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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1966
Page
2
Sunset today at 7 00 p m. Sunrise tomorrow at 4 49 a m. The moon sets at 8 41 p m and is at perigee. The bright star nearest it tonight is Regulus. Regulus sets earlier each evening and will be seen in the morning sky in First Quarter.
Decatur Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning 20.81 feet river level sea level 555.11 feet TVA lake levels Guntersville 594.3 Whitesburg 555.5 Wilson 506.6 Pickwick 412.7 Wheeler 555.2 Chickamauga 681.5. Yesterday high 94 at 2 pm, low 75 at 4 am. Today 80 at 8:45 am. Forecast mostly sunny and hot with isolated afternoon thundershowers. Tonight partly cloudy and warm. Winds light to variable, gusty near showers. High today 96, low tonight 76, high Wednesday 90.
A car carrying six members of the Richardson family and a visitor from Detroit collided with a tanker milk truck on U.S. 31 near Prattville Alabama. Six people died and a seventh was seriously injured. The victims were all Negroes, including Jack Richardson and his wife Caroline 38 and their children Robert 12 Shirley 11 Brenda 6. Jodie Lee Nelson 11 was visiting from Detroit. Isadore Coleman of Bessemer was injured.
Five out-of-state teens, ages 17 and 18, jailed by Decatur police for burglaries and grand larceny, pleaded guilty before Judge James N Bloodworth. Each received suspended sentences and probation, with restitution to victims and related conditions.
A compiled admissions record lists individuals at multiple Tennessee addresses and towns including Clayton Key of 905 Ferry Street and Mrs. Winford NeSmith at 212 Memorial Drive SW, with other entries for Clayton, Decatur, Hartselle, Rogersville, and nearby locales. The roster names patients and associated streets, along with several middle initials and titles.
The list records admissions at Decatur General including Paul McGuire of Athens and Jessy Yates of Hartselle among others. Dismissals include Newton Norman and Charles Davis with several addresses in Decatur Somerville and surrounding areas.
Two platoons were hit as Marines and South Vietnamese troops pushed into the hills 400 miles northeast of Saigon seeking a North Vietnamese division. The battles marked the fiercest action so far in Operation Hastings with several Marines wounded amid heavy exchanges.
Mr and Mrs Odis Cartee of Town Creek 1 welcomed a daughter at Lawrence County Hospital. Mr and Mrs Jimmy Jackson of 103 6th Ave NW had a daughter at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs William Daniel of Decatur welcomed a son at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Orvis Maddox of Cullman 5 had a daughter at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs Gary Smith of Cullman had a son at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs James Clyde McClintock of Hanceville 3 had a daughter at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs Jeff Bailey of Cullman 4 had a daughter at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs Billy Ray Connell of Cullman had a daughter at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs Edward McKelvey of 1211 North St had a son at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs Billy Ferguson of 113 Prospect Dr had a son at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital.
Two Indianapolis men James Campbell and Joseph Smith charged with the July 1 Ardmore Tennessee bank holdup. Hearing set for July 27 after re schedule. FBI found two guns and 782 dollars at their Indianapolis home. The Ardmore bank robbery is the second since the bank opened in 1963. William Coble serving a 17 year sentence for a prior bank heist in October 1963.
NASA officials noted Gemini 10 used much of its maneuvering fuel during the final rendezvous with the Agena. The crew prepared for a stand up EVA by Collins with a 55 minute space walk and potential link to Gemini 8 Agena if fuel allows.
Cotton and cottonseed prices cited for Decatur with middling at 30.40 and cottonseed at 40 per ton. Milk prices listed as Grade A six fifty five per hundred and four per cent at three twenty per hundred. Wood and pulpwood values plus assorted grain prices include corn at 1.35 to 1.46, oats at .68, wheat at 1.63, barley at .95 and related poultry wheat at 1.13.
Nashville livestock market report lists cattle with utility cows at 16.00 to 18.00 per cwt and bulls 2.00 to 22.00, feeder steers 26.00 to 27.00 for 375 to 510 lb, heifers 20.00 to 23.00 for 325 to 500 lb. Hog prices show mixed lots 190 to 250 lb at 24.50 to 24.75 and sows 300 to 600 lb at 18.00 to 19.00. Sheep trading about 75 to 85 lb at 21.00.
New York AP reports cotton futures opened with no trades and small price shifts across contracts from Oct through Jul. Indicates muted activity with limited movement as markets await clearer signals. The piece lists bid stocks and a dense roll of ticker names and percentages.
In Birmingham live broilers and fryers remain plentiful though many are lighter than desired, hampering delivery commitments for this week. Next week’s demand shows slow development while some plants run at capacity and forward pricing remains sparse. Estimated slaughter 1,220,000 vs 1,238,000 last Tuesday. Atlanta demand remains good with farm prices 15 percent higher. offerings adequate on hens and price breaks for heavy and light types recorded.
Birmingham AP reports egg prices largely unchanged with slow demand and ample supplies. Retailers pay per dozen in cartons with store delivery. Grade A white includes Large 48-50, mediums 35-40, smalls 25-28 cents.
Stock prices fell sharply after a French agency quoted the North Vietnamese ambassador in Peking saying captured U S pilots would be tried as war criminals. Volume reached about 6.2 million shares with notable declines in Xerox IBM and Chicago & North Western while American Research & Development rose.
Lunney noted the spacecraft carries a 16 000 pound thrust main engine plus two small thrusters of 16 and 200 pounds. The crew could use the smaller engines to assist maneuvers including stabilizing Gemini 10 for Collins stand up activity.
The page lists upcoming events including Austin High School Band Mothers bazaar workshop at Vaughan cabin, a Women’s Christian Temperance Union meeting, and a purchasing agents association gathering with G Lloyd Nunnally as guest speaker. It notes a bicycle theft, a car fire, court docket charges, two sheriff’s arrests, a traffic collision near Decatur, a laundromat clothes dryer fire, and the curb market open with produce on sale.
In a contentious hearing Klein says his image is damaged and that he is not a defendant while acknowledging handing Dodd papers on nine West German leaders. He recalls Javits defending him in Germany on behalf of Republican colleagues and notes a 1964 letter about Dodd’s trip for Soviet terror inquiries. The witness contends he cannot recall when he first discussed the trip with Dodd. A cluttered classified-like section lists several for sale and rental notices and a missing information line.
Earl Bennett, 70, of 2101 Highland Ave Birmingham and formerly of Hartselle, died Monday. Peck Funeral Home of Hartselle to announce services. Survivors include widow Betty Bennett of Birmingham, son Sgt. Major Jack Bennett in Korea, and daughter Dorothy Harden of Rockford. Bennett was a retired security guard for the Birmingham News. He was a native of Hartselle and moved to Birmingham in 1938.
Auvy Washington Chapman of 1102 10th Ave SE died Monday in a local hospital at age 82. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Grant Street Church of Christ with Ralph Stout officiating. burial at Roselawn Cemetery. He retired in 1963 after 20 years with Mutual Savings Life and earlier worked for L&N Railroad shops and Nehi Bottling Co. He lived in Decatur since 1922 and leaves a wife Minnie, two daughters, two sons, 15 grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers are Grant Street Church of Christ Sunday school members.
Nurses are barred from courtroom contact with Speck as he awaits arraignment and a Public Defender lawyer, Gerald Getty, offers to represent if asked. Officials vow strict precautions to ensure a fair trial while noting Speck's prior threats. Investigators tie Speck to the massacre with fingerprint evidence. A nurse who knew Speck and an attorney visit depart for Dallas and Hancock respectively. Five of eight murder victims are buried in Chicago funerals.
In April 1964 a speaker urged explanation of alleged distortion of the 1963 Fulbright hearings on foreign agent activities. The Fulbright hearings were led by Sen. J. W. Fulbright, Democratic senator from Arkansas, and questioned how foreign influence was portrayed.
The contempt of court hearing for Billy Jack Curtis of Sheffield was continued by Circuit Court Judge James N. Bloodworth to July 25 to allow time for a polygraph test. Curtis faces charges for threats to a jury after a grand larceny conviction, with prior contempt penalties and a pending test delayed by his wife’s illness.
Eight fires erupt as a gunman forces a search for a sniper near 86th Street. Joyce Arnett, mother of three, is killed by gunfire while police try to clear the 73rd Street Hough intersection. Two others are wounded. reporters and photographers are shot at while moving past a police roadblock. A looting wave targets white business owners as unrest sweeps the area.
Five land condemnation suits tied to the proposed Interstate 65 route near Falkville were appealed from Probate Court to Morgan County Circuit Court. Decatur attorney J. N. Powell Jr. represents 10 defendants in the jury trial request. The state had offered settlements around 160000. The land covers about 130 acres east southeast of Falkville. Defendants include Anna Dinsmore Green W L Murphy and wife Felma F Murphy Earl Murphy J H Ryan and wife Louise M Ryan William H Ryan and wife Elnora M Ryan and Dayton T Pruett and wife Cleo H Pruett.
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