Bombing Targets Birmingham Negro Neighborhood
A night bombing in a south Birmingham Negro neighborhood caused heavy property damage but no injuries. Police said a dynamite blast followed by a homemade shrapnel bomb aimed to draw residents outside, though the second explosion occurred prematurely.
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Birmingham
Maurice House
16Th Street Baptist Church
Army
Kenneth Royall
Earl Blaik
F. W. Lloyd
Martin Otey
Town Creek Beauty Crowned Miss Lawrence County at Fair
Hazlewood High School junior LaVerne Hughes, 16, was named Miss Lawrence County at the Morgan County Fair. Judy Beck and Lois Smith were first and second runners up from Courtland and Hatton High Schools. Limestone County selects Miss Limestone County tonight from 12 contestants. Geri Smith of Athens last year’s winner crowns this year’s winners. Nightly bus service from Decatur runs to the fair with 30 cent fare. Beauty contests begin at 8:30 p.m. in the entertainment tent. no admission charged for the contest.
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Winford Turner
Pretty LaVerne Hughes
Hazlewood High School
Lawrence County
Morgan County Fair
Arnold Hughes
Town Creek
Judy Marilyn Beck
Courtland High School
Lois Smith
Hatton
Sue Lee
Sybie Dean McKelvy
Hatton High School
Sandra Owens
Sherry Ann Coffey
Miriam Ann Walker
Limestone County
Geri Smith
Athens
Geri
Fair Board
Charlie Howard
Decatur
Vine and
McCartney Streets
12Th Ave
Moulton St
Danville Rd
Fairgrounds
Second Ave
Johnston St
Grant St
16Th Ave
11Th St
4Th Ave
Austinville
Lee Town
la Verne Hughes
Morgan County
No Accidents Reported in Four-County Area
State Troopers logged no crashes in the four-county area over the past 24 hours. Details appear in the DIARY on Page 2.
Why ministers fear modernist liberalism in church
The minister fears modernist teachings that challenge biblical infallibility and virgin birth. He warns against negative fighting of unorthodoxy and urges living out Christian faith through action, stressing that orthodoxy must match lived conduct.
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M. A
Hell
Jesus
God
Tonight's Fair Schedule Highlights
The fair opens at 5:00 with gates and midway access. At 8:30 the Miss Limestone County Beauty Contest takes place, with event details to follow.
District Dairy Maid at Morgan County Fair
Miss Judy Smith, a senior at Limestone Lee LIMESTONE, was named Dairy Maid during late afternoon events at the Morgan County Fair. Page reference indicates more photos on page A-13.
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Morgan County Fair
Judy Smith
Lee Limestone
Kennedy calls for farm parity of opportunity in Grand Forks
President Kennedy urged a new farm goal parity of opportunity linking rural and urban life at a 10 000 strong Grand Forks crowd. He noted parity of farm income plus urban rural equality in housing and recreation and warned real change will take time.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Grand Forks
N.D
Kennedy
Duluth
Minn
University of North Dakota
White House
Minnesota
Negro enrollee at Alabama Extension Center in Huntsville
AP dispatch notes A A Dean, a British Negro, registers for a graduate course at the University of Alabama Extension Center in Huntsville becoming the second black student to enroll there after Dave M McGlathery who attended a summer session. The report also covers Governor Wallace condemning federal judges injunction as an insult, politics in Santo Domingo, former Birmingham official Bull Connor declining to discuss race, and Soviet wheat purchase talks.
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Huntsville
University of Alabama Extension Center
A. A. Dean
Dave M. McGlathery
Selma Arrests Rise in Civil Rights Demonstrations
In Selma Alabama police arrested about 150 people in a demonstration and 18 year old Isaac Johnson was jailed for inciting a riot while others faced truancy charges. Demonstrators gathered at the Negro First Baptist Church as daily protests continued.
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Selma
Ala
Issac Johnson
Hudson High School
Johnson
Negro First Baptist Church
Student
Wallace Again Told To Let Schools Alone
Five federal judges issued a preliminary injunction ordering Governor George Wallace and state officials to stop interfering with court ordered desegregation in Mobile Birmingham and Tuskegee. The order bars keeping Negro students from desegregated schools and delaying the implementation of federal court orders and mandates.
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Wallace
George Wallace
Mobile
Birmingham
Tuskegee
United States
John Kohn
Public Safety
al Lingo
Macon County School Board
GOP Leader Draws Fine in Alabama Fraud Case
Former Alabama Republican Chairman Claude O Vardaman of Birmingham and Carl B Thomas of Huntsville pleaded no contest to federal fraud conspiracy charges. U S Dist Judge Clarence W Allgood placed each on one year probation and fined each 3000. Vardaman aged 50 and Thomas aged 59 were indicted last February 29 along with two others over FHA land scandals from the Eisenhower era. Allgood dismissed charges against Vardaman's wife Sue at the Justice Department's request.
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Birmingham
Alabama Republican
Claude O. Vardaman
Huntsville
Carl B. Thomas
U.S. Dist
Clarence W. Allgood
Vardaman
Thomas
Federal Housing Administration
Eisenhower
Allgood
Sue
Justice Department
House Demos See Tax Win With Kennedy Bill
Democratic leaders say the House will pass Kennedy's 11 billion tax cut bill with no spending lid tied to it. Southern Democrats show hesitancy on the lid while backers push for lower withholding and higher take home pay. If approved, tax cuts appear in paychecks by January with most households gaining 100 to 200 dollars annually. The Senate may delay hearings amid civil rights fights.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
McCormack
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
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Robinson
Albert Boutwell
John F. Kennedy
Midway
Special Entertainment
Mark Dinning
Rte Ee
Winford
Turner
Tennessee Valley
JFK
Montgomery
Alabama
Eugene (Bull) Connor
Orville L. Freeman
Soviet Union
U.S
Gov
GOP
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McDonald’s
6Th Ave. S.E
Decatur, Ala
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