Everyday incidents spill into Plain View Park and local streets
Police investigated a break in at Plain View Trailer Park where Mrs Sparks was struck from behind. An electric razor theft was reported by Frank Rogers. Multiple two car crashes occurred at intersections on 6th Ave and Walnut St with no injuries. Fire crews logged several small calls including a false alarm at Green Frog Cafe. See Diary on Page 2.
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Plainview Trailer Park
Frank Rogers
Buena Vista Circle
Rogers
Remington
Otto Mullins
Grant St
6Th Ave
Walnut St
Johnston St
Pontiac
Rody Miller
Carol J. McBay
15Th Ave
Sears
Doris Smith Taylor
Wilson Ave
Deloris G. Morgan
7Th Ave
Decatur Fire Department
Church and
Grant Streets
Cedar Lake Rd
Vine St. NW
Senate approves Johnson poverty bill sets stage for House action
The Senate approved President Johnson's war on poverty measure by a wide margin and sent it to the House Rules Committee for early next week. The bill authorizes 412.5 million for youth job programs and 315 million to fund up to 90 percent of community level anti poverty efforts including employment and education aid.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
House
Rules Committee
Frank J. Lausche
Dohio
World’s problems tied to theology and faith in God
The speaker says global issues stem from humans lacking a right relationship with God. Theology means knowledge of God, but the need is faith, trust, love, and service to Him. Without God, conflict persists. with Him, tensions fade and a different atmosphere emerges.
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M.Y
God
Twice In A Row City Man Leads Alabama Delegation
Decatur man will lead the Alabama delegation to the National Democratic Convention in Atlantic City New Jersey late August. Bessemer Mayor Jess Lanier, a Decatur High School graduate, chairs the delegation with Morgan County Probate Judge T Amon having previously held the position by a slim margin.
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Decatur
Alabama
Bessemer
Jess Lanier
Decatur High School
Atlantic City
N. J
Morgan County
T. ©. Almon
MacDonald Gallion
Almon
Lanier
Johnson Unveils High Speed Plane For Global Reconnaissance
President Johnson announced a new high speed aircraft with three times the speed of sound and operations above 80 000 feet for worldwide reconnaissance. The $1 billion program aims to deploy to the Strategic Air Command after 1965 testing begun early in 1965.
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Washington
Johnson
Strategic Air Command
Five Enter Cotton Contest
Five contestants have qualified for the Morgan County Maid of Cotton contest with applications due by midnight Sunday and in the office by Monday. Contestants include Sally Jo Powell Falkville Amy Rea Falkville Linda Wilhite Hart sel Paulette England Hart selle and Dianna Hartselle. The judging will occur at a dinner at the Holiday Inn in Decatur Wednesday night.
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Hartselle
Morgan County
Lucile Hawkins
Falkville Lions Club
Linda Wilhite
Chemstrand
Paulette England
Hartselle Rotary Club
Dianna Hartselle
Bethel
Holiday Inn
Decatur
Whites Stage Nineteen Sixty Harlem Disorder Picketing CORE March
New York AP reports white youths hurled missiles at Negroes and whites picketing Police Headquarters in Lower Manhattan as Harlem and Brooklyn unrest waned. CORE accused police brutality and demanded Police Commissioner Murphy’s ouster. An egg narrowly missed Murphy. a rock struck Inspector Yack in the eye. Police protected pickets with barricades as 1,500 bystanders watched.
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New York
Harlem
Brooklyn
Lower Manhattan
Congress of Racial Equality
Michael J. Murphy
Murphy
Henry Yack
Lower East Side
Eyes Leave Birmingham Turn To New York
Relman Morin compares Birmingham and New York violence triggered by racial tensions. He notes organized demonstrations in Birmingham versus seemingly aimless riots in New York sparked by a white officer’s fatal shooting of a 15 year old black youth. Leaders in Birmingham coordinated with police and media. New York violence appears without clear aims.
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Birmingham
Ala
New York City
Relman Morin
New York
Associated Press
Violence spreads fear from Birmingham to New York
A year after Birmingham became a symbol of racial strife, violence in New York is portrayed as an even worse echo, with the city seen as another national symbol of unrest and fear.
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New York
Birmingham
Ala
Bonds Posted After Arrest On Civil Rights Law
The FBI arrested three Greenwood white men under the Civil Rights Act to stop a Negro from entering a downtown movie theatre. Willie Amon Belk, 47, Jimmy Allen Belk, 19, and Sam Allen Shafer Jr., 40, posted $1,000 bonds each at U S Commissioner W O Luckett in Clarksdale after Thursday’s arrest.
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Greenwood, Miss
FBI
Bureau
Greenwood
Willie Amon Belk
Jimmy Allen Belk
Sam Allen Shafer Jr
Fliers Survive Eight Days Afloat After Plane Crash
Prince Rupert, BC AP reports Robert Gilroy and Max Poriz survived eight days on the floats of their overturned craft after a July 14 crash on the Iskut River. Rescuers found them drenched and freezing near their Iskut Inhini River campsite. Gilroy described hitting a mud bank and the plane drifting downstream before ending nose up on sand.
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Prince Rupert, B.C
Robert Gilroy
Max Poriz
Iskut
Gilroy
Terrice
Don't Throw That Old Furniture Away We Buy It
A local ad announces Exchange Furniture on Moulton Street buying used furniture. The brief states customers can bring items for quick purchase or exchange. The message emphasizes a fast, cash-for-furniture service with no explicit hours.
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Moulton St
Airlines ask C A B to suspend Huntsville fares to California
The American Airlines and Delta Air Lines request the Civil Aeronautics Board suspend joint fares between Huntsville Alabama and California while Eastern Air Lines and Trans World Airlines plan to launch the same fares on August 9. Federal Judge John D Butmer Jr in Richmond Virginia allows Birmingham Alabama man Frank Jimmy Snider Jr to pursue a habeas corpus claim arguing his 1956 rape death sentence is unconstitutional. President Johnson says civil rights cannot be removed as a campaign issue this year.
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Washington
American Airlines
Delta Air Lines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Huntsville
Ala
California
Eastern Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
Richmond, Va
John D. Butmer Jr
Frank Jimmy Snider Jr
Birmingham
Harvey S. Lutins
Roanoke
Snider
Johnson
Special Session Near Ride
A source close to Gov. George Wallace says a special session of the Alabama Legislature is a 90 percent sure thing to pass a congressional redistricting law. If not convened, Alabama will elect eight at large House members in November amid Democratic incumbents facing Republican challengers.
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Montgomery
George Wallace
Wallace
Alabama
House
Barry Goldwater
Congress
Albert Brewer
Pete Mathews
Civil Rights Meeting Topic
Senator Barry Goldwater says he will not exploit the campaign to cause disorder as he meets with President Johnson to discuss civil rights amid harsh rhetoric. He had voted against Johnson's 947.5 million poverty program, which passed 62 to 33.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Arizona
Markets At A Glance Stocks, Commodities Mixed In Slow Trading
New York AP reports mixed stocks amid slow trading. Cotton and rail shares gain while wheat and soybeans ease. corn and oats dip with liquidation across futures. Hogs rise to 18.25 and slaughter steers jump to 25.00, signaling strong cash markets.
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New York
Athens Man Heads Correction Board
Hershel Littrell of Athens was installed as chairman of the Alabama Board of Corrections at a Trailway Inn meeting that lasted nearly three hours. His term runs to 1967, first appointed by Gov. Folsom and reappointed by Gov. Patterson. Also at the meeting were Gilbert Rodli of Industrial Equipment Co. and Frank Lee of the State Department of Corrections, with Gov. George Wallace naming a committee to study prisoner employment options.
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Athens
Hershel Littrell
Alabama Board of Corrections
Trailway Inn
Littrell
James E. Folsom
John Patterson
Gilbert Rodli
Industrial Equipment Co
Huntingdon
Frank Lee
State Department of Corrections
George Wallace
Free Electrolux Demonstration by Glenn Butler
Demonstration of Electrolux vacuums shampoos and polishes offered by Glenn Butler. Contact 353-9579 for details and scheduling.
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Electrolux
Glenn Butler
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