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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1966
Page
2
The Decatur area shows a Thursday forecast with sun and clear twilight. Mercury sets in the evening, located south of the Twins, about 88 million miles from Earth tonight. Sunset is 7 04 p.m. and sunrise is 4 04 a.m. The Moon rises around 11 20 p.m. Details note Mercury’s position and distance.
Decatur Tennessee river reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 20.62 feet with sea level 554.92 feet. TVA lake stages list Guntersville 594.7 Whitesburg 555.2 Wilson 506.0 Pickwick 41.9 Wheeler 555.1 Chickamauga 681.8. High yesterday 89 at 2 30 p.m. Low 66 at 5 a.m. 9 30 a.m. temperature today 62. Forecast mostly sunny and warm today and Friday with tonight clear and mild and winds diminishing.
A Alabama official says homeowner policy rates rise 3.9 percent effective July 1 due to higher repair and construction costs. The deductible extends to fire and other perils, aimed at limiting minor losses and containing premiums. Fire insurance for a $10,000 frame dwelling would rise by about $2 with extended coverage adding $1. The note marks the third fire insurance hike in five years.
A jumble of want ads items includes a 1965 Plymouth Sports cog with 4 speed, a 1966 Ford Tudor with A C, small equity and payments offered, a 1965 Honda Model 160, multiple rental properties in Athens Alabama and surrounding areas, a 4 room house for rent, and various trailers and mobiles for sale or lease. Contact numbers 773-9987 773-6096 353-1460 353-5487 appear for payments and inquiries.
The Nebraska Consolidated Mills board picked Adcox as general manager and feed division head. He previously worked at the Dalton Ice Co and Dalton Poultry Co and will stay based in Decatur, Alabama. Carter, a former Decatur resident, announced the board meeting date of June 16.
Roden 29 of Hartselle is charged in the hit and run deaths of Audrey Bean and her son William Bean. Bond set at $8,000 with a bond hearing due as the investigation by state investigators and grand jury proceeds.
Murran states completion would enable operation at the site after tracking the property for over a year. He and Leberman decided to build the airport when Huntsville airport announced cancellation of commercial flights as the new jet port nears completion in 1967. Hough believes the airport and water system could attract industry to Lacey's Spring.
The Times of London announces a shift of advertisements from page 1 to pages 2 and 3 starting now. The change affects how readers view and access commercial notices and promotional content.
Funeral services for Jessie Aldridge 43 of Decatur will be held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Sand Hill Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Hooper Franklin officiating. Burial will be at the adjoining cemetery under Reynolds Funeral Home directions. Survivors include widow Dorothy Aldridge, a brother James Aldridge Jr., six sisters and other relatives.
Mrs Lillie Belle Lovell 76 of 1001 6th Ave died at 3 15 p m Wednesday at home. Services 2 p m Friday Cedar Grove Church of Christ with Doyle Banta and B I H McBay officiating. Burial Higgins Cemetery McConnell Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include daughter Rosa Bloodworth Tanner 1, son Johner Lovell Constantine Mich, nine grandchildren 32 great grandchildren. pallbearers Charles Motter Jerry Bloodworth Donald Larry Smith. Native of Lauderdale County.
Mrs Minnie B Roberts 33 died today at 2 50 am at her home Burial follows at Ragland Cemetery Greenbrier with Reynolds Funeral Home directing Survivors include widower Paul Lee Roberts Madison 1 parents Mr and Mrs Bobby Patton two sisters Earline Draper Trianna and Clevia Mae Draper Ft Leonardwood Mo two brothers Leo Patton Athens and John Willie Patton Madison 1 and other relatives
Funeral services for Mrs. Mollie Ellis Sandlin, age 99, of Tanner 1, who died Wednesday, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at McConnell Funeral Home chapel. The Rev. Carl H. Harrison and Buford Dobbs will officiate. Burial will follow in Athens City Cemetery under McConnell Funeral Home direction.
Bill Voss 73 of Hillsboro died Wednesday at Lawrence County Hospital. Funeral services at Chalybeate Spring Baptist Church with Rev Austin Self officiating. Burial in Elliott Cemetery. Survivors include wife Laddie Voss, three sons George T. Voss Fort Worth L B Voss Goodwin Voss, daughter Mrs Carl Morgan all of Hillsboro, six sisters and two brothers. 12 grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Voss a Tallapoosa County native lived in Lawrence County 55 years. He was deacon at Chalybeate Springs Baptist Church and a World War I veteran and 36-year American Legion member.
During the bipartisan committee public hearings Sen. James B. Pearson pressed Boyd about when he first became concerned about Senator Dodd's relationship with Klein, a registered agent for West German interests. Dodd called published totals very regneous and very disappoint ing to me.
Mayhall, leader of the Legislative Action Committee at Decatur Chamber and head of the Decatur March of Dimes drive, declares for Congress quoting duties to Alabama. He plans offices in Huntsville and Tri Cities area and backs TVA, loyalty to Alabama, and conservative stand against federal overreach. Campaign manager named E Wayne Robinson. wife Virginia Molleson Mayhall.
Norman Miles reported items stolen from a 1966 Barracuda at Atkins Plymouth including hubcaps and an air filter. A 15-year-old Falkville youth James Clemmon was injured in a Wednesday crash involving a 1965 Honda and a 1955 Chevy II. James Murphree of Moulton and Robert Terry of Courtland were injured in separate accidents involving a 1962 Falcon and a 1964 Chevrolet. The Decatur Ceramics Art Guild meets Friday at the Girl Scout Little House to plan a July art show.
Five days after television sets and appliances were stolen from McCulloch Appliance on Ferry Street, police recovered three TVs a radio two tape recorders a kids recorder and a child's record player behind a residence on Ferry Street. Three boys arrested share a southeast Decatur address while two more teens are held in nine related burglaries including Allstate Restaurant Gateway Car Wash a golf range on 14th Street a laundry tower on 19th Avenue and Dr J T Smith's summer home in Chapel Hill. Items recovered include silverware a doctor's bag cigars and cigarettes with burglaries often involving drink machines and small change.
Cameron reports a memory quotient rise from 85 to 95 after two weeks of Cylert treatment in 24 senile and presenile patients, with no major gains for those starting below 60. The study uses a week of placebo then full Cylert in all, aiming to isolate treatment effects.
Markets show Cottonseed at 40 dollars per ton while Milk Grade A runs 6.55 per hundred. Milling Wheat No 2 at 1.63, No 2 Oats 0.68, Corns and Wood prices listed with pulpwood at 13.50 per cord. Poultry Wheat 1.13 and barley 0.95 complete the grain and feed spectrum.
Cattle and calves count 50 with meager arrivals and few sales for a test of the trade. Barrows and gilts 200 with fair activity. U S 1 2 200 230 lbs 25 75 26 00. Sows scarce steady to strong 375 520 lbs 18 00 19 00. Sheep 25 no early sales.
AP notes market unsettled with a weaker undertone for mediums. Prices hold or drop by one cent for mediums with demand at best fair. Supplies are ample. retailers pay per dozen with cartoned store delivery. Grade A white eggs list Large 43 to 46 cents, mediums 33 to 37, small 25 to 28.
Birmingham reports ready to cook demand strong with most plants booked for next week's deliveries and some operating Saturday. Live supplies ample with desirable sizes and prices largely unchanged from this week. Estimated slaughter today 1,191,000 head vs 1,180,000 last Thursday. Atlanta notes good demand for live broilers and fryers with farm prices up to 15 percent and ample offerings on hens.
Quotations compiled by the NASD at about 10 a m today show bids as representative inter dealer prices and exclude retail markdown or commission. Asked prices have been adjusted upward to include approximate markup.
In a fairly active day on Wall Street 7.3 million shares changed hands with several large issues moving modestly. Du Pont rose three points while Chrysler and American Telephone gained one. Douglas fell five and Eastern Air Lines down four. Major losses hit Boeing United Aircraft Eastman Kodak United Air Lines Zenith and New York Central, as Sperry Rand and American Motors sought leadership among active stocks.
An account notes a Communist force of about 1,000 men, including North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Cong guerrillas, led by North Vietnamese officers. Col. Joffre Boston of Falls Church, Va., is mentioned.
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