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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1966
Page
2
January 18 forecast calls for cloudy cold weather with light snow flurries and up to one inch in higher terrain. River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 16.84 feet with sea level at 551.4. highs near 38 today and Wednesday, lows around 27. Moon rises early tomorrow, Square of Pegasus visible tonight.
The post coup turmoil in western Nigeria erupts in murder arson and looting as Ironsi claims low ranking officers organized the revolt. Balewa and finance minister Festus Okotie Eboh are missing, believed held by rebels in the east while Britain weighs recognition of the regime. President Azikiwe remains in London awaiting calls home.
Light pelt covers about 20 percent of the area tonight then lessens and ends by Wednesday. Decatur reports brief flakes that melt on impact with no accumulations noted. FAA Muscle Shoals reports flurries at 4 a.m. then clear. Decatur records sub freezing 22 degrees last night. High around 38 today and low near 27. Washington Cathedral project ongoing since 1910 expected to finish in 1985.
The article discusses the difficulty in distinguishing genuine U.S. intentions from World perception during the peace offensive in Vietnam. It notes possible increases in air activity if no ceasefire response arrives and ponders whether actions will target the South first or resume north raids. It mentions Shelepin's Hanoi mission and doubts about convincing North Vietnamese leaders of war's undesirability.
A Champaign Illinois native, Scott began as development supervisor in the New York London technical department in Pensacola Florida then transferred to Decatur. In September 1955 he became director of manufacturing at the Acrilan acrylic fiber plant and in 1962 was named executive director of the Acrilan product line with headquarters in New York. He earned a BS from the University of Illinois and an MS from Ohio State University.
President Johnson named Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Robert C. Wood as under secretary of the new department. Wood led a presidential task force that proposed new tasks and structure. Johnson also named Philip N. Brownstein of the FHA as assistant secretary for financial management, Charles M Haar of Harvard Law as assistant secretary for metropolitan planning, and William Ross of the Budget Bureau as deputy undersecretary for program planning and evaluation.
Marvin Owens, 53, Danville 2, died today at 6 30 am at Lawrence County Hospital. Services Wednesday 2 30 pm at Fairfield Church of Christ with O D Bowling and C G Redding officiating. Burial Red Hill Cemetery Elliott Funeral Home directing. Owens survived by widow Cora, four daughters, two sons, a sister, five brothers and three grandchildren.
The piece notes Ford urging continued peace and intensified military efforts and blaming inflation on the President. He calls for sharp cuts to domestic programs to avoid $1 billion in new taxes. Democratic leaders respond with mixed criticism of the GOP approach.
Collier, president, told the board that since the last stock dividend the assets and life insurance in force have almost doubled. He noted surplus rose by 1 853 027 plus 1965 operations. A 20 percent stock dividend would lift capital from 1 770 530 to 2 124 636. The board plans to maintain cash dividends, increasing total cash dividends by 20 percent.
President Johnson directed Treasury Secretary Henry H. Fowler to raise interest rates on U.S. Savings bonds, signaling a policy move aimed at boosting savings returns. The White House action underscores efforts to manage inflation and finance the federal balance.
Quotations compiled by the NASD at about 100 am show inter-dealer prices for listed life and insurance stocks and financials. Bid and asked prices reflect inter-dealer activity and exclude retail markup or commission. Prices and listings include Allied Life Ameco Bank of H ville Equity National Life and others in Alabama Tennessee Nebraska Kentucky and national firms. Inter-dealer markets change through the day.
Cotton middling price for the Decatur loan is listed with no change. Cottonseed at 40 dollars per ton. Milk Grade A 6.55 per hundred, manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred at four percent ratio, with adjustments. Wood prices shown as 65, 45, and 35 with a 13.50 dollar per cord rate. Corn and grain prices include Yellow Shelled 1.33, Yellow Ear 1.11, No 2 White Ear 1.07, No 2 White Shelled 1.46, No 2 Oats 3.65, No 2 Wheat 1.38, No 2 per hundred 2.00, Peakty Wheat 1.13, No 2 Barley .95.
Nashville cattle ranges show slaughter steers 24.00 to 24.50, utility cows 15.00 to 16.00, bulls 19.00 to 20.00, feeder steers 23.50 to 26.50. Hog lots mix 27.75 for 195 to 235 lb barrows and gilts. sows 23.00 to 23.75 for 400 to 625 lb. Sheep at 25. Early sales noted.
Birmingham markets report ample eggs for the fair demand with mediums accumulating in some quarters. Retail prices per dozen cartoned with store delivery included show Grade A white large 419-47, medium 39-4214, small 34-39.
In Atlanta a trading update shows very good live broilers and fryers today with farm prices mostly at 15. Trading was fair to good. Hens offerings are adequate with farm prices heavy at 17 and light at 6 to 6 12 percent.
Police logged multiple vehicle crashes in Decatur including a DWI charge after a 1961 Plymouth collided on Old Moulton Road. Building permits listed for several residents. a Gulf Triangle Service Station breakin reported with a missing jack. Community events feature Rainbow for Girls leaders visiting and PTA meetings scheduled this week.
The market held near records as profit taking cooled some gains while aerospace and defense issues led advances. IBM, Xerox, Eastern Air Lines eased with mixed movers like Admiral and Boeing rising. volume about 9.6 million shares.
Senator Joseph S. Clark accuses Senate Foreign Relations member Dirksen of mixed signals on Vietnam policy. Clark says Dirksen pretends to back the President while repeating that there is no substitute for victory and argues history shows most wars end at the conference table short of total victory.
Attorneys for five southern states contest the Voting Rights Act as an improper means to enforce the 15th Amendment arguing Congress is usurping judicial power by applying the law to states with low voter turnout in November 1964. Georgia is given a half hour to present its case before Katzenbach presents the federal government's side for two hours.
Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen signals a shift from earlier hard line aims to mirror President Johnson on Viet Nam. He demands peace efforts continue with potential intensified military action if necessary, while avoiding a renewed bombing surge. Ford cautions only the President can decide on the bombing pause.
Congressman Bob Poage of Texas will address the group and catch a jet from Waco to attend the meeting. Alabama's 1966 Maid of Cotton Miss Julia England will also attend. The event includes cotton growing discussions, machinery exhibits, and displays by commercial suppliers with support from Farmers Home Administration ASCS groups and area vocational departments.
Conscientious lawman Sandlin, a Morgan County Cattlemen’s Association and Farm Bureau member, announces candidacy for Morgan County sheriff. Other contenders include incumbent Dick Fleming and challengers Roland Guyse Jack Metcalf Lucian McCulloch.
U S spokesman notes 191000 American troops in South Vietnam after earlier claims of 4500 Marines landed. Viet Cong mortars hit a U S military compound in Quang Ngai City near an orphanage injuring five children and three Vietnamese civilian caretakers. No Americans were hurt. two Vietnamese soldiers reported killed and 14 wounded per unofficial counts. Sergeant Wayne Mabry recalls the near-miss while sheltered in bunkers.
The city commission approved rezoning six lots on 19th Ave SE near Harrison St from single family to mixed single and multi family use. A Carridale St SW multi family rezoning was set for public hearing on Feb 15. Officials will study extending water and sewer lines before the beltline highway construction.
Perkins pleaded not guilty but was found guilty on both charges. He paid 25 dollars plus 3 costs for disorderly conduct and 50 dollars plus 3 costs for resisting arrest, then posted a 600 dollar bond after appeals. Fowler, with similar charges, was found guilty and fined 81 dollars total, paying and leaving jail after Monday morning release. They were arrested Sunday night after driving a car at high speed through Paradise Trailer Court and detained at Travelers Rest Motel. Fowler admitted disorderly conduct but not resisting arrest, and did not appeal. Perkins claimed injuries from prior arrests. The text also cites epilepsy and cerebral palsy prevalence in the U.S.
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