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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1964
Page
2
Sunday forecast for Decatur and vicinity calls for sunny skies and a bit warmer today with a high around 83. Tonight remains fair and mild with a partly cloudy outlook for Sunday and light variable winds. The text notes lunar phases and celestial references but no additional weather hazards.
Key events on this date include the 1860 Republican National Convention nominating Abraham Lincoln in Chicago and Newport Rhode Island's founding in 1539. Other notes cover the 1919 NC4 transatlantic flight, 1935 Soviet Czechoslovak pact, and wartime or space milestones through 1983.
U S Senator Lister Hill of Alabama has been named to a committee to arrange the presidential and vice presidential inauguration set for January 20, 1965. He joins Senator Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts on the Senate side, with Senator Everett Jordan of North Carolina as committee chairman.
A Montgomery County grand jury urged stricter screening of convicts allowed to work outside prison after a state capitol worker was charged with molesting an 11 year old girl. The recommendation stems from the incident and aims to prevent similar offenses.
The state established Arbor Day to promote tree planting and forestry awareness. The early effort set a precedent for nationwide environmental observances and community planting events, shaping ongoing conservation traditions.
Huntsville and two other Alabama investigators returned from an Identi Kit school with a new device. Lt Watts said the kit creates a likeness from a description to aid witness recall and can be used to rule out details. Only eight attended the school and Watts and Haney received kits.
Mayor Grady Long announced a letter from the State Highway Department confirming an allotment to widen Shorts Branch from Highway 36 to Sparkman Street. Division Engineer Herman Nelson noted easements will be needed from area property owners and the plan aims to complete work this summer before the railroad culvert enlargement is finished.
In early returns from 1,529 of 3,251 precincts Rockefeller leads with 39,638 votes, followed by Lodge, Goldwater, Nixon, Smith, and Scranton. Hatfield calls Rockefeller’s rise the upset of the year as Goldwater concedes Oregon’s pattern hurts his bid.
Telephone and Electric Department officials urge candidates and supporters to stop placing posters on utility poles. They cite the risk to linemen who climb poles and the existing ordinance prohibiting signs.
Cuban officials accuse U.S. backed operations of targeting sugar facilities and civilians. Raul Roa charges CIA bases in Florida and nearby regions directing attacks as exiled groups led by Manuel Artime and Manuel Ray reportedly land on Oriente and the island’s north coast. The regime warns of a growing internal guerrilla plan while denouncing the Port Pillon raid.
Indio Calif AP Singer Dinah Shore filed for divorce from Maurice Smith claiming great mental anguish and extreme cruelty. The couple married May 26 1963 and separated five days earlier per the complaint. Shore, 45, previously divorced actor George Montgomery in 1962 after eight years.
The report cites two candidates who did not campaign in Pennsylvania. Governor William W. Scranton and Senator Margaret Chase Smith are noted as absent from campaigning events in the state.
Nine year old Sandra Kaye England of Cullman was admitted to Children's Hospital in Birmingham in fairly good condition after being struck in the eye by a ball while playing at Eastside Elementary School.
A Labor Department inquiry into Hoffa related fund use questions potential legal violations and publicizes sums. Union leaders worry personal liability for improper spending as they face an accounting demand covering Nashville, Chattanooga, and Chicago trials and related expenses. Plaintiffs John C. Jones Sr. and others urge halt to union spending on Hoffa defense.
The Priceville Baccalaureate program starts Sunday at 2 30 p m at Somerville Church of God with Rev Ray Elders delivering the sermon Thirty one seniors graduate Rev Roy Black gives the invocation and Rev George Marshall the benediction The Friday graduation exercises begin at 8 p m on the school lawn with State Sen Bob Gilchrist as speaker Miss Mary Landers is valedictorian Jimmy Phillips is salutatorian
Brewster criticized Wallace calling it a massive campaign of deception over provisions. He described ballots showing a rooster with white supremacy slogans and a black spot covering a number, claiming the system identifies how each citizen votes. About 200 heard Brewster speak on the same stage as Wallace, who drew a 45 second standing ovation after his remarks.
Wallace of Anderson Laurie A Sal ley L Blackwell Stanton Jr of Columbia and Hallie D Warren Sr of Ma Davis helped collect 1000 signatures to keep state parks closed due to court ordered integration. Warren and Connor were active in a 1960 independent movement that failed to gather enough signatures to place unpledged electors on the ballot.
At Redstone Arsenal Army Missile School graduation 31 graduates from the U S Army Martin Crops West Germany Nationalist China and Italy were praised by Freeman G Lee for a modern soldier who must know more than weapons. Top honors went to First Lt Klaus Zeller Obendorf Germany and Spec 5 Richard L McNulty Birmingham Mich.
Decatur General records show a mixed list of new admissions and patients including Miss Annie Mae Tranton, John B. Harlow, James Eugene Baker Jr, Theresa Marilyn Morris, Patricia Gail Legg, Phyllis Ann Gilchrist, Roy Harold Massengill, and infant son of Mr. John L. Beasley. Locations span Athens Falkville Moulton Somerville Trinity and Tennessee Valley areas.
In Morgan County Circuit Court a jury found J T Black guilty of assault with intent to murder for shooting his wife with a shotgun near Falkville last October. Circuit Judge Newton B Powell deferred sentencing until May 25.
Roa claims workers' houses were hit and 70 000 bags of sugar burned as he accuses the United States of organizing similar acts. He cites caches of rifles, pistols, explosives, mines, and uniforms on a Pinar del Rio key off northern Cuba as CIA used material in international misdeeds.
Senator Sparkman said Southerners were invited to Tuesday’s Democratic caucus to discuss a compromise package. Sen. George McGovern presided as fourth senator present. The Dirksen amendments were finalized in a closed session by Senate leaders with Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy involved.
Cullman Alabama May 15 AP The Cullman High School class of 64 marked impending graduation by painting on a car WKUL front wall of Knights of Columbus building and gates of Sacred Heart College The protest scene grew as youths picketed WKUL over a 10 PM curfew editorial causing roving gangs and reckless driving near drive-ins Hudson Miller Jr station manager described the late night activity and disorder.
Tam Stutts and family celebrated as Sam Stutts and another U.N. prisoner of war, Voltz, were liberated at the 38th parallel. The men, guarded by Communist troops, were transferred to U.N. and U.S. officials for medical checks and briefings before any news interviews.
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