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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1966
Page
2
Decatur area outlook with sunset at 6 58 p.m. and sunrise at 4 50 a.m. First Quarter Moon on July 24. Altair visible in southeast at moonset. Planets Saturn Venus Mars Jupiter rise times after midnight.
Decatur readings show Tennessee River level at Keller Memorial Bridge morning 21.60 feet with sea level 555.90. TVA lake stages listed for Guntersville Whitesburg Wilson Pickwick Wheeler Chickamauga. Temperatures yesterday max 3 pm 90s? min 69 this morning. Today clear sunny and warm with lower humidity. Winds northeast 8 to 15 mph. High today near 90 and tonight 67. Friday high 92. No rain in past 24 hours.
Prime Minister Wilson outlines a program to cut government spending including foreign aid and armed forces maintenance to boost domestic production and reduce the foreign exchange deficit. The plan lifts the pound after fears of devaluation, but faces labor opposition and questions of long term solution.
A collage of classified notices for rental apartments houses and sales includes furnished and unfurnished units on Ferry Street Chestnut Street Walnut Street and Gordon Drive with prices from 11 to 85 including utilities as well as items like rubber stamps a Decatur city map and a Domae Plume. Also listed are job seeks and hiring notes including a secretary bookkeeper and a gasoline truck driver with contact numbers.
Hospital admissions include Charley Biggerstaff Elkmont 1 Miss Donna Sue Bently 408 8th Ave SW Bobby McKee 1216 Vina Ave SE Mrs Barbara Jenkins Beachwood Apt Lidge Stover 1207 10th Ave SE. Dismissals include Mrs Overby Goodson Somerville 2 Marvin Henson Rogersville 3.
A series of resident names and addresses appears in the OCR text, including Mrs. Mary Byrd of Hartselle and Sandra Brown of Somerville among others. The list also mentions Wallace Holt, Jervis Jackson, and Wardie Marsh Jr., with multiple streets and city references such as Athens Decatur and Trinity.
Mrs Cullen Smith of Athens 2 and Mrs Paulett Cockrell of Athens report births a son and a daughter Wednesday at Athens Limestone Hospital. Other couples in Cullman Vinemont and nearby areas announce a series of sons and daughters born Wednesday at local hospitals.
About 800 National Guardsmen supported police as major trouble was contained during the night while fire crews handled 119 calls including 13 false alarms. Firebombs hit several buildings and windows were smashed in the Hough slums, where rioting on Monday and Tuesday left two Black residents dead and 24 injured. Gunfire occurred on Hough Avenue at 3 a.m. and a parked car exploded shortly after. Most looting and arson occurred outside Hough as Gov. Rhodes mobilized nearly 2,000 guardsmen on Tuesday night and spoke with Mayor Locher and Vice President Humphrey about the crisis.
Market notes list cotton Decatur loan middling at 30.49 cents per pound and cottonseed at 40 dollars per ton. Milk Grade A 6.55 per hundred, manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred. Wood prices vary by type, with pupwood at 13.50 per cord. Corn, oats, and wheat prices shown for No. 2 yellow shelled and ear corn, No. 2 white corn, No. 2 oats, No. 2 milling wheat, and barley with small per unit figures.
Nashville AP notes cattle receipts steady with feeders and slaughter steers arriving. Cows and cutters 14.75 to 16.00, calves 25, vealers steady, bulk good slaughter calves 22.00 to 25.00, hogs steady to 25 lower with 195-235 lb at 24.50 to 24.75, sows weak 17.00 to 18.00, sheep steady with spring lambs 18.00 to 21.00 and ewes around 6.00.
The market slipped late afternoon with glamour stocks drugs and airlines falling. Xerox led losses as it rebounded then dropped about 4 points for the day. IBM gained around 4 while Magnavox Teledyne and several airlines fell about 2 points.
Local over the counter securities quotations compiled by the NASD at approximately ten in the morning. Bids are representative inter dealer prices and do not include retail markdown or commission. Asked prices have been adjusted upward to include approximate markup.
Police report on a 4 15 p m crash in Athens injures two people. Dora C Davis 58 Florence is listed in fair condition at Athens Limestone Hospital and Floyd Williams 45 Athens is treated and dismissed. Vehicles a 1966 Buick east on U S 72 and a 1952 GMC pickup south on Hine Street were a total loss.
White House briefings covered a 35 minute conference aired nationwide. Johnson said patience is tested by machinist union strikes against five airlines and urged continued persuasion to settle. He backed equality for the Negro minority without violence and called for law and order. He announced plans to campaign across the country to promote his program and seek support.
General Zierdt has led since September 1963 at Redstone Arsenal arriving in 1956. He gave no definite retirement date, stating it would be sometime later that fall. He nears reassignment, and he and his family prefer Huntsville where he calls it home.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad files with the Interstate Commerce Commission to discontinue Nos. 1 and 4 passenger trains between Cincinnati and Decatur citing sharp declines from auto bus and air travel. Pan American Humming Bird Southwind services continue. Nos. 1 and 4 end August 27.
John Lockhart from Danville High School moves to Morgan County High School to continue as vocational agricultural teacher. Andrew McCay from East Limestone High School is hired to replace Lockhart. Lockhart replaces James W Johnson at Hartselle. John Kilgo from Cullman County will replace McCay at East Limestone. Kilgo taught at Austin High School last year.
Gemini 10 launched from the Guadalcanal headed carrier station prepared for a three day, three hatch openings mission. The crew Collins and Young aimed to conserve fuel and perform experiments while drifting and photographing space. Despite two short spacewalks the flight was praised as a top U.S. man in space effort with rendezvous feasibility proven with both active and passive satellites.
He says he and Mrs. Zierdt plan to retire there. Zierdt is 53. He graduated from West Point in 1937 and attended MIT, the Army War College and the Command and General Staff College.
The text argues Hanoi’s diplomacy is weak with Rangoon and Phnom Penh and notes North Vietnam’s low level envoys, limited exchanges with Warsaw, and possible use of prisoner warnings to influence U.S. opinion. It questions whether Hanoi might stage prisoner trials and what that means for future U.S. retaliation and strategy.
Teams from DeKalb Marion Limestone and Morgan compete in an inaugural 4-H event judged at Tom Johnson and Maples Farm. Individual honors go to Larry McCurley of Marion Joe Spencer Limestone Alan Scott and Tommy Stephenson of DeKalb. Judges McMilliam and Gossett note plans for annual contest.
North Vietnam fired nine Soviet built surface to air missiles while eight American airmen were listed missing. U S command reported two bombers lost near Hanoi and another down north of the city with no immediate return of the other loss. Combat casualties for the week declined with 65 killed or wounded and none missing.
Cullman fire crews reported a car fire yesterday at 5 26 p m in downtown Cullman on 2nd Ave. The vehicle owned by Fred Fakner sustained slight damage with firefighters responding quickly.
In 1945 rumors circulated that Nuremberg would host planned war crimes trials. The news item notes speculation about dates and venue amid postwar judicial planning.
Mrs Frankie T Gordon died Tuesday in Jacksonville Florida Services will be Saturday at 2 pm in Denver Colorado She was a Madison County native who lived in Decatur She was mother to Rev Vance Gordon former Westminster Presbyterian pastor and to the late Mrs Mary Jo Taft Survivors include daughter Mrs John Hamilton of Denver three sons Rev Gordon Jack Jacksonville Florida Walton Gordon Jose California Frank Gordon Denver two sisters Miss Erdie Thompson and Miss Eunice Ompson Huntsville eight grandchildren and several great grandchildren
Freeman Jackson died at 10 15 p m Wednesday at 313 Walnut Street. Reynolds Funeral Home will announce service details.
Jerry M. Knighten, 72, of Somerville 2, died today at 5 45 a.m. at his residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Peck Funeral Home of Hartselle.
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