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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1963
Page
3
Huntsville city officials approved hiring its first Black policeman by unanimous vote. In a concurrent desegregation move, the Madison County Commission ordered removal of white and colored signs from the Huntsville courthouse. Mayor R B Searcy concurred with the council.
Robert Carl Bailey, 27, a student at Alabama A&M College, a Negro institution in Huntsville, will become a uniformed patrolman with a starting salary of $350 per month. Gordon B. Loftin, chairman of the council's police committee, said other Negroes would be hired as uniformed patrolmen. Bailey is a native of Leighton and an Army veteran. The council did not say where Bailey would be assigned.
In light of a precedent setting New Jersey decision against racial imbalance in schools Englewood integration leaders call off planned sit in at two white elementary schools Negro leaders will urge the Board of Education to act on the Raubinger ruling that schools must eliminate or reduce racial imbalance though it stems from residential patterns Governor Hughes hailed the decision saying it could set a statewide precedent for Englewood The Oakwood case in Orange involved a 99 percent Negro enrollment at Oakwood and Lincoln school in Englewood is 98 percent Negro
In Norfolk Virginia motorists face flooded streets more safely as color coded reflective markers on utility poles indicate water depth. The system uses green yellow and red stages with six twelve inch thresholds to guide drivers.
TVA directors are appointed for nine year terms by the President and confirmed by the U S Senate. The initial board terms were 3 6 and 9 years respectively, creating staggered terms for future directors.
Judson Cleveland 44, a TVA fertilizer plant engineer at Muscle Shoals, died when his 1958 Chevrolet collided with a 1959 International truck driven by Jesse J. Glaner 44 of Atlanta, at 3:28 p.m. Total property damage estimated at 1000 dollars. Another Athens area wreck injured Steve Stewart 14, minor cuts after his 192 Ford hit a 1957 Oldsmobile driven by Tommie Townsend 39 at 12:19 p.m. two miles south on Summers Road. No arrests were reported. Athens Limestone Hospital had no record of Stewart’s treatment.
In Hyannis Nebraska, AP reports equipment delays stall fire trucks as volunteers battle four grass fires in sparsely populated Sard Hills. Firefighters allegedly become lost and require a rancher to guide them back to the highway.
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