Decatur River and Weather Summary for Thursday
River and Weather report for Decatur Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning 16.56 sea level 550.86 TVA lake levels Wilson 506.1 Guntersville 592.9 Whitesburg 554.1 Pickwick 408.5 Wheeler 550.6 Chickamauga 675.6 High yesterday 66 at 3 pm low this morning 48 at 6 am Today's forecast: fog and low clouds clearing to partly cloudy mild with light rain late tonight turning cooler Friday Winds SW 4 to 8 mph then NE High today 63 low tonight 43 high Friday 56.
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Hill Burton grant funds Mobile Providence Hospital expansion
Alabama public health officials allocate 1 million dollars to Providence Hospital Mobile for a 140 bed addition raising capacity to 400. Small 53 thousand dollar grant goes to Thomasville Hospital while most of seven million statewide for hospital construction is disbursed.
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Providence Hospital
Thomasville Hospital
Alabama
Providence
Romnes Named AT&T Chairman as Gilmer Becomes President
AT&T directors pick H J Romnes 59 to chair the giant company effective February 1 after two years as president. Ben S Gilmer elected president and director, a former Southern Bell head, with Montgomery ties. Senate leaders set election rules as Mansfield outlines the Democratic lineup for the 90th Congress.
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Senate
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Firemen OK Paper Dresses Return to Sale
The Los Angeles Fire Department rescinded a ban on paper like dresses at Joseph Magnin Stores after clarification that the dress was a polyester plastic on glass fibers and not a paper garment. State officials tested the fabric and found it acceptable and no more flammable than many dresses in closets nationwide.
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Louis Segal
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HUD makes first rent subsidy payment in nation
Washington reports the Department of Housing and Urban Development issued an $819 check as the first payment under the new rent subsidy program. The funds will cover rent for 13 elderly residents at Firelands Retirement Center in Lorain Ohio.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Lorain
Ohio
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American jailed in Soviet for theft in Leningrad
Buel Ray Wortham of North Little Rock Arkansas, 25, was sentenced in Leningrad to three years in a Soviet labor camp for stealing an antique bear statue from a hotel and exchanging about 75 dollars in black market rubles. He plans to appeal. Representative Wilbur Mills defended Wortham’s character in court.
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Obituary for James D. Darsey of Huntsville and kin
James D. Darsey aged 70 died at 5 a.m. Wednesday at Limestone Nursing Home in Athens. Funeral services and burial plans are to be announced by Dowdle Funeral Home Fayette and Spry Funeral Home Huntsville. Survivors include a widow and seven daughters, four sons, and numerous grandchildren. he was a World War I veteran and member of Grace Methodist Church in Pickens, South Carolina.
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James D. Darsey
Ashland Dr
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Limestone
Piclkens S. C
Piclkens Cemetery
Spry Funeral Home
Mary Lou Blanton
Rockledge
Fla
Bob Darisey
Winston-Salem N. C
Bill Darsey
Dowdle Funeral Home
Fayette
T. G. Lottis
Etel Striggel
Janet Davis
Ratha Fields
Annie Ruth Myers
Lois Dobson
Waynsborough
Miss
Reby Weathers
Fernbank
Warren Freeman
Dothan
Bill Loftis
Jake Loftis
Glynn Loftis
Decatur
Alice Cantrell
Betty Dockery
Jackie Falls
Mrs Hatton Rites Set At Woll Springs Baptist Church
Mrs. Mary Missouri Hatton of Russellville died at 8 30 a.m. Wednesday at Colbert County Hospital. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Woll Springs Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Winters officiating. Burial will be at Masterson Cemetery. Elliott Funeral Home directing. Survivors include nine children, 26 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren, a brother, two sisters, and many nieces and nephews. Mrs. Hatton was a member of Woll Springs Baptist Church.
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Russellville
Colbert County Hospital
Woll Springs Baptist Church
Robert Winters
Masterson Cemetery
Ellliott
Aaron Berryman
Moulton
John E. Hatton
Chatsworth
Stenson Hatton
Nilmer Hatton
Roy
Mrs Loftis, 83, Fayette Resident, Dies
Mrs. T G Loftis, 83, of Fayette, died Wednesday night at her residence.
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Fayette
T. G. Lofis
Free fireworks sale and classified notices in small town ad
Multiple local ads list free fireworks with $1 purchases at six locations including Decatur Hiway 31 and Mooresville Hiway 20. Also notices seek a waitress, list a GE stove for sale, a 30 gallon hum with stand, tropical plants, Siamese cats, and a furnished two-coon pets request. Rentals show a 3 bedroom house trailer at 353-0173.
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Decatur
John C. Calhoun College
Midway Gulf
Mooresville
Flint City
Shell
Hartselle
KAYO
Falkville
Puddy and Buddy's
Carl R. Schles
Magnolia St. S.E
James Lee Taylor dies at 96 in Athens
James Lee Taylor 96 of Athens nursing home died at 8 05 pm Wednesday at Athens Limestone Hospital. Services 10 am Friday at McConnell Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Calvin Inman officiating. Burial Fieldings Cemetery. Survived by two daughters Mary Powers Athens Cora Riggs Athens three sons Leonard Taylor Decatur Jack Taylor Athens J W Taylor Albertville 17 grandchildren 26 great grandchildren grandsons pallbearers.
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James Lee Taylor
Athens Nursing Home
Athens-Limestone Hospital
McConnell Funeral Home Chapel
Calvin Inman
Fieldings Cemetery
McConnell
Mary Powers
Cora Riggs
Leonard Taylor
Decatur
Jack Taylor
J. W. Taylor
Albertville
Brush Fire Burns Acreage Near Cedar Cove Road
Hartselle firemen report a brush fire on Cedar Cove Road burned several acres of timber land yesterday around 2 p.m. The incident prompted a response from local firefighters and is part of routine district diary notes in the area.
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Hartselle
Cedar Cove Rd
Decatur Chapter 38 Royal Arch Masons Convene Tonight
Decatur Regular convocation of Decatur Chapter 38 Royal Arch Masons will be at 7 30 p m today in the Masonic Temple.
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Decatur
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
NASRT Meeting Scheduled in North Alabama
The North Alabama Society of Radiological Technologists plans its monthly meeting at Decatur General Hospital on Jan 5. Guest speaker Skip Gamble state president welcomed the new chapter and new officers were installed. Prospective members may contact Wayne Mitchell at the hospital radiology department. The Moose Lodge hosts an 8 p.m. games night. Decatur Assembly No 26, Order of the Rainbow for Girls, meets at 7 p.m. at the Masonic Temple.
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Decatur General Hospital
Huntsville
Skip Gamble
Th Society
Gamble
North Alabama
Wayne Mitchell
Decatur General
Decatur
Order of the Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Break-in at Storrs Day Care Center Reported
Police said the Storrs Day Care Center was broken into Wednesday night. A record player and a crate of apples were stolen after entry through a window with its screen removed.
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Storrs Day Care Center
Kennedy suit over Look excerpts ends with edits
Mrs Kennedy withdraws suit after Look magazine edits passages she deemed personal. The Cowles statements say about 1,600 words were altered out of 480,000 while maintaining historical accuracy. Mrs Kennedy and Robert Kennedy say no material of significance was changed and neither endorsed the Look pieces.
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Manchester
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Sun Valley
Idah
Look Magazine
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Letters to Santa From Decatur Daily Readers
A collage of Santa letters from children including Charles Grant asking for guns and a cash register, Miranda James requesting a doll and surprises, Kelly Ryan seeking a gun and surprises, and Eddie St John mentioning toys. The piece notes serialization revisions by President Kennedy and includes various gift wishes from Danville and Chenault.
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Karen
Charles Grant
Births and fires fill Decatur Daily Records
Birth notices list Mr. and Mrs. Larry Henson and others from Trinity to Cullman with newborns at Lawrence County Hospital Cullman Hospital and Decatur General. plus several births in Vinemont Hospi Cal and Hanceville. Fire calls logged by Decatur Fire Department include grass fires and a house fire at 626 Vine St with heavy loss. Building permits issued for remodeling redecorating and additions across local streets.
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Trinity
Lawrence County Hospital
James Walker
Moulton
Lawrence County of Hospi
Russell Quattlebaum
Cullman
Cullman Hospital
Tommy Bailey
Crane Hill
William Howard Org
Vinemont
Cal Hospital
Virgil Nix
Hancefille
Decatur Fire Department
Larkwood Dr
4Th St
Sherwood Dr
U.S
Fremont Dr
Vine St. NW
Herbert Parker
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