Weather Summary for Decatur and Vicinity Tennessee River
Friday January 14 has sunset at 4 59 p m and sunrise 6 55 a m Tomorrow moonrise at 1 35 a m New Moon January 72 prominent star high overhead 8 45 p m visible planets Venus Mars Saturn Jupiter readings at Keller Memorial Bridge river 16 50 sea level 570 80 TVA lake stages Guntersville 593 2 Whitesburg 551 8 Wilson 504 9 Pickwick 408 7 Wheeler 550 6 Chickamauga 674 4 High yesterday 48 at 2 p m low 32 at 6 a m today 35 at 10 15 a m AV inches rainfall in past 24 hours forecast cloudy cold with 60 percent area rain end by Saturday morning clearing skies high today 45 low tonight 37 high Saturday 45.
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Venus
Mars
Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Pickwick
Wheeler
Chickamuga
Cold North Alabama Night Forecast With Snow unlikely
The forecast notes that temperatures will dip to around 37 degrees tonight with a predicted high near 45 degrees today. Light snow was reported near Crossville, Tennessee, but not further south, and rain coverage is about 60 percent today and tonight, fading to clearing by Saturday morning.
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North
Alabama
Weather Bureau
Crossville
Tenn
World in 1965 volume preview offers spaceflight recall
The notice invites readers to reserve The World in 1965 a 288 page AP yearbook recalling Gemini spacewalks and other notable events. The 1964 edition remains available and readers are directed to mail in the coupon to secure a copy.
The World in 1965 requests from The Decatur Daily
A reader in Decatur Alabama asks for The World in 1965 and The World in 1964 with payment. Enclosed is $3.18 per book for copies and the box address is 1527 for mailing.
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Decatur
Alabama
Decatur sheriff race gains new entrants
Guyse 41 announces intent to run for sheriff joining Metcal and McCulloch as Morgan County race contenders. He is a Decatur native with 12 years in business, prior Decatur police service, WWII veteran, and active church member. He expects seven or eight candidates in the contest and pledges a proactive office.
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Morgan County
O’Conner Timeline Highlights Interior Oil Posts
O’Conner rose from oil research consultant to assistant director of the Interior Department's office of oil and gas on October 45, 1959. Soon after he led the Oil Import Administration, serving until August 1991 before moving to the Federal Power Commission. He is a Democrat with a Tulsa Central High School and Rice MBA, educated at Harvard. NAA board directors meet 5 15 pm with dinner at 6 30 pm.
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Interior Department
Oi and Gas
Federal Power Commission
O'Conner
Central High School
Tulsa
Rice University
Houston
Harvard
NAA
Coffey Seeks North Alabama House Seat in 8th District Run
Coffey announces intention to qualify after Democratic Executive Committee sets date. He pledges to serve Morgan County citizens and cites past roles with Morgan County Democrats and 8th District Young Democrats. Coffey, a native of Lawrence County, once ran for city commissioner and lives with his wife Jean Bond and three daughters at 1607 Woodland Dr Decatur.
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North Alabama
House of Representatives
Democratic Executive Committee
Morgan County
Coffey
Lawrence County
Decatur
Dick Coffey Ford
Huntsville
Ford Place
Young Democrats
Democrats
Jean Bond
Dalton
Woodland Dr
Morgan County native Maddox seeks immediate candidacy
Morgan County native Maddox announced plans to qualify for a political race after the appropriate dates set by the Morgan County Democratic Executive Committee He has earned Young Farmer of the Year honors from the Decatur Jaycees and currently serves on the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service county committee He teaches Sunday school at Neel Methodist Church and is secretary treasurer of the Morgan County Cattlemen's Association Maddox is a 1947 Danville High School graduate who served three years in the Air Force from 1950 to 1953 This race marks his first political endeavor and he urged district residents to support him
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Guyse
Decatur
Jack Metcal
Jucian McCulloch
Guyse Tig
US Army
101St Airporns Division
Northside Baptist Church
Gideon International
Decatur Exchange Club
Morgan County
Maddox
Democratic Executive Committee
Decatur Jaycees
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Neel _ Methodist Church
Morgan County Cattlemen’s Association
Dansville
Air Force
Deaths Mrs Rosie Watters Higdon 78
Mrs Rosie Watters Higdon 78 of 2011 Locust Street SE died Thursday at Decatur General Hospital. Services will be Sunday at 2 PM at New Friendship Baptist Church with Rev Coleman Taylor and Rev Ronald Manley officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Survived by two sisters and a brother. The body lies in state at the funeral home tonight and will be taken to her niece’s residence at 2011 Locust Street. Lifelong Morgan County resident.
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Rosie Watters Higdon
Locust St. SE
Decatur General Hospital
New Friendship Baptist Church
Coleman Taylor
Ronald Manley
Gunthorp
Molly Lawrence
Decatur
Dora Hammock Hasden
John W .Watters
Vinemont
Mrs. Hatalene Ricks Dies at 56 in Decatur
Mrs. Hatalene Ricks 56 of Decatur died Thursday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital at 9 50 pm. Services will be Saturday at 2 pm at Gunthorp Chapel with Rev Travis Connor officiating. Burial at Rose Lawn Cemetery. Survived by widower John S. Ricks five daughters two grandsons three brothers and three sisters. The body remains at funeral home for viewing after 6 pm today. Pallbearers will be Mrs Ricks nephews. She was a member of Beech Street Church of Christ.
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Hatalene Ricks
5Th Ave SE
Baugh-Wiley-Smith
Gunthorp Chapel
Travis Connor
I- Roselawn
John S. Ricks
Decatur
Hillard Crosswhite
Paris
Island
James FE. Brown
Betty Ricks
Susan Ricks
Trinity Youth Hurt By Gun Wounds In Alabama Incident
Larry Henson a 17 year old from Trinity was treated at Decatur General Hospital in fair condition for a gunshot wound to the right thigh. Police say he was handling a blank pistol at Jewel Amazon Service Station on Alabama 24 when it fired. He told officers the gun belonged to Annaton and he was alone in the store.
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Larry Henson
Trinity 1
Decatur General Hospital
Henson
Jewel Amazon
Alabama
Annaton
Marines In Vietnam War Update Observes Casualty Toll
In the Da Nang area the air strike sank four sampans killing four civilians and wounding 16 civilians and five militiamen. Sixteen Marines were injured in a training explosion. Marines killed at least four Viet Cong and seized mortars as Operation Mallard pushed toll to 18 dead while capturing 162 tons of rice.
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da Nang
Saigon
U.S
Thin Yen River
Rep. Jones Misses Congress Session Due to Mother's Critical Condition
SCOTTSBORO Rep. Bob Jones says his mother Mrs. Robert E. Jones Sr. is in critical condition at Jackson County Hospital. He will remain at her bedside as long as needed and missed the opening session of Congress.
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Scottsboro
Bob Jones
Robert E. Jones Sr
Jackson County
Congress
Saturn V Booster Tests Move at Marshall and Boeing
Boeing and MSFC technicians move SIC-T for modifications and shift SIC-1 and SIC-2 flight stages between test stands and labs. The booster stages, part of the Saturn V program, measure 138 feet long 33 feet in diameter weigh about 300000 pounds and are powered by five F-1 engines delivering 7.5 million pounds of thrust.
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Boeing Co
Huntsville
MSFC
New Orleans
West Area
Marshall Center
Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
High Bay
Quality Lab
Firestone heir targeted in burglary plot halted by police
The tipster revealed the intended victim was Firestone, son of Harvey Firestone. The industrialist collaborated with police after the tip, with officers and a policewoman posing as a domestic to monitor Alpine Drive. Suspects, with long crime records, evaded surveillance as days passed uneventfully.
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Firestone
Rubber Empire
Harvey
Hawkins
Alpine Drive
President backs tax changes in State of the Union
The President proposed to restore 1.2 billion in auto and telephone service excise taxes eliminated Jan 1 and to replace the flat wage tax with a graduated personal income tax. The business community largely accepted the proposals while the President regretted them.
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State of the Union
Reading Adult Class Opens At Trade School
Dr. Carlton Kelley announces a new reading and adult education class at John C. Calhoun Technical School starting January 14 under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. The program targets residents over 25 with less than an eighth grade education based on the 1960 census. it seeks nonliterate adults to improve basic skills.
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John C. Calhoun Technical School
Carlton Kelley
Junior College and Technical School
Kelley
Cadet Harrison promoted private first class at Riverside Academy
GA Gainesville Cadet Robert B. Harrison Jr. earns promotion to private first class for success across academy departments. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Harrison of Decatur. Morgan deputies investigate a report of a shotgun-killed horse. A Decatur resident reports his 1953 Ford stolen and a 1961 Oldsmobile hubcaps theft. Building permits issued for Morgan County homes. City court docket includes traffic light violations disorderly conduct and parking offenses. Marvin Rankin rests after a mild heart attack.
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Gainesville
Robert B. Harrison Jr
Riverside Military Academy
Harrison
Robert Harrison
Brookmeade Rd
Decatur
Morgan County
Decatur 1
Harry Perry
Howard Johnson
Johnson names first Negro Cabinet member in housing post
President states He will appoint Robert C Weaver as secretary of the new Department of Housing and Urban Development and Robert C Wood as undersecretary Weaver would be the first Negro member of the Cabinet He says Viet Nam incidents have dropped but no link to peace moves U S envoys will press on with capitals visits The State of the Union reception receives good reviews and the president reports progress after gall bladder operation The tax package includes corporate tax collection speedups and a graduated withholding plan Fowler presents package with $48 billion revenue estimate hearings to begin next week
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Robert C. Weaver
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Robert C. Wood
Weaver
Viet Nam
U.S
New York City
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry
H .Fowler
Congress
House
Ways ‘and Means
Fowler
Capitol Hill
Johnson
Over the Counter Securities Quotations From NASD
NASD compiled quotations show inter-dealer prices as of about 10 am. bid and asked prices reflect markup and exclude retail commissions. List includes American Amicable Life, Equitable, First National Bank of Decatur, Protective Life, Southern Airways, and other insurers and banks with varied par values and rates.
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Mlabama
Tennessee Natl
American Amicable Life
American Foundation Life
Coastal States
Jefferson Standard Life
Kentucky Central
Liberty National Life
Tha
Life & Casualty WO
Stta
Moore Handley
Mutual
Htte
Nebraska Consolidated
Protective Life
Southern Airways
Market Prices Report for Cotton and Grains
Cotton Decatur middling inch 30.40. Cottonseed 40 dollars per ton. Milk Grade A 6.55 per hundred Manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred for four percent .055 above four percent direct ratio below four percent. Wood 65 45 and 35. Pulpwood 13.50 per cord. No 2 Yellow Shelled Corn 1.33 No 2 Yellow Ear Corn 1.11 No 2 White Ear Corn 1.07 No 2 White Shelled Corn 1.46 No 2 Oats .65 No 2 Milling Wheat 1.38 No 2 Mile per hundred 2.00 Poultry Wheat 1.13 No 2 Barley .95
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Decatur Jean
Nashville Livestock Market Report Snapshot
Nashville AP market note lists cattle and calves early sales insufficient to test trade. Hogs also show limited early activity with mixed small lots. Barrows and gilts weighing 210-220 lb bring 27.75 per cwt. US 1-2 imported lots unavailable. No sheep reported.
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Nashville
IUS
Egg market report from Birmingham AP
The Birmingham AP summary notes generally slow demand with occasional attractive prices. Supplies are ample with medium items accumulating and small, light, and hard to move eggs. Grade A white prices to retailers per dozen cartoned store delivery: Large 44 to 47 cents, Medium 39 to 42 cents, Small 34 to 39 cents.
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Birmingham
Poultry Market Firm With Tight Supplies in Birmingham Area
Poultry markets show strength as ready to cook dock prices edge up about 1.4 cents from last week. Live supplies are short with weekend slaughter around 123000 head below the prior weekend, estimated total slaughter today about 1,124,000 versus 1,447,000 last weekend. US Grade A major dock prices for trucklot sales Jan 17 21 are 26.75 per lb, Plant Grade A 26.25 26.50. Atlanta reports good trading on live broilers and fryers with farm prices mostly 15 for chickens, hens trading heavy at 18 for large birds and 61 cents for light.
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Birmingham
F.o.b
Atlanta
YMCA Official Challenges Group to Fast Growth in Decatur Drive
Alabama District YMCA executive Den Cox urged local business leaders at a Congress Inn breakfast to back a Jan 24 30 membership drive. Organizers aim to raise over 6000 in dues and establish a full time Decatur Morgan County branch by 1967 with seven daily outreach calls and a future autonomous facility.
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Alabama
YMC
Decatur
YMCA
den Cox
Birmingham
Congress ‘Inn
Upcom
Spenge Hicks
Hicks Chevrolet
Marvin Young
Young
Barrett Shelton Jr
Roberts Eyes 1968 Democratic Primary Campaign Role
Hartselle native Roberts, chair of revenue and control, confirms he will be campaign manager for deGraffenried in the 1968 Democratic Primary. He says the talks have lasted years and denies any reelection plans. The Tuscaloosa lawyer is praised for leadership and aims to make Alabama a model state.
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Revenue and Control
Roberts
deGraffenried
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
deGraffenred
Firstice
Alabamz Iation
National County Commissioner Organization
The
Baptist Church
Nanceford Rd
Hartselle
de Graffenried
deGra Ried
Wall Street Stocks Mixed. Industrials Rise After Bell
Traders note a broad mix with gains for leaders like Du Pont and Xerox while several utilities and industriais show modest climbs. Amid volume activity Int Harv and Am Sugar show notable shifts as broader market sentiment remains cautious.
Market Ends Mixed Amid Inflation Fears
Trading closed with mixed results as inflation fears weighed on shares. Analysts cited several factors shaping the session and noted caution among investors.
Wall Street Gains Trimmed After Turbulent Day
Profit taking trimmed many gains as the stock market opened higher but weakened later. The list rose early, then receded though some stocks stayed strong. Volume was about 9.3 million shares, above Thursday’s 8.87 million, in an abbreviated session ending at 2 pm EST due to the transit strike. Analysts called it an emo-
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New York
New York Transit
FOR SALE AND RENT ADS MIXED IN SMALL CLASSIFIEDS
A jumble of classifieds lists cosmetics sales by Viviane Woodard, a Huntsville phone number, and multiple rental offers for 12 room to 2 bedroom houses with various contact numbers. Also includes a 1965 Zig Zag sewing machine for sale with payment terms and a 1963 Chevrolet Super Sport for sale with features and price cues.
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Walter Jackson
E. Moulton
Air
P.S
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