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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1963
Page
2
Sunset today at 4 49 p m Sunrise tomorrow 6 01 a m Moonset tomorrow 4 5 a m Full Moon Ax Prominent star Aldebaran follows the Moon Prominent constellation Orion rises in the southeast 8 53 p m and in the south 10 55 p m
River gauge shows 16.26 feet on the Tennessee at Keller Memorial with a 2 percent drop in 24 hours. Sea level reading 550.56 feet. other TVA lake stages listed and forecast calls for mostly fair, warmer today with highs near 59 and light south to southwest winds.
Cold air lingered in the Southeast with freezing readings in Florida Georgia and Alabama. Florida towns reported 25 to 36 degrees while Miami cooled to 46. Weather officials forecast a shift toward warmer Southeast and cooler North Central with light snow flurries in the Northern tiers and minimal heavy winter impacts nationwide.
In 1964 the Dow Jones 30 may rise as funds chase conservative, dividend-paying issues while broader NYSE listings drop. Forecasts call for switching from Dow components to overlooked stocks, long term bonds softening, tax exempt bonds easing, and profits to rise but with varied sector moves across commodities, real estate, and inflation pressures.
The day’s balance spans a Rome Mass with a bed-bound woman, a Christmas display on the Korea front, and Americans snowed in at home. Johnson ranch visits, Kennedy memorials in Arlington, and holiday moments with Mrs Kennedy frame a world in reflective mood.
A warming trend extends into the Central and Southern Plains on Wednesday raising temperatures above normal. Record highs are reported in several cities, including 63 degrees in Norfolk Nebraska marking a December 25 record.
Arrow Blanken ship 83 of Somerville died Sunday in Prichard Alabama. Services set for today at 2 30 p m at New Friend Ollie Blankenship of Somerville had 12 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. She had one sister Mrs Annie Mays of Texas and one half sister Mrs Ada Webster of Sylacauga Alabama. Pallbearers named George Curbow Winfield Curbow Holden Taylor Edward Blanken ship Bill Waddell Kenneth Chaffin.
Billy N Johnson of Buena Park California died Sunday. The body will arrive in Decatur tonight and funeral arrangements will be announced by Peck Funeral Home. The body will be taken to the residence of Mrs Ida Johnson Holladay in Danville.
Jonas Grady Moody Sr. 73 of Moulton died last night at his home after a three month illness. Funeral services Friday at 2 p.m. from Fairfield Church of Christ with O D Bowling officiating. Burial Moody Family Cemetery Elliott Brown Service directing. Survivors include his widow Evie Moody, one sister Dele Adair Hillsboro, six sons W E Moody Birmingham J B Moody Jonas Moody Jimmy Moody Houston Moody Almon Moody Wayne Mich eight daughters Esma Coffey Decatur Margueritt Hassett Pontiac Mich Marie Dutton Pontiac Mable Harrison Dearborn Mich Sarah Bankston Georgia Helen Waters Danville2 Joyce Rosem Danville2 Sandra Moody Moulton3 33 grandchildren 4 great grandchildren and other relatives. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
James Horace Dedmen, 44, of Flint Michigan, died Sunday at 12 30 a m in Flint. Funeral services are set for today at 3 p m at McConnell Funeral Home Chapel with burial in City Cemetery. Ministers Benny Fudge and Rev Calvin Inman will lead the service. Survivors include widow Barbara Dedmon of Flint, three brothers Dewey Dedmon Athens George Dedmon Birmingham and Edward Dedmon Birmingham and one sister Mrs Buford Willis Athens. He was a member of the Sardis Springs Baptist Church for 30 years.
Cash box contents included 100 dollars and silver. A remaining nickel in a burst box. Gloves dust, footmarks on desk and roof imply entry via roof or unlocked front door. Witnesses note rifling of files at Hall Colvard and the U S Air Force office. nothing else missing. Thieves possibly used unlocked front door on Second Ave to access loan firms.
Market report notes cotton inching steady with middling at 4.00 and Decatur Lean index persisting at 33.57. Traders monitor futures and regional demand amid flat pricing signals.
A collection of hospital and residential notices lists births and infant arrivals in the Moulton area including names such as infant son at 1019 Sth Ave SE Mrs. Walter S Hendrix and infant daughter 1605 1st Ave SE and others across Hart St Pen nynlane SE 4th Ave SE 8th Ave SE and 7th Ave SW along with address details for families and individuals.
Decatur officers respond to hospital after John Lankford, 20, of 112 Pine St NE, wrecks a 1956 Chevrolet on Ala 20 five miles west of Decatur. He is treated for injuries. Morton County Sheriff logs five Christmas arrests including highway intoxication and public drunkenness. Gateway Car Wash box stolen. phone booth telephone broken at 1st Ave and Moulton St.
Wall Street held a modest advance as volume neared 3.6 million shares. Rails airlines savings and loan firms steels and motors supported the list while transportation issues rose. Eastern Pan American American led gains with United up a major fraction as investors eyed year end tax shifts.
The notice lists multiple individuals associated with the Baugh Wiley Smith institution across cities including Pensacola Decatur Addison and Montgomery. Names include Tonny Nalley Larry Raper Steve Widner and Floyd Brown with corresponding addresses on Church St Grant Sherwood Dr 9th Ave SW and 1001 Sth Ave. The list also mentions Mrs Cordie Hovis Mrs J E Thrasher Jr and Miss Dale Hayes among others.
In Birmingham AP reports eggs remain scarce with Midwest arrivals easing pressure. Holiday demand keeps trading brisk at the high end of the price range while consumer grade eggs show wide variation. Retailers note large, medium, and small sizes with varying carton pricing and at least one case minimum sales including nearby producer direct sales.
Georgia live poultry markets show broilers and fryers mostly 1 2 higher to 12 2 with adequate supplies. Hens trading light on both types. heavy types at farms 4 fob plants 15, light types at farms 7 fob plants 8.
Births include a girl to Mr and Mrs Billy McDonald of Hartselle at Decatur General Hospital and a boy to Mr and Mrs Nayman Terry of Moulton 4. Deaths include Levi Stewart 43 struck by a car in Mobile and Daniel Corbitt 66 killed on U S 431 in Eufaula, with police charges and separate fatal crashes in Sylacauga and Leeds. The AP holiday county ran from 12:01 a.m. Tuesday to midnight Wednesday.
Road project from the U S Mexican border to the Panama Canal is underway and slated for completion by year end 1955. Classified notices include a five bedroom house for sale with 23 acres near Lawrence Co Alabama and rental listings for a three room unfurnished apartment and a Main Street business space in Hartselle Alabama with January 1 1964 availability.
Livestock markets list hog receipts and price ranges across Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Dothan and Jacksonville. Prices show 1 2 barrows and gilts 190 230 lbs at 15.00 15.50 dollars and lighter and heavier weight brackets with 13.50 14.50 for 240 270 pounds and 1 2 160 180 pounds, plus 11.00 12.75 for sows 200 400 pounds.
Cotton futures opened higher by about 20 cents a bale with gains across several delivery months. Traders watched the Mar May Jul Oct and Dec contracts with modest increases amid uncertain trading sentiment in New York.
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