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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1970
Page
2
A long list of hospital discharge and dismissal entries includes numerous individuals and infants across Decatur Hartselle Courtland and surrounding towns. Names appear with streets and towns such as Somerville Falkville Moulton Trinity Hillsboro Decatur and Courtland, plus several infants. The record reads like an address style roll of patients and dismissals across multiple facilities.
The listing covers gospel singing at Donald Baptist Church 7 p.m. Sunday and Flint Baptist Church 7 p.m. Also Athens hosts Easter open house 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the water treatment plant on Easter Ferry Road. Various club meetings follow across Decatur and area locations with dates and times.
The White House may cut NASA since budgets tighten. editors warn against rumor driven by CBS reports. Officials say no billion dollar slash has been decided, but NASA faces economies and program revisions as electronic research and major projects feel the squeeze.
Funeral services for William Henry Ellett 78 Decatur died Thursday at a Hartselle hospital will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church with burial in New Friendship Cemetery Guntharp Funeral Home directing. Survivors include four daughters a brother a sister and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. The body will remain at the residence until time for services. Additional notices list Mrs Dora E McCarley 89 Somerville and Mrs Clara Lee Maples 56 Hartselle with multiple survivors and church services. Services for Claude Mitchell 67 Hartselle will be at 3:30 p.m. at Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Hartselle City Cemetery. Fred Rost 76 Decatur died recently. services were held at Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Roselawn. Linnie Viola Peete 83 Tennessee Valley Rest Home died Thursday. burial in Athens Cemetery with Guntharth Funeral Home directing.
Mr and Mrs Woodrow Norman of Decatur 5 welcomed a son Wednesday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Charles R Hall of Hampton Road Hartselle welcomed a daughter Wednesday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs George Lee…
A 25 year old Elkmont man David Luther Scroggins was bound over to await action of a Limestone County grand jury on a grand larceny charge for an August theft of a boat motor. His bond was set at 1000 dollars. Ulysses Edward Smith was convicted on provocation and speeding charges and fined 50 dollars plus costs in both cases. Smith received three months suspended sentence and three months probation for speeding 115 mph in a 60 mph zone. DWI charge against Smith was dismissed on prosecutorial recommendations.
Highs only reach 37 to 41 today with a low near 18 to 22 and a weekend high 38 to 42 Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday NW winds 5 to 12 mph minimal snow risk under 10 percent Precipitation none for today trace for month and year Kirby Madison a daughter Hospital Mr and Mrs Allen C Holmes Hillsboro a daughter Monday at Decatur General Hospital Mr and Mrs Joseph Swoope Hillsboro a son Tuesday at Decatur General Hospital
The Morgan County Singing Convention will gather at Cotaco High School on the second Sunday in January at 10 a.m. for a community singing event.
Vice President Spiro Agnew met with Vice President Yen and President Chiang Kai-shek in Taipei. A state dinner honoring the visitors featured Western style Chinese dishes as Agnew and Mrs. Agnew rejoined the party after a Philippines stop. Moon rocks and a lunar flag were presented to Chiang, while Agnew defended dialogue with Communist China and stressed NATO-style alliances and Asian self-determination.
A National Academy of Sciences report cites carbon monoxide as a major air threat in Philadelphia, with city levels reaching 14 parts per million and polluting sources including four PHILADELPHIA Electric Co. plants. Officials pledge tougher enforcement and a new air management code, plus $100 million for sewage and river cleanups over seven to 10 years.
HEW splits over how to grant clearances for part time advisers with some agencies using strict pre appointment checks while others like NSF show leniency. Critics warn that paid informers and lists of left wing groups have tainted decisions and harmed scientists' reputations and prestige on study panels.
Federal agents searching Dean and room at the Sands Hotel Las Vegas found no betting records and questioned links to a Detroit syndicate. Ritchie noted investigators probe bookmakers manning point spreads and horse-race fixes. Agnew’s Asia trip drew large crowds amid New Year holiday as onlookers included students and civil servants.
Monongalia County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Laurita Jr was badly burned when a dynamite device wired to his car ignition exploded in Morgantown West Virginia. He required extensive surgery and remained in fair condition as FBI and Charleston bureau bomb experts joined local police in the investigation. No arrests were reported.
The Chicago market notes hogs 6,000 head with various weight ranges to 28.50 for barrows and gilts and 20.25 to 21.00 for heavier sows. Cattle and calves show slaughter steers weak to slightly higher, primes at 28.75 to 29.25, high choice and prime at 28.50, and mixed lots around 26.75 to 29.00 with several yield grade and weight ranges listed.
Sheep 100 part load choice and prime 105 lb wooled slaughter lambs are fully steady at 29.00 per cwt. The market remains unchanged with demand steady and prices held on this weight class.
Two persons were injured in area accidents Friday as the long Holiday weekend entered its final two days. Paul F. Tapscott twenty seven of Hartselle was injured when the car he drove went out of control near Mt. Zion Road. A 15 year old Decatur paper carrier Timothy Becht of 310 Clearview Street SW suffered a broken wrist after hitting a dog while riding his motorcycle. Becht was taken to Decatur General Hospital by AAA Southend Ambulance Service. There have been eleven accidents with eleven injuries in the four county area since the five day holiday weekend began Wednesday at 4 p.m. The weekend will end Sunday at midnight.
Chicago commodity futures closed the year in an irregular and generally weak tone on the Chicago Board of Trade. Trade was limited to the first three days. Wednesday session ended at noon with wheat, corn, oats, rye, and soybeans waning or rising modestly as tax losses and speculative liquidations weighed on the market.
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