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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1965
Page
2
The report lists visible planets with times: Mars near the Moon is low in the south at 11 12 p m, Venus sets, Saturn rises at 12 41 a m. A separate line notes Venus and Saturn movements with evening and midnight timings.
The morning bridge reading stood at 21.46 and sea level 555.76. Forecast calls for partly cloudy weather with showers and thunderstorms affecting up to 40 percent of the area. Sunday looks partly cloudy and warm with easterly winds 5 to 15 mph and gusts during storms. high and low not clearly stated.
Mrs Mae E Hogan is reported to have died with funeral arrangements to be handled by Peck Funeral Home. The notice notes her passing and directs services through the listed funeral provider.
Services for 1st Lt Phillip Don Childers killed in Viet Nam will be held today at 3 p.m. at Hartselle Baptist Church. Military burial at Marietta National Cemetery, Georgia, Monday at 1 p.m. Pallbearers named: Johnny McCord, Tommy Hawkins, Hal Sivigg, John Zanoff Jr., Steve Seay and Jerry Wilson.
Judy Baldwin from Clovis New Mexico finished as second runner up while Dark-eyed Julie Andrus from Kentucky claimed third and Dianna Batts representing the District of Columbia was fourth.
Robbery at a Franklin bank left two dead, Glenn Hendricksen and Lois Ann Hothan, with Franklin Kjeldgaard wounded twice in the neck and back. Sheriff Floyd Stahr noted casings from a .22 caliber weapon and bullets from an automatic pistol. Paul Killion reported a near miss in the chest. The suspect fled after triggering the alarm as the assailant moved away from the bank block.
Hospital notices list admissions for Mrs. Robert Hopper of Hartselle and dismissals for Mrs. Seldon Sharp of Somerville and H. C. Breeding of Decatur. Indicates local patient movements among Alabama communities.
A public notice lists residents and addresses including Terry Farish 2302 Spring Ave SW Cullman resident Raymond Owens Moulton and others. Additional names include William Houston, Cole Weaver Athens and residents at 914 Edgewood St SW 602 3rd Ave SW 132 Daniel St SW 1722 Elliott St and 1807 4th Ave SW.
Ernest R. McElveen waived extradition from Mississippi and was returned to face murder charges in the slaying of Deputy Sheriff O Neal Moore in Bogalusa. Investigators pressed a around the clock probe with FBI and state crime lab aid into a racially charged shooting that also wounded Creed Rogers.
Horace Benefield, 17, captain of Rehobeth High School football, was killed at home in Dothan during a lightning and hail storm. Sheriff James Herring said lightning appeared to travel along power lines as Benefield ironed and talked on the telephone, causing the fatal strike.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth B Davis of Elkmont 1 welcome a son born Friday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Joe R Kaple of 506 Nell St SW announce a son born Friday at Decatur General Hospital.
Ground controllers and astronauts McDivitt and White endured a long repetitive flight as they logged 34 hours in space. Patricia White guided the comms while Virgil Grissom relayed local news about a Pee Wee League game, highlighting mundane duties and fleeting imaging attempts during the longest American space stay to date.
Humphrey says relations with the Kennedys are cordial and constructive. He praises Ted Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy, but notes closer ties with Ted. He rejects a party split theory, deflects 1972 planning, and says renomination in 1968 would depend on the president and the Democratic Convention.
U S Marines report air power and ground forces beating back Viet Cong strikes in Quang Ngai Province as heavy fighting blocks a Communist drive to the sea. Navy and Air Force planes continue strikes across the border into North Vietnam.
Mr and Mrs H J Bailey of 810 Moulton Street reported $57 stolen from a billfold left at their house while they were at a nearby grocery store for about 30 minutes. Hooks on the screen door were broken. A Hawthorn bicycle was stolen from Blue Haven Swimming Pool Friday afternoon, belonging to Steve Baggs of 2336 Meadowsbrook.
Gemini 4 sought to study dangers of zero gravity by expelling cabin air and relying on pressurized suits for life support. Doctors warned that extended space living strains cardiovascular systems and the inner ear, with past flights showing orthostatic hypotension and central nervous system upsets.
White asserts that white America must take responsibility for centuries of oppression and persecution of Black people and the long history of degradation that has undermined their dignity and ability to provide for their families.
A two alarm blaze at the Alabama State Docks damaged a new wharf beside the grain elevator expansion. Fire officials say an air compressor explosion on a barge started the fire, with dense smoke over Mobile. The Lurleen fireboat and Timbers Tug assisted to contain the fire in about an hour. replacement of the wharf is likely. Rust Engineering Co. is the prime contractor.
The Pentagon issued a July draft call for 17,100 men the largest since the 1961 Berlin crisis. The Selective Service quota is 100 above June and reflects rising quotas due to falling enlistments. Only the Army is inducting men.
Alabama legislators were paid 210 for the week but face a pay gap of at least ten days as a 650000 supplementary appropriation stalls in both chambers. Senate finance and taxation approved the measure but House filibusters and scheduling threaten passage, delaying the fund until the following week or longer.
The OAS orders the Inter-American Human Rights Office to probe alleged abuses by jun ta forces after Col Francisco Caamano Deno protests. Meanwhile the final 6000 U S Marines will depart the Dominican Republic over the weekend. About 12500 paratroopers and 700 airmen remain in the integrated inter-American force under OAS control.
New York two internal moves reorganize Chemstrand Development Department. Albert H Bruner becomes Nylon Development manager transferring from Decatur Alabama to Pensacola Florida. J B McKay Jr moves to Acrilan Development manager Decatur. Both aim to broaden ideas sharing within the department. Bruner, a University of Alabama graduate, and McKay, a Georgia Tech graduate, are long time Chemstrand staffers.
A late night wreck east of Greenbrier sent Ed Fletcher 16 Darnell Bradley 19 and George Witchard 18 all of Madison to Decatur General Hospital with non life threatening injuries. A parked unlit car was struck by two oncoming vehicles prompting three ambulance dispatches from Decatur.
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