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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1963
Page
1
Alabama amid protests over delayed openings and Wallace ordered troopers into Mobile Huntsville Tuskegee and Birmingham to enforce orders. Critics argue the moves infringe local rights while supporters say action was needed. editorials warn of harm to the state.
At 10 52 a m Friday a 1961 Buick driven by Edwin Dudley Burwell 76 Huntsville collided with a 1948 GMC truck driven by Arthur Campbell 57 Decatur. No injuries were reported. Firemen were called to Decatur High School at 6 36 p m Friday where saw dust caught fire but no loss occurred. See DIARY on Page 2.
The State Capitol Press Corps named Sen. Pete Mathews and House Speaker Albert Brewer as outstanding members of the 1963 legislature for guiding Gov. George Wallace's program. Honors also went to Ed Horton, Roland Cooper, Larry Dumars, Vaughan Hill Robison, Clara Stone Fields, Ollie Nabors, Rankin Fite, Joe Goodwyn, Walter Perry, and Hap Parker for various
Gov George Wallace rejects comparisons between sending troopers to delay school openings and Kennedy's federal troop moves. He says counties lack sovereignty while states retain powers, and notes Huntsville and Tuskegee delays tied to executive order No 10. A federal desegregation delay ruling was not commented on.
Governor George Wallace faces a federal court order and a possible second restraining edict over his efforts to block school desegregation in Alabama. U S District Judge Seybourn Lynne ordered Wallace to show cause next Thursday why he should not be enjoined from interfering with Birmingham school desegregation. In Huntsville lawyers for Sonny Hereford, a six year old denied entry to a white school, sought a restraining order to stop Wallace from interfering with desegregation. Wallace had removed armed state troopers who had barred students from four public schools in Huntsville. Senator Wayne Morse urged new action in the Senate criticizing Wallace’s conduct.
The piece argues the Senate should ratify the treaty despite debates over Soviet trust and future arms races. It contends the treaty rests on expediency, not trust, and that underground testing is preferable to atmospheric fallout. Aims for disarmament steps and world peace through cautious U.S. leadership.
Officials of First National Bank showcased a million dollars in Ardmore during the branch opening, guarded by armed attendants as spectators watched through bars. Bill Higgins and Jack Robertson stood guard while dignitaries including Parmenas Cox and Mayor John Goodwin attended the ceremony. Earl Wakefield was introduced as the new Ardmore Branch manager and noted for prior banking service.
Moscow based Tass reports the Soviet Union will establish a nuclear training laboratory in Afghanistan as part of its educational cooperation.
In Birmingham Alabama a group of Negro teenagers fired shotgun rounds into a home killing two residents. Police detained three suspects and sought six more cars to surround a nightclub. Officials said the violence did not appear linked to ongoing racial unrest.
Montgomery Alabama September 6 AP A last minute compromise failed and a crippling filibuster threatened passage of the general appropriations bill as the 1963 legislative session neared adjournment. The Senate passed the large budget and workmen s compensation bill 32 1 while debating redistricting. House approved a legal division for the State Highway Department.
Chinese party organs accuse Khrushchev of pro American peace aims and anti Stalin bias, charging he sought a 1962 Soviet US nuclear pact to bar other nations from weapons. The volley, echoed in People’s Daily and Red Flag, blames Khrushchev for thawing Cold War tensions and courting the United States and others.
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The United States will not surrender three Buddhist monks sheltering in the U S Embassy in Saigon until it receives satisfactory safety assurances. The South Viet Nam government has requested their turnover, but Washington says the question remains under study. The dispute shadows Viet Nam policy ahead of a UN General Assembly session and fuels Senate talk of cutting U S military aid unless Diem reforms.
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