Weather and river report with temperatures and levels
The Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge stood at 19.71 feet down 0.33 in 24 hours with sea level at 554.01 feet. TVA lake levels listed include Chickamauga 681.1 Pickwick 411.2 Guntersville 593.6 Whitesburg 554.8 Wilson 507.1. Highs near 85 today and 89 Tuesday with partly cloudy to warm and fair tonight.
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Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Chickamauga
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Building Permits and Local Incidents Briefs
City clerk records Friday permits for six room house Marie and David Manning sheet rock home and fence work plus electrical service and storage building projects. A Mizpah Lodge meeting is set for Tuesday at 7 30 pm. A Sunday 1 30 am crash on Finley Dr ends with a car into a brick wall. a peeping male seen near a window earlier in the morning.
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William W. Johnson
Austinville Rd
Sixroom House
Marie
David Manning
13Th Ave
Alabama Fence Co
4Th Ave
Moore-Handley Area
Zola McCullouch
Somerville Rd
Harold M. Lee
Cypress St
Bobble Coast. Co
Locust St
3Rd St NW
Finley Dr
Finley
Earson Hamilton
Danville 3
Clarence Halbrooks
Randall Breeding
Apt
West Court
Weekend arrests and civil unrest in Decatur area
The Decatur docket lists weekend charges including speeding public drunkenness and driving while intoxicated with multiple counts. A riot aftermath saw youths and mobs, stones, and a house fire as fire trucks were attacked. Vera Martin a missionary to Kenya spoke of church work and upcoming appearances. Morgan County arrests include highway intoxication provocation and related offenses.
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Decatur City Recorder
Morgan County Sheriff's Department
Decatur Election Sees Low Interest and Full Tabulation planned
Citywide canvass parallels a muted campaign as observers predict at most 5,000 voters of 8,000 registered will cast ballots. Polls run 8 am to 6 pm with results tabulated by 7 pm using voting machines. Officials told to inform THE DECATUR DAILY when box tallies finish for public relay.
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Decatur
Decatur Daily
Traffic markers ease congestion at Keller Memorial Bridge
Nelson notes traffic lights lowered congestion on two busy highways and says highway markers direct tourists around the new semi cloverleaf under Keller Memorial Bridge. He adds the loop has served locals since July 31 and the Keller bridge southbound lane should be complete and usable by November 1.
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Nelson
Keller Memorial Bridge
Keller Bridge
Hospital Dismissals and Addresses List
List of hospital dismissals with names and street addresses including James McCulloch at 202 10th Ave NW Emery Ivey at 2918 Truman Ave Clarence Ferguson Trinity 1 Mrs Truitt Miller in Decatur 2 Mrs Darrell Greenwell Huntsville Clemon Davis Highway 20 Trailer Court A YV McCullough Union Grove 2 Miss Janet Hyde 1401 5th Ave SE Mrs Gordon Knop and infant Cullman 6
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McCulloch
10Th Ave
Emery Ivey
Truman Ave
Clarence Ferguson
Trinity
Truitt Miller
Decatur
Darrell Greenwell
Huntsville
Clemon Davis
Highway 20
YV. McCullough
Union Grove
Janet Hyde
5Th Ave
Gordon Knop
Cullman
Four Die in Alabama Traffic Crash Near Ardmore
The report details a fatal accident near Ardmore involving Mrs. Jarrett and three others. Authorities cite two vehicles traveling about 55 mph, one witness Levi Wood, and that all four died instantly. Relatives in St. Joseph Illinois were notified, bodies at Bennett May Funeral Home, and arrangements pending.
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Jarrett
Honeywell Co
St. Petersburg
Largo
Maine
Sammett
Falcon
Athens
Littrell Motor Co
Chevrolet
Bowman-Johnson Motor Co
Pulaski
South Sammett
Levi Wood
Niceville
Fla
Local Births Report From Decatur General Hospital
Mr and Mrs Richard Mc Graw of 1811 College St welcomed a boy Saturday at Decatur General Hospital. Also listed are births to Ottis Sparks of 307 Moulton St W Jo Don Thompson of Colonial Trailer Court Stanley McLemore of 1116 9th Ave SE James Barber of 405 6th St SE Milton Ray Madison and Dewey Tippett of Town Creek with newborn boys reported today at the hospital.
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James Huffstutler
Canal St
Hunter Arthur Falls
Oak St
William A. Dollar
Athens
Mark L. Armstrong
4Th Ave
William Dugger
Coy M. Moon
Lacey’s
Clarence Roseberry
13 Ave
Wayne Mahaffey
6Th Ave
A. R. Cox
Moulton St
Roger Tim Hutzler
Hartselle
Dewey Tippett
Town Creek
Jo Don Thompson
Colonial Trailer Court
James Hollis Lynn
Edgewood St
Stanley McLemore
Ith Ave
James C. Bogle
Cedar St
James W. Barber
5Th St
Milton Ray
Madison
Roxa McGuiar
Richard McGraw
College St
Decatur General Hospital
Ottis Sparks
9Th Ave
James Barber
6Th St
Milton Ray Madison
Markets Update on Cattle Hogs and Grains
Cotton and cottonseed prices listed with middling cotton at 4.00 and cottonseed at 45 per ton. Grain prices include No 2 yellow corn at 1.34, No 2 white corn at 1.32, milling wheat at 1.38, soybeans 2.38, and pulpwood 13.50 per cord. Cattle trading moderately active with cows weaker, steers and heifers mixed, calves and feeders showing movement, hogs steady to lower, sheep not traded.
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U.S
U. S
Debate at UN policy clash over communism and leadership
Testimony on foreign policy fuels a sharp clash between Republicans and Democrats. The Republican platform accuses the Johnson administration of weakness before communism while Democratic spokespeople warn that a Goldwater administration would be dangerously impulsive. Rusk does not mention Barry Goldwater by name in his prepared remarks.
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Johnson
Goldwater
Rusk
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Decatur Man Charged in Shooting Case
James Gilbert Berrett, 56, of 409 Oak St is charged with assault with intent to murder after a man was shot in the right leg near the knee late Saturday. The warrant was sworn by Mrs Hunter Arthur Falls whose husband survived the shooting.
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Decatur
James Gilbert Berrett
Oak St
Hunter Arthur Falls
Falls
Decatur General Hospital
Deaths Kathleen Swanner of Athens Age 55
Kathleen Swanner 55 of Athens died Sunday at 2 am in Giles County Hospital Pulaski Tennessee. Services at 2 pm today at Hester's Chapel Church of Christ with Toni Davis officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery Spry directing. Survivors: son Dean Swanner Leoma Tennessee. sisters Euly Foust and Luther Long. brothers Theron Long Minor Hill Tilman Long Williard Long. five grandchildren. lifelong Church of Christ member.
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Athens
Kathleen Swanner
Lester
Giles County Hospital
Pulaski
Tonn
Hester's Chapel Church of Christ
Tonis Davis
Spry
Dean Swanner
Leoma
Tenn
Euly Foust
Luther Long
Theron Long
Minor Hill
Tilman Long
Williard Long
Swanner
Church of Christ
Limestone County
James F Hayes obituary notices listing survivors
James Forrest Hayes of 1114 Riverview Ave SE died Sunday at 10 45 am at Veterans Hospital Birmingham. Services Tuesday 2 pm at Caddo Congregational Church with Capt James Deuel and Rev Ernest Shelton officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Survivors include wife Mary Ruth Hayes two daughters Sharon and Susan Sonia Hayes March Decatur three sons Jimmy Rogers Franklin two brothers J B Hayes Athens Noa Hayes Michigan seven sisters and other relatives. Nephews to serve as pallbearers. Body returned to the home of John Shirler Somerville today at 3 30 pm.
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James Forrest Hayes
Riverview Ave
Veterans Hospital
Birmingham
Caddo Congregational Church
James Deuel
Ernest Shelton
Gunthorp
Mary Ruth Hayes
Sharon N. Hayes
Susan Sonia Hayes
Decatur
Jimmy Hayes
Rogers Hayes
Franklin Hayes
Dawson Hayes
Billy Madry
Decatur 1
Ethel Shelton
Haleyville
Linda Hill
Trinity
Edna Waters
Monroe Shelton
John Dunn
J. B. Hayes
Athens
Noa Hayes
Michigan
John Shirler
Somerville
Mrs Audrey Crane, 55, Dies. Rites at Gunthorp Funeral
Audrey Laverne Crane died at 2:50 a.m. at a local hospital from Guntharp Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jerry Smith and Rev. Conor Lundy officiating. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery, Hartselle, with Gunthorp directing. Survivors include husband James E. Crane of Decatur two sons James A. Crane of Decatur and Gene C. Crane of Florence mother Mrs F L Crowe of Hartselle one sister Mrs Francis Battles of Gardendale one brother Seldon L. Crowe of Tanner 1 three grandchildren. Pallbearers are Glenn Mitchell Louie Glenn Charlie Rogers Ainslie Wyle Max Patterson and Charlie Gray. Honorary pallbearers are men from the First Christian Church, Decatur. Mrs Crane was a member of the C W F Memorials may go to Cancer Society or Heart Fund.
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Audrey Laverne Crane
Memorial Dr
Guntharp Funeral
Jerry Smith
Conor Lundy
Bethel Cemetery
Hartselle
Gunthorp
James E. Crane
Decatur
James A. Crane
Gene C. Crane
Florence
F. L. Crowe
Francis Battles
Gardendale
Seldon L. Crowe
Tanner
Glenn Mitchell
Louie Glenn
Charlie Rogers
Ainslie Wyle
Max Patterson
Charlie Gray
First Christian Church
Crane
C.W.F
Cancer Society
Heart Fund
Greek Greek Cyprus talks buoyed by Khrushchev note
Greece welcomed Khrushchev’s warning to Turkey as a step toward peace while Spyros Kyprianou prepares to depart for Moscow to discuss military aid. U Thant may appoint a new UN mediator after Finnish envoy Sakari Tuomioja suffers a mild stroke delaying Cyprus talks with Greece and Turkey.
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Sponse
Spyros Kyprianou
Moscow
Khrushchev
Turkey
U.N
Sakari S. Tuomioja
Geneva
Athens
Ankara
Nicosia
U Thant
Tuomioja
U.S
Dean Acheson
Johnson
Cyprus
Acheson
Greece
Makarios
Kennedy campaign widens with Wagner path and Stratton push
RFK indicates a possible campaign bid as he meets with Wagner after a Maine coast cruise and Cape Cod talks with brothers in law. Rep Samuel Stratton formally enters the race, calling Kennedy a potential Republican issue and noting residence questions about eligibility under New York law.
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Kennedy Brough
Ethel
Law
Stephen Smith
Kennedy
Gracie Mansion
Wagner
Maine
Cape Cod
Mass
R. Sargent Shriver
Smith
New York
Samuel S. Stratton
Upstate
Amsterdam
Stratton
Virginia
Massachusetts
U.S
Senate
New York State
Death notices and local ads mix in Decatur daily paper
Obituaries for Willie Polk and Mamie Mosley announced by Reynolds Funeral Home with deaths at Nashville Tenn and Decatur General Hospital. Classifieds include lost pet Jo Jo a 25 reward, numerous for rent and sale items, furniture and real estate, and local business notices from Decatur area.
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Willie DD Polk
Nashville, Tenn Hospital
Reynolds Funeral Home
Mamie Mosley
Decatur General Hospital
Reynolds
Caddo Road
Jo- Jo
Moulton
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Nunki
Antares
Arcturus
Eahae AS
Masonic Temple
Chicago
Page
Horsmann
James Malnor
Dixmoor
W. A. Crim
Church of God
Miss Martin
Kenya
Missouri
John Hil
Decatur Shopping Center
Decatur General
91St Terrace
St. Joseph
Ill
St. Petersburg Fla
Times
Bennett-May Funeral Home
Dogwood Lane
C. C. Thornton
Ard- Endlam Blvd
Alabama
R. A. Fitzpatrick
L. O. Coney
Dauphin Island
Earl Hargrove
St. SE
Timothy Haley
Trin
John P. Norton
Buena Vista Circle
Robert Sheats
Brent K. Hatfield
Newson Ave
Bobby R. Johnson
Buena Vista
Clifford H. Smith
Danville
Rodney Hampton
Decature
Paul E. Hargrove
Woodmont
Hardee L. Phillips
10Th St
Hazel V. Elliott
Eldrid Charles Gray
11Th Ave
John Harlow
J. W. Nesmith
Carrie Mae Smith
2Nd Ave
Emmet Horace Hamilton
James Basil Looney
Falkville
Ora Annie Bustin
1St St
D. V. Carraher
Eastmeade St
Donald Fitts
David H. Allen
Bradley St
Francis M. Wood
Eva
Lacey's Spring
James T. Woolridge
Sandra St
James H. Stroud
16Th Ave
H. Carl Walk
Murphree Rd
Highway 69
Jack Kelley
Daleville
Bobby L. Hicks
Ida Mae Gosa
Aberdine, Miss
Gosa
Vinemont
Duell Lee England
Harold Derrick
Howard M. Barnett
Jack L. Smith
Kaiser Sats
Acme Steel
Allis Chal
Ligg & My
Air L
Lockh Air
Baker
Lorillard
Can
Lou & Nash
Mtrs
Macy
Sugar
Masonite
T&t
Merr
Ch&s
Armour
Monson
Ches & Ohio
Repub
Swift
Texaco
Gen Foods
Gen Mills
Gen Tel & el
Geneseo
Gas Cp
Goodrich Siva US. Steel
Goodyear
West UN Tel
Gt A&p
Westy Elec
Greyhound
Winn Dixie
Gulf Oil
Woolworth
Hercules
Wall Street
Mack Trucks
Chrysler
Oldsmobile
Ron
Ford
P.m
John E. Adcock
Mount General Motors
Hope
Reynolds Tobacco
Local Securities
Ala. Tenn. National Gas
American Foundation Life Insurance Co
Coastal States Life
Downtowner Corp Equity National Life
First Flight
First Nat’l Bi
Sreater Ala
Jefferson Standard Life
Kentucky Central Liberty National Life
Life & Casualty
Life Ala
Moore Handley
The
James F. Hayes
Mrs
Audrey Crane
RFK
Walter Jackson ‘School
Zenith TV
Harrison St S.E
Hardwick and Roberts
Ira’s
E. Moulton St
Ferry St
Line Strand
Methodist Church
Fabric Bargain Center
Austinville
Call
Rising Sun Lodge
Douglas L. Rogers
W.M. C
B. Kenton
Sec’y
City Commission
Police
Decatur Police Department
Alabama Police Academy
Montgomery
Southeastern United States
Fred S. Hunt
Wmsl-Tv
Fred S. Hunt, Jr
Decetur
Ala
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