Elks Meet Nominates Officers as Kiwanis to Hear Address
Elks members are urged to attend the lodge meeting at the Elks home Thursday night at 8 pm for nomination of new officers. Dr Dale Oldham of Voices Of Brotherhood will address the Kiwanis Club Thursday. Two Decatur high school students Pat Haffner and Shirley Holmes were chosen for a unison solo in the Alabama Music Educators Association festival at the University of Alabama after district tryouts of 345 singers for the All State Chorus. The Alabama Daffodil Show at First Methodist Church in Hartselle was postponed to March 29 due to weather chaired by Mrs L L Gilchrist and Mrs Billy Don Mitchell. City police docket lists arrests this morning for speeding eight no license four stop sign two parking violation one public drunkenness four prohibition violation one wrong way one stop for red light three disorderly conduct four reckless driving one over parking two improper passing one improper turning one. See DIARY on Page 2
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Shirley Holmes
Alabama Music Educators Association
University of Alabama
Alabama
Hartselle
L. L. Gilchrist
Billy Don Mitchell
Should I Join a Strict Church With High Standards
The columnist argues for adopting a strong moral standard in church life. He favors joining a church that maintains high moral expectations, resisting liberal trends, and believes such strictness can elevate believers toward their best conduct.
Soviets Slow to Leave Cuba Ahead of March Deadline
U S. officials report Soviet troops are departing Cuba at a slow pace with two days left to meet Khrushchev’s pledge to Kennedy that several thousand would depart by mid March. Pravda mentions four ships sailing and a fifth loading with troops and equipment.
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Kennedy
Moscow
Pravda
Black Sea
Gruzia
Georgia
New York Times
Washington
Berlin
Germany
Havana
Markets News Snapshot From New York and Chicago
AP market brief notes higher stocks with very quiet trading on bonds. Cotton shows irregular liquidation and short covering. Chicago wheat declines on liquidation while corn and oats trend lower or mixed. Soybeans weaken under pressure. hog futures steady to 25 cents lower topping at 14.75. Slaughter steers near 24.25.
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New York
Chicago
Road bond vote moves fast in Senate Finance Committee
In Montgomery the Senate Finance Committee opened hearings on Gov George Wallace highway plan urging quick action. Eleven of fifteen members supported the House approved $100 million road bond issue, signaling speedy committee approval and a return to the full Senate today. The panel paused for a 5 p.m. recess as Chairman Lee led proceedings.
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Senate Finance Committee
George Wallace
House
Senate
Lee Road
Major Work Is On By TVA
TVA operates a massive flood control system after a Monday storm and heavy rains push rivers toward danger. Officials say the Tennessee River basin would have seen much higher crests without TVA action, with potential widespread damage as in Hazard Kentucky and surrounding regions.
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TVA
Ohio River
Paul Evans
State National Plans Southside Branch at Decatur Center
State National Bank of Decatur announces immediate construction of its 18th branch on 6th Ave SE beside the new Decatur Shopping Center. C Wilson Taylor Jr of Decatur and Ray Childs signed the contract Tuesday for a project costing over 100000 dollars. Architect H Lloyd Hill of Atlanta designs. opening will move headquarters to Bank Street once complete.
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C. W. Mekson
State National
6Th Ave
Decatur
C. Wilson Taylor, Jr
H. Lloyd Hill
Atlanta
Southside
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United States and Britain adopt shared nuclear policy
Reports from AP state that the United States and Great Britain agreed on a common policy to provide NATO with a strategic nuclear force. Tass reports say Communist China invited Premier Khrushchev to a summit in Peking to discuss ideological differences and possibly visit Cambodia this spring. In Birmingham, AP notes SEC commissioner Bernie Moore denied knowledge of a potential football scandal amid circulating reports.
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Communist Party Central Committee
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SEC
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Floods and tornadoes devastate Kentucky and South
Devastating floods and deadly tornadoes left more than 30 000 homeless in the South with millions in damages. Seventeen dead and six missing as Harlan Kentucky loses water supply after a flash flood. Civil defense seeks water sources and schools close while Red Cross opens disaster HQ in Hunting.
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Harlan
Clean Up Underway After Severe North Alabama Storms
North Alabama residents clean up after a violent storm system that produced several tornadoes and left three dead. Cullman County suffered heavy damage with 20 homes destroyed and 79 with minor damage, 22 farm buildings hit, and about 175 to 200 people affected.
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Alabama
Kirkland
Soviet Says U.S. Warships Fired on Russian Trawler
Moscow reports that three U.S. warships fired dummy shells at a Russian refrigerator trawler in international waters about 70 miles east of Norfolk Virginia last Friday. Soviet protest to Washington called the act wanton and potentially grave.
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Soviet Union
U.S
Norfolk
Washington
Navy probes Moscow claim of US ships firing on Soviet boat
The United States opened an Navy inquiry into Moscow's charge that American warships fired on a Soviet fishing vessel in the Atlantic off Norfolk Virginia last Friday. The probe seeks to determine what actually happened.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
Norfolk
Navy
Soviet Tass decries shelling as violation of sea law
Tass reports that a Soviet trawler was shelled while fishing on the high seas at 12 15 p m four shots fired endangering the crew. The agency says the incident breaches international law and freedom of navigation and promises punishment and measures to prevent future actions.
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Tass
Christian Brotherhood Hour Tonight at Sixth Avenue Church
Dr Dale Oldham speaks on the Christian Brotherhood Hour at 7 PM tonight at the Sixth Avenue Church. Community members are invited to attend and hear the sermon and discussion.
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Dale Oldham
Christian Brotherhood Hour
6Th Ave
Church of Ged
Kennedy warns tax cuts alone won t fix economy
President Kennedy said the economy faces downturn and disaster if Congress rejects proposed tax cuts, slashes the budget, and tightens the debt. He argued that tax cuts alone won t ensure growth and warned against unreal debt ceilings or further budget cuts. He cited 1957 1960 policy errors and urged careful lessons for lawmakers and business leaders.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
DHS Seniors Plan Washington Trip Delayed by Weather
Decatur High School seniors retried to depart for their all expense paid class trip to Washington after tracks washed out and high water halted rail service between here Stevenson Alabama and regions in Tennessee and Virginia. Principal W H Jenkins said no one will be penalized and the group will extend their stay to return Monday at 3 p.m. The itinerary includes the FBI Building Capitol Supreme Court Washington Monument war museum Jefferson Memorial Lincoln Memorial and other landmarks.
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Washington
Here
Stevenson Ala
Tennessee
Virgina
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Supreme Court
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War Museum
Jefferson Memorial
Lincoln Memorial
Frigidaire Appliance Sale Ad at Robinsons on 2nd Ave
An advertisement promotes Frigidaire appliances priced at 199 dollars at Robinsons on 2nd Avenue. The copy highlights value and product lines available to shoppers.
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2Nd Ave
Ady
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