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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1966
Page
2
Daniel Realty Corp spokesmen say a multimillion dollar, at least 20 story office building will rise in downtown Birmingham after the demolition phase begins late next year with completion slated for 1969. The project is a major downtown development.
Grand jury to probe the death of James Earl Motley in Elmore County jail. District Attorney Upshaw Jones says witnesses will be summoned and evidence presented. Motley died from brain injury and head injuries per a state toxicologist autopsy.
Capitol police arrested George Palakian 27 of Paterson New Jersey on charges of destroying government property after slashing four oil paintings in the House wing. He admitted the act to Chief J M Powell. A second item notes a national draft conference in Chicago expected to call for overhauls limiting local draft boards amid calls to revise the Selective Service System. Senator Edward M Kennedy cites draft reform as a major upcoming issue for Congress.
In Revere Massachusetts a volley of shots from two passing cars killed Joseph D Amico 27 of Boston as he rode as a passenger in a car driven by James Kerns 28 of Boston Kerns was charged as an accessory after the fact of murder marking the 346th gang related killing in Greater Boston over 22 years
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower enters Walter Reed Army Hospital for gallbladder removal and will face a series of tests over three or four days. Doctors describe a common dye test that traces through the bloodstream to image the liver and gallbladder via X rays.
A six day Pacific coastal storm moves inland threatening southern Utah and northern Arizona with floods. More than 500 people displaced in California amid numerous fatalities collapses and stalled trains. Zion National Park isolation looms as Baker Dam overflows near St George triggering farm area emergency.
In Gainesville Georgia Batman received one write in vote and both Howard James and Joseph Stargel each had 674 votes after three tally checks. City Atty. Guier seeks research to resolve the tie as the charter provides a runoff. the result is unprecedented in the city.
Berkeley students and faculty move to end the classroom boycott as AFL-CIO American Federation of Teachers suspend their strike after a decisive vote. A truce is labeled conditional and tied to forthcoming negotiations with UC administration.
H L Hester and A D Ashcraft, examiners for Morgan and Limestone counties, urge applicants to know rural mail routes and box numbers or contact the post office for details. Examinations will not be held on Monday December 26 or Monday January 2 due to Christmas and New Year holidays. The note also recalls that in 1825 the first Italian opera in the United States Barber of Seville played in New York.
Cullman firemen responded to a car fire at midnight near 3rd Ave and 16th St damaging a 1958 Ford owned by Margie Henkey. They also answered a second call at the Lark Wood subdivision at 4:09 p.m. for a fire at the same address, attributed to burning trash earlier.
This morning the river and weather report shows 17.34 feet water, sea level 551.64, TVA lake stages across Wilson Guntersville Whitesburg Pickwick Wheeler and Chickamauga. Forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers and southerly winds up to 18 mph. highs near 65 and 69 on Thursday.
Graveside services for A C Edwards who died Monday at a Birmingham hospital will be 1 p m Thursday at Cullman cemetery with Dr Mihor T Triplett officiating. Survivors include widow Bonnie S Edwards of Birmingham two daughters in Long Island New York and Birmingham seven grandchildren mother J H Edwards of Cullman three brothers and two sisters. Body remains at Johns Ridouts Roebuck Birmingham. Memorials may be made to cancer charities.
The Planning Commission recommended approval of two commercial rezoning requests and denied a third. The first would rezone portions of property on 6th Ave between 7th and 9th streets from B-1 local business to B-2 general business, with three vacant lots on 5th Ave to be used for parking. The second covers blocks on 6th Ave between 9th and 11th streets. A third rezoning at Austinville Rd and Carr St SW from residential to local business was left open. Final approval for the Maner-Hill subdivision in Cedar Lake Rd area was granted.
Strayed red steer from Denbo Hollow, between 400 and 500 pounds. Contact numbers 355-5308 or 335-3106 for return. Also multiple local classifieds list sales and rentals including a 1963 Cadillac Sedan and a 1964 T-Bird with prices, a brick house for sale with FHA loan terms, babysitting, and rental notices.
Cottrell Elliott died at a local hospital at 2 a.m. Monday. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Garners Memorial CME Church with Rev. J. W. Powell officiating. Burial follows at Sykes Cemetery. Reynolds Funeral Home directing. Survived by wife Mattie Elliott of Decatur, three daughters, three sisters, and nine grandchildren.
Mr and Mrs David Richardson Munton announce a son at Lawrence County Hospital. Other births listed include Malcom Hanbartie Malone Trinty Taylor and Crisler Hobbs. Fire department reports multiple grass fires with no losses and a chimney and fireplace job priced at 700 dollars.
Regular and part time employees at J C Penney Department Store received a special year end bonus Monday. Checks went to workers employed on or before December 31 1965 with management excluded. Store manager Gordon Fair announced the company wide benefit.
Athens resident John Pylant reported being conned out of 560 dollars at the Limestone County Sales Barn. A man approached offering a check to cash, then disappeared after promising to return with the check.
In 1916, David Lloyd George assumed the office of prime minister of Great Britain amid World War I. His leadership marked a turning point as he formed a coalition government and steered wartime policy and domestic measures.
Decatur native Ralph O. Fleming rises to manager of Acrilan acrylic development at Monsanto Co. textiles division. He succeeds J. B. McKay Jr. and joins a long line of prior roles including section head in Acrilan fiber development. Fleming, a Penn State chemical engineering graduate, is active in ACS AIChE Civitan and Scouting. He and his wife Zora live at 2611 13th St SE with their three sons.
The Decatur Music Club meets at 9 a.m. Thursday at 712 Holland Dr. SW to visit and carol in local rest homes with a social hour beforehand. The Decatur Jayceettes meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Southside Baptist Church. Royal Arch Masons convocation is at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Masonic Temple. Royal and Select Masters assemble at 7:30 today at the Masonic Temple. Rainbow for Girls Assembly meets at 6:15 p.m. Thursday at the Masonic Temple.
An Athens Limestone coroner notes Elderly resident Stephenson died after a crash in which he talked and refused hospital care. Nearby, Phillip L. Haggard, 18, and ete Harbison, 14, were injured in separate incidents in Cullman and Limestone counties. Funeral services for Stephenson set for Thursday at Johnson's Chapel Methodist Church with a World War I veteran and American Legion member among survivors.
Eleven Athens and Limestone County seniors compete in the Athens Jaycees Junior Miss pageant at Athens Junior High Auditorium. Lynnwood Gregg says more than $1,000 in scholarships and gift certificates will be awarded to winners. Tickets are $1 at the door. Contestants include Judy Whitt, Lynnwood Varnell, Nancy Dearman, Clara Keyes, Debra Haney, Jill Romine, Joyce Mitchell, LaDon Romine, Peggy Miller and Linda Nell. Judging focuses on poise and appearance.
Three runaways from Paducah Kentucky and an AWOL airman from Travis Air Force Base were apprehended by Cullman police at about 2 a.m. The two girls aged 14 and 15 traveled with the serviceman along with another teenage boy. The airman Randall L. Davis, 20, was identified. The youths are held in the city jail awaiting Kentucky relatives. Fort McClellan authorities are notified to pick up Davis.
In 1945 the Arab League announced a boycott of goods produced by Jews in Palestine, to take effect soon, signaling mounting regional opposition to the Jewish statehood project and trade practices.
Mt Hope School PTA will present color films of the Holy Land at its December meeting at 6 30 p m in the school auditorium. Buford Thornton a Russellville druggist who has traveled in the Holy Land will narrate the showing of films he made during his travels. The program is open to the public.
Athens fire chief said heavy interior damage occurred in a car owned by Mrs. J Neese A Irvin of Athens. He noted Mrs. Irvin believes the fire started from a cigarette left in the vehicle.
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