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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1961
Page
1
Harding College graduates and local fire calls noted in brief
Billy Joe Thrasher and Richard Don Brackin are among 145 graduates of Harding College in Searcy Arkansas. Firefighters responded to grass fire at 607 Carridale Street and a truck fire on Highway 20 West with no reported losses. Rotary Club to hear Aubrey Wagner, TVA official, next week. Vacation Bible School at Westside Baptist Church runs 8 to 11 a.m. Monday through June 16 for ages 3 to 16 with worship, recreation, crafts, and Bible study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Joe Thrasher
Joe Thrasher
3Rd Ave
Richard Don Brackin
Richard N. Brackin
Town Creek
Harding College
Searcy
Ark
Carridale St
Highway 20
Westside Baptist Church
Memorial Drive
Judge Halts More State Rides in Alabama Court Action
A federal judge ordered Freedom Riders to halt racial challenges in Alabama pending further action. Judge Frank Johnson imposed injunctions on Montgomery police and others, barred Klan violence, and set June 12 for a hearing while criticizing both sides for causing interstate travel disruption. CORE will appeal the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Freedom Riders
Alabamia
US. Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Montgomery
Reserve
Ku Klux Klan
Alabama
Johnson
Freedom Rider
Congress of Racial Equality
Freedom Ride
New York
CORE
U.S. Circuit of Appeals
Negro progress and wealth challenge propagandist myths
Guest editorial cites U.S. News & World Report figures showing 19 million Black Americans with over 20 billion in income, higher than Russians or Chinese per capita, and compares education, employment, banking, and business ownership to European levels. It argues Southern segregation harms are exaggerated and calls for spreading facts abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
India
U.S. News & World Report
U.S
Red
China
Western
Europe
France
West Germany
Senegal
Ambrose Caliver
Department of Health Education & Welfare
U.S. News
South
Miller elected GOP chairman vows party fight on Kennedy
Rep. William E. Miller won unanimous election as Republican national chairman and pledged to challenge Kennedy's foreign and domestic policies. The western New York lawyer, the second Roman Catholic to hold the post, accused the administration of moving from crisis to remedy and said Republicans would speak out where necessary. He disputed reports about U S action onChina and UN admission while pledging unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
William E. Miller
Kennedy
Miller
New York State
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
GOP
Thomas C. Carter
Montana
Morton
Harold Macmillan
Britain
China
United Nations
State Office of Insurance Company Opens Here
Standard Life and Accident Insurance Co of Oklahoma City has leased space at 438 Moulton St and will base its state headquarters here with Ray Clark as state manager. The firm aims to hire 7 to 10 locals, plans district offices in Alabama, and operates with about 50 million dollars in assets in Tennessee and Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Life & Accident. Insurance Co
Oklahoma City
B. Frank Chenault
Moulton St
Ray Clark
Nashville
Chenault
Tri- Cities
Tennessee
Georgia
Decatur
North
Alabama
Standard Life & Accident Insurance Co
Rival Camp Leaders Meet Rival Camp Summit in Vienna
VIENNA Austria AP the leaders of the divided world two rival camps open a summit meeting this weekend Kennedy and Khrushchev expect to gain better understanding of each other and to advance no major policy changes in two days Khrushchev arrived Friday after crossing the Iron Curtain Kennedy plans to join talks from Paris after meeting de Gaulle in the French capital both leaders emphasize goodwill and personal insight over quick settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Blue Danube
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Vienina
Czechoslovakia
Welcomers
Soviet Union
U.S
France
United States
de Gaulle
Berlin
Lee Kennedy
Prominent Stars Sighted Over Decatur Sky
On Sunday June 4 the sky over Decatur features Capella setting at 8 33 p m Regulus visible in the west at 9 49 p m Antares due south at 11 20 p m and Vega high in the east as the moon rises. Sunset is 6 57 p m with sunrise tomorrow at 4 35 a m Moonrise tonight at 11 54 p m Last Quarter noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capella
Regulus
Antares
Vega
Weather and River Reading Near Keller Memorial Bridge
Weather outlook for Decatur area notes a 7 p.m. river reading of 21.44 feet at Keller Memorial Bridge, down .12 feet in 12 hours, with sea level reading 555.74 feet. Friday high 88, 9 p.m. 72, forecast for today partly cloudy and warm with temperatures 85 to 92.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur and
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
3M Plans Addition To Minnesota Plant
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing announces two new buildings at its chemical plant to be completed in 1962. The expansion will add about 100,000 square feet and require roughly 100 new employees when production starts mid next year, with 90 percent to be hired locally. Existing facilities near Decatur will grow to about 75 workers at full output. Pearce and Gresham of Decatur serve as general contractor. Ed Bentley Contractor of Sylacauga, Alabama, awarded grading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
Herbert P. Buetow
Pearce and Gresham
Decatur
Ed Bentley
Sylacauga
Ala
Rulers Death Partly Avenged After Dominican Dicatatorship Shootout
In Ciudad Trujillo the Dominican armed forces said Rafael Trujillo Jr. ordered the killing of one assassin and the capture of three others after the assassination of Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo Sr. One mastermind, ex-Brig. Gen. Juan Tomas Diaz, fled and is being hunted. The statement named several captured and fled suspects found in or near the city as the funeral rites for the dictator proceeded. The United States and OAS discussed sanctions and possible intervention as the country faced instability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo Jr
Juan Tomas Diaz
Rafael Trujillo Sr
Trujillo
Rafael Jr
Aephen Rafael Sr
Senate
Americas
United States
Organization of American States
OAS
Caracas
Venezuela
AOS
Cuba
Amado Garcia Guerrero
Joaquin Balaguer
Pedro Livio Cedeno
Trujillo Sr
Roberto Pastoriza
Fifi
Huascar
Antonio Tejeda Pimentel
Antonio de la Maza
Vazquez
Salvador Estrella
Antonio Imbert
Kennedy Gains De Gaulle Backing for Berlin Stand
President Kennedy returns from Paris assured of Charles de Gaulle’s solid support in resisting force or threat thereof from the Communist powers over West Berlin. After six meetings the leaders issued a communique affirming broad agreement on world issues and a strengthened U.S.-French relationship ahead of Kennedy’s Vienna talks with Khrushchev.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Kennedy
Charles de Gaulle
West Berlin
Vienna
Khrushchev
de Gaulle
Ber
Watchdog Team Sought by U S For Dominican Crisis
The United States asked the Organization of American States to send a watchdog team to the Dominican Republic to head off a reported wave. The Sanctions Committee met hurriedly and planned to reconvene early next week under Panamanian Ambassador Augusto Guillermo Arango.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Organization of American States
Dominican Republic
OAS
Augusto Guillermo Arango
Isters
San Jose
Trujillo
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