Weather and river readings for Decatur and vicinity
Decatur area weather summary notes sunny periods with patchy clouds and warm humidity. River at Keller Memorial Bridge reads 20.75 feet, up 0.24 in 24 hours, sea level 555.05 feet. High 92, low 72, with a 20 percent thunderstorm chance tonight and Saturday. Mercury near Regulus may be visible after sunset. planet about 9 million miles from Earth.
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Regulus
Mercury
Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Escapee Caught After Fast Chase
William Joe Hill an escapee from Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa was arrested after a near 100 mile per hour pursuit by Morgan County Sheriff forces. He fled toward Athens on U S 31 as deputies chased him and was stopped after assistance from Limestone County Sheriff's, State Troopers and ABC Agents.
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William Joe Hill
Bryce Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Morgan County
Pat Patterson
Patterson
Hill
Decatur
17Th Ave. SE
U.S. 31
Athens
Limestone County
ABC
Violence at Leflore Theatre Tied to McGhee Assault
Silas McGhee 21 of Greenwood reports he was abducted and beaten by three men in a pickup at the Leflore Theatre while exercising his right to attend a movie. He staggered to the Greenwood FBI office with head wounds and shock. The incident, linked to a civil rights era tension, remains under FBI report dated July 16. The Davis Cup note at article end mentions Australian or American teams winning since 1936.
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Silas McGhee
Greenwood
Leflore
FBI
McGhee
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Births at Decatur and area hospitals record several newborns
Mr and Mrs Bourgeois Smith announce a girl born Thursday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs David McConnell of Athens announce a boy born Thursday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Thomas Chandler of Ardmore Tenn welcome a girl at Hospital. Mr and Mrs Morris Simmons of Hartselle welcome a boy Thursday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs Clete King of Cullman welcome a girl Thursday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs Pat Lane of 31 Gordon Drive welcome a girl Thursday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs A C Whitsow of Trinity announce a boy Wednesday at Black Chandler Hospital.
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Bourgeois Smith
19Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
David McConnell
Athens
Thomas Chandler
Ardmore
Tenn
Morris Simmons
Hartselle
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Clete King
Cullman
Baugh-Wiley
Mutual Notes Income Gains Surpass 12 Million in Ordinary Life
Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co president Redus C Cellier predicted annual gross ordinary life insurance will exceed 12 million by year end. Board chairman Collier cited first half 1964 premium income rising 13 percent to 4,730,412 and total income up 13.7 percent to 5,396,733 with ordinary policies increasing by 7,775,369 to lift in-force ordinary life to 88,970,384. Collier noted United Service Life Insurance Co subsidiary had a strong six months. Other board members were listed.
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Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co
Redus C. Cellier
Board of Directors
Collier
Mutual
United Service Life Insurance Co
D. Roscoe Buttrey
Robert M Denham
W. G. Gilchrist
Clyde Hendrix
Mark Hode
John F Hunt
Melvin Hutson
Robert Hutson
H. B.B. Tarkins
Bryan McAfee
Joe D. McPherson
R. W. Orr
J. F. Scroggins
H. F. Whisenant
J W. Wyker, Jr
Racial Unrest in Birmingham and New York Contrasts Outcomes
The piece contrasts Birmingham protests focused on desegregation and stopping violence with Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant riots in New York. It notes police brutality accusations, varied community tensions, and a clearer gains in Birmingham versus perceived setbacks in New York where leaders say the movement’s standing was damaged.
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New York
Birmingham
Harlem
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Brooklyn
Constance Baker Motley
Shuttlesworth
Len Motley
FBI
Richard A. Hildebrand
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
King
Sion
16Th Street
Hospital births and dismissals listed for Decatur area
A list of names appears with hospitals or streets, noting births master Ricky Ingram Gale Burns Brenda Moses Allen Morgan Dewey Morgan Jeen Skelton Tidwell Johnson Ida Kathleen Redding Jim Lowery Judy Beavers Wilson Ledlow Edward Atkins Mason Nave Jewel Traylor Norris Joyce Davis Earl Parker Charles Lewis infant daughter Bobby Brown Ann Heck Horace Hicks Alvie Howard Ellen Faye McAlpin Deborah Pearson James Phillips Lucius Waters Beverly White Gay Nell Wilhite Donnie Brooks Annie Edwards Berry Brown Eula Irene Driver Arron Loveless Reba Nell Sterling among other names and addresses in Decatur Cullman Hanceville Emerald areas. The document records hospitalizations and dismissals.
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Donnie H. Brooks
Henderson
Tenn
Annie Edwards
Hanceville
Berry K. Brown
Cullman
Eula Irene Driver
Eunice Rut Hale
Arron F. Loveless
Decatur General Admissions List Names Newborns
A Decatur General notice lists admissions across several households including Mrs David McConnell Ath ens and Mrs Loyd Standridge with newborns and infant daughters. Other entries include Mr J P Sims and Mrs Thomas Chandler along with addresses in Ardmore Hillsboro and Huntsville reflecting birth announcements.
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Loyd Standridge
Moulton St
David Mitchell
Jackson St
Thomas Caddell
Johnston St
Charles Roberscon
Town Creek
William Alexander
Charles Pearce
Huntsville
Euvie Blevins
Hartselle
Four-Area Gas Loss and Multiple Accidents Reported
Three thousand gallons of aviation fuel were destroyed in a four county area accident spree. Edward O. Smithson, 32, of Moundville was injured in a two-vehicle crash near Cullman on Interstate 65 and U.S. 278 and listed in good condition. Catherine Reding, 20, of Courtland injured in a single-vehicle crash west of Hillsboro on Alabama 20. Additional accidents near Decatur and Athens involved drivers Charles Wayne Collins 20, Jasper Brindley 20, William Joe Hill 31, and Richard E. Alvis 41 with no injuries reported.
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Edward O. Smithson
Moundville 2
Cullman Hospital
Cullman
Interstate 65
U.S. 278
Kathleen Reding
Courtland
Hillsboro
Ala
Charles Wayne Collins
Moulton
Decatur
Jasper Brindley
Somerville
William Joe Hill
Richard E. Alvis
Birmingham
Athens
Gilroy and Portz Rescued After Eight Days Afloat in Rain
Gilroy aged 39 and Portz 48 clung to floats for eight days amid near freezing Iskut water after a plane-delivered SOS diary entry dated July 14. They endured almost continuous rain with no food as 14 planes circled above. A Terrace pilot located their camp and they were flown to Terrace via mining camps and Stewart, British Columbia.
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Gilroy
Portz
Terrace
Doug Chappel
Stewart
B.C
Goldwater Avoids Civil Rights Issue in Campaign
Goldwater backs a broad campaign discussion to avoid inflaming tensions over civil rights. He opposes the Civil Rights Act on constitutional grounds but claims he won’t inject civil rights into the race and dares Johnson to make it an issue. He met advisers to plan his message for the White House session.
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Goldwater
White House
Johnson
Arizona
San Francisco
Lyndon Johnson
United States
Campagn
George Reedy
Market Report Summary of Grains and Livestock Prices
Cotton prices around 33.57 cents with demand mixed. No. 2 corn and oats shown at 1.34 and 0.60 dollars per bushel respectively, soybeans at 2.38, wheat at 1.38, and pork hog markets described as small, with usually higher quotes for barrows and gilts. Cattle supply is meager with no early sales and week-to-week comparisons noted.
Local Securities NASD Nominal Quotations
The listing shows bid and ask figures for NASD nominal quotations. Details indicate prices for various securities with bids at multiple levels and corresponding asking prices.
New York Noon Stocks Mixed On Broad Market Activity
A wide range of issues including Acme Steel, Am Air, Dow Chem, Ford Mot, etc gain and fall in midday trading. Notable movers include Kaiser, Lorillard, Macy, and RCA with varied percentages amid broad demand.
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New York
Acme Steel
Allis
Am Can Am
Am Sugar Am
T&t Am Tob
Armour
Babcock & W
Fds
Bell & How
Beth Steel
Boeing Borden Burl Ind Calum & H Cater Trac
Celanese
Ches & Ohio
Delta Air L
Dow Chem du Pont
East Air L East Ked Firestone Fla
P&l Ford
Frest Dairy Frueh Corp
Elec
Gen
Genesco
Ga Pacific
Goodrich
Goodyear
Gt A&p Greyhound
Gulf Oil Hercules
Kaiser Kress
Ligg & My
Lockh Air
Lorillard
Lou & Nash
Macy
Martin Co
Masonite
Merr Ch&s
Minn M M
Monson
Mont Ward
Nat Dairy
Nat Distill
Olin
Owens Il Gi
Oxford Mfg
Penney
Pepsi Cola
Phill Pet
Polaroid
Proct & G
RCA
Rals
Westy Elec
Winn Dixie
Woolworth
Worth RA
Wrigley
Wall Street Ends Mixed After Slow Trading Day
Wall Street edged higher at the close amid slow volume around 4.4 million shares. Industrials were mostly down in fractions while motors and utilities fluctuated. General Motors and Ford rose, IBM fell about 4, and GE hovered near a small gain as Delta Airlines gained after a dividend increase and stock split news.
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New York
Chrysler
Studebaker
American Motors
General Motors
Ford
General Electric
IBM
Delta Airlines
Kennecott
American Stock Exchange
Livestock Prices Sluggish Across Gulf States
AP dispatch reports weak cattle and calves with meager supplies and few early sales. Hogs show mixed results with 25 cent gains in some bids and 25 cent declines in others. sows down to 3.0 lower. Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Dothan Jacksonville hog receipts total 2700 with steady to mostly 25 lower trends.
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Nashville
Thomasville
Albany
Columbus
Moul_ tre
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Poultry Supplies Stable Across Georgia and Birmingham Markets
Georgia live poultry supplies are adequate with farm quota for broilers and fryers 13-132. Hens trading on both types limited. prices not reported due to few sales. Birmingham brokers report live supplies clear and generally well balanced, demand fair to good, ready to cook.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Birmingham
Deaths Former Hville Editor Dies
Reese T. Amis longtime Huntsville Times editor and civic figure dies at 76 in Flint City Tennessee Valley Nursing Home. He led the paper 27 years retiring 1958 with 43 years in journalism and earned honors from the University of Alabama and Huntsville Chamber of Commerce. Funeral services in Huntsville with burial in Columbia Tennessee. Survivors include widow son Louis and siblings.
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Huntsville
Ala
Reese T. Amis
Huntsville Times
Tennessee Valley
Flint City
Amis
South
North Alabama
Rigbyville
Tenn
Vanderbilt University
Middleton longtime Fuller supermarket manager dies in Lewisburg
W A Middleton 44 of Lewisburg Tennessee and former Fuller Supermarket manager in Decatur died last Friday in a Lewisburg hospital. Services were held Saturday at First Church of the Nazarene in Lewisburg. Survivors include widow Mablene and three children Mona Mona Travis and Dwight Middleton.
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W. A
Bill) Middleton
Lewisburg
Tenn
Fuller
Decatur
First Church of the Nazarene
Mablene Middleton
Mona Middleton
Travis Middleton
Dwight Middleton
Mrs Elizabeth Nelson obituary notice
Mrs Elizabeth Nelson aged 46 of 416 7th Ave SW died Wednesday at a local hospital. Services are set for Saturday at 3 p.m. at Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Roselawn Cemetery. Rev John Genzel to officiate.
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Elizabeth Juanita Nelson
7Th Ave
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Roselawn
John Genzel
Secret queen selected at Morgan County Farm Bureau event
Five contestants will be kept secret and crowned at Morgan County High School next Friday night at 7 30. The Limestone County maid will be chosen by judges Tuesday at Longhorn Restaurant and crowned the next day at the Farm Bureau meeting and barbecue in Belle Mina Substation. Mothers and sponsors attend the banquet as plans unfold.
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Morgan County Farm Bureau
Morgan County High School
Limestone County
Limestone
Longhorn
Farm Bureau
Belle Mina
Harold McKee
Billy Maples
Huntsville
Lawrence County
Birmingham Eggs Market Slips as Supplies Rise
Market notes weak demand with ample supplies in Birmingham. Prices to retailers per dozen vary by grade and size with Grade A white large about 0.48 dollars, mediums to small ranges within 0.26 to 0.48 dollars, reflecting steady but lower rates for consumer cartons and cases.
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Birmingham
Futures Open With No Trades Registered In Cotton Market
New York cotton futures opened without registered trades as traders awaited clearer pricing signals. Bulky bids and offers appeared muted with quotes showing minor shifts from the previous close amid unsettled market sentiment.
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New York
Multiple Vehicle Crashes Reported In Decatur Area Traffic
Several two car and single vehicle accidents reported across Decatur area with injuries none. Notable crashes include a 12:30 p.m two vehicle crash at U S 31 and Alabama 67. a 4:03 p.m. collision at 6th Ave and 14th St SE. a 10:40 a.m. two car crash at 6th Ave and 11th St SE. and a 5:14 p.m. crash at Holly St and 6th Ave NE.
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Howard L Troutman
Vining Circle
Mary F. Dyar
Memphis
Tenn
6Th Ave
14Th St
11Th St SE
Margaret Penny
U.S
Norman Gillespie
North St. SE
Holly St
Mary L. Patterson
14Th Ave
Reuben Ezra Evans
Athens
Seven Whites Arrested After Harlem Riots Subside
Seven White individuals were arrested from an auto after an anti Negro placard was thrown. Six charged with disorderly conduct, one juvenile delinquency, all released to parents. Calm returned to Harlem and Bedford Stuyvesant after five nights of rioting, looting, and arrests. Police say units remain alert and ready to act to maintain order.
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Harlem
Manhattan
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Brooklyn
Polce
Walter Arm
Hearing Set After Robbery In Hanceville Case
A preliminary hearing was scheduled for three men Billy Hammock 23 Wilburn Callahan 28 and Jack Parnell 18 charged with robbing William T Bryant in Hanceville last weekend. Bryant was robbed of about 24 dollars when the family car broke down and his son went for help.
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William T. Bryant
Hanceville
Billy Hammock
Somerville
Wilburn Callahan
Jack Parnell
Bryant
Electrification Drive Aims to Reach Rural Villages
In India a massive rural electrification program progresses slowly with only 4.2 percent of villages electrified. Officials target 7.6 percent by 1966 as effort expands nationwide.
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New Delhi
India
Moulton Lions Lease Property For County Fair Exhibits
The Moulton Lions Club leased land north of Lawrence County Coliseum for the county fair to receive a new exhibit building. Estimated cost runs about 16000 dollars with completion by September 21, opening day of the fair, after the coliseum was leased to a manufacturer.
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Moulton
Moulton Lions Club
Lawrence County Coliseum
Doctor Delivers His Largest Baby in Missoula
Missoula woman gives birth to a 16 pound 4 ounce boy by Caesarean section. Dr. Steven Preston, practicing 25 years, notes this was the largest birth by about four pounds.
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Missoula
Mont
Steven Preston
For Sale and Rent Classified Snippet
Multiple ads list a toy boat and motor for 800 dollars, a Turbo-Jet power boat at 3750 dollars, a 7 room furnished duplex near schools, a brick 3 bedroom home with yard and patio, an old Frigidaire fridge for 30 dollars, and a bedroom with kitchen access for rent plus a 2 bedroom furnished house for rent. Phone numbers provided for appointments or inquiries.
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Ave
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River Decatur
Ricky Ingram
Gale Burns
State Ave
Brenda Moses
1St Ave
Allen Morgan
Dewey Morgan
Jeen Skelton
Falkville
John Tidwell
Sherman St
Johnny Robinson
Kathleen Redding
Jim _ Lowery
Jimmy Miller
Truman Ave
Judy Beavers
Charles Wilson
19Th St
Elmer Ledlow
Edward Atkins
Mason Nave
Wilson St
Michael Bailes
Carl Epperson
Prospect
SE Jewel Traylor
A. B. Norris
Joyce Davis
Earl Parker
Charles Lewis
Cullman Admissions
Bobby C. Brown
Mrs. Ann Heck
Samantha
Horace H. Hicks
Alvie H. Howard
Ellen Faye McAlpin
Deborah Pearson
James P. Phillips
Holly Pond
Lucius IT. Waters
Beverly Ann White
Gay Nell Wilhite
Vinemont
Reba Nell Sterling
Addison
Decatur General Admissions
Elizabeth Harrell
Austin St
Jack Price
Memorial
Morris Collins
Elkmont
Brenda Letson
Thomas Grooms
Spraggin St
George Clem Jr
Stratfd
Vigil Parker
Joe Barr III
Santa St
Leslie Gentry
James McGee
Devatur
J. P. Sims
Senate
Decatur Markets
Bid
Ala. Tenn. National Gas
American Foundation Life Insurance Co
Downtowner Co
Coastal States Life
Ba Equity
National Life
First Flight
First Nat'l Bk
Dec
Jefferson Standard Life
Kentucky Central
Liberty National Life Life & Casualty
Life Ala
Moore Handley
Mutual Savings
Neb. Consolidated
Protective Life
State National Bank
Southern Airway
Southern United Aka
Vulcan Life
Ctemunahtaa
Wall Street
Hville
W. A. Middleton
Elizabeth Nelson
Spemalle
Jess T. Lile
Ackley
Iowa
Earnest N. Belue
Decatur High School
Decatur Rotary Club
Lyons Hotel
Somerville Rd
George Clem
Stratford Rd
Clem
Moulton Lions Lease Property
van Lines Worlds
Amere
Nover
Tocal
Decatur Transfer & Storage, Inc
Decatur Shopping Center
WT Grant
Elena
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