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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1964
Page
2
Sunset today is 6 21 p m. Sunrise tomorrow 5 18 a m. Moonrise tonight at 9 16 p m. Last Quarter on Aug 30. Antares shines low in the southwest at 9 10 p m. Saturn visible in the southeast at 9 02 p m. Jupiter rises at 10 25 p m. Venus and Mars rise at 2 03 a m.
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge reads 19.33 feet up .33 in 24 hours with sea level 553.63 feet. TVA lake stages listed. Highs near 89 today and 88 Thursday with 68 tonight. Forecast calls for variable clouds, warmer with scattered showers and thundershowers. Gas Dept reports 90 Tuesday noon, 68 overnight, 78 this morning.
MOULTON The mushrooming controversy over Lawrence County Hospital operations continued as the board of revenue recommended to the hospital board that Mrs. John S. Dodd be relieved of her duties as director of nurses. The board also urged hiring an assistant to the administrator and employing a registered nurse to supervise each operating shift. Frank Martin declined to comment.
A historical admissions and dismissals roster lists names and addresses in Cullman area towns including Garden City Cullman Arley Vinemont Falkville Hayden and Logan. Individuals such as Gordon M Collum Jayne Heatherly David Hyatt Edith Partain Erval Persall Joseph Richard Norman Smith James Simmons Curtis Tanner Linda Thompson Wigley Wilbanks Betty Wilhite Wesley Williams Armstrong Brock Fincher Holland Loyd Macie McBrayer Nail Parris Stacy Watters appear with box numbers and street addresses.
Delegates, crowds, and TV crews gathered outside as credentials chair David Lawrence steered Mississippi seating talks. Johnson refused to back his ticket while the Freedom delegation faced seating with limited voting credits, amid speeches attacking Republicans and GOP extremism. Southern governors warned Humphrey would finish second.
A hospital record lists numerous individuals with addresses in Decatur Huntsville Hartsville Chapel Hill Somerville Hillsboro and Trinity. The names include Mrs Rose Mary Swanner C C Devaney Mrs James Matthews Sherman Talley William H Gulley Master Michael Crow Miss Frances Piery Paul White Mrs Bobby Collum Frankie Shaw Master Steve Morris Joe Baugh Mrs Charles Riggins Mrs Malcolm Bottom Mrs John Ricks Mrs Donald McCain Marvin Peck Mrs Viola Norton William West and Mrs James Carr and infant daughter.
Morgan County offices will relocate to a recently purchased annex across the street over the next several weeks. The Board of Revenue and Control will move about 10 days to two weeks, with other departments following as spaces are prepared. The plan converts the Gunthorp Funeral Home into courthouse facilities at an estimated cost under 5,000 dollars.
Emissary from Franklin D Roosevelt Jr. met Alabama delegates to resolve the loyalty oath dispute. Bailey’s reinterpretation triggered dissent among unpledged and pledged factions. McCord described the pledge in two parts, while the floor held tense, with protests visible from balcony by Negro attendees and Rep. Adam Clayton Powell comparing sit ins to King.
A special three judge federal tribunal in Atlanta upheld the validity of the public accommodations section in the first ruling under the New Civil Rights Act. Oct 5 marks the Supreme Court's new fall term and the court normally conducts routine business that day.
Ward notes the death of Mrs D W Gregg of Little Rock Arkansas formerly of Decatur. Survived by a niece Mrs Pearl Stewart of Decatur.
Cyrus L. Moores died this morning in Fayetteville Tennessee. Funeral services will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Carroll Hickman and Rev. William Comperry officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. Survivors include his widow Jean Moores of Fayetteville a son Jon Moores of Decatur a sister Mrs. Carter Rutledge Fayetteville a brother James C. Moores Fayetteville and three grandchildren.
Mrs Sallie Foote 81 of Hartselle died at her home at 9 30 p m Tuesday Burial is set for Thursday at 2 30 p m at Salem Methodist Church with Rev Leroy McClendon officiating Peck directing Survivors include three daughters Mrs Carl Brown Falkville Mrs Buck Powell and Mrs Viola Powell Hartselle one son Marvin Foote Hartselle 16 grandchildren 21 great grandchildren one sister Mrs Ida Long Cullman Active pallbearers are J V Moore Ronald Cole John Kelley Bob Miller Prentiss Hill Lester Shaneyfelt Honorary pallbearers include Almon Curtis Frank Garner L C Roberson Jesse Bodley Ed Bodley John Bodley Rufus Bodley Elmer Bodley Park Anders Johnny Nixon Body to be returned to the home of Mrs Prentiss Hill today and stay there until services.
Hurricane Flora devastated the island with Cuba evacuating more than 10 000 people from the southwestern coast. No casualties reported. Cuban radio tracked damage to sugar mills in Oriente Province as AP monitored stations in Miami. Meanwhile 20 000 American schoolchildren will learn with a new 44 character alphabet by a British educator.
Cotton inch middling 4.00 decatur, cottonseed 45 a ton, milk Grade A 655 per hundred, wheat 1.98 a bushel, corn around 1.34 to 1.22, oats 0.60, soybeans 2.38. Cattle and calves in tight supply with slaughter and feeder prices steady to higher, hogs moderately active, lambs and sheep small and steady.
New York AP market summary cites numerous issues trading near midday with several big names such as Coca Cola, IBM, Ford, General Electric and Texaco showing modest declines. Investors monitor energy and industrials while utilities hold relatively steady in a wide Nasdaq style quotation of securities and bond-like notes.
AP reports a quiet open in as trading begins with no sales registered. Futures prices show Oct at 31.90 and Dec at 31.50, with March near 31.60 and May around 31.00. The market notes limited activity and unclear rounding for later months.
Wall Street closed irregularly lower in dull New York trading with volume around 3.6 million shares. Du Pont and General Electric fell about a point, while IBM gained over a point and Chrysler rose after early irregularity.
The morning docket includes disregarding a red light five counts public drunkenness three improper turn overparking no driver's license two driving the wrong way on a one way street indecent exposure reckless driving parking in a prohibited zone disregarding a stop sign speeding driving while intoxicated and disorderly conduct.
Two Vietnamese soldiers among the wounded and dead as Da Nang police arrest forty rioters for looting. Demonstrations flare in Hue while Hue radio is seized by students. Fears mount of Viet Cong moves near Saigon with intelligence citing over twenty thousand troops around the capital.
Four physicians released Johnson’s first disclosed medical exam since becoming president, noting normal vitals and superb exercise tolerance. He forecasts Democrats gaining seats, names Kennedy and Tydings as likely Senate winners, and plans campaign travel with heavy White House focus. Building permits, local arrests, fire reports, club meetings, and various ads follow in the page listing.
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