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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1961
Page
1
In Jackson Mississippi 27 Freedom Riders including 25 Negroes and two whites await trial at 5 p m in the same court that earlier convicted library integrationists. They face charges of disobeying an officer and breach of peace with possible six month jail terms and fines.
Mr. E W McLeod left for Washington to take an appointment with the Export Import Bank. Mr and Mrs John Harrison and Miss Peggy Harrison will attend daughter Barbara Harrison’s graduation at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa this weekend. The Apes Club meets in Decatur hosted by Mary Lou Dancy Chapter at 6 30 p m at the American Legion and Auxiliary Home. C M Campbell received a 40 year service pin from Southern Bell. He began with the company May 17 1921 and has spent his career in North Alabama. No arrests were logged in the sheriff s 24 hour report. Building permits were issued for renovations and siding at local properties. A two-vehicle collision occurred at 6th Ave and Johnston St with no injuries. Fire log reports no fires in 24 hours. Decatur Curb Market opens Saturday 6 to 11 a m with ham hens peas greens produce and other goods. See Diary on Page 2.
A psychologist urges that character is formed long before adulthood and warns a parent who coddled a 20 year old daughter. The adviser says the parent should confess failure, express love, and seek spiritual guidance as the path to repair the relationship.
President Kennedy asks Congress for a sweeping reform of foreign aid, proposing a $4.75 billion annual program and a new multi-year loan system. He would create a single Agency for International Development and separate arms from economic aid, with an under secretary of state led structure. The plan faces early resistance from influential lawmakers.
The Indian-Canadian-Polish truce commission said fighting continued between the royal government and Pathet Lao forces in Laos. Both sides allege violations, and the tangled jungle terrain hampers enforcement. The commission seeks fresh orders but has not deployed observers to frontline areas.
A coalition of white ministers from Protestant Catholic Greek Orthodox and Jewish communities agreed to foster better communications between the races. They urged the Greater Birmingham Ministers Association to form a committee to explore means of improving race relations amid recent tensions. One attendee noted the absence of Negro ministers underscoring segregation.
Final arguments in the case of Wayne Knighten charged with carnal knowledge of a 12 year old girl began at 1 30 p m and were expected to go to the jury by late afternoon. Knighten, of Union Hill, testified denying the accusation. A seventh grade student described being forced into a car with Carolyn Jett and Douglas Wigginton present in Morgan County Dec 23 1960.
President Kennedy issued an executive order establishing a nine member commission chaired by Secretary Goldberg to anticipate labor problems at space and missile sites and seek binding arbitration if needed. The panel includes public labor and management representatives to avoid strikes delaying missile projects.
A group of area ministers issue a statement denouncing violence by freedom riders and urging solutions through Christian tolerance rather than segregation or forced integration. The signatories include Edwin F Wallace and others urging democracy and Christianity to guide racial harmony.
Decatur retailers kicked off Town and Country Days a three day event led by the Decatur Retailers Association. Merchants reported above average Thursday with strong shopper turnout despite cool spring weather and intermittent rain.
The Kennedy administration orders a study on the feasibility of linking TVA facilities with Bonneville power administration networks in the Pacific Northwest. A Interior Department spokesman confirms the study is underway but says no action will occur without Congressional approval.
In Montgomery, eleven civil rights protesters including four white college professors and a Yale chaplain along with a Black student prepared to post bail today. Rev. Solomon S. Seay, Sr., 62, reported a bullet wound in his wrist claimed to be fired by white youths speeding past his residence.
Attorneys said bond of 1000 dollars each would likely be posted for five defendants including Rev William S Coffin Jr and Yale officials while six others remain jailed awaiting June 16 hearing before Judge Alex Marks. The group faced breach of peace charges for attempting to eat at the white lunch counter in the Trailways terminal as Freedom Riders intensified actions across courts and roads.
The report lists sunset at 6 52 p m and sunrise at 4 38 a m with a moonset at 3 43 a m. Mars appears due west at 8 28 p m about halfway between the twins and Regulus in the constellation Cancer with background dim stars.
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge stands 21.71 feet this morning after a 0.08 foot drop in 24 hours. Readings from sea level show 556.01 feet, with TVA lakes Pickwick 414.4 Guntersville 595.0 Whitesburg 556.5 and Wilson 507.2. Rainfall last night measured 0.42 inches. High Thursday reached 84 degrees at 3:30 p.m. and a low of 60 occurred at 5 a.m.. 9:55 a.m. today air is 56. Forecast calls for cloudy humid conditions with showers and thundershowers ending this afternoon, then clearing and cooler tonight. Winds SW 10 to 15 mph shifting NW. today’s high expected near 76.
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