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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1965
Page
7
Patricia Brody, a 10 year old from Camden New Jersey, is announced as today's Britannica Junior Encyclopedia winner in a school paper quiz.
The passage explains ripe hot peppers can be eaten fresh or dried and grown worldwide. It contrasts evergreen ornamental pepper trees with edible peppers, notes pepper naming confusion, and traces black pepper’s medieval importance and source. It also covers white, red cayenne and paprika peppers, plant growth, and storage from green to ripened berries.
The Jefferson County Judicial Commission named three candidates for a new circuit judge post in Birmingham from ten, excluding Arthur Shores. Richard I. Jones Sam R. Shannon Jr. and Elias C. Watson Jr. were chosen. governor will select final candidate. The position takes effect October 1 and will handle combined criminal civil docket plus city appeals.
A trivia note cites lawyer William Upjohn for addressing a Rhodesian court for 45 days in 1916. The item also promotes Britannica World Atlas or Yearbook of Events and invites riddles and jokes from readers. The day's winner is Louise Sali, 14, of Vermilion Ohio.
Today in Decatur history notes a local claim of five inch lemons, police court quiet weeks, and Kiwanis inter club gathering. Major dates include 1965 highlights like the UN Charter signing in 1945 and earlier events from 1870 to 1950s.
The item notes a quiz drawn from five major libraries asking ten questions on topics from geography and history to sports and language. It also reports the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board paid over $2.5 million in salaries to store employees in 1964.
Lauderdale County School’s plan allowing student free school choice without regard to race is praised by U S Office of Education official John Singerhoff. The plan, approved May 8, will be sent to Florida and Texas officials for guidance. no staff may influence decisions and bus routing will be non discriminatory based on enrollment.
Court grants three probation requests in a grand larceny case. Austin Garrett of 122% Church St NE had his probation continued to July. Other defendants also received probation continuations in the same matter.
Anniston reports Calhoun County Sheriff Roy C. Snead states a Negro juvenile involved in bicycle thefts has agreed to assemble recovered parts. Parts were scattered in a wooded area near Anniston as efforts to hide the theft continue.
The most frequent causes of auto accidents in the United States during the past year are speeding, failure to yield the right of way, changing lanes carelessly, and drunken driving.
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