Weather and River Update for Decatur and Vicinity
Decatur area reports the Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning 20.54 with sea level 554.84. Yesterday's high reached 97 degrees at 3 pm, low 73, today 9 am temperature 74, forecast today and tonight calls for fair to partly cloudy skies, hot and hazy with isolated storms. Winds light and variable, high today 97, low tonight 70, high Wednesday 97.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Germany Testimony on Dodd Trip Drives Ethics Committee Case
The article notes Senator Dodd’s April 1964 trip to West Germany to investigate the Bogdan Stashinsky case, as the Ethics Committee’s first hearing since its creation. Dodd disputes claims by former aide James P. Boyd Jr. that the trip was a cover to aid Klein. The text also references Klein and reactions to the testimony.
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Dodd
Germany
Ethics Committee
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Bogdan Stashinsky
James P. Boyd Jr
Boyd
Klein
Julius
Lightfoot to Protest Action as He Joins City Council
Lightfoot a longtime Madison County veteran and former state trooper has been named council member and plans to move his family to Athens. The council discussed bringing in an efficiency expert to study gas board setup. The city must refund Martin Stamping and Stove Co. 4391.26 due to a meter reading error.
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Lightfoot
Plevna
Madison County
New Market High School
Marine Corps
South Pacific
Florence State College
Madison County Sheriff's Department
Wiley Sales
Huntsville
Hunter Furniture
Hesta Kaylor
Limestone County
Ellen
Decatur High School
Joel Kaylor
Westminster Presbyterian ‘Church
Christian Education Committee
Rising Sun Masonic Lodge No
Athens
Martin Stamping and Stove Co
Two Hurt In City Wrecks
Two Decatur women were injured but not seriously in separate city wrecks on 16th Ave SE Monday. Jewel Crow Champion of 1719 16th Ave SE and Betty Jones Ferguson of 1315 15th Ave SE received treatment at local hospitals for bruises and lacerations.
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Decatur
16Th Ave
Jewel Crow Champion
Betty Jones Ferguson
15Th Ave. SE
Champion
Decatur General Hospital
Ferguson
Baugh-Wiley-Smith
Aie
Sisters to be laid to rest in Cullman service
Funeral services for the sisters will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Moss Service Funeral Home Chapel Cullman with burial at Vinemont Baptist Cemetery. Moss Service Funeral Home directing.
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Moss-Service Funeral Home
Cullman
Vinemont Baptist Cemetery
Moss-Service
Plane crash victims and survivors from Gulfport flight
The group including Brother Gardner and his wife and children were flown to Gulfport via Coast Guard helicopters and an ambulance after a crash. The dead pilot was Rod Doering of Biloxi and the copilot was 19 year old Larry Schmidt of Gulfport. Gardner, injured with a broken leg and ribs, had chartered the plane from a Gulfport flying service bound for New Orleans. Also injured were Gulfport Police Chief Howard Hobbs and several passengers including his wife and son, plus S. P Mellen, Bercy Etheridge, and Linda Hancock, all listed as Gulfport residents.
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Gardner
Gulfport
Coast Guard
Rod Doering
Biloxi
Larry Schmidt
New Orleans
Gulfport Police
Howard Hobbs
David Jr
Candy
Howard Jr
S. P Mellen
Bercy Q. Etheridge
Linda Hancock
Firemen's Ball Set at National Guard Armory Saturday
A firemen's ball is planned for 9 p.m. Saturday at the National Guard Armory. Tickets cost 1 dollar for individuals and 2 dollars for couples, with music by the local dance group the Larks.
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Cullman
National Guard
The
Larks
Women Own Insurance Hit 140 Billion By 1966
At year end 1965 women owned 130 billion dollars in life and casualty insurance with another 10 billion expected to be added in 1966, signaling rising female financial influence in the sector.
Graveside services for 15 month old Christopher Brooks
Graveside services for Christopher Brooks 15 months who died at 641 Sunset Dr Saturday will be today at 2 30 p m at Sykes Cemetery Rev Leon Cooper officiating Surviving parents Mr and Mrs Washington Brooks of Decatur two sisters Shirley Dean Turner and Juanita Turner both of Decatur two brothers Sandy J Turner and Dennis Wayne Turner both of Decatur grandparents Mr and Mrs George Turner of Decatur
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Christopher Brooks
Sunset Dr
Sykes Cemetery
Leon Cooper
Washington Brooks
Decatur
Shirley Dean Turner
Juanita Turner
Sandy J. Turner
Dennis Wayne Turner
George Turner
Lewis Sherman Grant 82 Funeral in Cullman County
Lewis Sherman Grant 82 of Flint died Monday night in a local hospital. Services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev Bowden and Rev Jeffers officiating. Burial will follow in Hopewell Cemetery, Cullman County. Survived by wife Ja Grant. sons Robert Grant of Decatur and Bervel Grant of Toledo. daughters Ros Chunn Don Pickerill and Grady Lovelady. 14 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. a sister W L King of Birmingham. Grandsons to be pallbearers. He was a member of Flint Methodist Church.
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Lewis Sherman Grant
Gunthorp
Bowden
Jesse Eford
Hopewell Cemetery
Cullman County
Ja Grant
Flint
Robert Grant
Decatur
Bervel Grant
Toledo
Ohio
Ros Chun
Markets Report From Decatur Include Various Commodity Prices
Cotton middling prices for December, cottonseed at 40 per ton, milk at 6.55 per hundred for Grade A and 3.20 for four per cent, wood prices 65 45 35, pulpwood 13.50 per cord, corn and oat prices across No 2 and white and yellow varieties, wheat 1.63 per bushel, barley 95 cents.
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Decatur Joan
Market Sees Weaker Tone for Eggs in Birmingham
Birmingham market reports a weaker undertone with non aggressive demand and ample supplies. Prices to retailers per dozen cartoned store delivery show grade A white large 42 to 45 cents, medium 34 to 37, small 25 to 28.
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Birmingham
Poultry Market Update From Birmingham And Atlanta
AP reports strong ready to cook demand for broilers and fryers with many plants booked for next week's deliveries. Prices mostly steady from the prior week while some bookings await later determination. Live supplies are ample though some plants trend lighter due to heat mortality. estimated slaughter today 1 264 000 head. In Atlanta demand for live broilers and fryers is good with farm prices down about 15 percent and offerings ample. hens show heavier prices while light type trades vary.
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Poultry Birmingham
Atlanta
McCormack of Athens Dies at 5 a.m.
Fred M. McCormack of Athens died at 4 a.m. today at Athens Limestone Hospital. He was a farmer. Services will be announced later by McConnell Funeral Home.
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Athens
Fred M. McCormack
Athens-Limestone Hospital
McConnell Funeral ‘Home
William C Meadows dies. services set in Birmingham
William Clarence Meadows of Birmingham and formerly of Athens died Monday night. Services are 9 a.m. Wednesday at Johns Ridout's Chapel with graveside rites at 1:30 p.m. at Decatur City Cemetery. He operated Meadows Vending Machine Co. Survivors include his widow Jeanette Maynor, a son William Maynor Meadows, and a daughter Jeanette Claire Meadows, all of Birmingham.
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William Clarence Meadows
Birmingham
Athens
Johns Ridout
Decatur City Cemetery
Henry Barton
Meadows
Meadows Vending Machine Co
Jeanette Maynor
William Maynor Meadows
Jeanette Claire Meadows
Columbus Priest Moulton Cleric Dies at 80
Columbus priest 80, of Moulton, died Sunday at his residence. Services will be announced later by S. S. Sykes Funeral Home.
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Moulton
Columbus
S. S. Sykes Funeral Home
Alabama Hospitals Progress Toward Medicare Rights Compliance
Among Alabama facilities Athens is among 25 to have not applied to participate in Medicare. Decatur General is the only Morgan County hospital lacking a contract number from HEW, with an Atlanta official saying it should arrive by July 1. Several hospitals have contract numbers, and 74 facilities cover 6754 beds, over half of Alabama’s hospital beds. Across the nation 91.9 percent of beds are certified under Medicare rights, with many noncompliant hospitals in the South.
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Social Security Administration
Decatur General
Morgan County
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Atlanta
THE
Daily Today
Baugh-Wiley-Smith
Hartselle Hospital
Black-Chandler
Lawrence County Hospital
Cecil Simpson
Social Security
Birmingham
Alabama
Washington
White House
South
Stocks Move Mixed Amid Broad Market Decline
Indian Head up 23 percent noon trading shows gains among industrials and consumer goods while Kaiser, Coca Cola, and Boeing slip. Notable climbs include Am Sugar and Gulf Oil, with Xerox and Wrigley posting strong gains as the market factors shift.
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New York
Am Air L
Paper
Baker
Can
Kaiser
Ligg & My
Air
Am Sugar
Lorillard
Lou & Nash
Macy
Armour
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler
Proct & G
Coca Cola
R CA
Colg Palm
Collins R
Rexall
Reyn Met
St Regis Pap
Delta Air L
Seab AL RR
Sears Roed
du Pont
Sinclair
East Air L
Sou Co
East Rod
Sperry Rd
Firestone
Fla P W
Cal
Fla P & L
Ind
Ford Mot
Foremost
Swift
Texaco
Gen Mills
Gen Tel & el
Geneseo
Ga. Pacific
US Steel
Goodrich
West UN Tel
Goodyear
Westy el
Wall Street slides again as rates worry traders
The New York stock market fell sharply late in the session for the second straight day with about 6.3 million shares traded. Jersey Standard slid 1% to 652 on a block of 92,000 shares while U S Steel Republic and several big names lost ground.
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New York
Jersey Standard
Steels
U.s.steel
Republic
Motors
General Motors
American Motors
United Aircraft
Sperry Rand
Fairchild Camera
Xerox
Eastman Kodak
Westinghouse
General Electric
American Stock Exchange
Floating automatic air compressor for divers
An automatic air compressor floats on the surface and supplies divers air at twenty five feet underwater. Want ads promise results.
Armada of American Planes Attacks Berlin in 194
In the year 194 a large fleet of American aircraft attacked Berlin the German capital amid strategic bombing campaigns from Allied forces.
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Berlin
Ingalls Iron Works Strike Continues In Decatur
Birmingham officials report no progress in talks with the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers as about 200 workers at Ingalls Decatur plant remain idle since June 20. Negotiations resume soon. union and company withhold specific demands. Ingalls shipyard in Birmingham is not affected.
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Birmingham
Ingalls Iron Works
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Afl-Cio
Ingalls
Decatur
Boilermakers
Argentine coup ends Illia presidency as junta takes control
Lt. Gen. Pascual A. Pistarini and military chiefs form a governing junta after ousting President Illia. Vice President Perette fled to Uruguay during the night as Alsogaray’s troops surrounded Casa Rosada. The cabinet stayed with Illia, who vowed to defend Argentina’s constitution.
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Pascual
A. Pistarini
Navy
Carlos Perette
Plate River
Uruguay
Julio R. Alsogaray
Illia
Casa Rosada
Alsogaray
Argentina
Orce
Juan D. Peron
Peronists
Over the Counter Securities Quotations from NASD Today
NASD compiled inter-dealer price quotations at about 10 a.m. with bids and asks shown for life insurers and banks. Prices exclude retail markup and commissions and are subject to change as markets move.
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NASD
Allied Life
Bank of H'ville
Vanlity
National Life
Corp. of America
First Natl
Bank of Decatur
Greater
Alabama
Life
Life of
Southern United Life Ins
Bank of Alabama
Vulcan Life Ins. Co
Decatur Diary Briefs Highlight Local Permits and Incidents
Building permits issued include Henry Fletcher for a demolition and W. E. Norton for repairs. Fire calls covered grass blaze, grease on stove, and a fluorescent-light issue at the courthouse. The Exchange Club meets tonight to elect officers for 1966 67. A graduate in geology from Mississippi State University is noted. Recorder's Court logged 35 cases with various traffic and public order offenses. Police reported attempted breakin at a shopping center, a rock thrown through a window, stolen chrome fender skirts, and a two-vehicle crash injuring Roy Dean and his son. Names and locations tied to Decatur community events and services are listed.
Antimatter clues sharpen view of matter universe
Scientists report subtle asymmetries in particle decays hinting matter and antimatter are not perfect mirrors. Experiments with neutral eta meson decays to three pions show positive particles emerging with higher average energy than negatives by about 5 to 9 percent, suggesting strong electromagnetic effects in fundamental laws.
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Mercury
Wonder. I
Tsung Dao Lee
Three Soldiers Accused in Racial Murder Case
A Danielsville jury acquitted Sims of murder charges after his arrest with two other reserve Army officers returning from Ft. Benning. Sims, jailed since last month, was escorted to the courthouse with hands manacled. His estranged wife, mother of eight, was shot in an Athens hospital where she worked as a nurses aide.
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Penn
Ft. Benning
Washington, D.C
Danielsville
Sims
Athens
Born in Slavery Dies in Ohio at 107 Pearl Bynum
Funeral services for Pearl Bynum 107 once enslaved in Alabama will be held in Youngstown Ohio. She died at a granddaughter’s home after living with her since moving north in 1907 and Cleveland then Youngstown since 1933. Survivors include eight grandchildren seven great grandchildren.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Pearl Bynum
Alabama
James Mackie Jr
Bynum
Limestone County
Sam and
Bama Roberts
Cleveland
Influenza and Pneumonia Deaths by Age Group
Between ages 20 and 44 the data show nearly six times as many single men die from influenza and pneumonia as husbands. The statistic highlights marital status as a factor in mortality within this period.
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Venus
Saturn
West Germany
20Th Ave
Decatur Daily
124Th Ave
10Th Avenue
VFW
Hiway
Hartselle
Gordon Dr. SE
6Th Ave
Sears
Ira’s Book Shop
E Moulton
Woodland Terrace
Ala
Cotton New York
William C. Meadows
Wall Street
Bees
DANY
Avoiens
Paul Oe
GEED
Stoar Soysrow
Pistarini
Over the
Local Securities
Tennessee
Natl
Gas American Amicable Life
Coastal States Life
Jefferson Standard Life
Moore-Handley Mutual Savings Life Ins
National Life & Accident
Nebraska Consolidated Protective Life Southern Airways
Henry Fletcher
Danville Rd
W. E. Norton
Vine St
Decatur Fire Department
19Th Ave
Walnut St. NW
John Thomas Watkins
Decatur Exchange Club
Lyons
Robert P. Masterson Jr
Robert Masterson
Austinville Rd
Mississippi State University
Sparkville
Recorder's Court
Ed Jarrett
McCroryconomy
Gateway Shopping Center
Jarrett
Malcolm Grisham
8Th Ave. SE
Lewis Gilchrist
Mutual Savings
Clyde E. Blankenship
8Th St
Westwood Shopping Center
Roy E. Dean
Chapel Hill
Roy Jr
Dean
Cole J. Young
Alabama Veterinary Medical Association
Parliament House
1St Ave
Grant St
Robert Denham
12Th St. SE
Ray A. Ashwander
Grant's Skillet Restaurant
Investment Services
Arthur Treacher
Dell
Seceres Srecce
P.O. Box
Birmingham, Alabama
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