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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1968
Page
2
At the Cutler-Hammer facility in Athens about 185 people are employed now, with expectations to reach 200 in two weeks. Plant Manager Robert W. Semmier notes roughly half the workforce comes from Limestone County and a grand opening is tentatively set for March or April.
Fire damaged a house on 5th Street in Cullman at 4 p.m. Saturday. Curtains above the kitchen range caught fire. The residence is owned by Leo Schwaiger and the occupant is Dick Helms.
Flint report lists new Mounted Posse officers at a recent meeting. Harry Wiggins becomes president with J. B. Lawrence as vice president J. Howard Proctor as secretary treasurer W. B. Stanford as captain Omer Morris as first lieutenant Joe Roberts and Burl Tanner as second lieutenants Berval Bennett as property officer and W. D. Lee as historian.
Ben B. Brown general manager of Southern Bell Telephone Alabama operations will speak to the Decatur Lions Club at noon Tuesday at the Decatur Inn. Brown, a North Carolina native, assumed the Birmingham based post in 1965 after moving from Jacksonville Florida. He belongs to the Birmingham Rotary Club.
A long string of personal names and street addresses from Decatur area appears, listing individuals including Jessie Crow, Luther Sparkman, Carolyn Rose Rains, Mary Ethel Gantt, and numerous others along with streets and avenues such as Cardinal Apts and Holiday Inn. The fragment suggests a hospital or local notice context with many residents and addresses.
Birth notices list Mr and Mrs Tennis Alexander a daughter at Decatur General Hospital Saturday. Mr and Mrs Walter H Hall a son at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Frankie Lloyd Fisher a daughter Sunday at the same hospital. Rentals include a 5 room house with gas heat and AC, a 3 bedroom at 7th Ave NW, and a modern 3 bedroom brick with den. Help wanted: waitresses and telephone sales positions advertised with contact numbers. Lost box with important receipts offered for reward.
NASD quotations reflect interdealer prices around 10 a.m. Market changes through the day. Prices exclude retail markups and commissions.
Market brief notes modest gains and losses with four per cent levels cited. Data mentions indices around 55 and 65, with figures 45 and 35 appearing in quoted values. The fragment reflects a financial page note rather than a full report.
Egg prices in Birmingham drop with large and medium sizes sharply lower. Small eggs largely unchanged as trading remains limited. Retail sellers report ample supplies for a fair demand, with consumer grade prices per dozen: large 34 to 37 cents, mostly 34 to 36, medium 28 to 33, small 24 to 27 cents.
Atlanta reports strong demand for live poultry with prices around 12 to 44 at farms for heavy and light hens. Birmingham farm market lists collards per dozen bunches at 1.50 to 2.00 and sweet potatoes per bushel at 3.25 to 3.75 with jumbos 2.25 to 2.50.
Strengthening blue chips boosted a stock market rally in New York trading. The Dow Jones average rose 6.82 to 908.06 as General Motors led gains amid active volume of over 10 million shares. Gains outpaced losses by more than two to one.
Doug Crabb said the case would be heard in juvenile court later. Three of four girls arrested for vagrancy were released on $300 bond Sunday: Patricia K. Hyde, 22, Linda Faye Osborn, 18, Paula Victoria Daniel, 17. Martha Francis Sullivan, 17, remained in county jail. Also jailed were Jerry Robert Brown, 18, Everal E. Selvy, 17, Garland P. Blagburn, 20. Brown was released Sunday. the others remained jailed today.
Governor Wallace returned to Montgomery from California on Thursday as his wife flew in from Houston with news of her illness. aides said her condition will not derail his campaign plans and a television ad was canceled. He met campaign workers in Montgomery with attendees from several states to discuss preliminaries of the race.
Lobsang Dorjee a Tibetan monk who fled Tibet in 1959 studies philosophy and English at Haverford College. The 23 year old plans to return to teach English and support Tibetan community development among refugees in India and elsewhere.
Johnson says Army and Oakland flight delays misled his family about his son Sgt. Johnson's remains from Vietnam. Maj. Ruffin defends official information and traces the delay to mechanical trouble at San Francisco Airport causing a missed connection in St. Louis. Rep. Jones aided the family, while Oakland Army Terminal officials say the delay was out of the ordinary.
AMLA president J. Hubert Richter of Cullman predicts 1968 will see $158 million spent by Alabama families on vacations and a 12 percent rise in local vacation taking. 1967 tourism brought $423 million into Alabama with 27 million out of state visitors, and plans for $110 million in additional yearly income from new park and recreation projects in Decatur, Cullman County, Florence, Scottsboro, Guntersville and TVA areas.
Principal Floyd Briscoe says youths desks were gone through and items possibly missing not confirmed. Riverside School was broken into last Thursday night with a radio taken. police found blood stains near the damaged area and both schools reported no money kept on premises.
Reports say Viet Cong guerrillas attacked Tan Uyen, killing eight soldiers and six civilians, wounding 35 soldiers and 11 civilians. Vietnamese officials count 19 attackers dead, with 100 militia suffering moderate casualties. 10 houses destroyed and a Viet Cong flag raised briefly. Five detainees captured, two of them wounded.
Dr. Shumway explains Kasperak will remain in hospital for months of observation. Mrs. White dies after consenting to donate her heart for Kasperak. a kidney transplant is also performed. The operation marks the fourth human heart transplant, with long term therapy potential.
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