Weather and river report for Friday January 7
Sunset today 4 53 p m Sunrise tomorrow 6 56 a m Moonrise tonight 5 31 p m Last Quarter Jan 13 Sirius rises 6 25 p m Mars Venus Saturn Jupiter visible planets Keller Memorial Bridge reading 550 70 TVA lake levels Guntersville 593 2 Whitesburg 551 6 Wilson 505 8 Pickwick 406 0 Wheeler 550 6 Chickamauga 674 8 High yesterday 52 at 3 p m Low at 2 a m 34 Decature rainfall trace in last 24 hours Forecast generally fair and cool tonight and Saturday Winds west 5 10 mph becoming north 7 15 mph gusts high today 55 low 26 Saturday 49
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Morgan Men Face Charges in 1964 65 Morgan County Burglary
Three Morgan County men Wendell Lemmond Charles Owens and Robert Mayfield were jailed on second degree burglary charges for two break ins at Bruce Lemmond & Sons Building Materials in Priceville in 1964 and 1965. They allegedly entered the store on multiple dates one with gunfire during an attempted break in and faced possible additional charges connected to the Somerville Post Office burglary.
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Morgan County
Priceville
Wendell Lemmond
Canal St. NE
Decatur
Charles E. Owens
Robert Mayfield
Hartselle
Bruce Lemmond & Sons Building Materials
Morgan County Sheriff's Department
Owens
Lemmond
Bruce Lemmond
Mayfield
Lower River Rd
Somerville
Clarence Harris
Five Day Forecast for Alabama Temperatures Stay Unseasonably Cool
The outlook shows temperatures for Saturday through Wednesday averaging 2 to 5 degrees below normal across Alabama. Highs and lows vary by region from 51 and 32 in the extreme north to 62 and 41 in the extreme south with 0.25 to 0.50 inch of rain expected.
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Alabama
Smoke Blamed For Woman's Death In Alabama
An elderly woman, Jenny Lou Lowe, 85, died from accidental suffocation after smoke from a chair caught fire. Sheriff Roy Snead and an Anniston Fire Department spokesman described the scene, with Lowe's body found before firefighters arrived.
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Anniston
Ala
Roy Snead
Jenny Lou Lowe
Two Alabama Schools Receive Ford Grants
Auburns Drake High School and Mobiles Most Pure Heart of Mary High School are among 11 Southern institutions receiving Ford Foundation grants to continue the Project Opportunity program aiding disadvantaged but promising students.
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Auburn. Ala
Alabama
Ford Foundation
Drake High School
Auburn
Most Pure Heart of Mary High School
Mobile
Over the Counter Securities Quotations Report
NASD compiled inter dealer prices at about 10 a m with bid and asked values for life and mutual companies. Prices exclude retail markup and commissions and reflect approximate current levels with markets fluctuating through the day.
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NASD
Alabama
Tennessee
Transit Strike Still Haunts City Amid Mediation Talks
The transit strike drags on as Harry Van Arsdale meets with Mayor Lindsay and Wirtz while President Johnson weighs mediation. Bellevue Hospital reports Quill in serious but stable condition after a jail illness, and the city endures widespread travel disruption with 15 million residents affected.
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Harry van Arsdale
John W. Lindsay
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Johnson
Lindsay
Washington
Quill
Bellevue Hospital
New York City
Norwood Rites Held for Hartselle Man
Hartselle residents mourn Mr C H Norwood with surviving daughters Sherry Joy and Katherine, son Tommy Jr, two sisters Annie Puckett and Katherine Hurst, three brothers Clarence Jr John and Jack Norwood, and Army member John Norwood in Germany. Pallbearers include Jack Byford Billy Ray Collins B M Shull Ed Monroe Frank Howell John D Ryan. Masonic Lodge and Hartselle Athletic Booster Club member to be laid to rest with services at the church after state at home.
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Sherry Norwood
Joy Norwood
Katherine Norwood
Tommy Norwood Jr
Hartselle
C. H. Norwood
Annie Puckett
Katherine Hurst
Clarence H. Norwood
John Norwood
Jack L. Norwood
U.S. Army
Germany
Jack Byford
Billy Ray Collins
B. M. Shull
Ed Monroe
Frank Howell
John D. Ryan
Norwood
Masonic Lodge
Tuskegee civil rights protests rise after Younge shooting
After the killing of Younge in Tuskegee, students stage protests and deliver eight demands to city officials while federal negotiators work through the night. A 67 year old white man faces murder charges from the crime as FBI investigates possible civil rights violations at the Macon County registration office.
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Younge
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee
ST Anes Segrest
Washington
Justice Department
FBI
Department
Macon County
Ron Woodard
Chicago
Democracy under threat and need for educated leadership
A speaker warned that communism could destroy freedoms if unchecked and that democracy is harder to maintain than attain. He argued education must prepare citizens for new challenges and that thinking machines already reduce human thought. The Kiwanis Club announced 1966 officers led by Art Belew with Mayor Gilmer Blackburn as past president and a slate of directors.
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Wright
O Wright
Kiwanis Club
Art Belew
Elmer Loyd
Whit King
Forrest Anderson
Byron Carrell
Gilmer Blackburn
Russell Boldinz
Bill Fuhr
George Godwin, Jr
Willard Nelson
Wilson Taylor
Jimmy Williams
Larkin Yates
Ninth Grade Girl Hit by Mack Tractor Near Town
Betty Byrd a 14 year old Mor gan County Training School student was seriously injured when struck by a westbound 1961 Mack tractor on Alabama 24 near her home at McEntire Lane Decatur She sustained a brain concussion and multiple abrasions and contusions and was taken to Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital The driver Marion Lee Cartee of Courtland is questioned by troopers as the incident unfolds near the school bus route.
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Morgan County Training School
Alabama 24
Betty Byrd
Decatur 1
Bob Underwood
McEntire Lane
Bennie Byrd
Baugh
Wiley-Smith Hospital
Underwood
Marion Lee Cartee
Courtland L
Three Mobile Fires Damage Gorgas Junior High
Flames tore through Gorgas Junior High in Toulmimville as Mobile suffered three simultaneous blazes. Three classrooms were ruined while the library and offices were severely damaged by smoke and water. Fire marshal inspectors investigate the cause. total damage is undetermined.
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Mobile
Ala
Gorgas
Toulmimville
Frederick H. Wharton
Bloodmobile collects 79 pints at Decatur drive
The Viet Nam Blood Drive staged by Decatur Jaycees at St John’s Episcopal Church parish house netted 79 pints, far from the 150 pint goal. Blood will be sent to military hospitals in the United States and Viet Nam. another drive is planned for Alabama Flour Mills on Jan 20.
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Decatur Jaycees
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Parrish House
Severn Johnson
Morgan County Red Cross Chapter
United States
Viet Nam
Jon Williams
Alabama Flour Mills
Mansfield sees no security risk from Vietnam pause
Mansfield says the North Viet Nam pause does not threaten South Vietnam troops and that infiltration may rise to 4 500 monthly though extra US forces are arriving. He notes Congress will consider a war funding request possibly over 10 billion dollars while disputes linger over bombing pauses and Rusk's stance.
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Mansfield
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
U.S
South
Viet Nam
Mdfsfield
Congress
Wrecks Reported Across Decatur Roads With Multiple Drivers
Police logged three injuriesless collisions Thursday. At Grant Street and First Avenue a 1961 Ford driven by Jesse P. Burks of Olive Street collided with a 1966 Ford pickup driven by Bonnie B. Romine of Athens. At Austinville Road and Fifth Avenue Southwest a 1966 Plymouth driven by Grace Henson French collided with a 1956 Ford driven by James McDonald of Decatur. At Bentley Restaurant on U S 31 a 1962 Chevrolet driven by Turner Belser of Birmingham collided with a 1966 Buick driven by Robert S. Waters of Danville Road Southwest. Both vehicles were heavily damaged.
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Grant St
1St Ave
Jesse P. Burks
Olive St
Bonnie B. Romine
Athens 2
Austinville Road
5Th Ave
Grace Henson French
6Th Ave
James McDonald
Decature
Bentley Restaurant
U.S
Turner B. Belser
Birmingham
Robert S. Waters
Danville Road
Markets Report Mixed with Grain and Livestock Notes
Cotton prices hold around 30.40 for middling in Decatur. Cottonseed sells at 40 per ton. Milk products show Grade A at 6.55 per hundred and manufactured milk at 3.20 per hundred for four percent. Wood values appear around 13.50 per cord. Corn and oats prices vary: Yellow Shelled 1.33, No 2 Yellow Ear 1.11, No 2 Whe Ear 1.07, White Shelled 1.46, No 2 Oats .65, No 2 Milling Wheat 1.38, No 2 Mile 2.00, Poultry Wheat 1.13, No 2 Barley .95.
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Decatur
Nashville Livestock Market Report Summary
Nashville AP reports cattle and calves 100 head with no early test of trade in any class. Hogs 100 head with scattered lots and steady prices. US 1-2 at 210-230 lbs to 28.00, mixed 1-3 at 195-230 lbs to 27.75, other weights and sows scarce. Sheep none.
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Nashville
Market notes on cotton futures and listed stocks
Cotton futures show quiet trading with the Mar through Dec contracts listed at narrow ranges. A long list of industrial and consumer stocks follows, with percent quotes for many major names such as Int Harv, Coca Cola, Ford, Gen Elec, IBM, Westinghouse, and Union Oil, among others.
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Tob
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Armour
M M
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Monson
Fds
Mont Ward
Bell & How
Nat Dairy
Beth Steel
Nat Distill Vy
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Olin
Borden
Owens Ili
Burl Ind
Penney
Calum & H
Pepsi Cola
Phill Pet
Ches & Ohio
Polaroid
Chrysler
Coca Cola
RCA
Coly Palm
CBS
Rexall
Reyn Met
RC Cola
Delta Air L
Seab AL RR
Sears Roeb
du Pont
Sinclair
East Air L
Socony
East Kod
Sou Co
Firestone
Sperry Rd
Fla Pow
Fla P & L
Cal
Ford Mot
Ind
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Elec
Swift
Texaco
Gen Mills
Gen
Unit Airc
Genesco
Ga. Pacific
Gas Cp
Goodrich
US Steel
Goodyear
West UN Tel
Gt A & P
Westy Elec
Greyhound
Winn Dixie
Gulf Oil
Woolworth
Pdr
Worth
Honeywell
Wrigley
Indian Head
Xerox
Bus
Mch
Wall Street Ends Mixed Amid Profit Taking After Peak Run
The New York stock market finished irregularly lower in light volume as investors booked gains after a week of gains. Trading paused at 2 p.m. EST due to the city transit strike. Admiral and Zenith rose, Kodak fell, Polaroid slid, Atlas gained, and steel issues eased on profit taking.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
New York City
Admiral
Zenith
Eastman Kodak
Polaroid
Atlas Corp
U.S Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Jones &Laughlin
Chrysler
Ford
Draft Rules May Change at Southern Regional Conference
Regional conference in Fort Stewart Georgia will discuss whether to lower draft deferment standards or broaden college deferments as the Selective Service plans manpower for Vietnam. Lt. Gen. Hershey called the meetings with state directors from 13 areas to consider restoring Korean wartime deferment rules and addressing high school graduates who failed mental tests. Col. Harry C. Smith supports lowering mental standards to recruit more youths and shift focus from college deferments.
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FT. Stewart
Washington
Hershey
Mike Y. Hendrix
Atlanta
Harry C. Smith
Georgia
Local Classifieds Offerings and Repossessed Items
A collage of Southeast and Southwest neighborhood listings includes rental notices from SE section with 5 rooms and 70 monthly, furnished and unfurnished apartments, 2 bedroom SE house with central heat, 65 monthly, and 6 room SE homes. vehicles include a 1959 Ford Tudor and a 1956 pickup with payments and price details. a Singer console repossession offer and a CO back page note mentions Malcolm X.
Morgan County to Vote on Extending School Taxes
A referendum to extend one mill and three mill school taxes for 30 years is set for February 15 in Morgan County. Probate Judge T C Almon questioned the date due to late poll tax records but the election proceeds. Poll tax payment deadline is February 1 with records due to the Probate Office within ten days, potentially leaving some qualified voters off the list.
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Morgan County
Board of Revenue and Control
T. C. Almon
Almon
College Admissions Standards Debate Reveals Tension
A discussion highlights lowering standards in the 1Y classification and the potential extension to college students as part of a historic procedure. The remarks emphasize a shift in admissions criteria and the debate continues over its implications.
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