Decatur Weather and River Report for Friday
Sunset today 6 44 p m Sunrise tomorrow 5 04 a m Moonset tonight 7 04 p m First Quarter Aug 14 Vega prominent star Saturn visible planets Jupiter Mars Venus details River reading Keller Memorial Bridge 19 62 feet sea level 553 92 TVA lake stages Chickamauga 680 4 Pickwick 412 6 Guntersville 593 6 Whitesburg 554 9 Wilson 506 2 Highs near 94 95 with partly cloudy warm humid conditions and scattered storms Gas Dept reports 91 high Wednesday 4 15 p m 74 low 2 a m 87 this morning
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Vega
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Venus
Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Chickamauga
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Both Viets Await UN Call on Vietnam Debate
Diplomats expect the U N Security Council to invite both North and South Vietnam to join talks on North Vietnamese attacks on U S warships and possible U S retaliation. Council president Sivert Nielsen paused debate to gauge support and hoped to reconvene by Friday with results.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N.V (Ap
U.N. Security Council
North
South Viet Nam
U.S
Council
Sivert A. Nielsen
Norway
Nielsen
Deaths Mrs. Katie Morrow Sharp, 88, Somerville
Mrs. Katie Morrow Sharp, 88, of Somerville died today. Services will be announced later by Gunthorp Funeral Home. She was widow of the late David Preston Sharp.
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Katie Morrow Sharp
Somerville
Gunthorp Funeral Home
David Preston Sharp
Obituary for Arley N Long at 57 in Decatur
Arley Nimwood Long 57 of 2009 Morgan Ave SW died Wednesday at 5 p m. Services Friday 2 30 p m at Emmanuel Baptist Church burial Morris Chapel Cemetery Gunthorp directing Survivors include widow Annie Long of Decatur three sons Orval Long Hartsville Prentiss Long and Mason Long of Decatur one daughter Mrs Melba Goodwin Hillsboro one brother Bernard Long Florida one sister Mrs Edwin Carpenter Courtland and 12 grandchildren The body taken to residence today at 4 30 p m and in state at church Thursday 1 30 to 2 30 p m.
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Arley Nimwood Long
Morgan Ave
Emmanual Baptist Church
Morris Chapel
Gunthorp
Annie Long
Decatur
Orval Long
Hartselle
Prentiss Long
Mason Long
Melba Goodwin
Hillsboro
Bernard Long
Florida
Edwin Carpenter
Courtland
William Varnell 51 Hartselle dies after long illness
William Varnell, 51, of Hartselle, died Wednesday at 5 30 a m at Veterans Administration Hospital in Birmingham after a long illness. Services were set for 2 p m today at Mt Tabor Methodist Church with Rev Milton Hammon officiating. Burial followed at the adjoining cemetery with Peck Funeral Home directing. He is survived by his widow Imogene Varnell of Hartselle, a step son Karl Bird of Hartselle, a sister Mrs Louise Lang of Philadelphia, Pa and a step mother Mrs Grace Varnell of Decatur. Pallbearers were James Cecil Crow Thomas Norwood Hoyt Cleer Tennis Milan William Pike and Mack Pike. He was a World War II and Korean conflict veteran.
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Hartselle
William Varnell
Veteran's Administration Hospital
Birmingham
Mt. Tabor Methodist Church
Milton Hammon
Peck Funeral Home
Imogene Varnell
Karl Bird
Louise Lang
Philadelphia
Grace Varnell
Decatur
James Cecil Crow
Thomas Norwood
Hoyt Cleer
Tennis
Milan
William Pike
Mack Pike
Mr. Vernell
Bicycle Rider Hit By Auto In Decatur
A 35 year old woman riding a bicycle on Maple Street SE was struck by a car on Moulton Street SE around 7 30 p m. She suffered a broken left leg and was listed in good condition at Decatur General Hospital. The driver did not see the bicycle due to wet pavement and no light on the bike. The incident occurred as the rider tried to brake but the brakes failed.
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Decatur General Hospital
Dottie Mae Snopes
Elm St
Maple St
Moulton St
Ludee Mac Zills
U S Protests North Viet Nam Attacks Amid Vietnam War Tensions
A U S spokesman said a note protesting North Vietnamese torpedo boat attacks has not yet been delivered. U S forces remain prepared for retaliation after a Wednesday air counterattack and may increase air power but not ground troops beyond 5 000. U S personnel in South Viet Nam total about 16 300 to 16 500. Ambassador Taylor stays in close contact as Taylor recovers from a cold and cancels a Friday field trip.
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United States
North Viet Nam
International Control Commission
Viet Nam
U.S
South Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Tylor
Bodies found in remote watershed near Philadelphia identified
FBI reports the two identified victims are Miss Andrew Goodman 20 and Michael Schwerner 24 both from New York. A third body is tentatively identified as James Chaney 22 from Meridian accompanying the pair on a trip from Meridian on June 21.
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Philadelphia
Andrew Goodman
Michael Schwerner
FBI
James Chaney
Meridian
Goodman
Schwerner
Grand Larceny Charge Placed on 17-Year-Old Suspect
Morgan County sheriff reports a grand larceny warrant led to the arrest of Mil dred McGuyre 17 of 922 17th Ave SE. The arrest stems from a theft case as records note.
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Morgan County
Vandiver Pleads Guilty in Leaving Scene Case
Clyde Vandiver entered a guilty plea to leaving the scene of an accident. Morgan County Court Judge Lewis fined Vandiver 200 dollars plus costs.
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Clyde Vandiver
Morgan County
Lewis
Vandiver
Local residents listed in Decatur area social notes
A long line of names and addresses from Decatur and nearby towns appears, noting individuals such as Mrs Hattie Bragg Moulton Ramona Lynn Miller Athens Mrs Joe Elliott Huntsville and many others with street addresses across the region reflecting a social column or community notices. The list includes residents from Athens Decatur Trinity Huntsville Town Creek Hartselle Cullman and Birmingham.
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Hattie Bragg
Moulton
Ramona Lynn Miller
Athens
Joe S. Elliott
Huntsville
J. A. Jones
Beech St
Governor’s televised clash over succession bill sparks partisan duel
Governor Wallace defends a $50 000 weekly special session and a $3 million welfare appropriation on a threatened fili buster while opponents in Montgomery County Morgan and Tuscaloosa challenge his method. McCain Gilchrist and Robison push back citing taxpayer costs and legislative process.
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Tors
Wallace
Montgomery County
Morgan County
Tuscaloosa
Tallapoosa County
Senate
Gilchrist
McCain
Local Securities NASD Nominal Quotations
New York AP Kaiser Noonstocks Kress Acme Steel 2044 Am Air Lockh Am Baker Lorillard Am Can Lou & Nash Am Mot Macy Am Sugar Martin Co Am T&T Masonite Merr Ch&S Armour Minn M M Babcock Monson Beat Fds Mont Ward Bell & How Nat Dairy Beth Steel Nat Distill Boeing Olin Math Borden Owens Illel Burl Ind Oxford Mfg Penney Cater Trac Pepsi Cola Celanese Phill Pet Ches & Ohio Polaroid Chrysler Proct & G Coca Cola Pure Oil Colg Palm S4 4R Collins Radio Rals Pur cs Ss Repub Stl Comn Ed Rexall Con Edis Reyn Met Cont Can Rey Tob Delta Air RC Cola Dow Chem St Regis Pap du Pont Seab AL RR East Air L Sears Roeb East Rod Sinclair Firestone Socony Fla Pw Sou Co Sperry Rd Ford Mot Std Brand Frest Dairy Std Oil Cal Frueh Corp Std Oil Ind Gen Elec Std Oil NJ Gen Fds Stud Pack Gen Mills Swift Gen Mils Texaco Gen Tel & El Un Bag-Camp Genesco Un Oil Cal Gas Pacific Unit Aire Goodrich Unit Fruit Goodyear Unit Gas Cp Gt A&P US Steel Greyhound West Un Tel Gulf Ou Westg Elec Hercules Pdr Winn Dixie Int Bus Mch Woolworth Int Harv Worth Int Paper Xerox
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New York
Kaiser HY
Noonstocks Kress
Acme Steel
Suth
Allis Chal
Ligg & My
Am Air L
Lockh Air
Baker
Lorillard
Am Can
Lou & Nash
Macy
Martin Co
T&t
Masonite
Merr Ch&s
Armour
Min
Ches & Ohio
Polaroid
Chrysler
Proct & G
Coca Cola
Colg Palm
Collins Radio
Cs Ss
Repub
Rexall
Delta Air L
RC Cola
Dow Chem
St Regis Pap
du Pont
Seab AL RR
East Air L
Sears Roeb
East Rod
Sinclair
Firestone
Socony
Fla Pw
Sou Co
Fla P&l
Sperry Rd
Ford Mot
Frest Dairy
Frueh Corp
Elec
Gen Mills
Swift
Texaco
US Steel
Greyhound
West UN Tel
Gulf Ou
Westg
Hercules Pdr
Winn Dixie
Int
Bus
Mch
Woolworth
Paper
Xerox
Wall Street Ends Sharp Lower Amid Viet Nam War Fears
The stock market closed sharply lower as blue chips retreated and trading slowed. Downticks touched major names like Jones & Laughlin Jersey Standard Union Carbide DuPont and Jersey Standard while aerospace stocks eased following a prior rally over Viet Nam crisis. Minor advances appeared in Corning Glass and a subdued tone characterized the broader session with volume around 4.1 million shares.
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New York
Jones & Laughlin
Jersey Standard Union Carbide
General Dynamics
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker
American Motors
IBM
Polaroid
Union Carbide
du Pont
Corning Glass
American Stock Exchange
Hospital Dismissals List Names And Addresses
Dismissals include Mrs. Jesse Couch of 1610 Jackson Street and Mrs. J. R. Glenn of 636 James Street. Other listed individuals are Miss Teresa Turner in Decatur Mrs. Madgie Johnson at 1224 Grant Street and William Pettey at 1008 Johnston Street and Mrs. James Strickland at 1705 14th Avenue Southeast.
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Madgie Johnson
Grant St
William Pettey
Johnston
Jesse Couch
Jackson St
J. R. Glenn
James St
Cullman Residents Named in Local Admissions List
A list of individuals by town and age from Cullman and nearby areas appears, detailing admissions and addresses including Hanceville Falkville and Joppa. Names include Mrs Lucy Chapman Miss Janet Foshee Mrs Lovie Golden Mrs Clara Greathouse and others with street or box numbers.
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Janet Dawn Foshee
Vinemont
Lovie Golden
Cullman
Clara Mae Greathouse
Garden City
Box
Edna Irene Helton
Shirley Ann Krich
Carpentersville
Mary Maddux
Falkville
Katha Ann Burnham
Dripping Springs
Road
Carrie Cagle
Lois Jean Denney
Hanceville
Asberry
N. Duke
Brunner
John W. Goodlett
Joppa
George W. Graham
Martha Ann Hill
4Th Street West
Audrey Mae Robinson Addison
Harold C. Singleton
Darlene Sullins
Judy Carol Thomas
Gloria June Wiggins
Skin Game Pulled Again in Dothan
Mac Jackson reports two African American men swindled him out of about 150 dollars in a pigeon drop yesterday at 2 30 pm. He described one man as 23, six feet tall and heavy, the other as 30, at least six foot four, driving a yellow over black car.
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Dothan
Mac Jackson
Jackson
Pack Self
Self
Market Report Signals Small Stock on Offer
Cotton prices steady with Decatur loan listed at 33.57 and middling %4.00. Grain and feed notes show corn and oats values, soybeans at 2.38, and milling wheat at 1.38 per unit. Livestock headlines report limited cattle hogs and sheep on offer with prices noted for barrows sows and ewes.
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Decatur
Elkmont secretary slain on Monte Sano near Jones Valley
Miss Ethel Marie Putman 24, of Huntsville, a Redstone Arsenal secretary, was found shot six times beside her blue 1962 Ford on Monte Sano mountain near Jones Valley Wednesday morning. Huntsville police sealed the area as they investigated and questioned several persons.
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Tal Snoot
Elkmont
Lover's Lane
Monte Sano Mountain
Ethel Marie Putman
Elmer Putman
Elkmont 2
Jones Valley
C. E. Sweeton
Miss Putman
Wanda Curtis
Hatton
Athens
Huntsville
North Alabama
Limestone County
Barbara
Marie
Warren Dr
Redstone Arsenal
Mary Ruth Bording
Triana Blvd
Elkmont High School
C .C. Gregg
Draughon Business College
Nashville
State Department of Pensions and Securities
Business College
Vanderbilt University
New Garden
Community events roundup at Danville Road and local venues
Local groups schedule meetings and entertainment tonight and Friday. St Margaret's Guild hosts a family picnic at Mrs J R Hunter's Danville Road home Monday at 6 pm. Teenage Republican Party gathers 7 30 pm in Pet Dairy Co Hospitality Room with Spacecraft Labs speaker Doak Whitehurst.
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St. Margaret's Guild of
St John’s Episcopal Church
J. R. Hunter
Danville Road
Pet Dairy Co
Doak Whitehurst
Spacecraft Labs
Huntsville
Roosevelt to Speak in Huntsville on Appalachian Regional Plans
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. will address the Tennessee River and Tributar ies Association in Huntsville on September 25. He will discuss regional development with special reference to the Appalachian Region, noting 70 to 75 percent of TATA's service area lies there and citing TVA cooperation with state and local agencies. There have been 330 personal crisis reports from the Eiffel Tower in Paris since construction.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Commerce
Johnson
Appalachian Regional Commission
Tennessee River and Tributaries Association
Huntsville
Joe Sir
TRTA
Roosevelt
Appalachian
Sir
TATA
Appalachian Region
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Union Hall Dedication Tonight Promises Noted Guests
The Carpenters Local Union 1274 dedicates its $59 000 union hall at 1612 Moulton St tonight at 7 with guests including Wag ney Weeks B T ham Du ham Judge Newton B Powell and Mayor Gilmer Blackburn. About 25 members expected. refreshments served. new Brock and brick building includes 4 000 square feet and air conditioning.
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Carpenters
Sullivan Crow
Moulton St
Crow
Wagney Weeks
Alabama
Afl-Cio
B T. Duham
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Newton B. Powell
Gilmer Blackburn
Carpenter's Local Union 1274
Decatur
J. E. Johnson & Co
Brock
Births in Decatur area announce several new arrivals
Mr and Mrs Leonard Green hall welcome a girl at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs John Sherrod welcome a son at Decatur General Hospital. Elmer Putman of Elkmont 2 is noted among several relatives including Buford Swanner and Georgia Steelman, with other family members listed from Huntsville Athens and Elkmont.
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Leonard Greenhall
Decatur General Hospital
John Sherrod
Murphree Rd
Elmer Putman
Elkmont
Buford Swanner
George Steelman
Winter Haven
Fla
Robert Naves
Jerry Christopher
Huntsville
Junior Pylant
Athens
Fred Toney
Barbara Putman
Marsha
Deborah Kay
Zebbra
Elmer Dale Putman
Prisoner To Finish Term In City Jail
Leroy Sykes 20 was shot in the arm by officer J B Adair after he failed to halt. He is now back in city jail to finish a 103 day disorderly conduct sentence, originally jailed for unpaid fine. An escape warrant will be issued before term ends.
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Nashville
Moday
Sal
Pack Self
Leroy Sykes
For Rent and Sale Classified Snippet
Too late to classify for rent. Furnished 3-room apartment with private bath and gas heat apply in person Culver Cleaners 734 1st Ave SE. For rent two house trailers Cond tact Decatur Trailer Park Offices. 3 room nicely furnished duplex apartment to couple $75 a month 353-8435. For sale 1958 MG hard to completely overhauled 353-1290.
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Culver Cleaners
1St Ave
Decatur Trailer Park
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Katie Sharp
Arley N. Long
U.S. 31
Jackie Newton Haddock
Danville
David H. McClellan
Decatur 2
Jet
Decatur General
Leacie Sims
Caroline Estell Owens
6Th Ave
Melissa Sims
Trin
Dottie Kay Braswell
Carrie Mae Smith
2Nd Ave
J. G. Rudd, Jr
Stradford Rd
Tom Craig
Billy Winfred Tyler
Tanner
Town Creek
Marc Ford McDonald
Canal St
Sandra Morgan
Marion Young
Plaza St
R. L. Camp
Tris St
Meredith Lott
Graham Ave
Bobby Ray
Trinity
Douglas Hardy
Felton Woodard
William Robert Hurst
Town Reek
Mary A. Jones
8Th Ve
Fred O. Dyar Jr
Court
Earl J. Badgett
Herman St
Lula Mae Lee
Jerry Summerford
Madion
Ella Hancock
Birmingam
W. R. Barron
Birch
Edward D. McKelvey
Decature
Ford Parker
Spring Ave
Henry Hardiman
10Th Ave
Local Securities
Ala. Tenn. National Gas
American Foundation Life Insurance Co
Coastal States Life
Downtowner Corp
Equity
National Life
First Flight
First Nat'l Bk
Dec
Ala
Jefferson Standard Life
Kentucky Central
Liberty National Life Life & Casualty
Life Ala
Moore Handley
Mutual Savings
Wall Street
Robison
Gov. Wallace
Brenda Ann Devine
Johnston St
Cheryy Marcum
Kimberly McKay
Moulton Carroll
Charles Ashby
Country Club Rd
Pennylane
Samuel S. Lewis
Kay Elizabeth Easter
Wadsworth St
Marshall Champion
Kerman Eugene Arm- Somerville
Strong
Madison
Myrtle Overstreet
William Lamb
North St. Selves
Teresa Turner
James Strickland
14Th Ave
Cullman Admissions
Lucy Chapman
James F. Chappell
Lena Lois Patrick
Elizabeth Leibenhewer
Martha Shelton
Nina Lou Smith
Baileyton
Lillian Sterling
Jeffrey P. Tolbert
Oak St. NE
Promenaires Square Dance Club
Women of the Moose
Moose Lodge
Decatur Athens Dental Assistants and Hygiene Society
Alex Brown
Decatur Toastmasters Club
Joseph M. Thomas
Molehills
Ava Roberson
Lafayette St. NE
Bank St. Hospital
Union Hall
Sykes
Nashville Metropolitan Police Department
Paradise Trailer Park
MG. Hardto
Posey
Webster’s
Aera’s Book & Gift Shop
E. Moulton St
Ferry
Black Belt
James A Wheeler
Uniontown
Decatur Shopping Center
WT Grant
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