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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1966
Page
2
Skies report for Decatur notes sunset at 6:59 p.m. and sunrise at 4:50 a.m. Moonset is 9:18 p.m. First Quarter on July 24. Venus rises at 3:00 a.m., followed by Mars and Jupiter. next month Jupiter rises first with Mars and Venus following.
Morning river readings show Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge 21.14 feet sea level 554.44 feet. TVA lake stages listed including Guntersville 594.1 Whitesburg 556.1 Wilson 506.3 Pickwick 412.8 Wheeler 444.4 and Chickamauga 681.3. High yesterday 90 at 12:15 pm. Low this morning 70. Today's forecast calls for variable clouds warm with possible thundershowers afternoon. Tonight and Thursday forecast fair and not as warm. Winds 6 to 12 mph. High today 90 low tonight 70 high Thursday 88.
Named defendants include school superintendent Silas B. Cross and board Chairman L. P. Hopkins with five trustees. The suit accuses the board of ignoring seniority in promotions and using race to assign staff, alleging four county schools remain segregated for Negro students and that no desegregation has occurred.
Former Morgan County National Bank director and Kiwanis member, a 1924 Morgan Kiwanis director, and ex city councilman. Survivors include widow Sue Pointer Malone, two daughters Leo Wright and Thomas C. White, a son Samuel Malone Jr., three sisters, six grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Memorials to charities. Body to lie in state one hour before services.
John McKee, head of the Dallas Crime Commission, calls for a city workshop to rehabilitate rising juvenile lawbreakers despite cost. He notes juveniles commit nearly half of major Dallas crimes and that the growing number of repeat offenders shows the current system is wrong.
Diana Clay died at her Hillsboro residence Sunday at 12 55 a.m. Funeral services are Friday at 1 p.m. at Mt Olive Primitive Baptist Church with Rev William Watkins officiating. Burial will be in Swoopes Cemetery Hillsboro. Survivors include son Elve Clay Hillsboro sister Amelia Clements Hillsboro and brothers Ed Clay Cleveland Ohio and Augusta Clay Hillsboro.
Louise Elliott 30 died Sunday at 1 15 a m. Services Sunday at 3 p m at Ebenezer CME Church Hillsboro with Rev Riley Davis officiating. Burial Flower Hill Cemetery Reynolds Funeral Home guiding. Survivors include five daughters Connie Louise Annie Ruth Gurnice Teresa Ann and Julia Carol Elliott all Decatur 1. two sons Michael Jerome and Henry A Elliott of Decatur 1. father Eric Elliott mother Elsie Elliott of Decatur 1. seven sisters Ruby Jean Sara A Boykens Elizabeth Watkins Linda Gayle Elliott Letha A Agnes Bernice Swoopes Pearline Mitchell allOhio Cincinnati Ohio Birmingham Alabama Dayton Ohio. five brothers Eric Elliott Jr Robert L Elliott Albert Elliott James Elliott Harold Elliott all of Decatur 1. grandfather Murphy Elliott Hillsboro.
Kelley Doffers Holp 69 of Memphis Tennessee died July 18 in Memphis. Services at Pleasant Hill Methodist Church today at 2 p.m. Rev. Horace Woodard officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. McConnell funeral home Athens directs. Survived by widow Ruby Holp Memphis two sons Billy and Reynard both Memphis three daughters Lois Morgan Adcucah Kentucky Martha Purson and Willa Teen Shettles both Memphis four brothers Jesse Raymond Hubert Leon Holp and seven grandchildren.
Samuel Smith of Hillsboro died today at his residence at 5 a.m. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Reynolds Funeral Home.
Mrs Sallie Vickers 78 of 313 Barkley St Hartselle died today at 6 am. Services 2 pm Thursday Peck Funeral Home chapel with Rev Ralph Bates officiating. Burial Hartselle City Cemetery. Survived by widower Charles Vickers daughter Miss Margaret Schnell son Fred Sehnell. Pallbearers listed. Member of Hartselle First Methodist Church.
Mrs. Carol Williamson, 85, died today at 2 30 a m at Pine Bluff Nursing Home in Pine Bluff Arkansas. Survivors include her husband Frederick T Williamson a son Frederick G Williamson of Decatur a daughter Mrs Cecil Duty of Oxnard California ten grandchildren twenty five great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. She will be buried in Arkansas but funeral arrangements were not complete.
Colbert County native and long time editor Colbert i stricken July 3. He served 25 years on the Alabama Democratic Committee and on the state tax commission. He acted as presidential elector seven times and was secretary of the Alabama Senate for four years during Gov Kilby's term.
Hawkins of the Huntsville Madison County Better Business Bureau notes they receive about 10 inquiries daily from Decatur consumers and estimate a Decatur watchline would cost 5000 dollars yearly with 100 area business representatives. Huntsville mayor backs the effort while Decatur officials defer comment and a local transit owner calls the idea good.
United States Marines and South Vietnamese troops push into the sixth day of Operation Hastings with Hill 208 targeted by air strikes. Command reports 332 enemy killed and 549 probable, while a Leatherneck battalion withdraws. In Saigon area, a U.S. 25th Infantry Division company kills 51 Viet Cong in Ho Bo Woods amid intense five hour battle. a helicopter gunship is downed.
Cotton on Decatur loan 30.40 middling. Cottonseed 40 per ton. Milk Grade A 6.55 per hundred. Manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred. Wood 65.45 and 35. Pulpwood 13.50 per cord. Corn prices No 2 Yellow Shelled 1.25 No 2 Yellow Ear 1.11 No 2 White Ear 1.07 No 2 White Shelled 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.
Nashville livestock report shows cattle demand with 850 lb slaughter steers at 23.00, 600-750 lb heifers 18.00-20.50, bulls 20.50-22.00, vealers 27.00-29.00. Hog prices list U S 1-3 barrows 195-235 lb at 25.00 and sows 400-600 lb at 18.00-19.00. Sheep buyers quoted 80-100 lb lambs at 21.0-21.5.
In Birmingham the eggs market shows slow demand and lower production but ample supplies. Prices to retailers per dozen remain unchanged with Grade A white large 48 to 50 cents, mediums 35 to 40, small 25 to 28 cents, and a unsettled undertone from major market price spikes.
Birmingham reports a unsettled market with some plants at capacity while others see lagging demand for next week. Live supplies are ample though sizes are lighter at most plants and trading remains wait and see amid competitive pricing. Estimated slaughter today 1,136,000 head versus 1,183,000 last Wednesday. Atlanta notes strong live broiler and fryer demand with farm prices up 15 percent and heavy hens at farms priced 17 percent higher and light types at 7 percent.
AP survey lists Kaiser, Allied, Am Air, Lockheed, Lorillard, Lou & Nash, Macy, Met Life, Chrysler, Coca Cola, RCA, Du Pont, Ford, GM, Sears Roebuck, Union Carbide, Westinghouse, Honeywell, Xerox and other blue chips trading at mixed percentages in a midday update. Strong gains shown by Motorola, General Electric, and Boeing, while many others show modest to notable declines.
The New York stock market widened its losses late in the day after Britain announced drastic measures to support the pound. Volume reached about 5.2 million shares, with Xerox continuing its weakness as declines outweighed gains near the close.
NASD quotes show inter dealer prices at 10 a.m. with London declines sparking mixed action. Boeing led activity with 113,600 and 19,400 shares traded while Goodyear and others slid about a point. Chicago & Northwestern rose over 2 points along with Sanders Associates and McGraw-Hill. KLM gained over 3 as AMEX trades stayed firm before a stray line on birds.
Gov. George Wallace alleges the Lowndes County Christian Movement for Human Rights Inc. receiving a 241000 federal anti-poverty grant is an adjunct of the Black Panther party. A federal spokesman said the matter is under investigation.
Susan C Foerster named to the University of Missouri College of Education dean’s list for winter. Charles Duke, son of Ruby Shafer, earns spring semester honors in the University of Arkansas College of Engineering and recently earned a BS in electrical engineering. Docket in city recorder’s court includes numerous traffic and related charges. Community notices include a Tupperware party sponsored by the Decatur Junior Woman's Club and upcoming Morgan County Baptist Association meetings. 1961 Lawrence County High School reunion planned at Wheeler State Park.
Champion and Domtar plan land options to guarantee an unlimited water supply for pulp operations. Champion, a major pulp and paper producer, runs three Ohio North Carolina Texas complexes with 770000 tons annual capacity. The firm also operates finishing plants in Waynesboro North Carolina and Piqua Ohio and a nationwide distribution network.
Collins and Young work to use a secondary propulsion system to change orbital plane and altitude for a rendezvous with Agena 8. Ground teams monitor low fuel and eye irritation from environmental control issues as the crew attempts a spacewalk and linkup with Agena 8, aiming to board by early evening.
Corazon Amarao a 23 year old Filipina exchange nurse testified to identifying Speck as the intruder. The state attorney's office offered no comment on confrontation details while Dr William Norcross said Speck may have suffered a heart attack shortly before the incident.
Numerous listings: 1965 Plymouth Fury with 21 0006 miles and warranty for 2545. 23' cabin cruiser with gray marine engine sleeps two adults and one child for 790. Choice brick 3 bedroom near Pennylane SE asking 22800. Furnished 3 room apartment 75 at 819 4th Ave SE. 1812 5th Ave SW landscaped brick 3 bedrooms 2 baths asking 21500. For rent two bedroom units and a 1962 GE range for sale. Lost: black and white male Chihuahua named Troubles. Furnished 3 bedroom brick home on farm with fishing lake available August.
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