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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1959
Page
1
C. C. Garrett receives a building permit from the City Clerk to close a back porch and erect a tool shed at 1422 Locust St SE for 1100 dollars.
A reader asks if eternal damnation is real. The reply affirms God’s justice and mercy not as a tyrant, notes hell was made for the devil, and offers salvation through Jesus. Sinners are urged to seek forgiveness through Christ and the Cross as refuge and pardon.
In Gadsden Alabama a male torso was found near a deserted house once used by bootleggers and gamblers. Police and State Toxicologist estimate death by shotgun blast and about 18 hours since death. The head was severely damaged, hindering identification. Authorities consider revenge as a possible motive.
Soviet First Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov arrives to preside at the Soviet cultural and scientific exhibition in New York as Vice President Nixon prepares for opening ceremonies with Kozlov. Eisenhower to visit, Kozlov to Washington for talks. TU114 completes first nonstop New York to Moscow flight in 11 hours 6 minutes.
The Fourth of July celebration arrived early in Fayette Alabama with residents marking the event in the small west Alabama town. The AP report notes community turnout and local mood as festivities began ahead of schedule.
The Associated Press reports four traffic fatalities and two other deaths in Alabama over the weekend. Otis Bradford, 10, died after being struck in Birmingham. Mildred O Pry, 28, and her 7-year-old daughter Harrett died in a head on collision near Seale. A 65 year old, Joseph Mitchell, died in a premature dynamite blast near his Brent farm. Two more people died in crashes on Alabama 14 and U S 43.
Lost for 13 hours in Upper Michigan wilds, 3 year old Carol Van Hulla of Niagara Wisconsin was found alive. Bloodhounds traced a new trail crossing a county road east of Norway Lake as hundreds of volunteers joined the search led by 80 state troopers and sheriff's deputies. Dickinson County Sheriff Harry R. Julian said the girl wandered away late Sunday into forest near the Wisconsin border and abduction was ruled out.
Montgomery Alabama AP The House Ways and Means Committee will start public hearings Tuesday at 2 p.m. on tax bills to raise 42 million dollars annually for Alabama schools. Gov Patterson seeks a 75 million bond for construction and a 42 million yearly budget boost via new taxes.
In Stettler Alberta police found seven battered bodies including Raymond Cook 53 and his wife Daisy Mae 37 and five children under ages 3 to 9. Robert Raymond Cook 22 son of the slain man was charged with murder after officers discovered a blood stained shotgun under a mattress and the bodies in the garage. neighbors say the Cooks were unseen since Thursday and authorities alerted after a car incident involving the father.
Governor Long announces a divorce from his wife and a sweeping political purge. He travels to Covington for psychiatric review and to Baton Rouge for the first post commitment appearance, aiming to overhaul welfare, LSU governance, and pursue re election. He criticizes welfare chief Mary Evelyn Dickerson Parker and LSU Board chairman Theo Cangelosi, claiming betrayal.
Hawaii Democrats claim the big primary vote signals a sweep in the is lands first state elections next month. GOP leaders concede a tough race though candidates faced unopposed primaries and a statehood plebiscite passed 132,938 to 7,854.
Negotiators for Hayes Aircraft Corp and the United Auto Workers reached a contract to halt the eight week strike. The agreement, announced by Lee Hayes, requires ratification by about 4 000 production workers.
The entry notes sunset at 7:05 p.m and sunrise at 4:38 a.m with a new moon. Moonrise is 1:33 a.m and a prominent constellation Scorpio is visible in the south at 10:05 p.m. Saturn appears low in the southeast and Jupiter lies due south at 8:36 p.m. Venus sets in the west at sunset around 9:24 p.m.
Decatur Tennessee River reading 20.28 feet with a 24 hour fall of 47 feet. Sea level reading 554.58 feet. TVA stages Guntersville 595.2 Wilson 507.0. Yesterday high 95 at 2:30 pm, low 72 at 4 am. Today 88 at 1 am. Forecast fair to partly cloudy and hot today and Tuesday. Tonight fair and warm with southerly winds 7 to 12 mph today and light variable tonight. High today and Tuesday around 90s with tonight near 70.
Sen. Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma, visiting TVA facilities in Muscle Shoals, likened the TVA to the St. Lawrence Seaway. He noted Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth dedicate the Seaway while calling the TVA creeping socialism. Kerr, longtime TVA backer and head of the Senate Public Works subcommittee, said TVA is self financing.
A first major heat wave grips the area with highs soaring daily from the high 80s to mid 90s. Officials warn no relief soon as crowds flock to rivers and pools while many stay indoors with fans and air conditioning.
Rescue teams persisted in the Ogeechee River search for additional victims of a freak butane gas explosion near Meldrim Georgia. The blast struck 175 fun seekers beneath a 30 foot river trestle as two tanker cars ruptured. Ten or more people were critically burned and 14 dead identified with more unaccounted at first. A second smaller explosion followed as rescuers arrived.
Birmingham AP reports Circuit Court barred Auburn's Jerry Wilson from playing in the Canadian Football League citing his acceptance of $1 000 from the Chicago Cardinals as sealing a deal though no Cardinal contract was signed.
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