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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1965
Page
2
On Tuesday December 28 sunset at 4 4 p m sunrise next day at 6 54 a m moonset at 10 07 p m first quarter Dec 1 Saturn is visible to the right of the Moon and lies about 929 million miles from Earth, ten times the Sun Earth distance.
Reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning 16.34 with sea level 550.64. Yesterday's high 59 at 3 p.m. Low this morning 32. Temperature at 7:45 a.m. 35. Forecast fair and cool today and Wednesday. Tonight clear and rather cold. Northerly winds 6 to 12 mph. High today 45, low tonight 25, high Wednesday 47.
Ground fighting persisted as smaller planes carried strikes while a northern pause and possible resumption of B52s hung over the conflict. Officials declined comment on the pause, with Pentagon sources hinting President Johnson ordered it. High level officials kept the rationale secret, fueling speculation the lull served diplomacy rather than military needs.
Industry officials discussed quarterly reporting of foreign transactions with over 900 corporations, up from about 500 in 1965. Brimmer said the 1965 voluntary program helped improve the U S balance of payments through exports growth and repatriation of overseas income, but high direct investment limited gains. For 1966, guidelines were redrawn to address investment, aiming to curb Viet Nam military impact and continued abroad investment. The program began after a $3 billion 1964 deficit, the 14th in 15 years.
Local securities quotations led by the NASD at about 10 a.m. today show bids reflecting interdealer prices with no retail markdown. Asked prices have been adjusted upward to include approximate markup.
Cotton: middling inch 30.4. Cottonseed 40 per ton. Milk Grade A 6.55 per hundred. manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred at four percent. Wood 65 45 35. Pulpwood 13.50 per cord. Corn prices No 2 Yellow Shelled 1.33. Ear 1.11. White Ear 1.07. White Shelled 1.46. Oats 0.65. Milling wheat 1.38. Mile per hundred 2.00. Poultry Wheat 1.13. Barley 3.95.
Nashville AP reports cattle slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady with cows and bulls higher. feeders scarce. Mixed good and choice 1050 lb steers 25.00, commercial bulls 18.00 19.00. Hogs 300 head active, 200-240 lb 28.75 29.00, sows 22.00 23.00. Sheep 50 head, slaughter lambs 26.00, few 120 lb 22.00.
The market shows a weak undertone with prices unchanged to 2 cents lower. Demand is slow and supplies ample, with occasional small lots selling at higher prices to retailers per dozen cartoned and store delivery case included. Grade A white eggs vary by size with large 46-50 percent, medium 44-48 percent, and smalls 39-40 cents.
Atlanta prices show live broilers and fryers at farm 13 percent. heavy type 18 and light type 7 with light trading. In Birmingham live broilers and fryers supplies cleared with balanced demand, ready to cook demand strong and growing for next week. estimated slaughter 1,087,000 head versus 670,000 last Tuesday.
Wall Street steadied and finished mixed as airlines and aerospace issues weighed on the list. Volume reached about 7.7 million shares, above Monday’s 5.97 million, with Northwest down about 8, National about 4, and Eastern Delta and United down around 3 to 4 points as speculation grew that the government will push airline fare cuts in 1966.
Mrs Lillie Wash Burn 87 of Danville died Monday at People's Hospital in Jasper Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p m at Johnson Chapel Methodist Church with Rev Addie Wallace officiating Burial will be in the church cemetery Peck Funeral Home of Hartselle directing Survivors include three sisters Eva Plunket Tupelo Miss Addie Melvin Birmingham and Jennie Sams Trinity four brothers Elvis McAbee Birmingham Herbert McAbee Falkville Joe McAbee Danville Dirse McAbee Florence Nephews will be pallbearers
Billie T Higdon 33 died Tuesday at 2 30 a m at Veterans Hospital Birmingham He lived at 1409 8th Ave SE Decatur Services will be Thursday 2 30 p m at Antioch Church Rev Herman Lowery officiating Burial at New Center Cemetery Gunthorp directing Survivors include parents Mr and Mrs Charles Higdon Decatur two brothers Joe and Hafford Higdon both of Decatur three sisters Mrs Troy Walls Mrs Reba Cobb both of Decatur and Mrs Bretha O Connor Chicago Ill and many other relatives Body will be taken to sister Mrs Troy A Walls 1409 8th Ave SE Morgan County native and part time mechanic
Calvin D. Shannon of Elkmont died Monday at 2 p.m. at Decatur General Hospital. Services were held today at 2:30 p.m. at Rainey's Funeral Home chapel in Ardmore, Tennessee. Burial followed in Gatlin Cemetery with Rainey directing.
Johnson met with Secretary of State Dean Rusk Undersecretary George Ball and Secretary of the Treasury Henry Fowler. Laitin said Johnson and McNamara discussed the budget the Christmas cease fire in Viet Nam material manpower needs and the general Vietnamese situation. They reviewed Viet Nam reports from Gen Wheeler and Gen Johnson and also talked about medical aid with Pan American leading in volume. Aerospace stocks fell on truce news while Boeing General Dynamics Grumman and McDonnell were lower. Texas Instruments and Burroughs rose.
The State Highway Department will award a contract to Burgreen Construction Co. of Athens within the next two days for the Beltline Highway extension. The bid totaled 988 471.01 dollars and was submitted on December 17. Burgreen bids 317 582.74 dollars.
Yale history professor Lynd, age 36, joins Viet Report editor John McDermott and SDS founder Thomas Hayden on a trip to Brussels, Prague, Moscow, Peking, and North Vietnam via Cambodia to clarify Viet Cong and DRV positions. They may face up to five years in prison or a $5,000 fine for visiting without State Department permission. Hayden, 26, directs Newark New Community Union efforts.
Arthur Benson Jr. of Birmingham was injured in a wreck about three miles south of Danville on Alabama 157 Monday at 7:15 a.m. He was treated at Black Chandler Hospital in Hartselle. Benson drove a 1959 Pontiac. the second vehicle, a 1965 Volkswagen, was driven by Garry Wayne Kilgo of Vinemont.
Humphrey reports permits for Zola McCulloch and Ridgeway electrical work and an $11,500 office building permit for Samuel McClendon. Police log records tire damage, multiple vehicle collisions across 11th Ave SE, 6th Ave, Gate Way Center, and Austinville Rd with injuries and hospital treatment.
The lowest bids were found for the overpass at 670,888.27 and the roadway at 670,888.27. Work will start within 15 days and finish in 15 to 18 months. The roadway project extends 3.856 miles from the Belt Line portion southeast of Old Moulton Rd to the junction with U S 31 and Alabama 67.
The fiery foreign minister Fanfani resigns a week before a special Foreign Affairs Commission session to question his midman role in a peace maneuver. He seeks Jan 6 effective date to face critics as still foreign minister. Moro may resist solidarity move. The letter cites belief in Gioggio La Pira and the Hanoi peace feeler. A Borghese interview quotes La Pira criticizing Rusk and Moro.
Taxes delinquent in October 1967 could extend for 30 years if approved. Revenue would fund both county and Decatur schools. The board backed a resolution supporting American fighting men in Viet Nam, at the request of Judge Kirk Adams. They also discussed organizing the unit system highway department.
Washington reported the Defense Department tally shows no Alabamians among the latest U S casualties in Vietnam with 21 more U S service members killed or wounded as the conflict continued.
Athens officials plan park use through June for a local National Guard unit selected as a backup force for the Army. The 184 member unit, including Scottsboro and Hartselle men, will drill Sundays and some Saturdays, then travel to Shelbyville Mississippi for two weeks of camp before the June 30 deadline.
Youth service at 3 30 p m at Mt Pisgah Baptist Church with Rev Virgil Stewart officiating Burial in adjoining cemetery McConnell directing Immediate family listed including Hubert Cobb family of Athens six seven brothers and sisters and grandparents Blevins T Cobb Huntsville Body returned to residence today to lie in state one hour before services.
A brief illness proved fatal for Dr Lee Wright Roe a prominent Mobile physician age 85 He maintained limited practice until days before his death Monday night He was long connected with Mobile’s 6th District tuberculosis hospital and the hospitals pediatric out patient clinic was named for him Survivors include his widow two daughters and one son Funeral services are planned Wednesday morning.
Birmingham AP reports Education will receive the lion's share of property taxes paid by Alabama Power Co. Checks totaling 6,018,122 were issued to treasurers in 62 counties and 219 municipalities. Of the total, 2,9909 goes for educational purposes. The firm estimated its total tax bill in 1965 at 31.5 million.
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