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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1964
Page
1
Governor George Wallace says abolition is not practical now and a prison labor commission will study long and short term options within 30 days. The panel will review guarding, supervision, and screening of convicts on roads while guarding costs and housing prisoners are noted as major issues.
Markets at a glance show stocks higher with active trading. Bonds mixed with narrow changes. Cotton higher on short covering. Wheat mixed with a late rally in Chicago. Corn about steady with light trade. Soybeans mixed with new crop months firm. Hogs steady to 25 cents lower top at 18.50.
Building permits reported by Decatur Inspector Lonnie Petty list entries for 803 Gresham Dr SW a five room frame house with heat valued at 11500 for Valley Builders Inc 412 Clearview St SW a six room residence with 1 1 2 baths and 100 amp service added for C C Whitman 561 Walnut St NE a 150 service change and a repair to a storage room for Har gitt Plumbing 912 8th Ave SE valued at 250 and a note of Mrs Ralph Jones. An accident at 6th Ave and 9th St SE at 650 p m involved a 1964 International driven by Benjamin Matthews of Dothan and a 1963 Chevrolet driven by Glen Vincent of 1203 11th Ave SE.
The author urges self discipline and correct worship purpose over seeking entertainment. Attending church is for honoring Christ, praying, and fellowship, not for entertainment. Even imperfect sermons can shape the heart, as perfection arrives only in heaven.
Paul Malone of Northport says he stopped payment on 114000 dollars in checks to the Alabama Board of Education after the board canceled his contract for textbooks and awarded it to Elton Stephens. Malone holds a temporary injunction restricting book deliveries to him and seeks court resolution to prove he fulfilled the contract.
A three car crash on U S 31 S near Allstates Tourist Courts injures six people. Fifteen month old Jane Glasco and Donald Beauchamp in critical condition at Decatur General Hospital at 1 30 p m. Others from the accident, including William Glasco Elizabeth Glasco Judy Glasco and a two year old child, are at Hartselle Hospital with unknown conditions. Police listed possible cars as a 1961 Pontiac late model Buick and Rambler station wagon.
Marine Capt. Clifton C. Williams Jr. and Jane Elizabeth Lansche were married in a simple ceremony at St. Paul’s Church New Bern with over 100 guests. The 31-year-old Williams, once hailed as the nation’s bachelor astronaut, met his bride in 1957 while piloting jets at Cherry Point Marine Air Station.
Communist guerrillas ambushed a Vietnamese army supply convoy on a mountain highway near Saigon, killing 29 government troops and wounding 24, in a region long haunted by bloody ambushes dating to the French Indochina war.
In Philadelphia Mississippi the large search for civil rights workers Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James Chaney continues with hundreds gathering leads. Sheriff Lawrence Rainey says Deputy Cecil Price now claims he did not follow the trio after they left the jail altering earlier statements and his new account says he merely saw the station wagon go toward the city limits.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr says Negro organizations will mount massive direct action in Southern cities not complying with the civil rights bill. He noted the Southern Christian Leadership Conference will push businessmen to comply voluntarily, else court action. He named Montgomery Tuscaloosa Gadsden Birmingham and Selma as under consideration for demonstrations.
Jack Edwards of Mobile spoke in Decatur urging a two party system as essential for Alabama. He and seven other Republican congressional candidates tour the state eight weeks to meet voters, with formal campaigns to begin September 1 ahead of the November 3 general election.
The National Labor Relations Board found the Independent Metal Workers Union guilty of racial discrimination and revoked its certification. The case centered on a Houston Hughes Tool Co apprenticeship denied to a Black applicant, Ivory Davis, due to race, and the union’s refusal to process his grievance.
Congress approved the civil rights bill with a 289 to 126 vote and sent it to the White House for signature. The White House announced President Johnson would sign the measure in the East Room at 4 45 p.m.
The third phase of Arrive Alive starts this weekend for the 4th of July holiday. Motorists across Morgan Limestone Lawrence and Cullman counties are urged to use headlights Friday from 4 p.m. to Sunday midnight. Troopers will conduct courtesy checks, distribute safety pamphlets, and continue patrols to reduce holiday deaths. In the four-county area 25 lives have been lost so far this year, six more than last year, with 55 total deaths in 1963.
Littrell was stabbed after a Tuesday night argument and found at his home by his brother. An emergency operation followed at 2:30 am. His condition remained fragile as officials reported limited ability to talk and a jaw fracture.
The Labor Department reports unemployment climbing by over one million in June raising the jobless rate to 5.3 percent. Civilian employment reaches a record 71.9 million. General Maxwell D Taylor appeals for support in Vietnam mission after half a century in uniform. Moise Tshombe wins backing for a common front from Lumumba fragments.
Law enforcement in Lawrence County detained James Campbell, 54, Athens, on an investigation charge after the shotgun death of Charles Leon Tucker, 23, and wounding of Leon Tucker, as blood stains on Campbell’s shirt were tested. No witnesses, conflicting theories, and a mass of survivors accompany the tragedy in Town Creek with funeral services set and the elder Tucker hospitalized.
A local ad notes buyers will purchase used furniture and urges readers to Exchange Furniture on Moulton Street. The notice highlights a steady demand for secondhand items and invites inquiries from the public.
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