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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1963
Page
2
The report lists sunset at 4 37 p m and moon phase last quarter at 3 34 p m Venus sets at 5 52 p m Saturn in the southwest at 6 56 p m and Jupiter high in the south at 7 20 p m Venus will appear near Saturn early January and near Jupiter late February.
Readings this morning at Keller Memorial Bridge show 17.10 feet on the Tennessee River with a 0.08 foot rise in 24 hours and sea level reading at 551.40 feet. Other TVA lake stages are Chickamauga 675.3 Pickwick 408.6 Guntersville 593.4 Whitesburg 552 and Wilson 506.8. Forecast calls for sunny, rather cool today and Saturday with tonight clear and cold winds light to southeast 5 to 12 mph. Highs around 53 today 59 Saturday with Lows near 29 tonight and 31 last night.
President Kennedy reduces public appearances announcing three meetings after a day with ten. The schedule includes John A. McCone and Anthony Celebrezze. A ceremonial presentation of the Presidential Medal of Freedom will honor 28 men and women. Herbert Lehman died Thursday.
Police said a Negro man Louis Griffin 524 Church Street was robbed of 35 dollars by two unidentified Negro men in the alley behind James Rankin Insurance Co on Johnston Street They blinded him with something then used force to take the money.
Mr and Mrs John T Moody of Decatur welcomed a baby girl Thursday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. The birth extends the Moody family line and adds joy to the Decatur community.
Sgt William B Little announces all available troopers will patrol a four county area to cut highway accidents. The crackdown targets speeding drunken driving and wrong way violations with more arrests and fewer warnings. Traffic fatalities stood at 642 through Thursday, 40 higher than last year.
The State Highway Department invites bids on two Cullman County interstate projects totaling about 8 miles and $21.5 million. Projects run from U S 278 to near the Cullman Morgan line, with work including grading drainage and paving. Bids due in Montgomery on December 20.
Hospital admissions list includes Kevin Windsor 1314 Plaza St SE William Holt 906 Carridale St F R Hodges 432 Sherman St Wendell Hayes Kimberly Dismissals show Danny Lane 203 8th Ave NW Mrs Phillip Hendrix 1410 Phillips Ave Bonnie Wood 214 11th Ave NW Mrs Clarence Blizzard 1511 Jackson St H L Douhit Decatur 4.
A public notice from Decatur General lists multiple residents and their addresses across Huntsville Athens Hartselle Elkmont Town Creek Courtland Moulton and Courtland. Individuals include Ollie M English Mrs Henry Beardsley Floyd Self Thomas Nalley Master Allen Roper Vicky Marrion Linda Gale Duke Eula Ramey Charles Patterson James Stewart Benard Landers Jr J Gilmer Blackburn Edward Rafferty and infant children William Hudson Carlton Brackin and infant son Julia Crow Jerry Hoskins Joseph Parker among others.
In Athens and Hartselle, festive parades drew families despite a chilly night. Miss Merry Christmas contestants from Limestone County schools rode floats, while Santa Claus delighted youngsters amid about 40 units in each parade. Officials praised the events as a big success.
The document notes paving and shoulder work on Interstate 65 from Pine Level to the Shelby County line and references connections to Montgomery-Atlanta and Montgomery-Birmingham links. It lists segment markers 8.184 and 33.857 with Autauga Chilton areas.
The city started radar speed surveillance yesterday using a $1,000 unit. Chief Pack Self said officers would not misuse it to recoup costs and Lt. T. L. Hill issued warning tickets only. The system covers the city and is accurate within half a percent with posted warnings for motorists.
Mrs. Mary Emma Kerr 84 of Athens died at her residence at noon Wednesday. Funeral services Saturday at 11 a.m. Cumberland Presbyterian Church Stella Tennessee with burial beside the church. Survivors include five sons and a daughter and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. McConnell Funeral Home Athens in charge of arrangements.
Mose Andrew Suggs 64 of Danville 3 died Thursday at 7 p m after an 18 year illness. Funeral 2 p m Saturday at Fairfield Church of Christ with burial Red Hill Cemetery. Officiants Ray McWhorter and C G Redding. Survived by widow Flora Suggs Danville 3 a daughter Rachel Ann Franks Danville 3 three sons Thomas J Suggs Decatur 1 Price Suggs Danville 3 Marvin Suggs Decatur a half brother Sam Hamilton Danville 3 four grandchildren and other relatives. Elliott Brown Service to handle pallbearers will be nephews.
Jessie Earl Long Sr. died at his home at 12:40 AM. Services are set for Sunday at Tanner Church of Christ at 2 PM with Clifford Buchanan and J. E. Prestridge officiating. Burial in Athens City Cemetery directed by Gunthorpe. He was a retired merchant and farmer and member of Tanner Church of Christ. Nephews to pallbear. Survived by two sons Walter T. Long and J. E. Long Jr., one daughter Mrs. Shirley Miller, three brothers Roy Long of Athens Lonnie Long of Laurens SC Bill Long of Decatur, and two grandsons. The body lies in state one hour before services.
The gathering highlighted soil tests as a top farm move and noted Limestone County could lead the state with good soil. TVA rep Charlie Ham urged planting pines on waste land to create income, while John Isley of Farmers Home Administration outlined loans and cited 1962 financing of 36 homes as example of the agency’s impact.
Highway Patrol examiners reported 483 license applications in the three‑county area with 150 learner permits issued, 142 passes, 137 failures, 33 incomplete, and vehicles failing inspection. Local incidents included two traffic collisions on Carridale and Moulton streets, a car fire, building permits issued, and a DAV Home event announced for the evening.
Cotton inch middling 34.00 Decatur Milk Grade A 96.55 per hundred manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred for four per cent wood cords 13.50 per cord corn prices around 1.25 to 1.11 per bushel oats 0.70 and milling wheat 1.50 soybeans 2.45 cattle and calves 25 with weekly sales notes slaughter steers and heifers 50 lower cows steady to 50 lower feeders steady vealers up to 1.00 hogs 50 steady 200 220 lb hogs 13.75 week high 13.25 Monday and Thursday.
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Sykes will be Sunday at 2 p.m. from the Primitive Baptist Church in Courtland. Rev. Charles Hollings and Rev. W. R. Davis will officiate. Burial follows at Courtland Cemetery with S. S. Sykes Funeral Home directing. Survivors include one brother Richard Troupe of Dayton Ohio and a niece.
General Hospital Wednesday notes a Story Hour for children six to nine at the Decatur Public Library on Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. All children in this age group are invited. The Decatur Curb Market meets Saturday 6 to 11 a.m. featuring pork sausage crackling turnips greens corn meal baked cakes canned vegetables jellies cabbage peanuts milk butter eggs. Highway Patrol reports a Thursday 7:30 p.m. accident one-half mile west of Pinedale a county road. Marion Harris 16 Ardmore 2 involved in one-vehicle crash. car damage about 300 dollars.
Former Gov Jim Folsom declared his firm opposition to Amendment 3 one of 13 proposed constitutional changes on the Dec 10 ballot. He argued it violates states rights and local self government and urged leaders who promote the philosophy to oppose it as well. Amendment 3 would add restrictions to qualify as a voter.
3 room furnished upstairs apartment at 509 8th Ave SE with gas heat utilities included asking 55 monthly. Also includes living room large kitchen 3 bedrooms utility room fenced yard and ideal equity payments. Call 353-0645.
The Soil Conservation Service report notes that 62 ponds were completed in 1963 as part of a plan to build houses in the open country where farmers and local groups sought new water and housing solutions.
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