This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1965
Page
1
Metco Inc officials announced a $300000 industrial plant to be built on a 23 acre site north of Superior Auto Parks in Hartselle. The facility will produce metal shipping reels and employ about 200 people within two years with completion targeted by mid December.
The landing of 8,000 more Marines in South Vietnam was a move to play it safe and strengthen U S forces against a potential major thrust by redeployed Communist troops. Gen Westmoreland requested the units from Okinawa for rapid arrival amid intensified activity in the central highlands and possible North Vietnamese army division deployments.
The Moose Lodge hosts an 8 p.m. entertainment evening tonight on Moulton Street. The Morgan County Post 15 of the American Legion to install officers Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the post home 925 Bank Street. District Commander John R. Aldridge will conduct the installation. Wreck reports list two collisions Wednesday in Morgan County with injuries and total property damage.
Joe E. Blackburn resigns as vice president of State National Bank to become president of the proposed First State Bank of Decatur. The bank will be located in the old Post Office annex, pending charter decision in coming days. assets listed at about half a million dollars.
House Speaker McCormack said a Southern Democrat’s appeal for votes for the Republican voting rights bill versions put Republicans in a tough spot. Rep. William M. Tuck urged opposition to the administration bill to back the GOP substitute by Gerald Ford and McCulloch. Debate continued as the House prepared to vote, with a page 2 note: See SOUTH’S.
Six kidnap victims held by ex convict abductors were freed unharmed in Woodland California. Police and the FBI pursue suspects in a Portland bank holdup and an Oregon deputy sheriff’s death. A three state manhunt targets Wilbur Marion Grey and Karl Cletes Bowles centered near Sacramento where hostages were released.
The FBI suspects Grey and Bowles, recent Oregon State Prison releasees, in a Tuesday bank heist in Oregon totaling about $14,000. Hostages named include Mrs. David Corbin and her son Clinton Clark, plus the Rickstins family of Seattle. Mrs. Corbin spoke, expressing anger at the killings of a police officer. See KIDNAP On Page 2.
Final approval of a desegregation plan for Lawrence County schools is expected within days after officials in the U S Department of Education indicated approval. The plan staggers grade desegregation from 1965 to 1968, starting with grades 1 7 10 and 12 in 1965 66 and completing 4 5 6 and 9 in 1967 68. An advertisement notes the board’s decision to comply with the 1964 Civil Rights Act after extensive study.
The Agriculture Department estimates 14,205,000 acres planted to cotton this year, about four percent below last year. No production forecast was issued, but the agency noted the trend could influence output.
Signs of strain between reformers and conservative Communists in the Soviet Union hint at a new round of personnel reshuffles. The leadership reportedly postponed the party congress, the ruling body for nearly 12 million members, last held in October 1961.
Four top government and Communist party officials who rose under Khrushchev have vanished for five or six weeks from key official gatherings. Their disappearance may be tied to the earlier downfall of Khrushchev's proteges, signaling powerful internal shifts in the USSR.
The University of Alabama will accept no more applications for admittance from women for the fall semester after Monday. In Washington the House Agriculture Committee approved a four year cotton program with low price support loans and direct payments to cooperating growers. Also in Washington George E. Reedy said he has a painful foot disease and will bow out of his White House post for months. In Birmingham Ku Klux Klan attorney Matt Murphy Jr. failed to force FBI informer Gary Rowe out of hiding.
A Danville area farm reports about 15 cattle dead from a rare disease described by officials as widespread. Some 70 head are affected with the condition, identified as hereditary photosensitization, linked to consumption of moldy dead foliage containing porphyrins that heighten sun exposure in light colored Hereford cattle.
Uniontown Alabama report says William Henry Fitts the only Black spectator who responded to a state trooper plea for help pulled four people from a water filled car that had overturned in a creek. He disappeared from the scene after the dramatic rescue.
AP market summary notes stocks higher on moderate trading with bonds and cotton quiet. Chicago grain Wheat weak hedging and liquidation. Corn lower, July weak. Oats steady to weak. Soybeans lower with old crop months weak. Hog prices steady to 25 cents higher top 25.25. Slaughter steers supply small and sales about steady.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.