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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1962
Page
1
Historic Alabama special session prepares for reapportionment under federal court ultimatum with July 16 deadline. Berlin crisis heats as U S warns Soviet border guards and Khrushchev faces internal and external pressures amid refugee flows and Berlin wall tensions.
Robert E. Manuel, fired Republican counsel on the Estes grain storage probe, told a House subcommittee he leaked a secret Agriculture Department report to reporter Earl Maze and to Rep. William Cramer before members saw it. He said leaks are widespread and he wouldn’t repeat the act, admitting a cavalier approach.
Multiple weekend road crashes across Alabama left nine dead and one person drowned. Victoria Dye Brasell, 46, died in a Baldwin County go cart crash, while three others perished in a two car collision near Pickens County. A six vehicle wreck on U S 11 near Tuscaloosa killed Margaret Vaio LaCoste, 32, and others.
A reflective meditation on the soul as the real self beyond the body. It contrasts material focus with spiritual health, cites Oliver Wendell Holmes, and asserts humanity's need for divine restoration through Christ and the promise of immortality.
Fires triggered by bombs ripped through Algiers on Saturday hitting schools and public buildings and damaging the U S information center in the European section. The ground floor suffered a fierce blaze as U S Consul General William Porter described the damage as heavy but refused to estimate a total.
In Havana 85 mph winds and heavy rains destroyed 12 homes and cut power and phone service. Firefighters logged 41 emergency calls for stranded motorists as floods blocked roads. The storm ended Cuba’s drought while triggering 12 landslides and evacuations across 26 flooded areas.
Hollywood AP Dean Martin resigns from the film after Marilyn Monroe is fired by 20th Century Fox for breach of contract. Monroe had asked Martin as her co star and was dismissed hours after saying she was ready to return. Fox and Remick are shocked as the project lags 32 days behind schedule and costs climb past two million dollars.
Decatur parks begin Monday at 9 a.m. with eight sites for summer recreation. Joe Jones, former Decatur High School coach, now supervisor of the Southwest junior high recreation program, announces park hours 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 5 p.m. five days weekly, with Delano Park open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. six days. Story hours and later craft workshops will be offered. coeds will supervise activities and babysit. Parks and supervisors include Delano Park Katherine Lacey CeCelia Smith Greenwood Park Joy Posey Austinville Park Ruth Head Walter Jackson Park Emaline Rogers East Acres Park Sandra Ellison East End supervisor Clotile Harris West Side supervisor Lucile Brown Cashin Homes supervisor Countess Vingon.
The Federal Aviation Agency announced a five year program for airport development with 21 million dollars allocated to 39 Alabama airports. Recommendations include new airports and enhancements in cities such as Aliceville Atmore Bessemer Birmingham Camden Citronelle Fairhope Greenville Marion Oneonta Sylacauga and many others. The Bessemar Birmingham area and Mobile Montgomery also receive projects including new airports runway strengthening lighting and related facilities. Passenger totals rose 13 percent in May with a record 42121 travelers and freight up 232 percent.
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