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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1965
Page
2
Weather brief for Thursday December 3 reports sunset at 4 04 p m sunrise tomorrow at 6 55 a m and first quarter moon at 7 47 p m. Jupiter, the largest planet, rises before sunset and will be high overhead around midnight and prominent in the evening sky for the next five months.
Decatur area readings show Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge 16.33 feet above sea level 550.63. TVA lake levels include Guntersville 593.4 Whitesburg 551.6 Wilson 505.2 Pickwick 406.2 Wheeler 550.7 Chickamauga 675.0. Temperatures ranged 65 yesterday to 4 this morning with 54 at 8 am. Forecast calls for partly cloudy and unusually warm weather southerly winds highs near 68 today and 70 Friday with lows around 49.
The Feb 15 school election is postponed to March or April because tax payments were due by Feb 1 and records must be turned over by Feb 15. Judge Almon warned that four thousand qualified voters may be left off poll lists, forcing challenged ballots. Tax delinquencies begin in October 1967.
Harriman spent two hours with Polish Communist chief Gomulka discussing the past. U.S. officials expect him to travel to Hungary and possibly Yugoslavia as part of broader peace talks with Hanoi. Ho Chi Minh denounced U.S. imperialists calling peace talks a cover for war plans, while Hanoi radio branded Washington's position as harsh and unchanged.
Cotton values are listed as middling and base rates with cottonseed at 40 dollars per ton. Milk products show Grade A at 320 dollars per hundred for four per cent, plus 65 percent above four per cent for direct ratio below four per cent. Wood, pulpweed, and various corn, oats, wheat, barley, and poultry feed prices are provided with No 2 classifications and per hundred or per cord measurements.
Nashville AP reports early cattle arrivals and sparse sales with limited test trends. Hogs show fairly active but steady movement on a small supply. sheep steady with meager supply of slaughter lambs and good wool weight ewes.
In Birmingham the poultry market shows firm demand for ready to cook broilers and fryers with prices around cents higher than last week. Weekend movement was light but expected to pick up next week. Live supplies are nearly cleared with anticipated scarcity by midweek. slaughter estimates today 973000 head versus 723000 last Friday.
A noon snapshot shows diverse equities from Allis Chalmers to Xerox with varied gains and declines. Notable movers include Kaiser, Lehigh Porcelain Cement, Lorillard, T and T, and Pepsi Cola among many others across industries.
Wall Street held a higher tone with airlines ahead late in trading. KLM National Delta Pan American Eastern United lifted about 2 points while American Northwest Continental and TWA gained around 1. United Aircraft Douglas General Dynamics fell with Boeing modestly up. General Electric and General Motors aided the market as color televisions helped the index.
NASD compiled inter dealer quotations at about 10 am showing bids and asks for life and casualty companies and utilities. Prices exclude retail markup and commission with varied values across Alabama and Tennessee markets.
James Lewis Mitchell 57 of Tus cumbia died Tuesday evening at the Veterans Hospital Birmingham. Services were held today at 3:30 p.m. at Mays Brown Service Funeral Home chapel Tus cumbia with Rev E G Mullins officiating. Burial in Colbert Memorial Gardens. Survivors include widow Marjorie Mitchell of Tus cumbia three sisters Ruby Jackson Sherman Texas Thelma Makal Milwaukee Wis and Marie Slone Florence a brother J S Mitchell Florence and other relatives. He was a Decatur native, served in the Air Force for 26 years and was a Methodist church member.
Dr Tullye Borden Lindsay a Knoxville resident and Alabama native died Saturday at St Marys Hospital at age 65 Funeral services were Monday at 1030 am at Gentry Funeral Home Knoxville with burial in Greenwood Cemetery She earned a PhD in education from Yale and worked with the State Department of Education Survivors include three sisters a brother and other relatives
Mrs J D Sanders of Albany and former Hartsville resident died Wednesday. Services will be Friday at Mt Tabor Methodist Church at 2 p.m. with David Atkins officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Survivors include daughter Mrs Leona Lee of Albany and sons Fred H Sanders of Chattanooga and Thomas J Sanders of Knoxville. Body arrived at Peck Funeral Home today for viewing before services.
Mrs Maude Alcorn Conner 63 of 734 East Main St Hartselle died Wednesday afternoon in a Huntsville hospital. Services Friday at 2 pm at Hartselle First Baptist Church with Rev W L Carden officiating. Burial in Hartselle Memory Gardens. Survived by two daughters Mrs Dale Stridder and Esther Conner, two sons Albert Leonard Conner and Earl D Conner, nine grandsons, brother Bertram Alcorn Conner, seven sisters. She was a member of several clubs. Body to be in state 30 minutes before service.
Electronics rose with Zenith up 3 percent Magnavox about 1 percent Motorola around 1 percent and Radio Corp a small fraction. Top steelmakers and most motors gained fractionally Brunswick led on volume. Prices higher in heavy trading on the American Stock Exchange. Corporate and U S government bonds mostly unchanged.
In a news conference the Gemini 6 crew Schirra and Stafford recounted their close rendezvous with Gemini 7 on December 15. They said they came within about a foot, disagreeing with the idea that three miles would suffice for success. Borman and Lovell, with Gemini 7, circled Earth 206 times in 14 days, overcoming fuel cell concerns and proving endurance in weightlessness.
Heavy rains halted air strikes as artillery pounded Viet Cong positions in Chau Doc near Cambodia. Viet Cong struck an outpost and militia post, suffering casualties. U S helicopters engaged on waterways southeast of Saigon, sinking sampans and a barge and killing eight Viet Cong. Artillery and air strikes attacked Quang Ngai after Viet Cong overran Minh Long.
The page lists holiday guests for Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rochelle from Key West and Tennessee visitors. It then details Decatur Fire Department calls for grass fires, several vehicle wrecks with local addresses and injuries, a five year old treated after a yard accident, and church watchnight services at 16th Ave Baptist Church and Sherman Street Church of God.
Perkins claims he was arrested near 8 or 9 p m on October 11 at 7th Street and 10th Avenue SE by Officers Childers and Andrews and placed in a patrol car, later taken to City Hall. He says he was intoxicated, refused medical aid, and injured in custody with blood seen in the cell. He alleges a doctor was contacted and he received hospital care at Decatur General Hospital for about ten days and remains under treatment. Attorney Lewis West represents Perkins. City Attorney A J Coleman says the city disputes the allegations.
Moyers described a coordinated effort to promote America’s peaceful objectives in Asia. Calls to Pope Paul VI by U N Ambassador Gold berg and a European swing by roving ambassador Harriman, visiting Warsaw, Poland, Belgrade, and Yugoslavia, with more trips likely to outreach leaders.
The newly crowned Maid, amid cheers from family including parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Bernard and sister Anne 15, receives autograph requests yet jokes that her professors would not approve. Judges place Martha Tate Stokley Drew Mississippi as first alternate and Vivian Elizabeth Davis Augusta Georgia as second. final five also include Patricia Patterson Trenton Tennessee and Anna Frances Tipton Greenville Isle.
In Bessemer Alabama civil rights leaders praised Jefferson County voter registrars as hundreds of Negroes registered to vote on Wednesday By 3 pm 415 had signed up and spokesman Ben Clark of the SCLC called the turnout beautiful with potential totals as high as 800 He noted no demonstrations were planned for the rest of the week E B Anthony of Federated Investments and president of the Commercial Bank of Andalusia announced they had acquired stock on December 13 describing it as confidence in Montgomery Capitol National Bank and their growth
U S Sens Sparkman and Hill announce two Manpower Development and Training Act projects in Etowah County Alabama A $92837 grant funds a 46 week clerk stenographer course for 30 unemployed persons A $77005 grant funds a 36 week clerk typist training for 30 other unemployed persons The Department of Labor approved both grants
Auburn house painter Allen Troupe found more than $1,100 crumpled in a paper bag hidden between partitions while tearing down a house. He will return the money to the rightful owner who can prove it. He contacted the last resident, who knew nothing of the funds.
State Conservation Director Claude Kelley warned that Saturday marks the last day of the fall deer and turkey season and the squirrel season north of highway 80. South of the highway the squirrel season ends January 12. The quail season runs to February 28 and most seasons end January 10.
Mobile postal officials report a record Christmas period with more than 16 million pieces handled from December 4 through 25, a 7.8 percent rise over 1964. Postmaster Taylor Henry notes the year’s peak mail volume. The second item notes a bet between Mobile and Omaha clubs on the Orange Bowl outcome involving a 1000-pound fish and a 1000-pound steer.
Federated Investments of Opp Alabama announces purchase of a substantial stock stake in Capitol National Bank Montgomery in the bank's new branch venture. The group includes prominent Alabama bankers and businessmen.
Eighteen miles of rail were added to the Southern Railroad Co. line serving Birmingham and the surrounding area. The track, purchased from St. Louis Shipbuilding-Federal Barge Inc., awaits approval from the Interstate Commerce Commission before finalizing the sale.
Margorie Ledbetter of Grant Alabama faces murder charges in the death of her husband Ledford Lee Ledbetter 47 after a shooting with a .22 caliber pistol at a cafe beside the Little Warrior River near Grant Authorities say an argument preceded the fatal shot and the case was reported by Deputy J L Fordham of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department
Herb Bridges' Tire Co. was destroyed late Wednesday afternoon near Decatur on Alabama 67. About 10,000 tires were inside the building along with a house and garage. The blaze, reported around 4 p.m., created visible smoke for miles. Bridges learned of the fire this morning and estimated losses near 12,000 with no insurance. The Decatur Fire Department was not summoned.
Mixed classified items include a Westinghouse refrigerator for 30 dollars, a 1957 V8 Chevrolet in decent mechanical condition with radio and heater, a 1957 VW in good condition for 450 dollars, a coffee vending machine listing, a brick house for sale with central heat and loan options, and a furnished apartment for rent at 65 dollars monthly. Also includes lost dog notice and various contact numbers and box address.
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