Decatur Officials Face Replea Election Shuffle
Wilson Morgan announces he will not seek re election to the Decatur City Commissioners in August leaving a three year term to fill. Morgan, head of the City finance department, serves since 1958 and pledges support to his successors and to Mayor Dodd and Commissioner Higginbotham. The Agriculture Department plans to move 42 million bushels of Estes linked grain over 18 months at an estimated cost of 2 million dollars.
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Wilson Morgan
Commission
Decatur
Murray Dodd
Jack Higginbotham
Morgan
Higginbotham
Dodd
George A. Barnes
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Barnes
More Called To Murder Probe
FRANKLIN Texas AP County grand jurors called more witnesses today while experts planned to study the body of an Agriculture Department official linked to the Billie Sol Estes case. Dist Judge John Barron ordered the disinterment of Henry H. Marshall 52 whose death from five bullet wounds last June 3 was pronounced death by own action. Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman said two weeks ago that secrets in the operations of Estes West Texas farm tycoon indicted for fraud and theft died with Marshall. Marshall was chief administrator and investigator in Texas for the governments cotton allotment program. He had been looking into Estes cotton allotments. Freeman invited Bryan Russ to appear before the grand jury here if the secretary had any new evidence. Freeman in a telegram advised county officials We know of none See MORE On Page 2.
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Tex
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
John Barron
Henry H. Marshall
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Estes
West Texas
Marshall
Texas
Freeman
Atty Bryan Russ
Cape Cod Appeals for Help to Stem Negro Flow
Cape Cod residents seek federal action to halt a wave of one way bus rides for African Americans sent by segregationists in the South. Two mothers with 20 children travel toward Hyannis. other Negroes have already arrived in dorms at Cape Cod Community College. Local officials and national figures consider legislation to stop exporting welfare cases as a response.
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Little Rock
Ark
Hyannis
Mass
Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Barnstable
Massachusetts State House
Boston
Allan F. Jones
Robert F. Kennedy
Jones
U.S House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Cape Cod Community College
Hyan
Rain Falls Unevenly Across Three Counties
A refreshing but uneven rainfall hit Morgan Limestone and Lawrence counties Monday. Officials reported up to two inches in places with hail damaging about 200 acres of cotton and 200 acres of corn in Limestone. Temperatures remained in the 90s with hot, dry conditions persisting elsewhere and storms likely to spread across up to half the state.
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Limestone
Morgan
Lawrence
Morgan County
Charles Rutledge
Massey
Hartselle
Agee
Brown's Corner
Garden Club to meet for annual picnic lunch
The Glen Iris Garden Club will meet Wednesday at 10 am at Mrs. J. L. Truss home in Somerville for the annual picnic lunch. In a separate item, a traffic mishap on Lee St at 4 15 pm Monday involved Billy Aaron of Hartselle and Paul R. Ricks of 408 1 2 Moulton St. The Aaron car was eastbound and the Ricks car westbound when the back door of the Ricks vehicle opened and struck Aaron’s left side. Sheriff’s force arrested four persons on public drunkenness charges last night. Police Chief Pack Self was admitted to Decatur General Hospital yesterday. he underwent minor surgery this morning. The Great Books Discussion Group will meet Thursday at 8 pm at Robert Denham’s home to discuss Paradise Lost by John Milton. The Morgan County League of Women Voters will meet Wednesday at 10 am at Decatur City Hall. See DIARY On Page 2.
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Billy Aaron
Hartselle
Paul R. Ricks
Moulton St
Lee St
Aaron
Lee
Ricks
Pack Self
Decatur General Hospital
Robert Denham
12Th St
John Milton
Morgan County League of Women Voters
Decat’ City
Moon exploration in Bible view and divine limits
The text notes no direct Bible reference to moon exploration. It cites verses about the heavens reserved for judgment and a warning against human pride, saying space probing is acceptable if for good, but dangerous if defying God. It warns progress cannot be stopped, yet hubris invites divine judgment.
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Lucifer
Isaiah
Hell
Tower of Babel
Folsom backs deGraffenried for governor in 1962
Former Gov James E Folsom announced he would actively support and campaign for Ryan deGraffenried in the Alabama governor race. He cited contrasts with George Wallace, noting five legislative reapportionment sessions and urging supporters to back deGraffenried with full backing. He planned an airplane tour to thank supporters and promote deGraffenried.
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Jefferson
Roosevelt
Truman
Kennedy
Kluxers
Ryan
deGraffenried
George
James Folsom
James E. Folsom
The
Daily
Ryan deGraffenried
Folsom
Tuscaloo- See
Degraff
Wallace Campaign Officials Attacked Near Huntsville
Art Gorman chairman of the Madison County Wallace gubernatorial campaign and Howard Lee Gentle, the county finance chair, were ambushed returning from a political rally on Monday night near Huntsville. Gentle was knocked unconscious and remained in a Huntsville hospital. Gorman escaped with minor injuries.
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Huntsville
Ala
George Wallace
Madison County
Art Gorman
Howard Lee Gentle
Gorman
Wallace
Gentle
Boykin’s Copter Lands in Athens Brief Stop
Congressman Frank Boykin of Mobile landed by helicopter on the west side of the courthouse in Athens at about 8:45 a.m. today and spoke briefly before planning to continue to Florence.
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Athens
Frank Boykin
Mobile
Florence
Thursday Launch Odds Mounting
Cape Canaveral observers reported weather and forest fire smoke easing with optimism for Malcolm Carpenter to launch Thursday. A NASA spokesman cited a 60-40 chance of a Thursday liftoff for the three orbit mission, noting no technical problems and repairs completed on the Atlas heater. Carpenter and Mercury officials continued final reviews with engineers.
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Fla
Project Mercury
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Everglades
Cape
Midwest
Florida
Atlantic
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Virgil I. Grissom
John H. Glenn Jr
Carpenter
Mercury
AMA Attacks Medical Bill in TV Reply
The American Medical Association counters Kennedy's medical care for the aged plan calling it a cruel hoax and warns it would hurt patients. AMA leaders say the King Anderson measure would disrupt health services and turn patients into numbers in a telecast from Madison Square Garden.
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AMA
Madison Square Garden
Kennedy
King- Anderson
Navy plane crash kills 27 on secret mission in Germany
In Ebersburg a four engine U.S. Navy aircraft exploded and burned, killing all 27 aboard. At least 20 bodies were recovered, officials said, with the flight described as classified. In Texas, five soldiers died when an M48 tank fell 30 feet into a creek during a platoon drill after radio failure. Names of the dead are being withheld pending kin notification. June brides ad appears.
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Ebersburg
Germany
U.S
Atlantic Fleet Air Force
Norfolk
Air Force
FT. Hood
Tex
Refugee Plans For Formosa Draw Attention Abroad
In Taipei Vice President Chen Cheng met with the Nationalist refugee committee to map resettlement for Red China refugees willing to move to Formosa. Chiang Kai-shek’s government faced criticism for aiding only a small number of the thousands barred from Hong Kong. Most refugees prefer Hong Kong, near home, rather than Formosa, many with relatives there. Hong Kong has housed over 1.5 million Chinese since 1949.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chen Cheng
Special
Red China
Hong Kong
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