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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1962

Page

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Social security guidance and local notices cross paths

Ware Foster of the Decatur Social Security office advises accurate reporting and change of address notices for recipients. Those earning over 1200 dollars in the year should report anticipated wages. Also listed are church events, a death in Plantersville, five building permits, and a TV appearance of Tomboys softball team before Game of the Day.

Ware Foster Decatur Social Security Office Social Security Office

Peru Seeks U S Ties After Coup And Election Fraud

Peru's Gen. Ricardo Perez Godoy appeals to the United States to renew diplomatic relations and resume Alliance for Progress aid claiming aid will reach the hungry. He defends the junta's coup as preserving democracy and pledges fair elections, while Washington accuses the junta of delaying democracy. The report notes aid suspension and fraud allegations surrounding Prado era.

Lima Peru United States Kennedy Ricardo Perez Godoy Perez Godoy U.S Manuel Prado Alliance For Progress White House Prado

Stubborn Stand of Dr Frances Kelsey Halts Thalidomide

Guest editorial lauds FDA officer Dr Frances Kelsey for refusing to certify thalidomide in the United States citing her caution and integrity. It notes European cases of phocomelia and warns against releasing new drugs before safety is proven. The piece portrays Kelsey as a heroine for protecting American children.

Frances Oldham Kelsey Food & Drug Administration Kelsey West Germany Britain

Shortage Not Short in Ag Terminology

Sen. John J. Williams charged the Agriculture Department with an Estes grain shortage claim. The department denied a real shortage, noting a 0.2 percent variance and that shortages are only determinable at load out per the General Accounting Office.

Washington John J. Williams R-Del Agriculture Department Billie Sol Estes Williams Senate Comptroller General Estes Coleman D. McSpadden Sen. Will General Accounting Office Sen. Williams

Fantastic stock theft revealed in New York and Congo talks

A Wall Street clerk admitted stealing over 114 million dollars in stock from Bache & Co. The theft involved hiding certificates in a tin can near Broadway, with FBI recovery of about 200,000 dollars in Newark. Police have suspects, including Gordon Tallman and Robert Dodge, in a case linked to several other arrests. In Congo talks, Katanga secession and U N efforts seed division under Western camp tensions as ministers meet in Geneva and Laos treaty progress looms.

Geneva Congo Berlin Laos Lord Home London U.S Dean Rusk Katanga Congo Unity United States U.N Conor Cruise O’brien Ireland New York Wall Street Bache & Co Bache Frank S. Hogan Upper Broadway Hogan Tallman Robert J. Dodge Bronx Dodge N.J FBI

Tax Decision Is Delayed As Recession Watch Grows

President Kennedy postponed until about August his decision on asking Congress for an immediate tax cut to spur business. White House advisers weighed June data after Black Monday, noting the recovery remained weak and indexes were inconclusive.

Washington Kennedy Congress White House Economic Council

Mariner 1 Ready for Venus Flyby Mission

NASA officials announced Mariner 1 was ready for a pre-dawn Saturday launch aboard an Atlas Agena B. The 446 pound probe aims for a 140 day voyage to Venus with a 30 minute encounter to study the planet through its cloud cover and relay data to Earth for analysis. The project manager said the mission could reveal Venus’s rotation atmosphere and possible radiation belts. Productions note adds more details on future pages.

Howard Benedict Cape Canaveral Fla Venus Mariner 1 Earth Jack James Mariner National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Senate OKs 4.7 Billion Foreign Aid Bill Compromise

The Senate approved a $4.672 billion foreign aid bill in a 56 26 vote, stripping the Red aid ban and sending the measure to the House where passage is expected. The package keeps Kennedy discretionary authority to extend aid behind the Iron Curtain if vital to US security. Conferees removed a provision blocking UN funds until nations pay assessments.

Washington Senate House Kennedy Poland Yugoslavia Kremlin Senate House Congress U.S United Nations

Joint Chiefs To Be Headed By Gen Taylor After Lemnitzer

Gen Lyman Lemnitzer will become commander in chief in Europe and Gen Maxwell Taylor will succeed him as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Lemnitzer may be named NATO supreme commander in Europe. Norstad retires as U.S. commander in Europe with Wheeler to succeed Decker. Kennedy pressed to name a new military adviser when Taylor becomes chairman.

Earle G. Wheeler U.S Europe Taylor Kennedy NATO Council Paris Norstad United States Lemnitzer Air NATO Joint Chiefs of Staff White House Pierre Salinger Chiefs Army JOINT

Calm Gunman Robs Bank in Frankewing Tennessee

A calm gunman robbed two female assistant cashiers at the Bank of Frankewing 15 miles east of Pulaski. Troopers set roadblocks across Middle Tennessee as a tan car with Ohio plates fled. The robber wore a blue cap and shirt and warned the staff this was a holdup.

Pulaski Tenn Frankewing Here Middle Tennessee Ohio Alabama O. E. West Sue Coggin Aline

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