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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1968
Page
3
National Dairy Council reports fluid whole milk sales fell nationwide last year while consumption of nonfat and lowfat milk reached a record 39.2 pints per capita, signaling a change in dairy preferences across the country.
A stream of marriage licenses appears with names and ages including Roy Sette, Alan Collins, Rae Brown, Robert Jones, Wanda Thrasher, Deborah Babb, Brenda Hale, and others. Birth notices report newborns to Reed, Frazier, Young, Bagwell, Morgan, and more, with several births at Decatur General Hospital and Cullman Hospital.
Mrs. Ernestine Puckett Self 52 died Tuesday at home in Falkville. Funeral was at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Oden Ridge Baptist Church near Eva with Rev George Helms officiating. Burial followed in adjoining cemetery. Survivors include Lewil Self husband three brothers Garnie Marvin Puckett Gwin and other siblings and one grandson.
Athens officials report multiple candidates entering the race for five city seats. Tinnon, 42, former Owens Junior High principal, seeks admin improvements. H C Andrews NASA technician joins. incumbent Buford Romine to seek reelection. Ennis, a former Limestone County deputy, expected to file next week.
A 16 year old Athens youth was listed in fairly good condition at Athens Limestone Hospital after being accidentally shot in the stomach on a hunting trip near Anderson. The boy, Tommy Hudson, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas A Hudson, was shot while hunting snakes and frogs with cousin Johnny Turner on the Eddis Romine farm. the gun reportedly discharged while Turner was moving and got tangled in his clothing. Hudson underwent surgery last night.
Police arrested Thomas Cosby West Jr 24 of 909 3rd Ave SE and Hansell E Lang 20 of 305 Memorial Dr in connection with breaking into John Roberson s car at Brentwood Apartments. The vehicle s tachometer was stolen. West posted bond. Lang remained in Morgan County Jail.
Evanston Illinois Mary Ellen O Connor pioneer stewardess known as the flyingest woman in the world returns to nursing at St Francis Hospital assisting in the emergency department on weekends after retiring from United Airlines in December 1968 She says the ER work suits her and she cannot stay inactive after a lifelong busy pace
Boulder residents voice concern as hippies encampments grow near campus. police harass and round up a few, while ranchers threaten vigilante action. Dr David Moskowitz notes inflated estimates and says teens join weekend campers unsettling parents.
Friday sees a June 14 sunset at 8 02 p m with sunrise at 5 34 a m. Moonrise is 11 52 p m and Last Quarter on June 17. Jupiter appears in the west at 10 10 p m while Saturn sits low east at 2 46 a m. Highs reach near 88 today and around 90 Saturday. low tonight about 63.
This morning at Keller Memorial Bridge the river reading was 21.68 and sea level 555.98. TVA lake levels included Chickamauga 681.8 Pickwick 414 Guntersville 594.8 Whitesburg 556.3 Wheeler 556 Wilson 506. High temperature around 88, low 57. Today’s 8 am temperature 71. No rain in the last 24 hours. Forecast calls for clearing skies and warmer conditions today through Saturday with widely scattered thundershowers.
The Morgan County Mounted Sheriff's Posse hosts a rodeo at Sheriff Stadium in Hartselle at 8 p.m. proceeds benefit the Alabama Sheriff's Boys Ranch in Selma. Rodeo queen contest precedes the show with six nominees including Aleta Eaton and Neena Morris judged under IR A rules.
Mrs. Ann Hood, an Albuquerque attorney, was the first woman named Law Day chairman in New Mexico. She earned her law degree from the University of New Mexico in 1959 and began private practice in 1960. The article notes a lunar eclipse in 1971.
Fair today and tonight with widely scattered thundershowers possible into Saturday. Temperatures warm today and Saturday, mild tonight, then drier and cooler air moves in. Thursday saw cooler readings in north and central counties while southern counties felt little change. Highs ranged from 84 in Huntsville to 96 in Mobile with clear skies and no thundershowers. Nighttime temps fell to the chilly to cool range, mid to upper 50s in north and central areas.
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