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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1959
Page
2
Arkansas Governor Faubus condemns token integration and defends local control. He argues few Negro admissions undermine rights and predicts possible shifts if integration affects their own children. He cites liberal policy allowing community choice and warns federal domination over schools if federal funding dictates attendees and curricula.
Testimony details admissions by defendants and state’s use of statements amid defense protests. Deputy Slappey testified confessions were taken hours after the incident as victims testified she wept and begged. Defense argued custodial pressure while stating one suspect denied complicity. capital offense notes cited and jurors warned of possible electric chair.
Markets show mixed cattle and hog activity with price swings. Reported figures include cattle and calves steady to mixed, hogs weak to lower, and lambs in limited sale, with week-over-week comparisons noted for steers, cows, stockers, and vealers.
Stocks traded at the slowest pace since February 12 with irregular small moves. Firestone shares rose after a 58 day strike settlement with United Rubber Workers. Goodyear and Kaiser Aluminum posted modest gains while Raytheon and Radio Corp slipped amid overall light turnover.
A volatile session saw several large industrials and retailers advance while financials and energy names fluctuated. Investors monitored domestic data as benchmark indices edged higher with notable moves by American firms like Chrysler Coca Cola and Texaco amid broader market uncertainty.
Alabama broilers and flyers show ample live offerings with balanced prices. A witness described a tense scene with four men armed with a knife and gun who demanded action as she pleaded for mercy, her testimony reaching the jury in a restrained, soft voice.
The Bolshoi Ballet presents a new number from Path of Thunder featuring a Negro girls’ dance with Azerbaijan flavor. Audiences in Moscow reacted tepidly among officials, while Westerners showed more enthusiasm. Premiers abroad planned for later this summer in Peiping.
A filibuster dominated Senate activity as leaders sought to place new bills before any introductions. Clark warned extra help would extend delays while readings stretched, and Barbour County’s senator read priority bills word for word amid a brief recess for an Education Committee action on a segregation measure. The measure would let districts form separate schools to sidestep a federal ruling.
The phrase Naval stores refers to turpentine and resin used for maintaining ropes on wooden sailing ships. It dates from the era when vessels required these materials to lubricate and preserve rigging for raising and lowering sails.
Atlanta AP report shows Georgia buyers quoting live poultry prices by weight for farm birds and plants. Prices range from 14 to 17 cents per pound with heavy birds at 15 to 16 cents at farms, 16 to 17 cents at plants, and light types at 9 to 9 4 cents depending on source.
Wholesale grades indicate overall good demand and adequate offers in Birmingham with sufficient movement to satisfy buyers. Prices for nearby locally produced min range from about 15 to 33 dollars per case across sizes, with delivery to stores and direct sales included.
In Nashville the cattle market shows few sales with mixed results. Fat steers bring 27.80 while commercial cows run 20.00–22.00 and bulls 25.50. stockers 25.00–30.00. calves around 25 with some 29.00–30.00 for good stock. Hogs are slow at 16.00–16.25 for mixed U S 2 4 185–955 barrows and gilts. sheep at 25 with limited slaughter lambs 64.50–65.50 and ewes 3.00–6.75. In Thomasville, hog receipts total 2200 with No 1, 3 and 3 barrows and 180–200 lb largely 15.75–16.00.
New York reports me futures gaining small margins with Oct at 3.94 and Mar near 22.65, May around 32.43, and ongoing price movement across several contract months. The brief notes slight upticks from prior close as traders react to demand signals.
New Haven AP report on public backlash over a policy that silences a veteran transit employee Ed McCarthy who used to whistle while collecting tickets. Protests arise as the conductor faces changes affecting his familiar whistle.
The Decatur school system, amid a doubling population over a decade, has spent about 4 million on new buildings and modernization from 1949 to 1958. New facilities include West Decatur Elementary, Decatur High, Lakeside High for Negroes, and additions across multiple campuses, with plans for future elementary and high school buildings in southern and western fringe areas.
Norman Harris and Julian Harris represented plaintiffs while Charles H. Eyster and William B. Eyster defended. In under two hours, 12 cases were tried by Judge Bloodworth and Judge Newton Powell. Thirty cases settled, 19 continued.
Gromyko Herter and Western colleagues push the Berlin crisis toward a possible interim settlement in a secret Friday session. They threaten to break off next week unless the Soviet leader backs down, while a Monday secret session signals cautious hope for fresh orders from Khrushchev.
Oklahoma City AP report notes the 23rd week of the 27th legislative session extending into a possible three weeks more. The House and Senate clash over liquor tax and public drinking rules after repealing Prohibition, while Edmondson’s youth and merit system proposals spark contention.
Austinville Methodist Church starts 8:30 a.m. Sunday worship for southwest Decatur residents unable to attend the 11 a.m. service, said Rev. Newton Malony. Dr. G. W. Adams of Penny Lane SE was reported critically ill at Nungester Clinic after admission Thursday. A five day extended weather forecast covers Alabama Mississippi and Northwest Florida with near normal temps east and 2 to 4 degrees above normal west. Precipitation moderate east and light west with scattered showers and thundershowers. Tennessee remains partly cloudy and humid with showers and storms. cooler Saturday with scattered thunder showers possible. Highs in the 80s, lows 65 to 70. District One Volunteer Hospital Service Club meets Monday at 7:30 p.m. at District One Sanatorium in Flint.
Haden notes a 17 percent revenue age with wide county variation and says his office works continually to appoint better qualified members to local boards of equalization. He issues a regulation defining fair market value as the price at which a willing buyer and seller would exchange property without compulsion, due to yard findings at the local level.
A local hospital notices segment lists multiple individuals with partial addresses including Peter Fant daughter at 112 Church St and Mrs. Wilburn D. Prater at 1409 12th St SE. Other entries include Mrs. Theodore R. Haynes Box 652 Athens and Mrs. I C Haynes 2207 Highway 31 S along with several others in Athens Elkmont Florence and surrounding areas.
A fragmented local notice lists names and addresses including Mrs J M McAnally of Somerville and Mrs Charles Burden with infant, 1902 10th St SE, Mrs Carl Haggermaker of Mooresville, Aubrey Oden, Eva, Miss Barbara Roden of 1603 Beech St SE, Norman J Brown, Houston McCorn of Cullman, Master Charlie Justice, 424 10th Ave SW, Miss Nancy Turner of 1524 Sherman St SE, Mrs A H Daniel of Decatur, and Mrs James Green of Tanner with various counts.
Mrs James Kitchens of Bank Street and Tippy Lewter of 110 Northwest Wilson Street are listed in this small community address snippet.
Gene Cannon and Mrs. Lester Mason marry in Athens. Mrs. Betty Holmes wed in Athens. Mrs. Stella Walker and infant son born in Madison. Gracie Mae Malone and infant son born in Athens. Dianne Durham and Alice Ann Gilbert noted in Athens. Norma Jean Coleman listed in Athens.
Mr and Mrs J B Parker Moulton 1 welcome a daughter at Bank Street Hospital. Mr and Mrs James Kitchens Decatur 1 announce a daughter. Mr and Mrs Frank Bates Cullman 2 greet a son at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs Edward Burney Cullman 10 celebrate a son. Mr and Mrs William J Crumb- (text cut)
A constitutional amendment to close integration-threatened schools without shutting down others cleared the assembly committee. It would allow patrons to form independent districts while a federal ruling requires all schools under a district or operator to be treated alike. Senator Larry Dumas of Jefferson County champions the measure, arguing it permits closing a single school without suspending classes elsewhere.
Mrs. Douglas, longtime junior principal at P.S. 401, retires after three years in the role and is celebrated for supervising classes in 10 hospitals and other facilities. She plans to live with daughter and son-in-law in North Chatham New York. She praises the "eternal light" childhood brings to the world.
Joseph Barbara Sr Apalachin gangland convention host is in critical condition after a heart attack May 27 doctors say he could be a chronic invalid if he recovers Dr Louis F Bishop a prominent heart specialist cautions about his prognosis at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Johnson City NY
An advertisement blares a claim that a proposed peace treaty with East Germany could hand control of Allied supply routes to Berlin to the satellite communist regime. The note frames the treaty as a strategic move with far reaching wartime consequences.
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