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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1963
Page
2
North America will witness a solar eclipse on July 20. It will be visible as a partial eclipse across the region including Alaska Canada and Maine.
Decatur and nearby Tennessee River levels showed 16.69 feet at Keller Memorial Bridge, down 0.63 in 24 hours, sea level reading 550.99 feet. TVA lakes Pickwick 4086 Guntersville 593.2 Whitesburg 553.8 Wilson 505.7. Temperatures ranged from 12 to 22 degrees with a high of 34 today and 41 Saturday. Forecast calls for mostly fair, cooler conditions with light variable winds today and tonight and southeasterly winds up to 15 mph Saturday.
Temperatures through Sunday range up to 64 with normal highs 55 to 64 and lows 36 to 44. Rain is possible Sunday or Monday with moderate to heavy precipitation totaling 0.5 to 1 inch, followed by cooler air.
Births report a daughter for Mr and Mrs Billy C Osborn at Decatur General and a son for Mr and Mrs Bobby Devaney Thursday at Baugh Wiley Smith Clinic. For rent a 3 room unfurnished house with two electric heaters, $35 month, 416 8th Ave.
State docks director Houston Feaster warned a one week furlough for about 700 workers due to the ILA strike. Mobile dock manager James L. Newman said no official closure notice had been received and work was expected to continue. Negotiations stalled over a rain clause as the Mobile ILA local and ship company reps prepared for another meeting.
Session remarks touch on air cover confusion over the invasion plan and Kennedy’s critique of misstatements by the President’s brother. He urges continued U S Britain and France cooperation, warns Europeans may distrust American resolve, and cites Khrushchev and nuclear test talks.
The Weather Bureau indicated temperatures from 26 to 4 were possible for citrus trees and vegetables with moderation expected in the central and southern Plains, Middle Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley, mid Atlantic states, Arkansas and Georgia. Early morning lows reached 16 below in Minneapolis and 15 below in Glasgow Missouri and International Falls Minnesota. In the Northeast the temperature was 10 in Lebanon New Hampshire.
Lawrence County hospital board records show admissions for Ida Jones of Moulton with four inpatients, Mance Hamby of Moulton, Mrs Bennie of Moulton, Leon Terry of Dismissals, and Lillian Borden of Town Creek with one, Vera Mae Leach of Moulton, and Seldon Terry of Moulton totaling four dismissals.
Area schools remained shut Thursday due to severe cold and frozen equipment at Chalybeate Junior High and Midway School. Temperatures ranged from 14 below at Talladega to single digits in several cities as Huntsville ends natural gas emergency with neighbor cities' help.
Mrs Willie Reeves 62 of Moulton died Wednesday in Harvey Illinois after a six week illness. Funeral arrangements are pending with Elliott Brown Funeral Home. Surviving are two daughters Mildred Reeves Harvey and Lurleen Hughes Danville seven sons Olan Reeves Junior Reeves John Reeves Bobby Reeves Bruce Reeves Cellie Reeves and Richard Reeves all of Harvey one sister Ethel Hensley Moulton two dozen grandchildren and other relatives. She was a native of Lawrence County and a member of Enon Baptist Church.
A roster of names and addresses includes Billy Wayne Putman Athens Judith Chittam Athens Dorothy Hill Athens Francis Hardison Crane James R Cone Hanceville Hollis Mickle Cullman Michéal Bontranger Cullman H D Ballard Hanceville Patrica Holmes Decatur O B Hardin Hanceville Jerry Hardy Blountsville Carmen Willingham Vinemont Vernon Harville Arley Doris Abbott Cullman V C Lambert Hanceville Teda Quick Hanceville Joseph Smith Cullman Ora Clavert Cullman Edgar Jacobs Cullman Donald Burdette Cullman Wayne Nuss Hanceville Nell Dorrough Cullman James Brown Birmingham Noeh Smith Cullman James Lovay Cullman Paul Meadows Cullman
A mixed listing of residents including Mrs Annie Wyatt Wayne Jennings Eva Thermond Miss Wanda Ramey Bobby Terry Mrs Ruth Hancock Miss June Henderson Howard Woodard Mrs Mildred Draper and Mrs W B Rich with infant daughter Cotaco indicates a community notices segment showing residents and addresses in Decatur and nearby areas. The fragmentary roster suggests a social or civil notices page with multiple households and street references such as 803 3rd Ave SE 1001 5th Ave SW 1204 19th Line St Cotaco.
Decatur General admissions listing includes multiple individuals with addresses across Decatur and surrounding areas. Names include Mrs. Billy C. Osborne, Mrs. Kenneth G. Doss, Robert Stanley Hinds, Cecil Eugene Douthit, Todd Lamar Thomas, Avery J. Snyder, Ronald Paul Love, Raymond R. Clay, Mrs Sherman Bolan, Ernest Austin Taylor Jr., Mrs. R. W. Roger, Miss Helen Carol Hargrove, Mrs L. E. LaCroix, Mrs Alton Rogers, Mrs J. W. Dahnke, Miss Nancy Lavern Faught, Master Larry Charles Tucker, Master David Wayne Free, Baby James Marvin Irvin, and Little Miss Carol Darlene Fuller.
Herman Atlee Phillips known as Dopie Phillips is listed missing by Morgan County Sheriff's Force. He is 37, 205 pounds, 6 feet 1 inch, brown hair, gray suit, drives a 1963 Ford Falcon and was last seen about a week ago. He played football for Decatur High School Red Raiders in the late 1940s. Anyone with information may contact his father Herman Phillips or the sheriff's force.
In his opening remarks, Brewer quoted Gov. Wallace and urged focus on state problems. He warned of a fiscal crisis in the Highway Department with 2.7 million unencumbered, 8.3 million in accounts payable, and 140 million in matching funds, plus 98 million to be matched by the state, and said current revenues cannot cover expenditures. He called for increased revenue to pay teachers and fund new initiatives, stressing government must serve and be accountable.
Negro death notice for Ozzie Vinson of Courtland who died this morning at home. Funeral arrangements announced later by Turner Funeral Home.
The report notes subzero readings in Millinocket Maine and other cities including Binghamton New York Providence Rhode Island and Worcester Massachusetts while Chicago marked its sixth straight day of subzero weather. Most areas were clear but snow added to the Great Lakes region southern New England northern Plains and northern Rockies with 1 to 3 inches in western Nebraska and western South Dakota.
Two persons received minor injuries in a two car collision at 7th St SE and 18th Ave. SE. The injured were Miss Karen B. Degraffenried 15 and Mrs Christine Sizemore both passengers in a 1955 Studebaker driven by Mrs Katie W. Degraffenreid 29. The other driver was Leonard M. Bishop 62 in a 1960 Comet. Both cars had heavy damage.
William Pryor Chandler died Wednesday. Funeral services were conducted today at 10 30 a m from Gunthorp Brown Funeral Home Chapel with Rev E L McFee officiating. Survivors include his widow two sons William P Chandler Jr Hollywood Fla and John David Chandler Atlanta one daughter Mrs Curtis Fullerton Keithsburg Ill and one sister Mrs Thomas Frost Birmingham Pallbearers were Tom Dean Gilbert Evans Oscar Barker Homer Ulrich Maclin Fierson and Fred Martin.
Wallace states he will fight in court to keep Negroes out of white schools and, if admitted, will launch fresh legal action. Flowers says he will avoid violence or military law and urges legal resistance with the governor’s advisory group. Both offer aid to Mobile and Madison County boards in desegregation suits and object to federal suits without a formal complaint.
The Air Force says reconnaissance aircraft photographed the Tuscaloosa area in late December at the request of the Justice Department. The mission, by the Shaw AFB Reconnaissance Wing, covered several Southern cities and produced copies for the Justice Department.
Market notes show pulpwood at 135 per cora and corn values for No 2 yellow shelled at 1 28 and No 2 white shelled at 1 25. Milling wheat quoted at 2 00 per hundred and corn at 675. Hog prices listed around 16 00 to 16 50 for 200 lb No 1 2, with sows 12 50 to 14 00. Dealers active, sales robust.
Wall Street moved irregularly lower this afternoon with many blue chips slipping while a handful bucked the trend. Du Pont led gains rising over 2 percent with Westinghouse Electric Union Carbide Eastman Kodak and Standard Oil of Indiana each up about a point as higher silver prices buoyed International Silver.
In Birmingham live poultry markets demand remains mostly good while supplies stay tight for broilers and fryers. Weekend slaughter was exceptionally heavy as most plants were closed Thursday, with estimated totals approaching 1.29 million head versus 974,800 last weekend. Plant prices for delivered poultry ranged from 14.5 to 15.5 cents. Georgia markets report barely adequate supplies clearing under fair to good demand with Celene and fryers at about 14 cents.
Mary Lou Dancy chapter hosts a Saturday dinner at the Masonic Temple 7 30 pm with tickets at the door. Weather delays the DAV Hall entertainment. Building permits issued for Thomas Lafayette Street NW and others. Police report a rock thrown through a garage window and coin box theft concerns at a grocery store. City docket cites drunkenness and traffic offenses. Sheriff reports an assault arrest. Driver license exams saw 135 applications with various outcomes. Thieves failed entry at Bynum's Trading Post. PTA meeting postponed to Feb 4. Fire department responses include minor house and flue losses. American Legion Auxiliary meeting canceled due to cold.
Cattle and calves receipts were very small due to severe weather. Slaughter cattle and yearlings sold strong with higher bids. hogs and lambs showed gains in late sales. In Thomasville Georgia hog receipts totaled 3400 across several markets with steady prices for barrows gilts and sows and similar to Friday.
AP dispatch from Birmingham notes supply clearing slowly with medium and small grades frequently short of needs. Demand fair to good and prices steady within a range, with price data valid up to 9:30 a.m. today. Grade A white large 41-50 cents, mediums 39-43, small 35-40 with cases and direct sales included.
Mr and Mrs William Ruth told police they slept under a sun lamp and could not see well enough to drive. They were treated at a hospital and discharged after the incident.
It was 17 below zero in Toledo on Thursday yet pedestrians smiled at a drug store with a sign reading Ain't this a relief from the heat. The lighthearted note drew chuckles despite the extreme cold.
Cold weather and slick streets slow waste collection in Cincinnati. Drivers report packing mechanisms freezing in subzero temperatures, causing collection to run at least one day late.
In Detroit on Thursday bitter cold left only a small share of city trucks delivering. A Local 38 spokesman Ed Gruman said icy roads hindered service and the beer would freeze too as temperatures fell to minus 13 degrees, the coldest in 29 years.
Chicago police say the cold spell slows criminal activity as suspects flee robbing incidents. Police report an uptick in automobile battery thefts despite fewer robberies due to vehicles failing to start in the freezing weather.
The U S Weather Bureau report notes Tupelo Mississippi recorded about two below zero temperatures this morning. The item highlights a playful coincidence between the town’s name and the cold reading.
Students from Colbert Cullman Franklin Jackson Lauderdale Lawrence Limestone Madison Marion Morgan and Winston counties meet at Decatur High School at 8 a.m. Saturday to qualify for a trip to the University of Alabama and a place in one of three all state bands. A concert follows at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium directed by Kenneth Large. Admission is free.
A 35 year old man Charles E. Sapp was injured in a rural wreck on Morgan County Road 28 near County 41 at 4 30 p. m. His 1955 Buick sustained about 350 in damage and he was transported to Hart Selle Hospital with facial head and shoulder lacerations.
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