Destructive Hurricane Hilda Hits Gulf Coast and Louisiana
Hurricane Hilda drove ashore near New Orleans and Gulf Coast towns with 120 mph winds and tornadoes. At least 20 dead and 115 injured. Gov Wallace orders mobilization. 3,000 evacuations in Gulf Shores area. federal disaster funds authorized.
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H. Tilson
Montgomery
George Wallace
National Guard
Mobile
Gulf Shores
Ft. Morgan
Dauphin Island
Foley
Alabama
New Orleans
Here
Hilda
Louisiana
Mississippi
LaRose
Red Cross
Civil Defense
Erath
Abbeville
John Landry
Johnson
Washington
Huntsville Man Repeats Photo Contest Win
Emanuel Kostakis won $10 for two entries in the third of six weekly amateur photography contests sponsored by The Decatur Daily. Pamela Woodruff and Ruth McDaniel won $5 each in Animal and Babies and Children categories. The winning photos appear on page B-11. two contests remain with a $25 grand prize.
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Huntsville
Decatur Daily
Emanuel Kostakis
Thurman Rd
Pamela Woodruff
Falkville 1
Ruth McDaniel
8Th Ave. NW
Kostakis
Decatur
Ala
Decatur Rotary to Hear City Beautification Program Talks
Juimale Gump les and several city and Downtown Action Committee figures will speak Monday to the Decatur Rotary Club about the objectives of the city beautification program. Daren Easter will introduce Noel Callahan, with Mrs Callahan also on the committee. Lynn Scruggs has left for Atlanta to attend Georgia Tech.
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Noel Callahan
Decatur Rotary Club
Daren Easter
Downtown Action Committee
Callahan
Lynn Scruggs
M.M. Scruggs
Atlanta, Ga
Georgia Tech
Congress Ends Lengthy Session In Washington
Congress closes a lengthy session as the Senate adjourns at 1 41 p m and the House at 3 16 p m for Jan 4. President Johnson faces a potential recall if called back for major programs including Appalachia revival and health care for the aged.
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Lewis Hawkins Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Appalachia
White House
Congress
Dealing With Irritability and Spouses
A mother describes irritability at times and a husband reacting with anger. The reply suggests forecasting days with a door sign, explains it may stem from his disappointment in her breaking his image of her, and notes anger is a habit that grows with use and can be changed by practice.
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H.H
UF To Hear First Report On United Fund Drive
The first official report meeting of United Fund solicitors will follow a breakfast Monday at the Pavilion Inn. Director Ira C. Lay Jr. says chairmen and their aides will present progress reports and aim for fair share giving from Morgan County employees.
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United Fund Campaign
Pavilion Inn
United Fund Cousre
Ira C. Lay Jr
Sion
Aad
Morgan County
FBI Arrests Neshoba Sheriff and Four Others
The FBI seized five Neshoba County men, including Sheriff Lawrence Rainey and Deputy Cecil Price, on civil rights charges. They were released on $1,000 bond after custody and a hearing before a U S commissioner. Indictments accuse them of depriving a Negro man of rights and forcing self incriminating admissions.
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FBI
Neshoba
Meridian
Miss
Neshoba County
Lawrence Rainey
Cecil Price
Rainey
Price
Philadelphia
U.S
Ethel Glenn Barnett
Richard Andrew Willis
Neal Otha Burkes
Sam H. Germany
Germany
Kirk Kulberson
United States
Biloxi
Sidney Mize
Jackson
Johnson Attacks Goldwater Over Soft on Communism Claim
Washington AP Johnson assailed Senator Barry Goldwaters charge that the administration is soft on communism and seeks to stall a nuclear weapons plan until after the election. He dismissed the attack as impulsive and the work of a third string speechwriter.
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Washington (Ap
Barry Goldwater
Pa Gop
Johnson
Goldwater
Republican Party
Sullivan Family Appeals for Public Help on Route 1
The Sullivan family seeks financial aid as Mr. Sullivan, a longtime sharecropper, struggles with failing health and Mrs. Sullivan fights illness in Savannah Missouri. They need about $1,000 for transportation costs to obtain care and essentials.
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Sullivan
Danville
Jimmy Lee Sullivan
Heavy Rains Expected As Hurricane Hilda Near Decatur
Weather officials warn Hilda’s 100 mph winds will drop to light gusts by the time it reaches Decatur but a continuing northward track could bring heavy rain. A Huntsville forecaster says a cold front from the Great Plains will bring rain through Mississippi Alabama and Georgia with Decatur seeing rain early today and possibly two inches by tonight or tomorrow.
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Hilda
Decatur
U.S
Four wrecks injure 13 in four-county area
Thirteen people were injured in four accidents in the four county patrol area Saturday. A two car collision on U.S. 31 south of Athens injured nine in the Huntsville driven car and the Decatur driven car. Nora McConnell was admitted to Athens Limestone Hospital. others were treated and released.
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Athens
U.S
Joe J. William
Huntsville
Marjorie Blackburn
Mazie Blackburn
Carolyn Blackburn
Christine Leslie
Harvest 1
Athens- Limestone
Patricia McConnell
Lewis McConnell
6Th Ave
Decatur
Nora McConnell
Stevie McConnell
Bobby McConnell
Andy Farmer
Daily to Launch Weekly News Quiz for All Ages
The Daily will start a weekly news quiz every Monday to test adults and junior high students on the world’s most important events from the prior week. A new American Free Enterprise series will accompany the quiz, detailing the system that has made America great.
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Dad
American Free Enterprise
America
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H’ville
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Jack Smith
United Fund
Alvere
Exchange Furniture Co
Teta A Ae Teks Toe
Carl Tucker
White St. SE
Sheriff Rainey
Goldie
Peete
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