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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1962
Page
10
Zelda and Fifi presented a striptease to about 300 women in a Cape Town tent, including wives of parliament members. The show drew mixed reactions with some calling it artistic while critics called it degrading, but the performers praised the audience’s openness and professional execution.
Morgan County High School will host a baccalaureate service Sunday at 3 30 p m in Pettey Gymnasium. Rev Marshall Masters of the Christian Church in Birmingham will speak, with Rev Connor Lundy of First Christian Church delivering the invocation and benediction. Miss Maxie Gibson will be the pianist. Principal Miss Frances Nungester of West Decatur School will provide the graduation address May 31. About 70 students are to graduate.
The United States and the Soviet Union jointly proposed a draft declaration at the 17 nation disarmament conference stating that war can no longer settle international disputes. The 400 word text condemns war propaganda and suggests ending it would aid disarmament talks led by U S Ambassador Arthur H Dean and Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian A Zorin. The leaders agreed to leave governments free to take necessary measures.
Nellie Moody Simp son, mother of Alabama Supreme Court Justice Robert T. Simp son, died Thursday in Florence at age 93. The obituary notes her long life and family ties to the state’s high court.
U N Secretary General Thant urged Netherlands and Indonesia to resume discussions over West New Guinea but both sides remained firm. Dutch Prime Minister De Quay refused to pledge immediate administration transfer while Indonesia rejected any talks without accepting the Bunker plan.
Relatives of Eugene Gault, the bank robber killed after a rural Troy, Alabama, bank raid, will claim his body tonight or Saturday. Gault, a Prattville chiropractor, killed two bank officials and a police officer during the December 1960 Auburn Bank raid and was identified by an Auburn teller. His wife Phyllis and brother Merl were to travel from Ashland, Ohio, for the funeral arrangements.
John Barnum the Blythe Field Country Club pro captured the state open the late PGA and the Western Michigan PGA, sweeping Michigan PGA events this season.
British Hawker Hunters Canberra and Pembroke aircraft arrived in Bangkok as part of a Royal Air Force force totaling about 250 personnel to defend Thailand's border with Laos. New Zealand paratroops and Australian air units are expected, with the alliance including Britain and Thailand’s other Southeast Asia Treaty Organization partners.
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