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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1964
Page
7
Danville Ky residents note a four faced clock on a barn tower at the Lynnwood Farm of banker M C Minor. The electric clock, over fifty years old, can be seen and heard far away and is lit at night. The clock serves as a timekeeping landmark for farm workers and locals relying on want ads for results.
FBI director J Edgar Hoover told President Johnson the July to September disturbances across seven cities and two resort areas were a senseless attack on authority, not race riots or nationwide Communist handiwork. He cited youths as the main actors and urged expanded riot control training for police and National Guard readiness.
Cardinal Augustin Bea led a 10 member Vatican delegation that presented the relic of Saint Andrew to Metropolitan Constantinos in Patras Greece. Archbishop Chrysostomos of Greece did not attend the ceremony amid chilly relations with Rome. The relic will be housed for 40 days of Masses and public veneration before final placement over the saint's tomb. A small perforated object found in Newfoundland is noted as a spinning-device fragment.
Rep William E Miller departs for a 48 hour campaign break after criticizing Democrats for dodging issues amid a lengthy travel week covering 5000 miles. He argues the campaign centers on character versus corruption and defends Sen Barry Goldwater's record on war peace social security and foreign programs before about 3000 in Las Cruces New Mexico.
The Rio Grande slowed its rapid rise after forcing about 2,000 people from homes in Laredo Texas and Nuevo Laredo Mexico. The four lane bridge linking the two cities stayed open as floodwaters neared the bridge bed and a large traffic jam formed Friday night. Red Cross crews evacuated 875 to 400 families in Laredo with 209 in shelters while Nuevo Laredo reported about 50 evacuations by midmorning.
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