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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1964

Page

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Democrats for Goldwater Rally Canceled At Decatur High

The Democrats for Goldwater rally at Decatur High School is canceled due to weather preventing speaker James H. Gray from attending. The party HQ on éth Ave will open as scheduled and more information is available by calling 355 4810. The Decatur Shrine Club meets Friday at 7 p.m. at the Cornelian Hotel. See DIARY On Page 2.

Decatur High School James H. Gray Éth Ave Decatur Shrine Club Cornelian Hotel

Isbell Shifts Near N C

Hurricane Isbell moves north off Florida into the Atlantic threatening North Carolina with hurricane force winds and high tides this afternoon. Tornadoes in Florida injured 39, damaged trailers and homes, while Cuba suffered four deaths and widespread destruction.

Isbell North Carolina Charleston S.C Brunswick Atlantic Florida Cuba Palm Beach

Question on commandment and drinking in biblical teaching

A reader asks why drunkenness is not a commandment and ministers should address alcohol. The reply links excess drinking to spiritual imbalance, cosmic loneliness, and inner conflict. Jesus offered spiritual thirst relief, not direct guidance on drunkenness, suggesting the root issue lies in unfulfilled needs.

C.J Jesus

We Pay Top Prices for Used Furniture

Local ad notes high prices for secondhand furniture, offering quick cash and pickup options. Contact 353-4403 for the mge Furniture Co. buyer.

Mge

British Leaders Head to Polls in Tight UK Election

Britain votes for a new House of Commons in a closely watched contest described as the most raucous campaign in memory. Prime Minister Douglas-Home and Labour leader Harold Wilson enter a final push amid predictions of a tight finish.

London Britain House of Commons Labor Liberal Party Eet Home Wilson Alec Douglas-Home No. 10 Downing Street Harold Wilson Douglas Home Liverpool

FBI Probe Ordered Over Jenkins Resignation

President Johnson ordered a full FBI investigation into the Jenkins resignation after a prior 1959 arrest surface. FBI Director Hoover announced the inquiry while Republican Dean Burch charged a cover up. Humphrey urged a statement as Jenkins, a colonel in the 999th Air Force Reserve, faces scrutiny. The investigation follows Jenkins quitting amid new revelations and a nationwide TV address planned for tonight.

Washington Johnson FBI White—House Walter W. Jenkins J. Edgar Hoover Dean Burch Jenkins White House Hubert H. Humphrey Pennsylvania Columbia Broadcasting System

Markets At A Glance Stocks Fall In Mixed Trading

New York markets show stocks lower with heavy trading while bonds are mixed and treasuries steady. Chicago grain outputs move with wheat higher and soybeans mixed amid demand, hogs steady to 25 cents lower at 17.00, cattle lack enough slaughter steers to set a trend.

New York Chicago

Nobel Medicine Prize Awarded to Two Doctors

The 1964 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to American Konrad Reich and German Feodor Lyren for discoveries on the regulation of fatty acid metabolism. Bloch is German-born and naturalized American in 1944.

Nobel Stockholm Sweden Konrad Riech Feodor Lyren Bloch

LBJ Campaign Swing Through Upstate New York

President Johnson moved campaign events to Rochester and Buffalo supported by Walter Jenkins affair fallout and Kennedy team. Johnson avoided a formal Rochester speech while stressing responsibility and a crusade for Kennedy era ideals.

Rochester N.Y Johnson Upstate New York Walter W. Jenkins Robert F. Kennedy U.S Kennedy New York Daily News Kenneth B. Keating Barry Goldwater New York State Buffalo New York Madison Square Garden John Fitzgerald Kennedy Upstate America

One Is Killed In Area Wreck

Shel by Jean Eubanks 23 of Cullman died when her car veered into a bridge abutment 11 miles east of Cullman on Highway 69 amid rain. Lois Calvert 39 Crane Hill was listed in fair condition at Cullman Hospital and Ethel G. McMurry 42 Danville had no recorded treatment. Troopers said rain made the highway slick contributing to the crash.

Highway Patrol Cullman Highway 69 Shelby Jean Eubanks Lois Calvert Crane Hill Cullman Hospital Ethel G. McMurry Danville Eubank

Goldwater Attacks Johnson Over Baker and Estes in Texas

Senator Barry Goldwater campaigned in Harlingen Texas accusing President Johnson of being shadowed by suspicions linked to Bobby Baker and Billie Sol Estes. He called the Baker case the key issue hurting Johnson and urged the President to expose the truth amid Estes' two fraud convictions.

W. B. Ragsdale JR Harlingen Tex Barry Goldwater Johnson Bobby Baker Billie Sol Estes Goldwater South Texas Midwest Farm Belt Rocky Mountains Denver Texas

Air Force unveils supersonic F111 fighter jet

The Air Force today unveiled the supersonic F111 fighter built amid industrial competition and Senate probes. In Vatican City prelates urged equal pay amid priesthood reforms. In Detroit negotiations paused as AMC and UAW debate profit sharing under a possible midnight strike. In Saigon the Viet Cong agent who attempted to kill Robert McNamara faced execution after shouting Ho Chi Minh and Americans out of Vietnam.

Fort. Worth, Tex Air Force Senate Detroit American Motors Corp United Auto Workers Union Saigon South Viet Nam U.S Robert S. McNamara Viet Nam

Brezhnev Likely Replaces Khrushchev in Soviet Leadership

Reports from Moscow indicate Premier Khrushchev has resigned and Leonid Brezhnev is set to become first secretary of the Communist Party with Alexei Kosygin as premier. Tass published a list naming Brezhnev Kosygin Mikoyan as leaders, but no formal confirmation was given.

Moscow Rushchev Leonid Ft. Brezhnev Communist Party Alexei Kosygin Khrushchev Soviet Union Mikhail Suslov Joseph Stalin Kremlin China Central Committee Brezhnev Black Sea Gaston Palewski Kosygin Leonid Brezhnev Tass Anastas Mikoyan Jemier Khrushchev Soviet Communist Party

Now Open Highway Ee Six A.M. Ta. M. Oss

A fragmented OCR line notes a highway opening or time reference with unclear specifics. The readable parts hint at a morning opening at or around six o clock but lack concrete details on location or events.

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