Decatur Jayceettes Meet for Covered Dish Supper
The Decatur Jayceettes will meet Thursday at the First Federal Penthouse at 7 p.m. for a covered dish supper. A 1956 Chevrolet driven by Alma Foster Hallman, 71, of Decatur, struck a parked 1964 Pontiac owned by Curtis Edse Smith, 38, of Monroeville, Ala., in the Bank St. Hospital parking lot Friday at 4:55 p.m.. no injuries were reported. The Decatur Fire Department answered a false alarm at 5:42 a.m. Saturday on 909 8th Ave. SE. Independence Day observances were noted with little flag display in Decatur. a postal employee commented that government never stops, only slows.
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Decatur Jayceettes
First Federal Penthouse
Bank St. Hospital
Alma Foster Hallman
Decatur
Curtis Edse Smith
Monroeville
Decatur Fire Department
8Th Ave
Rusk urges Soviet openness to arms inspection at Independence Hall
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged the Soviet Union to welcome a system of arms inspection in a speech at Independence Hall Philadelphia. He said the United States is ready to open its doors and that such inspections could lead to armament reductions. He emphasized mutual recognition of the need for transparency in security arrangements.
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Philadelphia
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Independence Hall
Is the Lord Building a Better World According to the Bible
The text argues there is little evidence the world improves until God’s kingdom, noting Christians influence for good yet wheat and tare grow together. It cites Matthew 13 and II Timothy 3, highlighting simultaneous rise of church and ungodly opposition, urging rededication and prayer.
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Christ
Acheson Leaves for Geneva to Aid Cyprus Talks
Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson will fly to Geneva at President Johnsons request to assist the U N mediator Sakari Tuomioja and push for direct Greek and Turkish negotiations to resolve the Cyprus crisis. He will meet the mediator and be on hand as talks begin next week.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
State Department
Dean Acheson
iGeneva
Johnson
Cyprus
Acheson
Geneva
United Nations
U.N
Sakari S. Tuomioja
Finland
Greece
Turkey
United States
George Papandreou
Ismet Inonus
Athens
Ankara
NATO
Holiday Early Edition Advances DAI LY News
The paper notes an early 5 p.m. Saturday publication to allow staff time with families and a late Saturday delivery so carriers can serve Sunday readers. Regular schedule resumes Monday.
Quiet Racial Weekend Seen In Alabama
Police awaited possible incidents during civil rights act tests in Alabama while leaders planned a Monday renewal. Shuttlesworth and about 100 Negroes desegregated 10 eating places and four movie houses in Birmingham with no incident. Other sites in Montgomery and Selma saw peaceful activity or no incidents.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Fred L. Shuttlesworth
Cincinnati
Alabama Christian Movement For Human Rights
Shuttlesworth
Birmingham
Montgomery
Selma
Albert Boutwell
Brmingham Hotel Association
Birmingham Mo
Ellender Pleads for Compliance with Civil Rights Law
Sen. Allen J. Ellender says flagrant or violent opposition to the civil rights act is foolhardy and indefensible. He urges resistance only through lawful, orderly processes and warns that disrespect for law could fuel widespread strife.
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Washington
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Ellender
Louisiana
Congress
Supreme Court
South
Rights Bill Covers Most Businesses
Washington AP explains how the civil rights law affects businesses in Q A form. The act bans discrimination in public accommodations and in employment practices across venues such as restaurants hotels theaters and arenas. Exemptions include owner-occupied tourist homes with five or fewer rooms.
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John Chadwick Washington
Educators Adopt Strong Civil Rights Platform At NEA Convention
NEA delegates approve the strongest civil rights program in the 107 year history. By July 1 1966 all white affiliates in 11 Southern states must remove racial membership restrictions and present integration plans. If ignored, the Executive Committee may censure expel or extend the deadline.
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Seattle
Wash
National Education Association
NEA
Representative Assembly
Sealer
Dont Throw That Odd Furniture Away We Buy It
An exchange ad states we buy used odd furniture at Moulton Street shop. It calls attention to selling or trading items through the local furniture exchange.
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Moulton
Attack on Camp Polei Krong Kills 45 Vietnamese
Seven U.S. Special Forces led defenders to safety after a dawn assault on Camp Polei Krong near Kontum in central South Vietnam. The Viet Cong breached the perimeter, killed 45 Vietnamese, wounded 23 Americans and two villagers, and looted equipment as mortars opened the attack at 1 a.m. on Independence Day.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
South
Polei Krong
Kontum
America
Wallace expands ballot plans to seven states and up for Jim
Gov George Wallace announced definite plans to qualify in New York Illinois Indiana Missouri Wisconsin Florida and Kentucky as part of a broader North Midwest South ballot bid He denounced civil rights law as a fraud and attacked the Supreme Court accusing it of eroding freedom and backing tyranny.
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Atlanta
George Wallace
Alabama
Midwest
South
New York
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Wisconsin
Florida
Kentucky
Wallace
Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Court
Quiet Fourth Celebrations Mark Decatur Day
The Fourth of July brought patriotic songs at Central Methodist Church and bells across Decatur. Morgan County Post 15 of the American Legion organized bell ringings while police reported little incidents aside from fireworks. Sheriff’s deputies noted normal Friday and Saturday drunken arrests but overall quiet scenes as picnics and outdoor gatherings dominated the holiday.
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America
Central Methodist Church
Morgan County Post 15
The
American Legion
Decatur
Joe Weatherly
Weatherly
Morgan County
Ten Arrested as Canal Zone Demonstration Breaks Up
Tear gas grenades halted a student march at Shaler Plaza on the Panama border. National Guardsmen arrested 10 demonstrators including a top leftist student leader as troops dispersed the rally in the U S Canal Zone near Panama City.
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Panama
Shaler Plaza
U.S. Canal Zone
Canal Zone
Panama City
Beating at Atlanta rally mars tense civil rights event
Three Negro youths were beaten by white spectators at a states rights rally in Atlanta. Police carried the injured youths away with bloodied heads as chairs were used on them near a wire fence beside the grandstand during remarks by former Gov. Ross Barnett and Gov. George Wallace.
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Atlanta
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
George Wallace
Alabama
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