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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1963
Page
7
Frost mostly kept personal death thoughts oblique in his poetry. The Death of the Hired Man and The Witch of Coos explore mortality, while The Sound of the Trees and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening touch endings. Into My Own and Earthward reveal maturer reflections on life, love, and aging.
Carl Sandburg at his Blue Ridge Mountain home praised fellow poet Robert Frost who died early today as not merely a great poet but a beloved person. He recalled Frost as a Republican who called him a Socialist and noted Frost’s work will be around for a long time.
New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner called poet Robert Frost's death a great loss to the country and the world. He said Frost was a great American and a universal admirer shared by millions.
Haleyville, Ala. A 46 year old lumberman Clyde Hillard Poe killed his estranged wife by slashing her throat after she refused reconciliation. He then slashed his own throat and was in critical condition. The couple had separated a month and five children. The wife and children had been staying with the wife's mother.
FBI investigates a North Little Rock woman who says she was held nearly 23 hours by two men who forced her 1962 car from Little Rock to Birmingham. Carolyn Corona Coors, 37, employed by North Little Rock, escaped at a Birmingham residence. no injuries reported.
Two escapees from the Lexington Kentucky federal narcotics hospital were captured by state troopers in Knoxville and handed over to the FBI.
A science note explains why soft drinks freeze after removal from the fridge. Carbon dioxide dissolved in the beverage lowers the freezing point. when the cap is removed gas escapes raising the freezing point so freezing can occur at a higher temperature.
Bookmobile visits Mooreville and nearby stops with times across Hagen's Store Antioch Baptist Belle Mina Inglis' Store Greenbrier Web's Barbecue Experimental Station East Highland Baptist French's Mill Johnson's Store Peetes Corner Copeland's Store and other sites from morning to late afternoon.
Florence Alabama witnesses describe seeing Billy Ray Cozart pull 42 year old Brywon Curtis by the hair on Patton Island in the Tennessee River. Autopsy cites heart and liver injuries from a forceful bowing of the spine with multiple bruises and broken ribs. Cozart pleads not guilty to first degree murder as trial opens before Judge Emmett Oden with about 50 spectators.
Mobile longshoremen of the International Longshoremen's Association resume work after voting to accept a contract. Over 2,000 workers return to the docks in Mobile to clear a cargo backlog from the 35 day stoppage.
The fifth annual Aberdeen Angus sale at Horton Farm totaled 36105 with 55 head sold at an average of 656. Buyers came from Alabama Tennessee Georgia Louisiana Mississippi and other states. 39 females averaged 696 and 16 bulls 560. Sale interrupted briefly by a blown fuse with Paul Good auctioneer and Dave Canning sale manager from Staunton VA.
Seven new members were sworn into the Tanner High School Beta Club at the annual meeting chosen for scholastic grades and conduct. New members include Cecelia Thornton Jimmy Nash Barbara Henderson Patricia Allen Gwen Wood Ginger McLemore and Jennifer McLemore.
MOBILE AP Two people died at Mobile hospitals Monday from burns suffered in home fires. Three year old Mitzi Garrick of Dickenson Alabama was burned over 75 percent of her body last Wednesday. Sadie Goodwin 55 of Mobile was burned last Thursday as clothing caught fire from open heaters.
A two car collision in Russellville Alabama left one man dead and two injured. The deceased is Tommy Jeff Sumerel 43 of Danville Morgan County.
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