German General Luettwitz recounts Bastogne encounter
Retired German General Luettwitz recalls the siege of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. He describes heavy mud, panzer movements, and a white flag protest that yielded the famous “Nuts” reply from Brig. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe. He later met McAuliffe in Paris as a POW and was captured in 1945.
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Bastogne
Bayerlein
101St Airborne
Luettwitz
5Th Army
Hasso von Mantéuffel
Anthony C. McAuliffe
McAuliffe
Paris
Bulge
Meuse
George S. Patton
U.S. Army
Iserloyn
Germany
Danube River
United States
Weather and celestial events for Wednesday December 16
Sunset at 4 39 p m. Sunrise 6 49 a m Moonset 4 59 a m Full Moon and Total Eclipse Friday night Sirius rises 7 57 p m Saturn sets 9 15 p m Jupiter high in southwest 10 15 p m Mars rises 11 29 p m Venus rises 4 57 a m
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Sirius
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Venus
River and Weather Update for Decatur Area
River reading this morning at Keller Memorial Bridge on the Tennessee River is 17.69 feet, up .09 in 24 hours, sea level 551.99 feet. TVA lake stages list Chickamauga 676.7 Pickwick 409.1 Guntersville 591.2 Whitesburg 566.6 Wilson 505.1. High today 50, low 28. Tonight fair with little temperature change. Wednesday fair to partly cloudy and slightly warmer with east to northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Chickamauga
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
McAuliffe Recalls Christmas Bastogne Stand During Battle
In a fog bound siege near Bastogne McAuliffe and his line held after German demands to surrender. A flag of truce delivered two sheets of German and English instructions. his one word reply Nuts became a symbol as American air drops resumed and Allied forces broke the siege by December 26.
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Page 1 Chine
U.S
Bastogne
McAuliffe
U.S.A
Joseph H. Harper
Harper
Hospital Names and Dismissals List of Residents
Hospital names and addresses list residents and dismissals. Individuals include Mrs Don Kendall at 409 6th Ave NW Polk Daly 442 Sherman St Mrs Myrtle Terry Mrs H L Higdon Danville Elmer Boger 2213 Cleveland Ave SW Sammy Morgan 407 11th Ave SW Lawrence Barr Decatur Dewitt Baker Trinity. Dismissals include Mrs Porter Harris 1213 Cedar St Mrs Florence Moore 802 5th Ave SE Mrs George Henry Somerville 3.
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Don. Kendall
6Th Ve. NW
Polk Daly
Sheran St
Myrtle Terry
H. L. Higdon
Danville
Elmer Boger
Cleveland Ave
Sammy Morgan
11Th Ave
Lawrence Barr
Decature
Dewitt Baker
Trinity
Porter Harris
Cedar St
Florence Moore
5Th Ave
George Henry
Somerville
Local Names Listed in Amended Notice
The passage lists numerous residents and addresses including Charles Camron Etheridge Tenn Mrs William Matkin Jr Lacey's Spring Robert L Noble 206 6th Ave SW Bobby Perry 512 Ewell St Mrs Walter Cobb Athens John Foote Hartselle Mrs Benjamin Delph Hillsboro Mrs George Riedmuller 1019 6th Ave SW Joseph Thomas 414 Charles St SW Walter Hennessee 2002 Flint Rd Mrs Zubie Younger Louisville Miss Mrs Myrtle Sullivan 401 Memorial Dr SW Mrs Robert McConnell 2244 Kooken Ave SW Mrs Troy Davis Nauvoo Mrs Tommy Roden and infant son Somerville Harvey Mc Lemore Flint Master Steven Jenkins 206 12th Ave SW Mrs Mable Pointer 709 Oak St NE James Taylor 1903 16th Ave SE
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Charles Camron
Etheridge
Tenn
William Matkin Jr
Lacey’s
Robert L. Noble
6Th Ave
Bobby Perry
Ewell St
Walter Cobb
Athens
John Foote
Hartselle
Benjamin Delph
Hillsboro
George Riedmuller
Joseph Thomas
Charles St
Walter Hennessee
Flint Rd
Zubie Younger
Louisville
Myrtle
Sullivan
Memorial Dr
Robert McConnell
Kooken Ave
Troy Davis
Nauvoo
Tommy Roden
Somerville
Harvey McLemore
Flint
Steven Jenkins
12Th Ave
Mable Pointer
Oak St
James Taylor
16Th Ave
Memphis Bank Buys City Bonds at 3.109% in Bid Round
The Memphis city commission sold 400000 dollars in improvement bonds to First National Bank of Memphis at an average rate of 3.1090 percent after bids from eight investment firms. Other bids ranged from 3.14363 to 3.24545 percent from firms in Decatur Birmingham Atlanta and more. The funds will finance public improvements. The commission also denied rezonings for Birch addition Lots 3 and 4 in block 1 and held hearings on sewer and street assessments in several subdivisions.
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City Commission
First National Bank of Memphis
Commission
First National Bank of
Decatur
Hugo Marks & Co
Birmingham
First U.S. Corp
Anderson, Anderson & Co
Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc
Eyster
Kooken Ave
Danville Rd
Calray
Decatur Commission Approves Rezones and Condemnation Move
The Decatur commission backs planning panel on rezoning about 280 acres near Spring Ave and Meadus Rd to Residential 2 with Jan 19 hearings. It also considers condemning property held by the heirs of Paul C Davis for a power line right of way to a Trinity Mountain substation. The panel approved bonds for 42 new Decatur businesses.
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Planning Commission
Spring Ave
Meadus Rd
Bama Homes, Inc
The
Sims Co
Decatur
Decatur Electric Department
John Caddell
Paul C. Davis
Caddell
Trinity Mountain
Davis
Commission
Market Report No. 2 Barley and Livestock Prices
Barley at $.95 and cattle lots show firmness across weights with calves, steers, and heifers steady to higher. Slaughter steers 900-1000 lb. fetch 19.00-21.00, cows around 50 higher, hogs active around 15.50 for 210-230 lb U S 1-2, sheep bidding up with slaughter lambs near 95 per hundredweight.
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U.S
Fiscal lines blur in Alabama education funding debate
Gilchrist warns against treating any educational program as free as funds come from the same pot. He notes the legislature faces a lengthy session to enact the entire system and cites borrowed $30 million for 28 junior colleges, risking cuts to teachers, classrooms, and services for disabled students.
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Ays
Mobile
Gilchrist
Talladega School For
New York Stocks Rally Amid Critique Of Public School Funding
Kaiser 29 noon stocks 28 percent Acme Steel 21 Ligg & Mg 8 Allis Chal 19 percent Lockh Air L 42 percent Am Air L 41 percent Am Baker 20 percent Lou & Nash 78 percent Calum & H 18 percent Pepsi Cola 62 percent Boeing 67 percent educational funding dominates the discourse as the speaker warns borrowed money is not free and highlights planned school construction loans with long repayment and a forecast of burdens on taxpayers.
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NEW York
Kaiser
Acme Steel
Ligg & Mg
Allis Chal
Lockh Air
Am Air L
Am Baker
Lou & Nash
Can
Martin Co
Masonite le Am
Minn M M
Monson
Armour
Mont Ward
Babcock & W
Nat
Bell & How
Nat Distill
Beth Steel
Olin Ma
Boeing
Owens Till
Oxford Mfg
Burl Ind
Calum & H
CBS
Repub
St Regis Pap
Sears Roeb du Pont
Sincair Eés
Air L
Socony East Rod
Cal Ford
Swift
Texaco Gen Mills
Goodyear
Great A & P
Warner Bros Greyhound
West Ungel
Gulf Oil
Westg
Elec
Hercules Pdr
Winn Dixie
Honeywell
Woolworth
Wrigley
Int Paper
Xerox
Steel faces potential strike date amid pre negotiations talks
Industry and union chairmen met after a crippling 1959-60 strike to ease crisis tension. The industry statement urged the union to avoid disrupting the country with any reopening of talks. The union seeks higher pay and expanded benefits, while pledging the package is not inflationary. David J. McId has not specified a price tag.
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David J. McId
Electric crew identified in high voltage incident
The list names elec t department members who touched a high power line including Robert Heathan Jim Sparks W R All L R Summerford Hal McLemore Thomas Pitt Travis Callahan Leonard Ve Ronald A Terry J T Iter Wallace McCay Mason Pearce Bob Hardeman Neal Douglas Frank Chenault Jr R L Watkins Roy Russell and Bob Eaton.
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Elect Department
Igh
Robert Heatham
Jim Sparks
W. R. All
L. R. Summerford
Hal McLemore
Thomas Pitt
Travis Callahan
Leonard Ve
Ronald A. Terry
J. T. Iter
Wallace McCay
Mason Pearce
Bob Hardeman
Neal Douglas
Frank Chenault Jr
R. L. Watkins
Roy Russell
Bob Eaton
Court Rules Ollie's Barbeque and Atlanta Motel Must Follow Law
A Monday court decision requires Ollie's Barbeque in Birmingham and a separate Atlanta motel to abide by a specified section of the law. The ruling underscores the government's authority to enforce the act against businesses accused of discriminatory practices.
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Ollie
Birmingham
Atlanta
Funeral for Claude R Aycock Sr. held in Decatur
Claude Richard Aycock Sr., 8, of 628 Moulton Street East died at 2 30 a m at Pines Rest in Hartselle. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 10 a m at St Ann's Catholic Church officiated by Rt Rev John Horgan. Burial in City Cemetery Gunthorp directing. Survivors include two sons two brothers four sisters a granddaughter and two nephews. Pallbearers named. Rosary Tuesday at 7 p m at the funeral home. He was a retired Alabama Employment Service employee and a member of the American Legion St Ann's Catholic Church and the Holy Name Society.
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Claude Richard Aycock
Moulton St. E
Toy
Pines Rest
Hartselle
St. Ann’s Catholic Arch
John . Horgan
City Cemetery
Gunthorp
Claude R. Aycock Jr
Decatur
William J.aycock
Judie Sue Aycock
Hubert Aycock Sr
Athens
Johnny Aycock
Paul L. Heureux
Memphis
Helen Herndon
Donald Beauchamp
Leo Humphrey
George Wisehart
Max Patterson
Vance Baker
Rufus Warren
Melvin Oliver
Arthur Nebrig
Aycock
Alabama Employment Service
American Legion
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
Benford A Lawrence Benford Dies After Car Crash
Benford A Lawrence 57 of Collins Alabama and formerly of Decatur and Somerville died Monday from injuries in a car wreck. Services set Wednesday at Waldermose Springs Christian Church. Survivors include his widow two sons Billy Lawrence Arab and Rand R Q Lawrence Virginia a daughter Margie Nell Williams Arab one brother Garvis Lawrence and four sisters Iris Lemond Somerville Evelyn Holmes Decatur Hazel Goode Athens Flora Woolsey Ogden Utah mother Belle Lawrence Somerville. Body to be taken to his mother's residence in Somerville.
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Decatur
Hazel Goode
Athens
Flora Woolsey
Ogden
Utah
Belle Lawrence
Somerville
Mrs George E Jackson Sr Dies in Sheffield
Mrs George E Jackson Sr formerly of Decatur died this morning at Colbert County Hospital Sheffield. Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Columbia Avenue Presbyterian Church. Rev Otis Pruden officiating. Burial will be in Decatur City Cemetery about 3 15 p.m. Survivors include two sons George E Jackson Jr Akron Ohio Earl V Jackson Muscle Shoals one daughter Mrs James Brittan Jasper nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Sheffield
George E. Jackson Sr
Decatur
Colbert County Hospital
Columbia Ave
Presbyterian Church
Otis Pruden
Decatur City
George E. Jackson, Jr
Akron
Ohio
Earl V. Jackson
Muscle Shoals
James. Brittan
Jasper
Mrs Alice Shows dies in Luverne Alabama
Mrs Alice Hill Shows 58 died Monday at St Margaret’s Hospital. Services at 2 p.m. today at Turner’s Funeral Home chapel Luverne with Rev Jessie Gann officiating. Burial in Rutledge Cemetery. Survivors: her widow er Taylor W Shows of Luverne a daughter Mrs L W Johnson of Decatur a son Thomas W Shows of Luverne two sisters Mrs Roy Beall of Luverne Mrs Sara Segar of Albany Ga three brothers Joe Hill Fox Hill of Memphis Gus Hill of Lubbock and six grandchildren.
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Alice Shows
Montgomery
Alice Hill
St. Margaret's Hospital
Turner’s Funeral Home
Luverne
Ala
Jessie Gann
Rutledge Cemetery
Taylor W. Shows
L W. Johnson
Decatur
Thomas W. Shows
Roy Beall
Sara Segar
Albany, Ga
Joe Hill
Fox Hill
Memphis
Tenn
Gus Hill
Lubbock
Tex
Death notice for Jesse L Crutchfield of Hartselle
Jesse L Crutchfield 78 of Hartselle died today at 12 40 am in a local nursing home. Services 10 30 am Wednesday Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Rev W P Maxwell officiating. Burial Mount Tabor Cemetery Peck directing. Survivors include seven nieces and several named relatives in Hartselle and Huntsville.
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Jesse Crutchfield
Hartselle
Jesse L. Crutchfield
Peck Funeral Home
W. P. Maxwell
Mount Tabor
Peck
Willie M. Crutchfield
Stella Crutchfield
Dorothy Drake
Louise Crutchfield
Marie Crutchfield
H. L. Slate
M. J. Wear
Hunts
Community news brief covers parish events and city notices
Mizpah Chapter 19 Eastern Star meets at 0 p.m. at the Masonic building with a 6 30 p.m. covered dish and gift exchange. Police report vandalism on Sunnybrook Dr SW and a stolen tool box from a car. Building permits issued for heating and bath work. Morgan County Sheriff's arrests include four worthless checks and one assault. Kilby Prison holds at least 15 awaiting placement. Decatur Fire Dept investigates a grass fire. Gordon-Bibb and St Ann's P T A programs set. BPW Club meets at Shan Gri La.
Local Birth Announcements Reach Cullman Area
Mr and Mrs William Mears of 914 9th Ave SW report a boy Monday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs George Riedmueler of 1019 6th Ave SW report a boy Monday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Herbert Hanceville 2 report a son at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs Jonas Christ bure Hanceville 2 report a son at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs Clarence T Thompson Hanceville 4 report a daughter at Cullman Hospital.
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William Mears
9Th Ave
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
George Riedmueller
6Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Herbert Quick Hanceville
Cullman Hospital
Jonas Christbure
Hanceville
Clarence T. Thompson
Reserve officers eye new Guard reorganization plan
Defense officials foresee a unit overhaul within a year. Secret briefings indicate the objective to complete the reorganization by the end of March 1966. Guard and Reserve outfits are expected to attend summer training next year in their present form.
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National Guard
Associated Press
T J Knowlton Died After Long Illness
T J Knowlton died here Monday after a long illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Survivors include three sons Guthrie Knowlton Montgomery Jack Knowlton Korea and Charles W Knowlton Decatur one daughter Mrs Orville Boch Montgomery.
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Montgomery
T. J. Knowlton
Guthrie Knowlton
Jack Knowlton
Korea
Charles W. Knowlton
Decatur
Orville Boch
GOP Debates 21 day rule and calendar option in House
Rep. Curtis attacks 21 day rule as a power grab by the speaker and urges use of the calendar Wednesday rule to bypass the Rules Committee. GOP conference chair Ford says 115 Republicans plan to attend and talks include party rules staffing and leadership changes.
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Page
Rules Committee
Thomas B. Curtis
Missouri
Curtis
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Republican Party
House
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Ford
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
GOP
For Sale and Rent Notices in Busy Cullman Area
A jumble of classified items includes a 1958 MCA hardtop with heater wire wheels and window washer for 598 dollars, a 2800 dollar vehicle, a 65 dollar four room rental, a 26th street piano, Pekingese dogs AKC registered, Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia offer, and various book shop and Christmas tree ads. Contact numbers provided.
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MCA
6Th Rt
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Decatur General Admissions
Memphis Bank
Local Securities
National Gas Allied Life Insurance
Equity National Life Food Corp of America
Liberty National Life Life
Life
Moore Handley
Ieee
National Life & Accident
Protective State National Bank Southern Airway
Doem United Aig
Vulcan Life Senadessesesvcas
Wallace
Claude Aycock, Sr
Benford
A. Lawrence
George Jackson
Pure Land
Jornal
City Street Department
Sunnybrook Dr. SW
J. E. Goddard
Jackson St. SE
Conditioned Air Corp
Grant St. SE
Central Baptist Church
Emmett Roan
Church St. NW
Bath
Morgan County Sheriff's Department
Morgan County
Kilby
Decatur Fire Department
Church St. SE
Gordon-Bibb
St. Ann’s
P-Ta
and the Angels
Business and Professional
Congress
Grant
C Lee
A.K.C
Baldwin
Compton
Eugene J. Chenault
Rozells
Broadman
Tarbells
P. Stanfard
Douglas
Ira’s
Moulton St
U. J. Suas
Cullman
Investment Services
New York Stock Exchange
Clinton Avenue
Huntsville
Alabama
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