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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1964
Page
2
Sunset today at 6 43 p m. Moccaset tonight 7 46 p m. First Quarter Aug 14. Aldebaran rises 12 42 a m. Saturn due south 12 58 a m. Jupiter due east 1 50 a m. Venus and Mars rise 2 14 a m.Visible planets and sunrise times noted.
Reading at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 19.94 feet up 0.32 in 24 hours with sea level at 554.24 feet. TVA lake stages listed include Chickamauga 679.9 Pickwick 412.7 Guntersville 593.5 Whitesburg 555 Wilson 506.1. High 92 and low 73 with isolated thundershowers likely today through Saturday. Gas Dept reports 94 Thursday, 76 overnight, 86 this morning.
A list of contestants and judges from various Alabama towns including Cullman Vinemont Hanceville and Birmingham. Names noted include Debra Lynn Drake Julia Hale Alice Lee Kent Renee McCrary Bobbie Faye Moore Carol Oden Sandra Kay Adams Joyce Bailey Mary Bailey Virginia Ballard Leola Woodard Abraham Hudgins Melissa Waldrep Kimberly Foshee and others with associated towns and scores.
Seagroves, a youth with prior car theft convictions, led police to a .22 caliber weapon after a midnight assault on Miss Putman, who drove with him to a remote dirt road. He claimed he tied, raped, and shot her after she cried and attempted to escape, then fled. Ben Clark found the nude body near her car with Limestone County plates. The investigation spanned around the clock as officers questioned associates and pursued leads.
Hospital notices list admissions for A V McCullough Union Grove 2 Mrs Dee Dauer Athens Miss Judy Sandlin Danville Mrs L D Stewart 209 7th Ave SW Master Mickey Boyer Dan Dismissals for Mrs Guy Green Huntsville Mrs Charles Vinson Huntsville Mrs Emily Boyd Ardmore Mrs Billy Alexander Decatur
A June 1964 report shows total unemployment in Morgan County falling compared with March, with non-manufacturing jobs rising by 190 and construction leading gains. Manufacturing added 700 workers since June 1963, while wholesale and retail trade surprised with a hiring uptick of 100. The release notes a steady rise in total non-factory employment amid broad expansion in machinery, primary metals, and other sectors.
Political scientist Doug Whitehurst from Huntsville spoke to 22 Morgan County Teenage Republican Club members. He outlined the two party system, the history and functions of a political party and said a party works to win elections even without being a voter.
Mrs Ballie Ledbetter 86 of 119 Austinville Rd died today at 3 45 am in a Tuscaloosa hospital. Services Saturday at Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel at 3 pm with burial in Roselawn Cemetery. Survivors include son William H Ledbetter Decatur three grandchildren nine great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
Mrs Katie Sharp also known as Katie Morrow Sharp 88 of Somerville died Thursday at her residence. Funeral held at Blue Springs Baptist Church officiated by Rev J T Morrow and Rev Elders with burial at the adjacent cemetery directed by Gunthorp. Survived by six daughters including Onie Garrison Bessemer Grace Garrison Ozelle Sleeth Rose Jackson Cullman two sisters May Edwin Humphrey Fannie Glasscock Hart selle one brother John Morrow Hart sel l e 11 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren 2 great great grandchildren.
Markets note cotton inch middling at 3.00 for Decatur loans 33.57. Cottonseed 45 per ton, Muk Grade A 655 per hundred, muk 3.20 per hundred for four per cent. Pulpwood 13.50 per cord. Corn prices No. 2 Yellow Shelled 1.34, No. 2 Yellow Ear 1.11, No. 2 White Ear 1.07, No. 2 White Shelled 1.32. No. 2 Oats .60, No. 2 Milling Wheat 1.38, No. 2 Mile per hundred 2.00. Poultry Wheat 1.13, No. 2 Barley .95, No. 1 Soybeans 2.38. Cattle and calves 25. Hogs 25. Sheep none. Not enough on offer for a test of trade.
Local NASD quotations show bids and asks for life insurers and energy firms including American Foundation Life 16 7, Coastal States Life 58 60, protective insurers like Protective Life 81 83, and national life stocks around 104 106. In New York, large caps such as General Electric 82 83, Coca Cola 134, Exxon 60 70, and IBM 80 90 appear with varied price ranges, reflecting a broad active trading day across multiple sectors.
In New York the stock market closed up as a muted recovery from Thursday's decline took hold. Trading was thin with about 3.6 million shares, as precautionary selling tied to the Viet Nam crisis eased and investors snapped up stocks at lower prices. Gains were fractional to a point, with Calgon and Delta Air Lines rising, while overall activity remained the slowest of the week.
Moses Hooks died at Bank St Hospital with services to be announced by Reynolds. Samual A Stovall died at Bank St Hospital. funeral Sunday at noon at Reynolds Funeral Home with burial in Chandersville Cemetery, Lawreny County. survivors include a daughter and son in law, sisters, brothers, and grandchildren.
The former Birmingham News woman Maryon Pittman Mullins and Lt. Gov. James B. Allen were to be married at Edmonds Chapel in Birmingham. The brief item notes Mullins’s prior work in the newspaper’s women’s section and the planned afternoon ceremony.
Warsaw reported the death of Alexander Zadawski, 65, long-serving president of Poland since 1952. Cause of death was not disclosed by the agency, with unofficial sources citing cancer.
Washington reports unemployment at 4.9 percent in July with total employment reaching 72.4 million. It marks the first sub five percent jobless rate since February 1960 and the highest employment level on record at 72 million.
North Viet Nam infantry clashes with Saigon reinforced forces at the Ben Hai River border on Thursday night. China warns against U.S. aggression and North Viet Nam claims air combat. Lt. Everett Alvarez Jr. and Lt. Richard Sather, both missing, are identified as U.S. pilots of note. Congress moves to authorize action while markets wobble and Jersey City faces racial unrest with reopenings planned. U Thant meets Johnson to discuss a Southeast Asia peacekeeping approach.
The predominantly Negro Freedom Party outlines plans to send 68 delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City and asks the credentials committee to seat them over Mississippi’s delegation, arguing the regular slate lacks party loyalty. In New York, Mayor Wagner reports progress on Harlem demands including more Negro police and a rehab study, with other Harlem concerns to be debated later. In Florida, Tallahassee six white and three Negro clergy men are released after a 1951 Freedom Rider conviction, hailed as a civil rights victory by Municipal Judge John Rudd.
Police report thefts at local drugstores spurred by a burglary at Super X Drugs Lane's Drugs Goidel Drug and Magnolia Motel. A collision on Walnut Street involved John Dobbins 18 and Fred Price 17. An evening of entertainment was scheduled at the DAV Home and Pet Milk Hospitality Room hosted by local groups. The Decatur Curb Market offered baked goods and produce. A later crash near Decatur city limits injured James Kelley and Jim Terry with Terry admitted in fair condition.
A 26 year old Black woman told police at headquarters today that between 8 and 10 boys assaulted her near Cherry St School after a party last night. She named no suspects, gave a nickname for one boy, and said her date was not involved. Detectives will continue the investigation today.
The event last night began Rodeo Week in Athens with a formal kickoff. The first of two performances starts tonight at 8 o clock and the final event is scheduled for Saturday.
Vicky Powers a 19 year old Mobile girl with a strong singing voice won the Stairway to the Stars Miss Alabama title in Birmingham. She will compete in the national Miss America Pageant and performed an aria from Bizet's Carmen. Powers is a Manhattan School of Music sophomore and first port city winner in over a decade.
AP reports New York closures reduce frame schools to three citywide with PS 10 on Staten Island also eyed for September shutdown. The piece notes the dwindling number of small ready schools as urban education policy tightens.
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