Decatur Area Weather and River Readings
The Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 21.97 feet with sew level 556.27. TVA lake levels listed include Guntersville 594.0 Whitesburg 557.0 Wilson 505.8 Pickwick 513.6 Wheeler 556.3 Chickamauga 681.8. Yesterday’s high 94 at 2 30 p.m. low 70 this morning. Today’s 8 30 a.m. reading 76. Rainfall 41 inches in the last 24 hours to 7 a.m. Forecast calls for variable clouds not quite as warm with widely scattered showers or thundershowers mainly in the afternoon and early evening. Winds variable.
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Tennessee California students protest at war memorial
The report notes arrests of several university students from Tennessee and California and 20 year old Jackie Basil Burns a US sailor on leave for loitering during a five day hunger strike in the war memorial building patio opposite the state capitol.
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Tennessee
California
Jackie Basil Burns
Myers
War Memorial Building
State Capitol
Planted Cotton Acreage Drops to 10.6 Million
The Agriculture Department reports land planted to cotton this year at 10.567 million acres, 25 percent below last year and the smallest since the 1850s. If yields match last year’s 506 pounds per acre, output would reach about 10.567 million bales, down from 14.956 million last season, amid a government program paying farmers to cut plantings to curb surpluses.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Car Fire Causes Minor Damage on 8th Ave
A vehicle fire on 8th Avenue yesterday at 5 47 pm caused slight damage to nearby property. Fire department spokesmen stated no injuries were reported and crews contained the blaze quickly.
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Market prices for cotton milk and grains listed
Cotton Decatur loan middling inch 30.40. Cottonseed 40 a ton. Grade A milk 6.55 per hundred. Four percent milk 3.20 per hundred. Wood 65 45 and 3. Pulpwood 13.50 per cord. No 2 Yellow shelled corn 1.35 No 2 Yellow ear corn 1.11 No 2 White ear corn 1.07 No 2 White shelled corn 1.46 No 2 oats .68 No 2 Milling wheat 1.63 No 2 mile per hundred 2.05 Poultry wheat 1.13 No 2 barley .95.
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Nashville Livestock Market Report Summary
Nashville cattle and calves sold late week mainly cows with few utilities and canners. Dealers paid 25.00 to 28.00 for select goods, hogs too few for a test, U S 12 barrows and gilts about 25.00, sheep none.
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Nashville
U.S
Stock market roundup of major corporations and manufacturers
A dense list of stock prices for numerous companies across industries including manufacturing, energy, consumer goods, and transportation. Names such as Coca Cola, General Electric, Ford Motor, IBM, RCA, Boeing, and East Air Lines appear with varied percentages showing their trading positions at noon.
Broilers and Fryers Market Report Across Regions
Birmingham and Atlanta reports show active ready to cook demand with plants at capacity and overtime. Prices mostly unchanged with some July week sales confirmed. slaughter projections around 1.645 million today and Saturday, with strong farm demand and ample live supplies in Atlanta.
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U.S
Atlanta
Wall Street Holds Moderate Gains Amid Airline Strikes
The stock market erased early weakness to post an irregular afternoon advance. Volume reached about 5.8 million shares as blue chip copper, tobacco, electrical equipment stocks and United Aircraft led gains. Du Pont, Anaconda, Kennecott, GE, Westinghouse and Liggett & Myers rose while airline strikes unsettled prices early, then mostly recovered.
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Kennecott
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Westinghouse Electric
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American Stock Exchange
Over the Counter Securities Quotes From NASD
Quotations compiled by the NASD at about 10 am show representative inter dealer prices. Bids and asks reflect no retail markup or commission with asks adjusted upward for approximate markup. Names include Alabama Tennessee Natl Gas American Amicable Life Coastal States Life Jefferson Standard Life Kentucky Central Liberty National Life Life & Casualty Moore Handley Mutual Savings Life National Life & Accident Nebraska Consolidated Protective Life with varying bid and ask percentages.
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Hartselle Man Lewis Nicholson Dies Aftercoma Long Illness
Hart selle 2 Hart sel le, Alabama, thirty year old Lewis Nicholson died at Pines Nursing Home after a prolonged coma following three brain tumor surgeries at Huntsville Hospital. Funeral services set for Rock Springs Baptist Church with burial at Johnson Chapel Cemetery. Survived by widow Paulette, son Gregory, sister Lois West, sister Roden Nicholson, brother Loyd Nicholson, parents Albert and, and a list of pallbearers.
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Claude C Murphree 81 Dies in Los Angeles Funeral Friday
Claude C Murphree 81 formerly of Decatur died Monday in California. Services will be 2 p m Saturday at Gunthorp Funeral Home chapel Rev A B Van Arsdale officiating. Burial City Cemetery. Survivors include eight daughters two sisters six brothers twenty one grandchildren forty one great grandchildren and many relatives.
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Decatur
Irma Watson
Garden Grove
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Santa Anna
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Camarillo
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J. D. Reed
Evelyn Murphree
Birmingham
Irene Boeglen
Miami
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New Orleans
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Huntsville
Henry Murphree
Mobile
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Effie Roebuck, 66, Dies in Hartselle
Mrs. Effie Roebuck, 66, of 606 McGraw Street Hartselle died Thursday at Decatur General Hospital. Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Hartselle Baptist Church with Rev. G L Lancaster officiating. Burial at Camp Ground Cemetery near Danville. Reynolds Funeral Home directing. Survived by two foster sons Lester Morris and Samuel Tapscott, mother Betty Hewlett, three sisters Clara Orr Ozell Garner Ilona McGregor and three brothers James Morris Cluster Morris Lewis Orr and numerous nieces and nephews.
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Decatur General Hospital
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G. L. Lancaster
Campground
Danville
Reynolds Funeral Home
Lester Morris
Decatur
Samuel Tapscott
Betty Hewlett
Clara Orr
Ozell Garner
Ilona McGregor
Chattanooga
Tenn
James Morris
Cluster Morris
Lawrence County
Lewis Orr
Birmingham
Severe storms leave Nashville area in ruins with widespread outages
Near blinding rain and high winds caused uprooted trees deroofed houses and shattered storefronts across the region. Nashville Electric Service reported 25 000 to 30 000 customers without power at one point and more than 2 000 remained without power by midnight. Murfreesboro saw 90 mph winds while Nashville measured up to 69 mph before the wind gauge failed.
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Nashville Electric Service
Murfreesboro
Nashville
Weather Bureau
Airlines Cancel Most United Flights Amid Strike
United flights were cancelled with reservations accepted for Monday as strike talks continued. About 150 passengers on United’s eight daily Huntsville departures were affected. Southern Airlines operated limited service from Pryor Field and faced difficulty securing bookings from Atlanta while arranging extra relief flights.
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Decatur Diary Highlights Market Sale and Injuries
The Decatur Curb Market at 11st Ave SE and Grant St will open Saturday from 6 to 11 am with items on sale including beans peas squash tomatoes butter beans corn milk butter jam canned vegetables and cut flowers. The annual Corum family reunion is Sunday at Horns Trailer Park. Two crashes Thursday injured at least two people. Mrs James H Humphries head injury in a wreck on US 31 near All States Court as her car turned to a motel colliding with a Cedar Lake driver Lawrence Griffin. Judy Ann Smith injured in a Wilso n and Wells Street crash and taken to Decatur General Hospital. Fire Department answered two calls with no loss.
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U.S. 31
Humphries
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Cedar Lake
Jacksonville
Fla
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Hartselle
Wilson and
Wels St
Decatur General Hospital
Wells St
Wilson St
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Macon
Airlines face potential disruption as a 35,000 union strike looms
President Johnson orders the Civil Aeronautics Board to minimize public inconvenience and reports on emerging problems while urging rapid mail movement for service members in Vietnam. The IAM union threatens a strike affecting 68 cities without trunk air service unless negotiations resume.
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Gandhi calls for peaceful solution to Vietnam crisis
Mrs Gandhi urged active support for any viable peace proposal and suggested the International Control Commission supervise a truce during Geneva talks. The commission would include India, Canada, and Poland with expanded responsibilities if needed. Johnson says US ready for unconditional talks but will press on against North Viet Nam. Sainteny met Ho Chi Minh privately in Hanoi to explore settlement options. Pearson questions reconvening Geneva under Gandhi proposals. Wilson and Stewart push for active peace talks as Parliament backs a pro peace stance.
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Haiphong
France Eyeing Allied Air Overflight Access
France shows continued interest in sharing NATO radar intelligence and in retaining Allied overflight access, reflecting reciprocal security benefits and ongoing postwar intelligence collaboration.
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Wife of Army Sgt. J Stanley Receives Hospitalization News
The wife of 1st Army Sgt. J Stanley reports he is hospitalized in Taipei Taiwan with infectious hepatitis and will be treated for four to six weeks. He served 25 years and has been in Vietnam 10 months. wife states he will return to the U.S. September 5 and serves with C Company 701 Maintenance Battalion 1st Infantry. The Stanleys own a local restaurant and have three children.
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Driver Lips 38 in Trinity Family News
Keith Speegle and Wesley Bryan Speegle of Trinity are featured in a brief family notice referencing ages 38 and 14 months respectively.
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Keith Speegle
Wesley Bryan Speegle
Hoffa wins terms for Teamsters after power struggle
Hoffa rallies delegates to back the Teamster hierarchy and the union’s 1.7 million members. He secures a $25,000 raise to $100,000 a year, approval to cover over $1 million in legal costs, and a rewritten constitution guaranteeing strong job security. He gains authority to negotiate national industry and area contracts with all locals joining if a majority approves. He denounces enemies including Congress and the press and says the Teamsters will rejoin AFL-CIO on their terms.
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Navy says Hai Phong raid nearly completed port destruction
U S planes raided Hai Phong fuel depot reporting about six percent of the installation remaining after destroying unloading and storage facilities and two pumping stations A follow up strike hit an oil dump north of Hanoi an oil site near Haiphong and targets near Vinh and Hai Phong In total 77 missions and about 250 individual plane strikes were reported with 282 American planes shot down since February 7 1965 Lt Cmdr William J Isenhour of Lemoore California was rescued uninjured after the Haiphong attack
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Hanoi
Vinh
Air Force
U.S. Navy
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William J. Isenhour
Lemoore
Calif
Classified Ads Offer Bargains and Rentals in Local Listings
A reader’s page lists items for sale including a 20 inch window fan for 10 dollars and aluminum screens. Also offers a portable irrigation system with a 10 hp motor for 750 dollars and various rental homes and rooms with prices and contact numbers. Additional notices seek drivers for ice cream vendors and bids for a welder position. Listings include lost ring reward and multiple real estate rentals near Walter Jackson School.
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