River and Weather Summary for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge 21.38 feet with sea level 555.68 feet. TVA lakes levels Guntersville 593.5 Pickwick 412.4 Wheeler 555.6 Chickamauga 680.4. Yesterday high 99 at 3 30 p.m. Low 72 at 5 a.m. today. Forecast clear to partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers. highs near 96, lows around 71, light wind.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Guntersville
Pickwick
Wheeler
Chicka
Mauga
World Compiled From Press Reports
A compact digest of world events drawn from various press reports. The items cover political developments, economic updates, and notable international incidents across multiple regions.
Von Braun says Soviets near moon flight or dog voyage
Space expert Wernher von Braun told a Washington Post Los Angeles Times service story that the Soviet Union is close to achieving a circu lunar mission or sending a dog to the moon and returning it. In Alabama politics page, 2,200 delegates start registering for the 1966 state Republican Convention with high expectations for the event. Birmingham reports FBI data showing crime rate increases in five of seven serious offense categories. murders up about eight tenths of a percent. A Montgomery federal judge schedules a hearing next week on a motion to dismiss a Bullock County Democratic primary runoff rerun suit filed by several Negroes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wernher von Braun
Soviet Union
Marshall Space Flight Center
Washington Post- Los Angeles Times
von Braun
Birmingham
Alabama
National Crime Report
FBI
Montgomery
U. S. Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Bullock County
Frank Mizell
Bullock
Macon
Barbour County
Johnson
Ella Weakens as Tropical Storm Aims West Northwesterly
Tropical storm Ella with top winds near 50 mph moves northwest toward Florida and weakens, expected to drift at about 10 mph for 12 hours. In Washington a resolution proposes a seven member arbitration board to end the strike and restart airline operations. In Atlanta a federal jury hears testimony from Harold Belton Andrews about stealing cars in 1965 for Hosea Williams of the SCLC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Ella
U. S
Washington
Sevengnan Arbitration Board
Glenn Andrews
R-Ala
Andrews
Atlanta
Harold Belton Andrews
Hosea Williams
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Virginia
New Jersey
Florida
SCLC
Williams
Dior debuts winter collection with British influence
Paris show features Dior coats and dresses with calf length hemlines inspired by Buckingham Palace guards. Some coats flare into kerchief points while several skirts stay knee length, avoiding thigh displays. Audience applauds as Bohan challenges prevailing skirt heights. Hungary Visit begins for Maurice Couve de Murville in Budapest after arrivals from Czechoslovakia.
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Paris
Christian Dior
Buckingham Palace
Dior
Marc Bohan
Budapest
Hungary
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
Czechoslovakia
Myrtle Burroughs Rites Planned in Hartselle
Mrs Myrtle Burroughs 55 of 201 Mil ler Street died at 5 30 am today in a local hospital Services set for 2 30 pm Friday at Peck Funeral Home chapel with W L Carden and Horace Feilding officiating Burial in Hartselle City Cemetery Surviving are her husband Howard Burroughs two daughters and a sister Pallbearers named including Phil Fitzgerald and G W Pete James Honorary pallbearers are doctors from Hartselle Hospital The body remains at the funeral home until services.
John Guy Corum Dies at 56 in Decatur Funeral Planned
John Guy Corum aged 56 of 401 3rd Ave SW died Tuesday at 8 35 PM at home. Services set for Friday at 3 PM at Guntharp Chapel with Rev Milton Bruce and Rev Elbert Hodges officiating. Burial in Roselawn Cemetery with Guntharp directing. Survived by widow Imogene Corum of Decatur two daughters Shirley Davis Cambridge Neb and Sue Johnson Decatur three sons Bobby G Corum Miami Frank Corum Britton Michael Corum Decatur two brothers Clarence Corum Decatur Leonard Corum Hillsboro three sisters Lucille Horn Decatur Mae Tingle Hartselle Birdie Pitman Lindelle Ga and 10 grandchildren. Funeral home to hold services time.
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John Guy Corum
3Rd Ave
Guntharp Chapel
Milton Bruce
Elbert Hodges
Roselawn Cemetery
Guntharp Directing
Imogene Corum
Decatur
Shirley Davis
Cambridge
Neb
Sue Johnson
Bobby G. Corum
Miami
Fla
Frankie Corum
Britton
Mich
Michael Corum
Clarence Corum
Leonard Corum
Hillsboro
Lucille Horn
Mae Tingle
Hartselle
Birdie Pitnan
Lindelle
Funeral services for Fort Worth Marine Sgt Paul Hendrix
Sgt. Paul G. Hendrix of Fort Worth Texas was killed July 15 in South Viet Nam. Funeral services were held in Fort Worth. He was 32, father of four, son of J. D. Hendrix of Hartselle, and had attended Birmingham schools. Hendrix had served in Viet Nam since July 1965 and was slated to return to the U S in August.
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Paul G. Hendrix
Fort Worth
Tex
Quane Tri Republic
Mrs Sintha J Johnson Dies at 81 in Hartselle Hospital
Mrs Sintha Jane Johnson, 81, of 413 9th Ave SE, died Wednesday night at 9 30 p.m. in a Hartselle hospital. Services will be Friday at 2.
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Sintha Jane Johnson
9Th Ave
Hartselle
Obituary Notice for Mrs Daisy D Randich
Mrs Daisy D Randich age 80 of 717 4th Ave SE died Wednesday at 12 45 p m in a rest home in Hartselle. The body was shipped to Reger Funeral Home Huntington West Virginia. Services will be announced later. Survived by son Raymond Bailey Decatur and sister Blanch Sarrett Huntington W Va.
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Daisy Dean Randich
4Th Ave
Hartselle
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Reger Funeral Home
Huntington
W. Va
Raymond Bailey
Decatur
Blanch Sarrett
Funeral services set for William Rost in Iowa
Funeral services for 22 year old William Phillips Rost killed in a car wreck will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the McConnell Funeral Home chapel Sioux City Iowa with A J Rollings officiating. Burial at Roselawn Cemetery. He was stationed with the armed forces. Parents Mr and Mrs Jack Rose Oaklawn Illinois survive with a sister Dolores Rose and grandparents J C Black and Mrs Lillian B Phillips. Pallbearers named Michael Rudder A P Black Douglas Grubbs Charles Black Nelson Swinen and Price Black. Rost’s family is formerly of Decatur.
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Athens
William Phillips Rost
Sioux City
Iowa
McConnell Funeral Home Chapel
A. J
Rollings
Roselawn Cemetery
McConnell
Jack Rose
Oaklawn
Delores
Rose
J. C. Black
Athens Man Dies At Home At 63
Olan Davis Taylor aged 63 of Athens died at 2 a m today at his residence. Services scheduled for 3 p m Friday at Tanner Church of Christ with Buford Dobbs and Cliff Buchanar officiating. Burial in Athens Cemetery. McConnnell Funeral Home in charge. Wife Hazel Taylor, two brothers Columbus and Clifton Taylor, a sister Pearl Hobbs, and mother Mrs N Taylor survive. Residence to remain until time for funeral rites.
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Athens
Ian Davis Taylor
Athen
Tanner Church of Christ
Buford Dobbs
Cliff Buchanar
Ahe
McConnesras
Hazel Taylor
Athens 7
Columbus Taylor
Tanner
Clifton Taylor
Decatur
Pearl Hobbs
N. Taylor
Local Records Report Firearm Violations and Licenses
The Morgan County Sheriff's Department lists charges including public drunkenness with mental illness, driving while intoxicated, assault and battery, and receiving stolen property. City Recorder's Court docket shows traffic violations including disregarding a traffic light and stop sign, speeding, disorderly conduct, and reckless driving. A variety of rental ads, repairs, and notices accompany births marriages and licenses in the day’s notices.
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Morgan County Sheriffs Department
City Recorders Court
Chemstrand adds Fair Jr. as mechanical engineer at Decatur plant
Decatur Alabama Chemstrand Corp. promotes M E Fair Jr. from Pensacola to mechanical engineer in nylon intermediates process support at the Decatur facility. Fair, LSU graduate and Baton Rouge native, will relocate with wife Hilda. he was with the Pensacola nylon plant and joins Cole Downing in announcing the transfer.
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Cleveland M. Fair Jr
Pensacola
Fla
Chemstrand Corp
Decatur
Cole Downing
Fair
Chemstrand
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Local man returns home after Birmingham eye surgery
Zola Clark has come home from University Hospital Birmingham after eye surgery. He plans a return visit in a few weeks for further medical care. An evening of games begins at 8 p.m. today at the Moose Lodge in Decatur and is open to the public.
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Zola Clark
University Hospital
Birmingham
Moose Lodge
Decatur
Wreck Injures Teen on $th Ave SE at Gordon Drive Intersection
Police report a crash at the intersection of $th Ave SE and Gordon Drive involving a 1966 Honda 300 motorcycle driven by 15 year old Hubert G Simmons and a 1966 Rambler driven by 45 year old John Allison Lile. Simmons was hospitalized with elbow and knee abrasions and a fractured thumb. A 24 inch Schwinn bicycle was stolen from Blue Haven Pool. Police pursued two teenagers near the Masonic Building but the pair eluded capture across the Decatur parking lot and railroad tracks.
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Ave. SE
Gordon Drive
Hubert G. Simmons
4Th Ave
John Allison Lile
Decatur 1
Simmons
Decatur General Hospital
Johnston St
L. D. Tapscott
Decatur
Tapscott
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Mercury
GOP
Alfred Goldwaite
King
Arbitration Board
ETV
Asheville
N. C
Winfred L. Godwin
Southern Regional Education Board
SREB
Grove Park Inn
House
Gerald R. Ford
Melvin R. Laird
Senate
Pogo
Kim
Jackie Meyers
Jim
Mrs. Myrtle Burroughs
Johnson's Chapel Methodist Church
Leon Dawson
Johnson Chapel
Gunthorp
Isdoria Williams
Lizzie Moore
Hartseller
Elaira Payne
Sam Johnson
Asberry Johnson
Jimmy Williams
Carl
Richard Moore
Rock Springs Baptist Church
Sgt
Sintha J. Johnson
Daisy D. Randich
Olan Davis Taylor
Ing
Cashin St
O. M. Hutcheson
Larne
20Th Ave
Rm Na
Moulton Hwy
Miller Hore
Memorial Dr. NW
Cagle Storm Door and Window Co
Alma St
Westgate
Billy Glenn
12Th Ave
Bigby Steel Buildings
Mundus Head
Vas
Sims Sign Service
Bank St
6Th Ave
M. W. Bogle
2Nd St
Sims Construction Co
Blueberry Ln
Alton Reynolds
Westwind Mobee
Hiwey
Air Westwind
Hwa
Chemisranc
Nice
Poe
Coenle Cf
Gordon Dr
HancerVille
Cullman Hospital
Riley O. Sellers
Cullman
Harold Jeffers
Plaza St
Billy Eddy
Olive St
Esecator General Hospital
Jackie Lee Parson
16Th Ave. SE
Brenda Gale Cottingham
14Th St. SE
William Larry Anders
iDanville 1
Maxie Carolyn Gibson
Danville 1
Gene Terry
18Th. Ave. SE
Evelyn Hamilton
Franklin Henderson
Tas College
Wruyss
2Nd Ave
Bank Street
Dee Bauer
C’ Strand
Flying LeMoines
John Wyker and Son
Johnston Street
Meuiton-Stream
The
Emotions
Don Carter
Bob Edmonds
Dixielanders
Frankie Williams
East Moulton St
Blue Haven Swimming Pool
Grant
Eese
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