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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1968
Page
2
Dr Hugh Caldwell announces monthly draft totals across Alabama with 276 men called. Counties Morgan Limestone Lawrence Cullman and Madison are listed with quotas ranging from two to thirteen men.
Limestone County Red Cross Bloodmobile reports 2120 pints collected in the year, beating the previous total by 835. Frances Cox, 23, Athens, hospitalized after a three car wreck on 6th Ave near 31 Daily Dip. Other drivers include Petty Cox, 29, Athens, Edward N. Lock, 46, Ozark, and John H. Lemley, Trinity.
Footballer Will Speat Ray Perkins, now with Mutual Sav ings Life in Mobile, will be guest speaker at the Decatur Lions Club luncheon Tuesday at noon. Three Decatur youths were charged with grand larceny for stealing data parts and tools. James E. Johnson 17 Gary Wade Moore 16 and Robert K. Lyles 17 were named. Police chief Pack Self said many stolen items from an auto parts truck were recovered.
A meeting of the Decatur Football Officials Association is set for Tuesday night at Albright College at 6 p m for anyone interested in becoming a high school football referee. The Morgan County Board of Registrars extends voter registration with six additional days in sessions July 1 5 and 15 from 8 30 a m to 4 p m.
The Mary Lou Dancy Chapter No. 320 of the Order of the Eastern Star will hold its regular meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the Masonic Temple Johnston St The Decatur Chapter of the National Secretaries Association will meet Tuesday at 7 p m at the residence of Mrs Alice Howell on Lee Ann St
Marine Pvt William Tucker Jr son of Mr Mrs Tucker graduates eight weeks recruit training at San Diego then prepares for combat training before first assignment. Pvt William Robinson son of Mr Mrs Robinson joins US Marine Corps 120 Day Delay Program to enlist before high school graduation and trains at Parris Island in July. Joseph Weinman son of Mr Mrs Weinman enlists in the Navy Junior College Aviation Graduate Training Program and begins nine weeks of recruit training in San Diego after attending Morgan County High School Jacksonville State and Calhoun Junior College.
Mr and Mrs William H Hill Decatur a daughter born Saturday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs James C Harris Hart self a son born Sunday at Decatur General and Mrs Gwendell G Dodd De son born Sunday at Decatur General.
River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 20.62 feet with sea level at 54.92. TVA lake stages listed include Chickamauga 682 Pickwick 413.3 Guntersville 595 Whitesburg 555.6 Wheeler 555 Wilson 506.9. Temperature at 8 am was 80 with no rain in the past 24 hours. Forecast calls for considerable cloudiness warm conditions with late afternoon and evening thundershowers. high about 90, low 70. Sunday’s high expected near 188 at noon.
Premier Tran Van Huong warned the United States that South Vietnam will reject any effort to force a solution to end the war. He said South Vietnam’s destiny will be decided by itself and no power can sway them. His comments referred to the wartime ally without naming the United States directly.
A Japanese neuropsychiatrist reports far lower dyslexia rates in Japan than in Western countries. In Tokyo and surrounding areas, less than 1 percent of 9,195 urban and rural grade school children were labeled by teachers as dyslexic, contrasting with Western figures around ten percent.
Base camp at Bill Craft residence in East Limestone hosts 14 members on a 2¢ hour shift. Two clubs operated under emergency antennas for the annual test linking with volunteers nationwide. Charlie Uptain, known as Mr. Radio, helped man the microphone and marked his 25th consecutive field day last weekend.
The Hartsville plant reports a fatal fumigation incident with supervisor Long overseeing a team. Massey notes monthly fumigation under controlled conditions and this is the first accident. Long, foreman of the small package department, served 14 years. Funeral services to be announced by Peck Funeral Home.
Analysts say George Wallace could win several Southern states and has a real chance to appear on ballots in most states by November. Governors Connally and Sanders warn Democrats to address Wallace on law and order while noting his gains in California and Texas.
The National Labor Relations Board finds Wolverine Tube Division Calumet and Hecla justified in dismissing Charles E Callaway. The ruling overturns Trail Examiner Harry R Hinkes who had held the discharge unlawful due to Callaway’s union activity with the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers.
Police moved in with tear gas and riot squads at Resurrection City clearing the camp after a 9:42 a.m. ultimatum. About 80 arrests occurred at the site while Rev. Ralph Abernathy and roughly 100 other campaigners were taken into custody on charges tied to protests on Capitol grounds.
Maury C. Koblentz said there is control within the prison despite a hospital blaze that trapped 92 to 100 inmates and staff. Warden Ernie Maxwell reported no shots fired and described the disturbance as likely spontaneous with 15 to 20 convicts leading. Fire teams and guards recovered inmates as fires raged in a 2750 inmate facility with National Guard units kept in reserve.
Argentina fan Jose Maria Pereyra, 32, was knocked unconscious after being jammed against turnstiles. He said warning loudspeakers advised against using the gate as the crowd surged, trapping people and causing suffocation. Club owners offered to pay funeral and medical expenses for victims.
The Humphrey camp concentrates on building a delegate majority before the Chicago convention. Key figures include James Rowe, Sen Fred R Harris, and Sen Walter F Mondale guiding eight regional directors. Robert Candless, son‑in‑law of the late Tom Hennings, tracks delegate tallies in Washington.
Congress weighs a president sponsored measure to bar mail order gun sales to felons aliens noncitizens and others. An AP survey tallies Texas as the state with the highest gun related deaths 20 in homicides and multiple accidental shootings nationwide with Chicago reporting four murders over a single night.
Albert Sidney Easley 83 of Athens died after a long illness. Funeral services Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Cairo Methodist Church with Rev. Winston Bracken officiating, burial at Sandlin Cemetery. Survivors include sister Judy Hill and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers are Leonard Hill Wilson Craig John Brummett Dale Hardaway Aldie Craig and W A Haney. McConnell Funeral Home of Athens handling arrangements.
Miss Marion Maclin of 312 Walnut St NW died at a local hospital Saturday. Reynolds Funeral Home will announce funeral arrangements at a later date.
Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 p m at Mount Zion Free Will Baptist Church for the Rev Jesse Andrew Moyers 73 of 823 4th Ave SE who died Saturday from a heart attack. He moved to Alabama from Tennessee in 1912 and began ministry in 1924 with ordination at Poplar Springs Free Will Baptist Church in Tippah County Mississippi. Survivors include daughter Virginia Cordell Decatur two sons Thomas Moyers Town Creek James Moyers New Orleans one brother Edward Moyers Gadsden and 11 grandchildren two great grandchildren. Revs Wilburn Virgil Jean J B Harper Lidge Dickey Emmanuel Bailey J C McClanahan and L L Wilson serve as pallbearers. The body lies in state at the residence then at the church one hour before funeral Arrangements Gunthorp Funeral Home.
Mrs. Lillian Tiggue of 713 Geddis Street died at a local rest home Saturday. Reynolds Funeral Home will announce funeral arrangements. The notice provides the deceased’s name and residence and indicates forthcoming details from the funeral home.
Karen Elaine Wilbanks, 17 months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs David Wilbanks of Somerville, died today in a Decatur hospital. Funeral arrangements announced by Peck Funeral Home.
A leader in the Grenoble district warned of trouble with supporters who still press demands. The article notes De troit's population rose from 45,619 in 1860 to about 1,640,000 today.
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