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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1964
Page
2
Tuesday light schedule shows sunset at 7 05 p m and sunrise at 4 39 a m. Moon rises at 11 05 p m with Last Quarter on July 2. Venus will rise before sunrise as a morning star about 2812 million miles away for the next seven months.
Reading at Keiler Memorial Bridge this morning shows 20.59 feet with a 0.21 foot drop in 24 hours. Sea level reading 554.89 feet. TVA lake stages Chickamauga 682 Pickwick 412.5 Guntersville 595 Whitesburg 556.2 Wilson 507. High Sunday 97 degrees at 4 PM. low 78 at 5:30 AM today. At 10 AM today 89 degrees. Forecast: variable clouds and warm through today tonight and Tuesday. Winds southeast 5 to 10 mph diminishing at night. High today 93 low tonight 70 high Tuesday 94.
The Post Office Department says about 7 000 mail carriers were bitten by dogs last year. The AP notes the across the country incidence rates and safety concerns for city routes and rural deliveries.
Funeral services for Luther Gaines who died in Birmingham will be announced by Reynolds Funeral Home. Rev James J Hurth died Friday at Decatur General Hospital and funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 pm from St James Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Decatur with burial at Spring Hill Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters, three sons, two adopted children, a sister, 23 nieces and 6 nephews, 23 children and 23 great grandchildren.
Hospital notices list admissions for Mrs Louis Swinea Athens Miss Margie Russell Decatur Howard McGowan 716 3rd Ave SE Leslie Terry Moulton Mrs Eli Pierce 1115 5th Mrs L G Cameron Moulton Mrs Travis Kelley 112 7th Ave NW Larry Johnson Somerville 2 Woodrow Weece Prospect Tenn 2 Dismissals Miss Melissa Miller Hartselle Scotty Hunter Huntsville.
A list of local residents and ages including Miss Brenda Jean Rice Mrs Carrie Cagle Mrs Rosa Hicks Frances Marie Holmes Mrs Lela White Belinda Murray Mrs Velma Mae Powell Charlotte Tillman Mrs Bertha Jane Wright Martha Weaver Robin Reynolds Mrs Melba Stewart Master Roger L McKinnon Susan Dwan Thompson Susan Ward Cleavons Paul Helton Mrs Doris Mae Hinkle James V Jetton Wayne Lee Nuss Glynda Vandiver Wallace W Wigley James G Williams with associated towns Hanceville Cullman Vinemont Cullman and Crane Hill sent as a public notice of residents.
A fragmented listing provides numerous names and addresses across multiple streets and towns including Austinville Road Webster Trailer Court Decatur Athens and Cullman. The fragment appears to catalog residents paired with street addresses and family designations such as infant and Jr.
Demonstrators retreat under guard with no arrests reported. A biracial committee proposal nears success but its two white two Negro balance may fail to bridge the widening gap. Community leaders say the middle ground is gone amid a month long push for integration and white resistance. A prior grand jury called for a 30 day truce, which King rejected in favor of immediate committee formation.
The De catur Post of the Alabama State Troopers investigated three traffic accidents Sunday. A 1954 Chevrolet, a 1962 Pontiac, and a 1960 Ford collided 4 miles west of Trinity on Ala 24 causing varying damages but no injuries. A second two car crash occurred 1.8 miles east of Athens on U.S. 72 involving a 1954 Dodge and a 1957 Chevrolet with minimal damages and no injuries. A separate two car collision near Ardmore on Ala 53 injured DeWayne Preble, with damages to a 1955 Chevrolet and a 1952 Plymouth. no hospital admission reported.
Residents reported sightings of a Negro man carrying a large club and wearing white clothes near Trinity and Athens while authorities pursued a murder suspect named Mathis. A witness described a tall man with a sad look, with rumors of a fatal beating and hoaxes spreading locally.
An 18 year old lad ignored warnings and swam where dangerous, then fell into a deep hole. Robert Lee Hill, 16, of Gallion drowned Saturday while swimming with two others in a farm pond near Demopolis. James Lamar Sanders, 42, of Goshen and Rocella Willard, 52, of Troy died in a two car crash on Pike County Road west of Troy. Joseph Arthur Jernigan, 18, and Richard Foster, 18, of Daphine were killed in another crash on Baldwin County Road 65 near Foley. Other victims include Lando Mitchell, 63, of Kennedy struck by a Southern Railway freight train. Linda Louise Langford, 19, of Tuscaloosa in a Dixon Mills crash. and Sally Deola Hallman, 58, and her daughter Carol Lynne Hallman, 21, of Bessemer who died when their car hit the rear of a bus on U S Highway 331.
The Decatur firm Brooks and Nixon will begin a $112,119.45 project to reconstruct the Keller Memorial Bridge spanning the Southern Railway tracks on U S 31. The nine to eight month timeline depends on Southern Railway insurance clearance.
Five Decatur school system principals joined colleagues at the Alabama Department of Elementary School Principals annual conference held at the University of Alabama. Dr. Kimball Wiles of the University of Florida spoke, with Decatur attendees including W. R. Riley, Gordon Bibb, J. D. Reed, Somerville Road, A. T. Abercrombie, Eastwood, Frances Nungester, West Decatur, Mrs. Eleanor Harvey, and Walter Jackson.
Weekend arrival of about 175 collegians from the north and west joins efforts with the Council of Federated Organizations Negro education and voter registration projects. The FBI plans individual questioning of workers at Philadelphia plants and roadblocks near Emerson Electric and Wells Lamont to locate clues about the missing trio Goodman Schwerner and Chaney.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Owens 222 Church St announce a son born Sunday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs Robert Dyer Cullihan 6 report a son born Saturday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Jerry Burnham Webster Trailer Court announce a son born Sunday at Decatur General Hospital.
Cotton middling quotes steady at Decatur 33.57. Cottonseed at 45 dollars per ton. Milk Grade A 6.55 per hundred. milling and manufactured milk varied. Grains include No 2 corn 1.34 shelled and 1.11 ear, oats 0.60, milling wheat 1.38. soybeans 2.38. Cattle and hogs show strength with steer prices 19.00 to 20.50 and hogs 16.75 to 17.00, sheep 23.00 to 23.50 for 90-100 pound stock.
Nashville reports cattle and calves trading firm to higher with slaughter stock and feeders showing gains. Slaughter steer 19.00 to 20.50 per cwt, feeder steers 18.00 to 20.50, hog receipts across Albany Columbus Moultrie and Thomasville with gilts and sows varying to 17.00 and 12.50 per cwt. Sheep activity steady with prime weights 23.00 to 23.50.
Birmingham market shows firm demand as cooler weather aids growing, yet sizes remain small and live supplies short. Estimated slaughter 1,078,000 head versus 1,062,000 last Monday. Farm quotes 14 14 for broilers and fryers. delivered plant 14%4 154. Atlanta reports easy clearing live poultry supplies, fryers at 14 14 percent, some contracts up to 11 percent over quotes. hens heavy type short to adequate, prices at farms 12, plants 13, light type few sales.
Birmingham AP reports eggs at retailers unchanged to one cent higher for large and medium sizes with fair demand and adequate supplies. Also noted are a kennel club breed listing and a birth announcement for a daughter to Mr and Mrs Robert Montgomery at Decatur General Hospital and a son for Mr and Mrs John Cain Jr at Dec General Hospital.
Souvanna Phouma says Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese forces mass 8,000 troops and heavy artillery for a five pronged assault on Muong Soui, northern Laos, threatening Luang Prabang and Vientiane. He notes air strikes continue despite bad weather and urges a three-way summit.
Former ambassador Lodge aims to shift Republican delegates from Goldwater to Scranton. He says he will work directly with delegates, prefers a prudent candidate, and notes his 10 months in Saigon. he resigned to aid Scranton and flew home with Mrs. Lodge after Johnson accepted his resignation.
Mrs. Bessie Mae Wallace 75 of 521 Oak Street Decatur died Friday at 3 30 p m at Decatur General Hospital. Services were Sunday at Wolfe Springs Baptist Church Lawrence County with Rev Silas Lane officiating. Burial in Masterson Cemetery with Spry directing pallbearers named Milton Butler J T Masterson Enos Bishop Coolridge Jefferys Hays Smith and Ralph Jefferys. She was a member of Oklona Baptist Church.
Infant Gina Leight Owens died at 12 30 a m and graveside services are set for 3 p m at New Friendship Cemetery. Officiating is Granville Tyler. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Charles Owens Decatur two. brother Mike Owens and sister Kim Owens. grandparents Mr and Mrs James E Owens and Mr and Mrs Talmadge Turner. great grandparents Mr and Mrs Veto Engle and Mr and Mrs O C Barber both of Hartselle two.
Scranton accused Goldwater supporters of exploiting South problems and urged federal responsibility alongside states’ rights. He spoke from his Dalton Georgia residence and announced a nine state campaign swing to Tennessee Illinois Utah Washington Oregon North Dakota and South Dakota. He criticized Goldwater for lacking public support and predicted a large Johnson victory in November.
Mrs J R Hunter returns from Brewton Alabama after a six week visit. Decatur Fire Department reports a grass fire on Memorial Drive no loss. Police say Louis Kellogg reports stolen groceries from 1012 Summer Ave. No warrant issued yet. Building permits issued for Bell's Restaurant move and sign, two electric service upgrades, and a garage store room. Sheriff forces report weekend arrests including intoxication license issues concealed weapon disorderly conduct and other offenses.
Cullman police docket over the weekend shows five disorderly conduct charges, two for violations of the prohibition law and no driver’s license, one for speeding, and one for driving while intoxicated.
The Athens Fire Department investigated a grass and brush fire Sunday at 4 50 pm ten miles from town on old U S 31. No outbuildings were damaged.
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