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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1962
Page
1
San Francisco AP reports a daylong search for three bank robbers who vanished from Alcatraz Island after wriggling through cell wall vents enlarged with stolen spoons. Dummies in their bunks masked the escape efforts.
Robert Renwick of the Better Business Bureau addresses the Decatur Kiwanis Club Thursday. Police talked to Robert Lee Quinn at Decatur General Hospital after a neck wound. a warrant was advised. Leon Smith was charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene after his car hit two parked cars on North Street. Sheriff’s reports include public drunkenness arrests and rural auto mishaps with damages under $300. Apex Club plans a Dutch barbecue supper Saturday at Little Bob Gibson’s Courtland Highway.
Washington AP Maynard C. Wheeler president of Commercial Solvents Corp said the relationship with Billie Sol Estes was that of customer and supplier and no more. Wheeler denied claims by Frank Cain that Estes sought to form a Brazil business and Secret deposits in a Swiss bank. He explained CSC financed Estes in anhydrous ammonia and that Estes signed over payments from grain storage to secure borrowings. Estes built a fertilizer venture and used grain storage contracts to pay CSC, which collected over 7 million dollars in government payments see Estes on Page 2.
U S plans nuclear test snooping soon. Lewis H West, 34, of Decatur, was sworn as judge of Morgan County Court completing a governor driven judicial reshuffle from the Eighth Judicial District to the Supreme Court. West was appointed yesterday by Gov. Patterson to succeed R L Handley.
Washington AP reports Russia may resume atmospheric nuclear tests soon. Four Soviet instrument ships circle Christmas and Johnston Islands to gather data on the American tests, with US experts tracking and using subs with radar and listening gear to monitor explosions and airborne debris for timing and analysis.
The speaker defines a physical experience as sensed and a spiritual one as emotional or heart based. A Christian experience means being born again, as Jesus taught Nicodemus, and Paul’s Damascus Road transformation. The message invites personal conversion through accepting Christ’s claims.
Clarence Anglin, 31, from the Alcatraz escape trio, is a seasoned jailbreaker with four Florida prison camp escapes. He fled four times while serving combined Florida terms and later helped the group flee Alcatraz with brothers John and Alfred Ray Anglin and Frank Morris. Alfred Anglin also had multiple Florida escapes and was a fugitive since 1953 after an Alabama bank job.
A small county bloc in the state Senate delayed committee action on pending reapportionment bills to seek a 67 senator plan. The Judiciary Committee postponed eight measures for a week while four other constitutional amendments moved to the Constitution Committee. Rural counties aim to give each county a fulltime senator, affecting representation since the Senate has 35 members across multiple counties. Gov. Patterson urged prompt action to prevent federal court reapportionment. See APPORTIONMENT on Page 2.
President Kennedy told Premier Khrushchev the Laos coalition under Prince Souvanna Phouma marks a milestone toward East West cooperation. He urged continued Geneva talks, avoiding disruptive actions, and emphasized US efforts toward an independent neutral Laos with sustained status. The message, dated June 12, was released by the White House.
The University of Alabama football lineman Tom Bible, 21, drowned Tuesday afternoon while swimming in a creek near Mobile. He was fishing and swimming with his nephew Gary Wayne McCurdy at the time of the accident. The report notes Bible was a member of last year’s national championship squad.
New York stocks firmed in afternoon trading erasing early losses to try to hold above May lows. Dow Jones average rose to 582.74 as volume reached 2.31 million shares in two hours. Gold mining issues fell after gains during earlier declines.
The American Stock Exchange suspended trading in E. L. Bruce Co after the president withdrew 1.953 million dollars without authorization. Edward M. Gilbert resigned as president after disclosing the funds removal to company directors in New York City based firm making hardwood flooring doors and lumber products.
Frigidaire appliances priced lower than ever at Robinson's on Second Avenue. The retailer runs a seasonal ad offering discounts on fridges stoves and washers to attract shoppers.
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