Weather and River Outlook for Decatur and Vicinity
July 3 forecast shows variable cloudiness with little temperature change. A few showers possible early morning and widely scattered thundershowers afternoons and evenings. River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge last night 21.73 feet. sea level 556.03 feet. Winds southerly 3 to 12 mph, gusty near showers, diminishing at night. High 88, low 72. Venus moves north of Aldebaran with near-term planetary approaches noted.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Delta Queen steamboat completes long river cruise voyage
The Delta Queen built in Clydebank Scotland in 1926 traveled about 31 500 miles this season with trips to New Orleans St Paul Pittsburgh and St Louis It diverted five miles below Decatur after striking a gandbar delaying passengers and affecting planned visits to Redstone Arsenal The vessel previously served in wartime transport and won steamboat races in Louisville May 1946 purchase by Greene Line Steamboat Co
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Mento River
San Francisco
Sacramento
Calif
Clydebank
Scotland
Greene Line
New Orleans
St. Paul
Pittsburgh
Chattanooga
Kentucky Lake
St. Louis
Louisville
Bird’s Island
Decatur
Redstone Arsenal
Navy destroys North Vietnamese torpedo boats near coast
U S Navy jets attacked two torpedo boats off North Viet Nam after they fired on American planes from carriers in the Gulf. The torpedo boats were sunk, and 19 North Vietnamese sailors were rescued and held aboard the destroyer Coontz. The incident mirrors earlier engagements that helped widen U S involvement in the conflict.
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U. S
Coontz
Viet Nam
Gulf
Chontz
United States
North Viet Nam
U.S
Maddox
list of residents and locations in Cullman area
Names and addresses listed for residents in Cullman and nearby towns. Includes Mrs. Juanita Barbara Brown and others with associated towns such as Cullman, Adams, Hanceville, Bremen, Addison, and Decatur. Some entries repeat with multiple individuals and house numbers.
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Juanita Barbara Brown
Cullman
Dorothy Jean Culver
Jackie Nell Ellards
Luther Wesley Glover
Florah Frances Godfrey
Ellen Faye Hay
South Carolina
Janice Ann Higgins
Decatur
Ala
David B. Lamont
Hanceville
Tommy Wayne Marty
Raymond William Parker
Charlotte Ann Pope
Mary Lucile Quinn
Bremen
Vyria Earlene Simmons
Thurman Cleo Umphery
Cullan
Herrin Bertis White
Suliman
Obituary Notices Mention Multiple Athens Residents
A fragmented list names residents and relatives in Athens including Claudie D Dugger Linda Vinsa Vincent Jerry Pope Lucile Cain Bergie Sobieske David Hogan Louise Fletcher infant Rebecca Steelman Kathleen Kyle Betty Adams Linnie Sims Ralph Jones Walter Coleman Jackson Phillips Rosie Carwile and others with addresses in Athens and Huntsville Elkmont and surrounding areas indicating a community notice of births marriages or deaths without detailed events or dates.
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Claudie D. Dugger
Athens
Linda G. Vinsa Vincent
Toney
Jerry Pope
Lucile Cain
Bergie M. Sobieske
Huntsville
David A. Hogan
Louise Fletcher
Rebecca L. Steelman
Kathleen
Kyle
Betty E. Adams
Lillian Hammonds
Joe Goode Jr
Benny Harold Fraser
Linnie Sims
Ralph O. Jones
William Case
Walter Coleman
Elkmont
Jackson L. Phillips
Rosie N. Carwile
Local Notices and Addresses Listed in Decatur General Page
A compiled list of residents and addresses including Mrs Ed Massey Athens Robert A Troupe Jr Athens 3 Mrs Betty G Scott 1316 8th Ave SE Mrs Arville Rowe Double Springs Mrs Leo Hunter Decatur Trailer Park Mrs Claude D Arnold 1317 10th Ave SE Gus B Cross Courtland Lillie Payne Hartselle Lewis H Stewart Athens 4 Jo seph Long Hartselle 4 Jonas Haywood Highway 20 Mobile Court Mrs John W King infant daughter 422 Lafayette St NE Miss Glenda Sue Norris Grayson Booker T Bartlett Madison 1 Willie Eddie McCurley Athens Mrs Robert J Robinson infant son Briarwood Apts Jerome Cothran Ard Jr 2417 Dogwood Lane SE Travis Everett Addison 1
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Ed Massey
Athens
Robert A. Troupe Jr
Betty G. Scott
8Th Ave
Arville Rowe
Double Springs
Leo Hunter
Decatur Trailer Park
Claude D. Arnold
10Th Ave
Gus B. Cross
Courtland
Lillie Payne
Hartselle
Lewis H. Stewart
Joseph, Long
Jonas Haywood
Highway 20
Mobile Court
John. W. King
Lafayette St
Glenda Sue Norris
Grayson
Booker T. Bartlett
Madison
Willie Eddie McCurley
Robert J. Robinson
Jinfant
Briarwood Apts
Jerome Cothran Ard Jr
Dogwood Lane
Travis E
Verett
Addison 1
Bank Robbery Suspects Sought After $9400 Heist
Paper reports a Friday bank robbery near Ardmore yielding $9400. Suspects fled in a 1964 blue Chevrolet with Illinois plates as federal and state agents block roads across Alabama Tennessee and FBI. Sheriff Jack Cox says investigators pursue every lead hoping clues unlock the case as identities remain unknown.
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Illinois
Alabama
Tennessee
FBI
Ardmore
Jack Cox
Pulaski
Johnson Creates Commission On National Service And Draft
President Johnson announces a new commission to study universal national service and the draft with a focus on military needs and the impact on youth. Women in nonmilitary fields may be studied, while IBM president and Moyers summarize scope and timeline.
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Commission
Bill D. Moyers
Johnson
Nnion
Obituary for John C Ingleright of Decatur
John C Ingleright age 25 of Decatur died Thursday night at Baptist Hospital Memphis. Services Monday at 11 at Our Lady of the Shoals Catholic Church Tuscumbia with bishops Flynn and Ryan officiating. Burial in Tuscumbia Cemetery Highsmith Funeral Home of Russellville directing. He leaves a widow Mary, a son James Andrew, brother George A Ingleright in Viet Nam, grandmother Mrs W S Adams Sr of Cherokee. A rosary is at 7:30 tonight at his mother’s home Sheffield. He worked for Retail Credit Co in Decatur.
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John C Ingleright
Beard St
Decatur
Baptist Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
Our Lady of the Shoals Catholic Church
Tuscumbia
Eugene Flynn
Fidelic Ryan
Highsmith Funeral Home
Russellville
Mary H. Ingleright
James Andrew Ingleright
Sheffield
George A. Ingleright
Viet Nam
W. S. Adams Sr
Ingleright
James R. White
Thomas M. Johnson
Wayne K. Alexander
Troy Maxwell
Quenton Brown
James Ray
Terrace St
Retail Credit Co
Timms Rites Set for Louisville Resident 84
W R Timms 84 of Louisville Kentucky died Saturday in Louisville He formerly resided in Courtland and had lived in Louisville twenty years Services Monday at 2 PM at Courtland Baptist Church Rev Ernest Dillard officiating Burial in Blackground Cemetery Gunthorp Funeral Home in charge The body goes to daughter Mrs Dillard Blaxton Courtland before church time Surviving are widow Pearl Timms daughter Blaxton son Paul Timms of Gadsden two grandsons a granddaughter a half brother two great grandsons and two great granddaughters Pallbearers named Givens Buford Heflin Brumley Terry and Heflin Retired carpenter.
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V.R. Timms
Louisville
Courtland
Courtland Baptist Church
Ernest Dillard
Blackground
Gunthorp
Dillard Blaxton
Funeral services for Hillsboro wreck victims announced
Madison Chapel Church of Christ at Hillsboro will host burial in the adjoining cemetery with Laughlin Service Funeral home directing. Survivors include parents Mr. and Mrs. William J. Speegle, sister Tina, and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. William Speegle Trinity. Mrs Louise Phillips, grandmother of the Speegle family, was killed in the wreck. Further funeral details for other victims will be announced later.
Births at Decatur General and Cullman Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Claude Arnold of 1317 10th Ave SE welcomed a son Saturday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs George Berry of 1632 North St SE welcomed a daughter Friday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Eugene Brown of Cullman welcomed a son. Mr and Mrs William Ellard of Cullman welcomed a son. Mr and Mrs Windle Simmons of Cullman welcomed a son at Cullman Hospital.
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Claude Arnold
10Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
George A. Berry
North St
Eugene Brown
Cullman
Cullman Hospital
William Ellard
Windle Simmons
VFW Post Flint Ridge Plans Monday Event
Nation's continued discussion on the draft prompts a VFW gathering at the Flint Ridge post home Monday. The daylong program starts at 10 a.m. with a barbecue lunch swimming and horseback riding before a 6 p.m. finish.
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Ing
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Flint Ridge
VFW
U S Officials Defend North Vietnam Bombing Stance
U S authorities insist the air campaign targets military sites in North Vietnam while avoiding civilian food supplies and the broader economy. They deny aims to destroy industrial facilities or trigger Hanoi’s overthrow, despite international criticism and Viet Cong propaganda.
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Johnson
U.S
North
Viet Nam
South
Red
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao
Hanoi
Missing Decatur woman and stolen terrier pups lead local notices
The Morgan County Board of Registrars meets Tuesday through Saturday at the courthouse. A resident reports two male and one female wire-haired fox terrier puppies stolen from a Decatur address. the four week old pups are described. Mrs. Shirley Lusk alias Shirley Jones, 39, is reported missing with husband Max Lusk suggesting she may be in Decatur. Police note severe injuries from two Friday and Saturday wrecks, including Jerry M. Ingle hospitalized after a 1959 Pontiac collided with a 1957 Pontiac driven by Daniel Newman.
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Morgan County Board of Registrars
Walter Hammond
Decatur 3
Shirley Lusk
Shirley Jones
Max Lusk
Valley Head
Decatur
Jerry M. Ingle
Daniel Newman
Trinity 1
Ingle
8Th St
Decatur General Hos
Traffic accidents and fatalities in county and city totals
Officials report 611 accidents with 489 property and 122 injury cases, plus 3 fatalities. Property losses may top tens of thousands countywide and near a hundred thousand in the city as Sorrells urges obeying traffic laws including turning signals. Self cautions that not all fatalities stem from infractions and notes differing enforcement policies between the Highway Patrol and Decatur Police Department.
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Sorrells
Highway Patrol
Decatur
Decatur Police Department
Cullman Wins Big as Bendix Westinghouse Expands
Cullman officials praise Bendix Westinghouse after the company announced a planned expansion that will make the new plant the city’s largest, surpassing National Screw. The project, along U.S. 31 near Vinemont, underscores local confidence in the area’s growth and jobs. A fire department call and property damage were also reported in the city. Officials from the Chamber of Commerce welcomed the investment amid broad civic support.
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U.S. 31
Vinemont
Cullman
National Screw
Cullman Cau
W. J. NeSmith
Bendix-Westinghouse
Ch Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Charles A. Cook
Ln Cullman
Meeting set with city housing leaders as guest speakers
The association announces a meeting featuring A. L. Johnson, its president, and Charlie Parker, Housing Authority Director, as guest speakers.
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The
Association
A. L. Johnson
Housing Authority
Charlie Parker
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Venus
Aldebaran
Mars
Jupiter
Westmoreland
Cullman Admissions
Shelby Ann Alexander
Addison
Margaret Elizabeth Craig
Joseph Edward Federer
Mary Ellen Gilley
Nathan Glenn Horton
Jimmy Rex Mosley
Logan
Vyria Earlene Simimons
Athens-Limestone Admissions
Decatur General
John C. Ingleright
W.R. Timms
Sion
Meyers
Pentagon
House Armed Services Committee
Pital
Decature
Wilson S. NW
John Swoopes
Saily
Paul C. Days
California
Decatur Daily
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