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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1963
Page
11
Butler's Rebs defeated Hartselle 6-2 in Huntsville on Thursday. Hartselle had four hits, with Mike Simpson hitting the lone extra base hit via a double. The Tigers fell to 8-3, two losses to the Rebs, ahead of the TWC tournament next week. Charles played and contributed.
Major League batting leaders include Causey Kansas City .373 Wagner Los Angeles Schilling and Yastrzemski Boston .337. Hinton Washington 21 runs Allison Minnesota 19. Yastrzemski Versalles 9 doubles. Hinton Cimoli 5 triples. Tresh Powell Nicholson Wagner Allison Howard 6 HR. Aparicio Baltimore 10 stolen bases. Pitching Fischer Kansas City 5 0 1.000 Stock Baltimore 3 0 1.000. National League leaders include F Alou San Francisco .384 Flood St. Louis 29 runs Aar on Milwaukee and F Alou 26. F Alou 48 hits. Cardena Cincinnati and F Alou 10 doubles. Cardena 4 triples. Aaron Milwaukee 10 HR. Wills Los Angeles 10 SB. O'Dell San Francisco and Simmons St Louis 40 1.000. Howse started for Hartselle loser. Russell Hampton relieved. Pedigo pitched entire game for Butler. Butler had six hits first inning and four more third. Hartsell runs first and sixth.
In Decatur Little League the Tigers fell to the Indians 5-4 in seven innings marking their fourth loss of the season. Curtis earned the win, Dale Mathis took the loss. Allen Dutton and Chuck Williams homered for the Indians. Indians 6-0, Tigers 1-5. Giants beat Dodgers 6-5 as Peter Spink hit two homers.
A new integrated group plans a Freedom March from Chattanooga Tennessee toward Jackson Mississippi. Ten to fifteen marchers will walk to honor William L Moore the Baltimore postman killed near Attalla Alabama on April 24. Moore who supported integration carried pro integration signs. A memorial service is planned at the shooting site. Ten marchers were jailed crossing into Alabama from north Georgia with eight remaining in Fort Payne jail.
Henry Hank's scheduled Light Heavyweight title bout with Harold Johnson in Las Vegas on June 1 is postponed indefinitely due to Hank's injury, announced by Hank's manager Harry Baxter.
Twenty one Morgan County High School students were officially inducted into the National Honor Society. Inductees include Wilson Ryan Mary Jane Proctor Sandra Hartselle Nancy Nelson Janice Fowler Pat Giles Douglas Summers Gary Bentley Wilene Blair Paige Maxwell June Bennett Linda Roy Nina McAbee Bill Halbrooks David Wallace Kathy Warren Carol Blackwood Sandra Lawrence Pam Sams Jo Roden and Mike Simpson. The ceremony featured a candle lighting vigil.
The Hartselle White Way project on U S 31, from the railroad to Highway 31, should be completed today or Saturday at an estimated city cost of 500 dollars.
Living costs consume about 80 percent of current budgets at public colleges and roughly 65 percent at private ones, shaping funding pressures across the sector.
A church urges members to back a housing initiative, either through church budget allocations or a special Mother's Day offering. The appeal frames giving as a Christian duty benefiting recipients and givers alike, urging every congregation to participate.
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