Weather and River Report for Decatur Area
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning 16.73 feet. TVA lake stages listed. High yesterday 54. Weather forecast shows variable clouds and a 20 percent shower chance. Tonight and Tuesday turning cooler with southerly winds shifting northerly.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Pickwick
Wheefer
Chickamauga
Mobile Jaycees honor regional education supporters
The Jaycees praised contributors to Alabama youth education and listed 12 recipients including Fred R. Adams Jr. of Jackson Mississippi, Richard Chaput of Nashua New Hampshire, Charles Conrad of Houston Texas, Fred R. Harris of Lawton Oklahoma, Jerry Herman of New York City, Bill Moyers of Alexandria Virginia, Arthur E. Turner of Midland Michigan, Edward H. White II of Houston Texas, and Donald D. Williams of Inglewood California.
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Mobile County
State of
Alabama
Fred R. Adams Jr
Jackson
Miss
Richard Chaput
Nashua
N. H
Charles Conrad
Houston
Texas
Fred R. Harris
Lawton
Okla
Jerry Herman
New York City
Bill D. Moyers
Alexandria
Arthur E. Turner
Midland
Mich
Lawrence Limestone counties share two representatives plan
Under a Federal Court adopted plan Lawrence and Limestone counties will share two representatives. Candidates for the two positions must run at large with the top two vote getters winning. WANT ADS GET RESULTS.
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Federal Court
Lawrence
Limestone
Four Hurt In City Collision
Four people were injured when a car collided with a tractor trailer at Wilson and Wells Streets. Mrs. William C. Barclay of Sheffield remains in fair condition after a fractured left ankle knee rib and facial injuries. Also injured were Mr. and Mrs. T L Hallman of Tuscumbia and W C Barclay of Sheffield.
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Wilson and
Wells St
William C. Barclay
Sheffield
Decatur General Hospital
T. L. Hallman
Tuscumbia
W. C. Barclay
Barclay
John M. Williams
Adamsville 2
Wilson
Wells
6Th Ave
W. E. Lively
Transit Authority Reports Daily Losses At $322000
The Transit Authority asked the court to verify daily losses of 322000 after resuming the case following a weekend recess. Traffic Commissioner Henry A. Barnes noted a record 850000 vehicles entered Manhattan by late morning, with the rush starting before 5 am and peaking around 10 30 am.
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Transit Authority
Henry A. Barnes
Manhattan
Congress weighs Johnson forecast on Vietnam pause through Jan twenty four
Congress expresses doubt about President Johnson's ability to forecast the Viet Nam situation and assumes the bombing halt on North Vietnam will likely continue through January 24.
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Johnson
Congress
Viet Nam
It Happened In Alabama Murder Warrant for Willie Jinright
A murder warrant was signed for 28 year old Willie Thomas Jinright of Montgomery in the fatal beating of Jowanda L Adams at the Traveler's Rest Motel Phenix City. Jinright in custody without bond pending a preliminary hearing. Body found by motel staff and a guest after they knocked on the room door.
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Montgomery
Ala
Willie Thomas Jinright
Jinright
Jowanda L. Adams
Ying
Peter B. Mastin
Deaths Athens Charles G Appleton two month old son
Charles G Appleton two month old son of Mr and Mrs Johnny Appleton Elkmon died Sunday at 1 am at his residence Graveside services were today at 11 am from Pettusville Cemetery with McConnell directing Survivors include parents five step sisters Martha Jo Tucker Betty Ann Tucker Virginia Daire Tucker Mrs Mary Frances Rycell and Miss Ester Appleton three step brothers Larry Joe Appleton Kenneth Appleton all of Elkmont 2 James M Appleton Elkmont 3 grandparents John Appleton Elkmont 3 and Mr and Mrs Louis Gibson Athens 6
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Athens
Charles
G Appleton
Johnny Appleton
Elk
Pettusville
McConnell
Martha Jo Tucker
Betty Ann Tucker
Virginia Daire Tucker
Mary Frances Rycell
Ester Appleton
Larry Joe Appleton
Kenneth Appleton
Elkmont
James M. Appleton
Henry Clay Whitworth dies at 59 in Montgomery
Funeral services for Henry Clay Whitworth 59 of Tanner were held today at Laughlin Funeral Home with Harrison McMains officiating. Burial followed at Maple Hill Cemetery Huntsville. Survivors include widow Essie R Whitworth a son Henry Clay Whitworth Jr and eight grandchildren plus parents siblings and a brother in California. Pallbearers named Jess Seaton Harold Boyd Barney Pearsall James Record J E Spencer Oscar Carter.
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Huntsville
Henry Clay Whitworth
Tanner
Montgomery
Laughlin Funeral Home
Harrison McMains
Maple Hill
Laughlin
Essie R. Whitworth
Charles C. Whitworth
Henry Clay Whitworth Jr
Hartsburg
Funeral services for Tracey Lynn Ashley
Funeral services for Tracey Lynn Ashley, month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Ashley, Makinaw Ill, who died Saturday at a Peoria hospital, will be Tuesday at 2 pm at Old Town Creek Church. Earl Lou Allen will officiate. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. Survivors include twin sister Terri Lea Ashley and brother Larry Ray Ashley, both of Makinaw, grandparents Mr and Mrs Roy Fike, Mr Hope and Mr and Mrs Troy Ashley of Hartselle. The parents were formerly of Mt Hope.
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Peoria
Ill
Tracey Lynn Ashley
Cecil Ashley
Makinaw
Old Town Creek
Earl Lou Allen
Elliott Funeral Home
Terri Lea Ashley
Larry Ray Ashley
Makinaw, Ill
Roy Fike
Hope
Troy Ashley
Hartselle
Mrs. Ashley
Mt. Hope
Obituary notices for Lane Watts Brackins
Mary L Lane 4 died at Decatur Hospital Friday at 3 30 am services Tuesday at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church Lawrence burial Center Star Cemetery Reynolds Funeral Home directing Survivors include widow Joel Lane daughter Mrs Ida Smith father Josh Harwell brother Roy Harwell three grandchildren and other relatives Virgil Watts 64 died Monday at home Chattanooga Tennessee services Wednesday at Ebeneezer M E Church burial Elliott Cemetery Reynolds directed survivors include four sisters Miss Evelina Watts Mrs Grady Phillips Mrs Marie Blalock and Mrs Josephine Watts a brother Curtis Watts and other relatives Fred L Brackins 26 of Moulton died Thursday at 6 pm in Lawrence County services Saturday 12 30 pm at Missionary Baptist Church Oakville burial Linzie Cemetery Reynolds funeral home in charge survivors include Mildred Brackins three sons Freddie Brackins Jr Barrie Brackins and Chuckie Brackins all of Moulton mother Lizzie Ann Whitson Danville two fathers Henry Brackins Decatur three sisters Geneva Pointer Juanita Orr Annie L Brackins three brothers Billy Brackins Leon Brackins and Travis Brackins and many other relatives
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Mary L. Lane
Hillsboro
Decatur
Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church
Lawrence
County
Center Star
Limestone County
Reynolds Funeral Home
Joel Lane
Ida Smith
Deiatur
Josh Harwell
Roy Harwell
Cleveland
Ohio
Virgil Watts
Chattanooga
Tenn
Ebeneezer C. M. E
Elliott Cemetery
Reynolds Directing
Josephine Watts
Terre Haute
Ind
Grady Phillips
Marie Blalock
Evelina Watts
Curtis Watts
Fred L. Brackins
Moulton
Lawrence County
Missionary Baptist Church
Oakville
Linzie
Mildred Brackins
Freddie Brackins ,Jr
Barrie Brackins
Chuckie Brackins
Lizzie Ann Whitson
Danville
Henry Brackins
Sisiters
Geneva Pointer
Juanita Orr
Annie L. Brackins
Billy Brackins
Leon Brackins
Travis Brackins
Infant Pettit Twins Graveside Rites Held in Hartselle
Graveside services were held Sunday at 4 p.m. in Hartselle Memory Gardens for the infant twin sons of Mr and Mrs Dwight Pettit of U S 31 North. The funeral was directed by Peck Funeral Home with Bob Clardy officiating. Grandparents listed include Mr and Mrs Marvin Pettit and Mr and Mrs Horace Woodard, both of Hartselle.
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Hartselle
Dwight Pettit
U. S
North
Bob Clardy
Peck Funeral Home
Marvin Pettit
Horace Woodard
Katherine Weatherly Rites Set for 69 Year Old
Funeral services for Mrs. Katherine Weatherly 69 of 405 6th Ave NW who died Saturday at Bank Street Hospital will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Guntharp Funeral Home chapel. Rev. Joe Weatherly and Rev. Milford Walker to officiate burial in City Cemetery with Guntharp directing.
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Katherine Weatherly
6Th Ave
Bank Street Hospital
Guntharp Funeral Home Chapel
Joe Weatherly
Milford Walker
City Cemetery
Guntharp
Walter Milam 68 of Trinity Dies at Home
Walter Milam 68 of Trinity died Sunday at 8 45 a m at his residence Funeral services set for 2 p m today at Guntharp Funeral Home Chapel with Revs Hagan Cooper and Howard Smallwood officiating Burial at Roselawn Cemetery Guntharp in charge Surviving are his widow Nancy two daughters Mrs Ethel Norris Jr Decatur and Mrs Yancy Lee Lyntz of Trinity one son Eugene Milam four brothers Bedford Milam Athens and Hubert Milam four sisters Mrs Minnie Smith Mount Hope Mrs Lizzie Adams Montgomery Mrs Renelle Cothram Russellville and Mrs Mamie Hurley Cincinnati Ohio five grandchildren and one great grandchild Pallbearers listed The body to remain at the funeral home.
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Walter Milam
Trinity
Guntharp Funeral Home
Hagan Cooper
Howard Smallwood
Roselawn
Guntharp Directing
Nancy
Ethel
Norris F
Decatur
Yancy Lee Lyntz
Eugene
Bedford Sons
Athens
Steve French
Alter Smith
Theron Hamilton
Clayton Addams
Funeral Home
Infant born to Kirby family at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital
An infant named Junior Lee Kirby was born Sunday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. The report notes the newborn’s name and hospital birth details in a brief community notice.
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Unior Lee Kirby
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Morgan County community notices and police/fire briefs
Morgan County groups schedule meetings from the mental health association to the Humane Society and PTA. Police logs list hubcap thefts and multiple traffic and public order citations while fire crews respond to grass, structure, and derrick house blazes with several heavy losses reported.
Comsat Seeks FCC Right to Lease Satellite Circuits
AP executive says Comsat told the FCC it should reserve future right to let news media lease satellite circuits in two cases. When commercial carriers charge unreasonable rates or fail to provide facilities for communicating with developing areas of the world.
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Comsat
FCC
Pair from Montgomery Involve Emory Surgeon in Case
Mrs. Hutchinson and Ross McBryde of Montgomery are linked to a case involving Dr. Robert L. B. Brown associate professor of surgery at Emory University Atlanta.
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Hutchinson
Ross McBryde
Montgomery
Robert L. B. Brown
Emory University
Atlanta
Aircraft crashes and bombing pause marked Vietnam dispatch
Reports describe multiple air incidents near Saigon Pleiku and An Khe with casualties and saved mail. A C130 crash killed five aboard after ground fire. a pilot died after a helicopter mishap. The cease fire raids continued into a third week. Graveside services are set in Penney Cemetery for local obituary subjects.
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An ‘Khe
Saigon
Pleiku
Congressional session plans face pressure to resume talks
Rivers said his committee would meet Tuesday to map plans for the new session amid calls to end the pause. Arends warned a decision must come soon unless tangible results or willingness to talk from the Communists appear. Hickenlooper argued the suspension has not helped and only bolstered the other side. Gruening supported continuing the pause on Vietnam policy.
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Rivers
Lans
Arends
Hickenlooper
Over the Counter Securities Quotes Update
Quotations compiled by the NASD at approximately 10 am today show inter-dealer prices. Asked prices include an approximate markup. prices exclude retail markdown or commission as markets vary through the day.
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NASD
Cotton and grain prices listed for Decatur markets
Market items show cotton middling at 30.40 with a Decatur loan noted. Cottonseed at 40 per ton. Milk graded A at 6.55 per hundred, manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred for four percent. Pulpwood priced at 13.50 per cord. Grains include corn, oats, wheat and barley with various No. 2 prices and poultry wheat at 1.13.
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Decatur
Nashville Livestock Prices Show Mixed Demand
In Nashville Tennessee the cattle market lists 1 200 head cattle and 150 calves with prices across weight classes. Slaughter steers 23.00 to 24.00 per hundredweight, heifers 19.00 to 22.00, utility cows 15.00 to 16.50, bulls 19.50 to 20.50, feeder steers 26.00 to 27.50, feeder heifers 20.00 to 23.00, and vealers 34.00 to 36.00. Hog prices for mixed lots U S 1 2 and 3 195 to 250 lb are 27.75 to 28.00 and sows 22.50 to 23.50. Sheep slaughter lambs at 27.00 per 95 lb.
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Nashville, Tenn
U. S
Eggs Birmingham 99 Prices Steady to Higher Amid Ample Supply
Prices at retailers per dozen cartoned vary with grade A large 444-47, medium 39-42, small 39. H4-39. Demand remains fair in most quarters with limited movement on light offerings. Store-delivery case included in price.
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Birmingham
Poultry Market Report From Atlanta and Birmingham
Poultry market notes show live broilers and fryers in Atlanta with strong demand and farm prices around 0.17 for heavy and 0.64 for light types. In Birmingham demand is active, live supply scarce, with ready to cook prices at or near 25 to 25.5 cents per pound for U S grade A and plant grade A for week of January 10 to 15, 1,175,000 head expected versus 1,161,000 prior Monday.
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Atlanta
Birmingham
Undertone
U. S
Wall Street Mixed Action as Transit Strike Persists
Wall Street showed more advances than declines in a heavy irregular session. Volume reached 7.73 million shares, Dow industrials fell 72 to 985.41, while 699 of 1,425 issues rose and 506 fell. Airlines rails electronics led gains, steels and building materials slid, AP average hit a record high.
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New York
Toy
Associated Press
Minister Testifies on Alleged Arrest by Simpson
Rev. Johnson testified that officer Simpson pulled him from his car and accused him of drunkenness after he stated he is an ordained minister. He said he never drank, lost his glasses, and was driven toward jail before oaths about bail and bond surfaced during trial.
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Simpson
Johnson
Decatur
Morgan County
Leslie Doss
Doss
Alabama
Ralph Slate
Les
Slate
Rev
John‘son
Lawrence Death Ruled Accident
Lawrence County Coroner Harvey Elliott ruled Fred L Brackin's death an accident. The 30 year old was shot with a shotgun found at his side after his wife discovered him in the woods near his home following a rabbit hunt. An autopsy confirmed the shotgun wound and the coroner noted he tripped and fell over a fence.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Harvey Elliott
Fred L .Brackin
Elliott
Brackin
Athens term with McConnell directing
Survivors include the mother Mrs Gladys D Kilpatrick five brothers Tom Billy Gene Chuck and Phillip two sisters Mrs James Pugh Mrs Jimmy McNairy all of Athens Pallbearers Mike Braden Steve Woodard Butch Smith Connie Ray Phillips Tommy Bates and Lloyd Self Eight other persons were killed in traffic accidents in Alabama over the weekend.
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McConnell
Gladys D. Kilpatrick
Tom
Billy
Gene
Chuck
Phillip
James Pugh
Jimmy McNairy
Athens
Mike Braden
Steve Woodard
Butch Smith
Connie Ray Phillips
Tommy Bates
Lloyd Self
Kashmir Talks Highlight Reaffirmed Pledge to Peace
The declaration notes both sides discuss Kashmir with each side stating its position and agreeing to restore severed relations and communications. Ayub and Shastri pledge to repatriate prisoners and avoid war, while Kashmir and a no-war pact remain unresolved.
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Kashmir
Shastri
Ayub
Pakistan
For Sale and Rent Listings With Local Contacts
Classified notices advert real estate furniture and mobile home sale with payment plans. Includes address 710 Vaughn Bridge Rd Hartselle and rental at 1606 1st Ave S W plus moving service by Jack Nelson and a 1965 mobile home 10 wide 2 bedroom washer included with contact 353-0025.
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Vaughn Bridge Rd
Hartselle
1St Ave. S. W
Athens
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Pettit
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Decator
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