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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1962
Page
1
A feature recounts eight hours in which a boy’s arm was severed by a rail car and reattached by doctors, claimed to be a medical first. The piece notes the remarkable feat and its significance to medicine as a breakthrough.
Thousands of Europeans rushed to leave Algeria as Secret Army Organization factions in the west intensified their scorched earth campaign ahead of the July 1 independence referendum. A gasoline storage tank was set ablaze in Oran amid failed talks with Moslem nationalists, while airlines halted seat bookings until after July 1. The exodus followed daily reports of violence as authorities resisted a military airlift.
A called meeting of Rising Sun Lodge will be held Monday at 7 p.m. in the Masonic Temple to install new officers. Slight damage occurred in a traffic mishap Saturday at 6 31 a m at the Wil intersection. See Diary on Page 2.
The writer advises approaching with love not judgment, practicing patience and sweetness to show the impact of your new faith. Parents may be watching to see if your commitment lasts, and miracles can occur if you are sincere and steady, leading to eventual prayerful outcomes.
Frigidaire appliances offered at unprecedented low prices. Shoppers are invited to Robin son s for savings on a wide range of refrigerators freezers and laundry equipment. Limited stock and special weekend discounts available.
Aubrey J. Wagner was named chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority board by President Kennedy, succeeding Herbert D. Vogel who resigns effective June 30. Wagner, with TVA since 1934 and former general manager, was on the board last year. Also noted were political shifts as Rep. Frank E. Smith of Mississippi lost his bid for reelection.
Doris Marie Russell celebrated a red letter day after passing checks on Saturday. Her parents Mr and Mrs John E Russell of Decatur shared in the joy on Friday with pride and congratulations.
In Washington a partisan Senate debate framed the House defeat of the administration farm bill as a campaign issue. Senators Williams Morse and Ellender sparred over cost estimates, price supports, and quotas while Republicans tied opposition to Midwest farming states. A second, heart surgery success story details Doris Marie Russell, seven, who earned a bicycle after recovering at University Hospital Birmingham following open heart surgery. She is well enough to attend Trinity school this fall and will be monitored for further checkups around Christmas.
Three people died in separate Alabama crashes over the weekend. George A. Bullock, 20, a Fort Rucker soldier, died in a one car crash near Ozark in Dale County when the vehicle overturned on a curve. John Harold Butler, 22, of Rogersville, was struck and killed while walking on a county road bridge in Lauderdale County. Albert H. Rumbley, 45, of Mexia, died in a two car collision outside Mexia in south Alabama.
A tornado carved a seven block by five hundred foot swath through an Oak Forest subdivision injuring 18 people, with unofficial damage around 500000. Roofs were ripped from 20 homes and 40 others had broken windows, some houses torn apart and furniture scattered. Power cuts followed the tornado.
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