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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1963
Page
1
Farmers vote on plan to cut 1964 wheat output by 10 percent under overproduction controls. Ballots counted after 40,000 communities vote. results expected by Wednesday. Kennedy and Ag secretary Freeman monitor the referendum which could shape future farm programs and costs.
The national capital honored Gordon Cooper with the NASA Distinguished Service Medal at the White House. In a 10 mile per hour parade he waved to crowds estimated at 250000 and addressed a joint session of Congress. He read a prayer taped on his capsule and urged better Christian conduct and cooperation.
BIRMINGHAM AP reports a federal judge refused to delay desegregation of the University of Alabama. Gov. George Wallace announced he would assume authority over the school and refuse admission of Negroes, signaling a federal state showdown.
The city commission approved a $180000 contract with McWhirter Materials Co. to fully automate Decatur's sanitation department within 90 days. Four radio equipped Dempster-Dumpmaster units five trucks a chipper and a dump truck will replace current operation reducing trash volume and annual costs by about 41000 as businesses receive free containers.
A Frigidaire refrigerator advertised as budget friendly available at Robinsons. The note emphasizes affordability and value with flexible payment terms.
D R describes the terms as misunderstood. All humans share Adam’s lineage and are brothers in the human family, while God is our Father as creator. He argues the metaphor breaks, and only Jesus Christ can restore sonship, reconcile humanity to God, and realize true fatherhood and brotherhood.
In Buchanan Georgia AP a pulp wood worker testified his uncle paid him 500 to kill Mary Newman 26 and throw her body into a well. Manford Chandler 26 said he strangled Newman on T S Kilgore instructions and aided disposal. Kilgore and Chandler face murder charges. Chandler awaits trial. Wayne Walton a Tallapoosa taxi driver said Kilgore paid him 500 six months earlier to kill Newman s husband but he backed out and kept the money.
In Birmingham Negroes did not boycott schools after more than 1,000 pupils were suspended or expelled for mass demonstrations against segregation. Leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., urged legal action and warned against further rash acts, preserving a fragile biracial agreement.
In Atlanta the federal court ruled a telephone conversation admissible as evidence in Wally Butts libel suit against the Saturday Evening Post for 10 million dollars. In Washington Kennedy naming Admiral Anderson ambassador to Portugal, replacement as naval chief announced. In Mississippi boosters urge Congress to fund the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway with Gov Barnett presiding. In Montgomery Alabama lawmakers return to work with a revamped racial investigations bill before the House.
ISTANBUL Radio Ankara said loyal troops crushed ex-Colonel Talat Aydemir's second coup attempt in 15 months. Martial law proclaimed in Ankara Istanbul Izmir. Seven killed 23 wounded as government forces attacked cadets at the war college. Aydemir and 10 insurgents arrested awaiting trial.
Geneva AP reports a mood of optimism at the Western trade conference as U S and Common Market delegates near virtual agreement on lowering barriers. West German Vice Chancellor Ludwig Erhard earns credit for defending American ideas while Washington and European partners negotiate a rule to reduce higher U S tariffs and close differences. Valery Giscard D Estaing says gaps are small as GATT talks aim to adopt a tariff negotiation system.
New York stock prices rise on active trading while bonds move irregularly upward in light dealings. In Chicago, wheat shows mixed but May months strong, corn and oats ease on liquidation, soybeans mostly lower. hogs steady to 25 cents higher at 16.35. slaughter steers steady to 25 cents higher with top at 24.
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