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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1966
Page
2
Daily river reading at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 20.84 feet with sea level 555.14. Yesterday high 90 and low 68. Rainfall 0.02 inches in the past 24 hours. Today’s forecast mostly sunny and warm with scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Tonight fair and warm. Winds light to variable, gusty near storms. High 92, low 71, high Tuesday 92.
President Lyndon Johnson and Mrs Johnson attend Sunday services at St Michael and All Angels Church in Blanco Texas and learn of reactions to Hanoi Haiphong bombings. Luci Johnson celebrates her 19th birthday and plans a August wedding in Washington with Pat Nugent. The White House reports limited Communist commentary and confirms U S stance on further bombing moves in South Viet Nam.
The article lists multiple fatal crashes in Alabama counties including Jefferson and Cleburne, with names and ages. It notes record heat pushing motorists to beaches and forests, city temperature records in New York City 103 and Harrisburg 107, and nationwide holiday tolls from AP tallies. It compares past holiday road death records and mentions no fireworks deaths.
Dr and Mrs B S Kennedy of Belle Mina depart after 1940 ownership of the plantation to Mr and Mrs Thomas A Bowles of Decatur The Kennedys plan retirement in Florida and intend to keep ties with Decatur and Athens The Endowment Fund of Southwestern at Memphis will receive the entire consideration for the mansion and 551 acres as a philanthropic gift.
Funeral services for Emmett Eugene Hargrove 50 of Athens were held at Pettusville Church of Christ with Burl Grubbs officiating. Burial followed in Pettusville Cemetery. Survived by his widow Cleo Hargrove six daughters eight grandchildren his parents Erskine and Mrs. Hargrove of Lewisburg Tenn four sisters and six brothers. A Limestone County native he died Saturday. Cemetery details listed by McConnell Funeral Home.
Barrientos tours La Paz after voting Sunday as scattered violence reports surface including rocks hurled at his motorcade. He pledges to assemble a Cabinet of capable individuals from any party and seeks close ties with the United States and Western nations while avoiding entanglement with Communist states. His bloc won the majority of Senate and Chamber seats, with Falange poised for minority gains under Bolivia’s constitutional distribution.
Infant Kelley Diane Taylor daughter of Mr. and Mrs Ray Taylor died at home in Jacksonville Fla at 9 p m Saturday Services will be announced by Gunthorp Funeral Home Surviving family includes brother Chucky and sister Robbin Taylor both of Jacksonville grandparents Mr and Mrs C A White of Oklahoma Mr and Mrs C A Taylor of Decatur great grandmother Mrs Ellen Torrence of Peyton Miss Body arrives in Decatur today at 6 30 p m
The report notes a planned new strategic stage with unspecified Chinese aid while Guam based B 52s bomb Viet Cong targets near Da Nang and near the Cambodian border. Ground fighting in South Vietnam eased to patrol actions as U S forces engaged Viet Cong with mortar fire and air strikes and suffered moderate casualties.
Report from Asia shows wide concern over US bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong. Indian army officers, teachers, and editors ponder potential World War III and China’s possible intervention while assessing US policy and Asia’s own peace prospects.
A sermon by Dr. W. J. Cunningham surveys duty democracy liberty and morality as the core of American identity. He cites leaders like Lee MacArthur Washington and Jefferson and urges citizens to uphold Christian obligation and national virtue to preserve liberty and democracy.
Mr and Mrs Willie Lee Cullman 4 welcomed a son at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs Simon Gray 1602 7th St SE had a daughter at Baugh Wiley Smith. Mr and Mrs Adrain Turner Murphree Apts reported a son at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs Joseph O Long Hartseller had a son at Decatur General Hospital Saturday. Mr and Mrs Bernard J Hoppanians 2300 Pennylane a daughter at Decatur General Hospital Saturday. Mr and Mrs Sam McKenney Athens 4 had a son Sunday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Charles Brown 2013 Park St SE had a son Sunday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Derek Turner 801 Gresham Drive SW had a daughter Sunday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Samuel Cooper 2000 Endlam Blvd had a daughter today at Decatur General. Mr and Mrs Harry C Holmes Jr 1205 9th Ave SE had a son today at Decatur General Hospital.
FBI agents in Memphis said little progress this weekend in the Ardmore branch robbery of the First National Bank of Pulaski. Authorities reported some leads as two men fled with about 9400 dollars.
Glenn Brock, about 40, is listed in good condition at Huntsville Hospital after a boating accident on Elk River. Brock was transferred Sunday and is being treated for arm injuries.
Principal Mitchell and Gary Powell lead the AAA approved driver education program with 30 classroom hours, six behind the wheel and 12 observation hours. Cars from Hicks Chevrolet and Mills Dodge provide free use with dual controls. Mitchell notes capacity limits at Decatur High and Austin High as instructors emphasize defense driving and hazard perception. insurers may cut rates by up to 30 percent for graduates.
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