Moon ring appears after sun in ice age sky
Weather Bureau notes ice condition caused a ring around the moon seen near the sun. Decatur high school junior Linda Kay Yarbrough, of Decatur, is among 20 students chosen for a six week biology program at Simpson College starting June 5. Clarke College graduates William B. Lee and Lothian Smallwood of Decatur, Miss., received diplomas in Newton. Dr. Donald B. Roark of Yazoo City spoke. Decatur Royal Arch Masons meet at 7:30, Rainbow Assembly initiates at 6. Police report theft at the Teenage Ball Room and a 1953 Plymouth and a Cushman scooter collision on Prospect Drive. Forrest Hughes 16 and Clarence Taylor III 14 involved. Hughes was charged with failing to yield. Taylor treated and released. See Diary on Page 2.
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Linda Kay Yarbrough
Decatur
Simpson College
Miss Yarbrough
Newell D. Yarbrough
Buena Vista Circle
William B. Lee
Lothian Smallwood
Clarke College of
Newton
Miss
Donald B. Roark
Mississippi Chemical Co
Yazoo City
Forrest E. Hughes
7Th Ave
Cushman
Clarence W. Taylor III
Vine St
Prospect Dr
Prospect
Hughes
Taylor
Decatur General Hospital
Kennedy urges bold steps to reach moon by decade
President Kennedy asks Congress to boost military and foreign aid, attack unemployment, and authorize 7 to 9 billion dollars for a manned moon mission over five years. He calls it a firm, long term course with heavy costs and a goal of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Freedom
Senate House
JFK
Freedom Riders refuse bail in Jackson protest
In Jackson Mississippi 27 Freedom Riders jailed on arrival declined NAACP offers of 1000 bail each. Protest planned with a mass rally as riders from Montgomery Alabama continue to challenge bus segregation laws. Governor Barnett dismissed RFK cooling off plea and vowed Mississippi order remains. King and SCLC back continued actions despite federal appeals.
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Jackson
Miss
Freedom Riders
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Montgomery
Ala
Ross Barnett
Atty. Gem
Robert F. Kennedy
Alabama
Barnett
Deep South
North
New Orleans
Martin Luther King
Montgomry
Wyatt T. Walker
Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Atlanta
Divine healing and faith in miracles debated
The speaker asserts faith in healing gifts and miracles, noting both physical healing and spiritual rebirth as miracles. He warns against eroding faith while acknowledging God’s power to mend bodies and souls. He cites Jesus’ healing as an example and emphasizes the greater miracle of a soul born again.
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Jesus
Johnson Says Asian Nations Can Defeat Communism With Aid
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson returns from Asia and tells Kennedy cabinet he believes Asians can resist Communism with U S aid and advice. He outlines shirt sleeve diplomacy, stepped up aid, and social reforms as keys to success and foresees a future summit.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
Johnson
Asia
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Free Nations of
U.S
Tombigbee Route Favored Over Warrior for Tennessee Link
Tennessee River ports would gain an 800 mile shorter approach to the Gulf if the Tombigbee waterway is chosen over the Warrior River, per Army engineer findings cited to the Tennessee River and Tributaries Association. Mayor P R Olgiati confirmed the TRTA received the note from F G Turner of Mobile District. Congress has authorized the route but not yet funded.
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Chattanooga
Tombigbee River
Tennessee River
Gulf of Mexico
Warrior River
Andrews Seen in Court for Carnal Knowledge and Manslaughter
Witnesses testified in two cases as Otis Andrews 39 faced a first degree manslaughter charge for a Dec 2 hit and run death. A separate carnal knowledge case cited a Dec 23 incident with a 12 year old girl. a juror panel was struck and a verdict yielded a reduced manslaughter sentence with probation sought.
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Wayne Knighton
Otis Andrews
Andrews
Joseph Moon
Morgan County
Lee Andrews
Swisher pledge backs St Bernard science building drive
Casey Haddock of King Edward Cigar Co announced that Carl W. Swisher will match up to 100000 toward a St Bernard College science building. About 85200 in pledges were raised at the President’s Dinner honoring Fr Brian Egan before more than 300 guests. Dr Frank Rose of the University of Alabama spoke on private church colleges and academic freedom in America.
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Cullman
Casey Haddock
King Edward Cigar Co
St. Bernard College
Carl W. Swisher
King Edward
St. Bernard
Brian Egan
Frank Rose
University of Alabama
America
Rose
Father Egan
Abbott Bede Luibel
O.S.B
G. W. Bledsoe
Education Change Is Given Approval
Alabama House Education Committee clears bills to elect the state school board and appoint the state school superintendent by the board. The superintendent would serve at the board’s pleasure with four year terms. Senate panel approves Aid to Dependent Children bill restricting payments for illegitimate children.
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Montgomery
Alabama
House Education Committee
Alabama Education Association
Senate Public Welfare Committee
Pensions and Security Department
Alton Turner
Crenshaw County
Alabama Bankers Association
House Business and Labor Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
W. C. Hines
Chambers County
Princess Margaret Expecting Baby This Fall
Kensington Palace announced that Princess Margaret is expecting her first child in the fall. The baby will be fifth in line to the throne. Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones, who married just over a year ago, announced their engagement in 1960.
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London
Margaret
Kensington Palace
Anthony Armstrong-Jones
Nazi Groups Gather in New Orleans Provocation Turns Violent
In New Orleans police arrested George Lincoln Rockwell and nine followers after they protested the showing of Exodus at the Civic Theater. Rockwell and eight others from Arlington Virginia were booked on disturbing the peace, with one companion jailed for reckless driving after a crash on the Lake Pontchartrain causeway. A separate group prepared to mobilize for potential clashes surrounding the arrival of Freedom Riders, with plans to rush uniforms and supplies to the city if needed.
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New Orleans
Fuehrer
George Lincoln Rockwell
Civic Theater
Rockwell
Roy James
Robert Washington Johnson
Anthony Edward Wells
Charles Beveridge
Paul Edward Dukes
Seth David Ryan
Andrew Newman Chappell
Ralph Lee Hassinger
John Patter
Arlington
Bernard F. Davis Jr
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
American Nazi Party
Freedom Riders
Jackson
Miss
Memphis
Tenn
Doug Olelfkee
Pensacola
Fla
Mobile
Bill Would Make Freedom Rides Illegal Interstate travel inciting riot
Sen. John Stennis introduced a bill to make it a crime to travel in interstate commerce with intent to incite a riot. The measure cites the so called freedom riders who faced a riot in Montgomery Alabama and planned to test segregation in Mississippi bus stations.
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Washington
John Stennis
D-Miss
Freedom Riders
Montgomery
Ala
Mississippi
Night Sky Details for Decatur May 26
The Decatur sky report lists a full moon with a Friday sunset at 6 52 p m and sunrise 4 38 a m the next day. It notes prominent star Spica near the Moon and visible planets Mercury Mars Saturn Jupiter and Venus with rise and set times.
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Spica
Mercury
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Venus
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge rises
The Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning stood at 21.80 feet after a 24 hour rise of 22 feet. Sea level reading was 556.10 feet with other TVA lake stages listed. High temp reached 74 and 76 degrees during the day with a forecast of mostly cloudy skies and scattered showers through Friday. Winds were southerly at 10 to 15 mph.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Marshals Withdraw Most Federal Officers From Alabama
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy ordered the withdrawal of the bulk of the 666 federal marshals at Maxwell Air Force Base near Montgomery. By morning, about 566 officers were to be sent back to their home posts, leaving roughly 100 still assigned during the day.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
U. S
Alabama
Freedom Riders
Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery
Seven Jailed at Capital for Lunch Counter Sit-in
Four white college professors and three Negro students were arrested today at the Trailways bus station lunch counter in Montgomery for breach of the peace. Also arrested was Rev. Wyatt T. Walker, SCLC leader in Atlanta.
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Montgomery
Ala
Trailways
Wyatt T. Walker
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Atlanta
Freedom Riders face breach of peace charges in Mississippi
The Freedom Riders were charged with breach of peace and disobeying an officer after entering a Mississippi terminal. Police moved suspects from buses as crowds gathered, with National Guard support and recon planes tracking the two journeys from Alabama to the state line.
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Wyatt
Freedom Riders
Mississippi
Montgomery
Alabama
Mississippi-Alabama
National Guard
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Masonic Temple
Rainbow Assembly
Masonic Building
Grand Assembly
Vine and McCartney Sts
Meg
Robinson's On
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Ken Reynolds
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