Flora's Death Toll May Reach Four Thousand
Hurricane Flora drags across Cuba for fifth day as it moves northeast toward the Bahamas. Warnings urge immediate precautions with winds near 75 mph and rising, expected to hit Acklins and Crooked Island as it eyes the Atlantic passage from Guantanamo Bay to the south Bahamas.
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Miami
Flora
Cuba
Bahamas
Weather Bureau
Guantanamo Bay
Atlantic
Acklins Island
Crooked Island
Local Garden Meetings and College Info Note
Community notices list flower show committee meeting at 9 30 Thursday in Pet Dairy hospitality room and Petal Path Garden Club gathering Wednesday at 9 45 at Mrs Clyde Smith's home. Georgetown College enrolls Burden in 135th session. Birmingham Southern rep visits Decatur High School to discuss programs. Police report arrests list various charges. burglary shell theft investigated at 510 14th Ave NW. Flora hurricane devastates Cuba. Haiti and Jamaica report hundreds dead. U S Weather Bureau updates on winds and damage. Red Cross offers aid.
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John Collier
Pet Dairy
Petal Path Garden Club
Clyde Smith
6Th Ave. M
Robert Dortch
Birmingham Southern College
Decatur High School
Flora
Weather Bureau
Cuba
U.S. Weather Bureau
Guantanamo
Haiti
U.S. Naval Base
Jamaica
Tobago
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Mayari
Castro
Oriente
U.S. Naval Station
Guantanamo Bay
Santiago
U.S
Miami
Poisoned smoked whitefish blamed for four deaths
Federal and state investigators traced four botulism deaths across Tennessee and Michigan to smoked whitefish from H. J. Dornbos & Bros. In Grand Haven, Michigan, the firm halted operations. A P grocery chains pulled the product nationwide. The FDA ordered tests. a Michigan plant closed voluntarily. 25 black applicants were demanded for Birmingham police within two weeks or risk renewed protests.
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Detroit
Michigan
Tennessee
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Washington
Lake Michigan
Grand Haven
H. J. Dombos & Bros
A&p
National Food
Kroger
Harold Dornbos
Michigan Fisheries Company
Michigan State Department of Agriculture
Dornbos
David S. Cohen
Knoxville
May Beth
Chester O. Mitchell
Blanche
Kalamazoo, Mich
Selma Voter Drive Pushes Ahead After Clashes
In Selma Alabama a large turnout for Negro voter registration follows a day of clashes between law enforcement and reporters. SNCC's James Austin says the push will focus on registration with a mass rally planned. Local figures discussed hiring more Negro policemen and a City Council meeting with leaders. King warned Birmingham could see larger demonstrations if demands are not met.
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Selma, Ala
James Austin
Tom Mackin
The
Montgomery Advertiser
Mackin
Advertiser
John Herbers
New York Times
Carl Fleming
Newsweek Magazine
George Wallace
Atlanta
King
Fred L. Shuttlesworth
Cincinnati
Public Safety Committee
Shuttlesworth
Birmingham
St. James Baptist Church
United States
Sixteenth Street Baptist
Jesus Cleanse of the Temple Rejects Selling Salvation
The reply notes Matthew 21 12 13 shows Jesus opposed commercial offerings in the temple not church fundraisers. It argues forgiveness is a gift through Christ not a price paid, warns such sales indicate spiritual death and call for church repentance and discernment.
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Jesus
Temple
Christ
Frigidaire at Robinson's Service and Finance Store
Best buy advertised for Frigidaire products at Robinson's Service and Finance, all in one store.
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Robinson’s—Service and Finance
Ady
Markets At A Glance From New York AP
Markets mix across sectors with motors and sugar rising while bonds hold steady. Agricultural grains show mixed to lower. hogs and cattle retreat. commodities and cotton show irregular or easing nearby deliveries.
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New York
Chicago
CAP Plans Unit Here for Civil Air Patrol Squadron
A Civil Air Patrol squadron is planned with headquarters in Decatur as part of a state wide exercise. Col Morris K Dyer outlined CAP structure and setup steps while Howard Proctor and local officials organized an organizational meeting at the Civil Defense office. The test operation aims to simulate nuclear incident procedures and gather radiological readings across North Alabama.
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Nancy Edwards
Daily
Civil Air Patrol
Decatur
Howard Proctor
Decatur-Morgan County
Civil Defense Department
C.A.P
U.S. Air Force
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Civil Defense
Air Force Reserve
Civil Defense Office
Morris K. Dyer
C.A.P. Alabama
Proctor
C.s.browning
Civil Defense Communications
Highway Patrol
H. L. Hester
Roger Olive
A. D. Ashcraft
Hamilton Masters
WAJF
E. W. Stephenson
Dyer
Calhoun County
Lee County
Huntsville
Muscle Shoals
Gadsden
Jasper
Fayette
Tuscumbia
North Alabama
Birmingham
Parachute Jump Into Tennessee River By National Guard Team
Five men from the 20th Special Forces Group Airborne of the Army National Guard parachuted from an Otter aircraft and landed in the Tennessee River near Keller Memorial Bridge. Capt. Curry Turner, Capt. Bill Martin, Col. Henry Cobb Jr., Lt. Mack Speaks, and Capt. Richard Moss jumped in waves from 800 feet, with two jumps at 10 05 and two more 15 minutes later then a solo jump as wind stayed light and water calm.
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20Th Special Forces Group
Airborne
Army National Guard
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Curry Turner
Bill Martin
Huntsville
Henry Cobb Jr
Mack Speaks
Birmingham
Richard Moss
Florence
World's W C T U President To Address Here Tonight
The annual state convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union continues with Mrs. Thomas Roy Jarrett, world president, speaking at Central Methodist Church at 7 30 this evening on Life's Challenge. She, eighth world president, attends as she begins a three year term and has long served in national roles. A speech contest and sessions with officers and honorary presidents fill the event noted as Decatur's 79th convention.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
W.C.T.U
Thomas Roy Jarrett
Central Methodist Church
Jarrett
Delhi
India
National Organization
Virginia
Decatur
Eunice Hall Sisson
Montgomery
Sisson
W.C. T.U
Evansville
Ind
J. E. Dillard
Birmingham
M. V. Dismukes
Mobile
John Spurlock
Attalla
Clio Levin
E. Moulton Sr
S. T. Slaton
Gadsden
Seven Others Caught In Raid
Morgan County Sheriff Knox McRae and ABC agents report seven more arrests on prohibition charges in a bootleg crackdown. Since Friday, 37 cases tied to raids in the county, 26 on Sunday, with Sheriff McRae planning a Montgomery trip and noting the operation is not finished. Bond posted at 300 each for Buck Stinson, Wilma Stinson, James Sharpley, Dinsmore Cornelious, Arlie P. Orr, Henry Fiettner, and Lynn Williams on VPL counts.
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Morgan County
Knox McRae
ABC
McRae
Montgomery
Hartselle
Wilma Stinson
James Sharpley
Danville
Dinsmore Cornelious
Decatur
Arlie P. Orr
Henry Fiettner
Kennedy administration moves toward wheat sale with Soviet Union
Washington reports near agreement on a 250 million dollar U S wheat sale to the Soviet Union. President Kennedy may speak Wednesday afternoon regarding the deal.
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Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Quickies by Ken Reynolds Lost Glasses Daily Want Ad
Comic item notes a missing pair of glasses prompting a Daily Want Ad. The piece uses a playful tone to tease the reader about solving the small domestic mystery and invites readers to share clues or humor.
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Tiao
W. D. Burden
William Burden
Georgetown, Ky
Tanner High School
Morgan County Sheriff's Department
14Th Ave
Bessie White
Fidel Castro
Havana
Brazil
Agrarian Reform Institute
Carlos Rodriguez
U.S.S.R
Birmingham City
By Jim Parks
Martin Luther King Jr
Georgette Kotalik Marzano
Anthony
Bob Kotalik
Chicago Sun-Times
Selma
CAP Plans
U. S
Armistead Selden
D-Ala
Honduras
Dominican Republic
Bougie
Algeria
Kabylie
Ahmed Ben Bella
Fla
Havana Radio
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Manhattan
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
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