Decatur Weather and River Report Monday Outlook
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge reads 21.28 feet, down .02 in 12 hours with sea level at 555.58 feet. TVA lake stages include Pickwick 413.5, Guntersville 594.1, Whitesburg 556.1, Wheeler 555.7, and Wilson 506.0 feet. Highs around 87 to 88, lows near 67, mostly sunny today and isolated afternoon storms forecast for Monday. Jupiter begins a slow westward drift in the southeast overnight.
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Decatur
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wheeler
Wilson
Kennedy advisers push for urgent tax cuts amid budget fear
Kennedy aides say Congress and the President must be persuaded of immediate need before tax reductions. Republicans demand accompanying spending cuts as the deficit may exceed four billion dollars. Byrd may be swayed if economy risks a tailspin. Humphrey and Smathers pressure for action despite GOP attacks.
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Kennedy
Congress
White House
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
Senate Finance Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
D - Minn
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Propublican
Koufax Pitches Third Major League No-Hitter
Bulletin from Los Angeles reports left hander Sandy Koufax delivering the third major league no hitter of the season. The game featured dominant pitching and silenced the opposing lineup as he sealed the historic performance.
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Los Angeles
Sandy Koufax
Peace Comes To Algeria
Algeria poised for Sunday referendum ending 132 years of French rule and a 72 year Muslim rebellion. High Commissioner Fouchet urged reconciliation to Moslems and European settlers, who fled in fear of a takeover but some Europeans planned to vote for independence as unrest lingers in Algiers suburbs.
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Andrew Borowiec
Algiers
Algeria
Rocher Noir
France
Christian Fouchet
Secret Army
Oran
Kennedy's Mexico City visit charms thousands at Independence Monument
President Kennedy, amid a packed second day, lays a ceremonial wreath at the Mexico City Independence Monument. A 1,000 strong crowd shouts Viva Kennedy as he tours the Independencia housing development, meeting workers and praising economic participation alongside political freedom.
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Mexico
Viva Kennedy
Paseo de la Reforma
Independencia
Mexico City
Social Security Institute
Two Girls Injured In Huntsville Collision
Police report that Deborah Edwards ten and Ruth Ann Edwards fourteen suffered slight head injuries when a car driven by Lovenia Edwards struck a parked Buick on Wilson Street. An ambulance carrying the girls was rear collide in a second crash near Sixth Avenue before reaching Decatur General Hospital.
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W. Wilson St
Decatur General Hospital
Deborah Edwards
Ruth Ann Edwards
9Th Ave
Huntsville
Lovenia Mae H. Edwards
Wilson St
Murray C. Alexander
W. Wilson Sr
Carlisle Berry
Gordon Dr
Charles Allen Irvin
6Th Ave
Spur
Gunthorp Brown
Admissions and dismissals listed for Alabama towns
The report lists numerous admissions and dismissals across Cullman, Athens, Decatur, and surrounding areas. Names include Velma, Mary Ann Cottles, Joe Lance, Rosie Cleveland, Steven McSwain, Buster Myers, and Dwight Reed among many others with town notes in Cullman, Hanceville, Addison, Crane Hill, and nearby locales.
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Velma Dates
Athens
Victor Mullen
Decatur
Mary Ann Cottles
Milbra Joe Lance
Cullman Admissions
Fred
Robert Anderton
Garden City
Lucy Morris
Vinemont
O. D. Horsley
Cullman
Steven McSwain
Buster Myers
William E. Henderson
Hospitals Lawrence County Names Read Like Voter List
R J Roberts Moulton Eldred Elkins Mount Hope Mrs Billy Hembree Decatur Mrs Johnny Woodard Moulton Jeffrey Wood Addison Terri Rutherford Town Creek Douglas Corum Moulton Cynthia Martin Grayson appear in a county hospital roster. The unusual aggregation lists multiple individuals by hometowns and roles as part of a regional health facility record.
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Lawrence County Admissions
R. J. Roberts
Moulton
Eldred Elkins
Mount Hope
Billy Hembree
Decatur
Johnny Woodard
Jeffrey Wood
Addison
Terri Rutherford
Town Creek
Douglas Corum
Cynthia Martin
Grayson
Local residents listed in district directory
A long list of names with addresses including Mrs. Ellis Alfred and infant daughter at 106 6th Ave NW, Mrs. J C Roberts and infant daughter at 116 Memorial Dr NW, Mrs. Marion Ratcliff at 526 5th, and others such as Master Davey Clarence Ransom, Leonard Leroy Henderson of 318 Memorial Dr NW, Thomas Monroe Wiley Sr at 10 Lee St NE, Odie Travis Cavnar at 615 6th Ave SW, and many more residents including in Decatur Birmingham Decatur Hart selle.
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Ellis Alfred
6Th Ave
J. C. Roberts
Memorial
Marion Ratcliff
Lucian White
Decatur
Master Davey Clarence Ransom
Birmingham
Leonard Leroy Henderson
Thomas Monroe Wiley, Sr
Lee St
Edward Louie Richardson
Courtland
Odie Travis Cavnar
James T. Davis
Corrine Ave
Janet Layton
Local Residents Named in Miscellaneous Notices
Mrs Borie Hill Trinity 1 Mrs Gracie Campbell Ard more Tenn Edward J Magnusson Ard Mrs Marie Nelson Eva Mrs Mabell Chaffin Falkville Mrs Betty Willoughby Walder mose Springs Master Richard Ricks 1816 Wadsworth St Newton E Norman 1807 Cagle Ave Roger Terry Hartselle 3 Mrs Ola Mason Somerville 3 Master Edward Wilhite 1904 Ellis Johnson 2010 6th Ave SE Miss Sandra Price Decatur 1
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Borie Hill
Trinity
Gracie Campbell
Ardmore
Tenn
Edward J.magnusson
Marie Nelson
Eva
Mabell Chaffin
Falkville
Betty Willoughby
Waldermose Springs
Richard Ricks
Wadsworth St
Newton E. Norman
Cagle Ave
Roger Terry
Hartselle
Ola Mason
Somerville
Edward Wilhite
10Th Ave
Ellis Johnson
6Th Ave
Sandra Price
Decatur
Businessmen urged to enter politics by Eisenhower warning
In a speech, Eisenhower warned that businessmen must make politics their first business as government overreach grows. He noted the shifting view that business leaders could stay above partisan change and pressed for active political engagement.
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Eisenhower
Busin Neanlys
Kennedy
Sugar Bill Is Passed By Congress For Kennedy
The House approved a compromise sugar bill giving Kennedy partial flexibility on foreign purchases. The Senate is expected to approve the half loaf measure and send it to Kennedy for signature. The Sugar Act expired at midnight, but officials said no major problems would arise.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
Senate
United States
Farlher
Senat
U.S
Philippines
Cuba
Funeral services for local resident set Monday
Morning river scene followed by funeral notices. Services will be Monday at 2 p.m. from Grace Baptist Church with Rev. Willard Stallcup and Rev. Harold Wright presiding. Burial in Decatur City Cemetery. Gunthorp Brown directing. Body lies at the funeral home until 1 p.m. Monday. Six Sunday school members will be pallbearers. others are honorary. Survivors include three daughters Mrs Mary Lamon Decatur Mrs Thomas Coleman Decatur Mrs Rex Steenson North Carolina one sister Mrs H J Hewitt Decatur two brothers Roy Poff Decatur Willie Poff Florida five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Grace Baptist Church
Willard Stallcup
Harold Wright
Decatur City
Gunthorp-Brown
Funeral Home
Mary Lamon
Decatur
Thomas Coleman
Rex Steenson
North Carolina
H. J. Hewitt
Roy Poff
Willie Poff
Florida
Three Drownings Reported In Alabama Over Weekend
The Associated Press notes three drownings in Alabama over the weekend with a fourth possible drowning. Calvin Murphy, 32, of Anniston, drowned when a homemade fishing boat capsized at Lake Weiss near Cedar Bluff. Wayne Bailey, 37, and his 11-year-old son Ronald Bailey died while wading in the Cahaba River eight miles east of West Blocton after Ronald stepped in a hole. Frank Overton of Mobile died when his car left a road and splashed into a water-filled ditch, possibly drowning.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Calvin Murphy
Anniston
Ala
Lake Weiss
Cedar Bluff
Wayne Bailey
Birmingham
Ronald
Cahaba River
West Blocton
Bailey
Frank Overton
Mobile
Overton
GOP Leaders Convene for a Unified All-Party Drive
Republican leaders from forty states gathered to form an enduring party organization aimed at aiding the GOP. The event resembled a high profile rally with top party figures urging a 1964 comeback. Eisenhower drew the spotlight as Nixon introduced but shifted attention remained on Ike and his enduring popularity. Nixon asserted confidence about winning California, promising relentless campaigning and no stone left unturned.
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GOP
Nixon
Eisenhower
Kennedy
California
Education leader attends national convention in Denver
J. C. Pettey principal of Morgan County High School and newly elected Morgan County superintendent of education and his wife are in Denver for the National Education Association Convention. They plan to return next weekend. In Hartselle Charles E. Cutts joined State Farm Insurance as a field claim representative at the Birmingham claim service office.
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Hartselle
J. C. Pettey
Morgan County High School
Morgan County
Denver
Colo
National Education Association
Charles E. Cutts
Pinehurst St
State Farm Insurance Co
Birmingham Claim Service Office
King Bee Construction opens office on Highway 31
Hart sel le King Bee Construction Co Inc opened an office in the Byford Yarbrouzi area on Highway 31. The firm will complete houses for construction.
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Hartselle
King Bee Construction Co., Inc
Eek
Byford- Yarbrouzi Feading
Highway 31
Fines Collected in Recorder's Court This Week
Hartselle records show total fines of 354 dollars for the week. Charges included speeding one case for 28 dollars, highway intoxication two cases for 46 dollars, reckless driving four cases for 112 dollars, no driver's license two cases for 36 dollars, and public drunkenness six cases for 132 dollars.
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Hartselle
Recorder's Court
Money collected from Hartselle meters this week
Money from parking meters in Hartselle totaled $130.40 for the current week, with the city noting steady use and ongoing collection efforts.
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Hartselle
Priceville Club Cancels July Meeting
The Priceville Home Demonstration Club will not meet in July. Members are advised to note the cancellation and await the next scheduled session.
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Priceville
Priceville Home Demonstration Club
Lutheran leaders welcome church merger unions in America
In Detroit on Saturday the aging Rev. Dr. John W. Behnken received a warm reception from 1,000 delegates of the newly formed Lutheran Church in America. Dr. Behnken, 78, long head of the Missouri Synod, urged unity as a three-way merger consolidates eight million American Lutherans under a planned inter-Lutheran cooperative agency. He noted the historic change and prayed for unity based on true faith.
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Detroit
America
John W. Behnken
Lutheran — Church-Missouri Synod
Lutheran Church In America
Missouri Synod
Franklin Clark Fry
inter-Lutheran Cooperative Agency
American Lutheran Church
Dr. Behnken
Cosmos 6 In Orbit By Soviet Union
Moscow AP reports Cosmos 6, the sixth in the Cosmos series, launched Saturday and functioning normally. Tass notes it orbits Earth every 90.6 minutes, with an altitude range of 126 to 250 miles and an inclination of 49 degrees, part of radiation and space travel hazard studies.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Births in Cullman and Decatur Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Frank Fink Jr announce a daughter born Thursday at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs R A Pigg Addi son two, a daughter born Thursday at Cullman Hospital. A girl was born to Mr and Mrs Oliver Teague of Trinity on Saturday at Decatur General Hospital.
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Frank Fink,Jr
Cullman Hospital
R. A. Pigg
Addison
Oliver Teague
Trinity
Decatur
General Hospital
Flying Eggs Mark Wales Anti Panzer March In Pembroke
About 2,000 people joined a procession in Pembroke to protest the arrival of West German Panzer troops for training at Castlemartin. Eggs and verbal clashes erupted as police arrested five egg throwers amid rival demonstrator tensions.
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Pembroke
Wales
Turkey
Fred Evans
14Th Panzer
Castlemartin
Moulton Man Charged With Transporting Alcohol
Carl Harrison Welburn, 26, of Moulton was arrested about 10 30 p m Friday in Speake Community on charges of transporting and driving while intoxicated A sheriff's office spokesman said the car contained three cases and 10 cans of beer four fifths of vodka five fifths of bonded whisky a pint of vodka and nine pints of bonded whisky Welburn posted 750 and 300 bonds The sheriff's force also arrested Charles Kelley 27 of Decatur and L D Holman 34 of Decatur on prohibition law violations They were taken into custody Friday afternoon after authorities found eight cases of beer about three miles northeast of Fish Pond with two garbage cans and a soft drink box buried in the ground containing beer iced in the cans and box
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Moulton
Carl Harrison Welburn
Welburn
Charles Kelley
Chestnut St
Decatur
L. D. Holman
W. Moulton St
Fish Pond
Judge upholds board ruling revoking chiropractor Gilliam license
Circuit Judge Newton Powell affirmed the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners decision to revoke Dr. Paul H. Gilliam's certificate of qualification to practice in Alabama. The board charged unprofessional conduct and unauthorized cancer treatment with a liquid substance sold as a drug. Gilliam claimed it was a food supplement. The ruling leaves Gilliam's license revoked, with appeal undecided as of Saturday.
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Newton Powell
State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Paul H. Gilliam
6Th Ave. SE
Gilliam
Powell
Alabama
Grady Long
Hartselle
Lawrence Wreck Injures Eight
Eight people were injured in a two car collision about a mile and a half east of here on Alabama Highway 24 around 4 p.m. Saturday. Miss Marcella Reed, 24, Trinity 1, and Mrs Irene Barnett, 30, Trinity 1, were listed in good condition at Lawrence County Hospital. Also treated and released were Arthur Shelton, Trinity 1, Vina Barnett, Trinity 1, Dallas Purser of Town Creek, Mary Jane Austin of Hillsboro 2, and Jimmy Pace of Moulton.
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Town Creek
Mary Jane Austin
Hillsboro
Jimmy Pace
Moulton
Limited Pension Eligibility for Canadian MPs in Elections
Only 14 of 91 defeated MPs from Canada’s June 18 elections qualify for Parliament’s $3,000 annual life pension. The pension requires service in at least three Parliaments, leaving most defeated members ineligible.
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Ottawa
Canada
City Planning Commission Meets Monday at 4 P.M.
The City Planning Commission will convene in the Municipal Building at 4 p.m. Monday. The West Decatur Sunshine Club will not meet until July 10.
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City Planning Commission
West Decatur Sunshine Club
Rain and high winds lash North Carolina and Virginia
Severe storm pounded coastal North Carolina and Virginia with 9.22 inches of rain in New Bern and tides 2.2 feet above normal in Virginia Beach area. Winds reached 40 mph with inland rains across Raleigh and Durham. Tobacco crop damage feared as harvest continues.
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North Carolina
Virginia
New Bern
N.C
Ocean View
Willoughby Spit
Kinston
Williamston
Goldsboro
Raleigh
Durham
Harold Lancaster
Wayne County
Power struggles shape Alabama’s post election leadership choices
The incoming governor faces uncertainty in naming a speaker and committee leaders as reapportionment looms. Reps Hugh Merrill and Albert Brewer are top names for speaker, but House loyalty must first be established. Sen Tom Allen also waits on Senate committee selections, contingent on eventual member rosters.
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Hugh Merrill
Calhoun County
Albert Brewer
Morgan
House
Sim Thomas
Barbour County
Thomas
Allen
Senate
Wallace
1500 GIs In Europe Coming Home
Defense Department announced a withdrawal of about 7,500 Army personnel from Europe, starting next month and lasting through the summer. The move follows earlier mass redeployments and reduces U S troops in Europe to roughly 272,000, with 137,000 fighting men and 135,000 in support roles, aided by local civilian staff paid in local currency.
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Washington
Defense Department
Europe
Berlin
U.S
Soviet Union
United States
U S Resets Nuclear Shot Over Johnston Island
The United States rescheduled a major high altitude nuclear test in the Pacific. Joint Task Force 8 said the device would detonate hundreds of miles up around 200 miles above Johnston Island, likely July 4 night or July 5 morning, weather permitting. The blast could affect Hawaii’s visibility and disrupt Pacific HF radio for up to 32 hours.
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Honolulu
United States
Saturda
Johnston Island
Joint Task Force 8
Hawaii
Pacific
Macapagal Proclaims Philippine U S Friendship Day
Manila AP reports President Diosdado Macapagal designates July 4 as Philippine U S friendship day to honor ties between the two nations and mark the relationship with a formal observance.
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Manila
Diosdado Macapagal
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