South Solon Cut Sought
Nathaniel Denman an engineer from Cape Cod filed a federal suit seeking to redraw congressional delegations to penalize eight Southern states for racial discrimination while boosting Massachusetts and other non discriminatory states. He proposes specific percentage reductions and demands a swift hearing before the November elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Cape Cod
U.S. District Court
Nathaniel Denman
Massachusetts
Bay State
Denman
Mississippi
South Carolina
Alabama
Louisiana
North Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Strip Clip Tie In Florida Vice Probe
Daniel P. Sullivan of the Greater Miami Crime Commission testified before the Senate Investigations subcommittee that strip tease clubs in Miami are tied to a vice racket and may involve hoodlum owned clip joints and AGWA officials. He cited a postwar rise in exotic clubs using B-girls to solicit drinks and prostitution, calling the modern vice more vicious than earlier forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daniel P. Sullivan
Greater Miami Crime Commission
Florida
Sullivan
Senate
American Guild of Variety Artists
AGWA
Afl-Cio
Miami
Three Held In Counterfeit Money Order Ring
Secret Service agents and police struck in New York Detroit and Buffalo in a counterfeiting sweep. Three Canadians and a Vermont man were arrested in New York with 17500 in counterfeit Canadian Pacific Railway money orders. Police seized 18100 in counterfeit drafts from Toronto men in Detroit. Four Canadians were held in Buffalo with nearly 9000 in counterfeit orders. Names include Edward P Callahan Gary Bell Barry Kirk and Shaun Bernard of Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Secret Service
Vermont
Toronto
Detroit
Buffalo
N.Y
Canada
City
Edward P Callahan
Albury
Gary Bell
Barry G. Kirk
Shaun Bernard
Montreal
Khrushchev Expounds Brains and Capital to Overtake U S
In Ceacu Romania Soviet Premier Khrushchev told collective farmers that catching up with the United States requires brains and capital and will be achieved. He acknowledged communist difficulties in peasant persuading to accept collectivization and warned against pride in Romania’s progress. He said peasants still feel ownership of their land despite collectivization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Romania
Khrushchev
Ceacu
United States
Ford Talks Move To Cleveland City Strike Widens
Ford and the United Auto Workers shifted negotiations to Cleveland as a Walton Hills plant strike enters its second week. The walkout, starting June 6, idled about 70 000 Ford workers nationwide and drew sharp exchanges between Walter Reuther and Ford officials over company political aims in Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers Union
Cleveland
Ford
Walton Hills
Ohio
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Michigan
Reuther
Henry Ford II
Company
September Eyed For Steel Price Rise
The Iron Age reports no serious steel price hike before September due to President Kennedy’s clash. A selective rise could occur in September, reflecting a new labor contract adding about $2 a ton from July 1. Demand remains weak, with orders at roughly 50 percent capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kennedy
Iron Age
Metalworking Weekly
Ing
Beck Begins Road To Prison Term
Millionaire Dave Beck 68 former Teamsters head started a five year prison term process in Seattle as U S Marshal Donald F Miller and lawyer Charles S Burdell trail the Beck party toward Tacoma Ta coma Mississippi. Beck will serve at McNeil Island penitentiary for filing two fraudulent union income tax returns. Beck rode in a Teamsters limousine and carried a statement he promised to issue before prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Beck
Tacoma
U.S
Donald F. Miller
Charles S. Burdell
McNeil Island Penitentiary
Betty Hutton Welcomes Baby Daughter Carol
Actress Betty Hutton, 41, and husband Pete Candoli welcome a daughter named Carol in Los Angeles. The newborn, weighing 6 pounds 10 ounces, is Hutton’s third child from two marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Hutton
Los Angeles
Carol
Miss Hutton
Pete Candoli
Agriculture Department Faces Estes Claim
Texas Attorney General Will Wilson accused a former Agriculture Department official of ordering illegal transfers of cotton allotments to Billie Sol Estes. The dispute arose as Estes creditors met in Dallas to seek repayment from the West Texas promoter. Wilson alleged a Washington order directed Henry H. Marshall to approve the transfers. Marshall had been found dead last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
Atty
Will Wilson
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Wilson
Estes
Dallas
West Texas
Limestone Madison youths win 4-H Co op essay honors
Limestone and Madison County youths led the District 1 4-H Co op essay contest at the Tennessee Valley Experiment Station auditorium. Jerry Knight of Limestone won the boys division on Co op development in North Alabama, while Jana Howard of Madison County topped the girls division. Second and third place in the girls went to Vondalyn Jones and Regina Evans, with the latter noted as Hillsboro daughter. In the boys, Jackie Wright and Douglas Reeves placed second and third. Winners earn a South Alabama travel tour or a $25 savings bond for first and third place respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Valley Experiment Station
Belle Mina
Regina
Evans
Lawrence County
Jackie Wright
DeKalb
Jana Howard
Madison
Jerry Knight
Limestone
Vendalyn Jones
Morgan
Douglas Reeves
Lawrence
Bellemina — Limestone
Madison County
North
Alabama
Tives
Cooperative Farmers
Vondalyn Jones
Morgan County
Regina Evans
Vondalyn
Lavon Jones
Falkville 2
W. B. Evans
Hillsboro
DeKalb County
David H. Reeves
South Alabama
Johnnie Matthews
Cooperative
Grant to open large new Grant store in Decatur
Grant Mayor Murray Dodd touts a second Grant store in Decatur as part of a regional push. McGrath notes 17 new South stores in ten days this August and 125 more this year as the chain nears 1,000 stores. The Decatur unit on Second Ave will be fully air conditioned with a 250 employee local staff and space for 110 to 400 for the Skillett eating facilities. The center aims to draw shoppers from three or four surrounding counties, while civic programs and employee benefits, including stock purchase and scholarships, are highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Dodd
Grant
Decatur
McGrath
Sorenson
Second Ave
Furman Smith
Skillett
Belser
South
Morgan
North
Alabama
McGriff and Apel
Cullman
Chamber of Commerce
DAV Officers Installed Here
Disabled American Veterans Chapter 11 in Huntsville installed new officers led by District Commander George A. Rauh. Roles include commander R. C. Halbrooks senior vice commander Jack Metcalf junior vice commander G. C. Hames judge adjutant Sam L. McClendon treasurer W. M. Rodgers chaplain J. C. Dye sergeant at arms B. L. Gaines Officer of the Day C. B. Murphy trustees Butler P. A. Hine Elbert R. Chandler J. A. Clemons adjutant C. H. Thompson. Halbrooks urged continued work for veterans and the chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
George A. Rauh
Huntsville
R. C. Halbrooks
Jack Metcalf
G. C. Hames
Sam L. McClendon
W. M. Rodgers
J. C. Dye
B. L. Gaines
C. B. Murphy
Butler P. A
Weather and seasonal note for June transition
The report lists sunset at 7 04 p m and sunrise at 4 35 a m for Thursday. It notes Last Quarter on June 24 and marks the Sun in Cancer as summer begins with the Sun riding high at 3 24 p m.
Tennessee River Levels and Weather Update
The Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 21.83 feet, up .29 feet in 24 hours, sea level at 556.13 feet. TVA lake stages include Pickwick 413.9, Guntersville 594.4, Whitesburg 556.9, Wheeler 556.2, Wilson 506.4 feet. High today reached 93 degrees at 3 p.m., low 71 degrees at 2 a.m., 11:05 a.m. temperature 84. Forecasts call for partly cloudy, warm with scattered thundershowers, tonight clearing and cooler, Thursday mostly sunny and warm. High today 85, low tonight 63, high Thursday 83 with northerly winds 10 to 15 mph gusty in showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wheeler
Wilson
Deaths Ennes Claudie Mullican Mullican family names
Ennes Claudie Mullican Moulton 3 died today at Lawrence County Hospital at 3 45 a m Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p m from Alldridge Grove Church of Christ with Bro Kyle McWhorter and Bro Ray McWhorter officiating Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery Elliott Brown Service Funeral Home directing Survivors include widow Mamie Mullican three sons Alton Randall and George A Mullican one daughter Edith L Mullican Birmingham two brothers Andrew Mullican and Everett Mullican five grandchildren Pallbearers named Ollie Black Ernest Jackson Guy Montgomery Floyd Hill John Fuller Hoyt Legg The deceased was co owner of Mullican s Grocery in the Aldridge Grove Community
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Ennes
Claudie Mullican
Lawrence County Hospital
Alldridge Grove
George A. Mullican
Edith L. Mullican
Birmingham
Andrew Mullican
Everett Mullican
Wedowee
Ala
Ollie Black
Ernest Jackson
Guy Montgomry
Floyd Hill
John Fuller
Hoyt Legg
Mullican
Aldridge Grove
Hospital Dismissals List From Moulton Area
A concise roll lists patient transfers and discharges across Moulton and nearby towns. Names include Lucy Roberson and Wayne Waters of Moulton, Roxanne Hill of Danville, Elizabeth Little of Courtland, and Grover Bradford of Russellville among others, with several discharge counts noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Roberson
Moulton
Wayne Waters
Roxanne Hill
Danville
George Morgan
Judy Williams
Courtland
Walter Blankenship
Elizabeth Little
Mrs Artie Swain Dies. Huntsville Resident
Mrs Artie Mae Swain age 44 of Huntsville died Monday at home. Funeral services are Thursday at 3 p m from Spry Funeral Home Chapel, Huntsville, with burial in Nashville Cemetery. Survived by daughter Patricia Archer, mother Essie Black, sister Maybelle Smith of Huntsville, brother Eddie Black of Decatur, and one grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artie Mae Swain
Huntsville
Spry Funeral Home Chapel
Nashville
Patricia Archer
Essie Black
Maybelle Smith
Eddie Black
Decatur
R. S. Bob Long, Hartselle resident, dies at 79
R S Bob Long age 79 of 406 Pear Street Hartselle died today at 3 30 am In Hartselle the death notice records his passing and residence confirming the local obituary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
R. S
Bob) Long
Pear St
Local Names Dense List From Athens Area Page
An OCR readout lists numerous individuals tied to Athens and nearby communities including Bernice Pylant Eva Scoggins Lyndia Gatlin Sarah Garner Marjorie Kahall Victory Mullen Peggy Lewter Thomas Kennemer Countess Sloss M L Carter Virginia Lawrence Shirley Brooks Patsy Lucille Baugher Ricky Holt Jackie Clark Ronald Lewter William Collins Nancy Agee Ora Peek and others with occasional district tags like Elkmont Ardmore Decatur and Tenn indicating a community notice or roster style item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Pylant
Athens
Eva Scoggins
Elkmont
Lyndia Gatlin
Sarah Garner
Marjorie Kahall
Victory Mullen
Decatur
Peggy Lewter
Thomas H. Kennemer
Countess Sloss
M. L. Carter
Shirley Brooks
Patsy Lucille Baugher
Ricky Holt
Ardmore
Tenn
Jackie C. Clark
Ronald Lewter
William J. Collins
Nancy Faye Agee
Ora Peek
Local Names List of Residents and Addresses
Master Edward Wilhite 1904 10th St SE Dan Sims Jr 1005 8th Ave James E Miller Hartselle 4 Master Joe Runager 1410 16th Ave SE Sammy Wiley Hartselle Miss Marie Powell 1009 17th Miss Carolyn Whisenant Lacey's Spring 1 Walter Busbey 1128 5th Ave Jimmy Hill 613 Vine St Mrs Elizabeth Vandenburgh 408 4th Ave SE
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Wilhite
10Th St
Dan Sims, Jr
8Th Ave
James E. Miller
Hartselle
Joe Runager
16Th Ave
Sammy Wiley
Marie Powell
17Th Ave
Carolyn __Whisenant
Lacey
Jimmy Hill
Vine St
Elizabeth. Vandenburgh
4Th Ave
Local Names Listed in Community Directory Row
A roster of residents and their addresses appears, including Mrs. W. E. Murphree 806 8th Ave SW and Mr. Richard L. Penn 801 8th Ave SE, among others. The list also mentions Vivian Adelle Leigh of Mount Hope, Joel Smithie of Reagin, and several children and infants with associated homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Murphree
8Th Ave
Owen G. Anderson
Springdale Rd
Marion C. Terry
Trinity
Richard L. Penn
Vivian Adelle Leigh
Mount Hope
Joel Smithie
Reagin
Olive
Funeral held for Florence Long at Johnson Chapel
The service for Florence Long was held after her death with burial at the adjoining cemetery directed by Peck. The body was returned to the home of C. D. Long in Falkville after 3 p.m. today. Survived by a daughter Mrs Elmer Puckett of Hartselle two sons Robert E Long and C D Long both of Hartselle and Falkville two sisters and two brothers and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Members of Johnson Chapel Methodist Church attended. pallbearers named as Robert Long Alton Moore Hollis Long W A Thompson T F Long Buren Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Long
Falkville
Johnson Chapel Methodist Church
Peck
Falkville 2
Florence Long
Hartselle
Elmer Puckett
Robert E. Long
C. F. Moore
Danville
W. T. Puckett
W. T. Long
Decatur
S. B. Long
Moulton
Florence Thompson
Marvin Long
Robert Long
Alton Moore
Hollis’ Long
W. A. Thompson
T. F. Long
Buren Williams
Clifford E Penney Rites Set In Jasper and Decatur City
Funeral services for Clifford E Penney who died Sunday in Bedford Ohio will be held Thursday at 2 pm in Jasper. Graveside services follow at 4 pm with Decatur City Masons serving as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford E. Penney
Bedford
Ohio
Jasper
Decatur City
Senatorary delay and court reapportionment hearing
A federal court has demanded reapportionment and will hold a July 16 hearing to monitor progress. It may not accept an amendment already rejected three times by Alabama voters and may delay voting on the 67 senate seat until 90 days after adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Market summary for crops and livestock with mixed notes
Cotton prices record inch middling at 64.00 while Decatur toan at 35.57. Cottonseed and milk figures shown, with Four percent milk at 3.20 per hundred. Grain prices list corn oats and wheat, soybeans at 2.30. Cattle active with utilities 14.53 to 16.00, calves 150, stockers 23.00 to 25.50, heifers 26.00 to 29.00. Hogs 25 to 30 percent lower, lots 18.25 for 200-210 lb, bulk 17.50-18.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Toan
Carley
Flint Police Chief Odis Simpson in fair condition after surgery
Flint Police Chief Odis Simpson is reported to be in fair condition at Black Chandler Hospital in Hartselle after undergoing surgery Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Odis Simpson
Black Chandler Hospital
Hartselle
Local names listed in family notices from Hartselle and Decatur
A sequence of personal names and addresses appears, listing individuals and families in Hartselle Perry Little Moore Surrant Sheats Meyer Hutto Stroupe Binkley Hutto McDonald, with street addresses in Brookmanor College and various streets in Decatur and Vinemont. The item reads like a roster of residents and kin with no narrative context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Joe H. Calvin
Brookmanor
Perry B. Little
Cain St
C.l.moore
4Th Ave
Mary Ella Surrant
College St
John Baker Sheats
Decatur
Louise Meyer
2Nd Ave
Deaths in Decatur area funeral services set
Funeral services for Mrs. Alma Whitfield are Sunday at 3 p.m. at Belle Church with Reynolds Funeral Home directing. Survivors include son Lorenzo McBay of Decatur, four daughters and a brother in Chicago, among others. Also, funeral services for Mrs. Ella Mae Allen are Sunday at 1 p.m. from Cain Memorial Methodist Church, burial at Belle Church. Survivors include husband Sherman Allen of Decatur, four sons, two daughters, three sisters, four brothers, and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds Funeral Home
Lourenzo. McBay
Decatur
Doris Bolden
Madgelene Tramble
Robert Elliott
Myrtle McBay
Willie T. Burks
Chicago
Ella Mae Allen
Cain Memorial Methodist Church
Belle Church
Sherman Allen
George
Billy
Tommy Allen
Frank Allen
Brenda
Donna Allen
Zelma Lipscomb
Indiana
Magnolia Golden
Dora Watkins
Robert Lyles
Willie Lyles
Oliver Lyles
Clyde Lyles
Docket list items and local donations highlighted
Twenty eight cases appear on the Recorder's Docket including parking vagrancy and traffic offenses. Sheriff Knox McRae thanked Meadow Gold Dairy McGough Bakeries Barney's Parkhouse Pet Dairy and Blue Bell Packing for donations to the Morgan County Junior Deputies Association picnic at Delano Park attended by about 100 boys. An accident report notes a 1957 Ford driven by Sam Owens and a Harley Davidson motorcycle ridden by Officer Ivett A Mason colliding on Bank Street near Lafayette Street during a wrong side/ backing maneuver at 12 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder
Knox McRae
Meadow Gold Dairy
McGough Bakeries Corp
Barney’s Parkhouse
Pet Dairy Products Co
Blue Bell Packing Co
Morgan County Junior Deputies Association
Delano Park
Ford
Sam Owens
Hillsboro
Ivett A. Mason
Somerville 2
Bank St
Lafayette St
Mason
Owens
Local Births Report From Athens Area Hospitals
Mr. and Mrs. Sarah Garner of Athens 5 welcome a son Tuesday at Athens Limestone Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gatlin of Athens 3 announce a son Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Lewter of Athens welcome a son Tuesday at Athens Limestone Hospital. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Glenn of Moulton Tuesday at Bank Street Hospital. A girl born to Mr. and Mrs. H J Carter of Meridianville Ala Tuesday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Garner
Athens
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Howard Gatlin
Ronald Lewter
Athens- Limestone Hospital
Charles Glenn
Moulton
Bank Street Hosital
H. J. Carter
Meridianville
Ala
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
For Sale Classified Items From 1961 Volkswagon to Groceries
A collection of old classified notices offering a 1961 Volkswagen convertible with terms, a new three bedroom brick house with den, riverfront lot trade and finance options, Roy Mooney Grocery stock listing with address, antiques including oak dining suite and beds, a two bedroom furnished rental near Enolam Blvd, a furnished three room apartment for couple, and an air conditioned bedroom with optional kitchen privileges. Listings include contact numbers EL 5 1035 EL 3 1778 EL 5 0897 EL 3 0984 EL 3 0965 EL 5 0434 EL 3 2585 EL 3 4477 EL 5 0178.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanner's Crossroads
Also Mentioned on This Page
South Solon Cut
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Conniv
Charles H. Patterson
M. M. Cummins
Jerry
Ardmore High School
Mrs. Eldon Knight
Jana
Sparkman High School
E. R
Bo) Howard
George D. H. McMillan
Mary Hulsey
A. W. Jones
Cecil Mayfield
Alabama 4
H. E. Logue
William R. Sharman
New Orleans
Federal Land Bank
E. T. York Sr
Extension Service
E. York Jr
Federal Extension Service
Clayton Spencer
Limestone County
DAV
Decatur and
Lawrence County Admissions
Grover Bradford
Russellville
Ennis Mullican
Carlton Spillers
William Howard Sapp
Wendell Proctor
Emma Hamilton
Curtis Harville
Artie Swain
Bob’ Long
Athens Limestone
Virginia Lawrence
Walter Busbey
5Th Ave
Decatur General
Ralph Jones
Phillip Kyle
Walter Lee Clements
Leasa Marie Sehuette
Murphree Rd
Freda K. Mitchell
Jewell A. Prater
Felix Price
Thomas Asherbranner
Enolam Bird
Sharon Lee Asherbranner
Enolam Blvd
Teresa Willis
Len
Carol Moebes
Country Club Rd
Christy Lynn
Decature L
L. Birdwell
Jerry Vandiver
Paradise Trailer Court
Rufus Campbell
11Th St
C. E. Messer
Truman Ave
Thomas Stover
Decatur Markets
Frank Edward Hutto
6Th Ave
John H. Stroupe
7Th St
Ruby Mae Binkley
Vinemont
Colonel H. McDonald
Betty St
Alma Whitfield
River Front
Will Trade and Finance
Roy Mooney Grocery
W. Moulton
Coleus and
Petunia
Paul C. Davis
Moulton St
Cagle Ave
B. G. Hall
Ww. P. Heflin
B. E. Braswell
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