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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1963
Page
8
Police said the bombing of a Negro house in Birmingham has hit a snag while Gov. George Wallace offered a $1000 reward. An overheard argument at the Williams residence included a threat to be blown out, adding to the series of blasts without racial overtones shown by authorities.
Joseph Darby, about 30, drowned when a boat overturned in Lake at the Masonic Home in Montgomery. A diver recovered the body.
Two women died and three others were injured in a three car crash on State Highway 12 near Victor, Texas. Tiny May Snyder, 60, of Scottsboro, Ala., and Fannie Palmer Brooks, 48, of La Grange, Ga., were killed. Army Capt. Ernest Coleman Snyder, 27, was among the injured. The accident occurred on a rain slick road.
Flowers ruled a director in an electric cooperative with a city franchise may hold city office if not involved in the co op’s business. Gallion argued directors are employees of the co op, applying to Mayor Wilson Ballard of Hanceville.
Montgomery reports Highway Director Ed Rodgers denies plans to resign and rejects any rift with Governor George Wallace. He says there is no intention to resign as the legislature approves a Wallace backed hundred million bond, with Rodgers favoring a smaller bond and higher license tag prices.
The governor’s office payroll runs slightly higher than under former Gov. John Patterson. By March 15, $9,108 was paid in monthly salary from the governor’s office. Johnny T. Nichols will continue at $750 a month from the governor’s fund until Oct. 1 when he will be paid by the Labor Department. Also to be dropped from the payroll by Oct. 1 is airplane pilot Owen G. Baswell.
The Mekong River rises in the Tibetan highlands and flows southward for about 2,800 miles through several Asian regions, delivering water and shaping landscapes along its journey.
Arthur Sylvester called the charges of news manipulation hogwash as he testified for three hours to a House subcommittee. He argued the Pentagon aims to provide truth about government operation while defending a memo on reporting contacts with the press and denying any right to lie except in wartime crisis contexts.
Authorities delayed charging two men and a teen after a night watchman, T. C. Embry, 67, was beaten during a burglary attempt. Embry was in fair condition. suspects Willard Dobbs, 29, Roy Sims, 40, and a unnamed teenager remain in custody as officials await his outcome.
A Montgomery man, T. L. Thaggard, refuses to disclose where $43,000 went after bank credits. He faces a false pretense charge as Union Bank sues to recover funds. A deposition probing his actions on the withdrawal day faced objections as a fishing expedition. He was jailed for noncooperation but released on bond last week.
A two car collision three miles south of Bessemer, in heavy rain, killed John Williams, 52, of Birmingham. The State Patrol said the accident occurred on U S 11.
The pending bond hearing before the State Supreme Court involved deposition hearings handled by attorneys with Judge Richard P. Emmett called in to resolve a legal question. Emmett ordered Thaggard to answer a question about a $7,000 sum from his father in law. Thaggard testified he sent $3,700 to a Chicago man for a car and gave the rest to a Birmingham man whose name he could not spell.
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