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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1968
Page
2
Morgan County Sheriff's department filed six charges Monday including two for public drunkenness driving while intoxicated assault and battery and peace proceedings.
The monthly meeting of Morgan County Young Republicans will be at the Tower House Restaurant on Wednesday with State Rep Ralph Slate as guest speaker. The Decatur Curb and Country Market on 1st Ave and Grant St will open Wednesday from 6 30 to 5 30 p.m and is open Monday through Saturday. Readable sale items include strawberries green beans new potatoes cucumbers squash peas and greens.
The notice notes that jars lids and other canning materials are available in quantities for both canning and freezing purposes, indicating ample supply for seasonal preserving.
Decatur businessman W. J. Williams is reported in satisfactory condition at Decatur General Hospital after a crash near Janefer and Storage. Local firms Decatur Transit Decatur Petroleum Haulers and Rocket City Rental are noted in the incident report.
A preparation meeting for vacation Bible school at Brookhaven Baptist Church is set for Friday from 8 30 to 10 a m. The program runs June 10 through June 18 from 8 30 to 11 30 a m. The Red Cross bloodmobile visits Decatur on Wednesday from 11 a m to 5 p m at the Morgan County Red Cross Chapter House on Cain Street behind the courthouse. Anyone aged 18 to 60 in good health may donate blood.
WMSL TV in Decatur will switch to Huntsville, vacating Decatur channel 23. FCC approval lifts power to nearly two million watts, expanding tower height to 750 feet to reach over one million viewers across 283,000 homes and 25 counties in Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia.
The commission set August 13 as the mayor council election date with candidacy qualification starting at City Hall. Eight individuals reportedly plan to run as offices take effect in October under the city’s reorganized government. Appointments to the Point Mallard Authority include Otis Kirby Joe D. McPherson Leonard Hudson and A A Jones Jr to oversee the southeast Decatur recreation area and bond issues for the Tennessee River project. The panel also funded boiler replacement at Decatur High School from the May 3.5 million school bond and approved a 2000 grant to Tennessee Valley State Vocational Technical School. A sewer system hearing was postponed pending federal participation. A July 2 public hearing was set for rezoning at Bunnymead Ave SW from light industrial to residential per Planning Commission approval.
The 400 bed Decatur hospital is projected to cost 4.2 million dollars. Architects in Birmingham finalize cottage style facility plans on a 155 acre site near the District 1 Tuberculosis Hospital on U S 31. Decatur will receive 1 657 460 dollars in state funds with 2 554 940 dollars from the federal government. funds for Hamilton and Anniston were to be used for construction of comprehensive mental health facilities.
Heavy support marks the board of revenue race with a winner facing Republican opposition in November. H G Williams selected as banner carrier in a mass meeting. H G Hunter and James T Coffey contend for constable. J Lester Smith and Julian Hardy vie for JP in Decatur. State races feature Armistead Selden and Jim Allen in the Democratic U S Senate contest amid sharp charges. Delegates and national committeeman races line up Earl Goodwin vs Neil Metcalf and E M Frazier against Jim O Connor for district 8 delegate. Polls opened at 8 a m and close at 6 30 p m. The Decatur Daily will tabulate results shortly after polls close.
Voters undecided may sue over election results as Humphrey backers in South Dakota campaign for Johnson delegates. Nixon runs unopposed for GOP delegates. New Jersey sees Hughes estimate McCarthy winning up to 20 of 82 Democratic delegates. Montana has Tim Babcock facing Ted James with Arnold Olsen opposed by Harriet Miller in the Democratic race.
Decatur area river readings at Keller Memorial Bridge show 1.39 feet with sea level at 551.69. High temperature 92 degrees Monday, low 65, current 78. forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy and warm, winds north to northeast 5 to 15 mph, highs near 87 and 89 with a low around 61. Full Moon on June 10. Jupiter approaches Regulus for last time this year.
Late New York market figures show milk at 3.20 per hundred with a four percent rate and a 0.055 point premium. Wood prices list at 65.45 and 35 for ipwood, with cord prices at 14.50. Grain and feed prices include No. 2 Yellow Shelled Corn 1.22, No. 2 White Shelled Corn 1.22, No. 2 Oats 0.70, No. 2 Milling Wheat 1.53, No. 2 Milo 2.00 per hundred, No. 2 Barley 0.95, and No. 2 Soybean 2.60.
Flower sized reproductions of Brillo boxes selling for 1300 each were shot at a movie studio called a factory. Mario Amaya, a London writer and art dealer, was grazed and treated. Miss Solanis surrendered hours later after telling a policeman in Times Square she was being hunted.
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