Weather and River Summary for Decatur and Vicinity
Decatur Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning 21.28 sea level 555.58. TVA lake stages Guntersville 593.6 Whitesburg 555.6 Wilson 506.9 Pickwick 412.7 Wheeler 555.6 Chickamauga 681.6. High yesterday 98 at 2 pm. Overnight low 73. Today 88 at 8 30 am. Forecast mostly sunny hot with isolated afternoon or evening thundershowers. Winds 3 to 10 mph. High today 102 low tonight 77. Friday high 101. Sunset 7:02 pm sunrise 4:46 am. Moonrise 1:58 am New Moon July 17. Visible planets Saturn 10:44 pm Venus follows moon. Arcturus and Aldebaran noted.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Pickwick
Wheeler
Chickamauga
Fire Ants Spray Plan Targeting 53000 Acres
The Department of Agriculture will spray pellets to control fire ants over 53 000 acres in Limestone Madison and Morgan counties starting Friday. Each acre receives one quarter ounce of poison. Spraying lasts about two weeks.
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Department of Agriculture
Limestone
Madison
Morgan
Governor's $8 Million Plan Spurs Junior College Growth
Dr. Kelley outlines a master plan requested by Gov. Wallace to expand a combined technical junior college. Facilities for 2000 students by 1970 include a health building with pool, a 28 classroom tech block, a cafetorium, and new shop buildings. Enrollment targets: 800 at the junior college and 1,000 at the technical school by 1970, with total project costs nearing several million dollars and matching federal funds anticipated. The program emphasizes a campus nucleus, guidance services, and free bus transportation.
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Kelley
Wallace
State Department of Education
New Vehicle Safety Gadget Aids Locking Pedal Device
A British device named Krooklok hooks between the steering wheel and brake or clutch to lock a car in place, preventing movement. Priced at $14.95, the unit is discussed amid concerns about pellet safety affecting humans and livestock.
Obituary for Robert Lee Allen
Robert Lee Allen of 604 Walnut St NW died today at a local hospital. Services will be announced later by Reynolds Funeral Home.
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Robert Lee Allen
Walnut St
Reynolds Funeral Home
Infant Barnett Graveside Rites Held in Hartselle
Graveside services were held today for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Barnett of Hartselle at Blue Springs Cemetery Rayburn officiated by Miller. Burial was directed by Peck Funeral Home. Survivors include four sisters Janice Ann Margie Faye Reba and Debba Barnett of Hartselle three brothers William Gene and Billy Barnett grandparents Mr and Mrs Zack Barnett Somerville Mrs Novell Mays Hartsel le
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Hartselle
William Barnett
Blue Springs
Rayburn Miller
Peck Funeral Home
Janice Ann
Margie Faye
Reba
Debba Barnett
William
Gene
Billy Barnett
Hartsselle
Zack Barnett
Somerville
Novell Mays
Warren H. Cummings Funeral Services Announced
Warren H. Cummings of Cedar Lake Road died Wednesday at a local hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by S. S. Sykes Funeral.
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Warren H. Cummings
Cedar Lake Rd
S. S. Sykes Funeral Home
Mrs Nora L Decatur dies at Decatur General Hospital
Mrs Nora Liza Decatur 66 of Trinity dies at 8 30 p m Wednesday in Decatur General Hospital. Services 2 30 p m Friday at Caddo Baptist Church with Rev James Bishop officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery Gunthorpe Funeral Home directing. Survivors include her husband Luther Decatur Trinity, three sons Thomas Decatur Huntsville Clifton Decatur Trinity, two daughters Lillian Spegal Trinity Lucille Aldridge Bitao Arkansas, a sister Modie Yarbrough Arkansas, 20 grandchildren 5 great grandchildren. Pallbearers Andrew Aldridge Junior Aldridge Jimmy Aldridge Tommy Woods Paul Creque Kenneth Worthy. Body returned to residence. Native of Morgan County.
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Nora Liza Decatur
Trinity 1
Decatur General Hospital
Caddo Baptist Church
James Bishops
Gunthorp ‘Funeral Home
Luther Decatur
Thomas Decatur
Decatur
Wilburn Decatur
Huntsville
Clifton Decatur
Trinity
Lillian Spegel
Lucille Aldridge
Bitaeo
Modie Yarbrough
Arkansas
Andrew Aldridge
Junior Aldridge
Jimmy Aldridge
Tommy Woods
Paul Creque
Kenneth Worithy
Morgan County
Mrs Bessie M Frank Obituary Notice
Mrs Bessie Mae Frank 65 of 522 Railroad St NW died at 115 am today at a local hospital. Services 4 pm Fri at Guntharp Funeral Home chapel with Rev W K Stephenson officiating. Burial Roselawn Cemetery Guntharp directing. Survived by Horace Frank a daughter Bert Peete Athens Horace Frank Jr Decatur sister Mrs L D Keeton Flint brother Thomas Anderton Grant four grandchildren. Member First Baptist Church native of Morgan County. Body remains at funeral home.
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Bessie Mae Frank
Railroad St. NW
Guntharp Funeral Home
W. K. Stephenson
Roselawn Cemetery
Gun‘tharp
Horace Frank
Bert Peete
Athens
Horace Frank Jr
Decatur
L. D. Keeton
Flint
Thomas Anderton
Grant
First Baptist Church
Morgan County
Harris Will Be Notified Funeral Services
Funeral services for Willie James Harris of Chicago Illinois a former Decatur resident who died in Chicago will be announced later by Reynolds Funeral Home.
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Willie James Harris
Chicago
Decatur
Reynolds Funeral Home
Mary H. McDay Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary H. McDay 70 of 523 Vine St NW were conducted at Eben ezer CME Church Hillsboro with M. L. Gabriel officiating. Burial followed at Flower Hill Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Lou Ella Moseley and other relatives.
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Mary H. McDay
Vine St. NW
Ebenezer C.M.E
Hillsboro
M. L. Gabriel
Flower Hill Cemetery
Reynolds Funeral Home
Lou Ella Moseley
Decatur
Funeral services for Mrs Katherine McKinney
Mrs Katherine McKinney of Decatur 1 died Tuesday at a local hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Reynolds Funeral Home.
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Katherine McKinney
Decatur 1
Reynolds Funeral Home
Irene Terry 68 Dies. Rites Set At Oakland Methodist
Mrs. Irene Terry age 68 of 618 13th Ave NW died Tuesday at Decatur General Hospital. Services are at 1 p.m. Sunday at Oakland Methodist Church Limestone County with burial in Oakland Cemetery. Rev John Terry of Decatur to officiate. She is survived by three daughters Mrs Clara Fuller and Mrs Anna in Decatur and other relatives. Reynolds directing.
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Irene Terry
13Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Oakland Methodist Church
Limestone County
Oakland Cemetery
Reynolds
John Terry
Decatur
Clara Fuller
Anna
TVA Eyes 1967 License For Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant
TVA officials outlined plans for the Browns Ferry reactor complex, aiming for an AEC construction license by March 1967. The plant would use multiple containment systems and automatic rod barriers, operate continuously with staggered annual fuel recharges, and require about 900 construction workers. When running at capacity it would rival several large dams in output, drawing about a million gallons of water per minute for cooling. Three transmission lines would connect to Nashville, with one looped from a nearby line and a third 160 000 volt system planned. The facility would be odorless, pose no air pollution threat, and be supplied with fuel from General Electric.
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AEC
Wessenauer
TVA
Browns Ferry
H. N. Culver
Athens
Culver
Wheeler
Wilson
Guntersville
Pickwick
The
Power Agency
Wheeler Reservoir
Madison County
Nashville
General Electric
Crawford denied parole and given prison term in narcotics case
Crawford received a two to ten year penitentiary sentence after being found guilty of possessing narcotics and stimulants at the Blue Star Truck Stop in Hartselle. Police recovered barbiturates, amphetamine tablets, opium derivatives, and cocaine in his Mustang. State toxicologist Dr Van Pruitt valued the loot at 200 dollars wholesale and about 2000 retail. The trial concluded quickly after prosecutors presented their case and the defense offered little.
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Bation
Crawford
Blue Star
Hartselle
Atty
Huntley
Doss
Slate
Hundley
Bloodworth
Hartselle Police Force
County Inc
Clarence Harris
Decatur Groups Schedule Meetings And Police Report
Decatur Assembly No 26 of the Rainbow for Girls meets at 7 pm at the Masonic Temple with members urged to attend. Moose Lodge hosts an 8 pm public entertainment at 1124 E Moulton St. A family health care class convenes at 7 pm in Morgan County Health Dept auditorium. At 5:54 am police reported a break in at N L Finch Grocery 823 Church St NW with cigars and two gum ball machines stolen. City court docket lists multiple charges including disorderly conduct speeding and reckless driving. Morgan County Sheriff reports three charges including non support and DWI. Kenneth Shirley, 20, of Decatur injured in a one car crash near Elkmont at 12:15 am. admitted to Decatur General Hospital in fair condition.
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Decatur
Order of Rainbow
Masonic Temple
N. L. Finch Grocery
Church St. NW
City Recorder’s Court
Kenneth Shirley
Elkmont
Highway Patrol
Shirley
Decatur General Hospital
Policeman Warns Parents Of Children Left In Cars
Decatur police officer Patrolman J B Adair urged parents to avoid leaving infants and young children in cars while shopping. He warned cars can trap a child in heat and that even brief absences may endanger lives noting a Florida case of four children suffocating after being left in a car. His appeal aims to save at least one Decatur child.
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Decatur
Ers
J. B. Adair
Adair
Florida
Commodity Price Snapshot for Cotton, Grains and Wood
Market notes show Decatur cotton middling at 30.40, cottonseed at 40 per ton, Grade A milk 6.55 per hundred and manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred. Grain prices include corn 1.35 to 1.46 per bushel and oats 0.68, wheat 1.63 per bushel, barley 0.95. Wood and pulpwood listed at 65 45 35 and 13.50 per cord respectively.
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Decatur
Nashville Livestock Prices Mild at Early Sales
Nashville AP reports cattle and calves at 75 with mixed steer and cow classes in meager supply and steady overall trade. Hogs at 200 with active demand. U S 1-3 200-235 lb barrows and gilts 24.75-25.00 while sows are scarce. feeders absent. Sheep 50 with limited early sales. not enough for class testing.
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Nashville
U.S
Over the Counter Securities Quotations Today
Quotations compiled by the NASD at about 10 a.m. show inter-dealer prices with bids and asked prices adjusted upward to include approximate markup. Markets change throughout the day and prices do not include retail markup, markdown or commission.
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NASD
Alabama leaders weigh raises for retired teachers and hospital aid
Gilchrist urged 95 percent rate payments to cover fixed costs while Alabama faces a $7.25 daily allotment for tuberculosis hospitals the lowest in the nation. He favors boosting retired teachers’ benefits to at least 150 monthly but cites actuarial uncertainty.
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Alabama
Gilchrist
Hartselle
George Wallace
Bombers Awarded Honors to Two Lieutenants
Bombers recognize 1st Lt. Ronald G. Martin of Lake Villa Tl and 1st Lt. Richard N. Kriepa, 24, of Chesterton, Ind, in a ceremony honoring their service.
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Ronald G. Martin
Lake Villa
Richard N. Kriepa
Chesterton, Ind
Justice Department drops suit over Wisconsin malting plant
The Justice Department dropped a civil antitrust suit on June 17 seeking to force divestiture of a Wisconsin malting plant acquired from Rahr Malting Co. GOP contributions totaling $10,000 to the President's Club fellow Democrats noted in records.
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President's Club
Justice Department
Wisconsin
Rahr Malting Co
Huntsville Leads Heat Wave with 103 Degrees Record
Little Huntsville posted a record 103 degrees at 1 35 p.m. with Anniston Birmingham and Dothan near 100. Huntsville’s 103 topped eight years of records, besting July 1962’s 101. Downtown Decatur hit 107 as Nashville and Memphis logged 103 and 101, Batesville 108, while St Louis deaths rose to 87.
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Huntsville
Alabama
Weather Bureau
Anniston
Birmingham
Dothan
Decatur
Nashville
Memphis
Tenn
Batesville
Ark
Mercury
Massacre detail and tornadoes disrupt Midwest region
Eight Schmale, 21, Wheaton Illinois, found with multiple victims in a mass murder scene. Amarao sedated after recounting the massacre. In Illinois, a twister near Rockford uproots trees, damages buildings, and hits an airport with extensive losses. Severe storms lash Kentucky and South Dakota with high winds and heavy rain.
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Tedly
Rockford
Ill
Kentucky
Covington
Louisville
South Dakota
Canada
Decatur Man Held In Theft In Hartsel le
Murray Mills a 32 year old former Decatur purchasing agent was arrested in Titusville Florida for theft of a 1074 dollar calculating machine from Scientific Engineers in Hartselle. The machine was recovered in Birmingham and traced to Mills who allegedly sold it for 400 dollars. Mills waived extradition and will face charges of buying receiving or concealing stolen property. A second adding machine stolen at the same time was not recovered.
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Hartselle
Murray Mills
Decatur
Titusville
Fla
Birmingham
C. R. Jones
Mills
Jones
Scientific
Det. Jones
Det
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