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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1963

Page

3

Naval staff car left base on leave amid warnings of a leak

Commander Gardner tails Captain Howard from the naval base as Howard tries to reach Brixham by rail. Gardner reports a staged leak plan to Admiral Sherwood while fearing a Moscow breach in an atomic depth charge program.

Naval Staff Esse O.K Howard C.P.O Admiralty Research Establishment Tony Gardner Tony Wilson Brixham Naval Base Gardner London Waterloo Station Naval Research Base Sherwood Naval Intelligence Admiralty Moscow

Broadway Probes Probe Wise Cash Handling by Dodgy Producers

Atty Gen Louis Lefkowitz to investigate Broadway producers who take money from Angels and skim expenses. Texas investors have been victims as shows that never opened or paid off create citywide concern.

Louis Lefkowitz Texas Alsionaires

Tell Me Why Brightens Sun Talk For Kids

A children’s feature answers a reader query about sun exposure and tanning. It explains how skin pigments like melanin form under ultraviolet light, why suntans occur, and the health considerations of sunbathing. It adds basic cautions from doctors and simple stepwise guidance on gradual sun exposure.

Riddles and Local Jokes From Nowata Oklahoma

A playful item from Ronnie Pitts of Nowata Oklahoma invites readers to solve a quick riddle about numbers and differences. It adds a shout to send riddles and jokes to the local column.

Ronnie Pitts Nowata Oklahoma

Leaders Await Governor Reply

In Cambridge Maryland 400 National Guardsmen guard trouble spots as white leaders seek urgent talks with Governor J Millard Tawes to ease militia curbs after six whites were wounded in recent violence. Curfews closing times and a ban on alcohol sales are in effect as business declines.

Cambridge J. Millard Tawes National Guard

UN Plans Renew Demand for POW Release in Korea

UN command to press for release of Captains Ben W. Stutts and Charleton A. Voltz after their forced downed flight in North Korea. North Korea has refused to provide details and families’ personal effects, with observers noting possible policy shifts amid Peking Moscow tensions. The pilots were said to have made a navigational error during a border patrol.

Panmunjom Korea United Nations Command U.S North Korea U.N Joint Military Armistice Commission Ben W. Stutts Florence Ala Charleton A. Voltz Frankfort Mich U.S. Marine George H. Cloud Red Peking Peking - Moscow

Weekend Toll Traps Nine Drownings and Fatal Crashes

The Associated Press notes nine weekend deaths in Alabama with drownings at Paradise Lake and multiple traffic wrecks. Victims include Nelson Graham an 18 year old Army furloughe and Lucy Beecher 53 of Leighton, plus James Welch 45 of Cuba and others in Sumter Lee and Colbert counties. The report spans several counties with manslaughter charges and a railway crossing fatality.

Nelson Graham Paradise Lake Junright Tuscaloosa Lucy Beecher Rt. 2 Leighton Colbert James Welch Rt. 1 Cuba Mississippi Sumter County Melvin Stephens James Walter Tucker Auburn Willie James Calloway Jake Hardinette Lee County Fairfax Drough Jeffery Highway Patrol Roanoke Davis Nelson Melvin Davis Reed Lincoln Ala Southern Railway Eastaboga Jackson Floyd Grove Hill Associated Press Alabama

Racial tensions rise as groups brace for action

Attitudes hardened on both sides with Gloria Richardson announcing non violent direct action. Militia law bans demonstrations while white leaders mobilize a citizens council to resist the Negro drive amid fears the state moves too far toward integration.

Gloria Richardson Integrationists Citizens Council

Platinum usage in industry exceeds jewelry demand

The statement notes that platinum is used four times as much in chemical and petroleum processes as in jewelry, reflecting its broader industrial importance beyond adornment.

Nikita Will Always Stick His Neck Out

James Marlow analyzes the Sino Soviet split and its impact on world communism. He notes Khrushchev seeks peaceful coexistence with the West while Mao Zedong pushes for forceful change, and flags the delicate balance of risk as both sides posture in Moscow talks and public rhetoric.

Nikita James Marlow Associated Press News Washington Khrushchev Soviet Union Red China Moscow United States Russia Stalin Kai-shek Cuba

Burial Insurance By Mail Offers $500 or $1000 Policies

An advertisement states burial insurance by mail with two policy amounts, $500 and $1,000, covering up to age 90. It promises no salesman and no medical exam, plus a written money back guarantee and free details by writing today.

Notice of unadministered estate in Morgan County Alabama

In the Probate Court of Morgan County Alabama the unadministered estate of Johnie Milton deceased is noted. Commissioners appointed to set apart the widow’s homestead and to appraise and allot such exemptions have filed their written report. A hearing to contest the report is set for August 9 1963 at 10 00 AM.

Alabama Morgan County Johnien Milton David Shoulders Blanche Wiggins Reuben Wiggins Stubenville Ohio Johnie Milton Jessie Ingram Wiggins Arlene Ingram Shoulders

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