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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1969
Page
1
Decatur General Hospital will raise daily room rates by four dollars effective January 12 due to higher personnel supplies and equipment costs. The top private room rate will move from 32 to 36 dollars per day, with potential further increases planned as expansion and wage costs loom.
The U N Security Council condemned Israel for a Beirut airport raid and Lebanon compensation for civilian airliners destroyed. Israel rejected the resolution as immoral and illegal. An Israeli army spokesman said three people were killed in a rocket attack on Kiryat Shmoneh near the Lebanese border, with other shellings reported at Kfar Yuval and Margaliot.
A service station employee and four children died in a pair of fires that destroyed one or two houses in York Alabama. One youth was injured in the blaze.
The first two babies born in Limestone County on New Year Day 1969 arrive in area hospitals. A 6 pound 12 ounce girl is the Athens Limestone County Hospital’s first birth at 12 55 a.m. to Mr and Mrs David Newton of Athens. The Decatur General Hospital reports a 9 pound 3 ounce boy born to Mr and Mrs C J Dutton of Tanner 1 at 3 34 a.m. The year’s first born in Lawrence County is a son to Mr and Mrs Wayne Thompson of Moulton at Lawrence County Hospital at 6 30 a.m.
The State Highway Department will send traffic engineers to Decatur in coming weeks to study re opening a one way turn lane on U S 31 south of Keller Memorial Bridge The move follows a meeting with Highway Director Bob Kendall Mayor Charles Gunthorp and Hugh Jones Holiday Inns vice president Kendall will decide after the study whether to restore the turn lane which previously closed in 1966 to aid north bound access to the Holiday Inn downtown Officials noted about 21 000 autos cross the bridges daily and Gunthorp voiced cautious optimism for a favorable outcome.
Police search for a 6 ft 2 in, 200+ pound gunman after a $7,300 robbery at the City Federal Savings & Loan Ensley branch. Cash included many $50 and $100 bills. cashier Myra Payne said the man spoke calmly and thanked her as he left. It was the second robbery at the office.
President Johnson beat the deadline by a few hours and sent to Congress a Treasury prepared tax reform package. He said he had not examined them and offered no recommendations, leaving action to the incoming Nixon administration. Johnson released a letter to leaders and met with Treasury pick David Kennedy at his ranch. He spoke by phone with Rep. Wilbur Mills and Rep. John Byrnes regarding the proposal.
The Associated Press reports a nation eyes a full day of bowl games as 1968 ends. Celebrations ranging from small gatherings to a 30,000 guest Texas bash frame New Year festivities while Pasadena anticipates more than 1.5 million spectators for the day’s gridiron action.
Cold weather dominates the start of the year with Huntsville area reporting a 14 degree low at 6 am and a high in the upper 20s to low 30s today. Forecasts predict continued cold, hard freezes, and gradually warming into Thursday with partly cloudy skies and light winds. President Johnson observed a quiet New Year’s Eve at his Texas ranch as nationwide celebrations unfold with parades and bowl games.
A plan to create a third circuit judge post for Morgan and Limestone Counties is slated for introduction in the May regular session. Morgan County Rep Ralph Slate says legislators from both counties likely will push the measure after courthouse officials sought the post.
A reader questions how to locate Mrs. Lou Gehrig’s address and is advised to contact the New York Yankees Public Relations Office at Yankee Stadium Bronx NY 10451. Another inquiry asks why Birmingham insurance payouts to Hartselle Hospital are delayed. the guidance directs to see ACTION on Page C-2.
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