Deaths Madison Joseph Arthur Nichols 75
Joseph Arthur Nichols 75 of Madison died Saturday at 4 10 am at home. Services are today at 2 30 pm at Maple Grove Baptist Church Madison with Rev Robert Ritch. Burial in Madison Cemetery Laughlin Service Funeral Home directs. Survivors include widow Ruby F Nichols four daughters Emma Rigo Painsville OH Mary Kablick also of Painsville OH and James Barnett Hanceville a son Joseph Nichols and many grandchildren plus four brothers. Pallbearers named. Nichols a Cherokee native lived in Morgan County 25 years worked as a farmer and resided in Madison about 10 years.
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Madison
Joseph Arthur Nichols
Maple Grove
Baptist Church
Robert Ritch
Madison Cemetery
Laughlin Service Funeral Home
Ruby F Nichols
Hubert McCarley
Emma Rigo
Painsville
Ohio
Mary Kablick
James Barnett
Hanceville
Joseph Nichols
Ben Nichols
Sam Nichols
Noah Nichols
Decatur
Ed Nichols
Huntsville
Charles
Jimmy
Leon McCartney
Bobby Chandler
Harold Hanson
Rex Bearden
Nichols
Morgan County
Funeral Services for Johnnie E Burleson
Funeral services for Johnnie E Burleson aged 56 of 849 Moulton Street East will be held at 2 30 pm Sunday at Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel. Burial follows at Roselawn Cemetery.
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Johnnie E. Burleson
Moulton St
James O Singleton Dies at 55 at Veterans Hospital
James O Singleton 55 of Decatur died at 8 55 pm Saturday at the Veterans Hospital in Buloxi Mississippi The body will be returned here for funeral services Surviving are a brother William Singleton of Waverly Tennessee and a sister Mrs Elizabeth Morgan of Birmingham Mr Singleton was a member of St Anne s Church
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James O. Singleton
Decatur
Veterans Hospital
Buloxi
Miss
William Singleton
Waverly
Tenn
Elizabeth Morgan
Birmigham
Singleton
St .Anne’s Church
Budget Outlook Signals Higher Defense Spending Next Year
The report notes a year to year rise in outlays, driven by payments on recent contracts for military gear and construction. For the next fiscal year the budget totals $112.8 billion with $58.3 billion for defense, while revenues may reach $111 billion if tax changes pass. Current year outlays are $106.4 billion with $54.2 billion defense and revenues at $100 billion.
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Congress
Johnson
Defense
Death notice for Nora Peoples in Decatur area
Mrs Nora Peoples 82 of Decatur died Thursday at 3 30 am at an unspecified residence Services are today at 1 pm at Minor Hill Baptist Church Flint with Rev Eli jah Gay Jr officiating Burial follows in adjoining cemetery Reynolds Funeral Home directing Survivors include daughter Miss Marie Peoples and granddaughter Mrs Dorothy Griffin both of Decatur plus two sisters Mrs Ola Robinson Courtland and Mrs Savannah Dodge Belle Mina and other relatives
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Flint
Nora Peoples
Decatur
Minor Hill Baptist Church
Elijah Gay Jr
Reynolds Funeral Home
Marie Peoples
Decatur 4
Dorothy Griffin
Ola Robinson
Courtland
Savannah Dodge
Belle Mina
Nehru Continued as Prime Minister Noted
The report outlines potential successors to Nehru highlighting Mrs. Indira Gandhi as a rising figure. It notes support from most state chiefs for her leadership and the contest within the Congress party to name a parliamentary majority leader amid factional pressure and campaign activity.
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Ceylon
Gandhi
Kumaraswami Kamaraj
Congress Party
India
Nehru
Shastri
Gulzari Lal Nanda
Shas‘tri
Nanda
Kamaraj
Morarji Desai
Mrs. Gandhi
Desai
Folsom and Powell Look to Statewide Races in Alabama
Cullman figures Jam es E. Folsom and Sherman Powell announce bids for governor while Sybil Pool seeks reelection to the Alabama Public Service Commission. The notices name Cullman and Walker counties as campaign bases with support in Falkville and surrounding areas.
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Cullman
Walker Counties
James E
Big Jim) Folsom
Sherman Powell
Falkville
Sybil Pool
Alabama Public Service Commission
Decatur Fire Calls and Local Political Announcements
The Decatur Fire Department responded to several Saturday incidents including a telephone booth fire on Grant St and Somerville Rd and a vehicle fire on E Moulton St causing minor damage. Multiple wrecks were logged at 2nd Ave SE Johnston St SE 1st Ave Grant St Sandlin Rd SW Bellemeade St SW and US 31 A 1959 Chevrolet struck a neon sign at Compak Food Market Austinville Rd. Hospitalized driver Ralph Blackwood played a role in one incident. Local officials announced Morgan County figures seeking or planning to seek state offices and party posts with Wadsworth Burgreen Doss Turner Brewer and Chavan among those noted. Regular Rising Sun Lodge meets Monday with a 50-year pin presentation to a Master Mason.
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2Nd Ave
Johnston
Henry David Bain
Dunraven
Clarence JE. Hill
Decature
A&p
James Haskell Nelson
Paradise Trailer Court
Ross B. Twist
Weldon
Sandlin Rd
Bellemeade St
Billy Ray Steenson
7Th Ave
James Charles Hill
Decatur
1St . Ave
Grant St
Richard Horan
Huntsville
Rogler Dale Dempsey
4Th Ave SE
New Friendship Baptist Church
Somerville
Rising Sun Lodge
Royal Arch. Mason
Demolay Commodery
Decatur Shrine Club
Zamora Shrife Temple
Birmingham
Flint City
Trinity
Priceville
Wadsworth
Commissiondi Post
Board of ‘Revenue and Control
Burgreen
Limestone County
of Revenue
Democratic Executive Committee
Fast- St
Athens
Morgan County
Leslie Doss
Granville Turner
Lime
Compak
Austinville Rd
Ralph Devon Blackwood
3Rd Ave
Blackwood
Decatur General Hospital
Vietnamese generals warn Ky may sell out to Viet Cong
Tension rose as Ky, premier since June 21, faced rumors from unnamed generals about peace talks. An armed South Vietnamese convoy reportedly breached a police checkpoint near Saigon ten miles south of the capital. Marines moved into the city as part of a security buildup after dinners between Vietnamese and American officials, with U.S. officials noting no evident tensions.
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Saigon
Rusk
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Bangkok
Thailand
Nguyen van Thieu
Powell Powell Highlights Alabama Youth and Industrial Growth
Powell urges keeping Alabama’s young people through job creation and notes the Tennessee Valley waterways will sustain booming industry. He cites Alabama supplying 10 percent of national resources and praises Alabama and Auburn football. Hal Long introduces Powell who details his Alabama law career and family ties.
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Powell
Hickory Grove
Alabama
Tennessee
University of Alabama
Auburn University
Hal
Shorty)Long
Decatur
Americans In Lagos Nigeria Numbers Reported
Lagos cer Ben Thirkield notes no danger to Americans in Nigeria but confirms about 6 000 U S citizens reside there. Estimates include 900 government officials and families 650 Peace Corps volunteers missionaries and private sector personnel distributed across Lagos and regional areas.
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Cer Ben Thirkield
U.S
Nigeria
Peace Corps
Congress Eyes 23-Cent Increase in Federal Minimum Wage
News digest from Washington and across the country details Education and Labor Committee plans for a 23-cent hike in the federal minimum wage, past efforts for a larger raise, civil rights protests in Tuskegee and Hattiesburg, antiwar leaflets in Oakland, and Johnson’s actions on postal service and Cyprus tensions.
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Washington
House, Education and
Longtime Morgan County teacher and rural mail carrier dies
Funeral services for Mr. Gamble will be today at 1 p.m. at Laughlin Service Funeral Home in Huntsville with Rev. Ray McCulloch officiating. Burial follows at Bartee Cemetery in Lacey's Spring. Survivors include his widow Clara Black Gamble, daughter Ethel Davis, sons Jack, Edgar, and other relatives. He moved to Morgan County around 1922 and taught in Lacey's Spring before 33 years as a rural mail carrier retiring in the late 1950s.
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Gamble
Morgan County
Lacey's Spring
Governor's Office
Laughlin Service
Huntsville
Ray McCulloch
Bartee Cemetery
Laughlin
Clara Black Gamble
Ethel Davis
Waldermose Springs
Jack G. Gamble
Hartselle
Edgar A. Gamble
Zack Freeman
Altoona
Robert Engle
Marvin Dyar
Purvis
Ernest Power
Boaz
Decatur Area Weather and River Outlook
Partly cloudy and warmer today with a high near 53 and a low around 34. Increasing clouds Sunday night into Monday bring a chance of light showers in the afternoon. Mars near perihelion today with 687 day orbit. aphelion expected December 26, 1966.
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Mars
Aphelion
Decatur
Arctic air looms as snow chances rise for northern plains
Arctic air masses are forecast to push south on Monday and a developing storm near Mexico could bring light snow. Forecasters warn of colder, cloudier weather with the risk of a wintry mix as the system moves in.
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Mexico
Nigerian crisis deepens with regional leaders reported assassinated
Reports from London claim Sardar Ahmadu Bello and his wife were killed and Western Region premier Chief Samuel Akintola also died. Lagos communications were cut as loyal troops held public buildings in the capital while Makarios tours Lagos amid safety fears.
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Lagos
London
Nigeria
Sardar Ahmadu Bello
Samuel I. Akintola
Makarios
Cyprus
High Commission
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NSA
Eloise French
Margaret Dillon
Juanita McCary
Geraldine Farrer
Mildred Lee
Sara Nichols
Bob Bates
James_O. Singleton
Taras A
Chevyland
Decatur Fire Department
Somerville Rd
E. Moulton St
Bobby Quinn
Clyde Maples
Board of Revenue
Guy Roberts
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Ryan deGraffenreid
Paul Collier
Collier
Shelby County
Ingalls Iron Works Co
Marine Division
Vincent High School
Stone
House of Representatives
Senate
Morgan
Limestone
Albert Brewer
Mieuger
B. Chavan
T. M. Harvey
Tolbert D.short
Ware
Falkvile Arts
Powell — Falkville
G. D. Sims
Charles I. Williams
Sher
Man Powell
Falkville High School
Jim Garner
Long
Miles
Jasper
Midwestern
Tuskegee
Ala
Harvey Sadler
Sadle
Tuskegee Institute
Hattiesburg, Miss
Vernon Dahmer
Oakland
Calif
San Francisco Bay Area
Sheriff's Air Patrol
Carl Dahl
Oakland Police Intelligence Unit
Lawrence F. O'Brien
White House
Turkey
Greece
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Ismet Inonu
Alexei N. Kosygin
India-Pakistan
Tashkent
Lyndon B. Johnson
Moscow
Pakistan
China
Lord Chalfont
Soviet Union
West
CUBS
the Daily
Decatur Daily
Rouatd Dre
Front Row
Déft
Davide O Bart Steyn Tennimen
Stuart Ten
Nimen
Seeba Row
Jim White
Mark Barnes
Jim Robertson
Gerald Hudson
Ricky Whitey
Charles. Tenniman
U. S
Grant's Skillet Restaurant
Decatur Shopping Center
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