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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1963
Page
2
Weather notes include sunset at 7 03 p.m and sunrise 4 34 a.m tomorrow with moonrise 1 45 a.m. Prominent star Antares is due south at 10 33 p.m. and 29 degrees above the horizon here, higher when viewed further south, seen overhead from Asuncion, Paraguay.
Friday night reading shows 21.46 feet, up .06 in 12 hours, from sea level 555.76 feet. Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy today and tonight with a small chance of afternoon thundershowers. Sunday outlook is cloudy and hot with a slight chance of afternoon storms. Today’s high is 98, with Friday night low around 72.
Ronald Whitten of Auburn University acting as Alabama’s representative at the General Conference of the Methodist Student Movement to be held at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware Ohio. Whitten a Cotaco High School graduate and Auburn sophomore is the son of Mr and Mrs L M Whitten of Somerville 3.
The list includes Master Howard Stewart Lacey at 2025 Woodland Ave and several other admissions and residents. Names present include Mrs Braxton Craig Town Creek Mrs Minnie Bell Garner 1316 9th Ave SE Ronald E Cramer 1305 12th St Miss Mary D George 2005 Bell Ave Mrs C R Duncan 1431 6th Ave SW and an infant daughter Mrs Nola E Dorning 1800 7th St SE and an infant daughter Mrs Franklin D Thompson Town Creek and an infant daughter. Also listed are admissions for Robert Lee Lacey Decatur 1 Theda F Kirkpatrick 1602 5th Ave SW Mrs J L Seal Decatur 1 and Charles D Slaughter 1402 W Market St Athens.
A compact listing of individuals and associated addresses including Mrs. Johnnie Mae Smith of Decatur Mrs. Carrie Joyce Ledbetter of Lacey's Spring Hollis G. Blankenship at 1015 5th Ave SW Miss Jo Ann Harrison of 1618 Brookmeade Rd SE Mrs. Betty Jean Dudley of Waldemore Springs Nela Gleason at 436 Sherman St SE J. C. Mears of Trinity 1 Carolyn Sandlin of Hartselle Shirley Earp at 1016 5th Ave Mrs. T. Riley of 621 5th Ave SW H. Lawrence at 817 3rd Ave SE Gene L. Newton of Stockbridge GA.
In an Izvestia Tass interview Khrushchev rejected concessions on nuclear tests Berlin and other issues, restating Soviet positions and opposing on site inspections. He said only practical deeds lead to peace and urged a non aggression pact between Warsaw Pact and NATO. Wilson noted Khrushchev showed interest in regular big power summit meetings.
Khrushchev told Harold Wilson at the Kremlin that only one cosmonaut was in orbit so far, amid persistent rumors of a Soviet woman cosmonaut. Tass reported Bykovsky’s status as well as the capsule’s 65 degree orbit and ongoing weightlessness, noting studies on long spaceflight effects.
The Labor Department reports nonfarm payroll employment rose to a record 56.2 million in May, up about 350000 from April and about one million from a year earlier. Factory earnings climbed to 98.98 dollars, a new high, with unemployment near 5.9 percent.
Funeral services for Johnnie Lee Brewer infant of Mr and Mrs Cypus Brewer of Russellville Alabama are set for Sunday at 1 p m at First Baptist Church Double Springs with Anthorp Brown Service Funeral Home in charge. He died Friday at 1 a m at the family residence. The body will lie in state at home until funeral time. Survivors include parents four brothers Cecil Jimmy Billy Ray and John all of Russellville 4 and two sisters Annie and Janet Ann of Russellville 4.
Miss Opal Cecil Bell of Decatur died Friday morning at the Decatur Rest Home. Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p.m. at Gunthorp-Brown Service Funeral. Her body was shipped to Ohio for burial. Survivors include one sister Mrs. H A Nungester of Decatur two nephews and one niece.
AP reports that Gordon Cooper says he saw a truck a boat and a train from space. Houston space officials say his observations were plausible though likely optical effects of dust water wake and smoke patterns viewed from a high vantage over Himalayas and earth.
President Kennedy will meet Saturday with top negotiators over the rail work rules dispute to head off a nationwide strike next week. The White House announced Friday night that the President stepped in as progress stalled toward a settlement.
SYLACAUGA Ala June 14 A 13 year old Black boy Earl Stone of Vincent Alabama drowned while swimming in the Coosa River. Officials recovered his body about six hours later.
Athens James Lester Turner was bound over in Limestone County Court to await grand jury action on first degree murder charges. Bond set at $1,000. Ben Ernest Springer fined $75 and costs for speeding. Judge Rosenau heard 22 other cases including license, speeding, bad checks, intoxication, drunkenness, reckless driving, beer possession, and revoked license. Total fines and costs reached $761.90.
The schedule lists stops at Peete's Corner 910 Ardmore City Cafe at 10:30 and 11:30 Piney Chapel Rainey's at 12 1:30 Athens Scout House at 1:45 to 4. The route covers multiple neighborhood sites with successive times for community bookmobile service.
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