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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1965
Page
2
The planet Venus is visible in the southwest shortly after sunset and will depart the evening sky in a few weeks. It is currently 3.212 billion miles from Earth, the closest approach since July 11, 1964. Jan. 6
Yesterday high reached 69 at 3 pm and overnight low was 53. Morning 6:30 am reading 10:15 seems misrecorded. Today's forecast calls for variable cloudiness and unseasonable warmth with a 20 percent chance of rain Saturday afternoon. Winds south at 8 to 10 mph with highs near 72 today and 70 Saturday, lows around 51 tonight.
The state highway patrol kept full force during the holiday period from Thursday evening to Sunday midnight. Since the start, 21 accidents with 8 injuries and 1 fatality were reported. In the four county area two injuries occurred in a two-vehicle wreck west of Athens on Limestone County Road 99 involving a 1965 Mustang and a 1966 International pickup.
Decatur undertook major modernization with overhauled city hall and new departments led by Larkin Yates as administrative assistant. A new Wo odmeade School opened, enrollment rose to about 8,300, and $1 million for a 50 bed addition to Decatur General Hospital plus a new Baugh Wiley Smith Clinic. The city announced annexation plans that Gov George Wallace vetoed. A new Federal Building opened and riverfront developments began as police and fire departments shifted to a 40 hour week.
A dense list of hospital admissions including Mrs Mary Cook Somerville D R Layne 304 11th St NW Betty England Moulton Eddy Bradley 314 Bobwhite Dr SW Mrs Oxford Henson Trinity Elton Russell Decatur Mrs Charles Lindsey Falk ville 3 Randall Collier 1206 Eveleen Dr SW Jonathan Wigginton Moulton Patricia Copeland 1304 5th Ave SE Mrs Gerlad Graham Moulton Charles Favors Pinedale Trailer Ct John Davis Athens Clarence Krampf Millington Tenn Mrs Berton Singard Bremen Mrs Norman Boisvert 1622 8th Ave SW Lucian Speer 540 1-2 Jackson SE Mrs Ben Mitchell 2015 Nelson St Joe Anderson Madison Harry Anschultz 1505 Seaton Robin Voiles 2607 Greenwood Dr SE David Voiles 2607 Greenwood I Dr SE Miss Peggy Davenport 1117 10th Ave SE Miss Betty Davenport Little Miss Iver Peters 2205 Fleetwood Dr SE Little Miss Shelia Craft Cull Iman 2 Mrs Rosa Wilcox 1606 5th Ave SW
NASD compiled inter-dealer prices as of 10 a m today. Bids and asks reflect approximate marks and exclude retail markdown or commission. Listed entities include Allied Life Bla Ameco Bank of Hville Food Corp of America State Natl Bank of Alabama Vulcan Life Ins. Co. and more with varied bid and ask figures across life, insurers, and regional firms.
Valley Stock Yard reports cattle and calves trade as of Thursday Dec 30 with demand good and active. Slaughter classes show steers 700-900 lbs at 24.00-24.80, heifers 15.00-20.00, cows 12.00-16.75, bulls 15.00-18.75, calves 19.00-24.00, and feeder calves 16.00-26.75. Hogs include barrows and gilts and No 2-3 at 27.00-35.00 per cwt with US No 2-3 at 23.00-23.50.
Dismissals notice lists Pearlie Ryan Falkville 1 Miss Mary Campbell Huntsville Dewey Reed Decatur 3 Richard D. Cole 2402 Elliott Dr SE Larry F. Bennett Jr Decatur 4 Mrs Maxie Blankenship Decatur 3 Ranford Sain Madison Robert H. West Waldermose Springs Mrs Franklin Hughes 1609 Grant St SE Emory H Ivey 2918 Truman Ave SW Keith H Stagg Decatur Miss Shannon Bryant 107 7th Ave NW Mrs Thomas Hough Belle Mina
Peggy Perrin of Meridian and Freda Payne of Henager 1 mourn as the body rests at Peck Funeral Home after lying in state one hour at the church. Pallbearers include Ratliff Barcliff Homer Boger J B Shaneyfelt J C Smith Woodrow Anders and Johnson Lee. Mrs Garner belonged to Lebanon Baptist Church.
Progress for Decatur citizens included new industrial announcements. The key item is the start of construction of the Amoco plant on Alabama 20 along the industrial waterfront, a multi million dollar operation expected to boost the city and surrounding areas.
Wallace, aided by Bill Jones, described the injury as hard to resist while a house doctor noted his stoicism and pain. A wrist cast could keep him from signing papers for four to five weeks. The 46 year old, once Alabama Golden Gloves bantamweight champion, plans to root for Alabama in the Orange Bowl against Nebraska.
Five guerrillas entered the Dalat military billet after midnight and opened fire with small arms and automatic weapons. Two bombs were exploded before the attackers fled. In Hanoi, Staughton Lynd, Thomas Hayden, and Herbert Aptheker, in Vietnam on a private mission, reported no significant reaction to the air raid lull, while Sen. Stuart Symington criticized the trio for the trip.
Montgomery native John Houston dies Thursday at 3 35 p m. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Reynolds Funeral Home. Ernestine McDonald 27 of Tanner 1 dies Thursday 7 45 p m at Decatur General Hospital. Service set Sunday 2 p m at Oakland Methodist Church Limestone County with burial in Oakland Cemetery. Surviving parents James and Mrs McDonald Tanner 1 sister Fate Franklin Tanner 1 four brothers James San Antonio Clarence Atlanta Charles Tanner Fletcher McDonald and grandmother Mrs Lizzie Pitt Athens.
The Department of Industrial Relations reports the average unemployment insurance payment in November was 29.86 dollars.
U R Dutton 70 Cullman died Wednesday at noon at Cullman County Services today at 2 p.m. Jones Chapel Bellview Baptist Church burial at Jones Chapel Cemetery Moss Funeral Home directing. Survivors include four sons Howard Decatur Ray John Hollis all of Cullman a daughter Delmar Waters Cullman a sister Freeman Landers Decatur a brother Ottie Dutton Decatur. Native of Morgan County he owned a small grocery in Cullman County before retiring. He was a Baptist. Pallbearers Tommy Doyle Otto Reeder Ruby Reeder Buck Gibson Bill Woodruff Hugh Fitzgerald.
Frank Ellis Gossett 78 of Athens died today at 4 15 am at Athens Limestone Hospital. Funeral at Isom s Chapel Methodist Church with Rev Marcus Long Rev R A Jones and Rev Calvin Inman officiating. Burial in Athens Roselawn Cemetery. Survived by three daughters S A Vassar Greenville Mississippi Mrs Thomas E Merritt Graysville and Mrs Vance Q Bennichsen Pensacola Florida, two sons Ellia A Gossett and Leonard W Gossett both of Athens, nine grandchildren. Pallbearers named. Body to remain at McConnell Service Funeral Home until church service. Native of Jefferson County and member of Isom s Chapel Methodist Church.
A synopsis of President Johnson pushing Great Society bills through Congress and signing key laws at varied sites including Southwest Texas State College and the Statue of Liberty base. He announces N H I Health Research and other measures, appoints Goldberg and Lodge to major posts, and negotiates labor and shipping disputes while facing health recalls and gall bladder surgery.
The page itemizes city court docket cases including nine parking violations, five intoxication on a public street charges, four disorderly conduct counts, plus two each for reckless driving and speeding and one for prohibition law violation, driving while intoxicated, and expired license plate. It also reports Thursday wrecks: 1:01 p.m. McDonald’s lot collision between Henry T. Perry Jr. Somerville and Catherine M. Watkins Rome. 1:47 p.m. 8th St SE collision Willis N. Bynum and James W. Morris. 3:39 p.m. Somerville Rd collision Mae Hall Boys and Homer Cliett with Cliett charged and bond forfeited. 4:35 p.m. Memorial Dr SW collision Sheila Hutchens and Harry Perry. 7:02 p.m. Meadus Rd near Spring Ave SW collision Doyle Randolph hitting a cow.
Across the nation protests and teach-ins mark the week before Easter and November. In Watts on August 11 a mob clashed with police and National Guardsmen, killing 34, injuring 898, and causing billions in damages as 4,200 people were arrested. The era’s political scene features LBJ’s 1965 Great Society push with major laws advancing education, voting rights, housing, and health programs.
Walter Samuel Bolin aged 32 of Decatur died at a local hospital at 4 01 a m after an apparent heart attack. Funeral services are Sunday at 2 p m at Guntharp Funeral Home Chapel with Rev R E Wilkins officiating. Burial in City Cemetery. Survived by widow Bette M Bolin two daughters Teresa Lynn and Leslie Ann Bolin mother Albert T Bolin sister Mrs Aaron A Powers Jr. Pallbearers will be NASA Huntsville coworkers. Bolin was a Decatur Jaycee member and Korean War veteran.
In Bisbee Arizona a census taker mapping Tombstone Canyon found a first street along with a second and third that had long been missing from city maps and unknown to residents. The discovery came after hours of careful searching in the mountainside neighborhood.
A crowded classifieds snippet lists multiple rental offers including a 4 room house near Chemstrand and Prestolite, a 6 room partly furnished unit, a 4 room in a retired man’s home, and a new 2 bedroom unfurnished apartment. It also notes sales items from trucks to cars, and several business and personal ads with contact numbers.
Lanyard Denson of Arley 1 drove a Rambler collided with Nolen Hamlin of 219 6th Ave NW. Hamlin faces violation of the prohibition law and his case continues in city court. Between 7 a.m. and 9 45 p.m. a 1965 Volks wagen parked on Clara Ave SW owned by William K. Cole of 713 4th Ave SE was involved in a hit and run accident.
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