Glimpses About Your Community and Mine
Lane Duble flies to Dover to visit his father for two months. The recorder’s docket lists 54 charges with disorderly conduct rising to 15. other items include reckless driving, no license, vagrancy, driving while intoxicated, speeding, public drunkenness, and more. Local thefts, arrests, and a fire at H P Sivley Grocery are noted along with Emory University degree recipients and upcoming local meetings of professional and Democratic groups.
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Recorder
Aotal
Worry as a Habit and Christian Hope
A reader asks why worry persists despite prayer and study. The answer reframes worry as a controllable habit, urges trust in God, and cites Jesus to not let the heart be troubled. It advises casting care on the Lord to share life’s load and reduce anxiety.
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Jesus
JFK Urges Joint Effort For Economy
President Kennedy urged Yale graduates and the nation to discard worn out slogans and join government with business and labor to revitalize the economy. He said the administration will not shy from conflict with industry but will avoid hostility to business and stressed core needs for mutual confidence and economic progress. He defended economic policy amid GOP and business critics and noted the partnership of government with all sectors as essential. See JFK on Page 2.
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New Haven, Conn
Kennedy
Yale University
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Yale
White House
Harvard
JFK
Brake Failure On Train Eyed In Deadly Missoula Derailment
Investigators examine air brake failure on the Northern Pacific North Coast Limited after a 15-car derailment on a mountain curve near Missoula Montana. One child died Terese Ann Dooms and 219 passengers injured as 68 stayed in hospital. The Seattle to Chicago train was returning from the World’s Fair and speeding on a steep descent when it plunged 100 feet into a gulch.
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Missoula
Mont
Northern Pacific
Seattle
Chicago
Here
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D.C
St. Paul
Minn
Terese Ann Doom
Ekalaka
Terese
North Coast Limited
Athol
Aho
Evaro Hill
Wrecks on Wet Roads From Alabama to Georgia Sparks Casualties
A series of six rain slick wrecks across Cullman County Alabama injures four people and causes about 1,520 dollars in damage. The incidents involve drivers Stalling Drummond, Oren Jett, Louise Williams, John Webb, Ronald Stivener, Frank Smolen, Don Wilbanks, and Wadene Craig among others, with wet pavement contributing to five of the crashes. Separately in Atlanta, the Roman Catholic Church orders desegregation of archdiocesan schools starting September 1 1962 affecting about 7,500 students across 71 northern Georgia counties.
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Alabama Highway Patrol
Cullman County
Stalling C. Drummond
Crane Hill 1
Ford
Oren S. Jett
Empire
Pearl Drummond
North Georgia
Atlanta
Paul J. Hallinan
Archdiocesan
Georgia
South Carolina
Florida
G. Albert Lawton
Georgia International Life Insurance Co
Connecticut
Rhode, Island
New York
Superior Court
Sam P. McKenzie
Atlanta Judicial
Cullman
Alabama Highway 69
Ronald C. Stivener
Jasper
Wadene Craig
Falkville
U.S. Highway 31
Lacon Mountain
Frank E. Smolen
Ozark
Ala
Don M. Wilbanks
Space program shifts to deter Soviet control in space
The Defense Department moves toward a military space program to prevent Soviet dominance, with the Air Force tasked to develop technology for a manned satellite capable of inspecting and destroying hostile space vehicles. A six month study will outline an enlarged military space program while funding is planned in the 1964 fiscal year budget.
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New York
Defense Department
Soviet Union
New York Times
Washington Dispatch
Times
Department
Air Force
White House
National Aeronautics and Space Council
Defense
United States
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Moslem Police Fire on Europeans in Algiers
In Algiers dockyards Moslem auxiliary policemen opened fire on Europeans, killing three and wounding six. Two Europeans were seized as hostages as the attackers claimed provocation. A European police official cited unprovoked shooting by the Moslems guarding a dockworkers point. Secret Army Organization commandos struck Sahara oil fields in a scorched earth bid, while a Moslem leader said the group’s power is fading. French officials fear deeper sabotage targeting dams, railways, and oil installations as unrest grows.
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Algiers
Sahara
Hassi Messaoud
Laos coalition pact forms new Laotian government
Laos princes announced a coalition cabinet to end the civil war. Souvanna Phouma will be premier with defense and veterans portfolios, Phoumi Nosavan will be deputy premier and finance minister, Souphanouvong receives economy and planning, Pheng Phongsavan to interior and social welfare. The cabinet blends neutralist, royalist and pro Communist representatives as Geneva talks move toward formal coalition.
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Souvanna Phouma
Laos
Khang Khay
Souphanouvong
Phouma
Geneva
Prince Boun Oum
Phoumi Nosavan
Souvanna
Jodya
Defense
Interior Ministry
Olice
Pheng Phongsavan
Vientiane
Phoumi
Pathet Lao
Solons Gather For Session In Alabama Political Move
In Montgomery AP reports lawmakers arrive ahead of a historic special session called by Gov. Patterson to reapportion the legislature. He proposes a two step plan: a statutory reapportionment within current 106 lower and 35 upper seats, and a constitutional amendment to raise to 120 and 40 with a delay until January 1967. If the amendment passes the act may be superseded. if not the act stands.
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Montgomery
John Patterson
House
Senate
Patterson
Solons
Cub Scout Pack 11 Meeting Notice
Cub Scout Pack 11 will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Central Baptist Church Annex. See DIARY On Page 2.
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Central Baptist Church
Alarming Alabama Weekend Sees 20 Die In Crashes
The Associated Press reports a deadly weekend in Alabama with at least twenty fatalities. Victims include Mari lyn Sue Pinchard of Elizabethton and her husband Lamar Prichard, plus a wave of others in crashes across Clarke, Baldwin, Mobile, Tuscaloosa, and surrounding counties. The weekend also features a boating death near Double Springs and a fatal airman related wreck near Columbia.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Elizabethton
Tenn
Tyndall
Fla
Highway Patrol
Marilyn Sue
Pinchard
Alabama 52
Columbia
Lamar P. Prichard
Baldwin County
Peter Brooks
Lilly
Mobile
Victoria Dye Brasell
Point Clear
John Robert Hall Jr
Montgomery
Florence
Hershell Gooch
Tuscaloosa
Margaret LaCoste
Winston-Salem, N.C
Lawrence
Pickens
Irving Walters
Bessemer
Oscar Walters
Early Stripling
Fayette
Glen Charles Allen
Jerry L. Dubois
Ft. Rucker
Daleville
Carlos Watkins
Double Springs
Frigidaire Ad Backed by GM and Robinson's
An advertisement touts Frigidaire appliances guaranteed by General Motors and backed by Robinson's, signaling strong endorsements and retailer support.
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General Motors
Robinson's
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W. L. Mitchell
5Th Ave. SE
Russellville
H. P. Sivley Grocery
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John Davis Thompson
Decatur
Emory University
North Alabama
Rainey’s Beauty Scholch
Morgan County
American Legion and Auxiliary
Bank St
Whitney Shoemaker
Plunge
Montana
Billy Faulkner
Billy Thomas
Rogersville
Athens
New Cut Rd
Atlanta, Ga
Louise G. Williams
Fairfield
Esther Goodwin
John C. Webb
Lindsey C. Crider
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By Antoin
Prince Souphalouvong
wBt
Luang Prabang
Savang Vathana
Smashup
Jess Washington
Jackson
Walker Springs
Clarke County
Harry Flemings
George Stokes
Barlow Bend
Richard Smith
Uriah
Piichard
Roy O’dell Sullivan
Beatrice Spears
Midland City
Nancy Askew
Sparta
Alabama 4
Heflin
By Ken Reynolds
Ceme
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