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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1962
Page
12
Atlanta reels from a Paris air crash that killed 115 Georgians and 15 others, marking the city’s worst tragedy since the 1946 Winecoff Hotel fire. The wave of grief swept through civic and cultural circles as residents mourned a heavy toll.
A flood of grief hit Atlanta after more than 100 locals perished in a disaster overseas tied to an art tour. Publisher Ralph McGill echoed the city’s search for meaning as priests and ministers offered prayers and Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. arranged repatriation of bodies and mourning flags. Prominent victims included Del Paige and his wife, six members of one family, State Supreme Court Clerk Katharine Bleckley, Oxford Manufacturing's Thomas H. Lanier and wife, attorney C Baxter Jones Jr. and others, with many leaders among the dead.
In Tuscaloosa Alabama 425 high school boys began a week of mixed athletics learning and government as the 25th annual Boys State opens. They are split into 12 cities and start nominating and electing local officials with state elections set for Tuesday.
Alabama Lions members elected new district governors at Biloxi Mississippi on Sunday. Christopher E Nichols of Birmingham Bill Barnes of Carbon Hill Charles Boyd of Gadsden Dick Jones of Atmore and Dan Jackson of Glenwood were chosen.
Daniel J. Haughton president of Lockheed Aircraft Corp told 1314 University of Alabama graduates that success is open to everyone. He warned against excess security and leisure and said success is not measured by dollars but by doing the best with what you have. He urged graduates to remain whole human beings with humans first and thinking machines second. He and five others received honorary degrees including Harry Lee Jackson Sr Roscoe Dale LeCounty Robert MacDonald Lester James W. Morgan and Frank Edward Spain.
A coroner's jury was convened in Marianna to determine the death of Charles Seymour 41 of Dothan Alabama whose body was found in a pond near Marianna after fishermen saw him fishing from a boat before his disappearance Saturday. The body was recovered Sunday.
In Pecos Texas Billie Sol Estes, famed for vast irrigated empire schemes, sees his ambitions collapse as his sprawling ammonia fertilizer and cotton ventures falter. Neighbors recall his two-faced conduct and sudden, forceful expansion, ending with his arrest and a public reckoning that betrays his limitless sky driven dreams.
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