Winter Engulfs North Alabama With Record Cold
The first night of winter brings around 12 degrees in the area as Huntsville Decatur records a 6 am low of 19. North Alabama faces wind chills near zero from northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. High pressure from the central Plains drives the cold air, clearing skies and forecasting gradual warming by midweek into the 40s and 50s before Christmas.
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Decatur Area Weather and River Readings Summary
Morning river reading at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 17.38 feet with sea level at 551.69. TVA lake stages listed include Pickwick 675.5 Guntersville 408.7 Whitesburg 593.4 Wheeler 550.8 Wilson 505.3. Monday high 55 at 8 a.m., low 16 at 7 a.m. Extended outlook calls for clear, colder tonight with a low near 12 and mid 40s by Wednesday. Climate data note total day 3.96 inches this year 51.83 inches above normal by 1.65 inches. air pollution index 60. Sunrise 6:50 a.m. sunset 4:40 p.m. Tomorrow.
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Decatur and Vicinity
Decatur
Tri-County District Health Service
Wallace Mourns Daley's Death
Gov. George C. Wallace expressed sincere sympathy to Mayor Daley's family after Daley's death on Monday. He extended condolences in a brief statement recalling Daley's public service and impact on Chicago politics.
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Daley
Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Democrat
Two More Guillain Barré Cases Reported in Alabama
The Decatur Daily reports at least two more Alabama residents have Guillain Barré syndrome, possibly a third, raising the state total to 11. A male patient in Birmingham and a 64-year-old Gadsden woman were hospitalized after swine flu shots. Dr. Tom Chester notes another Birmingham case under testing. Research continues to assess a possible link to swine flu inoculations.
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Ala
Alabama
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Birmingham
Gadsden
Tom Chester
State Health Department
Chester
Ed Caviness
United States
Caviness
Decatur
Cash Laden Tree Stolen At Local Restaurant
A Christmas tree decorated with about 250 dollars in cash was stolen Monday night from Jeff's Restaurant on Danville Road SW. Owner Theo Ward offered a 1000 dollar reward for tips leading to arrest. Police described a break in through the front door as the tree was pulled out.
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Danville Rd
Thuray
Ward
Gary Porter
Dwight Hale
Possum Ears and Resin Folk Remedy Described by Odis Collins
Odis Collins recalls his grandmother Fairsanna Collins of Sneadville using possum ears and pine resin to make a liniment for boils. She melted resin in an old teacup, pressed the softened resin into cloth, and applied it to risings to ease pain, a practice tied to a worn teacup and a wood stove.
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Moulton
Wren Rd
Fairsanna Collins
Collins
Gold Kist Chief Warns On Agriculture Nominee
G A Burson, executive vice president of Gold Kist, urged Decatur Rotarians that Robert Bergland as Secretary of Agriculture may favor large grain reserves and limit exports, potentially depressing U S farm prices. He later softened the remark noting Bergland's attention to farmers' needs. Burson contrasted Bergland with Earl Butz and defended exporting for better prices. Gold Kist, a Southern regional cooperative, emphasizes food and population in world markets.
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America
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Decatur
Atlanta
Powell to file injunction over five million school funds
State Senator Jerry Powell of Eclectic said he would file an injunction to halt the allocation of five million dollars in school building funds until the legislature reconsiders the plan. The funds were conditionally appropriated earlier this year and distributed by the State Board of Education. Powell criticized the formula for its impact on districts unable to match funds and noted several counties and Dothan city schools were included beyond Shelby County. The move comes as Montgomery County Commission restored a half percent sales tax to avert a projected deficit worth more than five hundred thousand by next July.
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Eclectic
George C. Wallace
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Elmore
Crenshaw
Montgomery County
Montgomery, Ala
Montgomery County Commission
Hunters Rescued After River Storm Strands Two Hunters
Two duck hunters T. A. Pape and Terry Hearing were towed to safety by Coast Guardsmen after 3 to 5 foot waves and freezing 30s temperatures stranded them on the Tennessee River near Finley Island. They waited in knee deep water until rescue around 2 p.m. No ducks were bagged. Hearing required thawing.
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Coast
Tennessee
T. A. Pape
Terry Hearing
James Dunn
16Th Ave. SE
Pape
Finley Island
Coast Guard
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