Complete Weather and River Readings for Decatur Area
Decatur and vicinity report TVA lake levels Guntersville Pickwick and Chickamauga readings plus river height at Keller Memorial Bridge. High yesterday 98F, low morning 72F. Today partly cloudy warm with possible afternoon storms. Tonight fair mild. high 94, low 72, Wednesday high 94. Alabama unemployment compensation fund ends at 97.5 million.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Alabama Department _of_ Industrial Relations
For Sale and Lost and Found Notice Page Highlights
Classified items include a 1964 Valiant with bank financing $875 and a 1952 Dodge $75 with contact 353-5665, a blue 1962 Ford Falcon with payments possible, a Colt gun with two numbers, two Beagle dogs for $100 and five puppies for $25, a lost German Shepherd with reward, a red 1967 Coin Book and other shop items, plus a Wardrobe, a mahogany table and chairs, a 1957 Buick Roadmaster for $350, and a 1951 Chevrolet De Luxe with contact 353-3164, plus a 26 inch girl bicycle and street address 807 Betty St. SW.
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Valiant
Dodge
J. M. Pickens
Rifle Bullet Fatal To Hillsboro Man
A five year old Hillsboro area man died after apparently turning a .22 rifle on himself in his front yard between 1:30 and 1:45 p.m. in Moulton. The acting coroner ruled death by own action. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Smyrna Baptist Church with burial at Elliott Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Lara Glenn, a daughter Mrs Leonard Jones, a son Charles Tory, a sister Ila Case, and two brothers Oscar Glenn and Mr Glenn.
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Hillsboro
Hillsboro Area
Lawrence County Hospital
Moulston
Harry Sizemore
David Dandridge Glenn
Hillsboro 1
Sizemore
Glenn
Smyrna Baptist Church
Clyde Jones
Elliott Funneral Home
Moulton
Lara Glenn
Leonard Jones
Illsboro
Charles Tory
Omaha
Neb
Ila Case
Decatur
Oscar Glenn
Lawrence Unly
Shady Grove Methodist Church
Accidents Toll Revised in Alabama Weekend Reports
State troopers corrected a weekend death toll listing Whitworth Young of Bay Minette as a heart attack victim rather than a weekend accident casualty. The report names Virgil Howard Melvin Vernon Foster Showalter Millard Wikerson Leon Boyd Frances Ann Buchanan William Hall Goss and the locations Ala 43 near Linden Ala 49 near Lineville U S 11 near Eutaw and the Black Warrior River in Jefferson County.
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Virgil Howard
Melvin
Ala
Linden
Vernon
Foster Showalter
Tuscaloosa
Black Warrior
Jefferson County
Millard J. Wikerson
Fadley
Leon Boyd
Lineville
Frances Ann Buchanan
Birmingham
U. S. 11
Eutaw
William Hall Goss
Piedmont
Cleburne County
Whitworth Young
Bay Minette
Young
Perdido
Highway Patrol
Four aviation officers among victims in Michigan crash
A southerly pass at low altitude culminated in a crash five miles northeast of a Michigan city. State police described wreckage strewn over four miles with items no larger than a football. Victims identified include Lt William E Xiques Staten Island NY Lt John Patrick Fitzmaurice III Waterbury CT Aviation Machinist Mate Charles J Surrey Meriden CT and Aviation Machinist Mate Larry W Battson Santa Clara CA. George Hack a local pilot saw the impact and described a 15-foot trench and high speed crash before he reached the site.
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Michigan
Moffett Field
William E. Xiques
Staten Island
W.Y
John Patrick Fitzmaurice III
Waterbury
Conn
Aviation
Charles J. Surrey
Meriden
Larry W Battson
Santa Clara
Calif
George Hack
Navy
Hack
Caudell, longtime Hanceville figure, dies at 88
James Harrison Caudell aged 88 died at Cullman Hospital. Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Hanceville, with burial in Hope Well Cemetery. He was a former mayor of Hanceville, a retired merchant, and member of the First Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife Collin, daughter Mrs. James B Kelly, son Earl Caudell in Florida, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Moss Funeral Home directing.
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Cullman
James Harrison Caudell
Cullman Hospital
First Baptist Church of
Hanceville
Nelson Bullard
Hope Well Cemetery
Cullman County
Moss Funeral Home
Collin Caudell
James B.kelly
Decatur
Earl C. Caudell
Gulf Breeze
Fla
Miss Holly
Beth Howle
Elliott Dix
James B. Kelly
Viet Nam
Earl Caudell
James A. Caudell
Caudell
Falkville
Ashwander and Caudell Merchantile Co
David D Glenn dies in Hillsboro at 59
David D Glenn 59 died Monday at 1 30 p m in Hillsboro residence. Survived by wife Lara Glenn daughter Christine Jones of Hillsboro son Charles Terry of Omaha two brothers Oscar Glenn of Decatur Clifford Glenn of Trinity sister Ellen Case of Decatur 11 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Services announced later by Elliott Funeral Home of Moulton.
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Hillsboro
David D
Glenn
Hillsboro 1
Lara Glenn
Christine Jones
Charles Terry
Omaha
Neb
Oscar Glenn
Decatur
Clifford Glenn
Trinity
Ellen Case
Elliott Funeral Home
Moulton
Murphree Rites Set. Whittier Resident Dies at 81
Claude C. Murphree 81 of Whittier California formerly Decatur dies Monday in Whittier hospital. Retired L N Railway machinist and Fairview Baptist member. Survivors include eight daughters four sisters six brothers and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services to be announced by Gunthorp Funeral Home.
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Claude C. Murphree
Whittier
Calif
Decatur
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Murphree
Morgan County
L&n Railway
Fairview Baptist Church
Edith Murphree
J. T. Anders
Hartseller
Archie Johnson
W. L. Monts
Luker
Whitter
W. G. Watson
Gardens Grove
James Monk
Santa Ana
W. V. Thomas
Evelyn Murphree
Birmingham
Louis Boeglen
Miami
Fla
J. M
WT. Murphree
L. R. (Murphree
New Orleans
Bert
Huntsville
Henry B
Mobile
Jack Murphree
Infant Kelley D Taylor Dies in Jacksonville
Infant Kelley Dianne Taylor three months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Taylor of Jacksonville, died Saturday. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at East End Methodist Church with Rev Wiley Kitchens officiating. Burial in City Cemetery. Survived by brother Chucky Taylor sister Robin Taylor both of Jacksonville grandparents Mr and Mrs C A White Oklahoma and Mrs C A Taylor Decatur great grandmother Mrs Ellen Torrance Payden Mississippi and an aunt. Body at Gunthorp Funeral Home until services.
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Jacksonville. Fla
Kelley Dianne Taylor
Ray Taylor
Jacksonville
Fla
East End Methodist Church
Wiley Kitchens
City Cemetery
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Chucky Taylor
Robin Taylor
C. A. White
C .A. Taylor
Decatur
Ellen Torrance
Payden
Ligne
Health Capsules Warn Against Overuse of Cough Suppressants
A health capsule notes cough medicines may not need complete suppression of secretions. The advisory emphasizes not using cough suppressants to hinder productive coughing and frames the information as general guidance, not medical diagnosis.
Marines claim major Viet Cong victory near Da Nang
The report describes heavy U.S. actions around Da Nang with air strikes and artillery. It notes 154 Viet Cong killed in various engagements, along with multiple naval air missions and ground operations across the region. Viet Cong casualties and prisoner counts are included, plus other combat details.
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da Nang
Window broken at Humble Service Station on Danville Rd
Police received the complaint at 9 58 p.m. Monday. City court docket lists charges including disorderly conduct public drunkenness speeding and reckless driving. Morgan County reports further charges such as high way intoxication driving while intoxicated and trespassing. Red Cross offers a morning swimming class at Blue Haven and Kiwanis International holds its Portland convention. Decatur Royal and Select Masters meet at the Masonic Temple with new officers to be installed. Lifesaving swimming classes at Blue Haven Pool are canceled due to a swimming meet.
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Humble Service Station
Danville Rd
City Recorder’s Court
Morgan County Sheriff’s Department
Decatur Council
Masonic Temple
Youth alleges unfair trial in Morgan County case
Boulden son faces an electric chair sentence from last November. The youth claims the trial in Morgan County was unfair. Hays was found shot and stabbed to death, details unclear.
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Son
Morgan County
Hays
Mike Corum family support noted in Austin
Mike Corum expresses gratitude to helpers after a school project. He plans to become a draftsman and enjoys drawing and collecting model cars. He lives with parents Mr and Mrs Guy Corum at 401 3rd Ave SW with two married brothers and two married sisters. In 1940, Britain and Vichy France severed diplomatic ties.
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Mike Mike
Guy Corum
3Rd Ave
Governors ponder a nonpartisan Vietnam resolution
Democrats outnumber Republicans 33 to 17 as they push a Vietnam resolution. Gov Grant Sawyer leads a committee to draft a nonpartisan text, aiming for broad support and consultation with Republicans.
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Association of Democratic Governors
John Connally
Texas
Grant Sawyer
Nevada
Sawyer
Viet Nam
Johnson
George Romney
Michigan
Mark QO. Hatfield
Oregon
Associated Press
North
Viet ‘Nam
Phillip H. Hoff
Vermont
Markets full of varied commodity prices from cotton to corn
Cotton middling inches 30.40 and December loan noted. Cottonseed at 40 dollars per ton. Milk Grade A at 6.55 per hundred. manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred. Pulpwood priced at 13.50 per cord. Grains list includes corn at 1.35, 1.11, 1.07, 1.46 for various yellow and white types. Oats at .68, milling wheat 1.63, barley .95, and poultry wheat 1.13.
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Decatur
Nashville Livestock Prices In Nashville Market Listing
AP report from Nashville totals cattle and hog offerings with price ranges. Cattle include slaughter steers 24.50 per cwt for 1 000 lb, heifers 20.00–22.00, cows 16.00–17.50, bulls 20.50–21.65, feeder steers 22.00–26.00, feeder heifers 20.00–23.00. Hog data show mixed weights 195–235 lb at 24.50–24.75, sows 350–575 lb at 17.00–19.00. sheep 90–95 lb at 22.00.
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Nashville
Wall Street Ends Mixed After A Cautious Afternoon
In moderate volume 4.7 million shares traded, the market drifted lower after early gains. High flyers like color TVs and aerospace led losses while Big Three automakers stayed ahead with General Motors up a full point. Du Pont and Eastman Kodak rose, aiding the averages.
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New York
Big Three Motors
General Motors
du Pont
NASD Over the Counter Securities Quotation Roundup
Local NASD compiled inter-dealer bid and asked prices as of 10 a m today. Quotes exclude retail markup markdown and commissions. Prices reflect changes through the day and include listed life and casualty and other insurers alongside regional carriers in Alabama Tennessee and Nebraska.
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NASD
Alabama
Tennessee
Coastal States
Jefferson Standard Life
Bay
Kentucky Central U
Ibs
Liberty National Life
Life & Casualty
Moore Handley
Mutual Savings Life Insa
National Life & Accident Ae
Nebraska Consolidated
Southern Airways
AMA Probes HartSelle Speed Limit Enforcement
The Alabama Motorist Association opened an inquiry into Hart selle city action to enforce a 45 mph limit on U S 31 inside the city. AMA district manager J H Butler said the probe will determine if the move constitutes a speed trap and warned that AAA may route members away if needed. Police Chief Ryker began enforcement as councilors backed the plan to curb speeding. Mayor Reynolds opposed the measure.
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Hartselle
Alabama Motorist Association Today
U.S
J. H. Butler
Decatur
AMA
American Automobile Association
Butler
AMA Legal Department
Birmingham
Willie Ryker
U.S. 31
William McCombe
Milton Hamnon
Ernest Maddox
Harold Johnson
McCombe
Cullman County
Ryker
John Reynolds
Reynolds
AAA
District Diary Notes Local Charges Reported
The MOULTON LAWRENCE County sheriff's office lists charges including attempted murder driving while intoxicated public drunkenness peace offense malicious injury to property and related counts.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Cullman Fire responds to two incidents with light damage
The Cullman Fire Department answered two calls Monday with only light damage reported. A brush fire occurred at Lake George at 1:55 p.m. A 1964 Chevrolet caught fire on Interstate 65 at 9:25 p.m. The car belonged to Fred Cal vert.
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Cullman
Lake George
Interstate 65
Fred Calvert
Holiday traffic toll climbs with multiple fatal crashes
A three car crash near Blytheville killed six and a later five death crash near Benton occurred five hours after. The Safety Council warned that current death rates could surpass last year’s Fourth of July and possibly the Labor Day weekend of 1965. Historical figures show record holiday fatalities across December, Memorial Day, Christmas, New Year and other long weekends with hundreds killed per event.
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Dent
Blytheville
Benton
Safety Council
Admiral Sharp Praises Saigon Efforts and Air Strikes
Admiral Sharp, based in Honolulu, said air power is now enough to back ground troops and praised the Saigon team for their work. He noted Haiphong and Hanoi raids are having the desired effect and commended South Vietnamese Premier Ky for using minimal force to calm Buddhist uprisings.
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Sharp
Honolulu
Saigon
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Canberra
Australia
Westmoreland
Haiphong
Hanoi
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Grant's Skillet Restaurant
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