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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1966
Page
2
Complete weather and river note for Thursday January 6 includes sunset at 4 52 p m moonrise at 4 2 p m full moon at 11 17 p m prominent stars The Twins and the Moon visible planets Mars Venus Jupiter and Saturn with their setting times Mars sets 6 23 p m Venus above Mars Jupiter in the east 6 45 p m Saturn in the southwest 6 07 p m.
Decatur and vicinity report river levels from the Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge with 16.86 feet reading sea level 551.16. TVA lake stages list Guwuntersville 593.0 Whitesburg 551.8 Wilson 505.7 Pickwick 408.0 Wheeler 551.0 Chickamauga 674.7. High yesterday 49 at 4 p.m. Low this morning 48. 6:15 a.m. reading shows 68 inches rainfall in the prior 24 hours. Forecast cloudy and cool today, tonight clear and much colder, Friday clear to partly cloudy and cold. Winds NW 7 to 15 mph shifting NE Friday. High today 57, low tonight 27, Friday high 40.
Shelton may join about 45 other Alabama candidates at a Huntsville dinner January 29 where judges pick four statewide winners. Winners are chosen on contributions to work and general welfare, with panelists statewide. Shelton is UA graduate, lives at 1715 Pennylane SE, married with two children.
Captives reported as paratroopers push through canals and cane fields burning homes and crops. Houses of thatch and wood are leveled with all food stores smashed as troops enlarge the scorched earth zone north of the river. Capt. Henry Tucker of Columbus Mississippi says the tactic may delay enemy attacks by forcing rebuilding and replanting.
Parliament provides Queen Elizabeth with an annual grant totaling about $1.33 million including her privy purse of $168,000 and allowances for royal expenditures and other expenses.
Cotton Decatur loan middling inch at 40 cents. Cottonseed 40 per ton. Milk Grade A 86.35 per hundred. manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred for four per cent. Wood 6, 45 ang 3s Sagi 13.50 per cord. Yellow shelled corn 1.33 No 2 yellow ear corn 1.17 No 2 white ear corn 1.07 No 2 white shelled corn 1.46 No 2 oats 0.65 No 2 milling wheat 1.38 No 2 mile per hundred 2.00 Poultry wheat 1.13 No 2 barley 0.95.
Nashville AP notes light cattle and calves with scattered steady sales. Slaughter steers 24.00 to 25.00. utility cows 15.50 to 16.50. canner and cutter 13.50 to 16.00. commercial bulls 20.00 to 20.50. good steers 21.00 to 23.00. calves 21.00 to 24.00. hogs 200, mostly steady. mixed US 1-2 and 3 200-240 lbs 27.75 to 28.00. sows 22.00 to 23.00. sheep 2% with no early sales.
New York AP reports cotton futures opened quiet with no trades registered for March and May delivery as market traders monitor early activity and price signals.
The New York stock market advanced late in the session with heavy trade estimated at 8 million shares. Gains in Eastman Kodak Baltimore & Ohio General Electric Kennecott American Smelting Chrysler U S Steel and steel stocks supported the averages while profit taking trimmed recent winners.
NASD compiled inter-dealer quotations at about 10 am today. Bids and asks reflect representative prices and exclude retail markups commissions. Names include Allied Life Bank of Hi ville Navona Life Food Corp of America Beta First Natl Bank of Decatur Life of Alabama Southern United Life Life of Alabama Par values shown. Inter-dealer markets fluctuate and NASD quotes do not include retail adjustments.
Mrs Iona Wise 72 of Lester died Tuesday night at Jackson Hospital. Funeral services conducted at Hester Chapel Church of Christ with Tonie Da Vis officiating. Burial followed at Legg Cemetery Limestone County. Survived by six sisters including Shellie Littrell Lizzie McFulling Floy Reeves Arther Fain Rober McMullins Nina Shelton. Wise long time Limestone County resident. Pallbearers were nephews.
Kenneth Ray Barber five month old son of Mr and Mrs Eden Barber of Chicago Illinois died Tuesday in Chicago Services to be held today at 230 pm at Johnsons Chapel with Rev R E Wilkins officiating Burial in adjoining cemetery Gunthorp directing Survived by parents three brothers Coy Wade Allen Ricky Barber sisters Glynda and Resashia Barber all of Chicago and grandmother Mrs Hessie Hamilton of Decatur
Traffic delays across New York City persist as workers commute long hours. Traffic Commissioner Henry A. Barnes outlines a four‑section plan for staggered quitting times between 3 and 5 p.m. in lower Manhattan to curb chaos amid the transit strike. Lindsay opens negotiations with unions as Quill lies in Bellevue Hospital after contempt findings.
The investigation into moonshine activity led to an explosion when ATU agents moved to destroy a still in Pulaski Tennessee. Federal Investigator Ray Taylor was seriously injured and remained in critical condition. Several people were arrested in Tennessee with more expected in North Alabama. Local officials Sheriff M W Buddy Evans and ABC Agent Carlos Nelson assisted in the operation.
Mrs Gibbs leads Decatur High School volunteers in a campaign to assemble Dooley Kits for Tibetan children. Bags 10 by 14 inches will hold soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, socks and other items. Proceeds go to a 700 000 kit quota with kits sent to New York.
Newman H. Waters, chairman of the North Alabama Methodist conference board, proposes borrowing about 1.2 million dollars to add a 300 to 400 bed dormitory first, then a new assembly hall and dining area. Construction could start in early March as overcrowding endangers current students. A six member Athens College committee, including Waters and interim president Dr. Guy Snavely, was appointed to seek a permanent president after Dr. Virgil McCain resigned to lead Pershing College.
Police logged multiple wrecks Wednesday including a 1953 Chevrolet vs 1955 Pontiac at Gordon Drive and 4th Avenue SE. A 1962 Oldsmobile collided with a 1961 Chevrolet at Moulton Street. A 1964 Plymouth skidded on US 31 to avoid dogs, moderate damage noted. A 1963 Pontiac hit a 1963 Cadillac at 6th Avenue SE and Gordon Drive SE. Building permit issued for 1318 Seton Ave SE.
NASA plans Nimbus B for late 1967 or early 1968 to collect atmospheric pressure and moisture data globally. TOS satellites will provide cloud images and local weather data while unmanned stations relay wind speeds, enabling forecasts two to four weeks ahead and supporting geology and oceanography research.
Decatur W B Young J E Beasley and R F Martin all of Athens comprise the committee to study applications for a high ranking position and to make recommendations to the board of directors. Martin chairs the executive committee which will take about two months to review all applicants.
The report covers Viet Cong terror blasts injuring civilians in Saigon, paratroopers targeting a Viet Cong stronghold in the Mekong Delta, a raid by B 52s destroying tunnels and ammo dumps, and Operation Jefferson near Tuy Hoa with 314 Viet Cong killed and 32 Viet Cong cave hideouts uncovered. It notes village officials killed or wounded and other ongoing attacks.
A November meeting at the LBJ Ranch in Texas included President Johnson with Dean Rusk Robert S. McNamara and aides. The group discussed a possible five day pause in bombing North Vietnam to signal peace but no decision was made. Johnson, recovering from surgery, weighed the proposal in the following weeks.
The Public Service Commission authorized La verne to sell part of its electrical distribution system to Rutledge within Rutledge town limits. The order was signed by all three commissioners. Governor Wallace appoints Pete Bailey to Cullman County Jury Commission replacing the late R. C. Alldridge. Alabama docks report December grain handling totals far below November.
The item notes word books are still available and priced at 3.18 dollars, about one third of typical cost for a volume of this size and quality.
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