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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1963
Page
2
Night sky brief reports a complete weather reading and celestial events. Moonrise occurs tonight around 1:59 pm with Last Quarter planned for tomorrow at 2:54 pm. Venus rises tomorrow morning with Mercury visible south of Venus in the southern U S.
Decatur Tennessee River reading this morning stood at 21.28 feet, rising 16 feet in 24 hours. Sea level at 555.58 feet. TVA lake stages listed include Chickamauga 681.9 and Pickwick 414.3 with others. High today 91, low 70. 9:35 a.m. 82. Forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy and warm today and Thursday with light northwesterly winds shifting northeast.
President Kennedy calls for stronger civil rights steps, including desegregation suits and protection of Negroes’ voting rights. He says Congress must act and notes remedies exist only through law. Senate leaders promise focused legislation. House Speaker says the speech carries weight despite potential filibuster.
Federalized National Guard escorted Vivian Malone and James Hood to register at the University of Alabama as Gov. George Wallace faced federal pressure. President Kennedy announced a push to erase racial barriers in private businesses, and Wallace yielded after Brig. Gen. Graham and Katzenbach urged stepping aside. The scene shifted to Huntsville where Dave McGlathery was set to enroll, while campus security and local officials maintained order.
HARTSELLE CITY COUNCIL passed an ordinance to pave Broadway Nelson Prospect and High streets in Morgan County. Mabry Engineering will discuss guttering with the council. Mayor Grady Long said the state will allocate $35,000 for street improvements.
Bids will be opened June 18 at 2 p.m. at Hartselle City Hall for 120000 in bonds to fund an addition at Morgan County High School. The project includes six classrooms and a cafeteria. A university survey team recommended the plan to the city council and school board. The board chairman, Rev. W P Maxwell, was authorized to pay 75 to architects for their work.
HARTSELLE City Council voted 3-2 to remove meters in front of the Hartselle Post Office. Meters will be relocated to the south side of Chestnut Street. The post office sits on Sparkman Street where parking is one sided except at the post office, improving passage with fewer parked cars.
Limestone County Rescue Squad and officials work to rescue a cow that fell from a high cliff near the Elk river. Mrs. Curtis Harraway reports the Harraway cow’s fall and rescue efforts are ongoing with boats at the scene. If needed a helicopter may be used in the afternoon to complete the rescue.
Markets report mixed results across commodities with cotton inch middling and grade readings, soybeans at 2.55, cattle steady to weak in slaughter, hogs active yet mostly mixed in the 190 to 240 pound range, prices noted per hundredweight and per bushel in the latest listing.
Wall Street rallied as steel, motors and a broad range of issues advanced. The AP average rose about a point with industrials up, utilities higher, and notable moves in Du Pont, American Telephone, Texaco, and Chrysler.
In Birmingham AP report eggs are fully ample for retailers through 9 30 am with deliveries to store doors. Grade A white large 35 40 cents, mediums 29? cents, small 25 28 cents. Direct sales by nearby producers included.
Commodity notes indicate relatively heavy cook commitments today with 642,200 head sold Wednesday. Farm quotations for broilers and fryers run at 13 to 13.5 cents per pound, with some sales under contract or other agreement.
The article recaps Wallace's tense standoff over college registration for Black students in Alabama. It notes a June injunction in Birmingham barring the governor from blocking entry, plus prior clashes with federal authorities over Civil Rights Commission records. It cites Wallace’s history of defying federal orders and his 1962 campaign stance against integration orders.
City clerk issued building permits to Robert Whitman for a house at 1417 5th Ave SW and others including St Ann's Church addition, 250 Johnston SE. Police report a stolen 26 inch Schwinn bicycle at 19th Ave and 9th SE and a missing wife case. Also listed are court docket speeds and red light violations, fire calls, a stolen newspaper rack at Decatur Shopping Center, a 1961 Rambler collision, veteran deafness cases, and new legislation affecting service-connected disabilities.
The Alabama House debated a bill to raise Supreme Court justices salaries to 24000, with chief justices at 24500 and Court of Appeals at 23500. Probate judges would gain appointment power to notaries, and a screening panel considers broad enforcement for a legislative investigating commission on racial issues with witness subpoenas and contempt citations.
The report notes plant prices moved up to 15 to 16 in a limited quota environment. It mentions suppliers delivering price ranges and highlights a cautious market response as sales areas manage stock and demand.
Atlanta based AP dispatch reports poultry supply in Georgia remains adequate at current farm prices. Light type birds are available at 714 to 715 per unit f o b and 814 at plants while heavy type birds run about 14 to 15 per unit f o b.
Nashville AP reports cattle 200 head steady to weak with calves and weaners softer. Good and choice steers 23.00 to 26.00. hogs 600 head active mostly steady, 190 to 240 pounds 17.25 to 17.50. sows 12.50 to 13.50. Sheep 30 head weak, 90 pound ewes 23.00, utility and shorn ewes 4.50 to 6.00.
Receipts total about 3,100 at Thomasville Georgia Dothan Alabama and Jacksonville Florida with mostly steady to 25 cents lower. U S 1 2 190 230 lb barrows and gilts 17 25 17 75 2 3 240 270 lb and 1 2 160 180 lb 16 00 16 75 sows 1 3 12 00 14 25.
New York cotton futures opened with no actual trades. The report lists opening quotes for October through July contracts, with prices ranging from about 30.97 to 32.88 and numerous bid figures.
Cullman police over the weekend arrested six individuals five for disorderly conduct and one for driving while intoxicated. Local authorities reported the incidents as part of routine patrols in the city limits.
Athens issues a building permit to Bennie Lovell for a restaurant on Highway 31. The 48 by 60 foot facility carries an estimated cost of 11000 dollars.
Decatur Alabama guardsmen assigned to escort General Graham on a university campus returned to their units after riot training. 1343 Engineering Battalion at Athens placed on alert for possible action while guardsmen reported to the armory for training and awaited possible deployment to Huntsville Center.
Arnold K Jack Lane of 203 8th Ave NW died Tuesday morning. Funeral services are at 2 PM today at Austinville Church of God, burial in Roselawn Cemetery with Gunthorp directing. Survivors: widow Elizabeth Lane of Decatur, son Danny Lane, brothers Aubury Pruitt Ellis Lane of Decatur, sister Mrs James Jackson of Florence. Lane was a Decatur Post Office employee. Pallbearers: Gerald Nixon Roy Woods Roy Gilliam James Dempsey R M Campbell Billy Waterson.
Funeral services for Leonard Carl Etheredge 53 were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Town Creek Baptist Church in Huntsville with burial in the adjoining cemetery. He died Monday at his residence. Survivors include his widow Thelma Kay Rylant Etheredge, his parents E. E. Etheredge and wife, one brother Charles E. Etheredge of Sheffield, and one sister Mabel Steenson of Guntersville.
Mrs. Rebecca Louise Kirby Clutts age 21 of Madison County dies in University Hospital Birmingham. Funeral services with Rev. Earl Bartley and Rev. Elvis Waddell at Capshaw Baptist Church Limestone County Thursday at 2 p.m. Survivors include husband Edwin O Neal Clutts and her parents Clarence and Mrs. Kirby with four sisters listed in Athens and Madison.
Police arrested two individuals Tuesday for driving without a license and for public drunkenness, local records show.
Limestone County Sheriff M W Evans and Postmaster Baylis Hightower met to discuss mailbox vandalism. He urged homeowners to help apprehend vandals after several boxes were torn down near Barber Milk Company between noon and 3 p m Tuesday, with additional wrecks reported in Crosskey Greenbrier and on Nick Davis Road in recent weeks.
A compiled page lists hospital connections, residents and infants across multiple Alabama towns including Mount Hope Florence and Decatur. Names such as Percy Little Sherman Larry Walden and infant Douglasville, Ga appear with street addresses and marital status.
Mrs. Emma Jean Lewter of 427 Church St NE and others are listed for dismissals. Included are Estelle Burleson of 201 8th Ave NW and Joann Shelton in Jackson, plus Oddlee Hamilton of 2307 Clara Ave and Fannie Self of Hartselle.
A series of birth notices from area families includes a son born Monday at Baugh Wiley Smith Clinic to Mr and Mrs Bobby Hill of 406 4th Ave SE. a daughter for Mr and Mrs Calvin Motes of Hartselle 4. a daughter today at Decatur General Hospital to Mr and Mrs Nolan Dorning of 1800 7th St SE. a daughter today to Mr and Mrs J W Whitehead of Decatur 4. a son today to Mr and Mrs Josep Lavinsky of 608 8th Ave SW. a daughter today to Mr and Mrs Zere Lile of 1607 7th Ave SW. a daughter to Mr and Mrs John L Nelson of Falkville. and a son Tuesday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital for Mr and Mrs Jimmy Keenum of 2226 Graham Ave.
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