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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1961
Page
8
Maile Likely Addis Ababa reports American artist W. Patrick Burk Hardt has been commissioned to create an official portrait of Emperor Halle Selassie in Ethiopia.
The Rev. F L Shuttlesworth, 34, jailed overnight after a $200 fine and 360 day sentence for contempt of court. He invoked the Fifth Amendment during a May 17 incident at the Greyhound Bus Station, defying police and aiding “Freedom Riders” with verbal support. He faced a $5,000 peace bond for 12 months and indicated a possible move to Cincinnati, Ohio.
Officials estimate Mexico will export two million tons of sulphur annually by 1963, making the country the world’s second largest producer after the United States.
Robert Woodruff Besch Sr. a 42 year old A P food store executive was killed in a struggle with his 14 year old son in the Short Hills home. The boy armed with two pistols later faced police in the living room and surrendered after a standoff. He had been in psychiatric treatment and faced Newark Academy exams. The father’s wife Minnie Wrightson heiress to a vast A P fortune inherited stock valued at 17 5 million. The son was questioned at police headquarters and later held at the Essex County Youth House. The shooting occurred Friday afternoon with a prior door confrontation and a fatal four bullets.
In Australia a cruiser is a very large glass of beer while a schooner is the next size up and a middy is a ten ounce serve. A pony remains the smallest glass and the adage insistently proclaims that want ads get results.
Ninety students are listed on the Flint Junior High School honor rolls for the last six weeks. Thirty students earned A honor roll and sixty earned B. Entries include Lane Ill and Pamela Sams in grade unknown, and multiple students across Junior II, Junior I, Sixth, Fifth, and Fourth grades with named A and B achievers such as Shirley Burns, Linda Schultz, James Speakman, Sandra Hawkins, and David Bates among others.
A large crowd joined memorial services here led by the Dospelairs Quartet from Hartselle. The Junior Sunday School Class led several songs as friends extend sympathy to the Akers family. Various students and residents are listed with names and places visited, including church activities and local trips.
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