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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1964
Page
2
The report notes sunset at 5 06 p m and sunrise at 6 53 a m with moonset at 12 10 a m. First Quarter occurs tonight at 11 29 p m. Mercury may appear low in the southeast during morning twilight this week. Mercury sits about 85 million miles from Earth.
Decatur area conditions show the Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge at 16.44 feet up .09 in 24 hours with sea level at 550.74 feet. TVA lake stages include Chickamauga 675.3 Pickwick 408.3 Guntersville 593.1 Whitesburg 552.6. High 58, low tonight 31, Tuesday 61. Forecast sunny and mild today and Tuesday, tonight fair and cooler with westerly winds 12 to 25 mph diminishing tonight. Gas department: yesterday high 63 at 1 30 pm, low 42 at 6 am, this morning 49 at 10:30.
Cotton inch middling about 4.00 for December. Decatur loan 33.57. averages 23.25. Cattle markets show cows weak to 50 lower, bulls strong, feeders active. Steers 400-650 lbs 22.00-24.00, 300-500 lb heifers 17.00-22.00. calves active, vealers 30.00-34.00.
Market report shows cattle and calves steady to mixed in Nashville with 1000 lb steers at 23.25 and 500-800 lb heifers around 4.50, bulls 17.50 to 18.50, feeders strong with steers 22.00-24.00 and calves 30.00-34.00 for vealers. Hogs US 1-3 190-240 lb at 14.75-15.00, 325-650 lb at 11.00-12.00. Sheep steady with slaughter lambs 19.00-20.00. Regional receipts listed for Albany and nearby markets.
In Limestone and Morgan counties SLAM reports high first feeding uptake. Dr. Pennington praises smooth operations and worker enthusiasm while Gil Crane notes vaccine shortages at some stations. Quince Eddens and Dr. Lewis promise immediate planning for next feeding as drills emphasize efficiency.
The city recorder listed charges such as disorderly conduct eight counts driving with a revoked license and assault and battery. City clerk records issued building permits to several contractors for varied residential projects with costs ranging from 100 to nearly 20 000 dollars. Morgan County arrests included highway intoxication public drunkenness and embezzlement with additional counts. Local events include Somerville Road School PTA meeting Hartwell Weaver speaker and the United Fund annual meeting at City Electric Auditorium along with VFW Post 4190 gathering at the new post home.
A confrontation in Atlanta involved Ku Klux Klan members, counter demonstrators taunting them as police, undermanned by orders, failed to arrest participants. The Civil Rights Commission warned federal action to break barriers in skilled trades remains likely amid scant progress in minority employment and apprenticeships.
Two traffic accidents in Decatur Sunday and today left two people with apparently minor injuries. Larry Joe Cook and Frank Lee Stevens collided on 6th Ave SE near Corsbie. Stanley Hyde struck a parked car on Enolam Ave near 16th St. Hyde sustained head injuries. Fred Nabus Hiroshige and Billy Morris collided at Prospect Dr SE and 6th Ave SE after a red light. Jimmy Keith Wallace crashed into a house on Cedar St with injuries treated at Decatur General Hospital. house damage undetermined.
Athens resident Rufus Woodward aged 62 died from a self inflicted gunshot at his home on 502 6th St. in Athens the body found in the garage by his teenage son Steve around 9 p.m. He left no note and had a prior stroke. Funeral services are set for McConnell Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p.m. Tuesday with burial at Roselawn Cemetery. Survivors include Edna Ruth Woodward his wife three sons Harold Corder and Steve two brothers Ruben Charlie and one sister Mrs Rosie Cowan Georgia two grandchildren.
The four month old son of Mrs. Wylie V. Owens died Saturday night at Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital. Graveside services are set for 2 p.m. today at New Friendship Baptist Cemetery near Brooksville with Rev. F. T. Dismukes officiating. Survivors include brother Steven Owens and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Owens and Mr. and Mrs. Troy Turner along with other relatives.
John M. Seymour Jr. died Sunday at 5 p.m. in Montgomery. Funeral services were set for today in Selma. Survived by a sister Mrs. Walter M. Jackson of Decatur.
Elkmont town council will meet Tuesday at 7 pm to discuss a proposed housing project for elderly residents as the main topic of the session. The meeting venue and additional agenda items were not specified in the available text.
The Decatur Boys Club seeks a new building costing about 130000 after raising 30000 so far. The club serves over 1000 boys with an 18500 budget this year, funding from Morgan County United Fund but requiring public donations to secure future facilities and character development.
Admissions include William Dee Bartlett Addison Minnie Pearl Burns Cullman Lewis Floyd Freeman Bre men Lela Esther Greene Hershel Holmes Falkville Shirley Mavis King Cullman Eva Christine Powers Norman Richard Smith Cullman Ida Ethel Huff Vine mont Hugh Kelley Cullman Caldonia Hawkins Arkadelphia Henry Gordon Stricklin Cullman Lady Ellen Alvis Garden City Mary Novel Wooten Cullman George Fine Thomas Hance ville Kenneth Edwin Murphree Holly Pond Homer Alvin Nails Vinemont Tommy Smith Rocks Cullman.
A long list of names with street addresses and towns appears, including Master Byron Moore and Mrs. Effie Nash among others. The compiled roster shows numerous residents and relatives connected to individuals in Athens Somerville Cullman and Decatur with many entries ending in numeric street details.
A partial list of names and addresses appears in a local admissions notice. Among those reading as readers or participants are Judy Spinks, Edgar Smith, Nell Mann, James Tatum, Esker Gray, Gray Falkville, David Devaney, Belle Mina, Michael Joe White, Donald Baraglia, Ronald Baraglia, Rolinda Baraglia, Ernest Springs, Sadie Voss, Cynthia Hauk, Garland Simmons, Clayton Key and Henry Haggermaker. The fragmentary roster includes multiple street addresses in Decatur and nearby towns.
Mrs Mollie Sue Fletcher died today and Reynolds Funeral Home will announce funeral arrangements.
A burglary attempt ended with a failed break in as a burglar tried to force the safe, then piled combustibles and set a fire. The safe, valued at 5 000 dollars after the blaze, contained under 100 dollars. Two burned matches were found near the safe and investigators labeled the fire deliberate. Separate incidents: a break in at Gulf Oil Distributing Co. on Canal Street left a door open and a window broken, with cash missing from a drink machine and a change box. A residence on Wilson Street reported over 300 dollars in cash and merchandise stolen, including pistols and clothing items, with entry traced to an air conditioner. Childer's Grocery on Church Street NW reported lighter, pipes, and knives taken after a break-in via a window.
Report says the storm brushed Decatur with a 10 mile wide band bringing winds to 70 mph forecast, while Muscle Shoals saw lighter gusts. Rainfall totals reached 0.62 inches in 24 hours ending 7 am with no official wind reading. calmer conditions expected though a near freezing night looms.
Limestone County Extension Agent Floyd Agee is in Auburn this week for a cotton meeting and plans to return Thursday or Friday.
Limestone County schools continue construction on a Piney Chapel gymnasium, four classrooms at East Limestone, and six classrooms at Trinity Negro High. Supt. George Roberts said plans also include new gymnasiums at Tanner and Elkmont high schools, with timing not announced.
The March of Dimes Telethon on Channel 23 and stations WHOS WMSL WAJF WHRT raised an estimated 1450 yesterday. The event ran 1 to 5 p.m. and drew strong community support, boosted by appearance of actor Dean Jones in Hartselle.
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