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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1966
Page
2
A digest of news items compiled from various press reports covers diverse topics and events. The column assembles brief summaries reflecting multiple regions and voices, offering a snapshot of global affairs in concise notes.
Eight people have died in Alabama during a weekend of accidents with a ninth feared drowned in Mobile Bay. Emil Balzir, 20, reportedly fell from a 12 foot sailboat with his brother Robert, 40. Robert Balzli was later recovered. Authorities also searched for Balzir on Sunday.
Dorothy, a tropical storm, batters Atlantic with 75 mph winds as forecasts show no land threat. In Arkansas, seven gubernatorial hopefuls face a Democratic runoff as Faubus years of administration shape the race.
Senator Philip A. Hart introduces a bill to abolish the death penalty for federal crimes and replace it with life imprisonment. He argues capital punishment is a symbol of vengeance and shows no evidence of deterring crime.
Cleveland and Chicago observed a pause in rioting looting and fire bombing after a week of violence. Police Chief Richard R Wagner in Cleveland urged withdrawal of National Guard troops patrolling the Hough district and noted four dead and nearly fifty injured with extensive property damage.
A bus carrying more than 40 Belgian children home from a summer camp plunged from a bridge on the Frankfurt Cologne autobahn near Idstein, killing the driver and injuring 12 others. The crash left the bus on its roof, crushed by impact, as victims aged 10 to 17 were taken to area hospitals.
The first of five civil rights measures this decade to reach the North stalls amid doubts about its housing clause. Rep Charles M Mathias Jr Md insists the compromise targets agents and builders while exempting homeowners with no more than two transactions yearly.
Ambassador Harriman told a Chicago audience that Hanoi has shown no willingness to exchange U S airmen in the North for hundreds of North Vietnamese prisoners in the South. He noted some movement toward freeing about 18 U S GIs held by Viet Cong in South Vietnam while avoiding threats of new sanctions. Rep Roman C. Pucinski spoke in Chicago.
New government rule states all ministers with business must first present to the presidium. The presidium forwards to Suharto, who then decides whether to involve President Sukarno. The change blocks direct access to Sukarno as in the past.
Pucinski warned Hanoi would breach its promise of safe prisoner treatment if it targets the U.S. airmen. He displayed a bilingual leaflet in English and Vietnamese signed by the South Viet Nam Liberation Army.
The report lists sunset at 6 56 p m sunrise 4 54 a m and moonset 11 58 p m with a full moon on August 1 The planet Venus rises at 3 10 a m followed by Mars and then Jupiter Venus and Mars approach each other this week and move toward Jupiter all in Central Standard Time
Decatur area weather shows a sunny warm day with isolated afternoon showers possible. River readings include Keller Memorial Bridge at 20.60 feet and sea level 554.90. TVA lakes Guntersville 594.3 Whitesburg 555.8 Wilson 507.0 Pickwick 411.8 Wheeler 554.9 Chickamauga 680.9. High yesterday 93. Today 92 high 71 low, tonight. Tuesday high 92 with morning clouds and possible isolated afternoon thundershowers. Winds easterly 8 to 18 mph, calming tonight.
Cotton in Decatur steady at middling inch with a loan rate of 30.40. Cottonseed sells at 40 dollars per ton. Milk prices show Grade A at 6.55 per hundred and manufactured milk at 3.20 per hundred for four per cent. Other commodities include pulpwood at 13.50 per cord and various corn and grain prices ranging from 1.11 to 2.05 per hundredweight, plus oats at 0.68, barley at 0.95 and wheat at 1.63.
Nashville AP stockyards show cattle 1,700 head and calves 275 with steers and heifers trading at 16.00 to 26.00 per cwt. Feeder steers 25.00 to 26.00, vealers 28.00 to 30.00, hogs around 25.75 for 200 to 230 pounds, sows 18.00 to 19.50, sheep steady with spring lambs 20.00 to 22.00.
In Birmingham AP reports ready to cook demand improving at most plants with ample live supplies. Sizes remain light though buying interest for the week of Aug 1 is active and some trading at unchanged prices. Estimated slaughter today 4 223 000 head versus 1 215 000 last Monday. Trucklot prices per lb for week of July 25 29 show U S grade A around 27 25 to 27 75 and plant grade A about 27 50 to 27 5.
New York shares retreated in moderate late trading with volume about 6.3 million shares. Boeing General Dynamics United Aircraft RCA Polaroid Xerox IBM Motorola and airline stocks led the slide while Dow components and steel names slipped. The market's downbeat tone followed last week’s losses as traders watched for further signals.
David Kent Burow aged 15 of 702 Vaughan Bridge Rd Hartselle died Saturday. His body was taken to Robinson Funeral Home Genoa Ohio where funeral arrangements will be announced later. Survived by his parents Earl and wife of Hartselle a sister Deanna Welch of Genoa Ohio and a nephew.
Willie Howard 66 of 305 North Hammitt Street Hartselle died Sunday evening at University Hospital Birmingham. Services set for Tuesday 2 30 pm at Flint Baptist Church with Rev Howard Smallwood officiating. Burial Mt Tabor Cemetery Peck Funeral Home directing. He is survived by his widow two daughters two sons a sister two brothers six grandchildren a stepdaughter and a stepson. Nephews will serve as pallbearers. The body to return to residence this afternoon pending services. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Dicie Lundy of 411 College St E Hartselle died Sunday at a local hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church North Bethel St with John Ewing officiating. Burial at adjoining cemetery Turner Funeral Home directing. Survivors: widow Will Lundy two sons Coun cil Herring Thomas Herr ing. three daughters Mrs Bernice Fenin Mrs Sallie Roebuck and Mrs Christeen Westbrook. grandson Horace Orr.
NASD released at 10 a.m. today a compilation of over the counter securities quotations. Bids reflect inter-dealer prices with no retail markdown or commission. Asked prices are adjusted upward to cover approximate markup.
In Decatur a course titled Emergency Health Care will be taught for Red Cross Gray Ladies Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Health Department with instructor Alva Brown. Mary Lou Dancy Chapter No 320 of the Order of Eastern Star will meet in regular session at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday at the Masonic building.
Highway Patrol reported two separate Sunday crashes injuring two people. A 13 year old George Thomas of Decatur was hurt when a car driven by Aubrey H. Scott also of Decatur struck the bicycle he rode at Old Moulton Road and Beltline Highway. In a second crash Hilman H Holland 40 of Athens was injured when the car he rode in collided with a 1965 Chevrolet driven by Lucile P Miller of Madison on U S 72 eight miles west of Athens.
The Morgan County Sheriff's Department released a morning tally listing charges including highway intoxication public drunkenness driving without a license reckless driving driving while intoxicated destruction of private property violation of the prohibition law and a peace proceeding.
A 52 year old Decatur man Benny Phonore was wounded in the stomach Sunday afternoon near Willie Caffee's apartment at 625 Sunset Drive. He was treated at Decatur General Hospital for a bullet wound and investigators named City Detective David Smith and Lt Slater. Several charges appeared on a recorder’s docket including disorderly conduct speeding no license and driving violations.
A group named The All-Parties Cow Protection Agitation Support Committee forms to lobby for a cow slaughter ban and to back allied groups. The item compiles multiple classified notices including rentals, sales, wanted ads, and job postings from Bombay and nearby areas.
The Coast Guard reported no trace of the old plane or wreckage after an air search. Yorktown, three destroyers, three cutters and 20 planes scoured the flight path Stilwell would have used to return to San Francisco. Gen Stilwell left Fort Bragg July 20 for speeches in the West then a brief leave. he is due back Tuesday.
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