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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1963
Page
2
Sunset at 6 06 p m, sunrise 5 26 a m, moonrise 9 42 p m. Aldebaran the prominent star rises at 10 40 p m. Planets Venus and Mars to be near Aldebaran next year with Jupiter near in 1965 and Saturn in 1972.
River level reached 21.38 feet Friday night, up 16 feet in 24 hours from a sea level reading of 555.68 feet. Forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy conditions and warm temperatures with a chance of showers and thundershowers late tonight. Light southeast winds at 5 to 10 mph. Sunday outlook remains warm with widely scattered thundershowers and a high near 8 degrees.
Bookmobile routes list stops at Peete's Corner 9:15 to 9:45 Johnson Junior High 10 Ardmore School 11:30 to 12:30 Ardmore Cafe 12:45 to 1:15 Piney Chapel School 1:45 to 2:45 Athens Scout House 3 to 4
Light damage occurred to two cars at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Wolverine Drive and 138th Street SE intersection. The vehicles were a 1963 Jeep driven by John William Ferrell, 42, of 1818 Corine Ave, and a 1962 Buick driven by Susie B. Harris, 55, of Leighton. No injuries were reported.
Mrs Nancy E Oliver 91 of Moulton died Friday at 545 pm at home Funeral services were set for 2 pm today at the Moulton Church of Christ with Tom Corum and O D Bowling officiating Burial was planned at Washer Cemetery Elliott directing Survivors include a daughter Cassia Borden three sons William George Arlin one half brother Henry Motes 25 grandchildren 50 great grandchildren 8 great great grandchildren Grandsons to pallbearer She was a member of the Moulton Church of Christ and a native of Lawrence County
Police respond to a chaotic scene where youths fired at will causing multiple units to rush to the location. The city previously faced deadly violence after a Negro attorney’s home bombing and rock throwing by crowds amid unclear racial tensions.
Irish patient aged 37 at St Finbarr's Cork underwent surgery after an X ray showed a mass of metal in his abdomen. Doctors from University College Cork and North Middlesex Hospital removed 144 items including bed spring fragments coins beads and rosary parts. He recovered uneventfully.
Mayor Wagner names a three member mediation panel to study the teachers contract dispute that threatens a citywide strike. The Board of Federation of Teachers AFL CIO hope a settlement can avert crippling the 1 million pupil system while the union demands an immediate 9 million pay raise and 20 million next year.
The Senate spent 11 hours on the final day of the session wrestling with a huge appropriations bill and the redistricting measure. Senators faced pressure from colleagues to bring the budget forward, with threats to delay the redistricting vote. Amendments cut several department allocations but were largely restored on the floor. The plan would place incumbent Rep. George Grant in a Mobile Pike district, seen as a defeat for Montgomery and Lowndes counties supporters.
Debbie Allen eight year old daughter of Lt. Gov James B Allen died after major heart surgery at University Hospital. She became the third tragedy in the family since 1955 following the 1955 pneumonia death of a three year old daughter and the 1956 death of his wife from burns in a house fire. Allen left Senate deliberations to rush to Birmingham after being notified.
In Albany suburb Delmar, eight families help fund and supervise Johnny Ward’s rehabilitation after encephalitis damaged his brain. The Ward family moved last January from Philadelphia and report improvements after cross patterning therapy and eye coordination exercises begun two weeks into treatment.
The Oregon senator accused Wallace of a highly abnormal course signaling nervous tension and psychoneurosis. Wallace will appear on statewide TV Sunday with Alabama attorneys to discuss the matter, while Alabama leader Shuttlesworth urged calm to avert worsening racial tensions in Birmingham. Mobile School Board states Murphy High will stay open despite crisis.
India aims for about 63 million tons of coal production for fiscal 1963, roughly one million above the government goal and eight million more than the previous year, signaling stronger energy supply efforts.
In Prichard Alabama a 16 year old Blount High School band member Louis Robison was stabbed to death on campus. Clarence Carter also 16 was arrested after a two hour manhunt and charged with murder. Police say the pair were walking between the gym and another building when Carter attacked.
The Moulton volunteer fire department hosts a street dance on the east side of the square starting at 7 PM. Proceeds go to the cerebral palsy telethon of WBRC TV Channel 6 in Birmingham.
The Kennedy family gathered at Hyannis Port to honor Joseph P. Kennedy on his 75th birthday. All Kennedy siblings and most in laws attended except Peter Lawford. The ailing elder statesman, who suffered a stroke in 1931, was visited by sons John, Robert, and Edward, daughters in law, and 21 grandchildren who sang Happy Birthday. He remains largely out of sight, walks with a cane, and uses a heated pool and yacht for daily activity.
Dismissals include Nelson Swinea of Belle Mina Edward Richards of Decatur Mrs. Helen Whitt of Ardmore Tenn Mrs. Doris Jane Morris of Ft Worth Tex Mrs. Mary Earls of 911 5th Ave SE Mrs. Vergil Blackwood of Somerville and Mrs. Sue Corsey of Eva.
The admission list includes Mrs. Eddie Williams at 2235 Harrison St SE and Mr. Charles F. Hardin in Athens. Also listed are Mrs. Maggie West, Billy Ray McNutt, Mrs. Alvah Terry, Mrs. Floyd Looney, Cyrus Collings Shear, Mr. Floyd Mason, Kyle Burns Sheats, Miss Luanne Elos Weber, and Dewey Bowes Channell with their respective street addresses.
A parliamentary report shows Britain allocated $95.2 million in the last fiscal year for colonial development. The Kenya land settlement and forest development project received the largest grant at $13.2 million.
Douglas confronts Holley about a $42.50 discrepancy at Erdmann Bakery and learns Holley used the sum to entrap him. Mitzi reveals Tony Freitas’ wartime father died, linking Freitas to Simon Granger’s murder. Holley admits a motive tied to hiding Reardon’s interests and pressures Doug about his true allegiance.
Coroner J. Q. Butler announced that autopsy findings indicate shotgun pellets caused the death of John L. Coley during rioting after the bombing of a Negro leader’s home. Investigators continue. no shooter identified yet. Officers at the scene reported being fired upon after firing riot shotguns over the heads of the crowd.
Houston reports Leroy Gordon Cooper credited with first scientifically valuable color pictures of night airglow taken during orbital flight in May at 100 miles altitude. Airglow lightens the sky on moonless nights.
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