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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1965

Page

2

Local NASD Quotations Show Life Insurance Prices

NASD compiled quotes at about 10 a.m. today for several life insurance and financial firms. Bids reflect inter-dealer prices with no retail markup, while asked prices have been adjusted upward to include approximate commission.

Life Allied Equity National Life Food Corp. of America Bank of Decatur Alabama Life of Alabama Life of Southern United Life Ins Bank of Alabama Vulcan Life Ins. Co

Deaths in Dallas James Levi Britain 63

James Levi Britain 63 of Dallas died Sunday at 9 30 am at his residence Services were set for Wednesday at 2 30 pm in Dallas He was a native of Decatur son of the late Mr and Mrs M L Britain He moved to Dallas 35 years ago and worked for Mozar Steel Co Survivors include widow Laura four sisters and an uncle and aunt in Decatur

Dallas Texas James Levi Britain Laura Ruby Harrington Jackson Mable Edgecomb Wichita Kan Kelly Mitchell Morgan City Roy Mooney Decatur William Britain Henry Cook Britain M. L. Britain Mozar Steel Co

Hospital Admissions at Cullman Area List Names

A hospital admissions list from Cullman area shows patient names including Mst Tommy Wade Day Vine mont Mrs Martha Elaine Dunagan Mrs Linda Dye and others in Cullman Vinemont Falkville and nearby towns. Dismissals include Henry Freeman Blackwood Buford Marvin Burham and several Cullman residents among the names listed.

Cullman Admissions Tommy Wade Day Vinemont Martha Elaine Dunagan Cullman Linda Dye Charlie Williams Freeman Earl King Empire Marrie Rowell Kriter Edna Merle McBayer Ronald Dean Osborne Minnie Faye Suits Falkville Lorie Diane Vance Flora Willie Woodard Blountsville Henry Freeman Blackwood Deann Lora Boatright Tarpoon Fla Buford Marvin Burham Hanceville Linda Gail Bryson Vila Garden Logan Coleman LeRoy Gay

Dr. Jones to Lead City Revival at Austin High School

A citywide October revival led by Dr. Jones will take place in the 1,400 seat Austin High School auditorium. The event draws churches across the city to participate with a two member church committee from each congregation. An executive committee of six plus three others oversees planning and includes Rev. Al Crim and Mrs. Gilmer Blackburn among others.

Jones Christian Unity Austin High School al Crim Gilmer Blackburn A. J. Coleman Jerry Smith John Rutland T. A. Shirley

Weather brief and celestial notes for June events

The report lists next day weather cues and river data plus astronomy items. It notes visible planets Venus and Mars with setting times and Saturn rising after midnight, along with general evening and night sky details.

Venus Mars Saturn

Weather and River Readings at Keller Memorial Bridge

Decatur and vicinity report river readings from the Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge: 21.89 feet at sea level 556.19. TVA lake stages listed for Guntersville Wilson Pickwick Wheeler Chickamauga with various figures. Yesterday's high 92 at 2 pm. low 68 at 11:30 this morning. Rainfall 23 inches in 24 hours. Forecast partly cloudy warm humid with showers likely this afternoon and evening. southerly winds 5 to 15 mph diminishing tonight. High today 89, low tonight 68.

Decatur Tennessee River Keller Memorial Bridge TVA Guntersville Wilson Pickwick Wheeler Chickamauga

Limestone senator pledges signs for amendment co sponsor

The solon behind the amendment expects at least 12 signatures to co sponsor it when introduced. If the committee meeting lacks extra funding there will be another chance in the Legislature. Some physicians note nine counties lack health officers, including Morgan, Lawrence and Limestone, and Horton backs a plan for a dedicated officer to serve Limestone and the three counties.

Solon Sen Horton State Health Department Alabama Morgan Lawrence Limestone

Mundt says farmer forgotten man amid Johnson policy critique

Sen Karl Mundt on Metromedia panel says Johnson administration ignores farmers while directing programs to metropolitan areas. He argues farm aid is skewed to city voters and warns Republicans face bleak Senate prospects as 20 Democratic and 14 Republican seats are rated at stake.

Karl E. Mundt R.D Johnson Metromedia Farmer Senate

Unclear snippet hints at family notices and names

Fragment mentions Mr and Mrs Doyley Suits and Mr Richard J Mc with references to sons and Cullman, but the text is incomplete and cannot establish a full factual item or event.

Doyley Suits Cullman i Richard J. Mc

Baugh Wiley Smith Admissions List Full of Names

Jessie Sparks Danville 3 Mahlon Mitchell Prospect 1 Tenn William Ladd Courtland 2 Miss Patricia Ownes Ardmore Tenn Bobby Cadle 1016 Johnston Travis Steel Danville 1 Thomas Milan 826 Cedar St. Miss Renee Weaver Courtland 2 William Weaver Courtland 2 Mrs James Castell Columbus Ga Jessie Smith Madison 3 Mrs Hurley Prince 408 11th Ave SW Mrs Elmer Smith and infant daughter Decatur 1 Mrs Roger White Danville 3 Mrs Hershel Shaneyfelt Decatur Fourth Mrs Richard Bates Falkville Madlon Wilson 1524 Sherman St

Jessie Sparks Danville Mahlon Mitchell Prospect 1 Tenn William Ladd Courtland Patricia Ownes Ardmore Bobby Cadle 1016 Johnston Travis Steel Thomas Milan Cedar St Renee Weaver William Weaver James Castell Columbus Jessie Smith Madison Hurley Prince 11Th Ave Elmer Smith Decatur Roger White Hershel Shaneyfelt Richard Bates Falkville Madlon Wilson Sherman St

Decatur General Admissions List and Yeast Plant Note

A compilation shows names and addresses under Decatur General admissions including Mrs Harry Smith Moulton and James Bennett Jr Fayetteville among others. An unrelated line mentions yeast plant cells described as 30 small that is 3 000 of something.

Alabama Youth Among 14 Die In Weekend Crashes

A Birmingham youth, among 14 killed in Alabama highway accidents over the weekend, will have his body taken to Tuscaloosa per Gunthorp Funeral Home. His father works for a Birmingham contracting company. Five others died in out of state crashes.

Chemstrand Birmingham Green Tuscaloosa Gunthorp Funeral Home Alabama

Weekend Vietnam battle losses and incidents report

Bodies flown from 118 sorties on Sunday as pilots reported heavy damage to targets and suspected troop concentrations. Six Americans died over the weekend, with four U S Army helicopter crewmen killed in a Sabotaged crash near Saigon. An explosion aboard a truck at Chu Lai beachhead killed two Marines and wounded 19. Paratroopers were rushed to Phuoc Vinh airfield after a Viet Cong ambush near a battalion patrol.

Saigon Chu Lai U.S Phuoc Vinh Phuoc Binh

Funeral Services for Mrs Alberto Lightfoot

Funeral services for Mrs. Alberta Elizabeth Lightfoot who died Saturday at 314 Market Street will be Tuesday at 2 30 p m at St James Cumberland Presbyterian Church 11th Ave NW with Rev W E Scott officiating Burial will be in Sykes Cemetery Survivors include husband Phillip Lightfoot four sons Marvin and Milton Roxboro Mass John of Decatur Gettis in the armed services at sea two daughters Marjorie Decatur and Juanita Cincinnati six grandchildren

Alberta Elizabeth Lightfoot Market St St. James Cumberland Presbyterian Church 11Th Ave. NW W. E. Scott Sykes Cemetery Phillip Lightfoot Marvin Milton Roxboro Mass John Decatur Gettis Armed Services At Sea Marjorie Lightfoot Juanita Lightfoot Cinntinati Ohio

Albert L. Easter Rites Held in Athens Limestone County

Albert L. Easter, 75, of Athens died Saturday night at Athens Limestone Hospital. Services were held at 1:30 p.m. at Spry Funeral Home chapel with Fred Evans and A. J. Rollings officiating. Burial followed in Cement Cemetery. Survived by Effie Easter. two daughters Mrs. D. C. Thornton Sr. and Mrs. Barbara Adcock. son Glendon Easter. brother Gordon Easter. four sisters. nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. A Church of Christ member, pallbearers named.

Athens Albert L. Easter Athens-Limestone Spry Funeral Home Fred Evans A. J. Rollings Cement Effie Easter D. C. Thornton Sr Rogersville Barbara Adcock Glendon Easter Gordon Easter Fannie Marks Beatrice Jenkins Beulah Brooks Eula Lewis Penley Detroit Mich Easter Limestone County Church of Christ Billy White Davis Lervis Legg Bonnie Romine J. M. Marks Buster Thorton D. C. Thorton Jr

J D Hadley of Hartselle Dies at 75

J D Hadley 75 of Falkville Hartselle died Sunday at 4 p m Funeral services set for Tuesday 2 p m at Union Hill Baptist Church Eva Rev Ben Padgett and Rev Lyndel Gable officiating Burial in adjoining cemetery Peck Funeral Home directing Surviving daughter Eveleta Bagwell Somerville daughter Sarah Gaines Decatur four sons Theo Hadley Korea Lawrence Hadley Knoxville Carver Hadley Cullman Willard Hadley Hartselle six sisters Fannie Ella Heflin Roanoke Eva Lou Camp Minnie Bee Wiggins Newell Bette Walder Wedowee Lillian Parker Myrtice Reeves Cullman 13 grandchildren He was a Baptist and World War I veteran Pallbearers named Leon Nelson Sammy Bryant J C Blankenship Burns Brown Ellis Holmes Roland Rea Body to remain at funeral home until taken to church where it will lie in state one hour before services.

Hartselle J. D. Hadley Falkville Union Hill Baptist Church Eva Ben Padgett Lyndel Gable Peck Funeral Home Jessie Lee Hadley Eveleta Bagwell Somerville Sarah Gaines Decatur Theo Hadley Korea Lawrence Hadley Knoxville Tenn Carver Hadley Cullman Williard Hadley Fannie Ella Heflin Roanoke Ala Eva Lou Camp Minnie Bee Wiggins Newell Bettie Walder Wedowee Lillian Parker Myrtice Reeves Hadley The Baptist Church Leon Nelson Sammy Bryant J. C. Blankenship Burns Brown Ellis Holmes Roland Rea

Fighting near Dong Xoai leaves hundreds dead or missing

The Vietnamese battalion near Dong Xoai, attacked while moving toward Thuan Loi, suffered about 250 killed or captured of 4090. Overall dead or missing in the Dong Xoai area reached around 600, with 18 Americans dead or missing. Vietnamese and U.S. claims of Viet Cong and air strike casualties varied, not officially confirmed. A relief force found Thuan Loi evacuated, and Lt. Gen. Westmoreland met with Gen. Cao Van Vien in Dong Xoai.

Cial Thuan Loi Dong Xoai U.S Thuan Lai William C. Westmoreland Viet Nam Dong Xo Ai Cao van Vien

Market Report Highlights Agricultural Prices and Livestock

Cotton prices steady with Decatur loan at middling 30.40 and seed at 40 per ton. Milk grades quoted. manufactured milk at 3.20 per hundred. Wood and pulpwood values listed. Corn, oats, wheat, barley and poultry feed prices shown. Hogs active with barrows and gilts 22.50 to 22.75. sows 17.50 to 18.50. Cattle supply mostly feeders and cows. slaughter heifers 19.00 to 22.00. steers 23.00 to 25.50. vealers 25.00 to 27.00.

Decatur

Wall Street falls in final hour amid renewed selling

The New York market slid with heavy late selling erasing early gains. Dow Jones stood at 867.49, down 14.21, with major losses in Eastern Air Lines IBM DuPont and Boeing and widespread declines across leaders like Kennecott Xerox Sears Ford and General Motors amid discouraging trading.

New York Kaiser Baker Ligg & My Can Lorillard Lou & Nash Té& T Macy Merr Ch & S Chrysler Phill Pet Coca Cola Proct & G Collins Radio RCA Rexall Delta Air L St Regis Pap Miro du Pont Seab AL RR East Air L Sears Roed East Rod Sinclair Sa Firestone Sou Co Fla P W Fla P & LA Cal Ford Mot Ind Foremost D E Swift Texaco UN Carbide Geneseo Ga Pacific Airc Goodrich Fruit Goodyear SO Unit Gt A & P US Steel Greyhound Warner Bros Co Gulf Oil West UN Tel Westy Elec Honeywell Woolworth Indian Head Xerox Kennedy Eastern Air Lines IBM Schering DuPont General Motors Boeing Kennecott Douglas Sears, Roebuck Ford American Telephone

Decatur area crash reports and court notices summarized

City police logged multiple wrecks across Decatur and nearby towns with details on vehicles drivers and locations. Incidents included collisons on 6th Ave SE and 8th St SE involving a 1960 Chevrolet and a White truck, and several other crashes on 7th St SE 6th Ave SE and US routes near Athens Moulton and Decatur. The docket lists numerous intoxication and traffic related charges, and building permits were issued for a drug store sign and a carport. Fire department logged an auto fire with slight loss.

6Th Ave. SE 8Th St. SE Joyce Marie Watson Hartselle 2 Donald Locke Bonifay ‘Holmes Fla 7Th St. SE Eugene Pruitt 4Th Ave. SE 7Th St 4Th Ave 6Th Ave Bonnie F. Guier Country Club Rd 5Th Ave John Herrin Betty St Alfred Horst Moulton St 1St Ave Jerry Stewart Sumner Ave Marie C. Stevens Decatur 1 Stewart Walnut and McCartney Streets Willie Campbell Vine St. NW Walter Hewlett W. W. Scott Co Danville Road 8Th St Highland Park C. W. Mooney 19Th Ave Dwight Crider

Birmingham Bread Firms Struck by Five Day Week Strike

Four wholesale bread companies in Birmingham halted operations as driver salesmen walk out over demands for a five day work week. About 200 drivers at National Biscuit Ward American McGough are affected while Decatur’s Holsum plant boosts output to cover Birmingham orders. Last strike was in 1959.

Birmingham Decatur Holsum Bread Co Frank Parker Aflcio National Biscuit Co Ward Baking Co American Bakeries McGough Baking Co John Lee

Legislative Hurdles Delay Major House Labor Bill

Congress faces delays as the House Judiciary Committee nears changes while the full bill rolls through House Rules. Senate prospects fade amid filibuster threats. A union shop ban advances in Labor Committee but awaits Senate action. The health care bill stalls in Senate Finance. A minimum wage expansion moves through House Labor hearings.

House Judiciary Committee House Rules Committee Senate House Labor Committee House Senate Finance Committee

Chicago Astronauts Parade Through City in Open Cars

Americans welcomed home the space travelers as crowds lined downtown Chicago. The group rode along lakefront streets amid cheers, with MBira MecDivitt and White expressing humility and gratitude for the industry that built the spacecraft and booster while civil rights protesters remained absent during the Michigan Avenue parade.

Lake Front Chicago MecDivitt Michigan Avenue

Wreck Involves Pontiac And Chevrolet Near Decatur

At 10:45 p.m. a 1958 Pontiac driven by Donald L. Staudt of Decatur was involved when a 1964 Chevrolet driven by Patsy M. Anders of Hartselle wrecked six miles away in a single-vehicle incident.

Moulton Alabama Roy James Madison Thomas G. Jones Birmingham Athens Alabama 99 Austin James W. El‘uick Sacramento Calif George F Decatur U. S Thomas G. Collier Bobby Whitlock Trinity Joseph R. Evans Huntsville George R. Gey Vinemont U. S. 31 Arthur C. Ellis Earl W. Kennedy Russellville Falkville Piney Grove Rd Patsy C. Sanders Hartselle Donald L. Staudt Patsy M. Anders

Moulton Jaycees to install new officers at banquet

Moulton Jaycees will install Dr. Robert H. Rhyde as president at an awards banquet Tuesday night. Outgoing president Howard Downey announced the year’s slate and event details.

Moulton Jaycees Moulton — Moulton Jaycees Howard Downey Downey Robert H. Rhyde

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