Weather and River Outlook for Decatur and Vicinity
Decatur Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 16 50 with sea level 550 80. High yesterday 51 at 3 30 p m. Temperature at 8 a m 38. Forecast: increasing cloudiness and warmer today. Tonight cloudy with occasional rain and not so cold. Thursday cloudy with rain ending and turning colder. Rain probability tonight 80 percent lowering to 50 percent Thursday. Winds east and southeast 10 to 12 mph shifting to northwest Thursday. High today near 60 low tonight 42 and Thursday high about 47.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Soldier dies in Pine Creek bridge crash near Athens
The coroner reported a 1964 Ford wreck left a service man pinned for an hour before workmen freed him. The victim, an Athens resident, was taken to McConnell Funeral Home and then to Redstone Arsenal. Ohio transport planned today. Troopers and deputies investigated with Sammet.
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Sammet
Oaks
Pine Creek Bridge
Athens
Basil Wheeler
McConnell Funeral Home
Redstone Arsenal
Ohio
Billy Faulkner
Dewey Williams
McCulloch enters Decatur race for Flem ing post
McCulloch announces he will resign as Decatur district manager of the Alabama Motorist Association to devote full time to campaign for the office now held by Dick Fleming. The Morgan County native, Austinville High School graduate, businessman in Decatur since 1950 and resident at 618 14th Ave NW, says he will actively engage in the campaign. The record notes lackey and others involved in a separate incident are mentioned, with constitutional objections raised when questioned about a black band painted around a house.
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Jack Metcalf
Decatur
Alabama Motorist Association
Dick Fleming
McCulloch
Morgan County
Austinville High School
Doris Neaves
14Th Ave
Over the Counter Securities Quotes Released by NASD
NASD released interdealer price quotations as of about 10 a.m. today. Bids reflect representative prices. retail markdowns and commissions are not included. Asked prices have been adjusted upward to reflect approximate market.
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NASD
Tely
Market quotations for cotton corn milk and grains posted
The market report lists cotton Decatur loan middling at 90.40, cottonseed at 40 per ton, Grade A milk 96.55 per hundred, four percent milk at 3.20 per hundred, corn prices No 2 yellow shelled 1.33 and No 3 yellow ear 1.11, No 3 white ear 1.07, No 2 white shelled 1.46, No 2 oats 8.0, milling wheat 1.38, No 3 milo 2.00, poultry wheat 1.13, and No 3 barley 8.96.
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Decatur
Nashville Livestock Market Report
Nashville AP notes cattle totals 400 head and calves 100 with slaughter cattle scarce and cows and bulls softer. Hogs 400 with active steady to higher prices. hogs 220 lb U S 1-2 at 28.25 and sows 22.50-23.50. Sheep 25 head with no early sales. late Tuesday wool lambs around 77.50.
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Nashville
U.S
Stock market closes scrambled as late selling hits leaders
New York trading ends in a turbulent, abbreviated session due to the transit strike. Volume runs about 8.8 million shares with Anken Chemical halted briefly on a 10,000 share block before rising 1 percent. RCA with strong gains slips while Crucible Steel falls amid a board reshuffle. Boeing rises about five points and Douglas Aircraft up as investors await Johnson's State of the Union address on Vietnam.
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New York
Anken Chemical
Radio Corp
Anken
RCA
Crucible Steel
Boeing
Douglas Aircraft 2
Wall Street
Johnson
Viet Nam
Service Years Include One Abroad Stint
The speaker notes two years in service with one year spent overseas, highlighting the international assignment as a notable aspect of the military tenure.
Deaths Retired Police Officer's Wife Dies in Hospital
Mrs Ozelle S Broadrick 62 wife of Lt John T Broadrick of the Decatur Police Department died Tuesday at 5 10 p m at Bank Street Hospital Services set for Thursday 2 p m at Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel with Rev W A Crim officiating Burial in City Cemetery Gunthorp directing Survivors include her husband two brothers and several Sartor relatives She was a member of Sixth Avenue Church of God and the World War I Veterans auxiliary Pallbearers listed with local names
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Ozelle S. Broadrick
Sherman Sr
John Broadrick
Decatur Police Department
Bank Street Hospital
Gunthorp Funeral ‘Home Chapel
W. A. Crim
City Cemetery
Gunthorp
John T. Broadrick
Decatur
Chester L. Sartor
Raphael Sartor
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Ray Sartor
Warner Sartor
Ktrinali
Mrs. Andrew Patterson Rites Planned in Cheraw
Mrs. Andrew G. Patterson 90, longtime Decatur resident and widow of Judge Andrew G. Patterson, died Tuesday evening in Cheraw, S C. Surviving are a son A M Patterson Sr. Mobile. two daughters Mrs. R L McPher son Cheraw and Mrs. M P McGregor Arlington Va. six sisters-in-law. six grandchildren. three great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were to be announced by Peck Funeral Home.
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Cheraw
S. C
Andrew G. Patterson
Decatur
Peck Funeral Home
A.M. Patterson Sr
Mobile
R. L. McPherson
M. P. McGregor
Arlington
Patterson
Alabama
Central Methodist Church
Washington, D. C
Washington
Millican Millican Falkville resident dies at 78
Irvin R Millican 78 Falkville died today at about 5 am in a local nursing home Burial will be in the adjoining Union Hill Free Will Baptist Church cemetery east of Falkville Peck Funeral Home of Hartselle to handle arrangements Survivors include several nieces and nephews
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Falkville
Irvin R. Mullican
Union Hill Free Will Baptist Church
Peck Funeral Home
Hartselle
Mrs Ida Wiley Rites Set In Hartselle
Mrs Ida Wiley 93 of Hartselle died Tuesday at 1 25 p m in a local hospital Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p m at Cedar Creek Free Will Baptist Church with Rev Jimmy Brown officiating Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery Peck Funeral Home in charge Survivors include three daughters Mrs Sally Dutton Mrs Ilo Dutton and Mrs Francis Tapscott six sons John Wiley Louisville Miss Jim Wiley Decatur Miss Jack Wiley Bill Wiley Hartselle D C Wiley Florence one sister Mrs Madgie Singleton Hartselle 28 grandchildren 67 great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren The body will be taken to the residence of Mrs Sally Dutton 307 S Sparkman St this afternoon and will remain there until services
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Hartselle
Ida Wiley
Cedar ‘Creek Free Will Baptist Church
Jimmy—Brown
Peck Funeral Home
Sally Dutton
Ilo Dutton
Francis Tapscott
John Wiley
Louisville
Miss
Jim
Graveside rites for infant Laura Jane Thompson
Infant Laura Jane Thompson seven months died at a Decatur hospital Monday night and was buried Tuesday at 2 30 p m in Harris Chapel Cemetery Cherokee with Guntharpt directing. Survivors include her parents and three sisters.
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Laura Jane Thompson
sMr
Horace Thompson
Decatur 4
Harris Chapel
Cherokee
Gunthtarp
Decatur
Ruth Fant
Brenda Kay Green
Decatur Approves Ambulance Service Regulations
The ordinance sets insurance minimums for property damage and injury, restricts ambulance ages and tire use, requires equipment like resuscitators and a short wave radio, and mandates trained drivers and attendants with licenses. A felony conviction bars applications for five years post-release, with fines up to 100 dollars and possible six months in jail. Four existing services must obtain permits.
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City of Decatur
Decatur Family Ties Reported Across Regions
Records show Linda Green and a brother Charles Green of Decatur along with grandparents Mrs Ruth Fincher of Decatur and Mrs Martha Jane Watson of Bartow Alabama. The fragment lists family connections across locations.
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Linda Green
Decatur 4
Charles Green
Ruth Fincher
Decaetur
Martha Jane Watson
Bartori
Ala
Troy Cowan Lester dies at 78 in Anderson
Troy Cowan Lester age 78 of Anderson dies Tuesday at noon. Services were at Beulah Church of Christ in Limestone County with A J Rollings officiating and burial at Mitchell Cemetery under McConnell Funeral Home. Surviving are daughter Beatrice Long, seven grandchildren, sisters Nellie Posey Maude Shelton Belle Long, and brothers Willie Cowan Emmett Cowan. He was a Fayette County Tennessee native and a World War I veteran.
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Lester — Troy Cowan
Anderson 1
Jackson's Hospital
Beulah Church of Christ
Limestone County
A. J. Rollings
Mitchell
McConnell Funeral Home
Beatrice Long
Anderson I
Nellie Posey
Maude Shelton
Belle Long
Belle Mina
Willie Cowan
Breckenridge
Texas
Emmett Cowan
Lester
Troy Cowan
Fayette County
Tenn
Revival services begin at First Assembly of God Church
Revival services start Sunday at 7 p.m. at 415 8th Ave. SW with Rev. M. E. Furber as pastor and evangelist Rev. Leonard Sapp of Wrightsville Ga. Evening services feature special singing and music nightly. Laura June Fuller has been admitted to David Lipscomb College for the winter quarter.
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First Assembly of God Church
8Th Ave
M. E. Furber
Leonard Sapp
Wrightsville
Laura June__ Fuller
Sims Fuller
Trinity 1
David Lipscomb College
Nashville
Tenn
Multiple Vehicle Collisions Reported Across City Streets
At 12 30 p m a 1963 Chevrolet driven by Otis Freeman Tucker collided with a 1964 Chevrolet truck driven by Howard S Butler at 19th Ave and Beech St SE. Other incidents include a 1966 International truck versus a 1956 Buick at Moulton St and 12th Ave NW and a 1956 Chevrolet with a 1963 Chevrolet truck owned by the city street department. A 1956 Pontiac and a 1965 Chevrolet collided at 6th Ave and Holly St resulting in injuries to Odell and a DUI charge against Stone with a $125 fine after verdicts.
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Walter Carpenter
Detur
19Th Ave
Beech St. SE
Otis Freeman Tucker
10Th Ave. SE
Howard S Butler
Cullman
Moulton St
12Th. Ave. NW
Charlie Lee Suggs
Neil R. Tyler
Danville
8Th Ave
8Th St
Harry K. Bottis
6Th Ave
Henry Perkins
I Line St
City Street Department
1St Ave
Grant St
Simpson Denies Charges in Flint City Arrest Case
Simpson, arrested in November 1962 in Flint City, testified on his own behalf denying the charges. He was released today on a $500 appeal bond.
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Flint City
Simpson
Athens Industry Expansion Planned for Garment Firm
Bids are being accepted for a new 20 000 square foot Athens Garment Co building at the Athens Industrial Park. Hall and Colvard of Decatur are the architects. Bonds from the Athens Industrial Development Board will offset costs, with a Jan 27 bid opening. The relocation is expected to create 75 to 80 jobs. The firm has operated in Athens for about 20 years.
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Athens
Athens Garment Co
Hall and Colvard
Decatur
Athens Industrial Development Board
Freeman Fry
Shelbyville, Tenn
G. F. Schuette
N. Marion St
Fire Department
Burundi Burndown in Diplomatic Tit for Tat
In Washington the State Department dismissed Burundi claims of US contracts with conspirators as unfounded. Burundi demanded expulsion of the ambassador after a Dec 29 letter from Foreign Minister Maniarikiza, with Washington retaliating by ordering the Burundi envoy to leave. The episode marks the first such tit for tat of 1966.
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Mont
Washington
State Department
Burundi
Marc Manirakiza
Rusk
Bujumbura
African Affairs Bureau
Dumont
Unrest at downtown school as students protest recruit drive
This morning a group of Negro students staged a campus disruption in the downtown area. Police and plainclothes officers were present but did not halt the walkout. Newsmen were barred from the building while the racket echoed through the halls. About 200 students moved toward Kelly Ingram Park, while the success of the drive remained unclear.
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Kelly Ingram Park
India venerated leaders gather as nation mourns Shastri
Moments before Shastri's death, Gulzarilal Nanda ascended the pyre steps in grief while Kosygin Humphrey and other foreign officials observed. Nanda and Kamaraj met to discuss naming a new parliamentary leader to form a government, with no clear sign of a challenge in the Congress.
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Shastri
Gulzarilal Nanida
Alexei N. Kosygin
U.S
Nanda
Kamaraswami Kamaraj
Congress Party
Large Bedroom for Men in Private Southeast Home
Classifieds list men only room rental in private southeast home with contact number 353-6884. Also ads seek waitresses and cooks at Circle Drive In, rental of a six room house by appointment 355-0877, and a downstairs 2 3 room apartment in Hartselle at 773-7220. Included are sale ads for a 1965 Corvair Corsa at 17,000 miles for 1750 via 773-2734 Ext 27 and a furnished house trailer at 821 3rd Ave SE Decatur.
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Circle Drive
CHINA
Decatur
Spieces
Ira’s Book & Gift Shop
Hartselle Hospital
3Rd Ave
S.E
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Chester Young
11Th St
Parker and Osborne
20Th Ave
Paul Robinson
W. J. Jordan
Line St
B. D. Cagle
Woodmeade
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Brown Construction Co
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