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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1964
Page
2
Sunset 6 59 p m Sunrise 4 50 a m Moon at apogee sets 2 11 a m July 24 full moon visible planets Saturn rises 9 13 p m Jupiter rises 12 41 a m Venus rises 2 47 a m Mars north of Venus much dimmer
Reading last night at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 20.96 feet on the river and 555.26 feet above sea level. TVA lake stages list Chickamauga 681 and Pickwick 413.5 with other lakes near 505 to 593 feet. High today 88 and low tonight 70 with cloudy warm humid conditions and widely scattered showers or thundershowers this afternoon and evening. Outlook Monday little change with easterly winds 7 to 12 mph.
Rome AP reports a pilots strike grounded Ali talia Airline while two hour hiccup walkouts threatened rail disruption as Italy nears its 25th postwar political crisis end. Denver AP notes Colorado Democrats back a resolution opposing southern delegations barred from Democratic convention. Houston AP says Constitution Party opens its national convention with George Wallace as expected nominee.
In Middleburg New York on Saturday a two ounce mouse named Gus was killed when a controversial rocket test exploded sending the monstroaut and his space capsule crashing in a field near the Schoharie County village.
Form er Gov. Ross Barnett of Mississippi urged Wallace backers in Birmingham but suggested Goldwater could win the States Rights vote. In Moscow the Soviet Tass reported a call for peaceful East West cooperation. Khrushchev to join Polish Czechoslovak and East German leaders in Warsaw for expected denunciations of West Germany and Communist China.
Police fired into the air and brought in reinforcements to disperse protests in Harlem. Three patrolmen were injured and sixteen people were arrested during a melee outside the West 123rd Street station. Earlier reports note gangs smashing storefronts and looting near 125th Street and Eighth Avenue.
Rutledge reports only part of the county suffered from prior rain before last week’s downpour. In Morgan County the Red Spider injures some crops while most cotton in Morgan County is insect free. Agee says the Red Spider caused some damage but is largely under control. A second rain with damaging hail fell Thursday night in Morgan and Limestone counties, damaging cotton, corn, and truck crops near Brooksville Union Hill and around Johnson Junior High School. Farms were hit by hail but farmers are urged not to plow under crops as they may recover. Lawrence and Cullman counties report good crop conditions and some benefit from rain. It is unclear if Lawrence will seek disaster county status. County Agent Sam McClendon was unavailable Saturday.
Kitchel says Eisenhower would be glad to help in the campaign and that a follow up would clarify the matter. In San Francisco Dean Burch says Goldwater and Eisenhower agreed on the acceptance speech. Eisenhower rests at Bohemian Grove while talks continue about how he might participate.
A Saturday morning blast wrecked a new car belonging to Mrs. Jessie Ogle in Huntsville Alabama and damaged three nearby trailers and several houses. Fire Inspector William Russell says a gas leak and fumes could have ignited the car but the exact cause is not yet ruled.
President Johnson condemns violence by hate groups including Ku Klux Klan and John Birch Society, insisting hostility to civil rights must end. He counters Goldwater on crime federalism, warns against national police power, and offers secret briefings to the GOP candidate.
A hospital notice lists patients and dismissals including Mrs J E Thrasher 1722 Sherwood Dr SE Master Jimmy Miller 2920 Truman Ave Mrs Kathryn Pepper 943 Cedar St Robert Owens Hartselle 4 Mrs W L Woodard Moulton Mrs Jerry Junkins 1321 7th Ave SE Mrs Marie Whitlow 1214 Broadus Ave Dismissals include Mrs Marvin Leeth Somerville 2 Mrs C H Lawler Belle Mina Mrs Donald B Watts Trinity Miss Patsy Vickers Elkmont.
A long list of admitted patients and visitors at Decatur General shows many names and addresses across Decatur Falkville Trinity Moulton and nearby areas. Entries include Mrs. Carl A Bradshaw Sandra Jo Tays Cole C Weaver John Geary Jr and several others with multiple street addresses and towns.
A Saturday automobile crash in Alabama left one person injured near Decatur on Ala 24. Barbara Gale Thrasher, 21, of Decatur, suffered facial and neck lacerations and bruises. Her 1959 Buick collided with a 1957 International truck driven by Littleton Parr. Damages were listed as 700 for the car and 50 for the truck.
A local hospital publication lists patients and guardians from Cullman and surrounding areas. Names include James Abbot, James Allen, Minnie Brannon, Betty Crawford, Martha McKay, John Overton, Jessie Ponder, Jearldean Randolph, Curtis Smith, Jessie Smith, Thomas Wynn, Margaret Hicks, Millie Sharp, Robert Marty, Vauden Tolbert, Shela Chapman, John Haynes, Joel Parker, Orval Tubbs, Helen Dye, Sallie Buchanan, Robert Gibson, Talmadge Hudson, Mary Westmoreland and others. The list shows patient or guardian status and street or box addresses in Cullman and nearby towns.
The American Printing House for the Blind has produced a portable Braille writer after five years of development. It weighs three to five pounds less and costs 20 to 35 dollars less than existing models. Officials foresee use in blind schools, by adults in business, and by volunteers transcribing Braille reading materials. In milking parlors, two men can process eighty cows an hour.
Morgan County Juvenile Officer Doug Crabbe and the Decatur Police Department processed eight juvenile shoplifters on Saturday. Four girls stole cosmetics from two downtown stores while two boys took records from a Gateway Center store for refunds. Two other youths broke into a telephone in a booth. Most cases likely will be settled outside juvenile court.
Roberts said alterations to the brick building will begin immediately to make office space adequate. The Downtown Action Committee may offer public parking behind the annex. The 21,780 square foot property sits at Davis and Ferry streets opposite the courthouse.
Rev. Robert Slack opens a revival at Hillsboro Baptist Church tonight and runs through July 26. Rev. Clifford Mason says services start at 7 30 each night.
Idus Leon Hardin 60 of 1215 20th Ave SE died Friday afternoon at a local hospital. Services scheduled for 2 p.m. at the Sixth Ave Church of God with Rev. W A Crim officiating. Burial in Roselawn Cemetery directed by Gunthorpe Funeral Home. Survived by widow Lorene, Decatur. son Kenneth, Decatur. daughters Barbara Franklin and Bonnie L Richardson, Decatur. brothers Utra and Robert Hardin, Vinemont. sisters Olan Hardin, Vinemont. Malcolm Burks, Cullman. J B Reeder, Hartselle. parents R C and Mrs Hardin, Vinemont. Pallbearers named and honorary pallbearers listed. Body returned to residence last night and to lie in state 1 to 2 p.m.
Mrs Mae Armor te MOULTON 74 of 510 College St Moulton died Saturday at home at 9 45 am Funeral services set for today 2 30 pm from Moulton Church of Christ with Bro Ermon Bain officiating Burial in Moulton City Cemetery Elliott directing Survivors include son Cecil Armor Brookwood two daughters Nellie Dale McCullough Parker both of Moulton four grandchildren Pallbearers named She was a retired school teacher and member of the Church of Christ and Lawrence County Teachers Association Memorial arrangements noted
Charles H Newman Somerville 2 died at 4 p m Saturday at his residence Peck Funeral Home will announce services later
The Mogul rulers of northern India three centuries ago discovered Kashmir and created magnificent pleasure gardens that remain a highlight for visitors today.
Dr. Sam hair and her husband Sheppard wed in Chicago in a ceremony attended by attorney F. Lee Bailey and others. The couple, free on a habeas corpus order, plan to live in Rocky River Ohio as they face ongoing legal action over the 1954 Bay Village murder.
A kayıt of local items reports attendees at a Southern Industrial Relations Conference in Blue Ridge North Carolina with Hill of Chemstra as a design supervisor. The Morgan County Board of Registrars meets Monday at the courthouse. Betty Jo Stanford earns admission to David Lipscomb College for fall quarter. Multiple local accidents and thefts are logged including a two car crash on Moulton Street, a police interview with Sammie Allison, and car thefts in Athens Huntsville and Decatur. A missing 15 year old girl, Janice Salters, is described as last seen wearing a pink striped dress with blue suitcase. authorities seek information.
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