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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1964
Page
2
The report notes Thursday weather and river conditions with sunset at 4:54 p.m. and sunrise at 6:56 a.m. The Moon rises at 3:14 a.m. Information reflects daily celestial timings and general forecast context.
River and weather update shows the Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge at 17.29 feet, up 44 feet in 24 hours, with sea level at 551.59. TVA lake levels include Chickamauga 675.7, Pickwick 4078, Guntersville 593.5, Whitesburg 554.7, Wilson 505.8. Today and tonight cloudy with rain, cooler Thursday. highs near 58 and winds southerly to 18 mph.
Temperatures will run 2 to 4 degrees above normal over the next five days. Normal highs 50 and lows 30. Heavy storms bring an inch of rain in the far north Thursday and through the weekend.
Mrs. Nannie Allen of Hillsboro died Tuesday at 12 40 am at her residence. Services will be Thursday at 10 am at the Old Liberty Methodist Church with Rev Ernest Kert Terry. She is survived by two sisters Mrs Mat Terry and Mrs Vin Terry and a half sister Mrs Thomas Smith. Pallbearers include Kenneth Letson Wayne Davis Jackie Letson Clyde Terry Frank Dotson and Buddy Sherrill.
Three day old Jeffrey Lee Brooks son of Mr and Mrs Billy Brooks of 1504 11th Ave SE died Tuesday at 1 15 pm at Decatur General Hospital. Graveside services are today at 11 am at Oakview Memorial with parents E Brooks Mrs Hattsie C Beasley and W W McMillan listed.
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Wil ford Terry of Moulton died Tuesday shortly after birth. Graveside services will be held at Jones Chapel today at 2 p.m. Survivors include one sister Miss Melanie Terry and grandparents Mr and Mrs Amos Terry and Jim McCormack. Other relatives also survive.
J F Long 82 of Hartselle died today at 2 30 a m at his residence. Services Friday at 2 p m at Union Hill Free Will Baptist Church near Eva with Rev Dennis Reeves and Rev Jery. Peck Funeral Home directing. Survivors include widow Nannie Long five daughters and three sons and 20 grandchildren. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Grandsons ill serve as pallbearers. Body to be taken to residence Thursday at 10 a m and remain until services.
Sher rill notes Skyline workers have built at Disney land Park and other parks. Mitchell says project stock will be 5 million dollars. Central office building 40 by 72 feet nearly complete and ready Friday with at least 12 offices. Sherrill plans to stay in Hartselle as city clerk, replacement to be named January 14 per Councilman John D. Long.
List shows several dismissals at hospitals including William Holt Verna Hurn and Mary Layman with addresses in Cullman and Athens. Admissions include Robbie Mae Westmoreland Joe Laney A Thornton and Grady H Self among Cullman residents. other names cover Hanceville Flint and Crane Hill with multiple numbers.
A compilation of many names and addresses including Mrs C C Thornton infant Judas Gates Mrs Thomas Kennedy infant Gregory Bradford and others. The segment lists residents and locations such as Enolam Boulevard 12th Street SE Athens Hartselle Moulton Paradise Trailer Court Decatur and Union Grove with multiple adults and infants named.
In a Geneva disarmament conversation Johnson promotes joint steps toward arms control and abolition while urging restraint on stockpiling. He backs Kennedy era anti poverty programs, calls for reform and higher overtime pay to spur hiring, and urges country over party in this election year.
Army Engineers have received a bid for construction of a section of a main perimeter canal at NASA Mississippi Test Operations.
Wall Street moved higher in active trading with the Associated Press average of 60 stocks up .3 to 288.5 and the Dow Jones industrial average up .39 at 772.12. Steel stocks led irregular gains while motors and airlines showed strength amid mixed corporate bonds and steady reinvestment.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference an event or condition titled Slaughter Today with figures 61 and 300 and a note about fears. The garbled text mentions an entity named Soe and an allusion to an eaten toe, offering no clear event or persons to identify.
Decatur native and actor Dean Jones lands at 4 13 pm on United Flight 322 in Huntsville for a two week visit with his parents and relatives in Morgan County. His wife Mae is undergoing tests in Los Angeles hospital and due to illness Jones postponed an appearance at Cape Kennedy. Jones recently starred on Broadway in Under The Yum Yum Tree and has completed filming The New Interns in Hollywood. An open house at the First Federal Savings and Loan penthouse is scheduled Sunday from 3 to 5 pm.
The Harris police department shows a shake up starting with Sheriff Ben Corum’s resignation and Chief Harris taking charge. Four officers remain, with Theo Rucker and Clifford Haney applying for chief, amid nominations and local chatter.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Kennedy announce a daughter born Tuesday at Decatur General Hospital. The couple resides at 2006 12th St SE.
CAPE KENNEDY FLA AP The Polaris A3 missile has achieved another successful launch marking its 16th success in 18 attempts.
Slaughter lambs fetch 16.00 to 19.25. Hog receipts total 5,700 at key markets including Thomasville Georgia and cites declines to 25 lower in regions from Columbus to Dothan and Jacksonville. Sows 240 to 270 pounds and 160 to 180 pounds bring 10.25 to 12.00 and gilts 13.00 to 14.75 while earlier ranges noted 14.50 to 14.75 for certain hogs.
Wallace announces support for unpledged electors instead of Democratic Johnson electors and plans a five state western tour. He flags possible presidential primaries in New Hampshire Indiana Ohio and Maryland and notes Alabama may host a Johnson slate and a convention presence.
The City Commission voted to cut gas rates by 0.99 cent per 1000 cubic feet for business users, excluding residential customers. It also authorized $28,000 in bonds to the Gas System Surplus Fund to capitalize lower borrowing costs. J. S. Stutts was reappointed to a five year term on the Personnel Board. Marks Oxygen Co. may build a spur track on city property if the city can use the track.
Two Morgan County Training School youths from Hartselle, Chester Lloyd Wallace and Maurice Morrow, are charged in connection with stealing three typewriters from the school. Wallace faces second degree charges while Morrow is charged with receiving or concealing stolen property.
At 6:45 a.m. Tuesday a northbound car driven by Sylvia Jo Robbins 22 collided with a southbound car driven by William E. Jones 20 at the intersection of Sycamore Street NW and Highway 20. Dr E M Chenault observed the crash while entering the Medical Arts Building on Somerville Road. Earlier, three teenage boys damaged a window at 1101 11th Ave SE. the Decatur Fire Department responded to a fire call at Ideal Laundry 619 Walnut St NE at 2:43 p.m. Tuesday with a machine fire reported.
Athens residents report Elton Parker faces armed robbery charges in Circuit Court the week of Feb 3 for disarming four Decatur police at the Decatur Boat Harbor on Nov 2 1962. He allegedly took pistols and car keys with him. James Turner alias Pleadings in 37 other cases scheduled before Judge Bloodworth at 9 a.m. Feb 3.
Several classified notices list properties for sale or rent in Hartselle and nearby. Items include a 3 bedroom house at 1409 Locust St near Somerville school, another 6 room brick house with enclosed garage on Lamar St S.W, a 53 by 10 trailer on a private lot, a 1963 Pontiac for sale, and various job listings for insurance training and termite sales. Contact numbers and times are provided.
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