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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1964
Page
2
Tonight Mars appears near the Moon as a dim planet about 209 million miles away. Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge reads 21.82 feet, sea level 556.12 feet. High 89, low 71, with variable clouds and scattered storms increasing this afternoon and evening.
Wallace calls the Civil Rights bill a federal penal code that would cede defense capacity to the federal government by race and would criminalize much of daily life for 192 million Americans. He lists presidential electors targets in 14 states and asserts conservatives hold electoral power.
In the Panama Canal Zone a protest over dual flags at Shaler Plaza near Panama City drew guards and demonstrators. Floyd Britton led about 100 protesters before guardsmen halted the march with tear gas and dispersed the crowd after a brief scuffle.
Andrew W Bryant 64 of Town Creek Alabama died Friday at his residence Services at Providence Church at 1 PM with Wints Crumpton officiating Survivors include widow Ella Bryant one daughter Letha Newton Five Points Tenn two sons W G Bryant Woodberry Tenn and Nather Bryant Town Creek one stepson Willie Camp Moulton four brothers W K Bryant Moulton Ezra Bryant Town Creek Grady Bryant Town Creek four sisters Mrs Onie Gibson Moulton Mrs Bessie Gibson Mrs Ethel Possey Moulton Mrs Vinie Hawkins Oneonta
Claudie Gibson 74 of Danville died Friday at home. Services at 2 p m today at Friendship Baptist Church with Rev William Pruitt and Rev C E Hendon officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery Peck directing. Survivors include widow Lottie three daughters Mrs Gordon Spain Mrs Marvin Golden Mrs J L Haynes one son Hershel Gibson one brother Euell Gibson ten grandchildren two great grandchildren. Veteran of World War I and member of Friendship Baptist Church. Pallbearers are nephews. Body remains at residence until service time.
Mrs. Hettie P Nichols 79 of 508 1st Ave Athens died Friday at 3 50 am at Athens Limestone Hospital Funeral services at McConnell Chapel today at 2 pm with Rev James Harris officiating Burial in City Cemetery Survivors include son Chappell Price Bermuda four grandchildren sister Mrs Mamie Lipscomb Athens former Decatur resident her former husband E C Price a jeweler active at Central Methodist Church Pallbearers listed with honorary names
Paul C. Wolfer 86 died here Friday night. Survived by son Paul J. Wolfer of Decatur. He was an investment counselor in the area and was once well known for his shoe business.
Bayshore Inn head chef Gottlieb Dambach, president of the Association of Chefs de Cuisine of British Columbia, argues chefs deserve professional recognition akin to doctors and lawyers. He notes the lengthy training and ongoing learning, and mentions organizing the Canadian Federation of Chefs awaiting a federal charter.
President Johnson travels toward Texas for a few days at his ranch with no firm schedule for the holiday. White House aides framed the plans as fluid while a large entourage follows, with a jet and helicopter ready for action and hints of a possible Fredericksburg fairground appearance.
A public accommodation ban applies to establishments with covered facilities like restaurants in hotels and gasoline stations. Department stores and beauty/barber shops inside covered establishments may be affected. Enforcement relies on injunctions in federal courts, with possible civil contempt. no criminal penalties. Employment coverage grows over three years by firm size, with testing for seasonal workers. The law bans discrimination by race color religion or national origin and includes sex.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev sailed from Oslo aboard a Soviet liner after a subdued farewell with about 1000 Norwegians. He urged Nordic neutrality and peace in Europe while Norway reaffirmed NATO ties and Denmark stayed in the alliance as part of his visit wrap up.
A two engine Coast Guard amphibious rescue plane with five crew members went overdue while returning to Annette Island Air Station near Ketchikan after a fishing boat search. The aircraft had fuel to stay aloft until about 5 a.m., PDT, as search efforts continued.
Decatur Post Troopers investigated seven area accidents Friday and Saturday. Tifford Blackwood, 34, Town Creek, was slightly injured when his 1954 Ford left the road on Ala 101 south of Hatton. James E. McDonald, 1954 Chevrolet, Hanceville, escaped with damage on I 65 south of Cullman. Other crashes in Morgan County, Danville and Courtland involved two cars and single vehicles with varying damages, while one Saturday morning crash left a person with minor injuries and few details available.
A grouped hospital notice lists names and addresses of patients in Cullman and nearby towns. Individuals include Mrs Wilma Faye Williams, Mr Arthur Boyd Reid, Mrs Vicy Caldonia Mitchell, Mrs Patricia Ann Hale, Mrs Julia Goodwin, and others with street addresses in Cullman, Birmingham, Hanceville, Crane Hill, Vinemont, and Star Route.
The notice lists dismissed individuals and their addresses including Mrs. Dorothy M. Griffin of 1310 7th Ave SE Mrs. Eula Epperson of 205 Prospect Dr Mrs. Pauline South of Hillsboro Malcolm Bolton of Rockwood Tenn Miss Jo Robbins at 201 Church St NW Master Donny Ryan of Decatur and James N Millwood of Danville.
A 12 600 acre blaze 60 miles north of Los Angeles faced 75 percent containment as 800 firefighters worked in 100 to 105 degree heat. The fire crossed 17 miles of brush, reached Green Valley and Leona Valley areas, with 18 to 20 percent humidity. No homes were lost due to prior defensive clearing around properties.
NBS standards push instrument accuracy for space vehicle parts. Steel gage blocks must be accurate to ten millionths of an inch, per Steelways Magazine from the American Iron and Steel Institute. A one millionth error in a missile Borehole could miss the moon by thousands of miles.
American Legion Post 25 will hold a meeting Monday at 7 30 p.m. at the post home.
A listing of residents and addresses appears, detailing individuals and families across Decatur and nearby areas. Included are names such as Jonnathan Orr Patsy Piland Wilma Justice Lawrence Cowart Godey Compton Annie Turner Charles Brooks Windle Bentley Robert Pitt Marlin Johnson Garth Voss Suggs Herbert Lynn Robert Richardson Billy Drinkard William Almon Albert Coleman John Cain Montgomery Burnham Hester Humphrey Breeding Stephen OStean Barbara Terry Thomas Grooms Floyd Hennessee and Floyd Griffith with various street addresses and trailer courts.
The association said its members would follow the act's public accommodations section. No details were given on other groups or actions in the state. Boutwell promised full protection for Negroes testing the law peacefully through legal channels if denied rights. Shuttlesworth offered no specifics on Monday's planned tests.
Across Alabama the holiday weekend saw four deaths in six hours raising the toll to five. Victims include Ernest Harper Jr. of Birmingham and Richard Hall of Mobile in separate crashes. Rainy conditions framed the grim tally as state troopers logged multiple accidents along U. S. 98 U. S. 11 and Alabama 163 as Independence Day observances paused bells and ceremonies in Philadelphia and elsewhere.
Sakari Tuomioja of Finland the U N mediator for Cyprus arrives in Geneva to press talks with Greece and Turkey amid warnings that delays risk a regional crisis.
Morgan County Sheriff Knox L. McRae was discharged Saturday from Decatur General Hospital after a six week stay for a mild heart attack. Doctors advised no visitors for the next several days.
Rusk calls for open doors to inspections to curb armaments and for greater contact with Eastern European states and the Soviet Union. He praises desalination cooperation and stresses a multi pronged policy including deterrence against aggression and aid to Southeast Asia. He notes gangster wars in Laos and Vietnam and seeks areas of possible agreement with Communist nations.
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