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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1963
Page
1
About 300 white students demonstrated around Murphy High School in Mobile after two Black students entered the school under a federal desegregation order. Nearly 50 were arrested, as police controlled crowds and maintained normal classroom activity inside.
Florence State College, Alabama's oldest chartered school, enrolled its first Black student, Wendell Wilkie Gunn, after a federal court order. Gunn, 20, transferred from Tennessee A&I College, paid his fee, and said he anticipates smooth start to regular classes beginning Friday. Enrollments are expected to reach about 2,000 at the coed institution.
The city clerk’s office issued two building permits to Johnny Ferrell of Ferrell Real Estate. A five room two bath brick house with central air at 202 Albert St. SW costs $16.00 and another five room two bath brick house at 1523 Puckett St. SW lists $18,000. Police responded to DeKalb General Hospital at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday for stab wounds involving Mary Ellen Middleton and Erline Sykes. warrants were advised. Billy Jene Hausley, 27, was arrested on a rape charge and released on bond. A 58-year-old man, A C Cottingham, was involved in a collision with a horse on Ala. 20 near Hillsboro, causing $250 damage to his pickup.
The Bible upholds tithing as a Christian practice though not commanded anew by Jesus. Giving is a grace and expression of faith, intended to bless, not obligate God. If the husband resists, prayer and patience can lead to unity without coercion.
Senate debate sees Goldwater insist on tying ratification to Soviet pullout from Cuba despite broad support for a nuclear test ban. Kennedy and Dirksen push the treaty forward, Jackson expresses lingering doubts, while the administration offers assurances of no defense cutback if enacted.
Barry Hoffman a 26 year old Brookline Massachusetts real estate man testified at a House Un American Activities Committee hearing about his trip to Cuba with U S students this summer after reporting to the CIA and FBI and pledging cooperation upon return. He identified himself as from Brookline and was the first witness.
Southwestern Wisconsin residents who have received anonymous cash gifts from $80 to $100 wonder if the benefactor’s identity will be revealed. A new $100 gift arrived with a clue, the first since money began arriving last month. The gifts have reached 34 people from all walks of life, often arriving when most needed. The latest recipient, Mrs. Watson, a Barneveld widow and school secretary, received five $20 bills postmarked Sunday near Mineral Point.
Mrs Ngo Dinh Nhu, in Belgrade, vowed the South Viet Nam regime would not yield to perfidious attacks. She denounced U S policy as appeasement and said a democratic revolution had taken place, accusing reactionaries over Buddhists. Tito opened the conference of parliament members from 61 nations.
In Athens Alabama residents watched as a long unused coal burning locomotive was pulled from a freight train and showcased on the Cotton Meal track three-fourths of a mile from the depot. The engine, Louisiana Eastern No 2, was en route from McComb Mississippi to Phoenixville Pennsylvania.
Brazilian troops quickly knocked out two rebel noncom centers in Brasilia and moved artillery near the air base where navy and air force dissidents refused to surrender. About 200 involved. rebels who seized the navy ministry surrendered. one rebel killed, two wounded, rest jailed. Unconfirmed reports of hostages including 30 officers and Justice Vitor Nunes Leal.
Several hundred white students roamed Birmingham area schools in a protest against integration while demonstrations flared at a Mobile high school. In Tuskegee white students boycotted classes, leaving 13 Black students isolated. some white pupils later returned.
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