Decatur PTA Meetings Highlight Local Activities
The Decatur Junior High PTA meets tonight at 7:30 in the high school auditorium with a brief business session and classroom visitation. Earl Howell won the outstanding speech cup at the Jaycee forum, with speakers Mickey Morrison George Reidmueller and Royce Slate. A building permit was issued for B H Hardin to enclosure a back porch at 1125 8th Ave SE worth 100 dollars. A transient offender was jailed in Morgan County en route to Kilby Prison. The Decatur High School PTA hosts Father Night Thursday at 6:30 PM in the high school cafeteria with a dinner program and reservations through students. See Diary On Page 2.
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Decatur Junior High School
PTA
Earl Howell
Jaycee Forum
Mickey Morrison
George Reidmueller
Royce Slate
B. H. Hardin
8Th Ave
Decatur High School
Answer: Christian path is hard but meaningful
A preacher argues Christianity is not easy. Jesus described the narrow gate and hard path to life, demanding self denial and cross bearing. The easier choice is to follow worldly desires or avoid faith, but such a life misses heaven and purpose.
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D. A
Jesus Christ
Nuclear Test Ban Talks Open With Major Conference
Washington hosts a high level nuclear test ban conference with eight delegates from the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union. Key issues include inspections to prevent cheating and France's potential joiners stance. U S officials warn of hard negotiations while Moscow signals limited on site checks.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
France
State Department
William C. Foster
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Charles C. Stelle
Geneva
Guaranteed Appliance Service Ad
Guaranteed Appliance Service promotes repairs by phone at 353 2370 with Robinson's located on 2nd Avenue.
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Robinson's
2Nd Ave
Adv
Three Named To City's Planning Unit
Decatur's city commissions announced a slate of civic appointments and reappointments for 1963. The changes include three new members joining the planning unit, as the city accepted resignations from two longtime servants.
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Decatur
Markets At A Glance Mixed U S Trading Signals
New York stocks rise irregularly while bonds and commodities show mixed moves. In Chicago wheat holds firm old crop months, corn declines on hedging, oats weaken with corn, soybeans weaken on profit taking, hogs near steady with top $17.10 and slaughter steers steady to 50 cents lower at up to $28.
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New York
U.S. Treasuries
Chicago
Clemson Fails To Get Delay On Its Appeal
Clemson College trustees will meet this week to consider admitting Harvey Gantt the first Negro student at the school. Gov. Russell and top courts refused to delay the order, with Gantt expected to enroll next week if allowed. The college plans identity controls and a single dorm room for Gantt on campus.
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Columbia
S.C
Clemson College
Donald S. Russell
Simon Sobeloff
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Earl Warren
U.S. Supreme Court
Harvey Gantt
Charleston
Clemson
Russell
Gantt
Iowa State University
South Carolina
Robert F. Kennedy
University of Mississippi
James Meredith
Kennedy
Washington Area
Episcopal Church
U.S. Dist
C. C. Wyche
Spartanburg
Appeals Court
Pickens
Oconee
More Births Than Deaths Reported in Limestone County
Limestone County recorded 967 births and 307 deaths in 1962, a ratio of 3.4 births per death, with heart disease the leading killer. Causes listed include cancer 102, intracranial vascular lesions 36, pneumonia 15, and nine homicides, all among Negro residents.
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Hollice Smith
Athens
Limestone County
Clarine Black
Limestone County Health Department
Health Department
Black
Limestone
Estone County
Pleasant Day in Alabama May Briefly Warm Then Freeze Forecast
Temperatures rose today offering a thaw across Alabama but forecasters warn of a rapid cold snap. The Weather Bureau expects a pleasant interlude followed by a wintry blast arriving Wednesday with a chance of light freezing rain or sleet.
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Weather Bureau
Birmingham Weather Station
Decatur
Tennessee
North
Alabama
South
Avco and IBM Plan Expansions in Huntsville
Avco Corp and International Business Machines Corp announce expansion plans in Huntsville. Avco will open a missile and space R D facility for its Nashville and Cincinnati units, bringing 15 to 20 staff by February and 40 to 50 by year end, with contracts at Redstone Arsenal. IBM targets April to start building an office at the industrial research park adjacent to the University of Alabama site, employing about 175 locally.
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Huntsville
Ala
Avco Corp
International Business Machines Corp
Avco
Aerospace Structures Division
Nashville
Marshall Space Flight Center
Army Missile Command
Redstone Arsenal
IBM
University of Alabama Research Institute
IMB
Union Head Is Charged With Assault in Alabama Strike
Howard I. Henson, president of the Journeyman Stone Cutters of North America AFL CIO, and member Paul Malone were arrested and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and related offenses. Authorities say the men fired shotgun blasts into three Rockwood plant workers homes during a five month strike at Alabama Limestone Co. Detectives recovered empty shells and two shotguns in Henson’s car and shells in front of a home.
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Russellville
Ala
Journeyman _ Stonecutters of North America
Aflcio
Howard I. Henson
Paul Malone
Bryce Graham
Henson
Malone
Graham
Alabama Limestone Co
Rockwood
Missing Plane Found Safe Near Nashville
North Alabama’s missing single engine Cessna was found safe in Nashville after a miscommunication with the Huntsville frequency. The pilot believed he had landed at Nashville while in fact he was in range of the Huntsville tower. Civil Air Patrol and Highway Patrol had investigated before the safe landing was confirmed.
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North Alabama
Huntsville-Madison County
Huntsville
Civil Air Patrol
Highway Patrol
Nashville
Kennedy cites Soviet rights as gone with New Year resolution
AP reports Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy says the Soviet Union constitution guarantees for civil rights have disappeared. In Mobile, State Docks Director Houston Feaster orders some dock cars removed from service and one slated for sale.
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NEW York
Robert F. Kennedy
Soviet Union
Mobile
State Docks
Houston Feaster
VanderKellen Signs One Year Pact With Vikings
Wisconsin quarterback Ron VanderKellen signed a one year contract with the Minnesota Vikings. Terms were not disclosed. In Paris Konrad Adenauer and Charles de Gaulle signed a treaty of cooperation between Germany and France ending long held conflicts. The 87 year old German chancellor hailed reconciliation as a career capstone.
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ST. Paul-Minneapolis
Wisconsin
Ron VanderKellen
Minnesota Vikings
National Football League
Paris
Konrad Adenauer
Charles de Gaulle
Germany
France
Gerhard Schroeder
Kennedy restates American global policy at high level meeting
President Kennedy reviewed and restated U S global policy during an extraordinary meeting with top administration policy makers. Mobile area motorists enjoyed fuel price relief as economy brands sold at 25.9 cents per gallon and regular at 26.9 cents at many stations.
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Washington
Kennedy
Mobile
Mobile Area
County Rescue Squad Planned for Morgan County
Flint Police Chief Odis Simpson announced plans to form a county rescue squad with about 40 members. A meeting at Flint City Hall on Wednesday will elect officers and decide a unit name. Knights of detail include physician Dr. Marshall Carrier Jr. and pilot candidates Jim Buckman and a Holiday Inn contact.
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Flint
Morgan County
Odis Simpson
Simpson
Gadsden
Grand Jury Exonerates Walker and Drops Charges
Federal charges against former Army Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker and six others linked to the University of Mississippi desegregation riots were dismissed without indictment. Four whites were indicted last week on related counts. Meredith faces uncertainties about returning next semester.
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Oxford, Miss
Army
Edwin A. Walker
University of Mississippi
U.S. Atty
H. H. Ray
Walker
James H. Meredith
Air Force
U.S. Dist
Claude F. Clayton
White Grand Jury
Melvin Bruce
Decatur
Philip Lloyd Miles
Kline Lamar May
Prichard
Ala
Richard Hays Hinton
Lucedale
Miss
Meredith
Frank Lamar Ott
Joseph Cutter
Kentwood
Edward Louis Shade
Atlayum
Robert Blackard
Memphis
Tnn
William Gilbert Marr
Olive Branch
Charles Clark
United States
Dallas
Tex
Tennessee School Integrates Quietly
In Putnam County Tennessee two African American students attended classes at previously white high schools on Monday officials reported no incidents and the integration proceeded quietly in Cookeville.
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Cookeville, Tenn
Putnam County
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