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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1965
Page
2
Weather and River Readings at Keller Memorial Bridge
Decatur area reports Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning of 16.43 feet with sea level reading 550.73 feet. TVA lake stages listed for Guntersville 593.3 Whitesburg 551.3 Wilson 505.3 Pickwick 408.4 Wheeler 550.6 and Chickamauga. Yesterday's high 48 at 2 pm, low 28 tonight, 41 at 8:30 am. Forecast fair and cool today. Tonight and Tuesday partly cloudy and cold. Winds light and variable. High today 53, low tonight 28, high Tuesday 42.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Pickwick
Wheeler
Chickamauga
Johnson silent on cease-fire amid Hanoi reaction
President Johnson's silence on a new cease-fire raised questions about support for the move. Sources say he avoided signaling optimism to prevent an atmosphere that might worsen with Hanoi's response. The White House later announced troops would not fire except in self defense after the 30 hour truce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Hanoi
Ent
First Baptist Church
Johnson City
James A. Clardy dies. Roswell resident was 82
Funeral services were held December 21 for James Andrew Clardy 82 a Roswell New Mexico resident formerly from Trinity Alabama. Survivors include son Ralph Clardy Roswell daughter Dell Wright Sherman Oaks California two brothers W T Clardy Roswell and S R Clardy Louisville a sister Miss Gertrude Clardy Decatur and other relatives. He was a native of Collinsville and lived in Trinity prior to moving to Roswell in 1933. He was a retired farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
N. M
James Andrew Clardy
Trinity
Ala
Ralph Clardy
N.M
Dell Wright
Sherman Oaks
Calif
W. T. Clardy
S. R. Clardy
Louisville
Gertrude Clardy
Decatur
Clardy
Collinsville
Trinity 1
Somerville Mourns Herman Bailey Funeral Planned
Herman Bailey died Sunday at 5 p.m. in Somerville at age 71. Services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Union Church of Christ with Bobby Clardy and Roland Roberts officiating. Burial in Antioch Cemetery with Peck directing. Survivors include four daughters Bretha Johnson Huntsville Bernice Cofield Lafayette Ga Julia Hamilton Tampa Fla and Oleta Johnson St Louis Mo and a son Arthur Bailey Winter Haven Fla and six grandchildren. Pallbearers are M C Dunaway Neal Garner Thurman Abercrombie Doyle Walker Robert Spurlin and Max Grubbs. Body stays at funeral home until taken to church one hour before services. He was a Morgan County native, Church of Christ member, and a retired farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Herman Bailey
Union Church of Christ
Bobby Clardy
Roland Roberts
Antioch Cemetery
Peck Directing
Bretha Johnson
Huntsville
Bernice Cofield
Lafayette
Julia Hamilton
Tampa
Fla
Oleta Johnson
St. Louis
Arthur Bailey
Winter Haven
M. C. Dunaway
Neal Garner
Thurman Abercrombie
Doyle Walker
Robert Spurlin
Max Grubbs
Bailey
Morgan County
Church of Christ
Death Notice for Samuel C Schooley at Decatur
Samuel C Schooley 73 of 1026 5th Ave SE died Sunday at 2 20 p m at home. Services Wednesday 2 p m Guntharp chapel Rev Kenneth Hester officiating. Burial Decatur City Cemetery. Survivors include Mary M Schooley widow five sons Robert E Schooley Arthur K Schooley Fred Schooley Robert G Schooley Samuel C Schooley Jr a daughter Mrs J E Russell a sister Mrs Harry Steiner 12 grandchildren four great grandchildren. Body at funeral home Pallbearers R E Reynolds A R West H G Yates John Garrison George Kirby Ennis Varnell. Native of New Jersey World War I veteran. Employed by Decatur Iron and Steel before retiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Codritch Schooley
5Th Ave. SE
Guntharp
Kenneth Hester
Decatur City Cemetery
Mary M. Schooley
J.E. Russell
Decatur
Robert E. Schooley
Arthur K. Schooley
Fred Schooley
Memphis
Tenn
Robert G. Schooley
Florence
Samuel C. Schooley Jr
Danville
Harry Stiener
R. E. Reynolds
A. R. West
H. G. Yates
John Garrison
George Kirby
Ennis Varnell
Mr. Schooley
New Jersey
Decatur Iron and Steel
Infant dies in Moulton after hospital stay
Darlene Van Essa Terry 11 month old daughter of Mrs Twillie Annette Terry of Moulton died Sunday at a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p m at Jones Chapel Methodist Church with Dick Waugh officiating. Burial follows in the adjoining Elliott Cemetery. Survivors include the mother a sister Joan Terry a brother Royal Benford Terry and grandparents Mr and Mrs Eugene Terry and Mrs Mattie Dora Epperson all of Moulton with R B Terry and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Darlene Vanessa Terry
Twillie Annette Terry
Jones Chapel Methodist Church
Dick Waugh
Elliott Funeral Home
Joan Terry
Royal Benford Terry
Eugene Terry
Mattie Dora Epperson
R. B. Terry
Railroads Move Record Freight Volume Postwar
American railroads carried a postwar record freight total reaching billions of ton miles, indicating a surge in goods moved domestically as the nation rebuilt and commerce expanded after the war.
Two Released Cam Bodia Detainees Deny War Campaign Aim
They were freed Nov 27 at the Cambodian border after protests against the Vietnam War. They spent a week in Phnom Penh, then flew to Bangkok and Okinawa. They denied to American newsmen that they vowed to return to the United States to join the antiwar campaign, saying their remarks were misinterpreted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Bangkok
Okinawa
Viet Nam
Plane crash in bridge lanes blocks NYC New Jersey route
A damaged plane veered from its path and settled in the two center lanes of the giant bridge linking New York City with New Jersey. The lanes were unused due to light Sunday morning traffic, as heads Ippolito reportedly couldn't swim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ippolito
New York City
New Jersey
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Black of Somerville
Mrs Mary Black died Sunday at 12 15 am in a local hospital. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 1 pm at Mt Moriah Methodist Church Talucah. Burial will be in the adjoining Reynolds Funeral Home directs with survivors including son Ellis Black two grandsons Charles and Paul Winton two granddaughters Bessie Black and Olgie Black a brother Peter Draper and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Black
Somerville
Mt. Moriah Methodist Church
Talucah
Reynolds Funeral Home
Ellis Black
Charles
Paul Winton
Bessie Black
Olgie Black
Roanoke
Peter Draper
Funeral services for Richard Russell of Talucah
Funeral services for Richard Russell who died Friday at 4 p m at his residence will be Sunday at Curries Chapel C M E Church at Waldermose Springs. Burial will be in adjoining cemetery. Reynolds Funeral Home direct Mrs Ella Russell Talucah daughter Mrs Versie Middle Talucah and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Russell
Talucah
Qcurreys Chapel
C.M.E
Waldermose Springs
Reynolds Funeral Home
Ella Russell
Versie Middle
Pause in air attacks widens Viet Nam war lull
U S officials voiced Washington orders behind a pause seen as possibly inviting Ho Chi Minh to peace talks. In the south casualties rose as mines injured and killed soldiers near Sa Dec and Saigon. An Air Force report raised losses to ten planes, while the Viet Cong renewed attacks as commanders worry the halt could boost P such movements toward the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The cease-fire breach provoked renewed orders to resume normal operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sa Dec
Saigon
North
Viet Nam
Bac Cau
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Johnson
Texas
US S
State Department
U. S
Market Prices: Cotton and Milk Rates Briefly Noted
Trade notes show Cotton in Decatur with a middling loan and cottonseed at 40 dollars per ten. Milk prices list Grade A at 9.55 per hundred and manufactured milk at 3.20 per hundred for four percent, with fractional adjustments and ratios referenced.
Nashville Livestock Market Report
Nashville Tennessee AP farmers watch cattle and hog markets with steady to higher prices. Slaughter steers and heifers steady, cows active, bulls strong, feeders scarce and firm. Hogs mixed with barrows, gilts up to two dollars higher and sows higher. Sheep steady for light wool slaughter lambs around 25.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
U.S
Unclear Source Text Paragraph on Product Pricing
The readable fragment references limited delivery terms for large and medium items, noting price limits to retailers per carton and including store delivery cases. It mentions grade A white items and small unchanged volumes but lacks clear entities, dates, or a coherent event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emer
Poultry Prices Mixed at Atlanta Farms
Demand for live broilers and fryers remains good in Atlanta with farm prices around 1.34. Trading is light with some adequate supply on heavy types reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poultry
Atlanta
Am Air L 6% Leh Por Cem Am Can 7 l Ligg & My Am Mot 9% Lockh Air Am
Am industry listing shows a dense catalog of major corporations with percentage figures next to each name, indicating share or index values. The fragment includes aviation, tobacco, dairy, beverages, chemicals, and utilities firms such as Am Air L, Leh, Por, Cem, Am Can, Lockh, Lorillard, Lou & Nash, Pepsi Cola, Coca Cola, Du Pont, Sears, East Air, Sinclair, Socony, Texaco, Goodyear, and Woolworth among others, with percent indicators ranging roughly from single digits to the low hundreds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Am Air L
Ligg & My
Lockh Air Am
T&t
Lorillard Am Tob
Lou & Nash
Armour
Martin M Boeing
Nat Dairy Borden
Nat Distill
Burt Ind
Olin Math Cater Trac
Penney
Pepsi Cola
Ches & Ohio
Coca Cola
Cbs
Repub
Met Con Edis
Seab AL RR du Pont
Sears Reed East Air L
Sinclair East Kod
Socony
Sou
Fla
Rand
Fa P&l
Ford Met
Dair
Ind Cp
Elec
Sunbeam Gen Mills Swift
Texaco
Ta & Tel
Camp Geneseo Ga Pacific
Cal Goodrich
Airc Goodyear
West UN Tel Here
Stocks Mixed As Aerospace Rally Fades after Viet Nam Truce
Well Street New York AP reports mixed stock results as aerospace and defense shares rebound while blue chips weaken. Airlines and electronics snap back from profit taking though overall volume near 5.7 million. Viet Cong attacks during a 30 hour truce kill at least a dozen Americans and up to 50 South Vietnamese. U S officials note 84 Communist violations, including four hours of continuous artillery fire by the 1st Cavalry as Vatican officials urge renewed appeals to end fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Viet Nam
American Telephone
U.S
U. S
Vatican
Paul VI
Toll of 1965 Christmas weekend tops prior years
Warren C Nelson notes 49 deaths tied for the highest weekend toll in 1965 and possibly the greatest since records began. Louisiana reports 32 fatalities as the worst since recordkeeping started 2½ years ago. Rain sleet snow and freezing temps hampered travel and 8 million vehicles occupied the roads over 78 hours. Accidents across the nation caused multiple deaths including a bus crash in Oregon and several auto wrecks in Oklahoma Minnesota Kansas and Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren C. Nelson
Louisiana
Thomas Burbanks
The
Safety Council
Oregon
Oklahoma
Buffalo
Minn
Sublette
Kan
Diary of Decatur Fire and Police Log Highlights
Sunday into Monday incidents include seven fire calls with grass and trash fires, a stove top pan, overheated flue, and a slight loss from a trucking fire. Police logged wrecks on McCartney and Beech, with Hill charged for intoxication and leaving the scene. other arrests listed for weekend. Building permits issued for electrical work, storage building, and a sign. Local civic notes mention Elks dance and Questers Club meeting. Politics and markets touch on Humphrey Churchill funeral plans and stock moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Fire Department
Chapel Hill
W. Moulton St
College St
Nelson St
19Th, Ave
13Th Ave
Danville Rd
6Th Ave
7Th St
Cole Trucking Co
McCartney St
Church St. NW
Leroy Cowley
11Th Ave. NW
James Wayne Hamilton
Decatur 1
Beech St
Randy M. Hill
Danville
Hill
West Urges Extra Seal Drive Push for TB Program
Chairman Lewis H. West urged an after Christmas drive to boost county contributions for a one year TB control program in Morgan County. So far $7,300 of $8,200 goal was raised, with West stressing greater donations will expand TB protection for every home and family as Alabama counts 9,481 sufferers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis H. West
West
Weet
Alabama
Morgan County
Fire kills six in Athens Wisconsin house blaze
The Athens state blaze left six people in a Booster Shaw farm home six miles west of Athens on U S 72. Five escaped before the roof collapsed. Allen was recovered early Sunday morning. Pettey said the house hosted his family and that Fiossie Williams, Mrs. Pettey’s sister, was visiting. The coroner listed the occupants and noted the body found near a bed in the southeast bedroom. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Mason Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wis Allen
Athens
Sammett
James Pettey
Booster Shaw
Here
U. S. 72
Pettey
Allen
Civil defense debate at AAAS symposium sparks clash
Scientists who helped create the atomic bomb argued for strong civil defense as the best way to deter nuclear attack at a high profile AAAS annual meeting briefing attended by over 6,000. Commoner criticized Defense Secretary McNamara for a woefully inadequate view of nuclear war damage and warned of epidemics, crop destruction, land sterilization, and possible climate catastrophe after massive vegetation loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Commoner
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McCrory store safe breach damages noted in report
Decatur Postmaster I E Self details a burglary at a department store postal branch. Stamps and supplies left damaged, money in the safe damaged by water poured in to hinder burning. Post Office losses to be covered by a bond. Postal inspector Harry Raley and city detectives investigate. Also rental listings for a furnished apartment and a 2 or 3 bedroom unfurnished house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Post Office
Self
Harry Raley
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