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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1968
Page
3
River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 16.75 feet with sea level at 551.05. Earlier high reached 66 degrees at 11 am, low 53 at 4 am. Today remains cloudy with showers possible later. thundershowers expected Thursday afternoon. highs near 63 to 65 and lows around 56.
LACEY S SPRING A meeting to inform residents about funds for a shared water system is set for Friday at 7 p m at Lacey s Springers Bill Black chair of Whitesburg Water and Fire Protection Authority says plans to merge Whitesburg and Morgan County authorities are underway He notes potential HUD funding amid a tight money climate and urges attendance by residents served by both authorities to review the project and timelines.
Admissions noted for Mrs Bobby Wayne Wilburn Huntsville Mrs Irvin Russell Decatur Mrs Annie Mae Casteele Decatur Mrs Helen Dougherty Decatur Carl Farish Decatur Dossey Morris Town Creek Mrs Clarence Sandlin Decatur Benjamin Rose Town Creek
Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie C Armor 73 of Trinity will be announced later by Elliott Funeral Home. Survived by widower C E Armor two sons Ervin Armor of Trinity and Pete Armor of Moulton three daughters Ophelia Johnson of Gadsden Lula Mae Fuller of Trinity and Fran Waters of Decatur a brother John Clements of Moulton four sisters Maggie Hunter Myrtie Mullican Irene Alexander and Earline Simpson all of Gadsden 15 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.
State Investigator Bob Andrews said David Leon Smith and John Sexton Schuett, both stationed at Fort Benning, are in Morgan County Jail after arrest by Hartselle police on Tuesday. Authorities allege they planned to sell four tires for a cheap price at a service station and linked the pair to grand larceny of an automobile from Opelika and related fraud and burglary charges. Police credited Hartselle officer G D Hartselle and Joe Bowen with the arrest along with State Trooper L E Gautley.
Huntsville marks ten years since the Wernher von Braun team launched Explorer 1, the United States first artificial satellite. The six inch diameter, 80 inch long satellite weighed 30.8 pounds and entered orbit at 9 48 p.m. CST on January 31, 1958, traveling about one and a half billion miles in ten years. Two men were apprehended after a pursuit on High way 31 south of Hart selle. Clarence Harris assisted in interrogation, and investigators from Lee County are expected to join Decatur authorities to pick up the soldiers.
Infant Angela Faye Crump daughter of Mr and Mrs Dewey Crump of Decature died in a local hospital Tuesday. Graveside services were today at Harmony Cemetery in Pine Miss. Gunthorp Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Joseph Berryman Hill 49 of Rogersville died Monday in Tuscumbia. Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. at C. C. Kerr’s residence with Dement Deane McConnell Funeral Home directing. Surviving are widow Alice Hill, Emma Gean McEllyea of Athens, Rosie Mae Kerr of Athens, six grandchildren, brother Jim Hill of Calico Rock Arkansas, sisters Ruby Foot Chaneyville Louisiana and Helen Carson Mariana Arkansas.
Paul Johnson 57 formerly of Decatur died Monday in Memphis Tennessee. A resident and farmer for most of his life he moved to Memphis ten years ago where he lived with his daughter Fay Prescott. Funeral in Muscle Shoals at 10 a.m. followed by graveside service noon Thursday at Crane Hill Cemetery Trinity Mountain.
William Ervin Martin, 66, of Hartselle, died Tuesday at 11 30 p m at his residence. Funeral arrangements listed by Peck Funeral with numerous attendees and addresses across surrounding towns.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon C. McGehee Hart a 2 a daughter Tuesday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis G. Godbout Bradley St SW a daughter Tuesday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Barber Decatur a son at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital.
Lee Price files permits for new residences at 208 210 212 Bobwhite Dr SW with values 16950 1500 and 13800. Roy Washburn files permit for a new residence at 1303 Arbor Ave SW valued 14750.
Historical note records that each eye of the Statue of Liberty measures two feet across, reflecting a design detail described in archival material. This precise width highlights the statue's careful proportioning and artistic intent in its construction.
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