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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1962
Page
5
Barrett Shelton jr notes July Fourth safety improved by city fireworks ban reducing injuries. Police chief Self warns enforcement of the firework ban while detailing code definitions and sale restrictions inside city limits, promoting safer celebrations with fewer blasts.
In the Alabama Senate Sen. Upshaw G. Jones of Elmore Tallapoosa challenged a proposal by Sen. Douglas Webb to pair Macon county with Tallapoosa amid strong Negro majority fears. Jones argued his counties would be harmed by Macon's inclusion, but amendments failed and Crawford bill keeping Bullock and Macon together won favor. Jones teased a Macon free alternative while Andrews bucked Black Belter opposition in Bulllock. White waterground cornmeal is suggested as a fried fish coating.
A reader letter shares genealogical notes on Jesse James and his 46 gang members who worked in banking and railroad sectors after the Civil War, with names including Jesse James and Younger brothers. The text notes 1961 visitors spent $132,937,000 in Alabama per the Alabama Travel Council, described as a sizable payroll.
The article reports that Chinese Communist forces are redeploying from north to central and southern China, with potential targeting of Formosa or Southeast Asia. It notes intelligence sources predicting massive artillery focus in 1958, insistence by Nationalists that another Quemoy assault is unlikely now, and commentary from various officials and observers.
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