Editors Tour Selma Civil Rights Scene Under Guard
Gov George Wallace led editors from 26 states on a four day Alabama tour visiting Decatur Huntsville and mobile with stops at the Dallas County Courthouse and Brown Chapel Church. Demonstrators picketed a park and urged a free press while officials discussed voting registration and state industry during the visit.
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George Wallace
Alabama
Selma
Huntsville
NASA
Webb
University of Alabama
Frank A. Rose
University of Alabama Extension Center
Decatur
Wallace
Redstone
MSFC
Wernher von Braun
Washington
Sheraton Motor Inn
Huntsville - Madison County
Chamber of Commerce
Crescent Motel
City Commission
Mobile
Spaceflight recovery details show improved postflight care
Physicians note weight loss in space largely from sweating and that cabin temps stayed comfortable at 70 degrees during descent. The crew kept suits on after water landing, collected five to six blood pressure readings, and a tape recorder with data was sent to Houston.
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Berry
Gordon Cooper
Houston
Wrecks Reported Across Decatur Area and Space Flight Update
A list of vehicle crashes reported to Decatur police includes multiple intersections with cars driven by Richard son, Armstrong, Gam ble, Sharpley, Conn, Self Aldridge, and others. Alabama Highway Patrol logged additional wrecks near Courtland, Athens, and Carmen, while fire calls included an auto fire and a parachute capsule incident. NASA officials in Houston discussed astronaut recovery timing after the Wasp mission.
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Larry Don Richardson
20Th Ave. SE
Jewel T
Moulton
Jewel Armstrong
Linda Armstrong
Decatur General Hospital
16Th Ave
College St. SE
Southern Bell
6Th Ave
Winifred M
Daphney
Dorothy M. Gamble
Scottsboro
Ferry and
Cain Streets
Harold ST. Lemmond
Horn’s
Trailer Court
Vicky Knight Reaves
Robinson St
Moulton Rd
2Nd St
Ledger C. Sharpley
Decatur
Joseph O. Conn
Freemont Dr
J. Clayton Blackwood
Danville
Gateway Shopping Center
Harold B. Jenkins
Robert A. Fitzpatrick
Tanner
Linda Perry Harp
Sheridan
Earl O. Heasley
10Th Ave. SE
Alabama Highway Patrol
Courtland
Alabama
John W. Townson
Troy
Henry C. Drake
Athens
U. S
Ruben Shelton
Trinity
Ernest L. Helms
Dade City
Fla
Carmen
Daniel L. Lynn
Cullman
Murphy W. Lee
Hospital Discharges and Dismissals Listed in Athens Area
A pharmacy of hospital records lists discharged patients and dismissals in multiple Alabama towns. Names include Miss Betty Jean Cox Athens Mrs. Ben B Teete Madison L Polk Decatur and many others with addresses in Athens Madison Decatur Moulton Hartselle Somerville Fair field Huntsville Elkmont and surrounding areas.
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Betty Jean Cox
Athens
Ben B. Teete
Madison
L. Polk
Decatur
Debra Jean Schrader
Kooken Ave
Charles H. Qualls
Calumet
Clyde S. Hardiman
Oliver W. Curbon
Somerville
Floyd Stewart Jr
Fairfield
William D. Grey
North St
Weather and River Readings for Decatur Area
Complete weather summary for Decatur and vicinity notes Tennessee River readings at Keller Memorial Bridge 21.87 feet with sea level 556.08. TVA lake stages listed for Gwinn, Wilson, Pickwick, Wheeler, Chickamauga. High yesterday 72, low 58. 24 hour rainfall before 7 a.m. was recorded. Forecast calls for partly cloudy warm conditions with showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. southerly winds 5 to 15 mph. High near 78, low around 64.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Reading
O Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Gwuntersville
Wilson
Pickwick
Wheeler
Chickamauga
Birth announcements and local classifieds roundup
Birth notices list multiple families with addresses in Decatur Athens Cullman and Ardmore Tenn noting newborns a son or daughter at Athens Limestone Decatur General Geneva Hospital and other regional facilities. Classified items include job ads for a sales clerk and dishwasher at McCrory Economy, rental offer for a 117 4th Ave NW home, trade and sale offers for boats a 1960 Volkswagen a 1964 mobile home and Hoover vacuum specials with contact line 353.
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Albert
Estes
16Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Ernest L. Matthews
Decatur 4
William H. Conn
Grant Sr
Decatur Geneva Hospital
Arthur Edward McMahan
Athens
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Clifton Curtiss McNeese
Ardmore
Tenn
Baugh Wiley Smith Admissions List Readied
A compiled admissions list includes names John Ray Alvis James Clark Jr Diane Montgomery Billy Woodall Lonnie Hargrove Lennie Bryant Daryl Evans Annie Sparkman Cullman Smith with addresses across Madison Decatur Ardmore Athens Falkville Cullman and related locations. The document records multiple individuals and residences as part of the admissions roster.
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James Clark Jr
Danville
Diane Montgomery
Madison
Billy Woodall
Cagle Ave
Lonnie Hargrove
Ardmore
Tenn
Lennie Bryant
Falkville
Daryl Evans
Athens
Annie Sparkman
State Ave
Cullman Smith
Decatur
Lawrenc e County seeks new 35th Judicial Circuit
Lawrenc e County officials push for creation of a 35th Judicial Circuit Court with a proposed four-friend group to be elected countywide. If approved by the House and Senate, Gov. Wallace would appoint a circuit judge and circuit solicitor until the next general election. Senator Horton doubts passage amid county opposition.
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Moore
35Th Judicial Circuit Court
George C. Wallace
House
Senate
Limestone
Ed Horton
Civil court term opens with cases heard and settled
On the first day of a two week civil term a case between Winnie Nicholson and Bank Street Hospital advanced with testimony heard and a $50 000 damages claim. A separate Rogers vs White case reached settlement after counter suits from a last year auto crash on U S 31 near Lacon. Five cases were continued and a grand jury was impaneled to begin sessions.
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Aduit
Winnie Nicholson
Bank Street Hospital
Newton Powell
Truman Rogers
James Rex White
U. S. 31
Lacon
James N. Bloodworth
Benjamin Cooper
North Alabama Broadcasting Co
Yancy
Yancy V. Hughes
Stephen Lee Watkins
Elaine Biggs
J. B. Wiley
J. W. Grant
Ellis Holmes
Walter R. Gingrich
L&n Railroad Co
Leonard E. Moody
Foreman
Harold V. Edwards
Leo L. Fabisinski Jr
Earl L. Glenn
J. A. Greenhaw
Harold J. Hill
Owen Penn
W. W. Starkey
James Teague
F. Ellison Adams
Ed Bodley
J. B. Broadway
Dewey Brown
Oklet Chatman
Herbert J. Clark
Ben Collier Jr
Charles E. Mienhardt Jr
James W. Moore
Rain Softly Rejuvenates Parched Fields Across Area
Farmers welcomed rain that fell slowly, reducing erosion and soaking dry soil. Forecast calls for showers and thundershowers affecting about 30 percent of the area by late afternoon or evening with southerly winds 5 to 15 mph and gusts near storms. High near 86 degrees.
Over the Counter Securities Quotations Compilation
NASD compiled early today inter dealer quotations show bids and asks for various life and financial firms. Notable entries include Alabama Tennessee Natl Gas at 29% bid and 0% asked, Jefferson Standard Life at 65 4 HY 654, and Protective Life at 23% bid 11% asked.
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NASD
Alabama
Tennessee
Allied Life
Equity
National Life
Bank of
Decatur
Life of
Southern United Life Ins
Bank of Alabama
Vulcan Life Ins. Co
Wis
Markets Report Notes Farm Prices and Grain Values
Cotton prices show Decatur loan middling at 30.40 and cottonseed at 40 per ton. Milk Grade A at 6.55 per hundredweight, manufactured milk 3.20 per hundredweight. Grain and feed prices listed for corn, oats, wheat, barley, and other cereals. Cattle futures describe steers strong, cows and bulls steady, calves scarce. hogs steady to slightly higher with 195–245 lb range 20.00–20.50.
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Decatur
Deaths Tammy Dotson 7 months Hillsboro
Tammy Inez Dotson seven months died Sunday at 3 45 p m in Lawrence County Hospital Funeral services were held at Flower Hill Baptist Church with Dennis Tucker officiating Burial followed at Clardy Cemetery Elliott Funeral Home directed Survivors are her parents John Wayne and Lou Dotson a brother Timothy Wayne grandparents Silas Reeves Trinity Huett Dotson Hillsboro great grandmother Lucy Harris Trinity
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Moulton
Tammy Inez Dotson
Hillsboro
Lawrence County Hospital
Flower Hill Baptist Church
Dennis Tucker
Clardy Cemetery
Elliott Funeral Home
John Wayne Dotson
Timothy Wayne
Silas Reeves
Trinity
Huett Dotson
Lucy Harris
John Thomas Tillery dies in Nashville hospital at 75
John Thomas Tillery, 75, of Elkmont, died yesterday at 5:30 a.m. in Baptist Hospital Nashville. Services were held today at Boyd's Chapel Methodist Church with Rev. Ragan Boling and Rev. Tommy Hammond officiating. Burial followed at Old Scrooge Cemetery. Survivors include four daughters, two sisters, 14 grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren. He was a lifelong Limestone County resident and Boyd's Chapel member. Pallbearers were grandsons.
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John Thomas Tillery
Athens
Elkmont
the Baptist Hospital
Nashville
Tenn
Boyd’s Chapel Methodist Church
Ragan Boling
Tommy Hammond
Old Scrooge Cemetery
Spry Funeral Home
Mary V. Wales
Elsie Mae Broadway
Ronald Howard
Carrie Barnes
Ardmore
Arthur Reyer
Mae Toone
Columbia
Tillery
Limestone County
Lawmaker Puts Off Title Bill Amid Car Theft Concerns
Slate reports from Decatur that Alabama debated a state title law for vehicles. He notes opposition from new car dealers over paperwork but says a 1966 model only bill could pass with amendments. time is running as legislative days slip away and House support grows while Senate remains doubtful.
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Tennessee
Roberts
Decatur Daily
Istate Association of
Slate
Decatur
Alabama
House
Senate
Mediators seek 1963 constitution revival in Rebel talks
In the first contact mediators demanded a solution reviving the 1963 constitution and a new government. They plan to survey business and political leaders inland as a possible third force emerges. In Cordoba US Consul Wanmaker, Allison Temple Wanemaker of Seattle, was wounded by a passing car gunfire. Anti US protests have risen in Argentine cities over Dominican intervention.
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OAS
Cordoba
Argentina
U. S
Allison Temple Wanamaker
Seattle
Wash
Dominican Republic
Water system authority to meet on officer appointments
Water officials plan to form a new authority by dissolving the old one and appointing officers and directors next week in Steele's office. A $198,000 FHHA loan will fund system construction after dissolution. The new authority, created under a recent legislative act, will serve about 200 people with water from a spring on Sen Horton’s farm.
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New Authority
Steele
FHHA
Atlanta
Sen
Horton
Farmers Home Administration
City of
Athens
Board of Revenue
Sen.Horton
Buddy Biggerstaff
Limestone Barber’s
Bobby Davis
Limestone County
Dam Plans Move Amid Tennessee and Alabama River Development
In late summer or fall a proposed dam across the Elk River in Limestone County near Sugar Creek or Buck Island Bridge is under study. A core drilling team continues search for the best site while lawmakers plan to form the Alabama Elk River Authority to oversee development in Limestone and Lauderdale counties. The piece notes the nation’s top 100 manufacturers control over half of U S manufacturing assets.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Limestone County
Sugar Creek
Buck Island Bridge
Limestone-Lauderdale
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Manned Spacecraft Center
Wasp
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Tony Wayne Looney
Danville Rd
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6Th St
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Wheeler James Martin Holloway
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Town Creek
Albert Estes
Donald F. Armstrong
Linda Nioma Armstrong
Isaac A. Johnson
8Th St
Margaret Lynn Burch
Thomas Smith
Mildred B. Tant
Hartselle
Chauncey Keith Clem
Clifford B. Ragsdale
Austin St
Daniel B. Angel
Alpine
Marvin E. Ferguson
G. E. Anderson
Lynette Parker
Tewee
Tee
Spice
Bobby Smith
Chestnut St
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Richard Holland
Charles Black
Lester
Athens- Limestone Hospital
Marion Powers
Hester Smith
Thomas Steelman
Robert Baker
Roger Harwell
Calvin McDonald
Athens Limestone Hospital
Sterling Pruett Cullman
Cullman Hospital
Arthur Talley
Franklin Taylor
Bremen
McCrory Economy
Cal
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Glenn Butler
Volkswagen
Reken Boat
Johnson Motor
John Ray Alvis
11Th Ave
Gilchrist
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M. Horton
Lawrence
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