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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1966
Page
2
Linda Ivy remains in the hospital as East End Methodist Church pledges 200 for her bill and other groups donate small gifts. Nurses decorate the room with a Christmas tree and a plastic Santa while Linda’s family braces for a modest holiday season.
A roster from Decatur General lists numerous admissions and dismissals including Robert K Kimbell Grant Street Mrs Sherman B Bolan Broadus Avenue and others in Decatur and nearby towns. The document names patients and relatives with addresses across multiple streets and neighborhoods.
A list of residents from Cullman, Hanceville, Bremen, Falkville and VineyMont names several households and individuals such as Mrs Charlotte J Miller, Earnest R Tanner, Mrs Lula Mac Doss, Sister Genevieve Mancos, Crawford Strickland, James Marcus Green, Kathy Holloway, Homer Dewey Thomas, Mrs Lorene P Turner, Danny Ray Payne, Mrs Joy Fae Williams, Mrs Thelma Milligan, Mrs Vera Mae Haney, Benjamin Huffman, Mrs Mary M Mauldin, Mrs Anna Merle Garrison, Jackie J Graveman, Hayden Cole Nix, Marion D White and others listed with street zones or town references.
Lawrence County records show admissions including Helen Deshazo and Marie Harville of Moulton, Bonnie Posey of Decatur, Eunice Scoggins of Houston, and Rose Marie Burden of Moulton.
Mr and Mrs Sherman Boyd Bolan 1208 Broadus St SE announce a daughter born Friday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Carmen Harville Moulton report a son Friday at Lawrence County Hospital. Mr and Mrs Harold Deshazo Moul Hospital welcome a child.
North Alabama roads and bridges were hazardous as sleet and light snow fell after rain. The Highway Patrol reported passable routes though travelers were warned about northbound conditions. Snow also closed several roads in Tennessee and Kentucky. The Huntsville Weather Bureau predicted the snow would end early today with fair to partly cloudy skies and very cold temperatures.
Russ Gilmour and his son Craddock were tried in Leningrad for illegal currency deals. Craddock was fined 1,000 rubles and remained jailed with a companion. Wortham was sentenced to three years in a labor camp and loss of his car. Both admitted guilt and claimed Soviet pressure coerced confessions.
The FTC reports complaints that retailers use unfair and deceptive installment credit practices harming low income shoppers. Proposals require written disclosures of cash price, down payment, unpaid balance, finance charges, payments, and total price. Oral disclosure of assignment option would also be required to help customers compare terms.
Local notices list individuals Judy Reeves Moulton Bren Massey and infant son in Town Creek Frankie Holaday Danville Charlie Montgomery and reference Moulton.
U S 7th Air Force uses truce to aid civilians by building homes and clinics at bases across Vietnam while visiting church leaders Francis Spellman and Billy Graham conduct services. A 48 hour New Year truce and a four day Tet truce follow. Throughout the night American planes lit Saigon airfields with flares in case of attack, as reports indicate quiet in combat zones and limited enemy activity near the Rockpile and Gulf of Tonkin.
The sky report for Dec 24 and 25 notes Venus as the bright evening star near the moon with Venus about 155 million miles from Earth. It lists sunset at 4 43, moonset 4 53, and additional sights including Aldebaran, Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter around the described times.
The Rev. Eugene Marsden Chapman former rector of St John s Episcopal De catur died Thursday night in Morgantown West Virginia from an apparent heart attack. Memorial services will be January 1 in Morgantown with Bishop Wilburn Campbell officiating. Survivors include widow Mrs Sarah Totten Chapman a son two daughters and several grandchildren. Chapman served as rector of the Episcopal Church in Morgantown.
Mrs Edna Harlow 5ee Harlow 85 died Thursday at a Tuscaloosa hospital services set for 10 a m today at Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Jerry Smith officiating burial in city cemetery. Survivors include her husband John B Harlow Decatur three sisters Mrs Read Ryhar t Mrs C D Richardson Richmond Va Mrs Edith wavely Decatur pallbearers Grady L Young Charles Rogers Roy Odom Jimmy Williams Carl Murphy and Ainslie Wyle.
The Societes' Press survey covered a nonholiday period from 6 p m Friday December 8 to midnight Monday December 12. It estimated 391 traffic fatalities and projected 650 to 740 deaths in such periods for comparison with the sexual toll.
Pope Paul opened the Vatican council final session in 1965 and the synod idea was approved despite conservative objections. Nations with many bishops will send four delegates, including the United States Archbishop John F. Dearden. New Vatican secretariats for Justice and Peace and for the Laity were approved to study social, moral and lay organization issues amid uranium supply concerns in the United States.
Mrs Vina B Payne 401 7th Ave NW died Friday at 1 pm Funeral services 11 am today at First Baptist Church with Rev W K Stephenson and Rev Jess ie Rogers officiating Burial in Hepton Cemetery near Center Graveside rites will follow Survivors include daughter Mrs J P Wallace of Decatur two sons Harold E Payne of Pensacola Fla a brother Edgar Estes of Center four sisters Mrs Hugh Mobbs of Ft Payne Mrs Travis Gibson of Jacksboro Tenn Mrs Guy Bankston of Center and Mrs A A Wilson of Anniston 13 grandchildren Body at Gunthorp Funeral Home before being moved to church one hour prior to services
Wheat held steady while corn oats and rye moved slightly lower or higher on the Chicago Board of Trade amid weather and export expectations. Soybeans edged up as Friday’s session closed early for Christmas, with weekly ranges detailed across futures contracts.
New York AP reports the latest Wall Street close with 30 Industrials at 799.10 down 2.57, 20 Railroads at 207.92 down 1.15, 65 Stocks at 286.44 down 0.85, and utilities at 136.72 up 0.38. Transactions show mix across industrials rails and bonds with minor gains in high grade rails and utilities while commodity futures dip.
The New York market closed lower as volume slipped to 7.47 million shares. The Dow fell 2.57 to 799.10 with autos lifting steels on strong December auto sales and unconfirmed merger talk between American Motors and Litton Industries.
Cattle and hog receipts at Chicago live stock market fell this week but prices rose. Slaughter steers 25 to 75 cents higher with 26,000 receipts, 34,100 last week. Butcher hogs up 50 cents to $1 on 31,600 receipts, vs 37,300 prior week. High grade slaughter steers 950 to 1,150 pounds sold $24.75 to $25.50. prime 1,150 to 1,350 pounds brought $24.75 to $25.50. Most U S 1 and 2 butcher hogs 200 to 220 pounds $22.50 to $22.75, 230-pound shipment $22.85. Mixed 1-3 190 to 230 pounds sold $21.75 to $22.00.
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