Grass fire probe and area building permits issued
Firefighters investigated a grass fire call in the 700 block of Cashin Street NW at 3 46 p m Tuesday. The city clerk issued building permits to Bennie E. Walker for a five room house at 1406 Alpine St SE valued 14 000 and other repairs at 2nd addresses including electrical work and sign removal. A two car collision occurred at 3 35 p m Tuesday at 6th Ave and 7th St involving Homer L Smith and Gerry Y Scott. no injuries reported. See Diary on Page 2.
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Cashin St
Bennie E. Walker
Alpine St
O. M. Hutchinson
Newcomb St
6Th Ave. NW
W. E. Steed, Jr
2Nd St
2Nd Ave
Zola McCulloch
Danville Rd
6Th Ave
7Th St
Homer Lamar Smith
13Th Ave
Gerry Yetive Scott
Huntington 5
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I want to be in the will of God and fear change
The speaker notes the reader’s claim I can t commit to God and explains the paradox of wanting God s will yet fearing emotional change. It urges embracing spiritual transformation, trusting God s will, and committing fully to Christ despite fears, promising God s changes are for the better.
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God
Christ
Tourism profits urged for North Alabama
North Alabama was urged to cash in on the national tourism boom as about 150 people heard a briefing at the Decatur Country Club. John C Henley of Graphics Inc. said the region already holds a large share and could gain from organized promotion. A Graphics spotlighted slide show illustrated the area’s tourism potential and the payroll of major manufacturers was contrasted with the industry’s vast scale.
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Walter V. Linde
Linde
Decatur Country Club
Pat Bar, Graphics, Inc
James O. Bodley
Joe Calvin
Mike Freeman
North Alabama
John C. Henley
Ill
Graphics, Inc
Alabama
Pat Bar
Huntsville
King Served With Suit For Million
A $1 million damage suit charging 30 Negro integration leaders with assault and battery was served on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders in Gadsden Alabama. The papers were delivered at the motel where King stayed after arriving Monday. The suit, filed last summer in Etowah County Circuit Court by Mrs. Eleanore Reed, alleges a June 13 racial demonstration involved assault on a Gadsden woman.
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Birmingham
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
King
Gadsden
Ala
Jefferson County
Wilton Hogan
Etowah County
Eleanore Reed
Hourly hot line test between Pentagon and Kremlin
The U S Defense Department and the White House run hourly teletype tests on the Soviet American hot line to ensure readiness in a crisis. Since its Aug 30 opening the line has carried only neutral tests and not disclosed messages. The American end sticks to the standard pangram while the Russians allegedly sent a poetic transmission.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Pentagon
Kremlin
U.S
Kennedy
Khrushchev
White House
Defense Department
West Berlin
William C. Foster
U.S. Disarmament Agency
House
Moscow
Ussr
New York Mirror Closes After 39 Years in Publication
The financially distressed New York Mirror ceases publication after 39 years with 1,400 workers laid off. Assets sold to New York Daily News. union leader blasts closure as 75 city room staff are told the news. Mirror columnists join New York Journal American for afternoon editions.
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NEW York
New York Mirror
New York Daily News
John Hearst Jr
Mirror
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
The
Wilfred Alexander
Afl-Cio American Newspaper Guild
the Mirror
Walter Winchell
New York Journal- American
Hearst Corp
New York News
Plane Sprays For Fire Ants Over Local Area
A Department of Agriculture plane will fly low over the area for two to three weeks spraying for fire ants. No invasion news. the activity is agricultural control. Magnavox televisions advertised in the same notice from Robinson's.
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Russia
Cuba
Decatur
Department of Agriculture
British convoy delayed again by Soviets near Berlin
A nine vehicle British convoy with 28 men on the Berlin Autobahn was halted by Soviet troops at Babelsberg and kept nine hours. The Russians insisted on dismounting soldiers, then lifted the barriers. a second checkpoint at Marienborn remained in prospect.
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Berlin
Berlin Autobahn
Babelsberg
U.S
Marienborn
West Germany
U.S. State Department
Downtown Extra Value Days Promised as Greatest Yet
Downtown Decatur retailers launch the fifth Downtown Extra Value Days promotion with stores stocked to the brim. Merchants claim an all time peak in merchandise and expect shoppers from Morgan Limestone Lawrence and Cullman counties.
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Decatur
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman Counties
First Lady Flies Home After European Tour
Mrs. John F. Kennedy reports improved health after a vacation and convalescence trip to Greece, Turkey, and Morocco. She is expected to begin her return home late today or Thursday amid ongoing political developments in Washington. The House Judiciary Committee backs administration plans to trim provisions from the civil rights bill as voter registration drives lag in Selma despite MLK Jr.’s call for intensified desegregation efforts.
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Marrakech
Morocco
John F. Kennedy
Greece
Turkey
Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
National Prayer Day Observed Across United States
Americans mark the National Day of Prayer with President Kennedy urging a full measure of dignity freedom and brotherhood. Kennedy planned to visit a Washington Roman Catholic church for prayers and reflection, following last year’s visit to St Matthew's Cathedral. Congress established the day in 1952.
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Washington
Kennedy
St. Matthew's Cathedral
Congress
Stores Burned At Courtland In Franchise Fire
Two downtown Courtland stores in Lawrence County were destroyed in a spectacular fire that drew fire crews from Courtland Town Creek and Moulton. Damages run into thousands with T W Hale’s Grocery and Dan Gilchrist’s store heavily damaged. The blaze, cause undetermined, prompted early evacuations as a Courtland volunteer firefighter was overcome by smoke and treated.
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Lawrence County
Town Creek
Moul
Gilchrist
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