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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1963
Page
1
During a 102 hour period from June 19 to June 23 traffic accidents killed at least 553 Americans, setting a holiday record. The National Safety Council estimated 550 to 650 deaths for the long weekend, with many caused by high speeds and urges to yield. In addition 143 people drowned and 41 died in boating accidents.
Argentina's presidential race narrows as Arturo Illia leads with about half counted while no candidate reaches 51 percent. Electors will meet July 31 to name a president with possible switches. Blank ballots known as Don Nadie receive strong support in a boycott context.
A first year student asks how to witness when classmates doubt God. The guide urges living out faith visibly, citing Jesus to let light shine. It notes peers seek spiritual reality and warns conformity to the crowd risks losing the opportunity to show Christ.
Washington AP Kennedy met with Labor Secretary Wirtz over the railway dispute as a nationwide strike looms on Thursday. Rail unions rejected the government settlement, threatening to strike if new work rules take effect and a Congress action to bar the walkout is pursued.
The United States froze all Cuban assets in the U S whether held by the Castro government or Cuban individuals and barred unlicensed financial or commercial transactions with Cuba. The Treasury acted at State’s request to restrict Cuban funds, citing the O A S resolution and placing Cuba with China and North Korea under strict controls. Refugees’ funds are blocked only if used for Castro purposes.
NAACP executive secretary Roy Wilkins announced that the 40,000 member youth groups will be freed from conservative local policies and directed by national headquarters to plan and stage demonstrations. The remarks followed James Meredith's criticism of NAACP youth leadership at the Chicago convention, which sparked a charged exchange and Meredith's emotional response.
In New York and Baltimore racial incidents shadowed efforts at church led integration. A white Bronx teen, Jack Cipoli, 16, was wounded by a car gunshot near a Bronx diner linked to a prior disturbance as police failed to disperse a crowd of several hundred white youths.
Two more people died in Limestone County during the Independence Day weekend, bringing the count to five. William Garth 20 of Belle Mina and William King about 17 drowned while swimming near Arrowhead Landing and Spring Creek respectively. Coroners report Garth suffered cramps and was found in 15 feet of water. King disappeared in Spring Creek and was later sought by Courtland Rescue Squad. Funeral arrangements for King set for Tuesday at Old Liberty Grove Methodist Church.
The Cincinnati AP report notes the U S Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district judge's disapproval of parts of a desegregation plan in Chattanooga Tennessee. In Anderson South Carolina a head on collision killed a white Alabama woman and an Ohio Negro. A London AP dispatch accuses Egyptian forces in Yemen of using poison gas against royalist loyal villages. Jackson Mississippi reports Byron de la Beckwith pleading innocent to the 1963 murder of Medgar Evers.
Alabama House members return from the Fourth of July break to take up the largest education appropriation in state history, a $186 million Education Trust Fund bill for schools. The session faces continued filibuster threats as Lt. Gov. James Allen warnsMoves to extend appropriations into next year hinge on passage of funding bills.
The state reported 23 accidental deaths over the holiday weekend including 14 highway fatalities and eight drownings. Victims include 20 year old William Garth of Belle Mina and 16 year old William King of Town Creek.
Markets show stocks lower with rails and motors down while bonds split between gains and losses. Cotton rises amid quiet trading as Chicago grains slip with wheat mostly easier, corn and oats down, soybeans plunging. Hog futures steady to 25 cents lower top 19.25, slaughter steers up 50 cents to 1, top 26. Frigidaire Frostproof Refrigerator ad closes read.
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