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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1959
Page
6
Vice President Nixon says talks with the Big Four are justified and useful though Geneva developments offer little encouragement. He warns war is possible if parties avoid dialogue, and notes no U.S. policy change allowing a summit without progress at the foreign ministers conference. He and his wife attend commonweal events.
Pat and daughters Patricia and Julie traveled from New York for Nixon on stage in Virginia City at Nevada’s silver anniversary event. He spoke at a civic club dinner projecting labor reform as a key issue in the 1960s political landscape.
Denver junior Joel Montgomery won the National Spelling Bee after studying under Ted Glim at Byers Junior High. Glim’s class emphasizes pronunciation, roots, prefixes, and word stories, helping students like past cochampion Dana Bennett and contestants spell difficult terms such as verdigris and susurrous.
Michael Ray Williams son of Mr and Mrs Ray Williams 1609 Buena Vista Circle Decatur spent part of his summer with grandparents in Hartselle when a wheelbarrow accident injured him. He was rushed to Black Chandler Hospital Hart selle where doctors found a ruptured intestine his appendix removed and a small internal growth removed. He will be a fourth grader at Walter Jackson School next year and will need at least five days in hospital with possible longer stay. He asks friends and classmates to send a card or visit Room 13 Black Chandler Hospital Hartselle.
Plattsburgh New York AP reports police measured Lise Fournier 21 of Montreal to determine if her shorts violated a ban not yet defined by the city commission. Judge Irving Goldman weighs the case and set bail at five dollars as he considers whether 124 inches is too short.
Manuel Armijo Jr. reappeared days after his car wreck in southwestern New Mexico. His family buried skull and bones found in the charred wreckage. Armijo, 43, was held for questioning as police seek to confirm the remains and his account of wandering the woods for a week.
In Jasper Alabama Circuit Judge Roy Mayhall denied bond for Mrs Jimmie Louise Brakefield after a habeas corpus hearing as she faces charges in the death of her former husband Arnold Brakefield. The slaying occurred May 22 with Coroner Curtis Stewart listing five gunshot wounds. Mrs Brakefield testified she remembered firing once but said the rest was a dream.
Mountain Brook Mayor Sam Burr and the city council received a resident complaint about loud frogs that keep him awake. Officials said they could not think of a solution to the frogs croaking loudly.
The reading notes touchiness in the afternoon and urges kindness with elders. It highlights Mercury influences aiding travel and communication and cautions against extravagance for birthdays this year, with a focus on consolidating gains by October. Romance improves late month through December with travel early in August.
Board members of First Federal Savings and Loan Assn vote to raise the dividend rate to 4 percent effective July 1 with the higher payout to be paid December 31 this year. The total dividend from January 1 to June 30 is announced as 164,507.13 dollars. A 12 by 6 foot clock and temperature gauge will be installed, updating every five seconds.
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