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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1961
Page
1
A speaker urges disenfranchised youths to find purpose in Christ. He cites Holmes on faith and describes Beatnik rebellion as emptiness seeking fulfillment. Redemption through Jesus is presented as the remedy for moral and spiritual failure.
Kennedy and Macmillan wrap four power talks at Vienna and London agreeing on shared Western aims. Kennedy prepares a 30 minute address to the nation while Khrushchev returns to press his anti Western stance, warning of Berlin defense if Western powers push ahead.
Dr. Virgil B. McCain Jr. awarded Decatur minister Wallace Washington Lovett an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Athens College during the commencement at Athens High School Auditorium. The ceremony highlighted Lovett’s service as a pastor and community leader, tracing his unspoken life story from a Winston County farm to prominence in Alabama religious circles.
In Jackson Mississippi 65 Freedom Riders have been jailed with 52 convicted for breach of the peace while 13 new riders face municipal court. Hunger strikes among inmates and white prisoners continue. Organizers say rides will persist with more by by passing Alabama amid federal actions.
TVA board in Knoxville authorized engineering to rehabilitate Wheeler Dam lock at 24 hours a day seven days a week. The failure of the north wall Friday night flooded an area where a new, larger lock is under construction. TVA may lower Wheeler Reservoir further as the bulwark is built to halt water flow and allow body searches.
Louise Robinson Bibb 64 died at 3 15 am in a Birmingham hospital after weeks of illness. Widow of Julian Lee Bibb she lived at 629 Jackson St. She is survived by son Julian Lee Bibb Jr and daughter Mrs Jack Kidd plus six grandchildren and two sisters. Services at St John Episcopal Tuesday 10 am with City Cemetery interment. Brown Funeral Home directed. Pallbearers nephews Charles Eyster Jr William Eyster John Eyster Edward Davies Luke Pryor Robert Tweedy III.
Daily sky notes report Arcturus prominent high in the southern sky at 9 01 p m Mars visible in the west Jupiter and Saturn visible in the southeast around 12 09 a m Venus rising near dawn with a new moon the next Monday night and tomorrow’s moonrise at 1 10 a m. Sunset is 6 58 p m and sunrise 4 35 a m.
Tennessee River readings at Keller Memorial Bridge show 14.51 feet, down 2.76 feet in 24 hours, sea level reading 548.81 feet. TVA lake levels listed include Pickwick 415.1, Wilson 507.55, other spots around 549.0. High Sunday reached 90, low 66, today 83 meanwhile. Forecast calls for partly cloudy warm weather with isolated showers and thundershowers through tonight and Tuesday, SW winds 5 to 10 mph diminishing at night. High today 90, low tonight 64, high Tuesday 90.
TVA faces questions on when Wheeler Dam lock will reopen and whether the Tennessee River will fall further after a dam gate repair. River level dropped seven feet in two days, threatening Hartselle's water intake and forcing civil defense to seek a pump capable of 800 to 1,000 gallons per minute to avert shortages.
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