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