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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1962
Page
1
An amendment to a reapportionment suit seeks a three judge panel to order a legislative reshuffle before the new House and Senate are elected in November. The filing prompts haste to set lines prior to the forthcoming elections and aims to influence district boundaries and representation.
The city clerk's office reports permits issued to Theo Compton at 2408 Dogwood Lane SFE for 24100 and George Dietz for 15 Lafayette St NW at 1000. A regional driver license and learner permit total of 257 tests showed 52 passers, 86 learners, 91 fails. Fire log reports no fires since June 23. Deputies arrested two for disturbing the peace. Mizpah Chapter 19 Eastern Star to install officers Friday at 8 pm in the Masonic Temple with public invited. Moose Lodge on Moulton St hosts an evening of entertainment tonight at 7 o'clock.
The piece frames inferiority feelings as common to all, citing figures like Alfred Adler and Charles Atlas to illustrate turning personal limits into strength through faith and effort. It then shifts to Alabama reapportionment, noting court deadlines, legislative delays, and a 1961-1967 timeline for a population based redraw, with a special session called by Governor Patterson. The article lists Birmingham residents and attorneys involved in the suit seeking immediate reapportionment and court-ordered action ahead of the next elections.
Israel police arrest Dr. Robert A. Soblen the Soviet spy and life-term fugitive in Tel Aviv. He is held for a formal indictment within 10 days after arriving from New York via Paris with a Canadian passport in his deceased brother’s name. He seeks return but no U.S. extradition treaty exists. Soblen, 62, a Lithuanian-born psychiatrist, faced a 1961 spying conviction and had leukemia.
President Kennedy defended the Supreme Court school prayer decision as law and urged families to pray more at home while signaling no personal opinion but support for the ruling. He avoided commenting on proposed constitutional amendments and pressed for continued adherence to the decision amid Congress debates.
DETROIT AP Gordon Stanley Mickey Cochrane former Detroit Tigers manager and Baseball Hall of Fame member died at a Lake Forest Illinois hospital at age 58. A Detroit club official confirmed his death saying he had been in and out of the hospital several times in the past year. The hospital spokesman said the cause of death had not been determined.
Sir Winston Churchill, age 88, fell in his Monte Carlo hotel and fractured the neck of the femur. He will be flown home to London for recuperation, with doctors awaiting prognosis and potential hospital care in Hyde Park Gate as family officials stressed it is not a life threatening incident.
In Montgomery small county lawmakers clash over how to reapportion the legislature as the ninth day of the special session opens. Asst. Atty. Gen. Gordon Madison provides guidance on legal limits while a party primary bill advances. The House and Senate move toward potential final enactment with local and statewide measures on the calendar.
Secretary of Agriculture Orville L Freeman told Senate investigators there were errors in the Estes case and he must assume responsibility for them His prepared testimony was released as the Senate subcommittee led by Senator John L McClellan began hearings into how Billy Sol Estes profited from federal farm aid and whether political influence aided him The hearing start was delayed while copies of his statement were distributed
Amateur thieves hit five Hartselle establishments on Main Street and one in Morgan City last night, taking about $150 from vending machines and cash registers. Investigators believe the same gang, active in Decatur and Morgan County, is behind the string of recent safe attempts. cash taken from Pearl's Dinner in Morgan City totaled about $85 from a juke box and pinball machine. The Hartselle Wholesale Grocery safe was damaged. See H'SELLE on Page 2.
Frigidaire bargains announced for a two day sale at Robinson's on 2nd Avenue featuring the lowest prices ever seen. Edv.
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