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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1964
Page
5
Barrett Shelton Jr. honors four Chemstrand Co. four year scholarship winners from Decatur High School. The four students balanced academics with extracurriculars and serve as positive examples amid criticism of teens. Gov. George Wallace's remarks on forming good habits also noted as guidance for graduates.
Campbell's Creek West Virginia reports a boy preacher claiming a vision of Jesus Christ has sparked a revival. Two teachers and about 200 students at Dupont High School converted as the school year ends. A Methodist minister says the boy exerts strong influence on the local religious community during lunch prayer at a nearby Presbyterian church.
Sgt. W B Little of the Decatur Alabama State Troopers announces a statewide Arrive Alive safety drive with Coca Cola Bottlers Associates of Alabama. Motorists will receive bumper stickers and may allow troopers to place them on their cars. The program aims to cut rising auto fatalities and injuries in four counties. Jaycees will assist with sticker placement. stickers are removable and designed not to mar bumpers.
Samuel O. Perry, an Air Force staff sergeant and instructor, teaches crews across Strategic Air Command bases to operate the GAM-77 Hound Dog missile. Based in Homestead, Perry spent 30 days at home in 1963, reflecting long tours and frequent travel.
Gov. George C. Wallace drew enthusiastic crowds on two nights of appearances in Pryor Field Hatton and Tanner praising industrial growth and pledging to help land new industry in Lawrence County. He avoided involvement in the congressional race saying the people will elect who they choose. He noted Highway 72 four lane plans and a new junior college project at the Tennessee Valley State Vocational Technical School and commended Ed Ewing and Albert Brewer for their work.
Alabama ABC Board release shows April activity with 2,556 fewer cases bought than March while outstanding orders jumped 219,611 cases. Distilled spirits shipments rose 30,560 and end of April stock on hand up 20,719, as warehouse receipts totaled 90,95¢ cases and inventory reached 234,250 with 298,382 cases on order.
Billy Don Franklin Boulden, 18, is bound for Kilby Prison in Montgomery to be executed by electric chair for a May 1 murder of State Conservation Officer Loyd C. Hays, 41. An all white jury returned the verdict Friday night after deliberation.
Political advertisement details Rockefeller for President Alabama Campaign Committee Northeast Region with a Huntsville Alabama address and Stephen A Kallis Jr listed as chairman.
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