Weather and river outlook with celestial hints and TVA levels
River and weather details report high morning temperatures around 81 to 91 for today with partly cloudy skies and a chance of late thunder. TVA lake stages list Guntersville 595.2 and Pickwick 413.3 while rain for the past 24 hours totals 2 inches. Mars and Saturn are visible after sunset, Jupiter rises after 3:04 am.
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TVA
Guntersville
Wilson
Pickwick
Wheeler
Chickamauga
Inter-dealer NASD Quotations Update
Quotations compiled by the NASD at about 10 a.m. show native inter-dealer prices with no retail markup or commission. Allied Life Equity National Life Food Corp of America First Natl Bank of Decature Greater Alabama Vulcan Life Ins Co inter-dealer prices cited as representative as of today.
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Allied Life
National Life
Food Corp. of America
Bank of Decature
Greater Alabama
Vulcan Life Ins. Co
Markets review of cotton milk grains and livestock quotes
Cotton Decatur loan middling inch 40 milks grade A 96.55 per hundred manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred four percent direct ratio below four percent pulpwood 13.50 per cord corn prices range 1.07 to 1.46 per bushel oats 0.65 milling wheat 1.38 barley 0.95 hogs 400 1-3 190-225 lbs 23.50 sows 300-550 lbs 18.00-19.00 cattle 500 slaughter steers 27.00 heifers 24.00 utility cows 12.50-14.00 bulls 16.50-17.25 feeders 22.50-24.50 calves 23.50-25.00 sheep 150 27.00"}
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Decatur
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals List for Decatur Area
A hospital admissions and dismissals roster lists patients admitted such as Mrs Dora Hawkins and Mr Wilburn Logan with addresses in Decatur area. Dismissals include Mst Stephen Cross and Mrs Benjamin Stevens with infant son, among others, across multiple streets and towns.
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Stephen Cross
Magnolia St
Benjamin Stevens
Summerlane
James Morris
Hartselle
Virgil Thompson
Wilson St
Thomas Holland
Falkville
Robert Williams
Cleveland Ave
Arthur Howarth Jr
Decatur
Local Names Listing Witnesses and Addresses
A reader-like listing shows multiple names with street addresses and towns such as Decatur Hartselle Tanner Somerville Vine mont and numbers like 1613 North St 1407 5th Ave SE 2122 U S 31 South 806 8th Ave SE 605 6th Ave NE 224 10th Ave NW 1106 9th. The fragment appears to catalog individuals including Miss Francis Kay Praytor Mrs John Bain Mr W H McGown and others with infant references.
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Francis Kay Praytor
North St
Marvin Lee
5Th Ave
John Bain
Decatur
W. H. McGown
3Rd
Angela Junkin
U.S 31
South Mst
Kenneth Shikles
Vinemont
Andrew Rombokas
8Th Ave
Buford Sulcer
Tanner
Fred Carter
6Th Ave
Bobbie Cain
10Th Ave
Ernest Jean Cash
Hartselle
Donald Ray Sutton
Carrie Hensley
9Th Ave
Doctors locate Mrs de Portola in Sonora village
Dr. Lawson and four doctors of Liga International found Mrs. de Portola Saturday in the village of Tesa paco Sonora. The group of volunteer doctor-pilots helped her, who had postponed her departure a day due to fear of flying and concern for her two year old child. Humberto de Portola, 25, persuaded her to proceed, Lawson said.
City Salary Study Aims at Adjustments Not Universal Increases
R E Dean vice chairman of the Decatur Personnel Board says the study seeks to align city employe pay with competitive jobs. It is not a blanket raise but a salary adjustment with no cutoffs. Merit steps drop from nine to six while ranges shift to new minimums. Biweekly changes include clerk typist 128 to 145, equipment operator 141 to 171, auto mechanic 147 to 162, laborer 141 to 181.
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Dean
Poultry Prices and Demand Across Atlanta and Birmingham
In Atlanta live poultry demand remains good for broilers and fryers with farm prices at 14 and plant prices at 15 percent. Hens show fair demand with heavy farm prices at 15 and plant prices at 16 to 16 14, light hens 6 and 7 to 7 4. In Birmingham broilers and fryers see a steady to firm tone with farm values unchanged and plant delivery at 15 to 15 percent. Estimated slaughter today is 2,240,000 head versus 1,272,000 last Tuesday.
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Poultry Atlanta
Birmingham
Disability language on presidential succession gains support
Senate floor managers predict rapid approval of a constitutional amendment to empower the vice president to act when the president is disabled or vacancies occur. Dirksen backs the measure as it stands while Bayh expects passage after Congress. Ratification by three fourths of states will complete the process.
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Everett M. Dirksen
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Congress
Mayor Finley to tighten ordinances after Fourth of July unrest
Geneva on the Lake Ohio Mayor Wilson W Finley says he will draft tougher penalties for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after almost 300 youths were arrested over the Fourth of July weekend. He calls for more enforcement and higher fines to cover such incidents.
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Wilson W. Finley
Geneva - On- the - Lake
Ohio
Finley
Vietnamese outpost Ba Gia comes under heavy fighting
Patrols of Vietnamese mountain troops with two American advisers near the Duc Co special forces camp clash near Ba Gia. One American killed, three wounded, two missing. South Vietnamese losses 29 dead, 39 wounded, 107 missing. Ba Gia quiet after dawn mortar barrage. Viet Cong force still holds positions nearby.
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Duc Co
Ba Gia
Saigon
Quang Ngai
Robbery Attempt At Gilley Residence
A man planned to rob the Gilley home as Ceps Tucker and E F Easterwood hid inside. The sheriff said the owners, Mr and Mrs Gilley aged 81 and 75, had left the house before officers confronted the intruder who broke in aiming for a safe. Tucker said the man tried to throw a bar and he fired, wounding the intruder. Isbell remained jailed. The incident followed a prior burglary at the same residence years earlier.
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Tucker
E. F. Easterwood
Death of David L. Rosenau Sr. in Athens
Funeral services for 90 year old David L. Rosenau Sr. were held at the First Methodist Church in Athens with burial at City Cemetery. He was a longtime merchant, father of Limestone County Judge D L Rosenau Jr., and survived by his widow Mrs. Margaret A. Rosenau a daughter a son and four grandchildren. Pallbearers included Bill Lewis Jack Tanner Maclin Frierson John Wilson David Patton and Billy Malone.
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Athens
David L. Rosenau
Madison St
First Methodist Church
James Harris
McConnell Funeral Home
Rosenau
Limestone County
D. L. Rosenau Jr
Dave
Sharp and Killen
Margaret A. Rosenau
D. J. Wilson
Judge D.L. Rosenau Jr
Bill Lewis
Jack Tanner
Maclin Frierson
John Wilson
David Patton
Billy Malone
Mrs Ocie A Johnson 76 Dies in Cullman Services Held
Mrs Ocie Annie Johnson 76 died Monday at home in Cullman. Services were held at Etna Baptist Church with Rev. Charlie Hill and Rev. Jim Smith officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Survivors include four daughters Mrs Wallace Mrs Whitworth Mrs Bailey and Mrs Johnson, five sons Theron Lui Leon Orvis and Frank, twenty grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren and thirty one great great grandchildren, two brothers and a sister.
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Cullman
Ocie Annie’ Johnson
Eva
Etna Baptist Church
Charlie Y. Hill
Jim Smith
Moss
W. R. Wallace
Ola Whitworth
Clarence Bailey
Sue Johnson
Theron
Lui
Leon
Orvis
Frank Johnson
Hartselle Baptist Church
I. H. Horn
Reynolds Funeral Home
Jerline
Sharkley
Cleveland
Ohio
Merline Baker
Leardia Russell
Hartselle
Willis Mitchell
Isaiah Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell
Water Victim Rites Today for Tommy Joe Murray
Services for 11 year old Tommy Joe Murray of Hanceville will be held at 2 p.m. today at New Prospect Baptist Church with burial in adjoining cemetery. The boy drowned Sunday near an old water filled mine near Prospect Mountain about 25 miles southwest of Cullman. Survivors include his parents four brothers three sisters and others. Coroner Grady Moss said a passerby from Birmingham found the body after about 30 minutes in the water and took him to Cullman Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
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Cullman
Tommy Joe Murray
Hanceville
Prospect Mountain
Here
New Prospect Baptist Church
Moss
J. T. Murray
Ronnie
Jonnie
Connie
Roger Murray
Patricia
Prici
Mrs J D Bush 84 dies at Decatur home
Mrs J D Bush 84 of 841 Sherman Street died this morning at 11 o clock at her residence Gunthorp Funeral Home will announce funeral arrangements later Survivors include her widower J D Bush two sons Dr J D Bush Jr of Gadsden and Maj James L Bush USAF two brothers E L Coyle Huntsville and Allen Coyle Birmingham Born in Madison County she lived in Decatur about 50 years member of Central Methodist Church Cotaco Literary Club and Eastern Star active in church missionary work
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J. D. Bush
Sherman St
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Decatur
J. D. Bush, Jr
Gadsden
James L. Bush
U.S. Air Force
E. L. Coyle
Huntsville
Allen Coyle
Birmingham
Central Methodist Church
Cotaco Literary Club
Order of Eastern Star
Missionary Society of the Church
Negro Deaths Early Mitchell 75 Hartselle
Early Mitchell 75 died Friday at 5 35 am at Decatur General Hospital in Hartselle. Services will be Thursday at [location and time not provided].
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Early Mitchell
Hartselle
Decatur General Hospital
Rehabilitation Center Plans 150000 Growth Campaign
The Tennessee Valley Rehabilitation Center seeks 150000 to finance an expansion including a speech clinic. The drive targets Morgan Limestone and Cullman counties and requires United Fund approval in each county. The center, built in 1961, is directed by John Smith and sponsored by the Society of Crippled Children and Adults.
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Morgan
Limestone
Cullman
Tennessee Valley Rehabilitation Center
Tennessee Valley State Vocational Technical School
The
Society of
United Fund
John ‘Smith
Decatur selects Larkin Yates for city coordinator post
City officials announced the selection of Larkin Yates after a months long search that drew about fifty applications. Yates, with 43 years in education and experience in finance and administration, will coordinate city functions and implement commissioners policies in Decatur. He previously served in Cullman and Decatur schools and will begin with a period of study and organization.
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Larkin Yates
Yates
Decatur
Cullman City
Austin
Decatur High
Cullman County High School
Jacksonville State College
University of Alabama
Auburn University
George Peabody College
Cullman County
Matthew Hall
Decatur Schools
Austin High
Hall
Morris Schrimsher
Danville High School
Joe Jones
Cullman
Kiwanis Club
Boy Scouts
Theield of Education
Peope
Decatur Diary Briefs and Local Notices
Family of the late John Clem Hays holds a reunion at Delano Park in Decatur with picnic lunch expected. A Decatur Council No. 81 meeting is set at the Mason ic Temple with officers to be installed. City court docket lists numerous traffic and petty crime cases. Police report vandalism at a Gateway Center jewelry store and various thefts and property damage incidents. The Jayceettes announce an entertainment evening at the Pet Dairy, and the Corum family reunion is planned at Horns Trailer Park with picnics. The Decatur Curb Market advertises produce and baked goods. Alabama Highway Patrol reports a two-vehicle and single-vehicle wreck near Athens on U S 31S, with more details pending.
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John Clem Hays
Delano Park
Decatur
Powell Expected To Receive Top Circuit Judge Position
Judge Powell of the Eighth Judicial Circuit which includes Morgan Limestone and Lawrence Counties is expected to be elevated to president of the Alabama Asnae Circuit Judges association at its annual meeting July 14 15 in Birmingham. The event at the Tutwiler Hotel will feature a banquet with Griffin Sikes Andalusia as speaker and seminars on search and seizure criminal law and demonstrative evidence.
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Powell
Newton B. Powell
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence Counties
Alabama
Asnae Circuit Judges Organization
Ieate Panespreesien Otter
Griffin Sikes
Andalusia
T. W. Thagard
Greenville
James A. Hare
Selma
Mike Sollielli
Ozark
Decatur
James N.bloodworth
Association
Tutwiler Hotel
University of Alabama
The
Senate health plan expands social security coverage
The proposal introduces a basic hospitalisation plan financed through Social Security and a voluntary supplemental plan for doctors' fees and extra services. It also strengthens Kerr-Mills aid, boosts federal grants for the needy, and authorizes new funds for child health programs, with broad Social Security revisions alongside higher benefits.
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Kerr-Mills
U.S
Tractor Injury At Farm Near Holly Pond
A 30 year old man, Festus Allbright, was admitted to Cullman Hospital after a tractor accident on his farm. Officials listed him in good condition. wife Mrs Allbright said he was struck by a power take off lift on the tractor.
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Cullman
Cullman Hospital
Festus 'Allbright
Road wrecks injure several drivers in multiple one car crashes
A sequence of single vehicle collisions occurred in the area. Gary Gilliland of Moulton drove a 1964 Ford two miles north of Courtland. he was injured. James E. Stump of Columbus Ohio drove a 1965 Oldsmobile three miles north of Cullman and was injured. Berthie R. Sims of Decatur drove a 1964 Ford one mile south of Decatur in a crash. Laymon Jackson of Hillsboro drove a 1962 Chevrolet eight miles east of Courtland and was injured.
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Stump
Columbus
Ohio
Decatur
Berthie R. Sims
Courtland
Laymon Jackson
Hillsboro
Local Families Welcome New Babies at Decatur General
Mr and Mrs Ruben Shep herd Decatur 4 welcome a daughter Monday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Ralph White Trinity 1 welcome a daughter Monday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs John Layman Decatur 4 welcome a son today at De, and Mr and Mrs Charles Hill welcome a baby at Lawrence County Hospital.
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Ruben Shepherd
Decatur
Decatur General Hospital
Ralph White
Trinity
John Layman
Charles Hill
Lawrence County
Viet Nam sortie loss rate and helicopter tally
The account states 701,938 helicopter sorties with 45 helicopters lost in Viet Nam. This yields a loss rate of one helicopter per 15,598 sorties.
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Viet Nam
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