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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1960
Page
3
According to Hubert Brooks, local coordinator of trade and industrial education, the class concluded with support from Fred Conk and efforts by the education program.
A Republican national committeeman said Vice President Richard Nixon could visit the South. He spoke at a closed meeting with national committee members, listing regional leaders from Connecticut Alabama Arkansas and Dawson to support the campaign.
In Accra Ghana the first casino opens this month under Ghana General Entertainment Corp led by Ted Lewin. The government bars entrants earning less than 4200 dollars annually, restricting access to the tables to the well heeled.
In Seoul AP report 17,000 U.S. and South Korean sailors and Marines begin amphibious maneuvers Tuesday as Exercise Sea Hawk unfolds with the 7th Fleet coordinating the drills.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama will start annual awards in community health next spring. President H F Singleton announced the plan and said the first awards will be presented at the Alabama Hospital Association annual meeting.
Sixty two ships will participate in a naval event on beaches near Po hang sixty two ships and two Korean dollars are noted for the operation. The activity lies eighty miles north of Pusan and lists the involved port area and finance.
Joseph B. Sarver Jr. long time Auburn Alumni Assn executive secretary since 1951 is named director of the Auburn University Development Program. President Craughon appointed him to the new post to create a permanent development office on campus. He will also direct alumni activities and coordinate with the program, starting with work with health and medical training institutions.
AP report describes how missionaries explain the Trinity to converts in various cultures. It cites Father Nevins and Reverend Underwood, noting that Trinity is a mystery and using examples like Augustine's sea water and St Patrick’s shamrock. The piece defines Trinity as one God in three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
COURTLAND The United Terrys Club formed to unite all with the Terry name. A. Guy Terry was named president, Leonard Terry vice president, and Mrs. Kylie Terry Berryman treasurer and secretary. The club, with 368 members, aims for a 2000 member goal and plans annual picnics. Gilbert Terry donated land tied to the original John F. Terry home.
A 32-year-old Decatur man, James Moore of 2221 Morgan Ave, was charged with driving while intoxicated and no driver's license after his 1955 Ford station wagon sideswiped a 1958 Ford station wagon driven by James H. McCoy, 50, a Redstone Arsenal employee from Leighton, on 2nd St SW at 9 04 p.m. Friday. In a separate incident, a parked car in the 100 block of 2nd St was struck at 2 30 p.m. by a trailer truck driven by James Wilson Wright, 31, of Decatur 3, while the truck was turning.
A joint social affair for the Decatur Florence and Huntsville chapters of the Reserve Officers Assn of the United States will be June 18. More than 100 persons are expected to join the third annual river cruise departing the pier at Alabama Brick and Tile Co at 6 30 p m. Tickets cost 3 each or 6 per couple. Dick Dewey is cruise chairman Brian Polk cruise director and Paul Wolfer handles arrangements. Polk can be reached at EL 3 2076 for barbecue during the cruise. The Haydn Museum in Vienna memorializes Franz Joseph Haydn and was reopened on the 150th anniversary of the composer s death.
Birmingham based campaign chairman Alvin A Biggio will oversee the immediate phase of the Auburn Development Program aimed at raising 2 594 000 in private and corporate gifts. Sarver a Athens native and Auburn graduate of 1987 is named director and confirms duties already undertaken.
Tokyo, the world’s largest city, reached a population of 9,311,774 on May 1, marking a year’s rise of 290,461 under the metropolitan government.
A historical tally shows about 3,100 fatalities in the continental United States from tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods during the 1950s. The period records extreme weather events causing widespread damage and loss of life.
A text offers a free book on arthritis and rheumatism explaining a non surgical treatment that has helped since 1919. No obligation is required to receive the instructive booklet, sent to readers by mail from The Ball Clinic Dept. 3606 Excelsior Springs Missouri.
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