Guards Placed At Cullman Orphanage After Threats
Cullman police assigned two officers to guarding the Childhaven Orphanage Home after threatening calls saying the main building would be burned. Police Chief R B Moyers said armed officers would remain as long as danger exists, with separate fire department notes and an ongoing inquiry into the barn fire and related calls.
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Cullman
Childhaven
R. B. Moyers
Moyers
Cullman Fire Department
Local Car Crashes Prompt No Injuries and a Degree News
A series of minor traffic incidents reported with no injuries. Larry Vandiver and Robert Johnson, both in 1955 and 1964 cars, collided near 808 6th Ave SE. Separate Friday incidents involved a 1964 Pontiac and a 1959 Oldsmobile at Gateway Shopping Center with no injuries. A 1958 Ford hit a parked 1956 Oldsmobile near 509th Ave SE. Also noted: William D Simrell Jr earned a B S degree at Howard College Birmingham. A hit and run occurred in a broker parking lot at 6:40 p.m. involving a 1960 Pontiac. Further details in DIARY on Page 2.
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Larry Wayne Vandiver
Hartseller
Robert E. Johnson
6Th Ave. SE
Gateway Shopping Center
Sylvia J. Ornellas
Peoria
Ill
Norma J. Winton
Somerville
David H. Hokett
3Rd Ave
J. S. Ricks
Bell Livingston
Ferry St. NE
What Is to Be Will Be versus Thy Will Be Done
The answer contrasts fatalistic and proactive faith. It argues that "whatever will be will be" denies initiative, citing two brothers, one idle in a mountain cabin and the other a serving professional. It cites biblical exhortations to act with energy and to pray for laborers in the harvest.
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G.B
Jesus
VOTE JUNE 2 Runoff races loom in Morgan County
With the June 2 Democratic primary runoff near, Morgan County voters face four races. Incumbent Harrison Hill seeks a fourth term as circuit clerk against Cleo Teague. In the first district, Fred D. King and Billy J. Pat Putnam contest the constable post, with only votes from the first district counted. The congressional elimination contest also draws interest as voters prepare for See VOTERS on Page 2.
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Mike Freeman
Harrison. Hill
Morgan County
Cleo Teague
Teague
Hill
Constable
Fred D. King
Billy J
Pat’ Putnam
Warren Report Concludes Oswald Acted Alone Says Commission
The Warren Commission has begun drafting a 500 page summary to present its conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the Kennedy slaying. June 30 is target date for completion as more witnesses may be heard in a six month probe. Mrs Kennedy may testify at a secret session.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Texas
John B. Connally
Dallas
Earl Warren
Warren
LBJ Urges Elimination Of Obstruction And Paralysis
President Johnson urged a broad national consensus to end obstruction and paralysis and to build a Great Society. He spoke at the University of Texas commencement, calling for a knowledge explosion and a nation without rancor or fear, arguing leadership must amplify the voice of America.
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LBJ
U. S
Frank Cormier
Austin
Tex
Johnson
University of Texas
America
Politi
Rusk vows U S to force red hands off Southeast Asia
In Saigon US Secretary of State Dean Rusk pledged that the United States will press Communist China and North Vietnam to stay hands off neighbors in Southeast Asia. He urged Hanoi and Peking to leave the region alone and said Honolulu talks would shape crucial decisions on the region's fate. Police guarded the airport and routes into Saigon during his six hour stopover after attending Nehru's funeral in New Delhi.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Dean Rusk
United States
China
Southeast Asia
Rusk
Honolulu
Hanoi
Peking
Bangkok
Thailand
Nehru
New Delhi
Rockefeller's son born as governor resumes California campaign
Nelson Rockefeller Jr is born in New York, weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces and 20 inches long. Gov Rockefeller left California after the birth to accompany his wife to the hospital, saying he has no political interest at the moment and would return to his California primary campaign. The baby is the couple's first child since their May 1963 marriage to Margaretta Murphy.
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New York
Nelson Jr
California
York Hospital
Margaretta
Happy) Fitter Murphy
Nelson
Goldwater Receives 13 GOP Votes In Mississippi
Mississippi Republican Convention awards Sen. Barry Goldwater 13 votes for the presidential nomination. In California, Goldwater blasts Viet Nam policy as Gov. Rockefeller takes a politics break for a birth. Laos notes Geneva conference as the practical path.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Sen
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
San Francisco
Nelson A. Rockefeller
California
Indian leaders seek new guide after Nehru’s death
Quarreling politicians who spent their careers in Nehru’s shadow search for a new leader as a power vacuum persists in a succession struggle amid national mourning in India.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Senate civil rights bill gains two more supporters
Washington AP reports that leaders in the marathon fight over the civil rights bill won backing from two additional senators on Saturday as they push to curb debate and press for a vote.
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Washington
Senate
Mobile candidate enters race for Congress at state convention
Mobile lawyer announces bid for Republican nomination at Montgomery convention. Jack Edwards gains endorsement from Mobile County Republicans, joining Bob French who announced Friday. The news notes other regional political moves and a slate of candidates across states.
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Mobile
Montgomery
Jack Edwards
Mobile -County
Edwards
Bob French
Tuscaloosa
Young Republican Organization
Meteor passenger train derails injuring dozens in South Carolina
The Seaboard Airline Railroad Silver Meteor derailed near Ulmer South Carolina on Saturday night. About a dozen people may have been injured as crews responded to the incident.
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ULMER
S.C
Seaboard Airline Railroad
South Carolina
Doctor John T. Burch Dies After Illness at 88
Dr. John Thomas Burch 88 longtime Morgan County Tax Assessor died at his home in Hartselle Saturday after a extended illness. He practiced medicine in Lawrence and Morgan counties and was a University of Alabama Medical School graduate. Survivors include wife Grace Alredge Burch son John Lee Burch daughter Mrs. Max Sobotka brother Silas Burch five grandchildren and other relatives. Funeral at 3 p.m. Monday at the Presbyterian Church in Hartselle with burial in Hartselle Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers are Morgan County Medical Society members and county courthouse staff. Memorials to the Heart Fund.
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John Thomas Burch
Morgan County
Hartselle
Mack Burch
Savannah Houghton Burch
Mount Hope
Burch
University of Kentucky School of Medicine
Louisville
University of Alabama Medical School
Lawrence
Morgan Counties
Grace Alredge Burch
John Lee ‘Burch
Max Sobotka
Decatur
Silas Burch
Danville
Peck Funeral Home
Presbyterian Church
W.P. Maxwell
Price
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Dees
John Hasenbein
Cullman Orphanage
Disavallee
DIA Arte
Grlimale
William Douglas Simrell, Jr
Howard College
Birmingham
William D. Simrell Sr
Exchange Furniture Co
Oswald
Cal
Red
Nelson Rockefeller Jr
Vientiane
Laos
France
Geneva
Nashville, Tenn
Z. T
Tommy) Osborn Jr
Nashville
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Houston, Tex
The
Houston Post
Mike Clark
Post
Sonora
Raleigh, N.C
Dan K. Moore
L. Richardson Preyer
I. Beverly Lake
North Carolina
Moore
Preyer
Lake
John T. Burch
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