Jaycee meeting to tally votes for Miss Decatur contest
Jayceette officers will attend the Jaycee meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Lyons Hotel to tally votes in the Miss Decatur Jaycee Contest. Euel Garrison of Garrison Boats and Motors Decatur has been elected to the Evaluation Board of Marine Testing Institute Inc. Announcement by Harold B. Schneider, president. Mizpah Chapter No 19 DES will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in the Masonic Temple with a ceremony of initiation.
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Masonic Temple
Birmingham Board Expels or Suspends 1081 Pupils
The Birmingham Board of Education expelled or suspended 1,081 Negro pupils arrested for participating in desegregation protests. Superintendent Theo Wright said 16 and older pupils were expelled while younger students were suspended, with options for summer school or fall readmission. Failure to complete summer work would forfeit this semester. The arrests followed a parade without a permit during mass demonstrations in downtown Birmingham.
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Theo Wright
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Kennedy
Alabama
George Wallace
Wyatt Tee Walker
Washington
Faith Restored After Sin, Bible Verse Fear Quelled
A reader asks about losing salvation after sin. The answer says no single sin cuts off a believer, though fellowship may suffer. Confess sins, God forgives and cleanses. Corinthian verse refers to church attackers, not personal loss of salvation. Repent, return to God, and fellowship is restored. Then a note on racial unrest reports arrests and demonstrations in Durham and Greensboro.
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Negro Attorney Opposes King In Birmingham
Donald Warden, a 27 year old Negro attorney from Oakland, says racial integration is irrelevant to Black progress and that desegregation campaigns harm the Negro. He seeks to establish an Afro American Association chapter in Birmingham and challenges Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to a debate, vowing to seek injunctions against leaders who profit from integration campaigns.
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Barnett Case Follows Order In Mississippi Trial Dispute
Supreme Court announced five major decisions including a denial to speed hearing on Gov. Ross Barnett’s appeal for a jury trial in his Mississippi contempt case. He and Lt. Gov. Paul B. Johnson faced court orders over admission of James H. Meredith to the University of Mississippi. The circuit court’s split verdict scheduled October arguments before the high court. In separate action the court overturned sit-in convictions in multiple cities, citing equal protection concerns. United States rejected compromise moves to end deadlock on world tariff talks.
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United States
Cooper Backs Another Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP With two days of examinations questions and confetti behind him Astronaut Gordon Cooper planned to do absolutely nothing today except relax He noted that extended Mercury flights could bring great gain and urged NASA to decide on another Mercury mission while indicating it is unlikely Another Mercury manned flight will occur NASA associate administrator Dr Robert Seamans said the longer Mercury crews work on Mercury flights the longer it delays joining the Gemini program Cooper will receive NASA’s Distinguished Service medal from President Kennedy at the White House and address Congress before a ticker tape parade in New York He plans to rest as he copes with the adulation from a grateful public Meanwhile in tariff talks at Geneva the United States and the Common Market debated automatic adjustment formulas and equal percentage cuts with the U S insisting on equal cuts and up to 50 percent while France and other Common Market members push for individual tariff reductions See NEITHER On Page 2
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Marching Music Too Loud for 5 Cows in Pasture
Hornchurch band rehearsed in Peter Read's pasture for a weekend. Read's 50 cows looked on as Brian Keeler led John Philip Sousa's Semper Fidelis. Five cows dropped dead, the rest stampeded. Keeler apologized, saying the cows were terrified but he wouldn't sue.
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England
Peter Read
Read
Brian Keeler
John Philips Sousa
Keeler
Area Farmers Join Wheat Vote Tuesday
Wheat farmers nationwide including this area will vote Tuesday on tighter controls to curb production. If two thirds approve, new rules take effect next year with two price categories and a 10 percent acreage cut. Violations carry fines. the program offers a retirement payment and maintains existing acreage allotments if rejected. See AREA on Page 2.
Wallace suit targets federal troops use in riot control
Gov. George Wallace seeks Supreme Court ruling that the President cannot deploy federal troops to quell domestic violence without state government approval. The suit raises questions that could apply to university integration at Alabama and Madison’s Birmingham unrest. Three Negroes petition a federal court to admit them to the white University of Alabama.
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Kennedy
George Wallace
U.S. Supreme Court
University of Alabama
Wallace
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Roaring Steel
Autherine Lucy
Supreme Court overturns sit-in convictions in four states
The Supreme Court invalidated lunch counter sit-in convictions across four Southern states, ruling state mandates of segregation and their enforcement unconstitutional. In Miami Cuban exiles formed a central group to oppose Castro regime. In Montgomery Sheriff Butler said the department remains on 24 hour alert for possible racial demonstrations.
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Supreme Court
Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Montgomery
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Kennedy jet set records in Washington to Moscow flight
The Kennedy administration touted a record nonstop flight of the Boeing 707 from Washington to Moscow via Redstone Arsenal. Piloted by Col. Swindal, the flight covered 5,004 miles in 8 hours 38 minutes 42 seconds, shattering a Russian claim of no such capability. The trip included officials and astronaut Gordon Cooper awaiting White House talks.
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North Alabama
United States
Traffic Kills 8 Fires 4
Fifteen people died in Alabama weekend accidents including eight in traffic crashes and four in fires. Three small Birmingham children perished as they slept when a candle started a blaze. Names Rigenal Kay and Janetta Williams aged 4 2 and 5 were among the dead. their mother was away when the fire began. A man was struck by a train and two youths drowned during the period.
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Markets At A Glance
New York stock activity irregular and moderately active before markets. Bond trading mixed with governments slow. Cotton down while Chicago wheat is mostly firm with May sharply higher. Corn mixed with nearby months firm. Oats easier with scattered selling. Soybeans mostly firm on short covering. Hogs steady to strong with top at 16.35. Slaughter steers steady to 25 cents higher, top 24.25.
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