Grand jury applauds sheriff team as 115 true bills returned
The Morgan County grand jury praised the sheriff's department after 115 true bills were returned. They noted the jail's overall satisfactory condition, commended Decatur and Hartselle officers Det. Lt. E. C. Bowman and Det. Bobby Newsom, and praised Circuit Clerk Hill ahead of his January departure after 18 years of service.
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Ast
Lewis West
Grand Jury
Morgan County Sheriff's Force
Decatur
Hartselle
E. C. Bowman
Bobby Newsom
Hill
Weather and River Snapshot for Sunday December 13
Weather forecast notes sunlit conditions with sunrise at 6:47 a.m. and moonset on the following day. River section highlights may include level readings and flow notes for the local area.
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Sunes
Bristlecone Pines Date Back to Ancient Times
The bristlecone pines of Inyo National Forest near the California Nevada line trace their lineage to long before the Pyramids of Egypt.
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Inyo National Forest
California-Nevada Line
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Listed
Hospital briefs list admissions for Alesia Miller at 311 Market St NW Mrs Lee Cagle 611 2nd Ave SW B N Payne 1413 9th Ave SE C A Poole Falkville 1 Mrs Jerry McCaghren West Court Apt Mrs George Henry Somerville 3 Dismissals include J C Harris and infant son Decatur 3 W C Flemons Somerville 2 and Mrs Luther Standridge 1011 9th Ave SW.
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Baugh-Wiley-Smith Admissions
Alesia Miller
Market St. NW
Lee Cagle
2Nd Ave
B. N. Payne
9Th Ave
C. A. Poole
Falkville
Jerry McCaghren
West Court Apt
George Henry
Somerville
J.C. Harris
Decatur
W. C. Flemons
Luther Standridge
Earl L. White
5Th Ave
Elma B. Bentley
Sth
Ave
Horace' Robertson
Cullman
Lyndon Cox
Moulton St
David M. Locke
7Th St. SE
Marcus T. Wallace
Hartselle
William L
Adcock
Ardmore
Henry H. Mabry
Joan
Local Residents Named in City Directory Snippet
A readable portion lists numerous residents and addresses across Trinity Decatur Huntsville Ardmore Hartselle and nearby areas. Names include Mrs James Hood Mrs William Johnson Master Steven Jenkins Mrs LaVon Bullock Roger Taylor Mrs Teddy Edde and others with street addresses and cities.
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James W. Hood
Trinity
William Johnson
DecatUr
LaVon Bullock
Carridale St
Steven Jenkins
12Th Ave
Tommy Roden
Somerville
Joe Brazelton
Corrin' Ave
Roger Taylor
6Th Ave
Teddy Edde
Huntsville
J. K. Davis
Paradise Trailer Court
Roger Engle
Olive St
John B. Bass
Cherry St
Army to reorganize reserves into National Guard brigades
McNamara orders abolition of 21 low priority National Guard and Reserve divisions. Half of its men move to the National Guard, the rest join a manpower pool for emergency reinforcement. National Guard becomes sole ready backup for 16 Army divisions.
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Ganized Army Reserve
National Guard
National Regen
McNamara
Infant son of Hastings buried at Johnsons Chapel
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Hastings of Decatur died at 1:30 a.m. Friday in a local hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. today at Johnsons Chapel Church with burial in the adjacent cemetery. Gunthorp Funeral Home directing. Survivors include the parents and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hannah of Decatur.
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R. D. Hastings
Decatur
Johnson's Chapel
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Robert Hannah
Funeral Services for Mrs. Bessie Armstrong
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Tillman Armstrong 82 of 802 Hereford Dr Athens die Thursday at 10 am in Athens Limestone Hospital. Service this afternoon at 2 from McConnell Funeral Home Chapel burial in Athens City Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Joyce Porter Athens son William Clary Armstrong Canada sister Mrs Wallace Jefferys three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Athens
Bessie Tillman Armstrong
Hereford Dr
Athens-Limestone Hospital
McConnell Funeral Home Chapel
Athens City Cemetery
McConnell
Joyce Porter
William Clary Armstrong
Canada
Wallace Jefferys
Phillips Rites Set At Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Andrew B Phillips 84 died Friday at 11 a m at his home in Decatur Alabama Funeral services scheduled Sunday at 2 p m at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Pleasant Hill Tenn Gunthorp Funeral Home in charge Survivors include his wife three daughters seven other relatives and 13 great grandchildren He was a retired machinist for the L N Railroad The body will lie in state at the church an hour before services
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Andrew Burgess Phillips
2Nd Ave
Pleasant, Hill Baptist Church
Pleasant Hill
Tenn
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Ethel. Phillips
Decatur
F. L. Brooks
H. A. Mahathey
C. L. Scoggins
Hartselle
Bob Phillips
Wilson Phillips
Columbus
Herman Phillips
W. H. Thomas
Tony
Ruby West
Kate Hardy
Gertrude Hargrove
Ardmore
E. J. Dollar
Nashville
Phillips
L&n Railroad
Woman Sentenced for Beating Children in Athens
Judge D L Rosenau Jr. sentenced Majorie Circosta 25 to 90 days in county jail in Athens Limestone County after she was accused of beating three young children. She was granted probation on condition she leave the state and return to Illinois. Circosta faced three assault and battery charges related to the incident.
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Athens
Limestone
D. L. Rosenau, Jr
Majorie Circosta
Tanner
Illinois
Circosta
Debo
Decatur Plastics Names Executive Vice President
Charles Stant, longtime general manager since Sept 15, was named executive vice president at Decatur Plastics Inc. He is a Delaware native who has lived in Birmingham with his family for 12 years and will relocate to Decatur after school breaks. His son resides in New Orleans.
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Charles Stant
Decatur Plastics Inc
Re- Footy
Bot
Delaware
Stant
Birmingham
Decatur
New Orleans
Alabama
W. H. Hutchinson
New York
DeGraffenried Eyes 1964 Run Amid Alabama Race Talks
Ryan DeGraffenried, the 1962 governor candidate and former state senator, urged an end to racial polemics and expressed hope both sides will calm and work toward Alabama’s potential. He spoke at Huntingdon College after indicating plans to run again in two years.
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Montgomery
Ryan deGraffenried
Alabama
DeGraffenried
George Wallace
Huntingdon College
Tuscaloosa
Wallace
Birmingham Men Hurt In Friday Collisions
Two Birmingham men, Dale Lembaugh and Reginald Rose, were injured in a one car wreck Friday near the Morgan Cullman county line and admitted to Cullman County Hospital with non serious conditions. A separate two car crash near Trinity involved Hazel Watkins and Virgil Banks ton causing minor damage. A Nashville driver, Raymond Engelhart, was in a U.S. 31 collision north of Athens. Another accident was reported near Moulton with no details available.
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Birmingham
Vinemont
Morgan-Cullman County
Dale Lembaugh
Reginald Rose
Cullman’ County Hospital
Trinity
Ala
Hazel Watkins
Virgil Bankston
Haleyville
Athens
U.S
Raymond Englehart
Nashville
Children Still in Hospital After Incident
Rah, 3, Diane, 4, and David, 16 months, remain at Decantur General Hospital as Mrs. Cireosta’s three other children are described in a related report.
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Rah
Diane
David
White House staff salaries questioned amid secrecy curtain
Washington reports claim substantial raises may have been given to Johnson’s special assistants under tight secrecy. Madrid orders ex president Peron to abandon politics or leave Spain within a month. Berkeley group University Students for Law and USLC opposes the Free Speech Movement led by Mario Savio.
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Washington
White House
Johnson
Madrid
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Spain
Berkley
Calif
University of California
University Students For Law
USLC
ESM
Mario Savio
Humphrey to wear President's style at inauguration
Vice President-elect Hubert H. Humphrey answered the question of what he will wear at the January 20 inauguration. He said he would wear what the President wears, stating the outfit will match the President's attire.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Cuba Charges U S Interference in UN Speech
Ernesto Guevara Cuban minister of industry leveled charges at the United States in a United Nations General Assembly session accusing Washington of violating Cuba's territory by land sea and air and of training mercenaries for aggression.
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United Nations, N. Y
Ernesto Guevara
U.N. General Assembly
United States
Cuba
Romney says Burch to be ousted as GOP chair
Gov. George Romney, after conferring with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, says he is more certain than ever that Dean Burch will be removed as Republican Party chairman.
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Washington
George Romney
Michigan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dean Burch
Atlas Centaur rocket places moonship model in precise orbit
Cape Kennedy, Fila AP says an Atlas Centaur rocket drilled its second stage and a moonship model into a precise orbit Friday. The launch bolsters United States plans to land instruments on the moon late next year.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
U. S
City Wrecks Leave One Injured in Multiple Crashes
A Friday sequence of nine city crashes reports Elizabeth Craveman 22 of Cullman among the injured in a three car collision at 6th Ave and 7th St SE. Other accidents involve drivers from Decatur Moulton Hart selle and Somerville with times from 7:55 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. at various intersections and streets.
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Decatur
Elizabeth Craveman
Cullman
Herman Craveman
6Th Ave
7Th St
William Harold Posey
Carolyn Hill Orr
Hartselle
Carridale St
Cleveland St
Lewis E. Rogers
Daniel Montgomery
Moulton
Gateway Shopping Center
Rubye R. Harrison
Plaza St. SE
Sarah Clark
Decatur 2
Sherman St
Zeblan Price Spivey
Clara M. Carroll
Johnston
Eddie Tiller
4Th Ave
Clarence Jones
1St Ave
Tth Ave
Walnut St
Billy Wayne Ralph
12Th St
James Willard Key
Somerville 4
Sparkman and Jones expect Medicare measure but not Social Security tax
Senators Sparkman and Jones told Decatur audiences that a Medicare bill will pass in some form, likely not depending on the Social Security tax. Invited by the chamber’s legislative committee, they spoke about key proposals during 1964, answered questions, and were introduced by local figures Barrett Shelton and Joe Calvary.
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Sen. Sparkman
Rep. Jones
Chamber
Sparkman
Barrett Shelton
Decatur Daily
Jones
Joe Calviniy
Khrushchev’s Power Dims as Brezhnev Moves Ahead
The Supreme Soviet endorsed an economic development plan and a 1965 budget while naming Leonid Brezhnev to head a constitutional commission. Khrushchev was criticized for planning instability and faced removal from the constitutional panel as aging leadership questions dominated three days of debate.
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Supreme Soviet
Khrushchev
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Konstantin Belyak
Economic Council
Zhernoizem
Belyak
Mikhail Suslov
Communist Party Presidium
Brezhnev
Nikolai Podgorny
Constitutional Commission
Alexei Adzhubei
Moscow
Master of Ceremonies With Hack Ross Assisting
The event featured an master of ceremonies aided by Hack Ross, president of the chamber, guiding proceedings and introducing speakers.
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Imaster
Hack Ross
Chamber
Automobile Crash Injures Mrs Foster Pointer
Mrs Foster Pointer of 700 Oak St was listed in very good condition at Decatur General Hospital after walking into a car driven by T D Maxwell on Bank St. Police report a break in at Lunsford's Standard Station on Somerville Rd with missing items including a rifle Plaid Stamps and tires. About 20 cases of Coca Cola bottles spilled from a truck on 6th Ave when brakes were applied and the vehicle skidded.
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Decatur
Lunsford
Somerville Rd
6Th Ave
Explosion near United Nations building shocks amid anti Guevara protest
A loud blast outside the United Nations headquarters sparked wild clashes as anti Castro protesters clashed with police. A four foot bazooka with a timing device was found in nearby East River marshland, set off manual and believed fired by a fleeing assailant. No injuries were reported.
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International
Guevara
East River
Defense Ministry notes congratulate sports team on leave
A brief Defense Ministry communication praises a sports team and mentions that a key figure is currently on leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peared
Ministy
Introductory Sermon at Worship Hour by Rev Collier
At the worship hour Rev B P Collier preached an introductory sermon from Matthew 9 29. The WMA report was presented by J T Nelson and assisted by Mrs T E Williams.
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B. P. Collier
WMA
J. T. Nelson
T. E. Williams
Untitled Fire Fatalities Reported in House
A house fire left two children dead in the living room and another in an upstairs area. Two others were found upstairs and Mary, the wife, lay in the kitchen. An upstairs bedroom also burned.
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Mary
Davis and Hood families welcome newborns at Decatur General
Mr and Mrs Jerry K Davis of Paradise Trailer Court welcomed a girl on Friday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Willard Hood of Trinity 1 welcomed a boy on Friday at Decatur General Hospital.
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Jerry K. Davis
Paradise Trailer Court
Decatur General Hospital
Willard Hood
Trinity
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Sth Ave
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Hastings
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Andrew B. Phillips
Decatur Plastics
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Wilson Ave
George A. Poovery Jr
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Whit King
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