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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1962
Page
1
Reports show jury selection underway for the Estes trial with jurors being screened. Police logs note a prowled car at 705 Prospect Dr with stolen clothing and a hit and run incident damaging a car on 8th Ave NW. Local clubs and markets schedule meetings and sales events through the week in Decatur and Morgan County.
Washington AP Kennedy plans to nominate Rep Frank E Smith 44 to a $20000 a year TVA board post finishing TVA reorganization begun with Vogel’s resignation Wagner to chair TVA after Vogel Smith defeated in Mississippi primary known as public works committee veteran of 11 years praised for power policy knowledge Estes wins immediate trial on charges of defrauding another farmer of 162144 in Pecos Texas a surprising move to local officials
Pet Dairy Products with Johnson City ties unveils a 750000 expansion here for processing storage and offices, with production space to double and a Hostess Room planned. A $500000 Florence distribution plant bid is expected next week as renovation starts and Jan 1 completion target is set.
The U S Supreme Court agreed to hear next fall appeals in two segregation cases that began in Alabama. The court will review the 1961 Birmingham sit in arrests of 10 Black demonstrators.
The speaker defends tithing as a minimum of Christian giving and argues money reveals faith. He cites Jesus on the law, questions whether grace lowers giving, notes low church offerings, and warns that withholding tithes robs God. He concludes that many remain insincere about faith.
In Montgomery AP: Amid county opposition, the House considers a Senate backed constitutional amendment to set 67 senators, giving each county an equal voice. Big-county members argue the court ruling in Nashville requires population-based reapportionment, challenging the amendment’s odds.
Washington AP Retiring TVA Chairman Herbert D Vogel says TVA power costs less than half of atomic plant power. A House Appropriations subcommittee held a closed session on TVA's $35,071,000 funding request for the year ending June 30. Rep Joe L Evins noted TVA's experimental gas cooled reactor at Oak Ridge Tennessee.
In Muscle Shoals Alabama two cave-ins trapped three workers in a sewer ditch. Bull Terry and Carl Campbell were identified as the men buried with dirt up to the waist while foreman Arthur Bodiford and Joe Nabors attempted rescue. One man was freed as two others remained under the dirt for minutes.
Alexander Nunn of The Progressive Farmer lauds Alabama's congressional delegation for voting unanimously for the Kennedy Farm Bill while warning that well established Southern farm programs could be endangered by its defeat. He argues wheat and feed grain programs are essential, notes mounting USDA costs, and highlights cotton income gains from the cotton release and reapportionment program. See FARM on Page 2.
In New Orleans the 5th U S Circuit Court ordered Judge Sidney Mize to issue an injunction compelling the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, marking the first Mississippi desegregation ruling. Meredith, a 29 year old Air Force veteran, described the decision as a birthday gift and sought only a common ground for settlement amid a long delay.
A robber with a sock mask and .38 pistol held up A J Walker at KO Service Station on Highway 231’s Gasoline Alley at about 4 a.m. taking about 80 dollars. A 1958 or 1959 Ford then fled toward Arab, with two men in the car. Decatur city crime report notes break ins at Bowline Theater and Hall Motor Express, Allied Sales, with minimal losses and broken lock but no items taken.
Ike Owens, 16, of Leighton, drowned while swimming in a farm pond near Leighton on Monday. The incident occurred as emergency crews responded to the scene. Additional details were not provided.
Attorney Frank Cain said Commercial Solvents Corp. was involved with Billie Sol Estes up to the neck, contradicting Wheeler and repeating his April Texas court testimony. Cain aided a lender Estes owed $4.5 million, and said a breakfast session aimed to gauge Solvents' willingness to help satisfy Estes debts.
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