House abandons general school aid in Kennedy education bill
Democratic leaders of the House Education Committee drop federal aid to public schools from Kennedy’s education bill. Chairman Powell and ranking Democrats say a floor fight is unlikely this year. They aim to keep seven sections including aid extensions, vocational education, handicapped student grants, and library funding.
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May Frost Arrives In North Alabama With Cold Start
May opened with frost in Limestone County and lows in the 30s in Athens 33 and Decatur 42. Forecasters expected colder conditions tonight with a 36-degree low and a 69-degree high on Thursday. The region saw little freeze impact, while far-reaching cold air from Canada chilled the Great Lakes and midwest with 20s and 30s temperatures and gusty winds.
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Alabama Senate Filibuster Delays School Tax Vote
A nearly bare quorum kept Alabama Senate in session through the night as filibusters over a one cent sales tax complex stalled action on school funding. Lt. Gov. James B. Allen allowed a late start and eventual recess, with rivals pressing for delay while education finance measures lingered.
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Southeast Decatur Home Demonstration Club Luncheon
The Southeast Decatur Home Demonstration Club will meet for a covered dish luncheon at 41 a.m. Thursday in the home of Mrs. Walter Kurz at 2013 Magnolia St. SE. Mrs. Troy Avery, Mrs. John Howell and Susan Leigh of Hartselle visited Rus Russellville with their mother and grandmother, Mrs. T. C. Hill. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Proving the Bible by Faith and Life Change
The author argues faith in the Bible rests on its transformative effect on life. After initial doubt, they choose to accept the scriptures as true and describe newfound abilities to love, forgive, and maintain hope, noting many others share this experience.
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Georgia Alabama football fix allegations surface in libel suit
The Curtis Publishing Co says Atlanta Journal Sports Editor Furman Bisher gathered information for a Saturday Evening Post story alleging the 1962 Georgia Alabama game was fixed. Bisher interviewed Georgia figures and the material was used by Frank Graham Jr. in the article.
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Castro Appears with Khrushchev at May Day Parade
Fidel Castro joined Nikita Khrushchev atop the Lenin mausoleum during Moscow’s May Day review. The pair watched a 10 minute military display including rockets similar to those pulled from Cuba last year. U.S. Ambassador Kohler boycotted the event. Kozlov was absent as Khrushchev’s circle reshaped after vacation.
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Frigidaire Washer and Dryer Ad at Robinson's
Frigidaire automatic washer and dryer promoted as the best at Robinson's on Second Ave. Ad describing the product and store location in a concise local advertisement tone.
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Captain Will Lock Initial Wheeler Tow
A veteran river captain will operate the controls for the first tow lockage through the new jumbo sixteen million dollar TVA lock at Wheeler Dam tomorrow. The lock, part of TVA’s push to ease river bottlenecks between Pickwick Lake and Chattanooga, follows the 1959 completion of the first 110 by 200 foot lock at Wilson Dam, with a third under construction at Guntersville. Captain Conway Graden of Florence will begin the ceremony at 11 a.m., after a long career from 1899 as a watchman to captain and master pilot on inland packets.
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Limestone Sheriff's Maid Wounded In Street Stabbing
Athens Alabama 33 year old Sarah Madden a maid for Limestone County Sheriff M W Buddy Evans was listed in good condition at Athens Limestone Hospital after a stabbing on South Hine Street last night Sheriff Evans said no charges yet but Circuit Solicitor will wait for the victim to speak before any warrant talks He gave no suspects only that the attacker was another woman and remained unknown as of the morning report
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Buddy) Evans
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Senate Rejects Cut to Kennedy Public Works Program
The Senate defeated a Republican bid to trim 200 million dollars from Kennedy's 450 million dollar public works job program. In Alabama, a fatal crash near Epes on U S 11 left Ed Malone dead and Carl Jenkins injured. A separate Alabama case saw a solicitor seek a special grand jury into a roadside killing of a civil rights advocate. Indiana University faces a subversive activity indictment against three students. In Montgomery, sixteen men protesting Kennedy's visit were convicted of parading without a permit, with one defendant not prosecuted.
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Integrated Line Follows Moore
Ten white and Negro men set out from Chattanooga to finish a hike begun by a postman shot to death last week. The Freedom marchers face possible arrest in Alabama as about 100 people gathered to hear Lovett Barkley preach for equal rights. They head toward the Georgia line with a placard reading Equal Rights for All Mississippi or Bust.
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