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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1967
Page
2
The RASD notes an inter-dealer price movement across trading sessions with no retail markup, markdown, or commission included. Prices shift as markets adjust, reflecting intraday volatility and supplier adjustments.
Robert Crow, 39, of Athens Chicago area, died Saturday. He was taken to Coyle for burial. Funeral arrangements are pending.
James Gurley was a member of Blue Springs Baptist Church and a member of the World War era community. The note reflects his ties to local religious life and veterans' history.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Halmark 91 of Leigh dies Sunday. Funeral services set for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Poplar Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Winter and Rev. Willie Wea officiating.
Fragmentary ad offers a five room house with down payment in 2005, mentions 50 Ave SW and a phone number 353-5759. Indicates someone needed to take up a mobile or electric project and notes a wide footprint.
Kelvie Holt reat parade honors Col M13 and K D ery in a community ceremony. Local officials, veterans groups, and residents attended the event marking the milestone with speeches and a brief tribute.
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Roger Locke of Hart died Saturday at 3 25 PM at Athens Limestone Hospital. Ford's Chapel Cemetery was the burial place with McConnell directing. Surviving are the parents and grandparents Mrs Newton Nix and Mrs Lillian Locke Harvest.
Elva A McMillan 64 of 1113 Elizabeth Dr died Saturday afternoon at a local hospital Funeral services set for 2 30 p m today at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev John Crawford and the Rev J A Gomes officiating Burial will follow in Red Survivors include a brother Auburn McMillan of Hartselle a sister Miss Bula McMillan of Hartselle pallbearers listed Carl Anders David Todd Homer Boger Rayburn Brown William Pettey Buren Shaneyfelt He was a member of Lebanon Baptist Church
Robert Leonard Moreck 78 died Sunday at a local hospital. Funeral service at 4 p.m. today at Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. McDougal officiating. Burial will be in Oak Cemetery.
Reading from the Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 20.82 feet with sea level at 555.12. TVA lake stages include Wilson 505.9 Guntersville 595.2 Whitesburg 555.3 Pickwick 412.8 Wheeler 555.1 Chickamauga 678.2. High Sunday noon was 84 with a 68 low earlier. today’s forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy, warm and less humid, west to northwest winds 5 to 10 miles per hour, with highs near 84 and a low around 62.
Skies continued to threaten a dam holding a 3.6 billion gallon lake as engineers from the State Game and Fish Commission monitor pressure. About 200 families in three downstream communities prepared to evacuate within minutes if the dam fails, with 32 game and fish workers, National Guardsmen, and state troopers in place and a mobile radio network aiding warnings.
Temperatures will average three to five degrees below normal Tuesday through Saturday with normal highs of 88 to 93 and lows of 66 to 72. Precipitation will be about double normal, totaling one to 1.75 inches, with locally heavy showers and two inch or more amounts. Most rain will come from afternoon and evening thundershowers across the period.
Readable items show cottonseed at 40 dollars per ton milk at 56 cents per hundred manufactured milk 320 per hundred pulpwood 13 50 per cord and various grain and feed prices including corn oats wheat and barley with mixed formatting and OCR artifacts.
The New York market edged higher in a dull session as Xerox rose five points Polaroid up three and IBM and Control Data each up about two. The Dow showed some gains while CIT Financial led volume with a fractional loss. General Dynamics rose twelve points Boeing slipped nearly three Gillette fell over a point and small gains appeared for Glen Alden EMI Pan American Sulphur and A J Industries.
In Decatur three dozen attend a 6 30 p m gathering at the hall to plan Spirit of America flag distribution at Decatur High School stadium. Bill Dukes named adjutant of the Decatur Post American Legion effective July 1 per William F Falls. Dukes listed contact numbers for day and night calls.
The Spirit Of America network will televise afternoon activities and the evening program across seven area stations including WHOS WAJF WMSL WDRM FM Decatur and broadcast from two park locations. Station manager Bill Hogan confirms plans and WLCB may join in.
U S and South Vietnamese forces engaged near Con Thien and Dong Ha with heavy artillery and air attacks. Marines counted 65 Communist bodies as fighting intensified around the Mu Gia Pass and Gio Linh area while Dong Ha airfield and radar sites suffered damage from intense gunfire. Capt Gregory Etzel completed a first nonstop helicopter rescue mission in North Vietnam during the ongoing clashes.
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