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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1975
Page
2
Alabama State Treasurer Melba Till Allen endorses the $45 million State Docks bond issue ahead of a June 10 vote. She cites job creation and better use of taxpayer money to expand docks for the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway and future heavy shipping, urging all citizens to vote for the measure.
Tenors and baritones formed a city hall barbershop chorus to support the bicentennial celebration through 1976. The first session drew about two dozen men and invited up to 100 participants, with weekly meetings planned through June. The program includes songs from Stephen Foster to Broadway and a special sing along of I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing.
Two Decatur teachers were arrested by Cullman authorities and charged with two counts each of grand larceny and petit larceny for theft from a Cullman store. Phillip L. Parker, 38, and Larry Don Duke were identified as the suspects.
A construction update notes the Morgan County courthouse project may finish within five months with a crane pointing upward and a target first of the year for siding. In Cullman, two teachers are jailed on $6,000 bonds after a downtown shoplifting chase. tools valued at 80 dollars recovered. Additional Decatur and Morgan County arrests include a 75 year old charged with petit larceny for bacon theft and a 17 year old charged for stealing a sports dress. A Decatur teen shoplifting case followed at W T Grants Shopping City. A 100 horsepower Mercury boat motor was reported stolen from Sherrill's Shell Service Station on Alabama 20 West.
James E. Desherlin was arrested May 26 in Nashville on traffic charges and is the second of three men wanted in the October slayings of Clyde Johnson, a Huntsville used car salesman, and his wife. Richard Lindhorst remains at large. Thomas Desherlin was sentenced to life plus 15 years for a Florida officer killing and related shootings.
Decatur High School Class of 1947 plans a June 28 reunion at Decatur Inn. Five members remain unfound: Jimmy Lou Floyd Imogene Loggins Elizabeth Lyle Josephine Taylor and Ray Walker. People with information should contact Mrs Joyce Lesser or Mrs Margie Loyd.
No rain forecast through Wednesday as sunny skies and warm temperatures persist. High pressure over Mississippi keeps Alabama fair, with upper 80s today and Wednesday and mild nights near 60. Thursday to Saturday bring partly cloudy skies, isolated afternoon thundershowers, with highs near 90 and lows around 70.
Decatur area weather totals note river readings at Keller Memorial Bridge and TVA lake stages for Chickamauga Pickwick Guntersville Whitesburg Wheeler and others. Forecast calls for a sunny warm day with highs near 80s and an extended outlook of partly cloudy skies and scattered thundershowers into Thursday through Saturday.
John Hester of 2309 13th St SE reflects on six years of weekend newspaper routes by his three sons with THE DECATUR DAILY. The three brothers Tommy 17 Johnny 21 and Gary 15 delivered papers together until Gary’s recent departure. An incident where Hester was bitten is noted as a rare disruption in their routine.
A family discusses three brothers who ran newspaper routes with help from their father. Gary now works in a grocery meat department while Tommy and Johnny pursue college and other jobs. The parents remark on shared duties and eventual retirement.
Ezell Hamilton 18, an escapee from Frank Lee Youth Center, was recaptured by police after hijacking a woman at gunpoint from her Robinson Springs home. He forced her to drive to a drive in Prattville area where the hostage was released. officers set road blocks and caught him on foot. Hamilton was serving a three year burglary sentence in Clarke County and had also allegedly burglarized another home prior to the Stroud incident.
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