Hospital Admits and Births Spark Local Listings
A long list details hospital admissions and dismissals across Cullman and Decatur areas including names like Mona Lisa Arndt and Miss Mona Lisa Arndt. Birth announcements note daughters born to Williams, Byrd, Bradford, Chenault and Pilling families at Decatur General Hospital.
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Nancy Moseley
Church St
Charlotte Hill
Decatur
Donna Lee Parker
Bellmeade St
Zella Wood
Hartselle
Alice Peebles
Trinity
Jennifer Dewana Simmons
Robinson St
Inez Nicholson
Mildred Overstreet
E. Moulton St
Buddy Patterson
Sandlin
Donna Lorrine Snow
Cullman
Mrs. Lesear Steele
Barry Yarbrough
Leonard B. Williams
Decatur General Tal
Venorris Byrdilth
Decatur General Hospital
Brian Pilling
Elizabeth Ave
Price Lane- Bradford
Courtland
Harold Don Chenault
4Th Ave
Nixon Cabinet Picks Reflect The New Administration Tone
Guest Editorial discusses President-Elect Nixon's cabinet choices Dr Lee A. DuBridge as science adviser and Henry Kissinger as national security adviser. It praises their reputations and notes their potential impact on nuclear policy space exploration and European ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Kennedy
Rusk
McNamara
Lee A. DuBridge
Henry A. Kissinger
Soviet Union
DuBridge
Kissinger
America
Europe
Vietnam
New York
Rockefeller
Moulton Ushers In Christmas Parade Opens Holiday Season
Hundreds watched Moulton kick off Christmas season with the town’s first parade in two years. Five bands and about a dozen floats moved through the square after gathering at Lawrence County High School. First prize went to the Moulton Fire Department for a safety-themed float. Central High School of Courtland earned second with a Vietnam era prayer for peace float. Harris Chapel School took third with a Nativity display. Prizes were awarded by the Moulton Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Lawrence County High School
Vietnam
Central High School of
Courtland
Richard Nixon
Harris Chapel School
Moulton Chamber of Commerce
Blount to Sell Firm Tied to Public Service Role
Montgomery based Blount Bros. Construction Co led by Blount, a former U.S. Postmaster General, plans to sell multimillion dollar contracting business to avoid conflicts of interest while serving in the Nixon administration. The firm has about 105 million dollars in federal contracts underway and work for the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
M. Blount
U.S
Bames
Josin Nixon
Alabama Journal
Blount
Nixon
Blunt Bros. Construction Co
Soybeans Higher as Trade Slows on Year-End Week
Chicago commodities show mixed activity with light volume on the week. Wheat, corn, oats, rye, and soybeans edged modestly higher or lower as holiday lull and sporadic bursts dominated the sessions, with December and January deliveries noted.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Man in Critical Condition After Route 24 Collision
Ira Heflin 58 of Moulton A was hospitalized in Huntsville in critical condition after a car truck crash east of here Friday. Fred E. Orton 52 of Florence died at the scene. Mary McCoy 37 of Muscle Shoals survived. State troopers said Orton was pinned beneath his car. The crash occurred at the Ala 24 and Ala 157 intersection, the site of a second fatal crash at the intersection this year. Orton’s death marked Lawrence County 16th traffic fatality this year.
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Lawrence County Hospital
Eliza
Orton
Lawrence
Limestone
Cullman
Morgan
Weather forecast for Decatur area today
High 47 degrees and low 18 expected as Decatur and vicinity see fair skies and a colder trend through Sunday. Winds northwesterly 8 to 18 mph today. The forecast summarizes temperatures for the 24 hours ending 8 p.m. Friday.
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Decatur
Obituary for Ernest Augustus Oden of Hartselle
Ernest Augustus Oden longtime L and N Railroad agent in Hartselle died at 91. Services at First Christian Church with burial in Hartselle City Cemetery under Peck directing. He served 52 years with L N and held numerous Masonic and church positions.
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Hartselle
Ernest Augustus Oden
L & N Railroad
Main St
Mr. Oden
First Christian Church
Conor ‘Lundy
Ralph Batesciciata
Peck Directing
Hartselle College
Kimberly
Falkville
Qden
Mattie Lindsey
Masonic Lodge
Grand Lodge
Masonic Conference
Oden
Pythagoras Lodge
Order of the Eastern Star No
Assembly of the Rainbows
First Christian Church of
E. Lindsey Oden
Birmingham
Andrew A. Oden
Charles C. Oden
Elizabeth Matheny
Jacksonville
Fla
Ethel Mae Chenault
Moulton
Sue Hank
Cullman
Ethel Pattillo
Cooper McClanahan
Howard Evans Sr
School Bus Claims Due in Cotaco Wreck Damages
State Board of Adjustment will decide by January on over 158000 dollars in claims by parents and relatives of children killed or injured in the April 23 Cotaco school bus wreck. Attorneys for Morgan County and several named families appeared at the hearing with others named in the case.
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State Board of Adjustment
Cotaco
Decatur
Ralph Slate
Darrell Jennings
Michael Jennings
William Lyle Merrial
Lee Lyle
George Rickey Lyle
Ricky Wilhoite
Shelia Kay Wilhoite
Danny Wilhoite
Deborah Kay Norman
Clyde T. McLendon
Morgan County Department of Pensions and Security
Bernice Gale Hannah
Butchers Steady as Hog and Cattle Prices Listed
Chicago market notes show hogs steady to 25 lower with various weight classes and sow ranges. Slaughter steers steady to 25 higher with prime and choice categories detailed, including yield grades and per hundredweight prices for multiple weight bands. Calves are listed as none and heifer data appears with yield grades and prices.
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Chicago
USDA
Strike at Brown's Ferry Cites Strict Schedule Rules
A December directive by A L Morrison enforces absenteeism, lateness, and group departures at Brown's Ferry. Electricians say tight hours sparked walkouts as whistles govern start lunch return and end shifts. Penalties include 30 minute delays, three day suspensions, and discharge for repeat offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Morrison
Brown's Ferry
TVA
Evans
IBEW
TVA — Council
Laird outlines defense budget prep and shift to executive role
Laird pledged to protect U S security while noting late summer to December plans for defense budget work. He defended past first strike talk as tied to Moscow confrontation and urged consideration of negotiation. In a 45 minute Pentagon session he praised cooperation with Congress and discussed his finances and divestment from defense-connected companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laird
United States
U. S
Soviet Union
Moscow
Pentagon
Sen
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Lairu
House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Congress
First Wisconsin Trust Co
Milwaukee
Defense Department
Clifford
Vietnam
Department
FCC sketches rules for cable TV expansion and pay limits
The FCC outlines rules for CATV systems, including retransmission consent in major markets and 35 mile zones for distant signals. Smaller markets can carry distant signals with source proximity rules, while nationwide ownership caps may restrict common CATV and TV-station ownership. An oral argument is set for January on origination standards and technical rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Antenna TV
CATV
FCC
Bartley
H. Rex Lee
Liberal stance on cyclamate safety in new interim report
The interim report says a 60 pound child should limit to about 1.35 grams daily with a doubled weight allowing double intake. It approves five grams or less per day for healthy adults and notes 70 percent of artificial sweeteners in soft drinks. FDA cites bottle content ranges and a common saccharin cyclamate mix, with U.S. production rising to 15 million pounds last year and forecast supplies reaching 4 million saccharin and 21 million cyclamate by 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Academy of Science-National Research Council
Food and Drug Administration
U.S
Municipal and County Officials Attend Local Funeral
Rites were held for Bailey with North Alabama officials present. Rev James E Harris and Rev E E McFee officiated. Burial followed at Roselawn Cemetery. McConnell Service Funeral Home directed. Pallbearers were city department heads including A B Lightfoot Jr B B Russell A E Bumpus L B Howard William Owens Earl Holloway Ordway Schrimsher Front Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Alabama
James E. Harris
First Methodist Church
Bailey
E. E. McFee
Roselawn Cemetery
McConnell Service Funeral Home
A. B. Lightfoot Jr
B. B. Russell
A. E. Bumpus
L. B. Howard
William Owens
Earl Holloway
Ordway Schrimsher
Fronl Martin
Juvenile Court Cases in Alabama September
In September, 3,108 petitions were active before Alabama juvenile courts. Of 686 petitions disposed, 223 children were placed on probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
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Decatur Daily
Country
Gott
Righet
The
Tennessee Valley Printing ¢ Co., Inc
Postoffice
Associated Press
MAIL
Decatur General Admissions
Ernie Elmer Ball
Rogersville
John Henry Snider
9Th St
Verdis Aaron Hale
West Meade
James Francis Jurick
Madison
Mary Wiley
Jackson St
Octavia Taletha Terry
Roxie June Rowe
Barbara Janice Simmons
Decatur 5
Edward Hancock
Ave
J. M. Barber
Kenneth Roosevelt Griffith
North St
James Tarence Kirby
11Th Ave
Gordon Windell Ray
3Rd St
William Price Wright
William Isaiah Johnson
Colbert Adlie Meherg
Danville
Little Miss Susie Melissa Mays
Carlos Dale Little
Morris Hargrove
12Th Ave
Roy Childers
Carridale St
Melisa Rene Carthen
Belle Mina
Mary Jane ‘Howell
Ewell St
Thelma Leo Reeves
18Th Ave
Charles L. Peacock
20Th Ave
Doris Jean Anderton
Vernon St
Pelham
Clark Butler
James Paul Bumgardner
Athens
Howard von Sandlin
Pruitt Ward
Della M. Bailey
Silas L. Briscoe
Alice Lee Harris
Vinemont
Ottis Hogeland
Mark Mayhall
Fay Ponder
Hilda Joan Ryder
Isaac Speegle
Jimmy Terry
Anniston
Florida
Rockies
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
Sierras
Northern Plains
Mississippi Valley
Ernest Oden
Mary E. Terry
Mary Elizabeth Terry
Beatrice Rest Home
Harmony Methodist Church
Graham Cemetery
Elliott Funeral Home
David Terry
Dena Cottingham
Hillsboro
Clovie Lowery
Lafayette
Ind
Avie Smith
Marveline Bowen
Artois
Calif
Ray Terry
Johnny Terry
David Terry Jr
Israel
Ronald L. Ziegler
Key Bisgayne
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