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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1964
Page
1
The new civil rights law faced immediate tests in areas with past racial demonstrations. Early actions followed President signs, with pockets of resistance remaining in parts of the nation as the law takes effect.
Civil rights tests in Birmingham show nine downtown eateries serving Black customers with no incidents. Groups of five Negroes, including hotel outlets, tested the new civil rights law while police maintained order. Leaders warned of further tests. some officials pledged protection for peaceful action.
Two persons are dead and five others injured in a three car crash on U S 31S, near Big Bob Gibson's Barbecue, around 11 45 a m Thursday. The 21 month old Jane Glasgow of Hartselle is among the injured.
Donations to the Loyd Hays Memorial Fund total 6386.38 with recent gifts from multiple individuals including Mr. and Mrs. Long of Mobile and Francis X Lueth of Centerville. An evening of entertainment is set at the DAV Home. A Decatur accident killed 65 year old Donald Beauchamp and the Glasgow child. several others injured. Two on page 2.
Worldliness is not a Bible term but a described attitude. In I John 2 15 the world refers to the world system in contrast with God s Kingdom. Loving the world means choosing earthly pleasures over eternal realities and leads to disappointment. Christians are urged to seek the Kingdom of God first.
FBI agents visited the Dallas Morning News newsroom about 30 minutes Thursday to probe how the paper obtained Oswald diary and whether more information would be published. Officials questioned publisher E M Dealey president Joe M Dealey and reporters Carl Freund Hugh Aynesworth as the Warren Commission asked for the inquiry.
Wilson Dam in Northwestern Alabama will overhaul its 40 year old hydro units to raise annual energy output by 27 million kilowatt hours. The project, costing about 8 million dollars, underpins the TVA power system which began service in 1925 26 and powered TVA for three years.
Crawford County seeks John Popeskie of Titusville to pay a $3 per capita tax. The 19 month old is the recipient of the notice, and city treasurer Norman J. Canada cannot explain why.
Roy Emerson, 28, the Australian star, won the Wimbledon men's singles title defeating Fred Stolle in four sets 6-4 12-10 4-6 6-3 on his 10th attempt. Castro sister aided U S intelligence for four years before seeking political asylum in Mexico. Fred Lorenzen Injured in Daytona Qualifying Race After a record $113000 winnings last year.
Government offices and many businesses close for the Fourth of July as millions travel. The National Safety Council cites 83 million vehicles and 8.4 billion miles in three days, with highway deaths projected to top the 1940 record of 442.
Viet Cong guerrillas attacked fortified hamlets in the central mountains, killing defenders and seizing weapons. In Quang Ngai Province a village fell with at least six killed and 32 rifles and three submachine guns captured. Then two more hamlets near Ban Me Thuot were overrun with 22 weapons taken. no casualties reported.
A foot by foot search for three missing civil rights workers focuses on east central Mississippi. Ground teams moved into Kemper County and reached Moscow near the Alabama border before rain halted progress. Michael Schwerner, 24, and two others are central to the ongoing effort.
Local ad invites readers to trade in or sell used furniture at Moulton Street during a buyback event. Cash offers for couches tables chairs and household items advertised by Exchange Furniture.
Four minute bell ringing at noon tomorrow marks Independence Day across Decatur as churches, schools, and public buildings join national observances. Morgan County Post 15 of the American Legion sponsors the event with a theme Bells of America Ringing for Freedom and a nationwide program at Independence Hall Philadelphia led by the Liberty Bell.
President Johnson signs the civil rights bill in the East Room of the White House. Visible figures include Sen Everett Dickes n, Sen Hubert Humphrey, Rep Charles Halleck, Rep William Mc Culloch, and Rep Emanuel Celler as onlookers.
Sunday by John Knox in the DAILY visits the vanished plantation Pin Hook once spanning Brushy Mountain foothills to Oakville. He talks with Dr. Thomas Simms descendants to glimpse a ro bust era now gone with the wind.
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