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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1964
Page
2
Sunset is at 5:14 p.m. with sunrise at 6:48 a.m. Moonrise occurs at 6:10 p.m. Last Quarter is February 5. Prominent stars Regulus near the Moon and Aldebaran high in the south. Visible planets Jupiter high in the southwest and Venus low in the west.
Tennessee River reading this morning at Keller Memorial Bridge was 19.02 feet, up 0.38 in 24 hours. TVA lake levels listed Chickamauga 675.5 and Pickwick 508.8 with temperatures forecast sunny and windy today. Gas department noted 10:45 a.m. reading at 29 degrees after a 53 high and 27 low yesterday.
Ada Roberson of 411 Memorial Drive died Sunday at 11 45 a m at her home. Funeral services will be announced later.
The Congo government cites documentary proof of Chinese support for the revolt led by former Education Minister Pierre Mulele, 34, who spent time in Peking and Cairo. Mulele, ex-ambassador to Cairo, returned from exile to rally troops in Kwilu Province as violence spreads toward Kasai and Kwango near Leopoldville.
Multiple small ads list rental offers beds treats and carpool requests. Items include a nearly new three bedroom house with carport and large lot priced at 90 dollars monthly and a two bedroom trailer for sale. Also a 1958 Ford Fairlane 500 with details and a waitress job inquiry at a state office plus dictionaries for sale from Ira's Book Shop.
Ed Mitchell, chairman of the Huntsville Madison County Airport Authority, stated during the jet airport proposal’s preliminary stages that the plan aimed to place the facility where it would benefit the largest number of residents. The comment was attributed to Mitchell and reported by Mike Freeman, city editor.
Market notes showCottonseed at 45 per ton milk grade A 86.55 per hundred manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred. Pulpwood 13.50 a cord. Corn prices listed with No. 2 yellow White and soybeans. Cattle hog prices described with weights and ranges. Separate report on a new airport eight miles from Decatur with projected top five status and federal aid plans. Mitchell outlines traffic thresholds and public corporation bonds. FAA funding cited with phase one planned June or July and site engineers on the ground.
AP reporting shows a wide range of securities advancing at noon with gains in Int Bus Mch Acme Steel Int Harv Allis Chal Int Paper Am Air L Am T&T Coca Cola Chrysler Boeing Colg Palm East Air L East Rod Ford Mot Gen Elec Texaco US Steel West Un Tel Goodyear Woolworth and others. Investors push mixed sectors higher with notable upticks in Am Sugar Pure Oil Pepsi Cola Pent Milk Penney RCA and Coca Cola.
Baker persuaded him to buy advertising time worth 1208 dollars on the Austin station. Jenkins denied the allegations in an affidavit to the committee. Reynolds said he had no use for the time and assigned it to Young of Silver Spring Maryland. Young claimed he turned over about ten letters to Senator John L. Williams who has pushed the Baker inquiry.
In Gola province fewer than 600 government troops confront several thousand guerrillas as fighting continues.
The board debated county office reorganization near Falkville with a proposed separate license office, but kept the current system using the tax assessor’s IBM machine. Five windows will open into the courthouse main corridor by fall, while a recreation board proposed roadside tables lights ball fields and boat ramps with an estimated Cold Springs project cost of 10239.91 dollars.
The Decatur Junior Achievement program began in 1963 with six student groups. Each group elected officers chose a product and name then launched a stock selling campaign. An open house was planned to welcome the public and potential future participants.
Mr and Mrs Haytman Tay lor 931 4th Ave SE welcomed a girl Monday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs James Swain Hartselle had a boy Monday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Franklin Waddle 1424 St SE had a boy today at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Mervin Owens 1016 7th Ave SW welcomed a daughter Monday at Bank St Hospital.
A W Brown aged 65 died January 16 in Garrett Texas. Funeral services were held at Keever Chapel with burial at Myrtle Cemetery in Garrett. Survived by widow Mrs A W Brown daughter Mrs E T McCord Grand Prairie four grandchildren three brothers Glynn Brown Elton Brown Oleny Brown all of Valhermoso Springs. three sisters Mrs Leonard Williams Shelbyville Tenn Mrs Otis Williams Valhermoso Springs and Mrs Olga Chunn Lansing Michigan. Mr Brown moved to Garrett in 1921.
Mrs. Sue Billingsley 66 of Franklin Tenn died Sunday afternoon at Vanderbilt Hospital Nashville. Services at St Timothys Episcopal Church with Elton Fitch officiating. Burial in City Cemetery. Survived by two sons, John Lyle Billingsley Lemars Iowa and Robert Billingsley Franklin. three sisters and two brothers. Pallbearers listed.
Mrs Sallie Mat Pepper of Athens 77 died Monday at 11 50 am at her residence. Funeral 2 pm at Bethel Church of Christ with Burl Grubbs and B D Morrow officiating. Burial in Johnson Cemetery. Survivors include her widower Frank Pepper four stepdaughters one step son two sisters three brothers and she was sister of the late Douglas Newby. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Eldie Lestie Holland 63 of Lincoln Park Michigan died at Lincoln Park. Funeral at 10 a m at McConnells Chapel officiated by Rev James Harris with burial in City Cemetery Lincoln Park. Survivors include Margarette Holland one daughter Mrs Gilbert N Clarke Detroit one sister Mrs Luther Poteete Lincoln Park two brothers Henry L Holland Dearborn Hoyt Holland Huntington Beach Pallbearers include Adrick Holland Horace Holland Robert Holland Dean Holland Barney Griffin Sanford Mitchell.
George R. Douglas of Decatur, age 41, died this morning at a local hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending with Peck Funeral Home.
William M Morris 63 of Falkville died at 10 05 am today at Hartselle Hospital Funeral arrangements are announced later by Peck Funeral Home Morris formerly taught at Lacey s Spring Eva Falkville Gandy s Cove and Collins elementary schools
The speaker argues for a leadership stance among nations not aligned with either East or West blocs. Recognition of Red China would fit this strategic pattern, framing foreign policy as balancing power rather than choosing sides.
The $58,000,000 Commonwealth communications cable will span 8,700 miles of Pacific Ocean linking Australia and Britain via Canada.
A compiled hospital roster shows multiple patients with residences across Decatur Danville Hillsboro Athens Madison Belle Mina Trinity Hartselle and more. Names include Mrs J L Murphy Mrs Della Poole Miss Kathy Bradford Dock Murphy and Master David Devaney among others.
A compiled roll lists residents from Cullman and nearby towns including Cullman Rebecca Ann Hendrix Minnie Bell Davis John E Holmes Carolyn Skinner Louise Bowen David Walker Betty Ruth Burden Carmalita Hassell Dwight Evans Vera Wynell Duke Robert H Clay Eric Brown Jimmy Speegle Opal Smith Jerry Daniel George King Catherine Collum Sandra Burnett William Hunt Joy Williams Velma Speegle Lillian Chandler Linda Duke Edward West John Morrison Bertie Swann Betty Wilhite David Williams Mary Light Lillie Skinner Harvie Chandler Othell Miller Weaver Singard Hattie Edge Vegenia Cullman.
The notice lists multiple individuals and families from Decatur and surrounding areas such as Franklin Rogoski Fort Wayne Ind Mrs. John Doss Sr 812 Jackson St and Mrs. Max Wilcox Decatur 1 among others with addresses in Cullman Moulton Hartselle Elkmont Trinity Sheridan and Cullman. The roll includes both adults and infants indicating hospital admissions or registrations at Decatur General.
Police found a western Dairy Queen window open and a McRae Motors door ajar then secured them without notifying anyone. A collision occurred on 9th St SE involving Joseph Halas and Alma Livingston. Building permits were issued for several properties. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department reported multiple arrests. Auburn students toured Wheeler Refuge with Professor A S Johnson. Nita King to undergo surgery at Black Chandler Hospital.
The annual Morgan County FFA public speaking quartet and string band contest will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Winners advance to the district contest.
Paris reports President Charles de Gaulle sees China’s 700 million people and Communist rule as a political reality. He argues France should base policy on facts, seeking eventual recognition now that past Korean Indochina Algerian roadblocks are cleared and China may signal trends.
The Morgan County court closes week with a single verdict. Leroy Fernando Blackmon found guilty on a prohibition law violation. County Judge Lewis West fines Blackmon 50 dollars and postpones further sentencing to an unspecified date.
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