Alabama GOP to hold nominating convention at State Coliseum
The Alabama Republican leaders decided to keep the usual nominating convention and move it to the State Coliseum in Montgomery, not Birmingham. The vote was 32 to 24 with June 6 set for the gathering at 10 a.m. Goldwater endorsed for president with one dissenting vote from Paul Robinson of Decatur.
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Mobile
Alabama
Republican Executive Committee
State Coliseum
Montgomery
Birmingham Municipal Auditorium
John E. Grenier
Birmingham
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
GOP
Goldwater
Paul Robinson
Decatur
Robinson
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Inside Adversity and Politics in Alabama GOP Report
A reader asks about hardships on a path to religious work. The piece contrasts pagan and Christian views of suffering and then reports a Alabama GOP committee meeting with 486 delegates, a Montgomery convention, a bonus delegate plan, and allocation rules. It covers proposed primary options, financials, and a brief ad.
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Mignon Smith
Birmingham
James D. Martin
Gadsden
Lister Hill
Jefferson
Mobile
Tandy D. Little Jr
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Alabama
New Decatur Boys Club Facility Urged As Growth Continues
James Overall notes the Decatur Boys Club must expand to meet rising youth demand. Groundbreaking tentatively set for March 2 at 3rd St and 5th Ave SW with a $130,000 goal. $30,000 already in bank. Over 1,000 members now, about 200 attend daily. current site at 610 2nd Ave SE inadequate for future programs.
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Boy’s Club of
Decatur
Morgan County
3Rd St
5Th Ave
2Nd Ave
Former City Banker Fussell Dies at 74 in Mississippi
Warner W. Fussell 74 a former Decatur banker died of an apparent heart attack Friday evening while attending a Farm Credit Bank dinner in Jackson Mississippi Services were set for Metairie Funeral Home at 3 p m Burial followed at Lakelawn Cemetery in New Orleans Survivors include widow Jessie Beall Fussell three daughters Clyde Hendrix Jr C L Gaston Jr and Thomas H Cook Jr a brother Lawrence J Fussell and four grandchildren and two great grandchildren Fussell served as vice president of Tennessee Valley Bank Decatur from 1918 into the mid twenties He also worked as state bank examiner for Alabama and led the merged bank then known as First Nation Bank until its 1932 closure.
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Warner W. Fussell
Decatur
Farm Credit Bank
Jackson
Miss
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Lakelawn
New Orleans
Jessie Beall Fussell
Clyde Hendrix Jr
C. L. Gaston Jr
Central National Bank
Old First Nation Bank
Fussell
Echo 2 in orbit as space balloon Satellite Echo 2 launched
Echo 2 a 13 story balloon satellite rose to 800 miles over South Africa and set to become visible in U S skies this evening The US and USSR plan a first joint test of space communications using its foil skin as a reflector The Thor Agena B rocket carried the 135 foot balloon aloft at 5 59 am from California See ECHO On Page A2
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Dighton
United States
British Forces Stand Vigil In Africa Hotspots
British commandos kept vigil in Uganda Tanganyika and Kenya after mutinies raised fears of widespread violence. Rebels attacked a base north of Nairobi while 500 troops struck an African barracks near Dar es Salaam. Seventeen Africans died in rioting after the Tanganyika revolt.
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Britain
Zanzibar
Pat Sholto Douglas
Tanganyika Rifles
Dar Es Salaam
Centaur
Tabora
Julius Nyerere
Local Man To Helm Farm Credit Banks
E. P. Garrett of Decatur was elected chairman of the board of directors of the Farm Credit Banks New Orleans at the annual meeting. A. B. Adams of Clarksdale was named vice chair man. Garrett heads the seven member board representing Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana and serves as chairman of the Federal Land Bank the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank and the New Orleans Bank for Cooperatives. He has directed the Farm Credit Banks since 1943 and is general manager of the Alabama Farmers Cooperative in Decatur. He is a longtime Alabama agriculture leader and a Tennessee Valley farmer with the titles Master Farmer and Man of the Year for Alabama.
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Decatur
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New Orleans
A. B. Adams
Clarksdale
Miss
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Farm Credit
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Federal Land Bank
Federal Intermediate — Credit Bank
Wallace Also Wins Demo Elector Move
Alabama Democrats urged by Gov. Wallace instructed delegates to the national convention to back the governor as a favorite son candidate for president. Rex Thomas reports from Birmingham that the move aligns party delegates with Wallace amid the campaign.
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Rex Thomas
Associated Press
Birmingham
Alabama
George Wallace
Alabama Democrats keep favorite son plan for Wallace
The State Democratic Executive Committee kept electors unpledged to the national ticket and required candidates for elector to promise not to back Republicans. It elected 36 delegates to Atlantic City and set a district based selection, with Wallace treated as favorite son until released. Former Gov. Jim Folsom faced harsh remarks from an administration official amid committee votes. Brewer named to fill 8th District seat. others chosen for 3rd and 4th District posts.
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Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Alabama
Goldwater
Atlantic City
Fuller Kimbrell
Fayette
James E. Folsom
State Committee
Birmingham
National Party
J. E. Brantley
Banks
Roy Davis McCord
Gadsden
Jim Folsom
Folsom
Albert Brewer
Decatur
Joe Sanders
Dothan
John W. Walker Jr
Springville
Two Qualify For Congress Race
State Rep. Tom Bevill of Jasper and Mobile City Commissioner Charles Trimmier qualified Saturday for Democratic congressional races. Bevill faces incumbent Carl Elliott in the 57th District primary, while Trimmier runs in the 1st District where no resident congressman exists. If they win May ballots, they must compete statewide in June 2 nominating primary.
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Birmingham
Tom Bevill
Jasper
Mobile City
Charles Trimmier
Bevill
Carl Elliott
Trimmier
Frigidaire Deals Offered at Robinson's on 2nd Ave
An authorized Frigidaire dealer promotes sales with a no money down option at Robinson's on 2nd Avenue. The ad highlights buy now terms and service availability for Frigidaire appliances.
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Frigidaire
Robinson's
2Nd Ave
Ady
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