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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1963
Page
1
Four Birmingham area girls died when a dynamite blast hit the 16th Street Baptist Church. Rev. John H. Cross mourns as threats persist, while federal grand jury probes racial violence and leaders urge swift civil rights action.
Justice Department sent three top officials and FBI bomb experts to the city while city officials and church leaders urged calm in a national broadcast. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. arrived to advocate nonviolence amid past riots, as National Guardsmen and 300 Alabama state troopers were mobilized. The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church blast occurred during a youth program amid ongoing desegregation meetings.
Police report Claudia Davis 19 of Courtland said her husband Odis Davis cut her in a early morning incident at DeKalb General Hospital. Shallow wounds required no doctor. Separate incident at McDonalds Standard Service Station noted three boys in a 1961 Chevrolet fled after gas theft. Police to obtain warrants. Edward Terry reported theft of chrome fender skirts from a 1963 Ford. Eastwood PTA to meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday. DIARY on Page 2.
Heartsick parent asks how to handle children who reject church. The reply stresses examining personal consistency, avoids nagging, and urges focused prayer and Christ like love. Trust the Lord to work in their lives while remaining patient and hopeful.
The first degree murder trial of Albert Keller began in Cullman with 107 jurors summoned. Judge K J Griffith questioned jurors about views on capital punishment as proceedings moved slowly. Keller, whose wife Doyce Burden Keller was killed in the July explosion, sat silent as witnesses and testimony are expected to total over 75 for both sides.
Buckingham Palace announced the Queen is pregnant and will have her fourth child next year while at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. The news comes as President Kennedy plans a televised address on his tax bill at 7 p.m. EDT and Labor Department reports show non farm payroll employment figures from July to August.
The Fischer quintuplets remained in good condition as Dr. James Berbos said all five have a good chance of survival. Two girls and a boy would receive their first baby formula feeding this afternoon while the other two girls continued on a sugar water diet. Born early Saturday, the quintuplets reached 50 hours of life with optimism rising.
In Birmingham and Tuskegee segregationists push a boycott of recently integrated schools. Attendance drops at Graymont Elementary and Ramsay High while West End High sees limited Negro enrollment amid police presence. Nationwide groups postpone meetings after a church bombing that killed four African American girls. promoters urge students to stay home to avoid danger.
New York and Chicago market roundup reports mixed stocks and higher oils. Wheat, corn, soybeans rise on tight supplies and strong demand. oats and hogs firm with gains to top quotes. cattle steers inch up.
Negro leaders asked for federal Army occupation of Birmingham after church bombing and shootings that killed six and wounded many. Martin Luther King Jr said he would appeal to President Kennedy for regular Army troops and the group demanded removal of 300 state troopers already in the city.
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