Community and Mine Reports Include Break-Ins and Arm Injuries
Patrol logs detail two rural accidents with minor or no injuries and property losses of 550 dollars and 20 dollars. Incidents include a Beech Street residence window broken and arm injuries at Decatur General Hospital linked to a door accident and a fight. Entries note meetings for Rising Sun Lodge and Morgan County Republican Club, post office closures, and a pair of theft reports including a 1946 Mercury recovery.
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Decatur General Hospital
Bessie Gill
Brooks St
Faith Affirmed: Embracing the Bible by Faith
A personal testimony describes doubt and recovery through prayer. The speaker recounts doubting scripture, then committing to accept the Bible as authoritative by faith, which altered life and ministry. The piece contrasts faith with Satanic doubt in the Garden of Eden and asserts unwavering belief.
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K. S
Garden of Eden
USIA Budget Cut by House Appropriations Panel
The House Appropriations Committee trimmed the U S Information Agency budget by 16.69 million while preserving Voice of America. President Kennedy had requested 151.48 million for USIA. The panel approved a 751.3 million funding bill covering State Justice Civil Rights and related agencies. The FBI received its full 127.2 million. Concerns were raised about 950 thousand for plays abroad and actor salaries up to 2500 weekly.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S. Information Agency
House Appropriations Committee
Voice of America
Information Agency
USIA
Congress
State and Justice Departments
Federal Courts
Civil Rights Commission
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Europe
South America
Bold Bandit Robs Morgan County Storekeeper At Gunpoint
Morgan County officers seek a bold bandit who robbed W. D. Holoway’s store eight miles east of Falkville at 5:25 a.m. He netted $523 in cash from a paper bag. The bandit, 6 feet 1 inch, 180 pounds, black crew cut, white shirt, fled in a 1959 or 1960 black Chevrolet with Morgan County plates.
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Falkville
Morgan County
W. D. Holoway
Holoway
Sheriff's Force
Bill Biles
Blasts Hit Utah Nevada Cable Relay Stations
Three unattended AT&T microwave and cable relay stations were dynamited across western Utah and eastern Nevada along U S Highway 40-50A. FBI agents and National Guard joined local police in a multi state manhunt for saboteurs or vandals. Repairs expected by tonight. Associated Press reports brief service disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Nevada
FBI
National Guard
America
American Telephone and Telegraph System
Wendover
Utah-Nevada
Knolls
Cedar Mountain
Associated Préss
Telephone Company
World Leaders Set For Verbal Battle
President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev head into the Vienna talks amid expectations of a blunt exchange. Moscow preaches optimism, while the US signals firm readiness to bolster forces and press for restraint to avert further Communist gains.
Texas Names GOP Senator Tower Wins Texas Vote
John G. Tower, 35, a former professor, wins Texas U. S. Senate special election by 8,000 votes over Democrat William A. Blakley. Tower collects 50.45 percent of 881,630 votes. Blakley 436,815 with 7,600 votes outstanding. Tower’s victory marks the first Texas GOP Senate win. Lyndon Johnson previously held the seat. Democracy’s strategy and doorbell campaigning noted as factors in the race.
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Dallas
Tex
John G. Tower
Texas
GOP
Tower
William A. Blakley
Senate
Blakley
Lyndon B. Johnson
Midwestern University
Johnson
Albert Aehacs
Peter O'Donnell
Dallas County Repub
House Rules Group To Meet In Alabama
Alabama House Speaker Virgil Ashworth called the House Rules Committee to meet Tuesday to discuss a possible special-order calendar. The move follows a filibuster that halted work for four days, and the House passed 158 bills last week for special orders. A reapportionment bill risks centering on reducing its nine districts to eight, potentially pitting Representatives Kenneth Roberts and Albert Rains against each other.
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Rules Committee
House
Alabama
Kenneth Roberts
Roberts
Rep
Albert Rains
Decatur Skies and Mars Orbit Facts
The entry notes May 30 sunset at 6 54 p m and sunrise at 4 37 a m with Last Quarter on June 5. It mentions Mars as the first planet with an orbit outside Earth and gives Mars sun distance from 128 to 154 million miles.
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Mars
Earth
Weather and River Report for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 21.94 feet up .28 feet in 24 hours. Other TVA lake stages include Guntersville 595.0 Whitesburg 556.9 Wilson 506.8. High Sunday 77 at 4 pm. Low 52 at 3:30 am today. At 9:45 am today 71. Forecast sunny and warmer today fair and mild tonight partly cloudy and warm Tuesday. Winds light and variable. High today 84 low tonight 53 high Tuesday 8%
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Drive In Shopping at Robinsons Advertises Easy Parking
A promotional note touts Robinsons Drive In Shopping with no parking worries ever, inviting customers to enjoy convenient access and quick service.
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Robinson’s
Trial Opens For Alleged Freedom Bus Burners
In Anniston Alabama a federal court hearing began for two of four men charged in the May 14 Freedom Bus fire. The group faces possible penalties up to 20 years and 10 thousand dollars fine if convicted.
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Anniston
Ala
Freedom
Greyhound
Freedom Riders
Atlanta
Birmingham
Frank B. Johnson
Robert Dale Couch
Jerry Ronald Eason
Daleford Leonard Roberts
Justice Department
Alabama
Ku Klux Klan
KKK
Drivers Face Potential Memorial Day Record Highway Toll
Traffic fatalities across the extended Memorial weekend rose rapidly with 4.3 deaths per hour by mid morning. Officials warned the four day period could surpass 1957’s 413 highway deaths if the trend continued, as millions travel home from outings amid generally good weather.
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National Safety Council
Strike Bites In South Africa Over Britain Ties
A three day strike by nonwhite South Africans began in Johannesburg Durban and Port Elizabeth as leaders seek severing ties with Britain and forming a republic. Violence flared at bus lines Sunday night but no major unrest reported this morning. Police and troops protected workers while thousands stayed home.
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Richard Kasischke
Johannesburg
South Africa
Britain
Republic
Durban
Port Elizabeth
Cooling-Off Period Asked By Democrats
Democratic leaders urged a cooling off period in Republican attacks on foreign policy until Kennedy meets with Khrushchev in Vienna. Senate Leader Mansfield urged a ceasefire on foreign policy blasts, while Humphrey called for unity behind the President. Kennedy, age 44, spoke on his birthday of resisting those who threaten human freedom and said he will meet Khrushchev and other world leaders to build understanding.
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Paris
Kennedy
Vienna
Khrushchev
Moscow
United States
Canada
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
GOP
Mansfield
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Charles de Gaulle
France
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Witness Says Police Left Scene Before Riot
Patricia Ann Jenkins testified that only one Montgomery police officer was on duty at the Greyhound terminal and drove away as a Freedom Rider arrived. The hearing considers a federal injunction to protect interstate bus passengers and possibly bar Claude Henley from interfering with travel and keep the Ku Klux Klan under temporary limits.
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Montgomery
Patricia Ann Jenkins
Ter A.&i
Nashville
Birmingham
Justice Department
U.S
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Johnson
Montgomery Reserve
Claude V. Henley
Greyhound
Henley
Morris Dees Jr
Maurice Levy
H. W. Risser
NBC
Freedom Riders
South
James R. Venable
Atlanta
United States
Venable
KKK
Alabama
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Sunset Dr. NW
Rising Sun Lodge
Morgan County Republican Club
Columbia Circle SE
Mary Ann Wiggins
5Th Ave
Baggett Transportation Co
James Holloway
Wiggins
5Th St
14Th Ave
Maud
Lewis G. Morgan
6Th Ave
By William Lb. Ryan
Izvestia
Pravda
Communist Party
Eisenhower
Kommunist
Central Soviet
S. Africa
Ken Reynolds
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