City grants three J and M Sign Co permits
City clerk's office Friday issued three permits to J and M Sign Co for signs at 1202 6th Ave SE 425, 1601 6th Ave SE 285, and 1715 Creighton Ave SE 300. State Veterans Affairs office to close Monday for Jefferson Davis birthday Sunday. Troy Martin Jr to demonstrate handling of snakes at Decatur Rotary Club meeting Monday.
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J & M Sign Co
6Th Ave
Creighton Ave
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Jefferson Davis
Troy Martin, Jr
Decatur Rotary Club
Special session eyed on reapportionment by Patterson conflict
Editorial warns Gov Patterson may summon a special session next week to address court ordered reapportionment. Judges’ order threatens bold action if the legislature stalls, with deadlock risk, potential federal intervention, and even jail threats in a dispute over population based seats. The piece frames the showdown as serious, not a game, with July hearings expected and possible drastic remedies.
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Patterson
Richard T. Rives
Daniel H. Thomas
Frank M. Johnson, Jr
Israelis Say Justice Done over Eichmann's End
Israelis welcomed the execution of Adolf Eichmann as justice served by Israel and condemned clemency. Editorials from Yediot Ahronot and The Jerusalem Post praised the verdict and noted relief amid Sabbath observances. A taxi driver said the trial would have made no sense without his execution.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Yediot Ahronot
Adolf Eichmann
Izhak
Eichmann
Jerusalem Post
Israel
Eichmann’s Sons Meet Reporters With Pistols in Argentina
In Buenos Aires two of Adolf Eichmann’s sons, Horst 22 and Dieter 20, spoke to reporters with revolvers in their hip pockets, bitter toward Israel. Horst defended the necessity of defense while Dieter declined to comment, saying “It has been done.”
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Adolf Eichmann
Israel
Horst Eichmann
Estes Threatened If Cotton Rules Change Midgame
A federal Agriculture Department report quotes Billie Sol Estes threatening to go to Secretary Freeman and even President Kennedy if cotton allotment rules are altered midcourse. Estes claimed his operations were legitimate under guidance from his attorney and associates and that ASCS officials approved the transfers. The 140-page document, once confidential, was shared with the Justice Department and congressional committees, with a Texas grand jury investigating a related death.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
If Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Kennedy
Estes
John P. Dennison
ASCS
Associated Press
Justice Department
Texas Grand
Henry H. Marshall
Eisenhower Defends Stockpile Record Amid Probe
Former President Eisenhower said he would face any accusation if his secretary of the treasury ever acted crooked as the Senate probes stockpile losses. Senator Symington cites possible $1 billion in lost government stockpile value tied to contracts with Calumet & Hecla and other firms. The inquiry also scrutinizes a $13.2 million synthetic cryolite purchase and a $5.5 million profit by Calumet & Hecla from copper reallocations.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Eisenhower
Humphrey
Armed Services
Humphrey Companies
R. C Coburn
Symington
Office of Emergency Planning
John D. Morgan Jr
Justice Department
Senate
Calumet & Hecla Co
Chicago
Calumet & Hecla, Inc
Calumet & Hecla
Macon County Court Upholds Negro Registration Ruling
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court order requiring Alabama county election officials to issue registration certificates to 54 Black applicants. The ruling cites racial discrimination in registration practices, noting high Black population but very low voting-age registration and white voters receiving assistance. Judge Cameron dissented. his views will be published later.
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New Orleans
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court For
Middle Alabama
Macon County
Ala
Alabama
Board of Registrars
Ben F
Cameron
Proration May Be Eliminated
Montgomery June 1 AP state revenue commissioner Guy Sparks says proration can be avoided if school taxes continue at current rates. Eight months' school tax revenue rose 6.709 percent year over year, with total tax collections reaching 170.951 million, a record eight month high. May school tax collections fell short of estimates by 1.124 million, but May 1962 total was 13.794 million, up 1.557 million from May 1961.
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Montgomery
Guy Sparks
Sparks
Stolen Plane Landed Here
A Las Vegas man, Marion Lee Resner, 31, was captured near Knoxville Tennessee after a stolen plane crossed state lines. The red and white Piper Super Cruiser had stopped for fuel at Pryor Field and Muscle Shoals Airport Thursday before landing in Tennessee. Resner waived preliminary hearing and was bound to a federal grand jury. The FBI noted the aircraft was a floats-equipped plane and the flier’s name was not confirmed.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Knoxville
Tenn
Canada
Pryor Field
Marion Lee Resner
Knox County
Federal Grand Jury
Ernie Blackwell, Jr
Tennessee Valley Flight Service
Blackwell
Muscle Shoals
Everett J. Ingram
FBI
Resner
West Berlin teens shot and dragged at East Berlin border
Two 17 year old girls, Ursula and Karin, were involved at the Berlin border Friday night. One girl was dragged through barbed wire into East Germany and another was shot in the hip as she fled back to the West. American MPs responded to the scene in Lichterfelde.
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East Berlin
Ursula
Karin
Lichterfelde
West
Karen
Complete service for Frigidaire and all makes
Quickie notice by Ken Reynolds advertising repair service for Frigidaire and all appliance brands. Mentions location on 2nd Avenue and seeks customers needing appliance maintenance or repair.
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Robinson’s
2Nd Ave
Adv
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