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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1965
Page
2
The report notes sunset at 4 41 p m and sunrise at 6 51 a m with moonrise at 5 46 a m tomorrow. A new moon arrives December 22. Mercury, the smallest planet, is visible near the Moon tonight about 93 million miles away, roughly the Sun’s distance.
Weather and river readings from Keller Memorial Bridge show a river level of 16.58 feet and sea level reading 550.88 feet. Yesterday’s high reached 50 degrees at 1 30 p.m.. low this morning was 24. Today will be sunny and cool in the morning, mild by afternoon, with tonight clear and not quite so cold. Winds northerly 3 to 12 mph diminishing. High today about 51, low tonight around 28, high Tuesday around 53.
Action from page one notes the six and a half year college president will become head of the newly formed John J. Pershing College in Beatrice Nebraska. McCain accepted the post saying the offer was too attractive to refuse and that salary will rise significantly in coming years.
Sheriff Evans urged anyone with tips about the case to contact him at 232-0111 or 232-1530 promising secrecy. State Investigator Cpl. Bob Hancock aided the investigation as deputies worked around the clock but said few solid leads exist. Young O'Ran was buried Sunday as Limestone County schools allowed buses for Elkmont students to attend the funeral.
Three I M Commander Jr Southern Bell manager asks anyone missing a directory by December 31 to call the business office for a mailed copy. The new year mailing list adds 2100 directories over last year and customers should discard old directories to avoid wrong numbers. Commander urges checking the directory before calling information to save time and ensure best service.
Market items list cotton loan terms middling price per inch and cottonseed at 40 per ton. Milk Grade A quotes 96.55 per hundred and manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred for four percent. Various grain prices follow: corn yellow shelled 1.33 No 2 yellow ear 1.11 No 2 white ear 1.07 No 2 white shelled 1.46 No 2 oaten and No 2 milling wheat 1.38 and barley 0.95. Wood values shown as 65, 45 and 35 with agg ig 13.50 per cord.
Nashville Tenn AP cattle numbers show 900 cattle 125 calves with slaughter steers scarce and down 50, heifers steady, cows strong to 50 higher, bulls strong. Good to choice steers 850-1050 lb 22.50-24.50, heifers 18.00-21.00, utilities 13.00-14.50, feeders active with 370-550 lb steers 25.00-25.50. Hogs active with barrows 25 higher. 215 lb U S 1-2 at 28.75, 195-265 lb 27.75-28.50. sows 21.00-23.00. Sheep 50 head, no early sales.
Large bulk egg trading eased with most grades down 1 to 4 cents per dozen. Large 49.52, mostly 49.42 to 49.52. Medium 48 to 50.2. Small 9 to 40. Light volume of small eggs unchanged. Occasional small lot sales higher. Ample supplies to retailers with store delivery and case included.
Atlanta reports fair to good demand for live broilers and fryers with strong farm prices and ample offerings. Birmingham notes fairly active trading for holiday week with ready to cook prices competitive and impending week demand, including slaughter estimates and FOB plant pricing for U.S. Grade A and hen prices around 24 dollars per head.
Weak defense issues dominated declines in late trading on Wall Street. Volume reached about 7.4 million shares. Douglas Aircraft fell about 3 points while General Dynamics Boeing and United Aircraft dropped over 2. Tech, steel and big car groups slipped. American Telephone extended a new low while Pennzoil and Du Pont rose about one point.
Allie E Sullins 59 of Falkville died Sunday at 5 am at a daughter’s home. Services Tuesday at 2 pm at Bellsprings Baptist Church in Morgan County with three ministers. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Edward Hopper and Mrs Delano Cagle, five grandchildren, parents Mr and Mrs J L Sullins, five brothers and six sisters. Pallbearers named. Moss Service Funeral Home of Cullman directing.
Rosie Ella Bradford 85 of Mount Hope died Saturday at North Alabama Hospital Russellville. Services were held at New Zion Baptist Church with Rev. Dossie Hamilton and Rev. James L. Sparks officiating. Burial Bethel Cemetery Elliott directing. Survivors include six daughters four sons three stepdaughters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Lonnie C Keen 81 of Clanton died Thursday at his residence. Services were Saturday at Shiloh Baptist Church with burial at the adjoining Spigener Funeral Home cemetery. Survivors include widow Willie Keen two daughters Mrs R E Wilkins and Mrs M A Lecroy two sons Morris Keen Warren Keen four sisters and two brothers and six grandchildren. Pallbearers were James Rice Ocie Billingsley Bobby Keen George Keen Richard Lecroy and Clyde Carter Honorary pallbearers were Adult Men's Sunday School class members at Shiloh Baptist Church where he belonged He was a native of Lithonia Georgia.
Mrs. J. F. Stewart 86 of Hartselle died Sunday. Services were held at 3 p.m. at Hartselle First Methodist Church with Rev. E. M. Barnes officiating. Burial followed in Hartselle City Cemetery Peck directing. Survivors include two sons Franklin and Charlie Stewart both of Hartselle, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. a sister Mrs Street Sandlin of Danville and a brother Ratliff Hardwick of Decatur.
Mrs. Mary Summerford of Danville died Sunday at about 11 p.m. at her residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Peck Funeral Home.
Jack Head, 52, of Holly Pond, died Saturday on arrival at a local hospital. Services were held at New House Baptist Church in Cullman County with Rev. Cecil Kelsoe officiating. Burial followed at Solitude Cemetery on Sand Mountain. Gober Funeral Home directed. Survivors include three brothers Jim Head of Albertville, Osee J. Head Jr. of Chattanooga, Tenn., Donner Head of Bensonville, Ill., and four sisters, Mrs. Annie Formby of Holly Pond.
An undetermined amount was taken from Bob's Quick Shop Market at 1209 Locust St. SE around noon today. Police investigated this afternoon with no further details. Owner Bob Harrison declined to comment.
Forces and terrorists sparked violence around Saigon as Viet Cong attacked Tuy Gen Nhon camp and a Viet Cong hideout west of the city. A grenade wounded two Americans and several Vietnamese on a bridge on the northern outskirts. U S air power intensified with bombings on the Bac Can highway bridge north of Hanoi. An Army observation plane collided near Da Nang, killing both crews.
The North Alabama Chapter of the National Association of Accountants will hold their December meeting today at 6 p.m. at the Crescent Motel. Police report thefts, wrecks, building permits, and community notices including Moose Lodge turkey shoot Mizpah Chapter meeting and St. Ann's PTA Christmas program.
Mrs Minnie Odell Gossett 80 of Athens died at 510 am Sunday at Athens Limestone Hospital. Services 2 pm today at Isom's Chapel Methodist Church with ministers Marcus Long R A Jones and Calvin C Inman officiating. Burial Rose Lawn Cemetery Athens McConnell Funeral Home directing. Body lies in state at church one hour prior to services. Survived by widower Frank E Gossett three daughters S A Vassar Greenville Miss Thomas E Merritt Graysville Vance O Bonnichsen Pensacola Fla two sons Ellis A Gossett Leonard W Gossett nine grandchildren one sister Zula Holt Athens 8. Active pallbearers Thomas E Merritt Jr Monroe E Merritt Daniel V Bonnichsen Barry M Bonnichsen Leonard W Gossett Jr Wade R Mirandy. Mrs Gossett was a member of Isom's Chapel Methodist Church.
Four one of the most complex unmanned space missions ever planned. The mission rides atop the three legged booster, carrying two experimental communications satellites and a solar activity study satellite. Liftoff is set for 9 a.m. EST. Oscar 4, built by the American Radio Relay League, carries a ham radio payload.
France's western Brittany peninsula was settled from the south to the 7th century by British Celts who named the region meaning Little Britain.
Borman Schirra and Stafford discuss a rendezvous that appeared twice as bright as Sirius. They flew two Gemini 7 flights from Wasp to Bermuda in formation at 17 500 mph while the two pilots wore only underwear. After Cape Kennedy they will go to Houston for eight days of debrief and storytelling to project officials.
The Johnson administration remains unwilling to accept Point Three demanding a decisive Communist role in South Vietnam's future. President Johnson and Secretary Rusk take a firm, non compromising stance. Fanfani's letter to Johnson and Rusk's December 4 reply are noted, with clarifications sought on La Pira's version of Ho Chi Minh's statements.
Quotations compiled by the NASD at about 10 a.m. today show bids as representative inter-dealer prices excluding retail markdown and commission. Asked prices have been adjusted upward to include an approximate markup.
The turnout reached about 84 percent of registered voters. Mitterrand called De Gaulle's victory mediocre and vowed to focus on the National Assembly elections in November 1967. He warned his efforts would aim to make those elections decisive to safeguard the republic from what he described as risky Gaullism.
De Gaulle, who starts his new term January 8, issued no victory statement from his eastern France estate. Supporters cheered a comfortable margin after his first-round setback where he won 43.9 percent. Internationally, two unfinished items await his attention.
An article notes the Dead Sea has such high salinity that only the strongest winds can churn its sluggish surface, underscoring its extreme chemical conditions and unique maritime behavior.
Multiple classified ads list a 1959 Bel Air Chevrolet for sale a furnished apartments for rent with addresses Beech Johnston 8th Sherman streets and phone numbers 353-9940 353-940 355-0645 617 Sherman 355-2637 773-9412 Scottish Terrier pups lost item a black and white English Letter tag for Birmingham name and address reward 355-2032 and demand for 3 or 4 Orange Bowl tickets contact 353-6280 day or night
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