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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 05, 1968

Page

8

Funeral services for Mrs Tempie I Brunson

Funeral services for Mrs Tempie I Brunson aged 60 of Church Street NW will be held 2 p m Sunday at Westside List Church with Rev J McGahee officiating. Burial will be in Sykes Cemetery Reynal Funeral Home directing Survivors include two sisters Grace A Williams of Decatur and Mary R Thompson of Chicago and several nieces and nephews

Tempie I. Brunson Church St. NW Westside J McGahee Sykes Cemetery Reynal

Lois Hand Funeral Rites Held in Alabama

Mrs Lois Estelle Hand 80 died Thursday at a local hospital. Funeral services were in Elmwood Chapel Birmingham with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Ruth Ribs Birmingham and Mrs Mildred Jacobs Decatur a son Dr Stanley Hand Athens four sisters and eight grandchildren. Pallbearers were nephews. Burial also noted in Falkville Cemetery.

Lois Estelle Hand 20Th Ave Elmwood Chapel Birmingham Elmwood Cemetery John Ridout S. Chapel Ruth Ribs Mildred Jacobs Decatur Stanley D. Hand Athens Lenna Warmack Milltown Denis Owens Dadesville Eunice Foster Atlanta Lola Pate Gadsden

Falkville Woman Mrs James G Liles Dies at 81

Funeral services for Audrey Liles 81 of Falkville will be at 3 30 p m Saturday at Peck Funeral Home with Rev Jimmy Henderson officiating following her death Thursday at home The family will receive friends at the funeral home.

Falkville James G Audrey) Liles Peck Funeral Home Jimmy Henderson

Glass bottle industry runs at full capacity

New York AP reports the glass container industry is operating 24/7 to clear a backlog from a 51 day strike last winter. Industry executives say output this year may match 1967 levels, with 33 billion bottles and jars shipped nationwide in 1967.

New York United States Richard L. Cheney Glass Container Manufacturers Institute

For Sale and Rent Notices with Local Listings

A mix of ads lists vehicles and several rental and sale offers. Items include a 1967 Simca and 1966 Dodge Ton pickup, multiple furnished and unfurnished houses for rent on Danville and Danvill roads, a 2 bedroom 1 bath house on Danville Rd near city limits, a 2 bedroom brick home with 2 baths and a large den fireplace on Woodland Ave SE, a 3 month old AKC black miniature female poodle, and a sale price of 6000 with land near Hartselle.

Danvill Rd Hartselle Danville Rd Woodland Ave S.E 8Th Ave Austin High School

Weather keeps Decatur cool with mild weekend forecast

The Weather Bureau predicts below normal temperatures for Decatur and North Alabama through Wednesday with highs near 83 to 89 and overnight lows around 62 to 66. Partly cloudy and warm today and Saturday, with a chance of widely scattered thunderstorms Sunday. Temperatures Thursday reached 89 in Decatur with a 64 reading this morning.

Decatur North Alabama Weather Bureau Decatur and Vicinity

Douglas chooses two councilmen in close town election

In Douglas Wyoming the nonpartisan town election yielded a tight race with Dr Bill Iserman and Merwin Schlichling each winning 241 votes. Harold Link received 240 votes and Bruce Fitzler 234 for the two seats.

Douglas, Wyo Douglas Bill Iserman Merwin Schlichling Harold Link Bruce Fitzler

Maddox Ordered Troopers to Bar Marchers at King Funeral

A biography claims Governor Maddox told state troopers to shoot down and stack up marchers who tried to enter Georgia's capitol during Martin Luther King Jr. funeral proceedings. The book notes 200 armed officers patrolled the capitol as about 200000 mourners passed by. Maddox denies threatening to deploy forces to protect his Pickrick store and says the language was not his.

Atlanta, Ga Lester Maddox Martin Luther King Jr Georgia Capitol Maddox Bruce Galphin Atlanta Constitution Camelot Publishing Co Atlanta Pickrick King Galphin Ivan Allen Jr

Television Log Highlights Friday Night Schedule

Central time listing shows Alabama Newsreel at 5 45 pm News sports and weather segments then Rawhide Maya Star Trek Gomer Pyle Mission Impossible The Secret Invasion Porter Wagoner and more varying programs through late night with News Weather and sports updates and Merv Griffin and Joey Bishop reruns.

Gomer Pyle USMC Moe Say Porter Wagoner

Radio Stations and Broadcast Hours

A list of radio stations with call signs and operating hours from sunrise to sunset and specific time slots on selected days. The entries include WMSL WHOS WDRM WAJF WJOF WJIMW WKAC and WLCB with varied schedules.

WMSL WAJF Wjof-Fm Wjimw-Am WKAC WLCB Moulton

CAP Cadets Set For Summer Camp

Civil Air Patrol cadets from Alabama and Georgia start a seven day encampment at Maxwell Air Force Base Montgomery. Officials say 179 cadets will attend the training sessions.

Montgomery Ala Civil Air Patrol Alabama Georgia Maxwell Air Force Base CAP

Desai Rejects Kids Plea to End Chocolate Taxes

Deputy Finance Minister Morarji Desai told Parliament that children who wrote to him urging abolition of chocolate taxes were allegedly influenced by parties with an interest. He said the senders came from families able to afford chocolate prices.

New Delhi Morarji Desai

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Tempie Brunson Mrs Lois Hand Falkville Cemetery James Liles Genuine Diemond Ensemble Miis Enee Michael A. Petii M.D Bank Street Old Lyons IS 6Oo Curtis C. Holt Simca Dod le Ton E. Moulton Nice Cleveland Ave S.W Binaron Rd Trinity 15Th Ave. S.E Circuit Court OF Morgan County Hazel Mote Porter Hershel Lee Porter Bryan Cc F Halstead P.O Cleveland Station C. F. Halstead Clevelland Station Discount Center Westgate West- Moulton St Dupont Gibson’s Ole Diz Goroen Xrom Compore Appalachians Ohio Valley Rockies Florida Ted Simmons Associated Press Peter Zackeer Geer Winston Burdine Roscoe Pickett Burdine Pickett Venable Saidys All Times Central Standard Alabama Newsreel Grace Baptist Church Rawhide Valley Maya Western Star Theater Weaither Joey Bishop Johnny Carson Alfred Hitchcock Merv Griffin Freee Symphonic Brodie Busch’s Vance Incom
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