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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1963
Page
1
The nation marked its 187th Independence Day with fireworks parades and family outings. Activists and clergy joined demonstrations for equal rights for Negroes as Kennedy endorsed the bell-ringing call.
Miss Madeline Speegle has been accepted for admission to David Lipscomb College for the fall quarter. A Decatur High School graduate, she will study medical technology, report for orientation on Sept 18, register Sept 21, and begin classes Sept 24. Separately, a 1962 Harley Davidson motorcycle collision injured a five-year-old near 2nd Ave and Moulton St. the rider tallent claimed the child ran into the path. The North Alabama Shrine No 7 will hold a regular meeting Friday at 7:30 in the Masonic building with a ceremonial to follow.
A dialogue prompts daily prayer as a path to moral revolution. H B argues a moment of prayer could reform society, noting people are too busy to think of God. A dying girl laments that she was taught to live but not to die, urging a life aligned with Christ’s sacrifice.
Charlie Smith, born in Liberia and kidnapped at age 12, marks 100 years of freedom and his 121st birthday. Now living in Bartow, Florida, he works selling soft drinks and candy bars, cares for himself, and shares meals with his son Chester. He recalls a varied life from slave to rancher and citrus picker.
Gettysburg battlefield hosted a reunifying pageant as Union and Confederate reenactors paused their duel to form hollow squares and pledge allegiance. A U S Navy band played the national anthem as 30 000 spectators witnessed the symbolic reunion ending a three day commemoration of the pivotal Civil War battle.
Premier Khrushchev sent President Kennedy warm congratulations and wishes of peace and prosperity in a July message. He urged both governments to seek peaceful coexistence and elimination of hotbeds of tension for universal peace.
An escaped prisoner Melvin Allen Weaver opened fire at a hospital in Marianna Florida then led troopers on a chase through Americus Georgia. He killed three men wounded another and died from a self inflicted wound as a hostage stood nearby. Hale helped end the siege by firing on Weaver.
Secretary of Labor Wirtz reports to President Kennedy that emergency action by Congress and the President may be required to avert a nationwide railroad strike. Negotiations with five operating unions have broken down and unions warn they will strike if new work rules take effect July 11. Wirtz comments doubt a collective bargaining solution is near and Kennedy’s next steps remain unspecified.
Athens College announces the appointment of Julian Harris of Decatur to its Board of Trustees. Harris, a Auburn University and University Law School graduate, practiced law 28 years in Decatur with a prior stint as Circuit Judge and holds multiple honor society memberships. He is active at the First Methodist Church and taught the Men's Bible Class for over 25 years.
Director Al Lingo and Cecil Jackson said a state investigator would probe the Monday night dynamiting of Union Agent Turner Davis residence in Decatur. The city may add 200 for a state law cap, atop 3500 in rewards from Gov. Wallace and Local 377.
In Danville Virginia a civil rights leader warned against a dead city as Martin Luther King Jr visits with a coalition of lawyers clergymen and other champions of integration. The AP report notes the planned events and local tensions.
Officials said President Kennedy was weighing a response to the Soviet offer of a partial test ban and a NATO nonaggression pact. They noted Khrushchev’s proposal may not be a formal package and outlined options for a comprehensive or partial ban and the broader alliance issue.
Charles de Gaulle and his French delegation arrived in Bonn for a two day visit to discuss Franco German cooperation and counter Kennedy's Atlantic alignment. West German leaders seek compromise between Kennedy grand design and a third force concept between the United States and the Soviet bloc.
Frigidaire frost free refrigerator advertised by Robins son s and a lady featuring no defrost mechanism and continuous cold storage claim aimed at kitchen use.
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