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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1964
Page
5
Captain Ras and the Pamlico fend off two pursuing Union gunboats during a fierce night action. Despite heavy shelling at close range, the Pamlico sustains no damage while securing survivors and setting course for Plymouth as the Federals retreat.
Ras commands the Pamlico as Plymouth falls after fierce river fighting. Marine and gunboat action pummels enemy batteries ashore and at the town while General Hoke plans a main coastal strike. Elaine Mansfield’s fate tied to lookouts and prison transfer as Ras wires President Davis.
Mobile seaman John W. Mullis received the Merchant Marine’s highest honor for heroism in a 1961 rescue aboard the Titan. Mullis and Horace Sikes climbed a swaying ladder to save two Chinese seamen in a storm. one later died. Sikes is also expected to receive the medal.
In Peoria Illinois civil rights suit filed in circuit court alleges Memorial Gardens Association refused to sell two adult burial plots to Billy V Clemons a Negro. The complaint seeks 1000 damages and claims an association agent said another city cemetery was the only option for Negro burials due to racial deed restrictions pending litigation.
Richard L. Smith of Gulfport received his tax refund via a roundabout route. Cecil A. Ball of Bartow sent Smith’s check, which Ball found attached to his own refund check and decided to mail to Smith to speed the process.
Mrs. Jimmie Brown and family left Sunday afternoon for North Carolina due to her grandfather’s death. Rev. Billy Bowers filled the pulpit Sunday night in the pastor’s absence. Rev. Brown and Coleman Holmes attended a meeting at the Free Will Baptist Children Home in Eldridge Alabama Saturday. The Woman’s Auxiliary meets Friday at 7 30 p.m. at Mrs. Albert Henry’s home. Revival begins next Sunday with evangelist Rev. John Edwards from Eldridge Alabama. Dalton Henry of Chicago is visiting relatives. Children of Mrs. Ethel Henry hosted a birthday dinner Sunday at Roy Joe Henry’s home.
A loaded concrete truck rolled away from its driver and crashed into a tree, demolishing the mixer. The mixer was put back into service after 15,000 pounds of hardened concrete were removed with a jackhammer.
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