Liddie Mae's Decision Waits for Lung Transplant Talk
Doctors at University of Minnesota Medical Center weigh a potential lung transplant for seven year old Liddie Mae Kittrell in Birmingham reports. Dr. Robert Good says no final decision has been made and consent is pending while care includes around the clock lung cleaning, therapy, and oxygen.
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Robert Good
American Legion Memorial
University Minnesota Medical Center
Liddie Mae Kittrell
Dr. Good
Fred Kittrell
Minnesota
Sinc
Lawrence County
Kittrell
Liddie
Birmingham
Birmingham News
University Hospital
Chamber chooses 5 new directors for 1964 term
At the Chamber dinner January 9 at the Decatur Country Club five new directors will be installed from a 10 name slate. The nominating committee headed by Dr. Kermit Pitt selected the slate from 712 mailed ballots, 406 returned. Retiring members include Alvis Briscoe Everette Bowsel Henderson Hunter Nelson Willard Pearce Pryor and Luther Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Watkins
City Electric Department
Decatur Country Club
Chamber
Dick Ordway
Kermit Pitt
Ordway
Alvis G. Briscoe
Everette E. Bowsel
Henderson
Robert Hunter
C. Willard Nelson
Henon W. Pearce
Luke Pryor
Luther E. Roberts
Hospitals List Residents and Infants Across Several Cities
A compiled hospital roster lists names and addresses including Mrs Louise Lyle Gillespie 414 Walnut NE, Mrs Lacey E Terry 1634 Tower, infant daughter, William B Butler Cullman, Robert L Lacey Decatur, Mrs Lyle Reeves Hartselle, George P Utley Lancaster Ohio, Billy D Looney 2607 13th St, Mrs Ochis Clark 1315 9th Ave, Howard P Warren Moulton, Rufus P Thompson Memorial Drive, Mrs Robert S Spahr 1515 1st Ave SW, Little Margaret M Edward Athens, Baby Brenda Gale Hill Danville, Mrs Joseph Little Hillsboro, Mrs Howell M Smith Decatur, Baby Donald Higginbotham Athens, Baby Ronald S Kaple 5038 Canal SW, Mrs Phillip Terry and infant son 311 Robinson SW, Mrs Charles M Forman and infant son Danville 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacey E. Terry
Tower St
William B. Butler
Cullman
Decatur
Lyle Reeves
Hartselle
George P. Utley
Lancaster
Ohio
Billy D. Looney
13Th St
Rufus P. Thompson
Memorial Drive
Robert S. Spahr
1St Ave
Margaret M. Edward
Athens
Brenda Gale Hill
Danville
Joseph Little
Hillsboro
Howell M. Smith
Donald Higginbotham
Ronald S. Kaple
Canal St
Phillip Terry
Robinson St
Charles M. Forman
Weather and Space Facts December 16
The report lists sunset at 4 39 p m and moonset at 5 19 p m with first quarter on December 23. It also provides visible planets distances from Earth: Mercury 99 million miles Venus 135 million miles Jupiter 426 million miles Saturn 964 million miles.
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Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
River and Weather Outlook for Decatur Area
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge read 17.19 feet last night up 0.26 in 24 hours. Sea level 551.49 feet. TVA lake levels Chickamauga 675.6 Pickwick 408 Guntersville 593.2 Whitesburg 553.5 Wilson 505. Forecast: today clear and cold, tonight very cold, Monday fair and slightly warmer. Nortehrly winds 3 to 15 mph. High around 28 degrees.
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Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Chickamauga
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Decatur Man Hurt In Wreck
James Rex White a 39 year old from Decatur was admitted to Hartselle Hospital after a two car collision on U S 31 seven miles north of Cullman. Troopers estimated damages at 500 to White and 300 to Rogers.
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James Rex White
Decatur
Hartselle Hospital
Highway Patrol
Cullman
U. S. 31
White
Truman B. C. Rogers
Vinemont
Rogers
Athens
Limestone County Hospital
Lucille Sneed
Kathrina Denise Sneed
James A. Sneed
James Aaron Sneed
Buck Island Road
Big Creek
Minnesota
Kittrell Hope
Toni Bengen
St. Louis Park
Bank St
Shumake Furniture Co
James Walker
Hillsboro 2
Sara Liston Long
Jackson St. SE
Long
Walker
Hugheses Welcome Daughter At Baugh Wiley Smith
Mr and Mrs Wayne Hughes of 912 6th Ave SE welcomed a baby girl Saturday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital.
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Wayne Hughes
6Th Ave
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Hose vandals slice hoses at 23 Martinez homes
Neatness counted in a vandalism spree in Martinez where garden hoses at 23 residences were cut, leaving the hoses not neatly coiled.
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Martinez
Calif
Shot Wounds ville Youth Shot Wounds ville
Bobby Turner seventeen of Huntsville was shot in the arm while duck hunting near Mooresville. Robby Hale, a Decatur youth nearby, helped Turner and another hunter carried him to Huntsville Hospital where he was listed in satisfactory condition.
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Mooresville
Bobby Turner
Huntsville
Huntsville Hospital
Here
Turner
Decatur
Robby Hale
Hale
Buddy Crawford
Funeral services for Edmire Walton set for today at 2 p.m.
Edmire Walton’s funeral is scheduled for 2 p.m. at New Haven Baptist Church near Madison with burial at New Haven Cemetery directed by Carl M. Sykes. Survivors include Sol Walton Jr, May Lee Cole, and brothers Thomas Everson, John Everson, and Ling Walton.
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Edmire Walton
New Haven Baptist Church
Madison
New Haven
Carl M. Sykes
Sol Walton, Jr
May Lee Cole
Decatur
Thomas Everson
John Everson
Huntsville
Ling Walton
Dismissals Involving Billy Sivley and Waymona Hogan
Local records show dismissal actions involving Billy Sivley of Decatur and Waymona Hogan of Decatur on December 3. No further context or coordinating parties provided.
Deaths Luther Finchum Dies at Home in Decatur
Luther Finchum died at home Friday at 5 30 p m in Decatur. Funeral services were held today at 2 p m from Northside Baptist Church with Rev Leon Dawson officiating. Burial followed at Oakview Memorial Gardens Gunthorp Funeral Home in charge. He leaves a widow three sons Howard Lee Finchum A J Finchum and Paul Ray Finchum all of Decatur one sister Dollie Sons of Cowan Tennessee and six grandchildren.
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Luther Finchum
Wilson Ave
Northside Baptist Church
Leon Dawson
Oakview Memorial Gardens
Gunthorp
Decatur
Howard Lee” Finchum
A. J. Finchum
Paul Ray Finchum
Dollie
Cowan
Tenn
Salvation Army Christmas Baskets Aimed at 1000 Children
Salvation Army leaders in Decatur say 250 baskets totaling about 10 tons and $1500 will be distributed this Christmas to needy families. They note hundreds more requests exceed current capacity as poverty roots include unemployment and low education, with 600 area families unable to provide shelter or food. Toys and candy sacks will accompany baskets, repaired by local youth groups and supplied to Morgan County hospitals and rest homes.
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Mears
Salvation Army
Allen
James W. Devel
Evelyn
Railroad St
Deuel
Devel
Decatur
Boy Scouts
The
Morgan County
Santa Claus
John Whittington
David Whittington
Springdale Rd
al Nebrig
Herman A. Nebrig
Woodland St
President Pushes Tax Cut Bill and Peace Goal
The president aims to widen support for an $11 billion tax reduction while prioritizing lasting peace. White House spokesman Pierre Salinger announced Mann’s appointment to a major ambassadorial post in Latin America amid protests over foreign aid cuts. The appropriations panel moved to floor a bill $1.7 billion below Kennedy’s request as Johnson discussed taxes with Rep. Wilbur Mills. A Treasury booklet promoting the tax cut was released.
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White House
Pierre Salinger
Johnson
Mann
Martin
Salinger
Latin America
Appropriations Committee
Kennedy
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Horse Ways and Means
Police report injuries and local notices from Decatur area
Police investigated a stabbing on a right cheek to chest, with Charles Wilson treated at Decatur General Hospital. Local crime notes include thefts at shopping centers and a coat and shoes stolen from a car. Community events cover a Southeast Home Demonstration Club Christmas party and PTA and American Legion Auxiliary meetings.
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Charles Wilson
Decatur General Hospital
Wilson
Southeast Home Demonstration Club
E. I. Hartselle
American Legion Auxiliary
Bank Street
Christmas mission brings Eloisa to visit Miami family
Eloisa, a 14 year old Cuban student, will visit her parents in Miami this Christmas thanks to a wide student and town effort. Miss McCall organized a nonprofit drive with the Spanish Club and Junior Honor Society coordinating a non stop train trip, luggage, coats, and Christmas gifts. The plan also funds a Christmas dinner and presents for Eloisa's parents, with praise for cross language friendship and goodwill. A minor fire caused slight damage from a stove incident earlier day.
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McCall
Jacqueline Bailey
Library Club
Future Teachers of America
Eloisa
Miss McCall
Miami
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Liddie Mae
Gil Crane
James Lee
Frank McLaughlin
Chemstrand
Samuel E. Stewart
State National Bank
Sam Stewart
Decatur General Admissions
Louise Lyle Gillespie
Walnut St
Ochis Clark
9Th Ave
Harold Kirby
Clara Ave
Howard P. Warren
Moulton
Dick Watkins
Decatur and Vicinity
Cody Frank Turner
Henry Fletcher
Fletcher
Paul Lee Jones
Akron
Edward D. Harbin
Whiting
Ind
Lacon
U.S. 31
Jones
Billy Sivley
Miss Waymona Hogan
Mies
Dorothy Baker
13Th Ave
Rayborn T. Jones
Trinity 1
Frazier St
Frazier
Allen Abels
Beard St
Kroger
Mary Watkin Swann
Carridale St
Bobby W. Whitlock
Trinity
William Anderson
Gateway Shopping Center
Warner Mason
John Brown
10Th Ave
Austin Pta
Herman Grey
11Th St
Regule
Rising Sun Lodge
Masonic Temple
George Mills W.M. C . Kenton
Sec‘y
Decatur Shopping Center
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