Miss Limestone County Crown Won By Sherryn Yockel
Athens High School junior Sherryn Yockel cried with joy as she was crowned Miss Limestone County at the Morgan County Fair. The 16 year old beat 11 other contestants from Athens High School and Elkmont High School to win the county title and earn a place in the Miss Tennessee Valley Exposition contest.
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Winford Turner
Athens High School
Limestone County
The
Gan County Fair
Sherryn Yockel
J. O. Yockel
Athens
Geri Smith
Yockel
Bob Young
Elkmont
Carolyn House
Edward G. House
Beverly Hardison
Lewis Hardison
Miss House
Hardison
Jane Kirk
Trudy Darmer
Marianna Moore
Judy McDonald
Judy Kennemer
Ann Britt
Jenny Daniel
Linda Adcock
Bettye Coxe
Elkmont High School
Morgan
Lawrence
Pretty la Verne Hughes
Town Creek
Lawrence County
Morgan County
Community events fill evening schedule at local lodge
The public is invited to an eight o’clock entertainment at the Moose Lodge on Moulton Street. Cub Scout Pack 89 meets at seven tonight in St John’s Parish House inviting boys eight to ten and their parents to an open house. See DIARY on page two.
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Moose Lodge
Moulton St
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Reborn in Christ Challenge Finds Courageous Stand
A wife seeks guidance to persuade her husband that faith should be everyday, not a Sunday ritual. The adviser cautions against compartmentalizing religion and urges a strong, consistent commitment to Christ to influence rather than be swayed by doubt. It may test the couple to reveal true conviction.
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Christ
Fair Schedule for Negro District Dairy Show Night
Today's fair program lists events from 9:00 Dairy Show to 8:30 Miss Morgan County Beauty Contest. Gates open at 5:00 with a Grand Champion presentation at 6:30 and a County Night featuring Mark Dinning and Co. at 7:00.
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Morgan County
Mobster Valachi Testifies Before Senate Panel
Mobster Joseph Valachi testified for about two and a half hours before the Senate Investigations Subcommittee. Chairman John L. McClellan stated he detected no hesitancy or withheld information as Valachi named bosses in the nationwide crime syndicate and warned of threats to his life.
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Washington (Ap
Joseph Valachi
Senate
Valachi
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Water Projects Are Urged By JFK In Speech
President Kennedy urged Western support for water resource projects during a 10,000 mile tour stop in Great Falls Montana. He cited plans to approve 211 new water starts and 182 watershed projects costing about 4 billion dollars, contrasting with Eisenhower era limits on new starts. He recalled the 1960 pledge to reverse the no new starts policy and criticized past dam decisions in the Snake River region.
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Great Falls
Mont
Kennedy
Rocky Mountain
Billings
Grand Teton National Park
Wyoming
Grand Teton
Washington
Utah
Eisenhower
Hells Canyon
Idaho Power Co
Snake River
Idaho
Oregon
Army Corps of Engineers
Island Threat of Edith Grows
A hurricane warning is in effect for Haiti and the Dominican Republic as Edith moves west southwest toward the Caribbean. Forecasters warn of six to eight foot tides off Puerto Rico and swells threatening Jamaica, with winds near 100 mph and potential flooding after passage of the storm.
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Miami
Fla
Haiti
Dominican Republic
San Juan
Jamaica
Gordon Dunn
Florida
Caribbean Sea
Puerto Rico
Negro expelled from Tuskegee High amid desegregation
Macon County Superintendent C A Pruitt confirmed that ninth grade student Eddie Matthews, one of 13 Black students desegregating Tuskegee High School, was expelled for insubordination. White pupil boycott followed the desegregation, and opening was delayed by Gov. Wallace.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Macon County
C. A. Pruitt
Tuskegee High School
Pruitt
Eddie Matthews
Montgomery Advertiser
George Wallace
Shorter High School
Macon County High
Notasulga
Tuskegee High
Leader of Negro Movers Jailed
SELMA Ala AP A Negro minister arrested during a street demonstration here last week was fined 300 today and sentenced to 180 days in jail on a charge of unlawful assembly. Rev Wilson Brown 30 was also placed under two separate 1000 bonds for appeal and a peace bond. Brown is a field representative for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Other detainees face hearings later before Judge Hugh Mallory. Frigidaire appliances sold serviced and guaranteed by Robinsons on 2nd Ave edv
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Selma
Ala
Hugh Mallory
Wilson Brown
Brown
Student Non- Violent Coordinating Committee
Hugh MaHory
Meetings Continue As Birmingham Bomb Probe Grows
Police pressed the Birmingham bombing investigation as a second blast was revealed to be a shrapnel attack aimed at drawing people into the street. Kenneth C. Royall and Earl Blaik held talks with white and Negro leaders and planned another round of meetings.
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Army
Kenneth C. Royall
West Point
Earl Blaik
Royall
Blaik
Kennedy
Arthur D. Shores
Birmingham
Shuttlesworth
King
Sao
Markets At A Glance
New York stocks fall with a continuing decline, while bonds are mixed with light trading. Chicago grain slides as wheat, corn, and oats drop on profit taking. soybeans slip on profit taking. hogs fall to 16.40 while cattle show no test.
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New York
Commission House
Chicago
White House Gate Invasion Highlights Security Incident
A North Carolinian drove a small truck through White House gates and up to the north portico before guards stopped him and removed the driver who shouted for the President. In Washington the Senate approved a 1.2 billion dollar annual pay rise for most military personnel. In New York City Secretary Rusk and Lord Home discussed the Kennedy Atlantic alliance plan. In Oxford Mississippi four dormitories were closed due to low student numbers.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Kennedy tax cut bill passes House in major victory
The House approved President Kennedy's 11 billion dollar tax cut 271 to 155, a milestone victory that shifts focus to the Senate. Supporters cite broad benefits for individuals and corporations, while opponents seek offsetting spending reductions. Senate action faces skepticism and possible two-month committee deliberations.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
Senate
GOP
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
U.S
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Finance Committee
Byrd
Congressional
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Virginian
Mansfield
Senate Finance Committee
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By Frank Cormier
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Jones
Mary Lee
Macon High
Robinson's
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B’ham
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N.Y
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Home
Rusk
London
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University of Mississippi
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