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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1962
Page
2
The forecast notes sunset at 7 92 p.m. and sunrise at 4 34 a.m. Moonset is 2 57 a.m. tomorrow. A full moon arrives June 17. Orion, visible in daylight, remains below the sun’s glare.
Decatur area river reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning shows 21.66 feet, down 0.02 in 24 hours, sea level 555. feet. TVA lake stages listed include Pickwick 414.2, Guntersville 595.1, Whitesburg 556.9, Wilson 507.1 feet. High yesterday 90 degrees, low 70. Today’s 9:35 a.m. reading 0.0? degrees. Forecast calls for clearing, partly cloudy this afternoon with isolated thundershowers, fair and cooler tonight, fair and warm Thursday, northwest winds 8 to 15 mph. High today about 82, low 60, high Thursday around 85.
Alabama forecast shows temperatures averaging 2 to 5 degrees below normal with normal highs around 88 and lows near 65 in the north and 90 and 68 in the south. Precipitation expected 0.75 to 1.2 inches, mainly in the latter half of the period.
A cold Canadian air mass pushes into the northeast while temperatures fall to 30s in parts of the northern Midwest. Reading near freezing in Marquette, while the cool belt holds 40s to 50s elsewhere. Heavy rain and showers sweep from New Jersey to Mississippi, with thunderstorms in the South. The wet belt stretches from the Rockies to western Washington and plains. Hay Springs, Nebraska suffers flash flooding after heavy rain and hail. A small tornado hits near NASA’s space center in Houston, with more twisters menacing Texas coast to coast.
Laos peace effort gains momentum as rival Laotian factions agree to a nationwide coalition government. U S. weighs troop presence and withdrawal of outside forces while Secretary Rusk signals possible resumption of large scale economic aid after a halt in February. Khrushchev backs coalition as a bulwark against Red Chinese expansion. Harriman cautions no immediate troop pullout.
The market logged its third worst loss of the current period with about 6.8 billion dollars erased from NYSE listed stocks. Wall Street cited Kennedy's Yale remarks and a Bell plan to adjust spending and taxes if growth lags. Investors weighed declines in retail sales, first-quarter profits, and rising stock prices against signs the economy remains solid.
James Argend 70 of 207th Ave NW died at 8 45 p m Tuesday in Moulton after a two week illness Funeral services are set for 2 p m Thursday at Central Baptist Church with Rev A B VanArsdale officiating Burial will be at Roselawn Cemetery Gunthorp Brown Funeral Home in charge Survivors include widow Floy Josephine Argend a daughter Mrs H P Case Athens a brother Lewis Argend Decatur one granddaughter three nieces and one nephew Pallbearers are Leidon Crow Eudon Sandy Leslie Black I E Self Claude McRae Bill Brown and M A Yarbrough Honorary pallbearers are members of his Sunday School class Body to remain at the funeral home until services Argend was a native of Athens Greece and had run a cafe and grocery in Decatur since 1938.
Mrs W O Murphy 67 of Somerville 3 died this morning. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Peck Funeral Home.
James Edward Hodge aged 59 of Decatur died at 12 35 am today at a local hospital. Funeral services will be at 330 pm Thursday at Friendship Baptist Church with Rev Otis Golden officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery Gunthorp Brown Funeral Home directing. Hodge was a Mason and Masons will conduct graveside services. Survivors include widow Althila C Hodge daughter Theron A Mote four brothers George C Hodge Leonard W Hodge Troy C Hodge and Dewey Hodge sister Elmer Sharp three grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Body to residence at 430 pm today where it will remain until services. Pallbearers named E L Price Earl Beddingfield Lee Patton D H Riggs John McKelvey and Fred Folette.
Governor Patterson blasts federal court while promising no federal policy in Alabama. July 16 hearing set on reapportionment progress. A pay bill for legislators in special session is introduced. Blood bank race labeling proposal advances. Lt. Gov Boutwell honored with a highway name. Legislature reconvenes with hopes for five day week.
Tide Bible, a former Piedmont resident now in Mobile, and four others died Tuesday in Alabama. Charles Earl Perkins, 2, of Holt, drowned in the Warrior River while retrieving a boat paddle. his body was recovered. Grace Berry, 31, of Theodore, died when her car overturned near Mobile. A 14-year-old Montgomery Negro died while swimming in a pond. identified as Alforna Pickett. Another 11-year-old Negro boy, Malcolm Brooks, drowned in Birmingham at a 100-foot-deep quarry while swimming.
American air sampling of Soviet nuclear tests via jets over Alaska traces radioactive debris back to labs for material analysis. The 18th U.S. Pacific-series device, with 20 000 to 1 million tons TNT yield, detonated near Christmas Island, with a high altitude shot of over a million tons expected near Johnston Island.
District Diary invites interested families to meet Saturday at 8:30 a.m. at Wear Cemetery in Lawrence County for cemetery cleaning and decorating.
Athens Limestone sheriff's force Tuesday arrested one person for public drunkenness.
The Limestone County circuit clerk’s office collected 119.45 in payment of five fines on Tuesday. Fines included speeding two times, and single fines for public drunkenness no driver’s license and disregarding a stop sign.
The report details a 12 inch opening connecting ceilings to a service shaft, a 30 foot climb to an air conditioner, dismantled steel bars, access to the mess hall roof, and a 5 foot drain pipe to ground. From there the escapees faced long water or land routes toward San Francisco, Angel Island, and Treasure Island.
A read of local hospital and resident entries lists names and addresses in Decatur Moulton and nearby towns. Entries include Mrs. B H Speegie Mrs A W Presson Mr Jeffrey Randall Cook Charles Ray Smith Henry W Hamme and many others with street addresses such as Brookwood Drive Somerville Summers Lane Fourth Avenue and Memorial Drive reflecting community records.
Dismissals listed for individuals including James Harton Jr at 1808 4th Ave SW Lemuel Massey of 516 Railroad St John McCutcheon 905 7th Ave Mrs Kathleen Gibson Hart selle Miss Shirley Suits 1805 Wadsworth St Mrs Linda Lang 1513 Moulton St W.
Willie J Woodall of Trinity and Billy Rice of Russellville are noted. Mrs Sarah Dyar of Courtland and Mrs Carson Carr with infant son of Decatur are mentioned in this brief obituary/notice roundup.
A readable roster of residents and spouses: Mrs Paul Edwards of Attalla 3, Mrs Clarence Vincent of Garden City, William C Campbell of Cullman, James S Caldwell of Hanceville, George W Harbison of Hanceville, SW Tubbs of Hanceville 3, Miss Sheila Ann Reid of Cullman, Ronald D Reid of Cullman 6, Mrs Eugene W Watts of Cullman, Mrs Evan Rowe of Hanceville 1, Mrs James F Retliff of Cullman, Ray D Tolbert of Warrior 2, Ed Thomas of Hanceville 4, Miss Deborah Ann Briscoe of Cullman, R S Bates of Cullman 8, Mrs Lester D Miller of Bayleton 1, Mrs G F Guess of Baileyton 1, Edwin H McNutt of Hanceville, Mrs Jessie James Gann of Cullman 1, Mrs Hubert Wilson of Hanceville, Mrs Tida C Harris of Cullman 5, Mrs William E Wilson of Cullman, Mrs Kenneth Hestla of Hanceville
Mr and Mrs Herman Robison of Athens welcome a daughter Tuesday at Athens Limestone Hospital. Mr and Mrs Evan Rowe of Hanceville welcome a son Monday at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs Joe R Kaple Jr of 508 Nell St welcome a son Tuesday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Jack A Livingston of 4084 Locust St welcome a son Wednesday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs E K Gregg Jr welcome a girl Sunday at Decatur General Hospital.
William Holt Inez Henderson Cordelia Roberson Andrew Tuberville Linda Hargroves Fairee Malone Nellie Newby Mary Laubenthal are listed as residents in the Athens and Benton Arkansas area appearing in the public notice segment. The document records multiple individuals associated with Athens with no additional context or actions specified.
The exchanges securities committee suspended Bruce Industries trading ahead of the opening, citing chairman E L Bruce Jr's announcement of Gilbert's resignation. Bruce stock rose to 15.38, a 1962 low, while trading volume reached 39,000 shares. Gilbert's withdrawal occurred between May 28 and June 6 as the market slid.
Edwards Air Force Base Calif AP X15 pilot Bob White tested a new control system four miles above earth and reported seeing steam from hydrogen peroxide jets stabilizing the rocket plane for the first time. White said visibility may stem from more air moisture at altitude. The flight reached 180000 feet and 3545 mph in ten minutes, with previous runs to 246000 feet and 4093 mph.
Estes faced fraud charges after a scheme to discount mortgages on fertilizer tanks fell apart, leaving Commercial Solvents owed 5.7 million. The Agriculture Department suspended government grain payments, now held in escrow, while a civil antitrust suit accused the lender of enabling Estes to crush competition. A department secretary, Mark K. Jones, sought to clear her name after a mental ward episode tied to Estes documents.
West, a 1946 Decatur High School graduate and 195 graduate Auburn alum with a B S, served in the Army 1950 53, earned a 1956 Alabama law degree, worked with the Housing and Home Finance Agency and Decatur Housing Authority, then entered private practice. He ran unsuccessfully for Morgan County solicitor in the May 1 primary with wife Irene Williams and two children at 1114 10th Ave SE.
Birmingham AP reports Malcolm Brooks an 11 year old Black youth drowned Tuesday while attempting to swim in the 100 foot deep water of an abandoned rock quarry in Birmingham.
Cotton inch middling 4.06. Decatur loan 35.57. four per cent, 655 per cent above four per cent direct ratio below four per cent. Wood 65.43 and 35. Pulpwood 137 per cord. No 2 Yellow Shelled Corn 1.2. No 2 Yellow Ear Corn 1.00. No 2 White Shelled Corn 1.20. No 2 White Ear Corn 1.11. 2 Mile per hundred 2.00. Poultry Wheat 1.45. No 7 Barney 96. No 1 Soybeans 2.30. Cattle generally active, slaughter heifers 23.00-23.50. commercial cows 16.50-17.00. commercial bulls 18.75. stocker steers yealings calves 22.50-26.00. Calves 1%. Fairly active, steady. Good and choice vealers 26.90-28.00. Hogs 800. Active, strong to 25 higher. Several lots No 1-2 200-230 th. 16.5. Bulk 1-3 190-235 Ib. 16.00-16.25. Sows steady 11.00-12.00.
The turbulent New York market resisted a selling drive that nearly pushed prices to new lows for 1926. The AP average rose to 215.50 at noon, with industrials up and rails down. Dow noon stood at 582.74 after a volatile session, volume 2.31 million shares.
Eggs in Birmingham show supplies fully ample with demand mostly fair and prices unchanged to higher at terminal markets. Consumer grade prices to retailers posted by 9:30 a.m. today with wide range and strong moves to move stock. Grade A white large 35-40 cents, mediums 27-31, small 20-25 cents per carton or dozen.
Ample broilers and fryers supply with balanced demand, indicating a steady market. Estimated slaughter for today is 751,900 head versus 536,800 last Wednesday, with farm quotations reflecting current availability and price direction.
City clerk reports permits granted for Jimmy Matthews new residence at 417 12th Ave NW valued 8750 Barney Burns Sr tear down at 6th Ave and Wilson St valued 500 and Mrs J Boyd extend roof and concrete porch at 718 4th Ave SE valued 400. Recorder docket lists traffic and public order violations and Flag Day reminder nationwide urging display of American flags.
El Paso County Judge Woodrow Bean was indicted by a federal grand jury for failing to file income tax returns. Bean, defeated June 2 in a Democratic runoff for congressman at large, said April 30 he could not secure a test case and claimed the tax unconstitutional. He faces five counts alleging willful failure to file returns from 1956 to 1960 totaling 53296.58, with possible penalties of one year and $10000 per count if convicted. William E. Fowler of the IRS said the agency had no record of Bean filing returns for ten years.
President Kennedy will hold a news conference Thursday at 4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time reversing an earlier statement that there would be no meeting with newsmen this week. Press secretary Pierre Salinger said Kennedy’s schedule opened up enabling the conference.
The report notes fryer prices at 12 cents with few sales under contract or above by a cent. Delivered plant prices ranged from 134 to 144 cents, with a few at 141 percent cents.
Atlanta AP reports poultry markets with generally adequate farm supplies. Broilers and fryers quote 13 cents. Hens show steady demand with ample heavy and light types. farm prices run 13 cents for heavy at farms, 14 at plants, light at farms 7 and plants 4.
AP Nashville cattle numbers show general activity and steady movement. 750 lb slaughter heifers bring 23.00 to 23.50, commercial cows 16.50 to 17.00, bulls 18.75, stocker steers and calves 22.50 to 26.00, vealers 26 to 28, No 1-2 calves 200-230 lb at 17.00, bulk 190-235 lb at 16.50 to 16.75. sows 11.50 to 12.50. sheep at 75 to 100 lb lambs 22.06 to 23, good and choice 18 to 21, ewes 4.00 to 5.50.
Hog receipts totaled 3,200 at Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville Ga Dothan Ala Jacksonville Fla Mostly steady with instance 23 lower No 1 and 2 hogs 190-230 lb barrows and gilts 16.50 16.75 Bulk No 1-3 180-240 lb 16.00-16.50 Sows 11.56-14.00
Classified items show a 2 bedroom house for rent at 211 7th Ave SW with gas furnace and gas price. bulb sale offers Holland grown bulbs at half price with bulk deals. cafe sandwich shop for sale grossing nearly $1,200 in May, located at 221 South Sparkman Street in Hartselle with contact Douglas Johnson.
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