Enough cries of woman shake Sicily Mafia grip
A grieving Sicilian widow’s plea Basta sparks fear that 29 Mafiosi face charges in nine hundred murders blamed on the Mafia since 1945. The Mesina family killings reveal a widening anti Mafia drive as Sicilians test silencio Omerta and seek safer lives beyond years of extortion and murder.
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Bennett M. Bolton
ROME
Basta
Rosa Messina
Sicily
Mrs. Messina
Mediterranean
Mafia
Community docket lists varied traffic and city charges
City recorder's docket shows police actions for offenses such as speeding and no driver's license, with counts ranging from one to seven. At 11 15 p m Saturday Lillie Pearl Thompson 33 of Decatur 4 drove a 1962 Chevrolet off 6th Ave SE after an incident with another car. no injuries were reported. Miss Mildred Taylor speaks Sunday at Central Methodist Church about her South Africa mission and MYF engagement.
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City Recorder
6Th Ave
Lillie Pearl Thompson
Decatur 4
Are absolutes real in Christian faith says A N
The answer argues that absolutes exist in God and in moral law. It rejects the claim there are no absolutes as an self contradicting assertion. Evil is described as an absolute revolt against God and believers strive to live by divine standards.
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A. N
God
Christ
Miss Keeler
Old Bailey Court
Ward
Mayor Describes Bill A Burden On Decatur Firemen
Mayor Gilmer Blackburn attacks a proposed Alabama bill limiting firemen work hours as a burden on Decatur residents. Representatives Brewer and Slate defend state authority and note the bill targets cities with populations over 29 000, setting a 56 hour weekly cap. Blackburn releases statement on the matter.
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Morgan County
Gilmer Blackburn
Decatur
Blackburn
House
Senate
Albert Brewer
Ralph Slate
Brewer and
Slate
Alabama
Ralph Lee
Markets At A Glance From New York and Chicago
The report shows stocks down with rails slipping while bonds hold mixed. Agricultural futures move irregularly with cotton buying, wheat steady to weak, corn and soybeans lower, and hogs steady to strong near 20. Slaughter steers hold at about 26.50 as markets reflect cautious tone.
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New York
Chicago
Race tensions ease across U S amid peaceful protests
Racial tensions eased nationwide this weekend with orderly demonstrations in New York Brooklyn and Charleston South Carolina. About 6000 Negro hymn singers attended a Brooklyn rally where Rev Gardner C Taylor urged picket lines over guns for public funded construction protests. In Charleston around 300 marched for desegregation and jobs while Cambridge Maryland saw authorities disperse crowds with tear gas and bayonets.
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Associated Press
New York
Charleston
S.C
Brooklyn
N.Y
Downstate Medical Center
Gardner C. Taylor
Palmer Gaillard
Cambridge
Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee
Appeals court rejects rehearing on Alabama school desegregation
The federal appeals court refused a requested rehearing of its order for the Birmingham school board to begin school integration this September. In Washington, the AFL-CIO announced a broad national campaign against racial discrimination with president George Meany taking personal charge.
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New Orleans
Federal Appeals Court
Birmingham, Ala
Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Wallace Signs Law Expanding Notary Appointments
Governor George Wallace signed a bill granting probate judges the authority to appoint notaries public in Alabama. The act broadens official recognition for notary powers and clarifies appointment procedures across counties.
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Montgomery
George Wallace
Kennedy Proposes ICC Study Of Rail Labor Case
President Kennedy announced a plan to curb a railroad strike by sending legislation to Congress. It would refer remaining work rules disputes to the Interstate Commerce Commission for prompt hearing and ruling while preserving collective bargaining and employee protections.
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Kennedy
ICC
Dent Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
White House
Congress
Pierre Salinger
Nuclear Test Ban Nears Pact as Harriman Advances Deal
Soviet sources report a working party finished touches on an East West treaty banning nuclear tests in air space and underwater. W Averell Harriman expected to initial the pact soon with Britain and the Soviet Union close to final agreement barring a last minute nonaggression request. Retired by Khrushchev after a weekend break, the talks resumed with optimism as Harriman met Gromyko and Hailsham.
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Moscow
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Washington
Khrushchev
Harriman
Britain
Lord Hailsham
Andrei Gromyko
GOP Pushes to End Gag Rule at Governors Conference
At the 55th Governors Conference in Miami Beach, a 33 to 16 vote largely along party lines moved to dissolve the resolutions committee. Democrats backed Gov. Grant Sawyer’s substitute to eliminate the committee, effectively limiting civil rights debate to other regular committees.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Grant Sawyer
Nevada
Sawyer
William A Egan
Alaska
Nelson A. Rockefeller
GOP
Dry land picnic for Lake Pontchartrain crash survivors
Christy Martine, 3, rescued after nine hours lashed to a swamped 18 foot boat in Lake Pontchartrain. Father Anatole Baillergeon stayed with the child while Father John Sauvageau towed Lana Fagot and summoned help. Coast Guard helicopter retrieved the group as Mrs Martine and the others swam to shore after a sudden squall.
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New Orleans
Christy Martine
Lake Pontchartrain
Anatole Baillergeon
O.M.I
Oblate
Natick
Mass
John Sauvageau
Coast Guard
Father Sauvageau
Lana Fagot
Jean Martine
Christy
Father Baillergeon
Lightning Strike Kills Man and Cow at Mt Vernon Dairy
A bolt of lightning struck a dairy barn at Searcy Hospital near Mt. Vernon injuring Willie C. Grace and killing a milk cow. In Alabama over the weekend twelve people died accidentally, nine in traffic accidents, and two drownings reported near Guin and Henson Springs. Others include a driver killed near Graysville, a Briarfield man, and several fatalities in Huntsville Calera and Chambers County as the AP tallies weekend deaths.
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Associated Press
Dothan
Alabama
Searcy Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Mobile
Willie C. Grace
Morgan Bay Youth Drowns In County Pond
Coroner Lewis C. Brown identified 16 year old Paul Robinson of Decatur as the drowning victim. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon while he swam in a pond on the Roy Hutson farm with his cousin Jun Lee MORGAN Page 2
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Judy Jones
Guin
Buttahatchie
Henson Springs
Paul Robinson
Decatur
Roy Hutson
Rt. 4
Junior Robinson
Jamies K. Sandlin
Rt. 1
Trinity
Headon
Graysville
Edward Godeey
Morgan County
Lewis C. Brown
Brown
Mitchell Robinson
Decature
Jun- Lee Morgan
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William H. Gibson
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John Arthur Gaines
Joann Gaines
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Highway Patrol
Herman Weasley Mickens
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