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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1966
Page
2
Civil Aeronautics Board lists judgment of a flight instructor approving a flight under existing weather as a probable cause in the Dec 12 crash near Robbins Field Oneonta that killed John W. Phillips of Blountsville.
Decatur Tennessee River readings at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning show 21.20 feet at sea level 555.50. TVA lake levels Guntersville 593.7 Whitesburg 555.5 Wilson 506.8 Pickwick 412.1 Wheeler 555.5 Chickamauga 680.4. Yesterday's high 93 at 3 pm and low 70 at 3 am. Today hot 91, tonight 68, Wednesday 88 with increasing clouds and scattered showers possible. Winds southerly 5 to 15 mph with gusts in storms. No rainfall in the last 24 hours.
Julian Elgin, a Montgomery cattleman and former Republican, joined three others Monday in filing to run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat John Sparkman under the newly formed Third Party for America. Elgin is among four candidates entering the race.
The Appalachian Regional Commission announced a $200,000 grant for constructing a Muscle Shoals Mental Health Center in Florence Alabama as an annex to Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital. Total project cost is $1.5 million with $1 million from the Federal Community Mental Health Center Act, $300,000 from local sources, and $200,000 under the Appalachian Act.
Miss Sally Blair of Arcadie Florida died today. Gunthorth Funeral Home to announce services later. Survivors include cousins Mack Mapels Athens Georgia Mrs Sneed Christopher Athens Georgia Mrs Eugene Chenault Decatur Alabama Mrs Ted Lcoft Chicago Illinois and Raymond Mapels Selma Alabama. Burial in Cullman City Cemetery. Mr Edmondson retired from police after about 30 years service. Moss Service Funeral Home to announce complete arrangements.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower is expected to be released Wednesday or Thursday from Walter Reed Army Hospital after a weeklong routine checkup. Examinations and studies are concluding and he is reported to be getting along very well. Also in Washington Luci Johnson and fiance Patrick Nugent receive diplomatic corps congratulations at a Georgetown garden party, with a $2300 silver tea service gifting. Georgia governors candidates Arnall and Gray clash over finances amid other state races. Coca Cola reports 17 percent rise in second quarter earnings to more than $24 million.
Democrats face a choice between former Governor Mennen Williams and Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh for the Senate nominee. Republicans may intervene in the primary. In Kansas, Senator James B. Pearson seeks renomination against Representative Robert Ellsworth. Idaho Governor Robert E. Smyth is also mentioned in the slate.
Nebraska Governor Frank Morrison returns to Omaha to discuss action to restore peace on the North Side after three days of racial violence. Gasoline bombs struck about six stores early today, causing no injuries or serious damage.
International relief teams seek shelter and land for 10000 villagers driven from homes by Taal’s lava flow. The eruption killed 300 people last September and left families in huts tents and schoolhouses as they await subsidence. Taal is the Philippines’ deadliest active volcano, with 11 active vents. In 1911 it killed 1500 villagers around Batangas Lake. Also noted Iran’s Shah and Empress Farah will visit Hungary September 7 to 15 after Bulgaria trip.
C B Edmondson a 70 year old retired Cullman policeman died Monday at 7 p.m. Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Moss Service.
Mrs. T. C. McCain of Birmingham died today in a local hospital after an extended illness. She was visiting daughter Mrs. W. O. LeCroy and granddaughter Mrs. W. H. Fleming of Decatur. Funeral services will be announced later by a Birmingham funeral home.
Daily Records lists multiple property and building actions including a new church for Daily Records Chapel Baptist Church at 1816 Chestnut St SE valued at 12000 and several home improvements such as a demolition at 409 5th Ave NW for 300 a carport and storage room at 301 13th Ave NW for 350 curb and gutter work at Morgan County Shopping Center for 450 a storage building at 712 6th Ave SE for 150 and a house at 1204 Penny Lane SE for 11000 plus a series of traffic and public safety citations. Also notes births at Decatur General Hospital and a 4:29 p.m. Monday incident at 1008 Gordon Dr SE.
Births reported for Mr and Mrs Harold Crawford Cullman Mrs William Enderwood Cullman Mrs Lowell Shelton Hartselle Mrs John Thomas Sykes Decatur Mrs Willard Burt Trinity Mrs Dennis Billings Decatur General Hospital details. Classified ads include for sale piano boat house rent appliances and rentals in Decatur Huntsville Trinity area plus stray Siamese Saber cat reward. Emergency contact numbers listed.
Charles Joseph Whitman, 24, a former Marine, opened fire from a University of Texas tower, killing several people including Mrs. Townsley and Mrs. Lamport and wounding Claire Wilson’s unborn baby. Police killed Whitman after a confrontation. Chancellor Harry Ransom canceled classes and ordered flags at half staff as the campus reeled. Victims nearby included Roy Dell Schmidt, Patrolman Billy Speed, and others.
Attorneys for the Highway Patrol and State Trooper John Brom are expected witnesses for the state in a habeas corpus writ filed by Boulden’s parents. The motion questioned the timing of his scheduled electric chair execution last November, filed about three hours before it was to occur.
Seven candidates, George Royer Charles Martin Eugene Shelton William Lindley Herbert Gardiner Melvin Ozier and Bill Landers, will speak for five minutes each at a Jaycees meeting at 7 30 pm at the Lyons Hotel. The event is closed to the public but radio stations will air the speeches.
William H. O'Keefe has been promoted to senior engineer in Monsanto Co. Chemstrand division's process engineering department, announced by Dr. C. E. Rannefeld. O'Keefe joined Chemstrand in 1963 after working as a chemical engineer with Texaco in Port Arthur, Texas. He holds a BS from Mississippi State and an MS from Purdue, hails from Brandon, Mississippi, and is a member of AIChE. He and wife Jeanne reside with their three children at 1419 Fifth Avenue, SW.
Four teenagers were injured Monday morning when a motorcycle collided with a pickup at 8th Ave and Moulton St SE in Decatur. Jimmy R. Reed, 14, was taken to Decatur General Hospital by South End Ambulance and listed in fair condition. The truck driver, Mrs Ira Williams of 1220 Woodland St, said she stopped at the stop sign but did not see the youth and pulled out.
Ricky Keil returns to work at Camp Sumatanga Gallant and will stay through August. Miss Mary Louise Jones, daughter of Mr and Mrs W D Free, will graduate from Birmingham Baptist Hospital School of Nursing at West End Baptist Church Birmingham on August 11. Knights of Columbus meet 8 p.m. Thursday in St Ann's Church basement Decatur and collect clothing for a needy family. Cotillion Club reservations for the August 5 dance by calling Mrs James Odom on Wednesday 9 to 10 a.m. or Thursday 8 to 9 a.m.
The report notes Richard Speck's arraignment on eight murder charges following the Austin in Chicago assaults. It recalls the 1929 St Valentine’s Day massacre where seven Mafia members were gunned down and the 1956 Connecticut killings by Taborsky and Culombe, with Taborsky later executed and Culombe serving life.
Winds up to 92 miles per hour devastated northwest Oklahoma while a radio tower at Laverne was flattened. A tornado touched near Kansas City and funnel clouds spurred reports from Peoria and Joliet. Elsewhere skies stayed clear as areas faced drought relief and scattered showers.
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