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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1961
Page
1
Police notified Decatur area authorities at 5 40 a m today that a 1956 white and blue Plymouth had been stolen. The report lists names attending camps and meetings in nearby towns, plus local incidents and scheduled gatherings at the Hart selle and Decatur area. See DIARY On Page 2.
The answer notes that learning can raise frustration if it reveals harsh truths. Knowledge brings responsibility, and happiness comes from aligning understanding with right action, such as embracing faith and duties. fuller understanding without action may increase distress.
Washington AP United States and Soviet disarmament negotiators began a third day of secret talks with no progress disclosed. McCloy and Zorin remained mum while Arthur Dean planned a Washington return for talks with Kennedy. Officials question merging test ban talks with general disarmament and the Soviets proposed a 15 nation conference with mixed blocs.
The United States and Japan agreed to form a joint economic committee at cabinet level as part of broader trade talks between President Kennedy and Prime Minister Ikeda. The panel mirrors the U S Canada Trade Committee and aims to deepen economic ties beyond military links. The United States remains Japan's top trading partner, with Canada second in ranking for American goods.
Tennessee Valley Authority expects river traffic to resume within 10 days after a lock wall collapse at Wheeler Dam. A road around the dam will enable trucking of grain cargoes, and two 12 inch pipelines will route gasoline shipments around the bottleneck, with pipelines ready in about two weeks. An upstream grain transfer system is planned to begin in about 30 days.
The first day of summer in Decatur arrives under overcast skies with a 65 degree temperature and coats needed. Rainfall surged this June with 1.92 inches on Tuesday and 4.90 inches for the month, marking 12 to 13 wet days. Forecasters predict continued drizzle and a cool night with a low near 56 as storms push into nearby regions.
Governor John Patterson proclaims July 1 as Space Day in Alabama to mark the first anniversary of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. The ceremony highlights Alabama’s space program and the center’s role in national aerospace efforts.
A jury in Huntsville Alabama reports a deadlock and the judge declares a mistrial in the Isham D. Hobbs murder case. In Freeport Texas President Kennedy starts a salt water conversion plant project by pressing a button in Washington.
The Canadian dollar fell to 972 cents in U S funds in early foreign exchange, marking the weakest level since the currency was revalued in February 1952. In Zurich, Laos military leader Gen Phoumi Nosavan said broad agreement nears on unifying rival factions' forces after a summit with key advisers.
A female inmate in Jasper, Alabama, claims she saw 92-year-old William D Hyde slain in 1953 after he bought whisky at a moonshine house and teased two women, being struck with a blackjack and hacked with a hatchet. In New York, hundreds of longshoremen staged a protest work stoppage paralyzing harbor operations amid a broader maritime strike.
The Senate Constitution Committee in Montgomery opened debate on a proposal by Sen. Roland Cooper to restore Alabama's old cumulative poll tax with a public hearing scheduled.
Alabama Highway Patrol reports 148 total incidents Tuesday with 48 rural and 100 urban accidents. One rural death, 12 rural and 15 urban injuries, and combined arrests for drunken, reckless, speeding, license, and other violations across Athens Hartselle Cullman Limestone and Decatur areas.
United Nations secretary general Dag Hammarskjold faced a U.S. Czechoslovak clash over spy charges against Czech diplomat Miroslav Nacvalac. Washington accused Nacvalac of acting as Prague’s chief intelligence agent in the United States and paying a Monterey Army Language School instructor $1700 for information.
The United States declared Miroslav Nivalac a foreign alien and revoked his diplomatic immunity. He faces deportation after being accused of spying in the United States.
The United States cited photographs to support its case as a language instructor born in Czechoslovakia confirmed the U S account. The U S note urged the Czech government to recall Nacvalac at once and rejected that the departure demand breached the U S UN diplomatic accord.
The forecast notes a full moon on June 28 with Spica visible near the moon. Mars sets at 9 57 p.m. and Saturn rises at 9 10 p.m. The sunset is at 7 04 p.m. and sunrise at 4 36 a.m. tomorrow. Moonset is 1 01 a.m. tomorrow.
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge stood at 15.82 feet this morning up .20 in 24 hours. TVA lake stages listed Pickwick 414.2, Guntersville 594.6, Whitesburg 552.9, Wilson 507.0. Decatur rainfall Tuesday totaled 1.92 inches. High Tuesday noon reached 65, low 61 at 5 am. Current 9:45 am reading 65. Forecast calls for cloudy mild conditions with possible rain or drizzle today. Tonight cloudy and cool. Thursday partly cloudy and mild with north northwest winds 8 to 12 mph. today high 73, tonight low 56, Thursday high 83.
Robison's promotes early American, traditional, and modern fashion at the lowest prices ever for women’s and general apparel. The ad highlights affordable deals across styles in a single-gender shop setting.
In Montgomery AP opponents of the congressional redistricting bill concede to a committee vote Friday after a filibuster trap. Sen Alton Turner ends the delay with a motion in order under Senate rules. House moves to delay final action as Jefferson County gains two state senators. A bond issue for an Alabama space research center is proposed.
Arab Raleigh Crawford, 41, of Memphis, Tennessee, sustained head chest and shoulder lacerations when his 1955 Oldsmobile skidded on highway 67 and struck an embankment 12.8 miles west of here Tuesday at 11 20 a.m. The vehicle left the roadway on Hulaco Mountain.
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