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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1966
Page
2
Sunset today 7 03 p m Sunrise tomorrow 4 34 a m Moonrise tomorrow 2 44 a m New Moon June 18 Planets may be visible Mercury Venus Mars and Jupiter directions noted Saturn due south at 6 14 a m Venus high in south three hours later
Decatur and vicinity report TVA river stages at Keller Memorial Bridge show 21.52 feet and sea level 555.82. Lakes Guntersville Whitesburg Wilson Pickwick Wheeler Chickamauga listed. High yesterday 83, low 65. Rainfall 0.43 inches in last 24 hours. Forecast fair to partly cloudy and warm with a chance of isolated showers or thunder Thursday at 85 percent.
In the United States the growth of wood exceeds the harvest and the losses from forest fires and pests. The trend indicates a net increase in standing timber despite ongoing extraction and damage.
The court rules against Houston and Roanoke urging redistricting amid county board representation disputes. It notes counties show population and property disparities yet allow limited city representation, stating voters have political remedies and warning against court interference with locally created counties.
Hartselle George T. Dutton 83 of Decatur died at 11 a.m. Tuesday at home. Services 2 p.m. Thursday Flint Baptist Church with Rev. Howard Smallwood and Dan Dutton officiating. Burial Forrest Chapel Cemetery Peck Funeral Home directing. Survived by three daughters Mrs Clyde Kelsoe Falkville Mrs E D Widner and Mrs Cleo St John all of Decatur a son Clarence Dutton Decatur a sister Mrs Louella Segars Winfield 17 grandchildren 28 great grandchildren and other relatives. A member of Austinville Methodist Church native of Morgan County. Grandsons pallbearers. Body returned to residence.
A Louisiana Democrat introduces a bill to authorize the attorney general to seek federal injunctions against Klan intimidation and violence. The measure sets contempt penalties for disobedience and would grant witness immunity while enforcing compliance against those who refuse to answer.
Reedus Lovett died Tuesday at 8 15 a m at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Services will be Thursday at 2 p m at Old Liberty Methodist Church with Marvin Waugh and Ralph Graham officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery Elliott Funeral Home directing. Survivors include widow Emily Lovett four daughters Nina G Wilson Peggy Blankenship Wanda Bain Town Creek 3 two sons Jerry Lovett Mikie Lovett a brother Tom Lovett Hillsboro 2 a sister Mrs Henry Eshridge Louisville Ky Pallbearers Raymond Eshridge Ben Lovett J P Parker Bobby Eshridge Charles Terry Clayton Terry Honorary pallbearers include
Angush Terry, Junior S. Esh ridge, and Lonnie Smith lead a trio of athletes in a regional event, delivering notable performances and setting the tone for the competition. Their efforts highlight the day's strong showing by local competitors.
Lisa Rena Owens died shortly after birth as the two day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Eddie Ray Owens of Trinity. Elliott Funeral Home directed the service. Survivors include sister Elizabeth Ann Owens brother Stephen Darll Owens and grandparents Mrs Sallie Maude Nalier and Mr and Mrs Clifford Owens of Gary Indiana.
Intermediate life and health insurance school attendance in Winston-Salem by Neal Norwood. Samford dean's list for Sherry Deems. Apes Club and Mizpah Apes events in Decatur. Decatur Chapter WCTU and Toastmasters meetings with awards noted. Car truck collision injures Irene McElrath. multiple building permits issued. burglaries at Circle Drive restaurant. stolen watch report by S E Ryan.
Madison Garrett of Alabama Farmers Cooperatives announced the agriculture scholarship program with participants from multiple counties. Halimen Marshall County High School and Norrell Hazelgreen High School plan to attend Auburn and Montevallo respectively, each intent supported by scholarships. Judges included Frances Levine and Morris White, with the event sponsored by the Alabama Council of Farmer Cooperatives and Auburn University.
The administration seeks hospital and medical group help to educate elderly citizens that medicare covers sick care only. Nursing home benefits start Jan 1 with a three day hospitalization rule, but many doctors arrange longer stays to shift costs onto the program. Patients face a $40 hospital deductible and a $10 daily charge after 60 days.
Apartment and room rentals advertise air conditioning private entrances and specific addresses. Job postings seek a switchboard operator general office worker a beauty salon manager and an experienced waitress. Also a 1964 Volkswagen sedan for sale and a need for paperboys with parental supervision.
Cooley warned that many cotton gin operators will confront severe hardships this fall. He said ginners may see business cut by one third or more in areas with heavy acreage reductions and ongoing rains floods or other weather factors have hindered planting and cultivation.
Police report a break in at Nelson Jewelry on Bank Street with three empty watch cases in the display window and four more on the sidewalk, plus another in the street. Dinsmore Furniture Co on Moulton Street reports a stolen television set valued at $125 taken about 3 p.m. Tuesday.
The organization will spend an extra 150 dollars to reach a 2.5 million annual payroll. Chamber of Commerce President Bob Harris attaches a letter with the refunds explaining many contributors will apply the funds to the 46000 dollar mortgage on the chamber building. Harris suggests contributors endorse the checks to the Chamber.
Tur family lists four children Herbert Jr aged 10 Kathy aged 9 Mike aged 6 and Mark aged 4 in a brief family notice.
In the Saigon area on the high plateau north of the city, 400 South Vietnamese infantrymen broke a Viet Cong base two miles from the Cambodian frontier. They killed 11 Communists, captured three, and seized ammunition. Viet Cong forces reportedly fled. In Saigon rioting cooled after a two week truce, with police detaining antigovernment medical students and roughing up three foreign reporters, including one Australian.
NASD compiled quotations at about 10 am show inter dealer bids without retail markdowns. Asked prices include an approx one a fee worn upadjusted upward. Want ads promise results for readers seeking yields.
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