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Mercury
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1965
Page
2
Weather and River Readings for Decatur Area
Morning readings show 21.76 inches at Decatur and 556.06 feet sea level. TVA lake stages list Guntersville 594.6 Whitesburg 556.8 Wilson 506.6 Pickwick 413.7 Wheeler 556.2 Chickamauga 682.2. Yesterday high 90 at 2 PM and low 68 at 5 AM. At 9:30 AM the temperature was 83 with forecast of variable clouds, warm humid air and 20 to 30 percent chances of thundershowers mainly afternoon and evening. today high 89 and tonight low 68.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
TVA
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Pickwick
Wheeler
Chickamauga
Senators Debate U S Role in Viet Nam After Dodd Remarks
Dodd spoke as White House signaled limited U S aid to South Vietnam only on request. Javits warned of a possible massive bog down in Asia while Aiken argued against broad ground action. McGee supported Johnson but Gruening said Congress already gave authority. Dodd criticized opponents for ignorance of policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodd
White House
U.S
Senate
Viet Nam
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
United States
Asia
E Johnson
Congress
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Gale W. McGee
D-Wyo
Johnson
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Southeast Asia
Vietnamese Relief Force Hit Hard In New Offensive
A relief battalion of about 400 Vietnamese troops landed by helicopter near a town but was cut to pieces by enemy fire. Brigadier General Cao Van Vien warned against American entanglement, while U.S. forces pounded targets in North Vietnam and a Skyraider pilot was lost near Co Dinh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cao van Vien
U.S. Army
173Rd Airborne Brigade
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Co Dinh
Thanh Hoa
U.S
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Listing Names
A hospital admissions and discharges notice lists multiple individuals with associated addresses in Danville Courtland Madison and Hubert Yates. Names include Mrs Hershel Shaneyfelt Mrs Dora Lee Tegg Miss Debra Weaver and others. The document records admissions and dismissals at various street addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
We Wright
Beach St
J. C. Kell
Memorial Dr
William George Weaver
Courtland
Debra Weaver
Decatur General Admissions and Dismissals List
Mrs Theo McKee and others are listed among admissions at Decatur General. The document also notes several dismissals including Mrs William Jones Mst Stewart Tenniman Michael Callahan and others with street addresses across Decatur and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jones
Westmeade Ave
Stewart Tenniman
Pennylane
Michael Callahan
Cypress St
Todd William Board
Crestview
Tony Wayne Looney
Danville Rd
Edith Swavely
Decatur
Milliard Davis
Athens
Roy Garnett
Somerville Rd
Wallace invites newsmen to see Alabama during racial unrest tour
Governor Wallace says Alabama has faced distorted coverage of race issues and invites newsmen to view conditions firsthand. Editors and reporters will travel freely today, with some returning to Selma, birthplace of the 1965 civil rights struggle, after a three hour visit that did not include talks with Negro leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Alabama
Selma
Jefferson County Obscenity Hearing and Highway Salary Vote
The record notes obscenity concerns at Jefferson County with publications deemed obscene by the committee. In session, support swung for a highway director salary bill, though filibusters trimmed the raise from 22 500 to 17 500 dollars. The Senate approved 28 to 0 a bill by Sen Albert Evans to ease state bank cash-on-hand requirements to federal levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens
Jefferson County
Senate
Sen
A. C. Shelton
Cal‘houn County
Albert ‘Evans
Choctaw County
Decatur High Seniors Tour Historic Sites East Coast Trip
One hundred twenty Decatur High School seniors travel by bus for a multi city itinerary visiting Washington D C New York Philadelphia Richmond Williamsburg and Winston Salem with principal W H Jenkins and three faculty members aboard. The annual trip includes a stop at the World’s Fair and ends with an arrival back in Decatur on June 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur High School
New York
Virginia
Washington
D.C
Philadelphia
Richmond
Williamsburg
Winston-Salem
N. C
Decatur
W. H. Jenkins
Roy Wood
Nina Franklin
Mattie Asher
Johnson silent on inflation as Martin comparison stirs market
President Johnson seeks to downplay talk of economy likeness to 1929 while Rep. Patman calls for Martin resignation. Patman alleges six months of tight credit and a stock drop, contrasting with Martin's warning of maladjustments and possible 1929 mood recurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Johnson
Rep. Wright
Patman
D-Tex
House Banking Committee
Federal Reserve
House Deliver
Banking Committee
Columbia University
Fed
Columbia
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
White House
NASD Over the Counter Securities Quotations
NASD compiled inter-dealer prices for various life insurance and financial stocks at about 10 am. Asked prices include approximate markup and exclude retail markdown or commission. Notable quotes list Allied Life, National Life, Life of Alabama, Vulcan Life, American Amicable Life, and Tennessee Natl. Gas among others with percent bids and asks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NASD
Allied Life Bs
National Life
Food Corp. of America
Bank of Decatur
Greater
Alabama
Life
Life of
Southern United Life Ins
Bank of Alabama
Vulcan Life Ins. Co
BIA
Tennessee
Market report shows varied farm commodity prices and livestock values
Cotton and cottonseed prices stand at Decatur levels with middling at 30.0 and cottonseed at 940 per ton. Milk grades show Grade A at 96.55 per hundred and manufactured milk at 3.20 per hundred for four percent. Prices for corn, oats, barley, pulpwood and livestock range with mixed cattle and calves around steady, slaughter calves at 21.00, hogs 22.50 to 21.50, sows 17.50 to 18.50, and small slaughter cattle steady with prime grades 85 to 90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
U.S
Fragmentary OCR: 50 Percent Units and Names Appearing
Readable fragments show numbers and proper nouns: 50% unit, 39% unit gas, 23 USA steel, 55 Warner Bros, 41% West Un Tel. No coherent event or narrative is present to define a distinct news item or outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USA Steel
Warner Bros
West UN Tel
Wall Street Ends Lower After Early Gain Fades
Stocks traded heavily in a volatile session on Wall Street with losses led by Du Pont United Air Lines Union Carbide and Xerox. IBM dropped about five points while American Telephone held a small late gain as turnover rose and the day ended in the red.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Air Lines
Union Carbide
Polaroid
DuPont
Pennsylvania Railroad
General Electric
Phelps Dodge
Douglas Aircraft
American Telephone
American Smelting
Chrysler
Control
American Brake Shoe
Jewel Tea
Louisville & Nashville
IBM
Xerox
American Airlines
Pan American World Airways
Allied Chemical
General Motors
Jersey Standard
American Tobacco
Boeing
American Stock Exchange
Livestock market notes across several Southern cities
Hog receipts around 2 700 at Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville with prices 40 50 higher. US 12 barrows and gilts 190 230 lbs 22 50 23 00 US 13 180 240 lbs 22 00 22 50 US 13sows 200 400 lbs 17 75 18 75. Calves steady at Nashville with feeders and cows around 11 50 13 00 Weaners steady good calves 21 00 Hog trade 200 head active steady with mixed loads and sows scarce strong 350 500 lbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Albany
Columbus
Moultrie
Dothan
Ala
Jacksonville
Fla
U.S
Nashville
Space heroes McDivitt White return to U S soil
Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White land at Mayport after splashdown aboard the USS Wasp and share a quiet homecoming with families and neighbors. McDivitt notes the June 7 splashdown as the biggest day of their lives as they plan celebrations and multiple public appearances to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDivitt
Patrick
Eddie White
Eddie
Space Agency
White
Wasp
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Mayport
U.S
Houston
Spacewalker White
President Johnson
Texas
Chicago
University of Michigan
Delta Epsilon Sorority scholarship awarded to Charlotte Hampton
Charlotte Dale Hampton a Gallaudet College junior and Alabama School for the Deaf alumna received the Delta Epsilon Sorority scholarship. Decatur Jayceettes meet at 7 p.m. at the Lyons Hotel. Shrine Club gathers Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Pavilion Inn. City issued building permits include homes, additions, signs, and wiring projects across several addresses. Morgan County Coordinating Association to meet Tuesday at Wy mans Chapel AME Church for a public business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Dale Hampton
Gallaudet College
Washington, D. C
D. W. Hampton
Moulton 2
Charlotte
Alabama School For the Deaf
Talladega
Decatur Shrine Club
Pavilion Inn
Morgan County Coordinating Association
Wymans’ Chapel Ame
Birth announcements and space telegrams greet Decatur area
The notes report births to Wilburn Smith Decatur a daughter at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital Lawrence Morrow Decatur a daughter at Decatur General Hospital Emmett Davis Madison a son at Athens Limestone Hospital O J Sweatman Jr Cullman a son at Cullman Hospital Arnold Lindsay Cullman a son at Cullman Hospital Also Yuri Gagarin sent a congratulatory telegram to Gemini 4 astronauts who visited the carrier amid spaceflight excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilburn Smith
Decatur
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Lawrence Morrow
14Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Emmett Davis
Madison
Athens Limestone Hospital
O. J. Sweatman Jr
Cullman
Cullman Hospital
Arnold T. Lindsey
Iosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin
Gagarin
Air Force
Space Agency
Deaths David M. MacCoy 87 Dies At Home In Tarrant City
David M. MacCoy 87 of 1536 Wharton Ave Tarrant City died Wednesday at 2 35 p m at his residence Funeral services Friday at 2 p m at Grant Street Church of Christ with Tom m y Vernon and Elbert Young officiating Burial in Etna Cemetery Cullman County Gunthorp Funeral Home directing Survivors include two daughters Mrs George Andrews Huntsville and Mrs J E Hambrick Birmingham a sister Mrs Charles Allgood Decatur two grandsons a granddaughter and two great grandsons Pallbearers named The deceased was a member of Grant Street Church of Christ and a former Decatur city policeman The body will lie in state 1 2 p m at the church before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David M. MacCoy
Wharton Ave
Tarrant City
Grant Street
Charles Allgood
Decatur
Bob Allen
Billy Chapman
Billy Sittason
Lewis Blizzard
Wilson Taylor
Denver MaCoy
MaCoy
Grant St
Rebecca Terry 88 Courtland Death Notice
Mrs Rebecca Terry 88 Courtland died Wednesday at a Decatur hospital Services Friday 10 a m at Liberty Methodist Church Lawrence County burial Gunthorp Funeral Home Decatur directing Survivors include four sons Floyd Claude Lee Kyle Webster six grandchildren ten great grandchildren Pallbearers named The body remains at funeral home until 4 p m today then to residence state at church 9 to 10 a m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courtland
Rebecca Ann Terry
Decatur
Old Liberty Methodist Church
Lawrence County
Ernest Dillard
R. S. Summerford
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Floyd Terry
Claude Lee Terry
Kyle Terry
Webster Terry
B. H. Green
Lynn Cross
Bill Terry
Riley Smith
Leon Blaxton
Horace Hill
Infant Stacey Brackin Dies in Hartselle
Stacey An nette Brackin infant daughter of Hoyt Ray Brackin Decature died Tuesday at 3 30 am in a Hartselle hospital. Services were Tuesday at 3 pm at New Friendship Cemetery Rev Roy Blak officiated Peck Funeral Home directed Survivors include two sisters Cindy and Susan besides the parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Stacey Annette Brackin
Hoyt Ray Brackin
Decature
Hartselle Hospital
New Friendship Cemetery
Roy Blak
Peck Funeral Home
Area FFA contestants set for diverse judging events
Jerry Batts of Clements or Jerry Reeder of Falkville lead public speaking while Falkville Cotaco Danville and Town Creek host livestock dairy land judging. Donald Armstrong Eva and Elkmont enter tractor driving and poultry. Several area FFA members will receive State Farmer Degrees at the convention Saturday. The Decatur Daily editor Winford Turner will cover the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Batts
Clements
Jerry Reeder
Falkville
Cotaco
Danville
Bliss leads Republicans with Eisenhower in OhioAddresses
The piece reports Ray Bliss leading Republicans toward victory in 1966 with support from former Vice President Richard Nixon and President Eisenhower. It notes Bliss courting nationwide backing, televised dinners drawing crowds, and a unity message from Nixon urging an end to 1968 speculation until after 1966 elections. Also listed are Morton, Murphy, Ford, Percy, and Reagan as other speakers in various cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Romney
Michigan
Cleveland
Eisenhower
Nixon
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Youngstown
George Murphy
California
Dayton
House
Gerald Ford
Canton
Chicago
Charles Percy
Lima
Ronald Reagan
Cincinnati
James H Crayton Death Notice in Decatur
James H Crayton of Decatur died at 8 a m Wednesday Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3 p m Reynolds Funeral Home chapel Burial will follow at Elliott Cemetery Lawrence County Reynolds Funeral Home directing Survivors include sister Betty C Smith and brother David E Crayton both of Indianapolis Indiana
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Crayton
Decatur
Reynolds Funeral Home
Elliott Cemetery
Lawrence County
Reynolds Directing
Betty C. Smith
David E. Crayton
Indianapolis
Ind
For Sale and Rent Classified Mix in Local Ad
Multiple listings for sale and rent include a 1963 Oldsmobile and an 8 by 41 foot house trailer. Properties feature 2 to 3 bedrooms, some with air conditioning, furnishings, and nearby schools. Contact numbers and payment terms show small equity and take up payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tall Pine
Priceville Mountain
Clements
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