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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1963
Page
2
Sunday weather and celestial notes list sunset at 6:56 p.m. and sunrise at 4:36 a.m. Moonset is 2:38 a.m. Prominent star Spica leads the Moon. Visible planets include Mars in the west by 9:57 p.m. Saturn rises at 11:52 p.m. Jupiter in the east around 2:03 a.m. Venus rises at 3:41 a.m.
Friday night reading shows the Tennessee River at 21.42 feet, down 0.17 feet in 12 hours, sea level 555.72 feet. Forecast calls for fair mild today with mostly sunny warmth, Sunday partly cloudy and warm with widely scattered afternoon thundershowers. Winds southeast 8 to 15 mph. Today’s high about 89. At 7:50 pm Friday the temperature was 80 degrees.
Alabama Highway Director Ed Rodgers released a memo blaming a shortage of attorneys to secure rights of way for delaying 36 road projects slated to start within 18 months. The delay affects 9 projects in 1963 and 27 in 1964, with 27 of 54 1964 projects lacking assigned attorneys.
Funeral services for Lizzie Ha Good of Hanceville are set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church. Reynolds Funeral Home directs burial at the adjoining cemetery. She died Monday at 1:15 a.m. at her residence with survivors Lula Byars, Armelia Morrow, C Flanagan, 16 grandchildren, 42 great grandchildren, and 3 great great grandchildren.
Reported by Vatican officials the ailing pope showed serenity on his cast iron bed as peritonitis and internal stomach growth weakened him. Thousands prayed in St Peter's Square while relatives and church leaders gathered at the papal apartment as doctors administered oxygen and tranquilizers and the pope received last rites.
Construction on the last phase of the Austin High School complex in Decatur will start within 10 days. Rush Engineers won a 429 398 dollar bid to build an auditorium for 1 400 seats and related rooms. Completion is expected by March 1 1964 with other buildings due ready for August 30 occupancy.
Mrs Irene Sims and A H Petty admitted to hospitals in Falkville and 410 Grant Street SE. Dismissals include Bobby Sanders of Fayetteville Tennessee Malcomb Bolton of Rockwood Tennessee and John Ready of Decatur.
A readable fragment lists individuals and addresses in Decatur and nearby areas including Athens, Belle Mina, Mt. Hope and Decature. Names include Ruel Massey, Marion Shull, Betty Sue Stedham, Gary Shelton Lynn, Michael Eldge Cagle, John Edward Sandlin Jr, Johnny Lavert Riggs, Steven Jenkins, John Curtis Poe Jr, Russell Taylor Acker, Beverly Constant Adair, Marion Crow, and Charles Pettus.
The Federal Radiation Council says fallout will rise in 1963 but remain minor. Increased Strontium 90 levels from Soviet tests will double last year, yet radiation exposure stays well below levels linked to significant cancer risk. About 40 potential deaths from bone cancer and leukemia could be attributed to fallout versus roughly 1,400 from natural background radiation.
A long filibuster blocks floor action on a highway route bill after a week of talks. The measure already cleared the house but cannot reach a vote while the bloc seeks to shape or end the impasse. Senator Ed Horton Jr. warns cloture would hurt the governor.
Washington AP Rep Francis E Walter 69 longtime House Un American Activities chairman dies after leukemia cancer battle. Kennedy called him steadfast and will be missed in the House. Walter from Easton Pa had retired then planned to run again before illness.
Britain backs a multinational nuclear force with United States West Germany Italy and Britain as core. Washington seeks Canada Greece Turkey Belgium and the Netherlands, with Italy or Britain deemed essential. Prime Minister Macmillan notes favorable but details required amid navy opposition to surface ships and mixed manning for a Polaris fleet.
Cummings urges a nation of honest, sincere, capable Christians to recognize a historic role. He asks for humility before God as guiding prayer for the future, expressing hope that words and thoughts please the Lord, their strength and redeemer.
The 87 year old Konrad Adenauer marked a great victory as he nears retirement. Over 14 years as chancellor he pursued Franco German reconciliation and received warm handshakes with Wilhelm Kaisen after the session. The Foreign Affairs Committee backed the treaty with no opposition, and the upper house was urged to raise no objections, with a preamble ensuring NATO, the Common Market, and other commitments remain unaffected.
A two-vehicle collision on Holly Street in Decatur near the Foundry and Machine Co. involved a 1961 Falcon driven by Reba H. Strandridge and another vehicle driven by Jimmy Sharp at 4:45 p.m. Tom Dugan won the Decatur Toastmasters best speaker award as Joe Thomas, Tom Cadcell, Bill Gossett, and Phillip Terry spoke. Junior High Chorus students must pickup portraits from the office. Rotary speaker Gary Nichols heads to Vienna as a Rotary Fellow. Morgan County offices close Monday for Jefferson Davis birthday observance. state offices also shut while local, federal, and some others stay open.
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Viola Thompson 72 of 1005 Lavert Ave will be held today at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. George Kress officiating. Burial follows at Athens City Cemetery under McConnell directions. She died Thursday night at home. Survived by two sons James R Thompson Jr Charles Thompson of Athens. two daughters Mrs Clutcher Glaze of Decatur and Mrs Arnold Young of Florence. three grandchildren. Pallbearers named Leonard A Moyers William Moyers James Evans Sam Anderson and Orman Anderson.
Samuel Emmett Hacker, 69, of Athens, died Wednesday at his home. Funeral held Friday at 2 p.m. from Mount Pisgah Baptist Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Survivors: two sons James in Athens and Herman in Athens, one daughter Mrs. Westella Baldwin of Athens, 14 grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren.
Sherill Weir Edward Weir age 50 of 221 4th Ave SW died at 9 a m Friday at Black Chandler Hospital Hartselle Funeral services set for Sunday 2 30 pm at West Side Presbyterian Church with Revs Wayne Davis and Elree Waddell officiating Burial in Decatur City Cemetery body to lie in state 2 30 to 3 00 Survivors include widow Majorie L Weir Decatur one daughter Mrs George Brown two grandsons father C E Weir Decatur two sisters Mrs Rufus Allen Decatur Mrs Dewey Jackson Harriman Tenn three brothers Harold Weir Birmingham Elbert Weir Miami Fla Charles Weir Little Rock Ark Mr Weir was a World War II veteran a radio operator for the Decatur Fire Department a member of Westside Presbyterian Church and an elder of the West Side Church
Funeral services for Aaron Jones of Decatur are set for 3 p.m. Sunday at Reynolds Funeral Home Chapel instead of the previously planned 1 p.m. in Hillsboro.
Cullman Fire Department responded to a Friday 7 30 p m car fire on North Main Street. A 1956 Buick owned by Charlie Bradford was damaged in the incident.
Cliff Roberts and Cochise lead Kit Adams Chinitza and the girls through a volcanic cave as tiger attacks subside. They reach vines to escape then recover gold sacks and a helicopter delivers Bum the bear, ending the valley’s legend with a final reunion.
Decatur youth Carl Allen aged 18 was cited for reckless driving after a 4:40 PM crash on Ala 157 nine miles north of Moulton injuring none. He drove a 1956 Pontiac into a 1958 Chevrolet truck driven by Charles Easterwood age 39. Total damage was 100 dollars.
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