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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1962
Page
2
Report lists times for sunset sunrise moonset moonrise and visible planets Venus Jupiter Mars Saturn with uneven formatting and stray numbers. No clear location date or event. appears as OCR fragment of a skywatch brief.
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge reads 21.66 feet this morning, up 0.02 feet in 24 hours, with sea level at 555.96 feet. TVA levels show Pickwick 414.1, Guntersville 595.2, Whitesburg 556.4, Wilson 506.8 feet. Thursday high 94 degrees, low 71. At 9:37 a.m. today it is 81. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warm conditions with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers today, tonight, and Saturday. Winds 8 to 15 mph, gusty in storms. High today 88, low tonight 65, high Saturday 88.
The forecast shows near normal temperatures in Georgia and slightly above in Alabama with highs around 87 to 90 and lows from 64 to 68. Precipitation is generally light with locally heavy, widely scattered afternoon thundershowers likely on some days.
A jumble of local rental and sale notices lists several furnished apartments with details on location and utilities, pricing from 16 to 60 dollars weekly, and contact numbers. It also notes a 14 foot Glasspar Lido runabout with 40 hp Mercury motor for 795 dollars and a housekeeping position with board and salary. Additional items include lost ski craft, bulbs, and financing for a Hart selle house with central heat and AC.
Regist rations close for seven political parties including FLN and rival National Algerian Movement while no European party appears. The Algerian Communist party seeks campaign permit as France seeks urgent talks in Paris. Oran and Algiers bombings raise terror stakes ahead of the July 1 self rule vote. Sarradet urges diehards to quit and proposes broad amnesty. Moslem leaders demand European repudiation of the secret army. European residents face pressure over independence plan as vote approaches.
At the convention Lauderdale County backed Hall for district chairman amid intra party sparring. Guthrie opposed Hall citing past trouble while Hall countered with leadership critique. Lanier cited Morgan and Madison county gains from 1944 to 1960, winning Morgan County’s full slate of votes and most of Morgan’s delegation.
Athens Limestone County Sheriff's force reported a single arrest on Thursday for public drunkenness. The rest of the day involved routine patrols and standard calls from the district.
Athens Limestone County Circuit Clerk's office reported a total payment of 164.70 covering six fines on Thursday. The offenses included three for no driver's license, two for speeding, and one for public drunkenness.
Rural Alabama patrol logs report two noninjury crashes in Cullman and Morgan Counties, with $400 and $50 damages. In Decatur, Carolyn Mitchell and Archie Toney collide on Moulton Street at First Avenue. both charged with driving without a license. Recorder's docket lists licenses, red light, speeding, and other offenses. Barn fire damages and vehicle fires add to the day's incidents.
Athens Police Captain Dennis Brown was struck by a car at 2:10 a.m. on Forrest Street near Athens High School while attempting to arrest Lewis Edward Henning of Radcliff Kentucky. Brown suffered bruises and a back injury but was not hospitalized. Henning was arrested for reckless driving along with three public drunkenness arrests and one whisky possession arrest by the Athens Police Department.
Montgomery city commissioners were set to consider Southeastern Airlines plan to start service from Montgomery to north Alabama and Florida. The proposal asks approval for stops in Montgomery on a Huntsville to Eglin Air Force Base route, with intermediate landings in Birmingham and Panama City.
Three jail prisoners appeared before Judge James N Bloodworth. Leo McDaniel 38 was sentenced to 530 years for a July 9 killing of his wife and now faces trial for killing his wife's grandmother Arizona Jackson. Clarence Tucker pleaded innocent for killing James Henry Scott. A third man pled guilty to three counts of forgery and asked for probation with a July 11 hearing set for Thomas King.
Virginia Jacqueline Pointevint of Huntsville Alabama was named top in the Miss Sun Fun pageant evening dress preliminaries in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. The pageant concludes with Miss Sun Fun USA to be chosen Saturday night.
Thomas W Crowson died Wednesday at 11 15 p m in Paducah Kentucky Funeral services set for Saturday at 10 a m from McConnell Funeral Home Chapel Burial will be in Lebanon Cemetery with McConnell directing Survived by widow Mrs T W Crowson one daughter Victoria Crowson four brothers Marvin Crowson Elkmont 2 Emmett Crutch er and Robert Crowson Florida two sisters Mrs Cleo Christopher and Mrs Laura Lou Beasley Athens Pallbearers named Jim Vaughn Earl McLemore Dan and Aaron Shannon Charles and Robert Christopher A P Black Coleman Beasley
Funeral services for Levert Manous, 43, who died Thursday in Arizona, will be announced later. Survivors include his father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Manous, 1703 Locust St., Decatur, two aunts, and other relatives.
Mrs Price Parker of Town Creek C E Garrison of Moulton and Willard Ferguson of Danville are listed among hospital contacts in a local notice.
A list of individuals associated with Athens and nearby towns includes Jack Carter O Conner of Athens Mrs Elsie Mitchell Elkmont Mrs Dorothy Hice Athens Mrs Ethel Miller Toney Miss Alice Tribble Athens and others such as Tommy Thrasher Rogersville Mrs Lula Thornton Toney David Mitchell Jr Athens Mrs Jo Ann Nave Athens Mrs Linda Faye Webster Anderson Miss Marry Ann King Athens Lonnie Cabers Athens Mrs Virginia Fulgham Athens.
A dated admissions roster lists residents and locations including Mrs. Fred William Pitzing Cullman Mrs. Aubrey L White Cullman Miss Elizabeth Anne Parker Cullman and others from Cullman Falkville Hanceville Vinemont Addison Virginia and nearby areas. Key entries include George B Poole Cullman 5 Laura Kim Montgomery Virginia and Bobby James Wilhite Vinemont among several listed.
Funeral services for Otis Bowers 86 Huntsville who died Thursday night at Huntsville Hospital will be Saturday at 2 p.m. from McConnell Burial will be in Decatur City Cemetery with McConnell Funeral Home directing Survivors include two sons Byron Bowers Athens and Thomas Bowers Huntsville five grandchildren seven great grandchildren one sister Mrs Kathryn Hacker Ohio Pallbearers will be Robert Roland and Robin Bowers Bernard Keele Thomas E Powell and Edward H Sibley
Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 pm from Oakville Methodist Church for Mrs. Wilma McDaniel who died at her Oakville home in Lawrence County. Burial follows in McDaniel Cemetery with Reynolds Funeral Home directing.
Nine of ten households now own a television set and about one in eight own two or more. The trend shows TV adoption spreading across demographics with more homes stocking multiple sets for varied viewing.
A brief notice lists Ave NW residents Mrs. Vickie McLemore and Mr. Wayne Tapscott in Athens with contact details. Also named is Mrs. Rena B. Burgen of 2406 Elliott St SE. No further context accompanies the names in the fragment.
A list of individuals and families with addresses and notes of infant daughters and sons. Entries include Mrs. Mary Ellen Sherrill, Mrs. Carson L. Carr in Decatur and Athens, Lorene Dunlap, Elysses Richey, Leo Blankenship, and many others with detailed street addresses and mentions of infant children and newborns.
Mr and Mrs Porter L Holmes Cullman 2 welcome a daughter Wednesday at Cullman Hospital. A girl to Mr and Mrs Bunyan Roan Hartselle born today at Decatur General Hospital.
Robert H. Harris joins Peach Caddell and Shanks as a member of the firm. The firm will continue under Peach Caddell and Shanks with John H. Peach as former member and associates Jon H. Moores and T. A. Caddell.
In Birmingham AP report Joseph Lucky 39 shot Annie Pearl Patterson 35 nine times then killed himself with two shots to the chest. Police ruled both deaths as murder and death by own action in the same incident.
The Coppermine River in Canada's Northwest Territories travels 525 miles to the Coronation Gulf on the Arctic shore, marking a major geographic length and route in northern waterways.
Ted McCormack cites 916 votes to win and accuses pressure tactics while Kennedy denies using family influence. Charges of postmasterships and deportation schemes surface. McCormack vows affidavits but fears harming the President. The piece notes dynastic politics and a looming primary battle against Lodge, linking to Kennedy family history.
More than 10,000 Baptists at the convention pushed for careful publishing and teaching over outright bans on a contested book The Message of Genesis by Dr Ralph Elliott sparking conservative charges of liberal trends in seminaries Broadman Press faced repeated motions to pull copies but was narrowly defeated
Bernard A. Monaghan said Thursday a $100,000 contribution to the Birmingham Southern College development fund came from Gover M. Hermann, chairman of Martin Marietta Corp, in the interest of education. The gift was announced as part of the college drive efforts.
Cotton price inch middling four dollars, Decatur loan thirty point five seven. Cottomseed forty five per ton. Milk Grade A at six fifty six per hundred. Manufactured milk three twenty per hundred for four per cent. Wood prices listed. Pulpwood thirteen fifty per cord. Corn No 2 yellow shelled one twenty three. No 2 yellow ear one. No 2 white shelled one seventy five. No 2 white ear one eleven. No 2 oats seventy cents. No 2 milling wheat one seventy five. No 2 mile per hundred two. Wheat one forty. No 2 barley three nine. No 1 soybeans two forty. Cattle and calves fair to good. slaughter steers 23.50. Week sales: steers and heifers up to thirty higher, cows up to one dollar higher, bulls strong. Good 850-900 lb slaughter steers twenty four. Good and choice 750-800 lb yearlings mostly heifers twenty four. Stockers and calves twenty two four to twenty. Hogs limited sales steady. No 1-3 two hundred to two hundred forty five pounds fifteen seventy five to sixteen. Week high sixteen twenty five.
New York stocks closed mixed and dull in afternoon trade as investors waited for Kennedy tax-cut plans. Volume around 2.7 million shares, little momentum after early gains. Major steels nearly flat, motors little changed, IBM and Litton rise. Tobacco issues slide. bonds mixed on the American markets.
New York reports mixed closing for major stocks with Hercules Power 35, Amoco 16, Kaiser 29, Coca Cola 51, Boeing 42, Ford Motors 8, IBM 45, US Steel 51, General Electric 64, Westinghouse 42, and various others fluctuating amid broad market shifts. Trading indicated varied investor sentiment with gains in some blue chips and declines in others as sectors react to earnings outlooks and economic signals.
Washington AP reports Senate approved a 4.66 billion foreign aid authorization by 61 to 23. Democrats Hni and Sparkman supported the majority. Also voting for were Gore Kefauver Holland Smathers. against were Eastland Stennis Russell and Talmadge.
Pakistan established a republic in 1956 while maintaining membership in the British Commonwealth and a parliamentary system modeled on British governance.
Atlanta AP reports strong demand for live poultry in Georgia with ample to adequate supplies at farm quotes for broilers and fryers at 13 cents. Hens rise on heavy birds while light types are scarce at farm level and lightly stocked at plants with 6 to 7 cents at farm and 8 cents f o b plants.
Livestock sales in Nashville show cattle and calves mostly steady to higher with broad results. Slaughter steers 850-900 lb bring around 23.50, 850-1,000 lb bulls 74.00, yearling heifers 24.00, stockers 22.50-26.00. Hogs limited at 16.25-16.50, week high 16.75. Lambs mostly 23.00-23.25 with some higher grades. Sheep unavailable.
Hog receipts 3,000 at Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Dothan and Jacksonville. Prices up 25 to 75 cents from Friday with steady to 50 higher on fat hogs. U S 1 2 barrows and gilts 190 230 lbs 16 50 16 75. No 1 2 160 180 lb and 2 3 240 270 lb 15 25 16 00. Lows 11 00 13 50.
From New York the cotton market opened with futures prices largely unchanged to 10 cents per bale lower than the prior close. The July contract traded around 34.74 with other months showing slight reductions and bids indicating ongoing tentative selling pressure.
Eggs supplies are ample to excessive and prices remain unchanged to one cent higher for large eggs after a New York advance. Retail prices as of 9:30 am today include Grade A white large 33-35 cents per dozen, mediums 22-28, small 20-26, with store door delivery and direct sales from nearby producers.
AP dispatch notes ample live broilers and fryers supplies at most points. Movement to ready to cook products clears live supplies satisfactorily. Plants in some areas refuse discounts while prices stay at full markup or higher. Estimated slaughter today and Saturday at 1,500,300 head. prior week 1,077,000.
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