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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1966
Page
2
Decatur and vicinity expect clear to partly cloudy skies with continuing heat. Highs near 100 today and Saturday, lows around 75 tonight, with scattered late afternoon and evening thunderstorms and gusty winds near showers.
Talks between airlines and the Machinists union stall with no progress. Asst. Labor Secretary Reynolds says no new issues. Daily strike costs approach 8 million dollars, threatening summer tourism. Braniff Continental and Northeast stay out of the dispute while other carriers bargain with union crews. Wages and benefits are at issue, with bottom pay around 2.25 dollars and top rates near 3.52 dollars per hour.
Testimony recounts claims that Klein gave Dodd a Persian rug and details of Dodd's sojourns at Klein's Essex House suite. Klein asserts he never gave gifts, only campaign contributions, and notes Dodd stayed as a guest with self-paid calls. He describes sending material to Dodd for Congressional records and cites the Balbo fliers dinner in Chicago as unrelated to business.
Asst. Atty. Gen. Donald F. Turner says Humphrey invited him to join Vice President on a trip described as a social occasion. Anheuser Busch executives and spouses gave 100000 to the President's Club, while a 1962 antitrust suit against the brewer was dismissed on June 17, just weeks after the May 24 contribution records.
Robert Lee Allen 48 died Thursday at 4 30 a m at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Services Sunday 1 p m at Shilo Missionary Baptist Church with Rev James I McGahee officiating. Burial in Sykes Cemetery Reynolds Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include widow Dovella Allen Decatur a son Bobby Allen Decatur mother Lillian Allen Decatur a sister Elizabeth Allen Decatur a brother William Allen Decatur and three grandchildren and other relatives.
Alvin Horace Blakely 33 of Athens died at 3 a.m. Wednesday at Athens Limestone Hospital. Services were at 3 p.m. today at Pleasant Valley Church of Christ officiated by Jimmy Thomas and E. F. Bullington. Burial in Sandlin Cemetery. Survived by wife Robbie, daughter Alice, mother Ada Blakely, four brothers Ervin Ottis Floyd Grady, two sisters Doris Peek Louise Romine. Lifelong Limestone County resident and Church of Christ member. Pallbearers: W C Downs Ted Downs Talmedge Downs Arlon Downs Devaughn Downs Chisholm Downs Dwane Downs Arlon Eugene Downs.
William F. Hamilton 69 of 809 N Beatty St Athens died Wednesday at home. Services 10 a m at Riddles Chapel Methodist Church with James Wilson officiating. Burial Ripley Cemetery. Survivors include wife Prudie two daughters Mrs Larry McCoy and Mrs Ralph Brett Athens a son William F Hamilton Jr Athens a sister Mrs Price Owens and four brothers Buster Clayton R N Hamilton Lifford Hamilton and a half sister Mrs Charles Prevette Huntsville four grandchildren. Hamilton lifelong Limestone County resident and Woodmen of the World member. Pallbearers named Bridg es Black Ben Turner Lifford Abernathy Ralph Lovell Lester Berch.
Willie J Harris died in Chicago Saturday. Services will be Sunday at noon at Jerusalem Baptist Church Belle Mina with burial in Oakland Cemetery. Survivors include widow Rosie P Harris of Chicago six sons seven Harris children all of Chicago two brothers and three sisters, mother Alice Harris of Belle Mina and other relatives.
Forecasters expect clear to partly cloudy skies with hot heat 100 degrees in many areas and scattered thundershowers this afternoon and evening. Celia poses no land threat for 24 to 48 hours while heat deaths rise in St Louis and Alabama reports two deaths and a teen drowning in a farm pond.
The Morgan County Sheriff's Department lists charges including intoxication and grand larceny plus assault with intent to murder. A theft report notes Tommy Lee Roper’s blue and white 1959 Oldsmobile stolen near Decatur around 12:01 a.m. A break-in on US 31 and a residence entry near Wabawan involve stolen rings and a screen is torn from a window.
Mrs Catherine Walls McKinney died at Decatur General Hospital Tuesday at 4:30 a.m. at Mt. Lebanon Primitive Baptist Church near Huntsville with Rev W E Burl officiating. Burial follows in Stewart Cemetery Madison County Reynolds Funeral Home directing. Survivors include her widower Willie J McKinney Decatur a brother Robert Walls and other relatives. The body will be taken to Welch and Harris Funeral Home Huntsville to lie in state until the funeral hour Sunday.
A court urged the company and the Democratic National Committee to provide swift and complete responses to outstanding questions. The remarks stressed the need for speed and clarity in addressing the case.
Police file conspiracy to commit treason charges against 13 of 20 detainees in a basement raid during a race riot. A 14 year old girl Roseland Howard and Raymond Williams 22 of Robinsonville Mississippi were among the dead. About 50 treated in hospitals and over 200 arrested. Two officers shot in the back.
A Western observer describes the June raid on Hanoi as four waves lasting about 50 minutes with near 100 tons of explosives. He notes heavy defenses, radar AA guns on tall buildings, and rapid civil defense responses with no panic among residents. North Vietnamese officials claimed several U.S. planes shot down, but produced only one pilot.
Quotations compiled by the NASD show inter dealer bid and ask levels for several firms. Prices include approximate markups or adjustments, with no retail markdowns or commissions. Notable bids include Alabama Tennessee Natl Gas 13 14 percent and American Amicable Life 11 percent each. other firms list modest bid and ask differentials.
Decatur markets list cotton middling at $30.40, cottonseed $40 per ton, Grade A milk $6.55 per hundred, four percent milk $3.20 per hundred. Wood prices 65 45 35, pulpwood $13.50 per cord. Grains and oats priced No. 2 Yellow Shelled Corn $1.35, Yellow Ear Corn $1.11, White Ear Corn $1.07, White Shelled Corn $1.46, No 2 Oats $0.68, No. 2 Milling Wheat $1.63, No. 2 Wheat per hundred $2.05, Poultry Wheat $1.13, No. 2 Barley $0.95.
A US spokesman cited major raids near Hanoi with MIG engagements and a Thunderchief strike on a rail bridge. F4 Phantoms and Ranger jets faced surface to air missiles while Air Force pilots claimed damage to bridges and river spans and reported several enemy losses amid broader attacks on radar sites and cargo barges.
New York futures opened with no actual trades recorded. The board showed bids at 22.25 for the near months October and December, with March 22.15, May 21.80, and July 21.80 remaining steady plus a B Bid at 21.75 for December, 21.90 for January.
Police and FBI pursued a Chicago dormitory massacre in which six students were bound and killed in a two story unit rented by South Chicago Community Hospital. Victims include Gloria Davy Merlita Gargullo Nina Schmale Valentina Pasion Patricia Matusek Pamela Wilkening Miss Jordan and Suzanne Farris. The killer used a two edged knife and entered through a kitchen window. The coroner cited strangling and stabbing as the causes of death.
The Decatur plant overseer B L Sims notes the contract to American Cryogenics was awarded July 1 but announced today pending NASA approval. Pierce E Marks Jr says Savannah plant already supplies large amounts of liquid nitrogen to the Cape.
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