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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1965
Page
5
The piece surveys Alabama license plate colors shifting from Alabama crimson to Auburn orange and blue then to black and white amid debate. It notes governor Wallace’s era, public reactions, and jokes about pronouncing terms as it moves through local quirks and headlines.
Reporters visiting Alabama saw an industrialized, growing state. Some noted civil rights deficiencies but many viewed the state from an unexpected, more balanced angle and told readers back home about the shift.
Two people, a man and a four year old child, were injured in a truck car collision near Athens at about 11 am. The victims were named as Phillip Barnes 4 of Athens and John Henry Thomas 63 of Athens. The truck driver Glenn L. Sorrow of Birmingham sustained no injuries. Formosa’s population density is 768 per square mile, second to the Netherlands 880.
A circuit court jury found for defendant Stephen Lee Watkins in a $50,000 damage suit arising from an automobile crash at the intersection of 16th Ave and Woodlawn St SE on May 12, 1963. Frederick Price claimed injuries and damages. Vernon Hughes was a nonfiled party. The case was before Judge James Bloodworth after a prior deadlock.
Several locals attend vacation Bible school at Enon this week as Marvin Owens remains a patient at Lawrence County Hospital and John McCaghren stays at Decatur General Hospital. Fairfield Church of Christ began Bible school Monday night with many children attending nightly. Jessie McCaghren Jimmy McCaghren and Kenny Johnson visited Titus Blaxton near Moulton Sunday as Mr and Mrs Pruett Callahan visited friends in hospital. Ernie Ferguson and Birmingham relatives visited the community last weekend and attended Enon church services.
Huff and Puff stole the show at the Morgan County Humane Society on Saturday. The pair, a shaggy dog tale in kitten form, left Puff unable to pose for the week’s Pet Of The Week picture. Information on adopting the kittens is available by calling 353 7339.
Mrs. Margaret Reeder was honored at a Lyons Hotel luncheon for 25 years of service with Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. D. P. Jones district traffic manager presented her with a 25 year pen.
Survey estimates on the Mesabi range in Minnesota place total iron ore at about 900 million tons with 560 million in open pit deposits and the rest needing shafting operations to extract.
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