Weather and river summary for Decatur Tennessee area
Decatur and vicinity reports Tennessee River level 21.23 at Keller Memorial Bridge and sea level 555.53. TVA lake stages listed for Guntersville Whitesburg Wilson Pickwick Wheeler Chickamauga. High yesterday 91 at 3 p.m. Low 67 at 4 a.m. Readings show 21 inches of rain in the prior 24 hours. Forecast partly cloudy warm humid with afternoon thunder showers, about 4 percent area. Winds southerly 5 to 12 mph gusting. High today around 92, low tonight 70.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Pickwick
Wheeler
Chickamauga
Local Over the Counter Securities Quoted by NASD
Quotations compiled by NASD at roughly 10 a.m. show inter-dealer bid and ask prices for several life and financial firms with marks reflecting approximate markup. Listings include Life and Bank stocks such as Life of Alabama and State Natl. Bank of Alabama with bids and asks ranging from 6% to 79% par values, plus transactional notes on inter-dealer markets and reader notices of admissions and dismissals in nearby towns.
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NASD
Allied Life
Equity
National Life
Food Corp. of America
First Natl
Bank of Decatur
Greater
Alabama
Life of
Southern United Life Ins
State Natl
Bank of Alabama
Vulcan Life Ins. Co
Markets Report Detailed Commodities Prices
Cotton Decatur loan middling inch 30.40. Cottonseed 40 per ton. Milk Grade A 6.55 per hundred. Manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred for four percent. Pulpwood 13.50 per cord. No 2 Yellow Shelled Corn 1.33. No 2 Yellow Ear Corn 1.11. No 2 White Ear Corn 1.07. No 2 White Shelled Corn 1.44. No 2 Oats 0.65. No 2 Milling Wheat 1.38. Hogs 450-255 lbs 23.25-23.75. Sows 280-500 lbs 18.00-19.00. Cattle 500 plus few good slaughter steers 700-950 lbs 22.50-24.00. Heifers 25.00. Cows 12.50-14.00. Bulls 16.75-17.25. Feeder steers 350-500 lbs 25.00. Feeder heifers 17.00-20.00. Vealers 24.00-25.00. Calves 18.00-21.00. Sheep 350 good slaughter lambs 20.00-23.00.
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Decatur
Wall Street closes lower on quiet second day of trading
The market dipped for the second straight session with very light volume. Blue chips weakened led by steels and motors while American Broadcasting traded at 54.44, United Air Lines and Control Data rose, and General Motors fell over a point as volume hovered around 3.3 million shares.
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New York
WAP
American Broadcasting
Control Data
United Air Lines
General Motors
Jersey Standard
Hospitals list patients and residents in Decatur area
The notice lists patients at Decatur General and associated addresses and residents in Decatur and nearby towns. Names include Bernice Standridge Trinity Michael Pace Roy Henson Jr Howard Avery Mrs Henry Propst Wendell Thrasher and others with infant details and street addresses across Decatur Moulton Athens Somerville Grant and Hartselle.
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Decatur General Admissions
Bernice Standridge
Trinity
Michael Pace
Decatur
Roy Henson Jr
Howard Avery
Henry Propst
Elizabeth Ave
Wendell Thrasher
12Th Ave
Stovall
Beard St
William Worley
Waldermose Springs
Laymon Montgomery
Moulton
Nancy Price
Olive
Rodney Hayley
Sandlin Rd
James Compton
Hartselle
John Leopard
Athens
Willie Hudson
Clearview St
John Garrison Jr
6Th Ave
Clarence Gibson
Somerville
William Hermes
1St Ave
James Pearce, Jr
Grant
Stock movers dip and rise in early trading
General Motors and Chrysler fell about a point while June new car sales hit a monthly high. US Steel Jones & Laughlin declined about a half point. Rails edged higher with Southern Railway Illinois Central up half a point. United Air Lines Merck eased about a point. DuPont slipped nearly a point and AT&T eased. Corning Glass dropped three points and American South Africans lost two.
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General Motors
Chryslers
Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Southern Railway
Illinois Central
United Air Lines
Merck
du Pont
American Telephone
Corning Glass
Limestone County backs Tims Ford Dam project
Limestone County Board of Revenue endorses the Elk River dam in Lincoln County Tennessee and urges support from Senators Hill and Sparkman. The action follows an endorsement by the Limestone County Sportsman Club as the House approves 5.5 million for construction and the Senate considers funding. Officials say the dam will start river development with plans for a second dam at Sugar Creek or Buck Island.
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Athens
Limestone County Board of Revenue
Tims Ford
Elk River
Lincoln County
Tenn
Limestone County
Sugar Creek
Buck Island
Water shortage warned as dams absence endangers capital
Ellis warned the Potomac basin faces a daily shortfall of 800 million gallons, with one third in the metro area, and noted flood risk from missing mainstream dams. He contrasted higher New England power costs and urged chambers of commerce to tell the story of TVA.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Potomac
Ellis
New England
TVA
New York
Stamford
Conn
Mississippi
Pacific Southwest
Deaths Man Found Dead In Car Edwin Little
Edwin Little aged 43 was found slumped in his car at 5 a.m. near his 1305 Somerville Road SE. Coroner Lewis C. Brown said a heart attack caused his death. Services set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel with burial in City Cemetery. Survived by his wife Dorothy Bowlin Little a daughter Frances Marlene Little a brother Louis Henry Little and three sisters. Pallbearers listed.
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Edwin Little
Somerville Rd
Lewis C. Brown
Little
Brown
Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel
Willard Stallcup
Frank Richards
City
Gunthorp
Dorothy Bowlin Little
Frances Marlene Little
Decatur
Louis Henry. Little
Elizabeth Eugenia Little
Melvin S. Wells
R. W. Schrimsher
Pensacola, Fla
Gilman Sanders
Johnny Collier
Lewis Carroll
Winford Long
W. G. Maze
Luther Sellers
Funeral set for Kathy Charlene Hall infant
Funeral services for four month old Kathy Charlene Hall daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Hall of Kansas City Missouri will be held Thursday at 2 pm at East End Methodist Church The Rev David Atkins will officiate Burial is in Smyrna Cemetery Lawrence County Gunthorp Funeral Home directs Surviving relatives include maternal grandparents Harvey Crosswhite of Decatur paternal grandparents Charles Hall Sr of Pikeville Tennessee an aunt and three uncles from listed locations with further kin named.
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Kathy Charlene Hall
Charles Hall
Kansas City
East End Methodist Church
David Atkins
Smyrna Cemetery
Lawrence County
Gunthorp
Harvey Crosswhite
Decatur
Mrs Pattie Coyle Bush Dies at Home in Decatur
Mrs Pattie Coyle Bush age unknown died Tuesday at 11 a m at her residence 841 Sherman Street Decatur Services were held today at 4 p m graveside in City Cemetery Rev John Rutland officiated Gunthorth Funeral Home directed Survivors include widower J D Bush two sons Dr J D Bush Jr Gadsden and Maj James L Bush US Air Force two brothers E L Coyle Huntsville and Allen Coyle Birmingham
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Pattie Coyle Bush
Sherman St
City Cemetery
John Rutland
Gunthorp
J. D. Bush
Decatur
J. D. Bush Jr
Gadsden
Maj
James L. Bush
US Air Force
E. L. Coyle
Huntsville
Allen Coyle
Birmingham
Bomb Blast Shakes City Office District
Police investigated a 3:45 a.m. explosion caused by a black powder bomb planted in a city refuse container outside the Masonite Building at 29 N Wacker Drive. The blast damaged hundreds of windows and sent debris to the Kemper Insurance Building. No injuries were reported. the container stood before Friden Inc sales show rooms.
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N. Wacker Drive
Kemper Insurance Building
Civic Opera House
Civic Theater
Wacker Drive
Friden Inc
TVA Leaders Urge Regional Drive To Shape National Policy
In discussing natural resources and public power, regional business and leadership groups advocate that national bodies adopt realistic policies. They condemn claims that TVA and related ventures are socialist, arguing TVA’s energy origin came from distant voices while urging the valley to share its experience and influence nationwide.
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Tennessee Valley
TVA
Ellis
Deaths in Hartselle and Decatur span families
Mrs. Lusell Haynes aged 73 died Sunday at her home in Hartselle and will lie in state today with burial at Hartselle Cemetery under S. Sykes Funeral Home. Survivors include four daughters, a sister, ten grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Mrs. Louise Wheeler, 74, of 528 10th Ave. NW, died Saturday. services Thursday at Gainder Memorial C.M.E. Church with Reynolds Funeral Home directing. Survivors include her husband Leroy Wheeler, four children, twenty six grandchildren and five great grandchildren, a brother, Eugene Lyle, Birmingham, and many relatives and friends. The family will be at Reynolds Funeral Chapel tonight.
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Lusell Haynes
Hartselle
Mt. Pleasant C.M.E
I. H. Horn
S. S. Sykes
Louise Wheeler
10Th Ave
Gainder Memorial C.M.E
R. E. Brooks
Swoopes
Reynolds Finneral
Will Wheeler
Decatur
Leroy Wheeler
Cleveland
Ohio
Louise Fuqua
Elizabeth Tollizer
Chattanooga
Tenn
Disability amendment clears Senate despite opposition
The proposed disability amendment would seal into the Constitution the first clear answer to John Dickinson's 1787 question about the term disability and who judges it. The Senate approved it 68 to 5 after a party line vote with Gore Lausche McCarthy Mondale and Tower among those opposing. The House backed the measure by voice vote, and presidential signature is not required.
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John Dickinson
Delaware
Senate
Sens
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Eugene J McCarthy
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
John G. Tower
House
Johnson
Byrd Proposes Early Social Security Benefits Shift
The plan would cut widows retirement at 60 to 29 percent of the husband's payment, while 62 year olds would receive 37 percent. Byrd said 3.5 million could qualify for early benefits and 900,000 would use them next year. He claims $500 million initial extra cost with actuarial adjustments to avoid long term costs.
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Byrd
House
Viet Cong clash near Saigon with Vietnamese Australian troops
A joint Vietnamese and Australian force clashed with the Viet Cong about 25 miles northeast of Saigon for about half an hour and came under machine gun fire before helicopters strafing forced the attackers to break off. No American casualties reported. The operation began Tuesday and emptied Viet Cong tunnels while destroying huts with negligible enemy contact.
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D Zone
Saigon
U.S
Decatur Building Permits and Local Wrecks Report
The city clerk listed building permits for Eva Reed Morgan Builders James J Hamilton Billy Reeves Pat V Lane Dick Coffey E L Terry Mrs Harley James P Slaten J R Smith with varied projects and costs. The Alabama Highway Patrol logged multiple Tuesday wrecks near Waldermose Springs Moulton Cullman and Eva plus Decatur. injuries reported to several drivers and passengers. The city court docket included driving offenses and traffic violations. Decatur Fire Department had no calls. Police investigated several collisions on Kearns Street Johnston Street Clearview Street and Danville Road with multiple injured motorists. Sam Johnson reported hubcaps stolen from a residence on 4th Street NW.
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Eva Reed
2Nd. Ave
Morgan Builders
Fremont St
James J. Hamilton
Cal‘ray Ave
Billy Reeves
Broadus St
Pat V. Lane
Monroe Dr
Alabama Highway Patrol
Waldermose Springs
Ann Lewis
Huntsville
Miss Lewis
Mae Lewis
Moulton
Alabama 24
Kitty Earlene Hardin
Daniel Montgomery
Daniel
Flint Rock Rd
Ruth Dodson Nolan
Mount Hope
Merill Faye Simpson
Cullman
Highway 20
Bill Toms Rowland
Hanceville
L. C. Folds
Hanceville 1
Margaret Nails
Eva
Winford O. Baily
Cullman 2
Kearns St
Harry Nickins
Hartselle 4
Bert Allen
Nickins
Hartseller
4Th Ave
Johnston St
Jimmie D. Terry
Trinity
Bernice A. Miller
Decatur
Clearview St
Gayle Hemingway Ross
Everett St
Danville Rd
Ala Woods Higdon
Muskhee Rd
Margaret M. Wenzler
Fairway Dr
16Th Ave
11Th St
Bertha K. Timberlake
Robert M. Fender
Jackson St
6Th Ave
6Th St
Howard David Laney
Vinemont
Carl Benjamin Vandiver
Columbia, Tenn
Arson Probe and Civil Rights Leader Faces Attack Claim
Mrs. Plummer plans to hand over evidence to the Justice Department fearing local authorities would destroy it. Rev. Frederick D. Reese, president of the Dallas County Voters League, was indicted on three counts of embezzling $1,850 and arrested. King says the arrest targets the group, while SCLC will investigate and continues voter registration efforts.
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Plummer
Justice Department
King
Selma
Ala
Dallas County Voters League
Frederick D. Reese
Atlanta
League
SCLC
Ford McCulloch bill Sanely Challenges Administration Plan
GOP leaders press a rival bill led by Gerald R. Ford and William M. McCulloch. McCulloch argues the measure is fairer and appeals to Southern voters, pledging registrars must be residents of the states they serve and criticizing distant examiners.
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Smith
House
Gerald R. Ford
William M. McCulloch
Ohio
Judiciary Committee
McCulloch
Defense Department cites advanced stages at Ford and two other sites
The department says no surface-to-air missiles are in firing position yet though three sites including Ford are in advanced stages. In late April Defense Secretary McNamara said missiles would become combat ready and that planning is underway.
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Department
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Local figures to be honored at Overpass ceremony
The program lists Rep Jones Mayor Blackburn Gov Wallace Nelson former Mayor Murray Dodd City Commissioners Fred Hunt and Morgan and Speaker Albert Brewer as honorees. A luncheon at Congress Inn will close the ceremonies for a small group of honorees.
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Rep. Jones
Blackburn
Wallace
Nelson
Murray Dodd
Fred Hunt
Morgan
Albert Brewer
Congress Inn
McAllister
Jack Wood
Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co
Robert Johnston
Johnston and Associates
Births in Cullman and Decatur Areas
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hutson Cullman 4 welcome a daughter at Cullman Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davidon 1501 Tower St SE report a son today at Decatur General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Dempsey Decatur 4 report a son yesterday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital.
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Gerald Hutson
Cullman
Cullman Hospital
Thomas Davidson
Tower St. SE
Decatur General Hospital
Willard Dempsey
Decatur 4
Baugh-Wiley-Smith
City Could Install Parking Meters for Downtown
Morgan outlines options for new downtown off street parking tied to Wells Street Urban Renewal. City would gain expenditures credit if meters are installed. no credit if spaces are leased. Federal Building lacks public parking and the city’s space would only partly ease the shortage.
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Morgan
Wells Street
Decatur Housing Authority
Federal
Federal Building
Fish Sense Sounds Through Nerve Endings
A fish can feel sounds via sensitive nerve endings along its body that detect vibrations like a fisherman's footfall. This sensory ability helps the fish sense approaching predators or prey in its aquatic environment.
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Bull
Mars
Over the
Local Securities
Tennessee
Natl
National Life & Accident
Nebraska Consolidated Protective Life Southern Airways
Henry Bullard
William H. Fairley
7Th Ave
M. O. Shelton
J. P. Holland
Ottis W. Eady
Norris Hargrove
Prospect
Hollis Cowart
William W. Terry
Falkville
Dana Smith
Arthur F. Johnson
Lafaylette St
Shirley Faye Lindley
Murphy Apt
James Hogan
Bradley Jones
Sherman Talley
James Clem
Decatur Markets
Wall Street
Mack Tuten
Cherry St
James Tuten
Enolam Blvd
Donald Watson
William St
Agnes Holyfield
Monroe
Tower St
Eldred Puckett
Apt
Westcourt
Karen Wright
12Th St
Melvin Cordes
2Nd Ave
Cloyd Campbell
L'stone
Tims Ford Dam
The
Chambers of Commerce
ATVCC
James Sherfey
Association of Tennessee Valley
Ray Stennett
Corinth
Miss
ATVEC
Sherfey
Glascow
Dick Ordway
George Regan
Macon
Dennis Darnell
Harold Huffman
Rolling Green
Mrs
Dick Coffey
E. L. Terry
Decatur Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
Decatur Fire Department
Sam Johnson
4Th St. NW
Ford
Decatur Jayceettes
Paul Davis Feed
Moulton, Street
Beech St
Frank Brown
Vine St
Decatur-Moulton
McNeal
Spur Oil Co
Ave. N.E
Imr
Jack Keeler
Sparkman St
Priceville
Herbert Maddox
Decatur ‘Shopping
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