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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1964
Page
2
Weather and celestial highlights for Wednesday August 26 include sunset at 6 23 p m and sunrise 5 17 a m. Moonrise at 8 43 p m with Last Quarter on August 30. Sirius rises at 3 15 a m, followed by Orion Aldebaran and Jupiter in the same sky sequence.
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge sits at 18.97 feet with no change in 24 hours and sea level at 553.27 feet. TVA lake stages list Chickamauga 680.3 Pickwick 411 Guntersville 593.9 Whitesburg 554.1 Wilson 506.3. Today's high near 90 and low 70 with tonight and Wednesday showers likely. lighter winds. Gas Department notes 92 degrees Monday at 3 pm, 64 low at 5:15 am, and 87 at 10:40 this morning.
A Decatur man Herman Clayton Coburn 31 was charged with second degree burglary after police found him inside Charles Sandlin Store on Sandlin Road Sunday night. Coburn was in county jail and had been out on bond on an auto theft charge. Police also investigated other local incidents including a Phillips 66 station break in and multiple thefts from a moving address.
The storm Cleo was 125 miles southeast of Camaguey and 460 miles south-southeast of Miami, tracking west-northwest at 12 mph. Hurricane winds lashed Oriente Province with up to 110 mph near the center, while gales extended outward. Officials evacuated peasants and livestock recalling Hurricane Flora.
A compiled roster shows patient names and residences including Cullman Addison George Elam Hanceville Minnie Jackson 901 Sixth Ave E Mavis Murphree Cullman Lola Taylor Cullman Imogene Bandy Cullman George Beall Eva James Cook Hickory Street Philadelphia Annette Gamble Vine Mont Melba Moore Falkville Clarence Vandiver Arley Ival White Logan Annette Brown Katherine Street Ira Childers Eva Tommy Duvall Blountsville Phomander Kilgo Logan Edna Nelson Schnider Road Joseph Price Third Ave SW Robbie Ballard Hanceville Veruis Graves 1327 Brunner Jasper Glasscock Cullman Maggie Hudson Hanceville Priscilla Jordan Hanceville Fannie Johnston Hance Patricia Pearson Cullman Clara Quick Cullman Hulda Schaefers Cullman Edith Taylor Cullman Brenda Williams Ann Street.
Admissions entries include Mrs Loyal Terry from Hartselle and Mrs Bobby Carter from Decatur with others named across Huntsville Somerville and Decatur. Names include Mrs Cora Vinson and Master Steve Morris plus Mrs Gladys Edmondson and Mrs Ruth Gurley and Mrs Annie M Lyle.
Birth notices report new arrivals at Baugh Wiley Smith and Decatur General hospitals. Names include Glenn Smith and Ronnie White families with a girl and a boy born Monday and today. Other families cited are Charles Wessels and Charles Harper with newborns.
A Decatur Flour Mill trailer truck rammed into a Massey home around 3 p.m. injuring Thelma Anders 47 and others. The driver Morris C Woods 27 of Decatur reported brakes failure. House damage estimated at 5000 dollars. Other local accidents followed with minor injuries and damages.
Martin asserts transparency and says $70,800 in charity care and $26,900 in new equipment over four years. He denies overpricing and stresses wholesome, standard food and patient diets. The grand jury criticized hospital profits and nurse staffing. Dodd seeks LPN hires. meeting ends after statements and letters of support.
An Alabama convention saw unpledged delegates refused recognition unless they pledged support to the presidential nominee. McCord declined to comment on talks with an unidentified party official about Bailey. Delegates, already sworn in during primaries, voted to sign nothing further amid Wallac e and Goldwater political tensions.
In New York on Monday Barry Goldwater met with business leaders and delivered a speech denouncing the Johnson administration for weakening NATO. He argued the United States should not bypass allies or conduct secret talks with the Soviet Union and pledged NATO partners would join the hot line under his presidency.
Khanh proposed repealing his Aug 16 charter granting sweeping powers and backed a plan for the military council to hold a fresh election for chief of state perhaps reappointing Khanh. An aide said this does not resign his power. a new civilian-military junta would be formed after the vote. Outside, demonstrators cheered. A Tokyo suburb library hosts 300,000 Buddhist books.
Cotton prices inch middling at 2.00 and Decatur lean 33.57. Cottonseed at 45 per ton. Milling and manufactured milks quoted. Various corn oat and wheat prices listed. Cattle and hogs activity mixed with feeders strong, lambs steady. sheep steady.
The New York stock market closed sharply lower amid moderate trading and a mixed opening. Major issues fell, led by IBM dropping over five points and Xerox down over four, while Sunray DX Oil and United Airlines posted smaller moves.
Morgan County Sheriff’s Department reports multiple Monday arrests for highway intoxication driving while intoxicated assault and battery and no tag. Decatur firemen investigated a 10 15 p m fire at 315 4th Ave NW with slight mattress loss. Car crashes and city notices follow including permit issuances and a Toastmasters award.
Robert B Hobbs 54 of 2802 Federal Highway Fort Pierce died Sunday at 5 am at Ft Pierce Memorial Hospital Services were today at 10 am from Yates Funeral Home Burial followed at Hillcrest Memorial Chapel Survivors include widow Eula Hobbs mother Mrs Joseph Saine daughter Jo Ann Hobbs son James B Hobbs four brothers and two sisters Hobbs had lived in Fort Pierce since 1958 after years in Flint Michigan where he was a pipe fitter for Sinclair Refining Co He also worked for Chrysler and General Motors in Detroit He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church Atlanta and member of the Royal Order of the Moose
The project aims to enclose a five sided shopping center with five ingress routes. A central covered mall with greenery will split the land formerly owned by Phillips Petroleum in Bot tlesville Oklahoma into 3.7 acres. Currier cited Decatur's strong economic base as key and Milberger and Rutland of Huntsville prepared the center.
The Serbo Croat language spoken in Yugoslavia is taught in twenty foreign universities. In Yugoslav universities nine foreign languages are taught.
Classified snippets show AKC registered Pekingese puppies seven weeks old with phone contact 353-0905. Also advertised are Fourth grade coloring books and dictionaries sold by eSs Book Shop at 222 £ Moulton.
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