Atlanta's Southern Spirit Draws Northern Minds
A Philadelphia Inquirer report cites Atlanta's low unemployment around 2 percent, strong mayoral leadership, and a unique civic business Negro partnership as drivers of rapid industrial growth. Forward Atlanta spurred 1.7 million raised to create 26,000 jobs and 377 top firms locating in Georgia.
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Keeton Arnett
Robert Worden
Chamber of Commerce
Raymond Harris
City Representative
Peachtree St
Arnett
Atlanta
Deep South
Philadelphia
Fortune Magazine
Shelton
Accident at Flint and Somerville Roads in Decatur
The Decatur Police investigated a 3:33 p.m. Friday crash at the Flint Road Somerville Road intersection involving a 1958 Ford driven by Vernon Carr of Falkville and a 1961 GMC driven by James Owens from 2111 Hwy 31. Owens was entering Somerville Rd. Fire units answered a grass fire at 11:43 a.m. on Somerville Road SE and a car incident at Decatur General Hospital parking lot at 3:04 p.m. Further details appear on Page 2.
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Decatur Police Department
Flint Rd
Somerville Rd
Vernon David Carr
James Elliott Owens
Hwy
Owens
Somerville Road
Decatur General Hospital
Governor's Words Called Demagoguery
Alabama legislators end a lengthy filibuster by passing two House bills to fund the Highway Patrol and raise license fees. A $250,000 emergency appropriation is approved to cover trooper deficits after racial disturbances in Birmingham Gadsden Tuscaloosa and Huntsville. Governor Wallace warns of continued deadlock, accuses opposing senators of blocking peace efforts, and defends his stance amid sharp rebukes from Tyson Hornsby Hawkins.
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Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
Gadsden
Tuscaloosa
Huntsville
Senate
George Wallace
Wallace
John Tyson
Mobile
Ernest C. Hornsby
Tallapoosa County
George Hawkins
Etowah County
Tyson
Hornsby
Groundbreaking Ceremonies For C of C Monday
Decatur to host groundbreaking for its new Chamber of Commerce headquarters, a $110000 steel and brick building at Sixth Avenue Northeast and Walnut Street. Ceremony Monday at 2 p.m. with officials including R W Pete Henderson, Bill Hubbert, Ed Price, Alvis Briscoe, Barrett Shelton, Ray Nixon, Mayor Gilmer Blackburn, and Rev. W A Crim. The drive has about $60000 in pledges and gifts. fund raising continues with nearly 200 solicitors and 400 prospects contacted. Building will have 6272 square feet on a raised platform with 25,000 square feet of property and ample parking.
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Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
R. W
Pete” Henderson
Henderson
Chamber
Bill Hubbert
Building Fund
Ed Price
Alvis Briscoe
Barrett Shelton
First Chamber
Ray Nixon
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Gilmer Blackburn
W. A. Crim
Decatur Ministerial Association
Pro
Perty
Hubbert
Sixth ,Avenue, N.E
Walnut Street
Kennedy Pledges Atomic Pact Effort in Ireland
President Kennedy urged a worldwide pact to freeze nuclear arms spread during a Dublin speech to the Irish Dail and Parliament. A safety scare as he exited Cork caused a Secret Service stumble, but Kennedy resumed his tour, receiving city honors and laying a wreath at Arbour Hill Cemetery for 1916 volunteers.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Dublin
Kennedy
United States
Ireland
United Nations
Cork City Hall
Secret Service
Patrick Kennedy
Dunganstown
Jack
Cork
Arbour Hill
Church of the Sacred Heart
Eamon de Valera
Powell says civil rights bill doomed without GOP support
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. warned that a law banning racial discrimination in hotels and restaurants faces no chance without Republican backing, citing Sen. Dirksen and Rep. Halleck. He linked equal treatment demands to the Negro revolt in the South and urged preservation of public accommodations in the bill. Powell noted the Education and Labor Committee is nearing release of a fair employment practices proposal from Kennedy’s June message.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Powell
South
House
Senate
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
House Education and Labor Committee
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Congress
Vatican Publishes Italian Text Of Pope Message To Khrushchev
Vatican releases Italian version of Pope Paul VI message to Soviet Premier Khrushchev showing gratitude for greetings. Russian Pravda printing a Soviet version prompted Italian press to question accuracy and accuse Moscow of distortion for propaganda.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Pope Paul VI
Khrushchev
Moscow
Russia
Pope Paul
Uman
Pravda
Communist Party
Khrushchev Holds Surprise Berlin Summit Amid Silent Reception
Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrived in East Berlin for a surprise summit with satellite leaders amid a subdued turnout compared with Kennedy’s West Berlin visit. Attendees included Ulbricht Gomulka Novotny Kadar and Zhivkov, while Gheorgheiu Dej stayed away amid Romanian-Kremlin tensions. Khrushchev avoided direct West threats, spoke of Soviet glories mildly, and referenced Kennedy's American University speech as Moscow prepared for mid July nuclear talks.
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Khrushchev
East Berlin
Kennedy
West Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
ADN
Ulbricht
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Poland
Antonin Novotny
Czechoslovakia
Janos Kadar
Hungary
Todor Zhivkov
Bulgaria
Romania
Gheorghe Gheorgiu-Dej
Kremlin
Albania
Berlin
Ireland
West
Moscow
Central Committee
Soviet Communist Party
American University
Nikita
Nikita Khrushchev
Prestolite Provides $63,000 Vacation Boost to Decatur
Avery Roberts announced Prestolite will close the plant for a two week vacation shutdown from July 1 to July 14, resuming normal operations July 15. Vacation pay totaling $63,000 was distributed to hourly employees Friday, boosting the local economy.
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Avery Roberts
Roberts
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Opie L. Shelton
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
William Tecumseh Sherman
Eges
Ascaturs
Diare
Drlimale
C of C
Sks
GOP
Robinson's
2Nd Ave
George. Boultwood
Red China
China
Downey
Calif
Moon
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Junior
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