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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1965
Page
2
Sunset today 4 37 p m Sunrise tomorrow 6 38 a m Moonset tomorrow 1 15 a m Full Moon Dec 8 Mercury between Earth and Sun about 63 million miles away now seen in morning sky later in month observatory notes
Decatur and Vicinity readings show Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge 16.88 feet above sea level 551.18. TVA lake stages listed for Guntersville Whitesburg Wilson Pickwick Wheeler and Chickamauga. Temperatures yesterday 49 at 1 30 pm low 28 this morning 8 20 am percent sky partly cloudy and warmer. Tonight and Friday increase cloudiness with possible rain on Friday. Winds east to southeast 3 to 12 mph. High today 60 low tonight 38 Friday high 58.
A regional forecast notes rain beginning tonight and spreading to about 40 percent of the area Friday. Temperatures stay mild with a high near 60 today, a low around 38 tonight, and an early 20s start today. Rain may linger into Saturday but not all day Friday.
A 10 year old Gardendale youth, William Stanley Mullins, was struck by a car Saturday at 5 30 p m and pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital 11 minutes later. Cullman police later reported a separate fatality as Ava Isabella Haynes, 68, of Cullman, died after being struck by an automobile Monday afternoon. Funeral services for Bontrager will be announced by Moss Funeral Home.
City pages list Wolverine, Pet Milk, Chem strand, First Federal Savings and Loan among participants in the Decatur Day parade. Local groups including Jaycees and Jaycettes, Jones Western Wear, Civitan, Barber Shop Quartet, Phillips Rollercade, Girl Scouts, and various float entrants will march. Float units from the Coast Guard, Flint Rescue Squad, American Legion, and Florence State Drill Team are also noted with transportation provided by Decatur Transit, Wilson Tractor, Morgan County Tractor, and Decatur Truck and Tractor Co.
Decatur and Vehicle Engineering Laboratory will use the facility. The Decatur firm is expected to complete construction in about 10 months. Giffels and Rosetti of Detroit designed the facility under the Marshall Center's Facility and Design office.
Market notes from Decatur list cotton loan terms and commodity prices. Cotton middling, cottonseed at 40 dollars per ton. Milk Grade A at 6.55 per hundred, manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred for four percent. Pulpwood 13.50 per cord. Various No. 2 grains and foods priced: corn 1.33 to 1.41, wheat 1.38, barley .95, poultry wheat 1.13, dates 8.65, wood series 65 45 35.
Cotton futures opened without actual trades as listed prices show December through October contracts in the 23 to 29 cent range. The report includes a long roster of stocks and percentages across multiple companies and energy and consumer goods names with varied fractional values.
New York stocks closed unevenly with heavy trading estimated at 9.4 million shares. Industrials slid while rail shares rose from record highs with New York Central Pennsylvania and Chesapeake & Ohio up, IBM dropping over 10 points amid computer competition. Texas Instruments and other techs gained. bonds were steady. Athens death notice for Lillie Cordelia Downs follows.
Quotations compiled by the NASD at about 10 a m show inter dealer bid and asked prices for life and security stocks. Prices reflect representative inter dealer levels and exclude retail markdown or commission.
William R. Cleere, 90, of Hartsville, died today at 8 a.m. in a local nursing home. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Peck Funeral Home.
Howard Irving l Wilborn of Moulton 73 died Wednesday at 6 05 am at home. Services set for Thursday at 2 pm at Aldridge Grove Church of Christ with Isaac Eddy officiating. Burial in Alexander Cemetery by Elliott Funeral Home Moulton. Survivors include daughter Janet Wilborn two sons Grover and George R Wilborn one sister Ceila Johnson two brothers Merdy and Lynch Wilborn and three grandchildren. He was a Church of Christ member WWI veteran and member of American Legion Post No 25.
Officials say port and airfield construction will take time as priority projects move slowly. No firm manpower goals for Vietnam are given yet. Secretary McNamara has not briefed President Johnson in depth and Johnson retains final say.
A judge ordered renewed deliberations at 9 a m today amid a trial involving Strange a 23 year old youth. He sat outside the courtroom with friends of his attorney chatting and laughing. His attorney Stoner who wore a black bow tie spoke with reporters. He described himself as an extreme racist extremist.
The nation signals readiness to talk unconditionally for peace, arguing peace will arrive as the only victory, stemming from courage, constancy, and concern. A 125 member unofficial government advisory council includes many top names in American industry, trade, and finance.
A shock absorbing blade for rotary lawn mowers is described as made of nylon and neoprene, offering durable flexible performance for cutting systems.
The city fire department adopts a three shift system starting today creating 24 hour shifts at all five stations. Eleven firemen receive promotions including two to assistant chief, two to lieutenants, and seven to sergeants. Dispatchers at station one remain on a separate three shift schedule. Chief Elkins expects the new pattern to improve output while noting a current shortfall of about 12 firemen to fully staff four per station.
The Alabama State Society of the American Medical Technologists will meet in Montgomery at the Southwest Holiday Inn Saturday at 5 30 p.m. Dinner at 6 30 p.m. The Morgan County Medical Assistants hold their annual Christmas meeting Thursday at the Downtowner. Reservations by Monday with Mrs. Foote or Mrs. Channell. The Knights of Columbus hold their regular monthly meeting at 8 p.m. today in St. Ann's Church basement.
Defense wrapped presenting its case after about 12 hours as the government touted key witness Gary Thomas Rowe Jr. testimony and FBI involvement. Rowe claimed infiltrating the KKK and linked the defendants to the Liuzzo killing, while defense figures challenged his credibility and timing. Evidence included pistols, a sawed off shotgun, shells, photos, and a Montgomery Selma traffic citation.
County officials led by Chairman Roberts and Engineer Wheeler announced a plan to merge the road and bridge programs into a single centrally located Morgan County Highway Department. About 75 crewmen attended as questions covered travel distances, crew deployment, and staffing as the system is phased in.
Atlanta AP reports Florence Robin of the Georgia ACLU calls proposed legislation to outlaw nudist camps a chilling, illegal interference with private rights. The group in Atlanta is gathering diapers and baby clothes from businesses and residents and plans to request the Air Force to ship them to Viet Nam.
Miami AP reports a second planeload of refugees from Cuba is due on the daily U S financed air shuttle. Ten hours after 75 refugees from the island landed, a family of six received donated overcoats and boarded a plane to join relatives in Elizabeth New Jersey. Others prepared to leave for other destinations as the program continues.
Montgomery Alabama AP reports state departments face financial trouble as a new law raises employee expense allowances by about 20 percent yet provides no funding. Records show departments have already spent their quarterly expense money through December 31.
The Elks Club of Fort Walton Beach launches a drive for 50,000 diapers for a Vietnam orphanage. By the second day the lodge is swamped with donations and asks all Northwest Florida Elks lodges to assist with collections.
Auburn University and local residents donated 1,112 pints of blood for American soldiers in Vietnam. The American Red Cross organized and will distribute the one day drive conducted on the university campus Monday.
Astronauts Borman Lovell target 206 earth orbits in 14 days while nine days later Schirra and Stafford aim for a close rendezvous with Gemini 7. The six hour formation flight 185 miles up follows. Gemini 7 to sleep 10 hours daily to ensure at least eight hours rest.
A Jackson based Cook Construction Co filed an apparent low bid of 1,109,673 dollars for additional work on a Pearl River flood protection project in Jackson. Army Engineers had estimated 981,164 dollars for the project without profit.
Richmond Flowers says the newly authorized fair trial tax of 1 should not be collected if the defendant has forfeited bond Colbert County Circuit Clerk Sara Blackwell requested the ruling from the attorney general This item notes a procedural tax question arising from bond forfeiture and official inquiry from Colbert County.
Three miles south of Saigon on Wednesday South Vietnamese units captured four prisoners seized a large stock of weapons and ammunition with light casualties. River assault boats aided the day long operation by regulars militiamen and popular forces. Communists continued hit and run tactics firing mortars and small arms at a district headquarters in Binh Chanh ten miles southwest of Saigon.
Vatican City AP reports a new draft of the Vatican Ecumenical Council statement on birth control calls for further study of contraception. Informants say this keeps the issue open, with past teachings against contraception still valid but not necessarily final.
Eleven year old Sarah Elizabeth Holloway was in critical condition at Decatur General Hospital after a wreck Wednesday. Her mother Nancy Holloway, listed in fair condition, was injured. The crash occurred at 7 40 a m at 3rd Street and 8th Avenue NW, involving Rex F White of 225 8th Ave NW. Police said the investigation was continuing.
The body of Mack Saxton arrives tonight at Reynolds Funeral Home from Memphis Tennessee and will lie in state until Saturday morning funeral services.
Willig Freeman died Tuesday at Decatur General Hospital. Funeral Sunday at 1 p.m. at Campground Primitive Baptist Church Danville Community. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Reynolds Funeral Home directs. Survivors include widow Evelyn Freeman Courtland. father Sam Freeman Louis Mo. five daughters Mamie Johnson Trinity, Pearline McVay and Elizabeth Pickett Hillsboro, Nancy Ann and Sallie Mae Freeman Courtland. five sons Dan Courtland, James O Hillsboro, John Henry, Sammy Decatur, Willie James Courtland. sister Samella McClendon Chicago Ti. aunts Delsia Williams Moulton Heights and Janie Wiggins Decatur. uncle Robert Garth Cleveland Ohio. 20 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
Funeral services for Mrs Fan nie Robinson who died Tuesday at Decatur General Hospital will be held later in Cleveland Ohio. The body was shipped to Cleveland today by Reynolds Survivors include a son Rev Ollie Robinson Cleveland Ohio a stepson Rufus Robinson Decatur a daughter Mrs Sarah Rice Madison a granddaughter Mrs Celeste Torian Cleveland Ohio a great granddaughter Suzanne Torian and other relatives.
Wanted: white babysitter five days weekly for two small children. Must provide transportation. Call Falkville 784-2721 after 5 PM. Equity sale: three bedroom and den one bath at 1603 Freeman Ave SW. 140 by 200 foot lot with fenced backyard. Payments of 106.05 with 54 cents down. Call 353-2025 from 9 AM to 5 PM.
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