Community News Briefs From Decatur and Morgan County
Local patrol reports 32 drivers and 27 learners passing tests last week with 31 failures and nine car inspections. 18 charged with public drunkenness and 18 with highway intoxication. Civic notes cover meetings, civil defense, restaurant fire, building permits, and a chamber revise list of clubs.
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H. L. Hester
Hestar
Montgomery
Sheriff's Forces
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Morgan County
Chamber
Kennedy Khrushchev Summit Possible Amid Cold War Tensions
Palm Beach AP report notes a Kennedy Khrushchev summit could occur as early as soon, with Laos and a nuclear test ban posing major barriers. Khrushchev hinted willingness, while Kennedy plans European travel. Salinger dismissed current plans though optimism grows.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Palm Beach
Fla
Laos
Freedom Riders Face Violent Backlash in Alabama
In Birmingham a bus was firebombed and several freedom riders were beaten as they attempted to test segregation barriers at the Birmingham bus station. The mixed group pledged to continue their demonstration. plans were to meet and proceed toward Montgomery as NAACP urged FBI investigation into interstate travel incidents.
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Birmingham
Freedom Riders
Alabama
Washington
Montgomery
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
FBI
Widow Seeks Guidance on Work to Support Family
A widow asks whether she may work outside the home to support her children. The response cites biblical duties to family, notes her status as widow, and commends loyalty and sacrifice while urging wisdom and strength.
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A. W
Kennedy Khrushchev talks risk world peace crisis
In Washington AP notes Kennedy enters possible Khrushchev talks with a weaker bargaining posture, yet advisers see signals of restraint from the U S side. The meeting may raise East West tensions if Khrushchev stays confident. Main aims include pressuring Moscow on the Geneva nuclear test talks and warning against misreading Western resolve on Berlin.
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Geneva
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Llewellyn Thompson
U.S
Moscow
Washington
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Dean Rusk
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Oslo
Rusk
Laos
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
United States
West Berlin
LBJ Praises Hong Kong In Stop There
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson praised Hong Kong as a show window of the free way of life in Asia during a 24 hour rest stop. The death toll from weekend accidents in Alabama rose to 19 with Inez Swafford, 20, among the victims and multiple fatal crashes across the state.
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LBJ
Hong Kong
Associated Press
Alabama
Lyndon B. Johnson
Asia
Formosa
Johnson
Red China
Inez Swafford
Parrish
Ala
Stockton
Mary Ann Bolden
U.S
Phenix City
Frank Williams
James Thomas Ward
Dennis Taylor
William Rudolph
Seale
William Henry Burgess
Lillie Victoria Burgess
Anderson
Lexington
Lauderdale County
Burgess
William C. Ray
Birmingham
Jefferson County
Heflin
Billy Lamonac
Muscadine
Demopolis
Laverne Johnson
Bellamy
Joe Calvin Childs
Susie Childs
Reapportionment May Snarl The Senate
The Alabama Senate faces a reapportionment debate with a forthcoming committee meeting announced by Sen. Upshaw G. Jones. The issue could trigger filibusters and procedural delays as both chambers tussle over district lines and a ninth seat loss in 1960 census prompting at large elections. Governor Patterson backs a plan shifting lines toward populous north Alabama, while Black Belt lawmakers resist.
Three Victims Stripped and Beaten in Sylacauga Incident
In Sylacauga Alabama a white woman and two white men report they were stripped and flogged by six white men who claimed punishment for associating with Negroes. Sheriff Luke Brewer said the Whites were dragged from their home, taken to an isolated area, and beaten. A nearby resident James Guthrie said three men forced him to undress and flogged him at his home after he hired a Black nanny. The attackers were unmasked and not identified.
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Sylacauga
Ala
Luke Brewer
Marlin White
White
Brewer
James N. Guthrie
Guthrie
Montgomery Warns Violence Won’t Be Tolerated There
Police Commissioner L B Sullivan warned Montgomery will not tolerate violence as a racially integrated group plans to visit. He noted deputies would be on riot duty if needed after clashes in Birmingham and Anniston. The group, from the Congress of Racial Equality, includes whites and blacks traveling to protest segregation.
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Montgomery
L. B. Sullivan
Birmingham
Anniston
The
Congress of Racial Equality
Sullivan
30 40 Called Tough Gang
An eyewitness described a Birmingham Alabama bus terminal attack by 30 to 40 heavy men who dragged passengers into alleys and corridors, beating them with pipes and fists. Howard K. Smith reported on CBS radio that police arrived about 10 minutes later as suspects dispersed in cars.
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New York
Birmingham
Ala
Howard K. Smith
Smith
CBS
Skies Overview for Decatur Tuesday May 16
The entry notes sunset at 6 44 p m and moonset at 8 40 p m with a first quarter moon on May 22. It highlights prominent constellation Leo in the western sky at 10 25 p m with brighter stars forming a figure resembling a sickle.
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Leo
Weather and River Readings for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 21.45 feet with a 0.01 rise in 24 hours and sea level at 555.75 feet. TVA lake stages include Guntersville 594.5 Whitesburg 556.8 Wilson 506.9. High Sunday 82 degrees. low 62. Today 78 with 1.13 inches rainfall in the night. Forecast cloudy with showers and thundershowers. tonight clearing and cooler. Tuesday fair and mild with southerly winds 15 to 25 mph and brief gusts.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Complete Appliance Service Offered by Robinson's on 2nd Ave
Frigidaire and all makes appliances receive complete service at Robinson's on 2nd Avenue. The shop covers repairs, maintenance, and parts with focus on residential customers and trusted workmanship.
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Frigidaire
All Makes
Robinson‘s
2Nd Ave
U S Agrees To Enter Meet On Laos
The United States agrees to participate in an international Laos conference after Kennedy approval but leaves Laotian delegation status vague. Three rival Laotian groups seek representation while the cochairmen announce no opening meeting today.
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Geneva
United States
Laos
Kennedy
Snags
Cochairmen
U.S
Premir Boun Oum
Pathet Lao
Prince Souout
Lord Home
Maurice Couve de Murville
Freedom Riders Press On Despite Alabama Attacks
A battered group of freedom riders decided to continue their South tour testing bus station segregation. The next stop is Montgomery, Alabama, about 100 miles south of Birmingham, with Rev. F L Shuttlesworth saying he spoke with Attorney General Robert Kennedy who promised protection.
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Birmingham
Freedom Riders
Anniston
Ala
Montgomery
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Robert Kennedy
Washington
Freedom Riders confront Alabama mob violence in Anniston
Roy Wilkins rallying in Washington, the Justice Department ordering FBI inquiry, and a mass melee in Anniston where a fire bomb was thrown at a stalled bus. Thirteen people hospitalized for smoke inhalation and injuries from pipes. Dr. Pierre S. Johnson arrested in Birmingham on drunkenness and gun charges. Freedom Riders, eight whites and eight Negroes, faced mass violence as they traveled through Alabama.
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Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Washington
State Department
U.S
Alabama
America
Justice Department
FBI
Anniston
Birmingham
Pierre S. Johnson
J. E. Allbritton
Johnson
Freedom Riders
Congress of Racial Equality
South
Atlanta
Greyhound
Trailways
Georgia Line
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