Deanalee de Deanalee de 7rusmae Gump les About Lions Program
Ben Britnell chairs the De catur Lions Club Attendance Committee arranging Tuesday noon meeting at Hotel Lyons. Cadet Richard T. Troutner, son of Mr and Mrs F Thomas Troutner of Trinity, received the Scabbard and Blade Award at MIT Military Day. The honor recognized scholastic achievement and military aptitude as a freshman Army cadet. Capt James R Norton presented the medal. Troutner will be MT sophomore class president next year. Also notes the 1846 Hoboken first baseball game anniversary and a left side damage to a Chevrolet truck owned by Cecil Hipps Standard Oil Station in Lafayette Street incident. See DIARY On Page 2.
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Ben Britnell
Decatur Lions Club
Hotel Lyons
Cpl
Richard T. Troutner
F. Thomas Troutner
Trinity
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Troutner
National Society of Scabbard and Blade
James R. Norton
M.st
M.S.T
Cecil Hipps
Daily Faith Column on Trials of Disability and Hope
A parent questions why their daughter with cerebral palsy must live. The author urges that heaven holds the full answer, cites Handel and Helen Keller, and reminds that illness does not define worth. Hope and grace to triumph in affliction are encouraged.
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J. M
Heaven
Messiah
Handel
Helen Keller
Disarm Talks Resume With Moscow Today
U S and Soviet representatives meet in Washington to resume general disarmament talks after a year of blocked negotiations. John J McCloy and Valerian Zorin discuss procedural questions and possible linkage to Khrushchev’s proposal to merge Geneva talks on nuclear testing into broader disarmament efforts.
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Barry Schweid
Washington
U.S
John J. McCloy
Valerian Zorin
Zorin
Khrushchev
Geneva
United States
Kremlin
Moscow
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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Kennedy
Hartselle Man Found Hanged in Home
A 50 year old Hartselle man George Floyd was found hanged at his home Sunday about 7 30 a m by a neighbor. He used a cotton belt from a bathrobe to hang himself from the bathroom door. He had been last seen Friday with family away from home. Funeral services were set for today at 2 p m at Mt Tabor Methodist Church with Rev Dewey Crow and Rev Bob White officiating. Burial in Mt Tabor Cemetery directed by Peck Funeral Home. Survivors include widow Nancy Olene Floyd two daughters Edith Marie Floyd and Evelyn Perry a son William Cecil Floyd three brothers Bernard Floyd Jesse Floyd and L N Floyd two sisters Bessie Blankenship and Laverne Black father Samuel Floyd and two grandchildren.
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Hartselle
Bill Biles
George Floyd
Milton Thomas
Biles
Mt. Tabor Methodist Church
Dewey Crow
Bob White
Mt. Tabor
Peck Funeral Home
Nancy
Olene Floyd
Edith Marie Floyd
Hartseller
Evelyn Perry
Resaca
William Cecil Floyd
Montgomery
Bernard Floyd
Decatur
Jesse Floyd
Danville
L. N. Floyd
Bessie Blankenship
Laverne Black
Samuel Floyd
Youth Crimes Cited By Judge In Morgan County Grand Jury
Judge James Bloodworth told the Morgan County grand jury that youth crime is rising with younger offenders responsible for a large share of felonies. He warned about eroding land and wasted human potential, noting most youths are fine citizens but crime rates among teens worry the court. Reese G. Robertson was named foreman. other jurors listed.
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James Bloodworth
Morgan County
Bloodworth
Judge Bloodworth
Reese G. Robertson
6Th Ave. SE
G. F. Abbott
Floyd F. Anderson
Grady Bailey
Robert S. Brewer
Chester Lee Chenault
Ernest Couch, Jr
D. H. Golden
John Kelley
George O. Kirby
Virgil Knighton
Harold Lake
Adlai Murphy
Will Murphy
James Robinson
R. B. Ryan
Sandlin M. Sams
Ernest S. Thompson
Fragile Premature Baby Clings To Life in Scotland
A seven inch long baby girl weighing 24 ounces remains in a hospital incubator in Edinburgh. The infant, born three and a half months premature Saturday night, is the daughter of Frances Hoy, 19, wife of a British Army corporal.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Frances
Hoy
Night Sky Guide for Decatur on Tuesday June 20
The evening sky highlights Regulus in the west at 8 46 p m and Saturn and Jupiter visible in the southeast and first quarter Mars positioned slightly north. Sunset is 7 04 p m with sunrise at 4 35 a m and moonset at 11 57 p m.
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Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Weather and River Reading at Keller Memorial Bridge
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge reads 15.73 feet, up 0.13 in 24 hours with sea level at 550.03 feet. TVA lake levels listed include Guntersville 595.2 Whitesburg 551.8 Wilson 507.4. Sunday high 78, low 58, today 75. Forecast calls for variable clouds, warm days, cool nights, light southeast winds through Tuesday.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Police Claim 2 Admit Blasting Phone Towers
Investigators say ex builder Bernard Brous and mining engineer Dale Jensen confessed to blasting three communication facilities in Utah and Nevada to publicize the American Republican Army. Mexican authorities later handed the suspects to U.S. officials in San Diego for arraignment.
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Calif
Utah-Nevada
Ensenada
Mexico
Here
Bernard Jerome Brous
Dale Chris Jensen
U.S
Brous
Tijuana
FBI
San Diego U.S
Minnie
Robert Gerald Bertoli
Reno
County Industrial UF Posts Filled in Morgan Drive
W. G. Hall announces two new leaders for the 1962 Morgan County United Fund drive. Joe D. McPherson of Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co. leads the industrial financial and professional area, while Grady J. Long, Hart selle mayor, heads the county and Hartselle outreach. Over 160 firms in McPhersons area will be contacted. The campaign divides Morgan County into five divisions including merchants service financial professional Negro and Morgan County. McPherson, a Mobile native, has led U S campaigns and was last years insurance and real estate division chair. Long sits as Hartselle mayor and is a Morgan County and Alabama Bar member.
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Long
Hartselle
Morgan County
Decatur
Mobile
McPherson
U.S
Alabama
Car Found In Lewis Smith Lake Near Crane Hill
A car was located in Lewis Smith Lake about 60 to 80 feet deep near Crane Hill after divers tied cables to it. Sheriff Crant Waldrop said a State crane would attempt to lift it this afternoon while the status of any occupants remained unknown.
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Cullman
Lewis Smith Lake
Crane Hill
Crant Waldrop
Larry McRae
Tom Gibbs
Decatur
Waldrop
Weekend traffic deaths push Alabama toll to eight
Six people died Sunday afternoon in a series of crashes across Alabama, raising the weekend highway fatalities to eight. Victims include two teenage girls and a 65-year-old Atmore woman in a head on collision near Atmore, and others such as 26 year old Robert Lee Brothers of Florence and 44 year old Charles Stanley of Tampa in separate crashes. The AP tally covers incidents from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight.
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Alabama
Atmore
Ala
Jessie Benton
Shelia Peterson
Irvington
Carol Geary
Mobile
Highway Patrol
George Benton
Jeorma Stanley
U.S. 31
Martha Janss
Rickie Flemmings
Bear Creek
Alabama Sunday wrecks and arrests tally released
Breakdown shows 104 accidents with 6 deaths and 41 injuries across rural and urban areas in Alabama Sunday. Police reports list 49 rural and 55 urban accidents, with 22 rural and 19 urban injuries and $36,150 in property damage. Arrests cited include drunk driving, speeding, reckless driving, no license, brakes lights, improper passing, and running stop signs across multiple counties and towns.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Highway Patrol
Athens
Decatur
Cullman
Moulton
Limestone
Decatur Highway Patrol
Skindivers Recover Discoverer XXV Capsule Off Hawaii
Skindivers jumped 1000 feet into the Pacific near Oahu to recover a space ejected Discoverer XXV capsule after a 50 hour 3 minute orbital mission. The team towed the instrument capsule to Pearl Harbor and planned to ship it to Sunnyvale for analysis of onboard metals samples including gold iron and titanium. The success marks the fifth recovery in the Discoverer program and fuels Air Force confidence for future space operations.
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Hickam Air Force Base
Hawaii
Air Force
Pacific
Ted
Pearl Harbor
Sunnyvale
Calif
Radford
Pacific Missile Range
Outer
Space
All For Father All For Father
Jerry Newton a 12 year old from Memphis used a self cut hair to pay for a Father's Day gift. He earned 75 cents at barber school and bought a shiny can opener for his father’s fishing cabin. His mother nearly cried at the haircut.
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Memphis, Tenn
Jerry Newton
Jerry
Newton
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