Security Increased For Bouldens Trial
A Falkville Negro teenager Billy Don Franklin Boulden 18 faces potential death or life imprisonment if convicted of first degree murder in the May 1 killing of Conservation Officer Loyd Hays. Boulden and attorney Bill Chenault pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Six officers will guard courtroom doors and more stationed inside as jury selection aims between 2 and 3 pm tomorrow. Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty with at least 100 special jurors called.
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Falkville
Loyd Hays
Billy Don Franklin Boulden
Bill Chenault
Hays
Pat Patterson
Newton B. Powell
Patterson
Boulden
Fire call, community events, and draft quota notes
The Decatur Fire Department responded to a home on Moadus Road SW at 9:39 PM with minor kitchen cabinet damage. A local group will meet Thursday at the Hirshfeld home on 14th Avenue SE. About 100 youths in Alabama are to report to Montgomery induction station for the June draft quota. County results show Morgan 1 Limestone 0 Lawrence 1 Cullman 0. Dr. Tom Bingham and Dr. Allen Books of Decatur will attend the 59th Alabama Optometric Association convention in Birmingham May 30 to June 1. Diary noted on Page 2.
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Decatur Fire Department
Clifford Hargrove
Moadus Rd
Julian Hirshfeld
14Th Ave
Alabama
Montgomery
Morgan County
Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman
Tom Bingham
Allen C. Books
Decatur
Alabama Optometric Association
Birmingham
Worldliness as a church view on diversion and love
The term is not a Bible word but is defined as an attitude rather than a single act. Love of the world conflicts with the love of the Father and the Kingdom of God. Choose eternal, abiding things over worldly amusements, as Christ taught to seek the Kingdom first.
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Joan
Christ
Wallace to speak at Tanner and Hatton graduations
Gov George C Wallace arrives Pryor Field tonight at 7 and delivers Tanner High School graduation address at 8. He then returns to Decatur before Wednesday speeches in Lawrence County and Hatton for fund raising and science event support.
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Winford Turner
George C. Wallace
Pryor Field
Tanner
Lawrence County
Tanner High School
F. W. Kuykendall
Wallace
Ed Swanner
David Gordon
Limestone County
Alice Hardin
Europe
LCHS
Hatton
Decatur
Greenville
S.C
National Guardsmen
Kuykendall
Moulton
Lchs Science Club
Moulton Businessmen’s Organization
Electric Shock Fatal At Shipyard In 1963 Decatur Grad
A 1963 Decatur High School graduate was electrocuted Monday afternoon at a shipyard. He became entangled or touched by electrical equipment, leading to fatal injuries. The incident occurred during regular work at the yard and authorities are investigating.
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Decatur High School
Markets At PEC Clive
New York markets show higher stocks in slow trading while bonds stay mostly higher and cotton weak from liquidation. Chicago wheat and corn fall on profit taking and liquidation. soybeans also drop. Hog prices weaken to $16.75 top. slaughter steers hold steady to strong at up to $21.75.
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New York
Commission House
Chicago
Laotians claim counterattack halts Communist advance
Laotian neutralists report a counterattack in the Muong Kheung sector driving back Communist forces toward Muong Soui on the main east west highway. Amkha Soukhavong says a neutralist battalion with 19 tanks and 8 armored cars recaptured two thirds of the sector. Prince Souvanna warns Muong Soui fall would threaten Luang Prabang and Vang Vieng. Diplomatic sources note Britain may invite Geneva ambassadors to consult to prevent further deterioration.
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Vientiane
Laos
Muong Kheung
Plaine Des Jarres
Amkha Soukhavong
Souvanna Phouma
Muong Soui
Amkha
Souvanna
National Assembly
Muong Suoi
Luang Prabang
Vang Vieng
Borikhane
Paksane
Mekong
Thailand
Brittain
We Buy Sell Trade Furniture Co Advertisement
Local ad for Ex change Furniture Co offers buying selling and trading of new and used furniture with contact phone 353 4403.
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Exchange Furniture Co
Ministers Tell Of Beatings In Alabama Church Visit
Rev Alexander Stuart of Oak Ridge Tennessee and Rev Geddes Orman of Knoxville said they were beaten in Camden Alabama while checking four Negro churches for Wilcox County records. Stuart, armed cast on his arm, reported a broken arm and Orman suffered a lacerated ear. a shotgun was used and a shot fired as they fled with Rev James Reese. The assailant was not identified.
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Oklahoma City
Aiister
Alexander Stuart
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Camden
Ala
Stuart
General Assembly
The
United Presbyterian Church, USA
Geddes Orman
Knoxville
Wilcox County
Union Presbytery
Orman
James Reese
Reese
Selma
Juvenile Detention Home Plan Presented to Officials
Decatur and Morgan County officials reviewed an architectural drawing for a proposed Detention Home. Committee chair Murray Dodd urged action, noting youths in the county must not be left to mingle with hardened criminals. The plan includes funding ideas and a proposed site by Hall and Colvard.
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James Overall
Daily
Decatur and
Morgan County
Decatur
Morgan County Board of
Murray Dodd
Hall and Colvard
Dodd
Commissioners and Board of Revenue
Rais
Doug Crabb
Lewis West
Apollo moonship test postponed due to frozen valve
Across multiple datelines AP reports a series of brief items. In Cape Kennedy a test of an unmanned Apollo model is delayed to Thursday because a ground support valve freezes. In Mississippi former Gov. Ross Barnett predicts a July 28 Democratic convention slate of free electors. In Florida a Cuban exile group details aid to anti Castro guerrillas in Cuba. In Cyprus heavy firing erupts between Turkish and Greek Cypriot forces near Kyrenia Mountains as Canadian troops come under fire per UN.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Jackson, Miss
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
Nicosia, Cyprus
Kyrenia Mountains
Nicosia
United Nations
National Guard clash injures demonstrators in Cambridge
In Cambridge Maryland a National Guardsman was shot and three other guardsmen were hurt during Monday night clashes with integrationist demonstrators. State police said several demonstrators were wounded as bullets bricks and bottles flew in Cambridge's Negro district.
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Cambridge
Negro
Republicans set convention officers for 1964 meet
The Republican National Committee convenes to approve Sen Thruston B Morton of Kentucky and Gov Mark Hatfield of Oregon as top officers for the party 1964 convention.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Gov
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Peru Riot Toll Rises After Stadium Panic
In Lima police reported 328 dead after a crowd riot at National Stadium following a soccer match. Tear gas was used to quell the disorder as authorities feared further violence.
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Lima
Peru
Johnson aides outline proposed tax cuts for 1966 and 1967
Informing sources say the administration envisions excise tax cuts in 1966 and further income tax reductions in 1967. A Johnson announcement may come during the next fall campaign season.
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Washington
Johnson
Prince Edward County Schools Drift Toward Segregation
Farmville Virginia reports few white and Negro students are expected to share classrooms next fall despite a Supreme Court order to reopen public schools integrated. The plan signals ongoing resistance to desegregation in Prince Edward County.
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Farmville
Prince Edward County
U.S. Supreme Court
Segregationist hopes dash on Alabama schools ruling
AP reports segregationists in Alabama suffered a setback after a Supreme Court decision. New GOP talk centers on Goldwater in the fall as Alabama Republicans forecast a possible win. A PTA resolution on civil rights and desegregation circulated for a Wednesday vote while U S military police detained a Soviet sedan in West Berlin in retaliation for a similar move.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Supreme Court
Chicago
PTA
Fourteen CORE members arrested after late night protest
In Los Angeles fourteen members of the Congress of Racial Equality were arrested early today as over thirty demonstrators blocked members of the Southwest Realty Board from leaving a late night meeting. The action followed protests over housing policy and civil rights.
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Los Angeles
Congress of Racial Equality
Southwest Realty Board
Probation Requests Denied in Circuit Court Hearings
Circuit Judge Newton B Powell denied probation to three men in hearings yesterday. Raymond Jefferies aged 51 of Trinity received four years for grand larceny. James Jeffries, 56 of Trinity was sentenced to two years for receiving stolen property. J T Black, 51 of Dixie Hotel got two years for assault with intent to murder.
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Newton B. Powell
Raymond Jefferies
Trinity
James Jeffries
J. T. Black
Dixie
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