Family Notes and Local Events Detected
Mr and Mrs James A Duncan and children return from a North Carolina mountain trip. A Story Hour for children six to nine runs 10 to 11 a m at Decatur Public Library on Saturday. A coffee family reunion is set for July 4 at Delano Park with all welcome to bring a picnic lunch. Beta Sigma Phi bake sale at the A P on Sixth Ave starts 8 a m Saturday. DIARY on Page 2.
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Decatur Public Library
Delano Park
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Sixth Ave
Promiscuous Petting Questioned by Teen Seventeen
A 17 year old asks if petting with a boyfriend is wrong. The reply warns of temptation at game age, reduces future marriage happiness, and suggests guilt and emotional tension may result.
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Officers Set But Criminal Didn't Arrive
A hobo greeted by sheriff and Decatur police as a Southern Railway freight train arrived at 8 25 a m. One of the FBI ten most wanted was said to be aboard the seventh car. William Dale Street of Bloomington Ind was handcuffed after being questioned. Street claimed to be headed to Tampa Fla with a bus connection in Nashville Tenn. Street is held for investigation while fingerprints are checked. A handbag search found bread pills and clothing changes.
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Police Department
FBI
Hobo
Southern Railway
Church Street
William Dale
Bloomington
Ind
Pack Self
Pat Patterson
Bill Biles
Patterson
Biles
Street
Huntsville
Sheriff’s Forces
Decatur Police Department
Dan
Gerous
Park Self
William Dale Street
Self
Nashville
Death sentence for Limestone County killer upheld
The Alabama Supreme Court upheld the 1959 murder conviction of Joe Henry Johnson, 17 at the time, in the slaying of Miss Dick Boyd near Athens. The court rejected claims of reversible error, and Johnson’s execution was set for September 8. The case involved rape and murder allegations with Johnson later admitting the acts in a signed statement.
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Johnson
Limestone
Limestone County
Miss Boyd
Athens
Supreme Court
Cer
Tain
Jimmy Woodroof
House Fails To Reapportion In Alabama 59 44
Alabama House backed by administration failed to reapportion the state with a 59 to 44 vote while a parallel Senate session adjourned early. The bill would redraw Alabama into eight districts, eliminating the 4th District, amid tied redistricting efforts and potential filibusters.
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Montgomery
House
Senate
Crenshaw County
Alton Turner
Privilege and Elections Committee
Senate Constitution Committee
Alabama
Kenneth Roberts
Privileges and Elections Committee
Turner
Decatur Weekend Skywatch: Moon and Planets Visible
The Decatur sky tonight features a Friday night sunset at 7:05 p.m. with a full Moon rising tomorrow. Prominent star Arcturus shines in the west, planets Mars Saturn Jupiter are visible at listed times, Venus rises in the east at sunrise.
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Arcturus
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Venius
Weather and River Update for Decatur Area
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 16.05 feet with a 24 hour drop of 0.01 feet. Sea level height 550.35 feet. TVA lake levels listed: Pickwick 413.7 Guntersville 595.0 Whitesburg 553.4 Wilson 507.3 feet. High temp Thursday reached 80 degrees at 3 p.m. and the overnight low was 60 at 3 a.m. today. At 10:25 a.m. today it.
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Decatur and
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Convention To Honor Several Confederate Groups In Decatur
The Alabama Division of Children of the Confederacy closes its two day convention with officer elections and a banquet at Lyons Hotel at 6 30 PM. Honorees include Alabama Division President Sammy Frazier and officials from the United Daughters of the Confederacy and other C of the C leaders. The 39th annual gathering began Thursday with registrations meetings and a board session plus a welcome evening and a centennial pageant.
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Confederacy
Alabama
Children of the Confederacy
Helene Hudson
Mobile
The
Robert Bachman
Washington, D.C
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Sammy Frazier
Decatur
Fred Rogers
Corinth
Alabama Division of Children of the Confederacy
Lyons Hotel
Alabama Division
Frazier
Charles C. Johnson
Johnson
Five Decatur
Shipowners Accept 60 Day Truce in Maritime Strike
New York AP bulletin says shipowners accepted Secretary Goldberg's proposal for a 60 day truce in the national maritime strike. Striking unions did not immediately rule on the plan.
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New York
Goldberg
Kennedy Returns From Sickbed to Greet Ikeda in White House
President Kennedy, sidelined by a bacterial infection, walked from the mansion to bid farewell to Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda. He appeared in good spirits, though remain in upstairs quarters per advice, with plans to visit Glen Ora estate for the weekend.
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Washington
Kennedy
Hayato Ikeda
Ikeda
White House
Janet Travell
Travell
Pierre Salinger
Glen Ora
Middleburg
Salinger
Fidel Castro rejects tractor-for-prisoner deal in Cuba
Fidel Castro rejected the latest Tractors for Freedom Committee offer and said he would send a delegation of captured rebels to the United States to explain his position. He claimed the committee lied about changing his position and warned of a possible man-for-man swap with political prisoners.
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Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
Tractors For Freedom Committee
United States
Havana
Castro
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Spain
Francisco
the Hook) Molina
New York City
Pedro Albizu Campos
San Juan
Henry Winston
Manuel Artime
Jose San Roman
Rafael Bolivar Fuente
Frigidaire Frost Proof Home Freezer at Robinsons
Frigidaire Frost Proof Home Freezer advertised at Robinsons on Second Avenue. The brief note highlights a sale item priced to attract customers and directs readers to visit the store location.
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Robinson's
Second Avenue
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