Freemont Nominated at First GOP Convention
A 1856 dated note recalls John C. Freemont as the Republican presidential candidate at the first GOP convention. Other items mention Rotary Club speaker Al T. Bogen Jr and postponed Methodist Subdistrict car wash due to rain. Local building permit issued to J M Sign Co for sign relocation. Several police and fire reports outline break in at Alabama Oil Co building, a hospital release, a traffic accident, public drunkenness arrests, and a regional tax comment from a visitor.
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John C. Freemont
Bunker Hill
Legislature at midpoint of session yet to prove its worth
The Alabama legislature enters the second half of its six week regular session with 1 152 proposed laws filed and only 20 local bills signed by the governor. Committees have set the pace, moving major issues to calendars as education funding and general-fund appropriations loom, leaving room to still shape a meaningful record.
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Alabama
House
Senate
Education
General Fund
Violence in Philadelphia sparks first strike violence report
A major maritime strike began at midnight affecting about 30 port cities and nearly 1,000 vessels. Picket lines and clashes surfaced in Philadelphia as oil refinery workers were bruised, with 85,000 union members involved and White House talks ongoing through Labor Secretary Goldberg.
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New York
White House
Arthur J. Goldberg
Kennedy
Atlantic
Gulf
Pacific
Hudson River
Philadelphia
International Longshoremen’s Association
Teamsters Union
Joseph Curran
Striking National Maritime Union
Teamster
Complete service for Frigidaire and makes appliances
Robinson's 2nd Age advertisement offers repair and maintenance for Frigidaire and other appliances, highlighting affordable service options and quick turnaround.
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Robinson
Hunger strikers and arrests mark Florida Freedom Riders protest
Hunger strikers at Tallahassee airport defy orders and surrender to police. In Ocala and Jackson arrests follow scuffles and breaches of peace as riders press a campaign against segregation. Across Florida and Mississippi the Freedom Riders face numerous detentions while broader threats loom after bomb reports.
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Associated Press
Freedom Riders
Tallahassee, Fla
Ocala
Fla
Florida
Tampa
Gainesville
St. Petersburg
Jackson
Miss
Freedom
Greyhound
Nashville
Washington
Tallahassee
Limestone Residents Map Aid Plan After Flood
South Limestone County residents met at Wheeler Elementary School to form two committees studying aid for washed-out farms from Tuesday's flash flood. About 40 people from the area attended at Jones Crossroads and will report back next Friday at the same school. Committee heads include M W Haney, Lonnie Waley, Otto Biles, and M C Davis with members from Athens 7 Decatur and nearby areas.
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Limestone County
Jones Crossroads
Wheeler Elementary
Briley Creek
M.W. Haney
Athens 7
Lonnie Waley
Mack Hogan
Otto Biles
Decatur
M. C. Davis
Mud’ Creek Committee
Ralph Jones
Guy Thrasher
J. R. Hinds
Billy Gordon
Athens
Harold Ste- Lee L'Stone
Filibuster Expected To Continue In Alabama Redistricting Battle
In Montgomery the State Senate again stalled a House-passed redistricting bill aimed at removing Kenneth Roberts. The impasse followed three days of debate with a minority delaying tactic, while the House sent three procurement bills to the Senate for action.
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Montgomery
Senate
Kenneth Roberts
House
Glencoe
John Patterson
Glencoe Paving Co
Gadsden
Patterson
State Supreme Court
John Gaither
Cleburne County
Alabama
Roberts
Albert Rains
Rains
South Alabama
House Rules Committee
Washington
Kennedy urges long term aid to fight world communism
President Kennedy urged Americans to back a five year 8.8 billion foreign aid program to destroy poverty and social injustice he says breed communism. He spoke at the National Conference on International Economic and Social Development stressing long term borrowing authority and broader aid from developed nations and U S professionals.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Congress
No Trace Of Body Reported In Creek
Jasper Alabama June 16 Authorities probe claim that elderly William D Hyde 92 Corona Alabama missing since 1953 was encased in concrete at Yellow Creek Tuscaloosa County A woman convicted of killing her husband Travis Ted Kimbrell 43 told officials the body was placed in the creek Divers searched the area with no evidence found The woman claims self defense while prosecutors say murder tied to divorce threats She is serving life and awaits appeal.
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Jasper
Ala
Circuit
Leon Beaird
Beaird
Travis Ted Kimbrell
Claude Reid
William D. Hyde
Corona
Tuscaloosa County
Hyde
Alabama Power Co
Charlie
Reid
Yellow Creek
Kimbrell
President Kennedy Heads to Middleburg for Weekend Rest
President Kennedy flies to his country retreat Glen Ora in Middleburg Virginia with Mrs Kennedy and children following a White House departure. Dr Janet Travell, the White House physician, will join Saturday for a daily check on Kennedy back ailment.
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Gardner L. Bridge
Washington
Kennedy
Middleburg
Shoreham Hotel
Memphis Hires Negro Bus Driver
Memphis hires John L. Smith 29 as the first African American bus driver in the city’s transit history. Carl Carson of the Memphis Transit Authority says Smith starts Monday after a three day training period. The 267 bus system employs 430 drivers. pay is $2.19 per hour.
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Memphis
Carl Carson
Memphis Transit Authority
John L. Smith
Carson
Decatur Skies Notes on Moon and Planets
The entry lists sunset at 7:03 p.m. and sunrise at 4:35 a.m. with moonset at 10:52 p.m. First Quarter occurs June 21. Regulus is visible tonight about midway between the Moon and Mars, with Mars approaching Regulus next week.
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Regulus
Moon
Mars
Weather lower Tennessee River at Keller Bridge and showers forecast
Friday night river reading at Keller Memorial Bridge was 15.96 feet, down .37 in 12 hours, sea level reading 550.26 feet. At 8 p.m. it was 60 degrees with a forecast of continued cool conditions today, showers and scattered thunderstorms, and a high near 70.
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Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Czech Says U S Sought Top Diplomat Spy
At the UN Prague charges the United States attempted to hire Miro Slav Naevalac, a Czech delegate, as a spy. Washington counters that Naevalac is the spy who gathered information from a U S government employee for about a year. Naevalac describes a dinner with two U S agents and a Czech defector, quoting threats and offers of wealth.
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United Nations
N.Y
Czechoslovakia
United States
U.N. Secretariat
Miro Slav Naevalac
U.S
U.S. State Department
Nacvalac
Mack
Jack
New York
Gripsholm
E. 57Th Street
Washington
Frantisek Tisler
Tisler
Two Aged Women Die In Highway Collision Near Loxley
On U.S. Highway 90 between Loxley and Roberdale Baldwin County two women died in a crash late today. Victims were Lena May Richardson sixty and Alabama Holloway eighty both residents of Loxley. Richardson drove the car that collided with one driven by Ruben Carden Jr of Chickasaw. Carden was only slightly injured.
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Loxley
Ala
Robertsdale
Baldwin County
Lena May Richardson
Alabama Holloway
R. C. Andrews
Richardson
Ruben Carden, Jr
Chickasaw
Carden
Holloway
Richardson Auto
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Lal
al T. Bogen, Jr
Rotary Club
Methodist Subdistrict
Kroger
J&m Sign Co
2Nd Ave
Lee St. NE
Roy B. Odom
Alabama Oil Co
John M. Pruett
Ward C. Pruett
Moulton
Hartselle Hospital
Dorothy Jean Snider
6Th Ave
Studebaker
Sheriff's Forces
The
Montgomery Advertiser
By Arthur Everett
L'stone
State Senate
Interior
Stewart Udall
District of Columbia Red Cross
Udall
Red Cross
Bernice Behnke
Aid
JFK
William N. Oatis
U.N
By Ken Reynolds
Ted
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