Decatur Curb Market opens Saturday with groceries and blooms
The Decatur Curb Market will be open Saturday from 6 to 11 a.m. offering cured ham and bacon dressed hens turnip greens peas onions home baked cake and pies canned and frozen vegetables fresh strawberry preserves cut flowers and flower plants milk butter and eggs. A traffic mishap on 6th Ave SE involved Amy Lee Ratliff and Ruth Seadsler. Police reported a stolen 1957 Chevrolet with tag 47 22195. A switch box fire caused minor damage. Prohibition and public drunkenness arrests were made. Attending regional meetings and a tent revival are noted along with a Decatur High School Key Club car wash.
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Decatur Curb
Amy Lee Ratliff
Decatur 2
Ruth M. Seadsler
Birmingham
6Th Ave
Ratliff
All States Court
Seadler
Addressing Hypocrisy in Church Members
A reader asks how to handle perceived hypocrisy among churchgoers. The adviser cautions against judging others harshly, notes every group has flaws, and urges self-reflection before condemning others. He invokes Jesus warning to judge, suggests the critic may reflect a harsher conscience, and advocates charity.
Reapportionment and Redistricting Bills Progress in Congress
In Huntsville and Montgomery reports, senators and representatives advance reapportionment and redistricting measures. A House committee approves the redistricting bill, increasing House seats to 120 and creating a 40-member Senate. Filibuster risks delay action on both bills as legislators clash over district maps and leadership.
Gilchrist's Body Approves Reapportionment Bill Amid Split
In Montgomery the legislature moved a reapportionment bill forward despite internal rifts. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Bert Haltom, passed 7-6 in committee with Kem Bevil l and others supporting a Birmingham voice increase, while several representatives opposed or abstained.
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Montgomery
House Judiciary Committee
House
Bert Haltom
Lauderdale
Bob, Gay
Morgan
Joe Goodwyn
Fletcher Jones
Covington
Hugh Merrill
Calhoun
Tom Bevill
Walker
A. K. Callahan
Tuscaloosa
Homer Cornett
Russell
Val Hain
Dallas
Ralph Jones
Monroe
Francis Speaks
Chilton
Hugh Locke Jr
Jefferson County
Birmingham
Gilchrist
Locke
Haltom
Senate
Bevill
Judiciary Committee
Haltem
Redistricting Bill Aims to Cut Alabama House Seats to Eight
A bill approved by the House Constitution and Elections Committee would reduce Alabama’s congressional districts from nine to eight. It outlines the districts with counties assigned to First through Eighth Districts, listing the seated counties for each. The plan reallocates Montgomery to the Second District and places diverse counties into other districts.
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Montgomery
House Constitution and Elections Committee
Alabama
Choctaw
Clarke
Mobile
Monroe
Washington and Wilcox
Baldwin
Butler
Conecuh
Covington
Crenshaw
Escambia
Lowndes
Pike
Barbour
Bullock
Coffee
Dale
Elmore
Geneva
Henry
Houston
Lee
Macon
Russell
Mattox Trial Near End in Mississippi Murder Case
Final arguments began in the Jon Mattox murder trial as the case nears a jury verdict midafternoon. State and defense sought at least two hours for closing summaries, with defense awaiting two California witnesses. Miss Grayson testified she had warned Mattox about a married woman and identified a scarf tied around the victim's neck.
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Columbus, Miss
Jon Mattox
California
Hugh Cunningham
Cunningham
Katherine Towle
University of California
Sarah Grayson
Dorothy Sherwood
Miss Grayson
Galbreath
Mattox
Mississippi State
Mrs. Tate
Worst Floods In 20 Years Hit Illinois
Southern Illinois towns face the worst floods in 20 years with 15 counties declared disaster areas and Gov. Kerner seeking a 53 county major disaster. Floodwaters affect Missouri Arkansas Indiana Oklahoma Kansas as crews reinforce levees around Murphysboro and farms suffer millions in damage.
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Illinois
Otto Kerner
Office of Civil Defense
Linois
Missouri
Arkansas
Indiana
Oklahoma
Kansas
Madison County
Lillinois-Missouri
Lawrence County
Minois
Murphysboro
Ilinois
Twin Calves Born Twice on One Hartselle Farm
At the R. B. Orr dairy farm in Hartselle six calves arrived within 18 hours, including two twin pairs. Zula the cow bore twins first, then a single calf and another twin pair, all Holsteins. one twin died.
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R. B. Orr
Hartselle
Zula
Dan Orr
Decatur
William J. Bryan
Orr
Here
Orrs
Bryah
Night Sky Notes for Decatur May 13
Decatur skywatchers see sunset at 6 42 p m and sunrise at 4 46 a m with a new moon at 10 55 a m Mars appears in the western sky tonight around 8 30 p m slightly dimmer than Antares rising in the east.
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Mars
Antares
Weather and River Report for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 21.57 feet this morning, down .16 in 24 hours. TVA lake stages listed include Pickwick 413.9 and Guntersville 595.1. High today reached 76 degrees, low 55. 9:45 a.m. reading was 62. Forecast calls for partly cloudy, mild today and tonight, then partly cloudy to clear and warm Saturday with southerly winds increasing. High today 76, tonight 60, Saturday high 9%.
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Decatur
Tennessee River Reading
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Senate Approves Swidler Nomination for Federal Power Commission
The Senate Commerce Committee endorsed Joseph Swidler former TVA general counsel for a seat on the Federal Power Commission. His term runs until June 22 1965 and the nomination moves to the Senate for final action.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Joseph Swidler
TVA
Federal Power Commission
Swidler
Senate
Aid Agreement Reached On South Viet Nam Defense
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson announced a US Viet Nam aid deal with President Ngo Dinh Diem to bolster South Viet Nam’s 150,000 strong army and 50,000 civil guard with more advisers and arms aid. No combat troops were to be sent, while Kennedy pledged broader support in education rural development and industry.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
U. S
Johnson
Diem
National Assembly
United See
Kennedy
U.S
Orce
Laos talks stall as Britain and Soviet fail on seating
At Geneva, British and Soviet foreign ministers could not agree on which delegation represents Laos at the 14 nation talks. The United States will not join until seating is settled. A cease-fire report by the truce commission was read, but gaps remain over coalition representation and meeting places.
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Geneva
Britain
Soviet Union
Laos
United States
Truce Commission
Lord Home
Andrei A. Gromyko
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
U.S
Dean Rusk
Maurice Couve de Murville
Rusk
Gromyko
Cochairman
India
Canada
Poland
Thailand
Bangkok
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Richard Way
Jimmy Bowden
W. J. Williams
Maynard Lamon
Stewart Udall
Secretary of Interior
Paul Bradford
Barney Burns
Drinkard
Brooksville
Alabama Highway 67
Decatur High School Key Club
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Ped d. Ee . Ae
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Judas
Christ
Saturn
Ala
Free World
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Marshall Gace Flight Center
Cape Canaveral
Fla
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Cape
Sonera
E .House
Kerneth Roberts
Bert Hatom
Lauderdale County
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House Constitution and ‘ Elections Committee
Arthur Louis Ferguson
Roberts
Albert “Rains
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Grey
Woodrow Alben
Cherokee
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Coosa
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Talladega
Tallapoosa
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Bibb
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Perry
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Blount
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Fayette
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Lamar
Marion
Marshall
Pickets
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Winston
Winston. Eighth District
Colbert Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and
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Young Mattox
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Associated Press
Spencer Davis
Russia
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Robinson’s
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Town Creek
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