Hospital Notices of Births and Residents Across Town
A list of births and residents includes Mrs. Jerry A. Hargrove and infant daughter at Eighth St SE, Mrs. Claude D. Arnold and infant daughter at Fifth Ave SE, Baby Cynthia Kaye Morrow, Lacey's Spring, Little Miss Sandra Leigh Stanton at Penny Lane SE, Mrs. John P. Saturey at Edgewood St SE, William D. Blacksman at Chestnut St SE, and others such as Mrs. Gaira M Brown, Guy Dixie Rice, Waymon H. Gandy, Edgar P. Hodges of Hartselle, and multiple entries from Madison, Athens, Moulton, Town Creek, and Jackson St SE, with many infants noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry A. Hargrove
Eighth St
Claude D. Arnold
Fifth Ave
Cynthia Kaye Morrow
Lacey's
Sandra Leigh Stanton
Pennylane
John P. Saturey
Edgewood St
William D. Blacksman
Chestnut St
Gaira M. Brown
Johnston St
Guy Dixie Rice
Eighth Ave
Waymon H. Gandy
Westmeade St
Edgar P. Hodges
Hartselle
Ronnie
Hardiman
Madison
Shirley Ann Patterson
Monroe
Dr. NW
Howard E. James
Clearview St
Hoyt Naylor
Moulton
Jessie Robert Pettie
Athens
Luther Sparkman
Cain St
Thomas I. Holland
Hillsboro
Holly Elizabeth Heft
Sixth Ave
Robert Thomas Brooks III
Jackson St
James D. Byars
Town Creek 2
Reluctant martyrs loom over draft protest leaders
The Montgomery Advertiser critiques Dr. Benjamin Spock Yale Chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr. Mitchell Goodman and Michael Ferber for courting punishment yet warn jail avoidance would dull their martyr image. It cites precedents from Schenck v United States and past draft evasion cases, noting government action and implications for their stance on Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Advertiser
Benjamin Spock
Pablum
Yale
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Mitchell Goodman
Michael Ferber
Dr. King
Alabama
Spock
Coffin
Justice Department
Yale Divinity
Schenck
United States
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Friends
Vietnam
Hitler
Germany
Johnson
America
Stokely Carmichael
Rap Brown
King
Seibold Trial Details and Death Sentences Continue
The defense argues Seibold is insane now as the court reviews his mental state after a double murder conviction and death sentence for another Sinclair daughter. Jurors were sequestered after the first trial and are not told of previous outcomes while a third murder case looms including a neighbor’s child. The case centers on alleged jealous rage and the alleged killer’s relationship with the widowed mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Walker Jr
Seibold
Sinclair
Mary Lynn
L. J. Tyner
Mary Durant
Sinclairome
Juanita Sci
Cathey
Lawrence County Admissions List
A roster of individuals listed for admissions includes Joyce Weatherly of Decatur and many others from towns such as Trinity Moulton Town Creek Hillsboro and Courland. Names include Frank Parker Audrey Mae Parker Beatrice Shelton Judy Tate Eula Mae Filyan Brenda Kidd Wanda Davis and infant daughter among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
Joyce Weatherly
Decatur
Aine Boyett
Trinity
Betty Eflin
Moulton
Frank Parker
Oulton
Vernelle Livingston
Adania Grimes
Dixie Rutherford
Courland
Audrey Mae Parker
Town Creek
Beatrice Shelton
Judy Tate
Eula Mae Filyan
Hillsboro
Mary Elizabeth Haibroks
Brenda Kidd
Wanda Davis
Ed Hill
Mattie Eperson
Athens Limestone Admissions and Dismissals List
A readable entry lists names under admissions and dismissals for Athens Limestone. Included are Rena Mae Wallace Elkmont George M McElyea Athens Gladyiss Shannon Ardmore Tenn Lara Cox Elkmont Alen L Perry Athens Oscar Malone Athens Leona E Donovan Elkmont Jessie T Whitehead Jr Rogersville for admissions and Oscar A Turner Prospect Tenn Linda D Matthews Anniston 1 Annette Bridges and infant son Tony 2 Charles Douglas Dollar Athens 10 Mary L Reyer Ardmore 2 Harry Taylor Elkmont 1 Darlene Caldwell and infant son Athens 7 for dismissals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rena Mae Wallace
Elkmont
George M. McElyea
Athens
Gladyiss
Shannon
Ardmore
Tenn
Lara Cox
Alen L. Perry
Oscar Malone
Leona E. Donovan
Jessie T. Whitehead, Jr
Rogersville
Oscar A. Turner
Prospect
Linda D. Matthews
Anniston
Annette Bridges
Tony
Charles Douglas Dollar
Mary L. Reyer
Harry Taylor
Darlene Caldwell
Births Mr and Mrs Woodard greet a daughter
Mr and Mrs Clifton Eugene Woodard of College Street SE announce the birth of a daughter on Thursday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Charles Edgar Guire of Hartselle greet a child born Thursday at Decatur General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Eugene Woodard
College St. SE
Decatur General Hospital
Charles Edgar Guire
Hartselle
Dakar missing in Suez area prompts international search
British Coast Guard confirms Dakar missing with the Admiralty and Israeli sources later joining in an international air sea search. Last contact noted at 12 12 p m 300 miles northwest of Haifa and 240 miles north of Alexandria as forces monitor the deep eastern Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suez Canal
British Coast Guard
Dakar
Admiralty
Royal Navy
London
Cyprus
Haifa
Israel
Alexandria
Egypt
Mediterranean
Decatur Area Weather Summary Forecast
Decatur and vicinity reports no rain. Today fair to partly cloudy and warmer with a high around 63 and a low near 40. Winds from the southeast at 5 to 12 mph. Jupiter visible low in the west at sunrise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Upper Lakes Region
Rockies
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Pacific Coast
Atlantic States
Plains States
Lakes
Decatur
Fuiay
Obituary notices for Falkville residents Bates and Yarbrough
Funeral rites for Mrs Forest Bates 75 Falkville will be Sunday Ebenezer Freewill Baptist Church with Rev James Waldrop and Rev Dennis Reeves officiating Burial in adjoining cemetery Peck Funeral Home directing Survivors include Wiley Bates three daughters Mrs Patterson Mrs Long Mrs Felkis a son Clifton Bates nine grandchildren three great grandchildren Grandsons as pallbearers Mrs Bates member Ebenezer Freewill Baptist Church Also service for Augusta Yarbrough widow and Sara Yarbrough daughter with a granddaughter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falkville
Forest Bates
Ebenezer Freewill Baptist Church
James Waldrop
Dennis Reeves
Peck Funeral Home
Wiley J. Bates
Roy Patterson
Oscar Long
Hartselle
Glen Felkis
Barverton
Ohio
Clifton Bates
Bates
Jerusalem Primitive ‘Baptist Church
Elijah Watkins
Pointer’s Cemetery
S. Ss
Sykes
Augusta Yarbrough
Sara Yarbrough
Moulton
Johnson cites North Korea violence and Pueblo study
For 15 months North Korea has stepped up violence near the DMZ. A Pueblo crisis study analyzes mobilization needs among three National Guard divisions and 31,100 Reservists, detailing equipment gaps and regional state considerations. The president urges unity as diplomacy continues and warns against further aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Demilitarized Zone
North
South Korea
Vietnam
United States
North Korea
Pueblo
Continental Congress
Decatur Amateur Radio Test Sets Up Emergency Ops
The Decatur area conducts an amateur radio drill to provide disaster communication. Mobile and portable stations will be placed at key points with a long range fixed station linking distant contacts. A control station at the Morgan County Courthouse will direct operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Republicans Map Plans as Democrats Split in Alabama
The 122 member Alabama Republican Committee convenes in Montgomery to outline strategy amid Democratic disarray in Birmingham. A National Democratic Party meeting in Huntsville charts its machine building, while the Alabama Independent Democratic Party plans to back Johnson electors and seeks ballot access for presidential electors and state offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Republican Committee
Montgomery
National Democratic Party
Huntsville
Alabama Independent Democratic Party
Johnson
AIDP
Ragsdale Sr. Claude Louie dies at 68 in Hartselle
Funeral services for Claude Louie Ragsdale Sr. 68 of Hartselle will be at 2 p.m. at Walnut Grove Baptist Church with Rev. C. P. Davis and Rev. Grady Greeson officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Survived by wife Mrs. Alexie Mae Ragsdale and six sons, four daughters, three brothers, and 16 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Claude Louie Ragsdale ‘Sr
Walnnut Grove Baptist Church
IC. P. Davis
Grady Greeson
Alexie Mae Ragsdale
Claude Ragsdale Jr
Somerville
I Lindbergh Ragsdale
Decatur
Mobilization debate tied to Korea and Vietnam stance
Officials argue a two division call up may occur with South Korea sending troops as Korea weighs recalling its forces from Vietnam. The White House used a separate Reserve mobilization to frame policy while Congress weighs Air Reserve units and Navy options amid Korea tensions. Survivors and funeral notices for Annie Pauline Scoggins are included with surrounding military context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South South Korea
South Vietnam
Vietnam
U. S
Hartselle
White House
Annie Pauline Etary
George Christian
Scoggins
Hartseller
Gun- Pueblo
Vin Tucker
Pleasant Hill
Motery
Tennessee
Charles F. Scoggins
Korea
Charles F.jesse
Birmingham
Richard Scoggins
Hartsellevists
Johnny Koran
Luker
Ed Washington
Ward Luker
Decatur
Constance Scogginsietnam
A. B
Deeseof
H. A. Makaffey
National Guard
Pentagon
West Yarbrough
North Korea seized Pueblo to divert U S focus and expose subs
The article argues Commander Bucher failed to scuttle the Pueblo and speculates on why he blew electrical gear, notes American and Soviet submarine tracking off coasts, and links the Pueblo seizure to Kim Il Sung’s anti American strategy and anti US unity calls, citing 1967 border incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Korea
Japan
Bucher
Washington
Russia
Vladivostok
Florida
Cape Kennedy
Roto
U.S
Spain
Holy Loch
Scotland
Guam
mid-Pacific
Kim Il Sung
North Korea
North
Kim
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Associated Press
Decatur General
The
Mobile Home Manufacturers Association
Athens-Limestone Admissions
Mrs. Forest Bates
Takeners
Seoul
38Th Infantry
Indiana
Panama
38Th
Illinois
Michigan
47Th Infantry Division
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
U.N
Defense Department
Sea of Japan
Enterprise
Millsap
Monsanto
Kyle
Donald P. Kyle
Monsanto Co
J. H. Crow Jr
Donald Kyle
Graphic Arts
Kyle-Sullivan Studio
University of Alabama
Rita
14Th Ave
Claude L. Ragsdale Sr
Annie P. Scoggins
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