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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1963
Page
2
The report lists TVA lake stages Chickamauga 680.2 Pickwick 412.0 Guntersville 593.6 Whitesburg 556.6 Wilson 507.0. Monday high 94 at 1 pm. low 75 at 3 am. Forecast partly cloudy and hot then cloudy with afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Today high 90 low 73. Wednesday high 87.
Attorneys argue Bryant is treated as a public hero and head coach who raised the team in 1961. They claim a biased jury drawn from university supporters could not be fair and seek to move the trial to a different district.
In the Butts Bryant libel case against Curtis Publishing, Carmichael disputed notes cited in the Saturday Evening Post story accusing them of rigging the 1962 Georgia Alabama game. Witnesses recounted conversations and sources while Butts sobbed, denying involvement, as the judge recessed the tense proceedings.
The record shows numerous hospital dismissals and admissions across Cullman and nearby towns including Hanceville Vinemont Falkville and Holly Pond. Names listed include Mary Jo Butler Birdie Kilpatrick Dorothy Peek Elsie Smith Eva Clay Ronald Teem James Allbright Denny Calvert Thelma Livingston Renee McCrary Betty Graves Rosie Hicks Adora Gain Isabel MacDonald William Waldrop Melba Stewart Jo Ann Oakley Elaine Pitts Katherine Pace Frances Baker Mary Fromhold Joe Sawyer Ruby Dingler Hubert Roberson Mattie Buettner William Buettner Terry Parker Ida Gonstad Ruth Ray Robert Spradlin Rhonda Cook Opal Oliver Edward Burnham Frances Holmes Alma Knopp Haroki Gene Hudson among others.
A partial admissions roster lists individuals including Oleane Shelton of Trinity Jackson Hiller of Hartselle Betty Jo Stanford Jamnita Willingham Lola Puckett Danville Robert Tribble of Madison Mary Livingston 8th Ave SE Master Albert Ryan Vinemont with house and street references in a local notice style.
A roster of admissions at Decatur General lists numerous patients and their addresses across Decatur and nearby areas. Names include Mrs. Edward C. Strandridge, Clyde Patterson, Mrs. Carmen A. Taylor, Mrs. Mildred Josephine Gibson, Mrs. Joe B. Odom, Sam E. Knox, William Howard Key, Edward Glenn Crook, and others.
George W. Hill 74 of Decatur died at 5 30 p m Monday. Services at County Line Church of Christ Wednesday at 2 p m with Jerry Hoskins officiating. Burial Decatur City Cemetery. Survivors include widow Lula B. Hill daughter Azzie Bates four sons Odis Theo Frank Hill Loyal Hill Dallas brothers Bailey Hill Eddie Hill ten grandchildren five great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Body returned to residence today at 4 p m.
Mrs Nellie Mable Stevens aged dies at 3 a.m. in Black-Chandler Hospital Hartselle. Services set for Wednesday 3 p.m. at Guntharp Brown Service chapel with Rev J M Holland officiating. Burial at Roselawn Cemetery. Survivors: husband Alfred Q Stevens Decatur one son Alfred D Stevens Decatur five brothers Ellisworth Ernest Samuel Henry Conrad Shook with cities Sioux City Iowa Oregon Calif one grandchild. Body remains at funeral home.
J B Worthy of 8th Street SE learns the death of his sister in law Mrs S K Worthy of Nettleton Mississippi. Funeral services are set for Wednesday in Nettleton with details given to relatives.
Mrs Norene S Woodall 64 of Mt Hope died Monday at 2 10 pm at Lloyd Nolan Hospital Birmingham Funeral services are Wednesday at 2 30 pm from Mt Hope Baptist Church with Rev Norman Hester officiating Burial in Mt Hope Methodist Cemetery Elliott Brown Service in charge Survivors include one son Gaylord Woodall two stepsons A H Woodall W R Woodall four brothers and five grandchildren Pallbearers listed Mrs Woodall belonged to Mt Hope Baptist Church and worked at Mt Hope Post Office.
Athens report states the Limestone County Sheriff's force arrested three persons Monday two on charges of issuing worthless checks and one for driving without a license.
Cullman Police Department reports three arrests over the weekend two for disorderly conduct and one for reckless driving.
Fragmentary OCR lists individuals Athens George Lee Jenkins 705 13th Baby James Allen Pettie Ath ens Monroe Terry Trinity 1. Details and context are missing, no events or actions establishable.
Decatur markets show soybeans at 2.55 per bushel. Cattle trading activity remains fair with utility cows 13.50 to 14.58. Steers and heifers in various weight ranges bring 24.00 to 26.00 for feeders and 24.50 to 27.50 for calves as dealers hold steady to higher.
The document lists multiple road work projects by year and location. It details road names such as Indian Hill Road Lacon Lebanon Church Road and Friendship Road with lengths from 1.2 to 6.3 miles and work types grade and drain base and pave or similar, and costs ranging from 14 000 to 75 000 dollars. It aggregates 1964 1965 project entries including several repeated roads and cross references with sections 1 through 10.
Mayor Arthur Stewart presided as Athens City Council authorized a 25 year franchise for Athens Cable Vision Inc. Four of six bidders remained after bids for new garbage trucks. The panel also approved buying 700 feet of cyclone fence from Romine Fence Co for 484 and widening Market Marion and West Washington Streets.
The funeral for Rev. Dillard Williams who died at his residence 811 Church St NW Decatur will be announced later by Reynolds Funeral Home.
Trading ended with Polaroid and Control Data slipping while steels held steady and rails edged up. Tobacco and drug shares moved fractions. The American Stock Exchange showed mixed prices as the U.S. Treasury market eased late. Corporate bonds remained varied.
The New York market ended up with strong turnover as Chrysler gains about one point lead the list while Parke Davis slips nearly two after three-day rise. Eversharp and Smith Douglas climb about two, IBM adds five, with Delta Air Lines up around one.
Cattle totals around 500 in Nashville with steady classes and utility cows at 13.50 to 14.50, commercial 15.00, bulls 17.00 to 18.00, feeder steers 24.00 to 26.00, feeder heifers 21.00 to 26.00. Sheep scarce near 90 lb lambs at 20. Hog receipts totaling 3,000 across Thomasville and Albany region with mostly lower bids. U S 1-2 barrows and gilts 190 to 230 lbs 17.50 to 17.75, 240-270 lbs 16.25 to 17.25, sows 12.25 to 14.50.
AP market update shows ready to cook poultry supply tight with light demand and firm undertone. Estimated slaughter today 903000 to 1,009000 head and farm quotations for broilers and fryers at 3 cents with contracts possible. Delivered plant prices range around 14.5 dollars.
Testimony in City of Hartselle vs Warren A Garner was under way this morning. Garner charged with disturbing public worship after a Jan 16 1963 Calvary Baptist Church service in Hartselle. Garner is represented by W L Chenault City attorney Charles Murphree. Both the Shull and Garner cases are appeals from city recorder convictions.
Report details the Berlin Wall siege through the heart of Europe with 26 percent of the city cut off from the Communist side. Since Aug 24, 1961 at least 50 killed at the wall and over 1,500 arrests, with 3,000+ escaping via tunnels and other routes including a rare armored car breach. President Kennedy calls it a failure of the Communist system. Khrushchev remarks the wall is lucky to him.
The First Pentecostal Church sponsors a tent revival on Meadus Road with speaker Rev. G W Mil ly Lang. Attendees are urged to bring a covered dish of their choice.
The committee restores about 500 million by disallowing certain state taxes, with a net tax gap of 10.3 billion. Dill on notes progress but anxiety over unemployment without tax cuts. Rates rise 14 to 70 percent from 14 to 65. current is 2 to 91 percent. Married with two dependents earning 5 000 saves 65 dollars, 10 000 saves 202, 20 000 saves 623, 50 000 saves 2207. High and low earners gain most.
Mr and Mrs George Callahan of Somerville 1 welcome a daughter born Monday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs McCoy Bogle of 1206 Grant St SE welcome a daughter born today.
For sale items and rentals list a winter spinet piano at Sheridan Apartment 8C with phone contact 353-5850, several furnished and unfurnished 2 to 4 room apartments with prices from 45 to 60 dollars per month, a slightly used trombone offered at 90 dollars with phone 353-6960, and help wanted for kitchen and salad girls at Dentel Inc. located in Decatur Shopping Center with in person application.
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