Wallace defies court order with troop deployment at Tuskegee school
Gov. George Wallace orders a one week postponement of desegregation at the Tuskegee school backed by 100 plus state troopers. Federal officials weighing court action. School board deliberates bypassing the governor. Johnson declined comment while Alabama officials warned of potential trouble in Huntsville and Birmingham.
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Rex Thomas
Tuskegee
Ala
George Wallace
Wallace
John Doar
Civil Rights Division
Justice Department
Macon County School Board
E. W. Wadsworth
Sama
Alabama
Richmond Flowers
Montgomery
U.S. Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Huntsville
Birmingham
Mobile
Raymond
Christian
Theo Wright
Bott
Col. al. Lingo
Macon County
State of
Tri-Cities
Florence
Muscle Shoals
Sheffield
Religious Week Choir Rehearsal and Local Incident Report
The Religious Emphasis Week Community Choir meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Decatur High School chorus room 150 feet west of 8th Street SE on 19th Ave SE. A 1962 Pontiac driven by Glen Davidson collided with a parked 1955 Oldsmobile at 2 45 a m today near 1212 19th Ave SE both cars damaged. Oldsmobile owner not listed. Altrusa Club plans a Tuesday 7 30 p m meeting at Mary Hiscrodt 2024 Birch St SE. Weekend docket lists 7 parking violations 5 licenses 4 speeding 2 stop sign 2 red light 6 drunkenness 10 reckless driving 2 improper muffler 2 disorderly conduct 10 prohibition law 1 driving while intoxicated.
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Decatur High School
8Th St
19Th Ave
Glen Davidson
9Th St
Decatur Altrusa Club
Mary Hiscrodt
Birch St
City Recorder
The Answer on Sin and Social Problems
In Los Angeles the speaker says worldly troubles stem from sin in the human heart and urges personal spiritual renewal through Christ. He argues social and economic issues change only with transformed hearts, not mere reform, calling for born again faith as the solution.
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Los Angeles
J. A
Christ
I s Kill Kill On Highways
The holiday Labor Day weekend produced a record traffic toll with officials estimating deaths around 530 to 580 and 8.4 billion miles driven. Fatal boating and drowning losses added to the overall 443 accident deaths as millions traveled homeward.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Council
Nine Hurt In Area Wrecks On Labor Day Weekend
State troopers reported nine people injured in seven rural crashes across four county area on Labor Day Sunday. At 11:30 a.m. two vehicles on the wrong side of a county road west of Moulton, a 1959 Ford driven by Arlin Blackwood and a 1950 Chevrolet driven by Joe King, both injured, with about 350 and 200 dollars in damage respectively. Also injured were James Kinard 20 Town Creek Willie Blackwood Mount Hope 2 Judy Kinard 16 Town Creek. Page 2 note mentions 1962 Chevrolet driven by Willard R Terry 22 Moulton two miles east of Moulton on Old Moulton Rd.
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Moultos
Arlin Blackwood
Eva
Joe King
Russellville
James E. Kinard
Town Creek
Willie Blackwood
Mount Hope
Judy Kinard
Chevrolet
Ford
Moulton
Willard R. Terry
Eight Die In Alabama Labor Day Weekend Crashes
Labor Day weekend traffic toll rises in Alabama with eight deaths across Saturday and Sunday. A speeding car killed Vera Whitlow and her 2 year old daughter Elvin Jean near Opelika. Also reported are deaths of Louis Sperrett riding a bicycle in Gordo, Douglas Vickers in Huntsville, Ronnie Helton in Cherokee County, and Betty Fletcher plus Calvin Johnson in nearby Madison County roads.
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Alabama
Opelika
Vera Whitlow
Elvin Jean
Highway Patrol
Louis Sperrett
Gordo
Douglas Leon Vickers
Huntsville
Madison
Ronnie Helton
Gadsden
Cherokee County
Meee
Piedmont
U. S
Betty
Frigidaire Appliances Ad With No Money Down
Robinson's on Second Ave advertises Frigidaire appliances with no money down. Edge city circulation notes sales terms and store location.
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Frigideire Appliances
Robinson's
Second Ave
Edg
Three Buddhist monks seek asylum at U S Embassy in Saigon
Saigon's military governor demanded custody of three Buddhist monks who sought refuge at the American embassy. The monk Thich Tri Quang led opposition to the South Vietnamese government as authorities crack down on Buddhism. Pentagon- and government-aligned forces back anti-communist stance as the monks entered the embassy under police and Marine guard scrutiny.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Associated Press
Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Thon
Dinh
Foreign Ministry
United States
Thich Tri Quang
South Viet Nam
General Buddhist Association
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Tion
Tri Quang
U.S. Marine
Ocean City curfew arrests hit 34 youths on boardwalk
A large Atlantic City crowd faced a midnight to 6 am curfew and 34 youths were arrested by city and state police on the boardwalk. Other AP briefs report a San Francisco bride admitting paying a friend to damage her husband home, two Cuban counterrevolutionaries killed near Trinidad, a Brookwood woman dying from woods fire burns, and Folcroft Pa seeing its first Negro family move in under police escort.
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Ocean City, Md
Atlantic Resort
San Francisco
Virginia Barr
Dorothy Nussbaum
Miami
Fla
Havana
Trinidad
Las Villas
Brookwood
Ala
Birmingham
Nathan Chism
Elizabeth Franklin
Folcroft, Pa
Folcroft
Delmar
Syria and Iraq Agree on Economic Union and Joint Army Links
Damascus and Baghdad agreed to form a full economic union and establish joint army communications for military and defensive cooperation, signaling closer regional integration and security coordination between Syria and Iraq.
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Damascus
Syria
Iraq
City Goes To Polls Tuesday In Runoff Election
Voters head to the polls Tuesday for the Decatur city runoff to fill the vacant city commissioner seat once held by I. J. Higginbotham. Wilson Morgan and Joe Elliott are the main candidates with a potential tie if turnout remains low. A record turnout above 5500 could decisively signal the public will. Morgan touts four years on the city commission. Elliott, former street department head, targets streets and sanitation with the three commissioners to assign posts.
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I. J. Higginbotham
Wilson Morgan
Joe Elliott
Decatur
Daily Today
Morgan
Elliott
City Street Department
See City
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Fifth Avenue
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Lakeside
Mountain
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N.J
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McGuire
Camden
American Federation of Labor
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