Building permits and docket items in Decatur
Decatur city records list building permits for 1610 Park St SE 1–2 bath add bedroom storage room 5250 and 614 Holland Ct six room two bath brick house 11500 with names Dewitt Shirley and Sherman Terry Jr. plus storage upgrades at 421 4th Ave SW under Lizzie Davis and Mrs Harmon Parker. Recorder's Docket lists charges including public drunkenness no license speeding disorderly conduct and more. A two car crash occurred in the Pavilion Inn lot injuring none and Rev W J Johnson of Southside Baptist Church will address the Kiwanis Club with slides from a European trip. Police investigated a hydrant plug left under a tire at Campbell's Standard Service Station.
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Decatur
Park St. SE
Dewitt Shirley
Holland Court
Sherman Terry Jr
McCartney St. NW
Lizzie. Davis
4Th Ave
Harmon Parker
Recorder’s
City Hall
W. J. Johnson
Southside Baptist Church
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Lyons Hotel
Campbell
Church St
Lee Campbell
Eleanor Dr. SW
Love of God versus human affection and faith
The speaker compares love for God with human affection. Knowledge through faith in Jesus Christ forms the first ingredient, reverence and respect as the second, and gratitude as the third. Finally, the instruction invites approaching the Cross to deepen love for God.
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God
Lord Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
Southern Has 15th Birthday Observed in Decatur
The community marks Southern Airways Day in Decatur with praise for local service. Station manager George Riedmueller notes Decatur’s daily passengers rose from five to fifteen, totals since 1960 reach 13 470 and the airline’s nationwide figures exceed 3 506 945 passengers and 631 723 000 passenger miles.
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Southern Airways, Inc
Southern
Decatur
Gilmer Blackburn
Southern Airways
George Riedmueller
Elouise Allbritton
Bill Nutt
Greensboro
N. C
James Overall
Decatur of Southern Airways, Inc
J. Gilmer Blackburn
Blackburn
Riedmueller
South
Reidmueller
Equality is Spotlighted By Brewer
Speaker of the House Albert Brewer told the Decatur Exchange Club that a prime government duty is providing equal opportunity for all. He said with this in place government fulfills its responsibility and individual pride and initiative determine progress.
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Robert Stansell
House of Representatives
Albert Brewer
Decatur Exchange Club
We Buy Sell Trade Furniture Co Adv
We Buy Sell Trade New and Used Furniture presented by Ex change Furniture Co. contact 353-4403.
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Exchange Furniture Co
Bill May Reach Vote By End Of Next Week
The Senate voted to end the 75 day Southern filibuster on the civil rights bill and limit debate to one hour per senator. This move appears to ensure passage of the sweeping measure.
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Bill
Washington
Senate
Sparkman Calls Civil Rights Vote a Tragic Mistake
Sen John Sparkman denounces the Senate vote to stop debate on the Civil Rights Bill calling it a tragic mistake. He says the fight to protect constitutional rights continues and urges public debate, noting Southern leaders have mobilized nationwide to alert Americans to dangers of the bill.
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Decatur
John Sparkman
United States Senate
Senate
United States
Senate battle continues as cloture vote nears
The House passed the bill on February 10 by 290 to 130. Since March 9 the Senate has fought the measure with a record filibuster by Southern opponents. Public galleries filled as the cloture vote neared, signaling a decisive moment for the bill.
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House
Senate
Montana flood toll rises as survivors struggle
Montana floods sweep the Missouri River corridor near Great Falls leaving at least 30 dead and 38 missing. Evacuations stretch from Loma to Valier with thousands homeless and bridges washed out, as downstream communities brace for more impacts.
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Montana
Burl Osborne
Great Falls
Mont
Missouri
Loma
Teton River
Ball Ordered To Warn Greece About Cyprus Crisis
U S Under Secretary of State George W Ball heads an emergency mission to Athens and Ankara to warn Greece and Turkey over Cyprus. He says the United States may take sharp measures to prevent a Greek Turkish war while not mediating, and will report back to President Johnson after talks with Papandreou and Turkish leaders.
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Michael Goldsmith
Geneva
U.S
George W. Ball
Greece
Turkey
Johnson
Cyprus
Ball
United
Free World
U.N
London
Athens
Ankara
George Papandreou
Washington
Dukes Enters Decatur City Commissioner Race
Bill Dukes a former school teacher and current cafeteria supervisor at Chemstrand Decatur plant qualified for the Decatur city commissioner race against incumbent F S Hunt. He outlined an aggressive campaign and cited deep local ties including residence at 2210 12th St SE and past leadership roles in the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Northwest
Mississippi
Chemstrand
Decatur
F. S. Hunt
Bill Dukes
Dukes
Bowling Green College of
12Th St
First Presbyterian Church
Goldwater Tops With Governors
The Governors Conference ends with Barry Goldwater nearing the GOP presidential nomination. No moderate Republican opponent emerges as Nixon's bid falters. Michigan's Gov. George Romney withdraws while accepting a potential draft but sticking to a 1962 Michigan commitment.
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Jack Bell
Cleveland
Ohio
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Johnson
Goldwater
George Romney
Michigan
Romney
GOP leaders form coalitions to block Goldwater bid
William E. Miller said a coalition of seven or eight top Republicans might stop Barry Goldwater from securing the nomination, but he doubts such a group will materialize. In other items Joe King of Anniston was eliminated in the third round of the British Amateur Championship, and a moon shiner on trial for murder implicated an illegal whisky ring tied to the slaying of a state liquor agent.
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Washington
William E. Miller
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Canton
England
Alabama
Joe King
Anniston
Centerville
Ala
Tuscaloosa Quiet After Night of Racial Tension
Police held 17 more juveniles in jail as authorities monitored for new demonstrations after a violent street clash. The Tuesday night melee at a school playground left over 30 hospitalizations from cuts and tear gas. Rev James Bevel visited Tuscaloosa and met with other leaders amid plans for a mass meeting without a defined action plan.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
James Bevel
Martin Luther King Jr
Southeastern Christian Leadership Conference
Bevel
Markets At A Glance
New York stock prices rose in light trading as bonds stayed mostly unchanged. Chicago grain futures fell for wheat while corn and oats held steady amid mixed trade. Hog and slaughter steer markets showed strength with tops of 17.50 and 22.75 respectively.
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New York
Chicago
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