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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1963
Page
2
Sunset 7 05 p m and moonset 10 00 p m mark the evening sky. Sunrise tomorrow at 4 30 a m. First Quarter moon June 28. Regulus and Mars are noted near the western sky as the moon sets.
Decatur Tennessee River reading Saturday morning at Keller Memorial Bridge was 21.69 feet, a rise of 14 feet in 12 hours. Reading from sea level was 555.99 feet. Forecast is cloudy and mild with scattered showers and thunderstorms through tonight. Winds east to southeast at 8 to 15 mph with strong gusts. Monday's outlook shows little change with a high of 80 degrees and cloudy conditions.
Lawmakers say passage likely Tuesday as House and Senate move bills on water pollution, sales tax timing, small land regulation, and contractor protections. Discussions note removal of the grandfather clause and support for overtime for city firefighters in larger cities pending Senate review.
The Decatur High School Band, honored by Miami Beach, performed at Pier Park with a full shell and many standing. They played before Lions Club International Convention attendees and plan a homecoming Monday at 5 a.m. with signs and celebrations planned. The trip includes several souvenir and rest stops en route through Florida and Georgia.
A jet airliner will pursue the moons shadow over Canada during the total eclipse on July 20. The DC8 flying laboratory will cruise 520 miles an hour along a 25 mile path to observe the eclipse for about 144 seconds using optical glass in windows and mounted spectroscopes cameras and telescopes. President Kennedy has sent to Congress a comprehensive inventory of federal natural resources research programs highlighting opportunities to improve materials supplies conservation and environmental health. Senate leaders consider a full dress filibuster to gridlock civil rights action with cloture possible thanks to bipartisan support and Kennedy's program backing.
Cullman Police Department arrested five persons Friday on charges including disorderly conduct three violations of the prohibition law and one case of driving without a license.
Two individuals were arrested Saturday by the Lawrence County Sheriff's force. One faced a prohibition law violation and the other was charged with public drunkenness.
Limestone County deputies reported seven arrests on Friday including violations of prohibition laws, driving with no license, driving while intoxicated with no license, and highway intoxication, with four arrests for highway intoxication and one each for the other offenses.
Alabama man Aubrey D. Green of York was elected president of Lions International, advancing from first vice president as the election was broadly expected. Claude M. Devorss of Wichita Kansas moved from second to first vice president.
Los Angeles, spanning 455 square miles, is noted as the world’s largest city by area. The fact highlights the city’s vast geographic extent and its status among global urban areas.
A compiled roster from a Cullman area hospital page shows patients and relatives including Billie Erston Sparks Wanda Mavis Rodgers Anna Mae Bowles John H Roberts Arthur Franklin Stancell Gail Marie Silvers George Byron Williams Joyce Eskew Ruby McDowell Dorothy McCroy Bettye Faye Day Hancel Whatley Jo Ann McBrayer Billy Keith Clay Gordon Homer Nichols Luther King Imogene Parson Ronnie McManus Mary Margene Brown Mildred Irene Vincent Lucille Flannigan Doris Mae Hinkle Jessie Dewitt Glasscock Oliver Lee Parrish Peggy Ann Dean Agnes Meddus William Mason Ganett Buford Baggett Martha Dora Lawrence and others from Cullman Holly Pond Garden City Arab Fort Lauderdale and nearby areas.
Decatur and nearby residents appear in a school notice listing admissions and dismissals. Names include Master Larry Hughes, Dawn Mitchell, James Lott and Ronnie Jett, Sandra Self, William Black with addresses in Decatur Somerville Hartselle and Memorial Drive locations.
A long list of new admissions at Decatur General includes Mrs Gene W Hill, Lynn Christopher Jr, Robert Taylor Falkville, George Ezra Drinkard Falkville, Avery Hawkins 1915 10th St, Robert M Harper Athens, Alfred William Freund 1003 11th Ave SE, Master Patrick Allen Alexander Hartselle, Hugh Stewart Bosson Jr 2nd Ave SE, Master Don Duane Higginbotham Athens, Master Fred Richard Craft 1320 Sheraton St SE, Little Miss Pamela Clark 1601 5th Ave SE, Miss Judy Kay Latham 1219 Broadus Ave SE, Miss Blanche Buchanan 408 W Moulton St, Master Phillip Keith Casteel 1402 8th Ave SE, Mrs Ray Smith Hartselle 2, Mrs James C Speake infant daughter Danville, Mrs George H Goodwin and infant son 1431 Columbia Cir SE, Marvin Floyd Lee 1407 5th Ave SE, Mrs Irene Mary Jones 702 Randolph Ave Huntsville.
Dr Antonio Maceo resigned Saturday as president of the Cuban Revolutionary Council in Miami. His dismissal followed dissatisfaction over the council's disclosure of commando landings on Cuban soil. Confirmation came from a son. leadership had restructured after disputes with the Kennedy administration and previous resignations.
Mr and Mrs Robert Taylor of Falkville welcomed a daughter born Saturday at Decatur General Hospital. The couple joins siblings and the community celebrates this new arrival with best wishes from family and friends.
The Associated Press reports Alabama accident toll reaches six as a twin engine plane crash near Spruce Pine in Franklin County kills L. C. Fuller and wife. Eleven month old Michael Douglas Moats drowns in a bathtub in Moulton. Additional fatalities include Julius Tolliver in Birmingham and car crashes near Tuscumbia and Perryville.
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Macmillan refused to resign at a Kent Conservative rally seven days before President Kennedy’s visit. He said he would not waste his life on lies or panic and promised to act in the national interest despite heckling calls to quit. Opposition leader Harold Wilson demanded a quick general election to restore government authority amid the Profumo affair and Tory governance doubts.
An 87 year old man Nathan Hogue of Lacey's Spring drove a 1949 Chevrolet into a 1959 Chevrolet driven by Lamar A. Cain, 31, of Lacey's Spring one mile west of here on Ala. 36 Saturday at about 8:30 a.m. The trooper reported total damage was 65 dollars.
Mrs Buna Winton age 74 of Somerville 3 died at a local hospital Saturday at 6 20 am Funeral services will be at Center Springs Methodist Church at 2 20 pm today with Rev Bobby Osborn officiating Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery Peck Funeral Home directing Pallbearers include J D Winton Iris Winton Hoyt Grizzard Billy Joe Dunaway Franklin Watkins and James Dunaway Survivors include daughter Irene Jones son Thomas Winton five grandchildren four great grandchildren four sisters two brothers The body was returned to the residence Saturday and will remain there until services
Ike Terry of Hillsboro died Saturday afternoon. Funeral services will be announced later by Gunthorp Brown Service Funeral Home.
SAIGON AP reports the government freed 241 Buddhist rioters but a Buddhist spokesman warns danger remains. unrest threatens Ngo Dinh Diem's Roman Catholic ruled regime amid US anti-Communist support. ten detainees face assault charges. monks halt demonstrations for two weeks to push the agreement.
London reports Britain and Kenya near a Monday agreement to set up a constitutional convention. The talks aim to pave Kenya's independence in October or November, signaling a transfer of self rule.
Ankara AP six defendants were released by a military court handling the mass trial of hundreds of cadets and others involved in last month’s abortive revolt against Ismet Inonu's rightist coalition. More than 1,600 jailed after eight killed and at least 24 injured in the May 21 attempt.
State prosecutor Andreas Aulje announced a judicial inquiry into last November's coal mine disaster that killed 21 people is underway. The probe follows a report blaming the state owned mines and provoking a political crisis as officials and the board face severe criticism for alleged safety breaches.
In Birmingham Alabama county agents named a new leadership slate led by Dwight Somerville of Tuscumbia. Somerville succeeds Clint Johns of Jefferson County as president of the Alabama Association of County Agricultural Agents.
In Montgomery AP report notes Senate tax delay as House moves to denounce the president while shelving a measure to bar Negro teachers from demonstrations. House approves a censuring resolution toward Kennedy, while awaiting rules committee action on racial resolutions, and adjourns without immediate action on other bills. Affected items include a 4 cent sales tax, damages for crash victims, and penalties for crimes. a push to rename the State Coliseum Garrett Coliseum and clerk pay raises also appear.
AP dispatch from Moscow reports a hard line refusal by the Soviet Union to Chinese demands in the Communist bloc clash. The Central Committee closed a four day meeting with a non negotiable stance, while Romania published a lengthy critique of Beijing's attacks on Khrushchev and peaceful coexistence.
An automobile crash at 11 p.m. Saturday at 16th St SE and North St SE left Decatur youth Roger Hammond, 18, of 1502 15th Ave SE with minor injuries. Another unidentified youth was also taken to Decatur General Hospital by private vehicle. Details were unavailable at press time.
A Saturday string of minor crashes across Cullman and nearby streets involved Doris C Rodell Julius N Roberts Rayburn L Burden Jesse D Gray Hayes K Lemmond Jimmy G Walker Velma Y West Kenneth R Clayton Billy Hamby and others. Police noted rear end hits failed stops exit turns and a stolen car report while a fire department responded to a refrigerator fire at 1312 8th Ave SE.
Republicans chose San Francisco for the 1964 national convention and opened planning July 13. National Chairman William E. Miller leads arrangements, with the selection made in Denver amid Goldwater and Rockefeller factional tensions. San Francisco offered substantial cash, free rooms, and guaranteed hotel capacity at the Cow Palace, beating Atlantic City, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Miami Beach, and Philadelphia.
The Department of Agriculture library houses about 1.2 million volumes and is staffed by 1,000 employees.
In Danville Virginia police forced entry into a High Street Baptist Church Saturday and arrested three SNCC leaders indicted for inciting to riot. The three, Avon Rollins, John Robert Zellner, and Daniel Foss, hold $5,000 bonds. Rollins is Black, the others White. The grand jury also indicted ten others for racial unrest in the past three weeks.
Nearly six million veterans hold GI insurance policies totaling about 40 billion dollars in face value, reflecting wide coverage for veterans under wartime benefits programs.
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