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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1963
Page
1
Vatican reports Pope John XXIII faced a grave crisis as persistent hemorrhaging left him in grave condition. Doctors feared he might not survive, but the pontiff later rallied and showed signs of improvement. The flash update cites President Bennett M. Bolton and Judge Lynne warning on legal rulings amid the Vatican's efforts.
Decatur city clerk issued a building permit Monday to Hoyt Singleton for electric service at 2322 State Ave SW for 1000 dollars and to Ben Darnell at 815 19th Ave SE for electric service costing 150 dollars. Hoody Richards of Decatur received the BA degree at Howard College in Birmingham. 303 graduates were noted. Mary Lou Dancy Chapter 320 Eastern Star will host a 6 15 p.m. covered dish supper before the meeting. Mrs W J Edwards of Decatur visiting Miami son Perry in South Miami Hospital is reported as doing well after a heart attack. George M Mean, former Roselawn Cemetery manager, will return to Decatur with his wife to be reinstated at his old job after working at Glen Haven Memorial Gardens in Macon Georgia. See DIARY on Page 2. Vatican report says Pope suffers from gastric heteroplasia possibly cancer or tumor. three doctors at bedside as they seek treatment and determine growth type. surgery previously considered but deemed too dangerous for his age. See POPE on Page 2. Federal judge Carolina Lynne declines to desegregate city schools until good faith of officials is tested. urges application of state pupil placement law without discrimination and warns of possible desegregation plan submission if unconstitutionally applied.
In Montgomery AP report the House Education Committee killed a bill to extend free bus transport to private schools as a step toward a state supported segregated system. The panel postponed the measure indefinitely after George Bailes urged preserving church-state separation.
Gov George Wallace arrived in Decatur with 18 state troopers and a guarded motorcade to address Decatur High School seniors amid federal marshals reportedly preparing to serve him with a subpoena in Birmingham next week over integration at the University of Alabama. Troopers guarded entrances and monitored attendees as Wallace spoke, while federal marshals were not observed delivering any service.
Gov. George Wallace addressed 248 Decatur High seniors Monday night urging formal and informal education as they assume adulthood. He warned of two looming problems: a world split into camps and knowledge doubling every decade, and urged re training for new vocations amid civil rights and economic issues. The remarks touched on communism and regional industrial disparities without detailing the University of Alabama integration controversy.
A Christian cannot continue in sin after being dead to it. Those who relapse and claim they can always return never truly died to sin or truly knew Christ. The text cites Romans 6:1-2 and 1 John 2:19 to argue that genuine believers remain in the faith and false converts depart.
James Saggus reports in Jackson Mississippi that racial tensions loom as both sides anticipate demonstrations or violence. A mass meeting of Negro leaders, city officials, and 17 invited figures may reveal plans for concessions sought by the Negro community amid warnings of potential unrest.
New York stocks rise led by steels and motors as bonds stay quiet. Cotton trades irregular on liquidation and buying. Chicago wheat firm and corn and oats strong on short covering. Soybeans firm with short covering. Hogs steady to 25 cents lower, top $17.50. Slaughter steers steady, top $23.
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Macmillan hopes to join President Kennedy in a swift approach to Soviet Premier Khrushchev on a nuclear test ban. In Lisbon, the Cais de Sodre station roof collapse kills at least 24 and injures 38. In Birmingham, a federal judge will rule on desegregation rights for Huntsville and Madison County schools. In Philadelphia, about 20 NAACP pickets at a North Philadelphia school site face brief violence from Monday.
U S marshals failed to locate Gov George Wallace at the Alabama mansion and served papers on Martha Davis a prison trusty assigned as a maid. They left the papers with her insisting he receive them. Guards accompanied Wallace to a hotel where he met the State Sovereignty Committee. Court records show service but legality remains in question.
Ken Reynolds quips that workers try to move away from the scent of the plant food advertised in the Daily Want Ads, reflecting a light column tone about a local issue.
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