Venus Visible Near Sun Amid Winter Skies
Decatur Tennessee reports Venus near the sun with potential Christmas Eve visibility. River readings at Keller Memorial Bridge show 18.46 feet with sea level 552.76. TVA lakes Wilson 506.5 Guntersville 593.4 Whitesburg 556.6 Pickwick 409.1 Wheeler 552.3 Chickamauga 677.1. Temperatures yesterday 44, low 33, today 33 with forecast 44 high and 30 low. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Reading
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Wilson
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Pickwick
Wheeler
Chickamauga
Alabama autopsy boards teen prisoners deaths at Draper Center
Authorities awaited autopsies to determine causes of death of two inmates at Draper Correctional Center. Mack Grant 18 died after noon Monday following fellow inmate Oscar Chance, 22, from suspected wood alcohol poisoning. Both suffered severe stomach cramps before dying. Chance had no reported drink, Grant said to have taken paint thinner. A separate incident reported Stewart Posey 17 from Autauga County hospitalized with a mangled leg after a homemade mortar backfire.
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Prattville
Stewart Posey
Autauga County
Homewood votes on joining Birmingham after Center Point defeat
In Birmingham area politics, Homewood faces a turnout on whether to merge with Birmingham one day after Center Point declined. Preliminary results show 1,713 to 1,274 against the merger, with 100 challenged ballots not affecting likely outcome. Homewood previously voted to join Birmingham, a result later voided by courts.
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Birmingham
Homewood
Centerpoint
Center Point
Huntsville Mother and Daughter Die in Murder-Suicide
A Madison County coroner ruled a Huntsville mother and her young daughter died by murder death due to their own actions. The bodies were found by the husband when he came home from work. The Pattersons include a teenage daughter.
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Huntsville
Madison County
A. G. Osborne
Pattersons
Mayors attend seminars and Dolly show in Birmingham
About 75 Alabama mayors and their wives were to attend seminars in Birmingham and later see the Broadway musical Hello Dolly as guests of the city and a local theater group. Rep. Bob Jones said wartime economics will slow domestic progress and may spur improvements in programs like the Appalachian project. The Opelika school board faced possible loss of federal funds for desegregation noncompliance, with only 36 of 1,700 pupils in integrated schools.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Carol Channing
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Huntsville
Vietnam
Bob Jones
D-Ala
Congress
Jones
Washington
Opelika
Ala
Board of Education
Office of Education
Opelika Board of Education
Alabama Board of Education
Alabama Youth Corps funds aid for 100 dropouts
Sens. Lister Hill and Sparkman announced the Labor Department approved a Neighborhood Youth Corps project in Montgomery for 100 high school dropouts. The federal share is 201,790 dollars of a total 226,450 for non medical hospital work training in the area.
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Montgomery
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
Labor Department
Alabama Democrats
Sanity hearing eyed for Slaying of Dr. Spike suspect
In Columbus the case of William R. Minor, 23, charged with first degree murder and burglary in the Slaying of Dr. Robert W. Spike, heads toward a sanity hearing if a Common Pleas Court accepts a grand jury verdict. The Franklin County grand jury indicted Minor after a special session. In Washington the wiretap dispute between Senator Robert F. Kennedy and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover moves to a Senate hearing next year to resolve who authorized eavesdropping. The dispute follows Hoover’s letter claiming Kennedy knew about and approved wiretaps during 1961-64.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert W. Spike
Common Pleas Court
William R. Minor
Franklin County
C. Howard Johnson
Minor
Senate
Hoover
Kennedy
Bobby Baker
Senate Democrats
Johnson
FBI
State Dept says North Vietnam not aiding prisoner exchange efforts
The State Department said North Vietnam has not encouraged US attempts to arrange prisoner exchanges. Ambassador Harriman has been seeking conditions for prisoner treatment and exchange with Communist leaders, but State Department press officer McCloskey said there was no encouragement as of Monday.
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Washington
State Department
S. Ambassator
W. Averell
Harriman
Robert J. McCloskey
Iman
Obituary for Lillie Bell Thacker in Athens
Mrs Lillie Bell Thacker 83 of Rogersville died Monday at Coffeen Memorial Hospital. Services were 2 p m today at Anderson Primitive Baptist Church with Rev Vernon Goodman and Rev W V McDougal officiating. Burial Mitchell Cemetery Lauderdale County Spry Funeral Home directing. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Luther Page Rogersville Mrs Elmer Moore Nashville Tenn four sons Calvin Thacker Athens Roland Thacker Nashville Alex Thacker Bolin Thacker both of Athens two brothers Alex Hubbard J O Hubbard Boaz a sister Mrs Cendry Allen Gadsden 13 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. Mrs Thacker was a member of Anderson Primitive Baptist Church. Grandsons were pallbearers.
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Athens
Lillie Bell Thacker
Rogersville
Coffegemorial Hospital
Anderson Primitive Baptist Church
Vernon Goodman
W. V. McDougal
Mitchell Cemetery
Lauderdale County
Spry Funeral Home
Luther Page
Elmer Moore
Nashville
Acker
Rolandacker
Alex Thacker
Bolin Thacker
Anon
Alex Hubbard
J. O. Hubbard
Boaz
Cendry Allen
Gadsiden
Thacker
Nebraska Mills Declares 10 Cent Quarterly Dividend
Directors of Nebraska Consolidated Mills Co. declare a regular quarterly dividend of 10c per share on common stock payable January 3, 1967 to shareholders of record December 21, 1966. This marks the 133rd consecutive quarterly dividend.
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Nebraska Consolidated Mills Co
Fire destroys Cullman home on Alabama 69 East
Cullman fire crews battled a dwelling fire Sunday on Alabama 69 East. Ottis Harris reported occupants were away when the blaze started about 1 p.m., and the house was described as nearly ready to collapse when the fire department arrived. The residence belonged to A. L. Hines.
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Cullman
Ottis Harris
Alabama 69 East
Cullman Fire Department
Classified notices mix of vehicles and rentals in town
For sale and rent ads include a 1957 Volkswagen $350 call after 5 PM, a white toy poodle ready for Christmas, a 1965 Falcon Futura with trade offer, a 1964 Biscayne 2 door sedan with odds and ends price, a 1954 Corvette with top and stock, a 1965 Honda 150 and 1966 moped, and several rental homes with monthly rates and contact numbers in Hart selle area.
Lawrence District Diary Charges against Moulton
The Lawrence District sheriff's department filed six charges against Moulton yesterday for highway intoxication. The report notes a broader trend of spas in the United States acting as general health resorts with a focus on reducing stress.
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Lawrence
Moulton
Lawrence To
Sheriff's Department
United States
Labor unions back Payroll Savings Plan in 1941 ad
In 1941 top labor leaders pledged support for the Payroll Savings Plan for U S Savings Bonds. The program grew to about eight million members mainly from unions. The advertisement touts automatic payroll deductions, 4.15 percent interest, and funds for major goals like a home or education, stressing national work force solidarity.
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America
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Secretary of the Treasury
U.S
Organized Labor
Eee
Decatur B J Green Jr Promoted at Monsanto Acrilan Dept
Decatur B J Green Jr. has been named Acrilan operations supervisor at the Monsanto plant. He will report to J C Cole and joined the company in 1964 as an engineer in process assistance. Born in Monroe Louisiana he earned a BS in chemical engineering from LSU in 1961 and served as a US Air Force first lieutenant from 1961 to 1964. He is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He and his wife Ann and their son reside at 2207 13th St SE.
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Decatur
Monsanto
C. E. Hieserman
Green
J. C. Cole
Acrilan Manufactur
Monroe
B. J. Green JR
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
U. S. Air Force
Edge Burningtree Club to elect officers at Aycock Navell offices
Edge Burningtree Country Club will conduct its election of officers and board members Wednesday at Aycock Navell Architects, 1534 Wolverine Dr SE. Results will be announced at 8 p.m. at the annual membership meeting in the First Federal Penthouse. New Decatur residents listed with names and addresses. Walter Jackson PTA Christmas program set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the auditorium. Fun and Flowers Garden Club meets Wednesday at 9:40 a.m. Decatur Curb Market open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily till Christmas with greens and produce for sale.
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Burningtree Country Club
Aycock & Navell Architects
Wolverine Dr. SE
Walter Jackson Pta
Decatur Curb Market
Decatur Jaycees Sell Christmas Trees for Charity
The Decatur Jaycees are selling trees daily from 2 to 4 p.m. and 5 to 10 p.m. near Pet Dairy on US 31 S. Proceeds fund food baskets for local needy families. They quip we can’t put a tiger in your tank but can put a tree in your trunk.
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Decatur Jaycees
Pet Dairy
US. 31
Decatur
Police Report Two Larceny Incidents On Monday
Police reported two cases of apparent larceny Monday. A basket of clothes belonging to Robert Maner was taken from a parked car in front of Perrylanes on Canal Street. A Boy Scout Troop 60 cash box containing $20 and records was stolen from Central Methodist Church.
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Robert Maner
Canal St
Perrylanes
Tommy Manell
Springdale Ave
Central Methodist Church
Boy Scout Troop 60
Meteorological Specialists Meet at NASA Center Symposium
Meteorological specialists gather at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center for a symposium on dynamical and statistical meteorology and its contributions to aerospace vehicle problems. Eight speakers address scientists and engineers from universities, industries, and government agencies. The Terrestrial Environment Branch sponsors. Orvel E. Smith and S. C. Brown serve as program chairs.
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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Marshall Center
Aero- Astrodynamics Laboratory
Orvel E. Smith
S. C. Brown
City approves 280000 school building additions
Final approval okays three school additions with costs 200000 for Westmeade 30000 for Cherry St and 50000 for Westlawn to be funded from Decatur gross receipts tax. Initial 80000 January payment covers architect and contractor estimates with 25000 monthly for eight months. Two rezonings set for January 3 along 6th Ave.
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Westmeade
Westlawn
Quasars Emit Tremendous Radio and Light Radiation
Quasars are stellar like objects that emit radio waves and light at enormous rates into space. The phenomenon reflects distant energetic sources and helps study early universe activity.
Limestone Jail Death Probed in Athens
An autopsy is to determine the cause of death for Carl Clark a 51 year old man found dead in Limestone County jail. Sheriff M W Evans said Clark who had been brought in by a friend was found dead by Jailer C C Davis around 1 30 am. Initial indication is natural causes but an autopsy will confirm. Relatives provided the whisky bottle found with him and said he had been ill and had medicine with him.
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Athens
Limestone County
M. W
Buddy) Evans
Carl Clark
C. C. Davis
Clark
Evans
New Year Celebrations Across Ancient Civilizations
The text notes that celebrating the new year is an ancient practice shared by Babylonians Egyptians Romans and Greeks, with celebrations similar to modern times. It highlights that merriment around the new year spans multiple ancient cultures and endures through history.
Births and fire calls recorded in Daily Records
In the births section Mr and Mrs Tommy Edwards welcome a daughter and Mr and Mrs Tommy Lindsey announce a daughter in Trinity, Decatur, Moulton and Cullman hospitals. Fire crews answered calls at 603 9th St trash. 2016 Magnolia St SE grass. 1635 one St SE vehicle.
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Tommy Edwards
Tommy Lindsey
Trinity
Baugh-Wiley‘Smith Hospital
Winford M. Kent
Decatur
Decatur General Hospital
Ray Dover
Moulton
Lawrence County Hospital
Millard Cruce
Ieee Hospital
Vickie Danny Pitts
Cullman Hospital
Kerry Daniel Wolf
Juscaer Departmentatur Fire Department
9Th St
Magnolia St. SE
One St. SE
10500 Chickens Die In Blaze Near Danville
A large chicken house owned by Paul Sapp burned four miles south of Danville. About 10,500 chickens inside died in the blaze. Fire crews from Hartselle declined to fight the fire as the structure was already engulfed.
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Danville
Paul Sapp
Here
Sapp
Hartselle
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