Decatur Girl in Critical Condition After Bicycle Collision
Lynn Marie Cullison, 12, from Decatur, remained in critical condition at Huntsville Hospital after being struck by Edward Glenn Crook Jr., 24, who faced fines totaling 125 dollars and a three day suspended sentence in connection with driving while intoxicated and driving without a license. Investigating officers cited Crook as northbound on Sixth Ave when the child crossed his path. The girl was taken first to Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital and later to Huntsville Hospital. injuries not disclosed.
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Decatur
Huntsville Hospital
Lynn Marie Cullison
Sam D. Cullison
Jackison St
Edward Glenn Crook Jr
Decatur 1
Recorder’s Court
Crook
Robert Straub
Sixth Ave
Cullison
Baugh-Wiley-Smith
Brooks Ashcraft
Joe Anders
Weather and River Readings for Decatur and Vicinity
Decatur Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 16.90 with sea level 551.20. TVA lake levels included Guntersville 593.3 Whitesburg 551.8 Wilson 505.0 Pickwick 409.7 Wheeler 551.2 Chickamauga 675.3. High yesterday 80 at 2:30 p.m. Low this morning 58. Current 7:45 a.m. 62. Forecast: today fair to partly cloudy and warm with a chance of showers Tuesday. highs near 78, lows mid 50s.
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Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Pickwick
Wheeler
Chickamauga
Cousins Charged in Ardmore Truck Robbery Case
The statement by Baggett and Sylvester details a Jan. 23 drive from Decatur to Ardmore and back, involving beer purchases and a planned robbery. They allegedly assaulted Hardy, took his truck, used his credit card for gas, and drove to Cullman Smith Lake before returning to Birmingham. Baggett later told deputies he would guide the officers to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baggett
6Th Ave
Decatur
Hardy
Ardmore
Elkton
Tenn
Athens
Sylvester
Madison County
Limestone County
Big Bluff
Evans
Joe
Cullman
Smith Lake
Birmingham
Sherrill
Morgan County
Pensacola
Flangier
Davis
Attys
David Patton
Byrd Latham
Agencies Press Discrimination Complaints in Defense Hiring
The American Jewish Committee filed a complaint with Labor Secretary Wirtz charging major defense contractors with religious discrimination in top management. Calls were made to cancel federal contracts of violators. Health and Welfare via Medicare drives new compliance, asking intermediaries to report both racial and religious affiliations of employees to monitor equal employment policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Jewish Committee
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Edward C. ‘Sylvester
Office of
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Social Security Administration
Medicare
Chester J. Gray
Air Force
Open Secret: American Air War Details Leaked in Thailand
The piece notes journalists cannot access bases yet describes how air strikes and missions are openly discussed by U S airmen. It highlights Thailand as a rare funnel for information with bar owners and locals faintly aware of 7th Fleet ship movements and planned visits in the near term. Communist intelligence is implied to have similar access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Thailand
Hong Kong
7Th Fleet
National pan Christian conference on Vatican II at Notre Dame
About 400 leading intellectuals from Roman Catholicism Protestantism Eastern Orthodoxy and other faiths gather at the University of Notre Dame. Rev Theodore M Hesburgh calls the event the greatest theological event in the Western Hemisphere in our times. Opening discussions indicate Vatican II reforms may herald further developments in church life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Notre Dame
Theodore M. Hesburgh
U S Marines suffer six casualties in two clashes near Saigon
In separate actions around 120 miles apart, six Marines were lightly wounded in clashes near Saigon. Near the capital the U S Strategic Air Command marked its 20th anniversary by dispatching Guam based B52s over a D Zone stronghold 35 miles north to strike jungle escape routes toward Cambodia. Government troops reported killing more than 225 Viet Cong, while 100 communists fell in Vo Xu 75 miles north of Saigon in a battle involving the U S 173rd Airborne Brigade and the Vietnamese 10th Division.
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Saigon
U.S. Strategic Air Command
Cambodia
Vo Xu
U. S. 173Rd Airborne Brigade
Court releases two defendants after brief Limestone hearing
Families of both defendants filled the courtroom as charges were not pressed. After brief proceedings the pair were moved to Limestone County Jail with plans to transfer them to Kilby Prison in Montgomery.
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Limestone
Kilby
Montgomery
Deaths Mark Allen Young two month old son of Pitts Young
Mark Allen Young infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Pitts Young of Decatur died Saturday at 8 30 p m at Decatur General Hospital Services were today at 2 p m at the Flint Church of Christ Richard Chandler officiating Burial was in Roselawn Cemetery Gunthorp directing Survivors include four brothers James Franklin Young John W Young Jeffie Lynn Young and Benford Pitts Young all of Decatur grandmother Mrs Etta Young Decatur and great grandmother Mrs James Calvin Vaughn Athens 190321
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Mark Allen Young
Pitts Young
Decatur 4
Decatur General Hospital
Flint Church of Christ
Richard Chandler
Roselawn
Gunthorp
James Franklin Young
John W. Young
Jeffie Lynn Young
Benford Pitts Young
Decatur
Etta
Mrs Nellie Ross Roan Ross of Tallahassee Dies
Mrs Nellie Clark Roan Ross of Tallahassee Florida died Friday in Tallahassee Services were at 11 am today at Gunthorp Chapel Rev Edwin Dalstrom officiating Burial was in City Cemetery Surviving are widower Raymond Ross Tallahassee two sons Raymond Ross Jr and Michel Ross both of Tallahassee a brother Avery Roan Huntsville step mother Mrs A M Roan Decatur two aunts Mrs Mamie Livingston Eva and Mrs E R Lanier Savannah Tenn She was the daughter of the late Dr A M Roan of Decatur
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Nellie Clark Roan Ross
Tallahassee
Fla
Gunthorp Chapel
Edwin Dalstrom
Raymond Ross
Raymond Ross Jr
Michel Ross
Avery Roan
Huntsville
A. M. Roan
Decatur
Mamie Livingston
Eva
E. R. Lanier
Savannah, Tenn
Infants Graveside Rites Held for Gregory Craig Moulton
Graveside services for infant Gregory Scott Craig, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Craig Jr of Moulton, were held today at 2 30 p m at Moulton City Cemetery with Dennis Tucker officiating Elliott Funeral Home directed burial Survivors include the infant’s brother and sister and grandparents Mr and Mrs Thomas Craig and Mr and Mrs Leamon Lou Allen both of Moulton
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Moulton
Gregory Scott Craig
Thomas Craig Jr
Lawrence County Hospital
Moulton City Cemetery
Dennis Tucker
Elliott Funeral Home
Thomas Craig
Leamon Lou- Allen
Charlie McClellan dies at 81 in Hartselle
Charlie McClellan 81 of Falkville died Sunday at home. Services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Corinth Church with Rev. Roy Patterson officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery Peck Funeral Home directing. Survived by daughter Peggie Roberts of Nashville Tennessee four sons Etheridge J. McClellan Nashville Lottis McClellan Phoenix Claud T. McClellan Nashville Alvin McClellan Falkville two sisters Mattie Nunally Cullman Dana Rusk Vinemont 13 grandchildren and a great grandchild. Native of Blount County.
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Charlie McClellan _ HARTSELLE
Charlie McClellan
Falkville
Corinth Church
Roy Patterson
Peck Funeral Home
Peggie Roberts
Nashville
Tenn
Etheridge J. McClellan
Lottis McClellan
Phoenix
Ariz
Claud T. McClellan
Alvin McClellan
Mattie Nunally
Cullman
Dana Rusk
Vinemont
Blount County
Death Notice of Ernest D Walker Hartwell Ga
Ernest D Walker 65 of Hartwell Ga died Sunday at 8 20 pm at his residence Funeral services will be at 2 30 pm Tuesday in the Gunthorp Chapel George Marshall and Tommy Vernon officiating Burial will be in City Cemetery Surviving wife Edith Walker of Hartwell Ga three daughters Mrs J H Knight of Hartselle Miss Annie Walker of Decatur Mrs Eddie Moltenberry of Bowling Green Ky a sister Mrs Lewis E Maner of Trinity a brother Crenal Walker of Trinity Pallbearers Ronnie Robertson Ray Maner Lloyd Maner Charles Sims Jewel Boree and Larry Mennesee
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Ernest Dexter Walker
Hartwell
Gunthorp Chapel
George Marshall
Tommy Vernon
City Cemetery
Edith Walker
Hartwell, Ga
J. H. Knight
Hartselle
Annie Walker
Decatur
Eddie Moltenberry
Bowling Green
Lewis E. Maner
Trinity
Crenal Walker
Ronnie Robertson
Ray Maner
Lloyd Maner
Charles Sims
Jewel Boree
Larry Mennesee
Miss Charlene Parcus Madison Obituary
Charlene Kelley Parcus died at 16 after a long illness in Decatur. Services at Laughlin Service Funeral Home Chapel Huntsville with Rev. George Linklefield officiating. Burial in Memory Gardens. Survived by parents Elkins and Parcus, three sisters, one brother, grandparents, and several pallbearers and honorary pallbearers. Student at Madison Junior High School.
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Madison
Charlene Kelley Parcus
Evans -Nash
Decatur
Laughlin
Funeral Home Chapel
Huntsville
George Linklefield
Memory Gardens
Miss Parcus
Elkins Parcus
Sandra Payne
Elizabeth Barkley
Sherry Parcus
James Parcus
A. E. Parcus
E. E. Kelley
James C. Parcus
Rayburn Murphy
Doc Parcus
Edsel Hopper
Jesse Smith
Harold Murphy
Walker
Q. Z. Cates
Nolan Drake
Hershell Bell
Robert Schrimsher
Miss Parker
Madison Junior High School
Murder case continues with Bates death
Mrs Bates testified that her husband and Miller argued then Miller left, returned with a shotgun and fired through the porch door injuring Bates. Miller was arrested at his Moulton Heights home. Coroner Brown ruled Bates died from a .12 gauge shotgun wound. Funeral set for Sunday at 1 pm at New Home Missionary Baptist Church Leighton Reynolds Funeral Home directing. Survivors include widow son Courtland Hillsboro mother Daisy Bates Hillsboro father Earl Clapton Mississippi sister Ida Robinson Hillsboro and brother Logan Robinson plus other relatives.
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Bates
New Home Missionary Baptist Church
Leighton
Reynolds Funeral Home
Willie Bates Jr
Courtland
Daisy L. Bates
Hillsboro
Earl Clapton
Mississippi
Ida M. Robinson
Logan H. Robinson
Stall Joins COFC In Tennessee
Robert J. Stall Jr. named executive director of the Cleveland Tennessee Chamber of Commerce, succeeding Carl Armstrong. A Decatur native and Georgia Tech graduate, Stall has headed NAIDA for eight years and worked in Sheffield Montgomery Savannah. He and his wife Helen have three children and reside in Cleveland.
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Robert J. Stall, Jr
North Alabama Industrial Development Association
Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland
Tenn Stall
Decatur
Carl] Armstrong
NAIDA
Savannah
Stall
Sheffield
Montgomery
Tennessee Valley
Alabama
Tom Johnson
Johnson
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta
Community notices and police reports from Decatur
Local items list fire calls at 1312 Plaza St SE and 1600 block 5th Ave SE for grass and television losses. Garden club and kitchen-table programs at Pavilion Inn and various churches. Meetings include North Alabama Historical Association and Morgan County Mental Health Association. Police report weekend thefts and vandalism. two library windows damaged at the 2nd Ave branch. Names include Don Meadows, Mrs Noel Callahan, Mary Lou Dancy, Gernot Angle, George Crowley, and Mary Jeffordson.
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Plaza St
Scott Covington
5Th Ave
Wishful Diggers Garden Club
Pavilion Inn
Don Meadows
The
Ortho Chemical Co
Noel Callahan
Decatur
Gernot M. Angle
Decature
Finley Island
George Crowley
11Th Ave. NW
Philco
Russell Priest
14Th Ave
Mary Jeffordson
5Th St
2Nd Ave
Decatur Library
Political race shrinks as candidate retires amid health advice
Scott radio station WTBC Tuscaloosa reports his doctors advised him to quit the race leaving 10 in the campaign. The remaining candidates include Carl Elliott Lurleem Wallace Bob Gilchrist Richmond Flowers James Folsom Charles Woods A W Todd Sherman Powell John Patterson and Eunice Gore.
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WTBC
Tuscaloosa
U. S
Carl Elliott
Lurleem Wallace
Bob Gilchrist
Richmond Flowers
James Folsom
Dothan
Charles Woods
A. W. Todd
Decatur
Sherman Powell
John Patterson
Eunice Gore
Spring arrives in scattered fashion across the nation
Spring arrives with warm readings in parts of the country while Nevada sees lingering snow on ski slopes. New York City hosts crowds in parks despite clouds. California’s deserts bloom with primrose and sand verbena as swallows return to San Juan Capistrano. Oklahoma reports greening wheat, Florida recalls past cold snaps. Baseball spring training draws attention from tourists and locals.
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Montgomery
Nevada
New York City
California
San Juan Capistrano
Oklahoma
Florida
Markets roundup of cotton, grains and milk prices
Cotton: Decatur loan middling inch 30.0. Cottonseed: 40 per ton. Milk: Grade A 6.85 per hundred. Manufactured milk 63.20 per hundred for four per cent. Wood prices 65 45 and 35. Pulpwood 613.50 per cord. No 3 Yellow Shelled Corn 81.83. No 3 Yellow Ear Corn 81.11. No 3 White Ear Corn 1.07. No 8 White Shelled Corn 61.46. No 3 Oats 8.65. No 9 Milling Wheat 1.38. No 2 Mile per hundred 63.00. Wheat 1.13. Barley .95.
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Decatur Loan
Nashville Cotton Futures Open With No Trades Recorded
New York and Birmingham market notes show May July Oct Dec and Mar futures quoted with bids and asks. Cotton futures opened without actual trades as of prior session, while eggs show slow demand on large sizes and plentiful supplies with steady to weak undertone and retailer prices per dozen for grade A white eggs.
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New York
Prev
Birmingham
Poultry Prices Report From Atlanta Farms
Demand for live broilers and fryers remains good with prices at farms. Trading is light and offerings are short on hens. Light type 84 price at farm level noted.
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Atlanta, Ga
Broilers and fryers market steady demand strong
Birmingham AP notes market steadiness for broilers and fryers with good demand across the area. Live supplies are barely adequate to short and weights trend lighter than desired. Estimated slaughter today 1,178,000 head versus 1,125,000 last Monday. ready to cook f.o.b. prices per lb: U.S. grade A Major 27.25-28, Plant grade A Major 28. For trucklot sales to major market centers the week of March 21-25.
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Birmingham
U. S
Air stocks lead sharp late rally amid active trading
New York stocks closed strong as airlines and aerospace issues rallied with glamor shares in the late session. Volume neared seven million shares versus about six and a half million Friday, marking one of the briskest advances in weeks and a 1966 surge for volatile issues.
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New York
Mices
Decatur Man Named Morgan County Cancer Crusade Chair
R. W. Orr Jr. of Decatur is appointed chairman of the American Cancer Society April crusade in Morgan County. He will recruit volunteers to raise funds for education and medical cancer research, aiding the ACS program. Orr, an oil company agent and Kiwanis member, is a Decatur native and Vanderbilt graduate with a wife Blythe and two sons.
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R. W. Orr Jr
Decatur
American Cancer Society
Morgan County
Doctors who treat obesity rely on personal approach
The physician notes three patient types among the obese: anxious eaters who binge when worried, those in low spirits, and borderline psychotics. He argues that a detached, impersonal doctor seldom succeeds with these patients.
Market movers lead with big gains in transport and tech
The story highlights high flyers in a recent market move with United Air Lines up 9 points, Northwest 5, American 4, Pan American National and Delta over 2 each. Boeing, Douglas, Admiral, Fairchild Camera, Motorola, Magnavox, Zenith, Raytheon, Radio Corp and others posted gains, while color TV and electronics issues also climbed.
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United Air Lines
Northwest Airlines
American Airlines
Pan American
National
Delta
Boeing
Douglas
United Aircraft
General Dynamics
Admiral
Fairchild Camera
Motorola
Magnavox
Zenith
Raytheon
Radio Corp
NASD Over the Counter Securities Quoted At 10 A.M.
Inter dealer NASD quotations note that bids and asks are inter dealer in origin and exclude retail markup commissions. Markets fluctuate daily and the page also lists Alabama factory earnings among the South's highest per the State Department of Industrial Relations. Rentals include multiple listings with prices and contact numbers for rooms apartments and houses in Athens and nearby areas.
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NASD
Alabama
South
State Department of Industrial Relations
Massing forces debated as inflation fears rise
The economy and inflation fears drive calls for budget cuts as a disputed bill lingers after Speaker McCormack withdrew it last week. A light calendar awaits action on Coast Guard funds, moving expenses, and air lift to armed services offices, with committee hearings on Communist China and tax considerations resuming.
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John W. McCormack
Coast Guard
Armed Services Post
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
Joint Economic Committee
Court to hang portrait of late attorney and juror jury duty plan
Reference notes that the court adopted a resolution to hang a picture of the late attorney inside the courtroom. Judge Almon then empaneled a grand jury and instructed it to investigate jail cases and issue a partial report by noon or early Tuesday. He will oversee a week of civil cases this week followed by a week of criminal cases next week.
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Almon
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Ralph Slate
Slate
Bloodworth
Nellie Ross
Gregory Craig
Ernest D. Walker
Miss Charlene Parcus
COFC
Decatur Fire Department
Mary Lou Dancy
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic
Guild No. I
Central Methodist Church
Joe Flynn
11Th St. SE
North Alabama Historical Association
Old State Bank
Bank and
Wilson Street
Donnell Axford
American Society For Quality Control of
Congress Inn
A. L. Richardson
Chemstrand Corp
Decatur Exchange Club
Lyons Hotel
Morgan County Mental Health Association
First Christian Church
4Th Ave
Louie Ellisson
Change Electric Service
Virgil Bailey
Church St
Theo Compton
Greenwood Dr. SE
Morgan County Sheriff's Department
Woodmeade Pta
Scott
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Kaiser
Baker
Suth
Ligg & My
Lockh Air
Sugar
Lorillard
Lou & Nash
Macy
Armour
Martin Co
Merr Ch
Phill Pet
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Proct & G
RCA
Collins Radio
Rals Pur
Repub
Rexall
Sat Reyn Met
RC Cola
Delta Air L
Dow Chem
St Regis Pap
du Pont
Seab AL RR
Gen Mills
Texaco
Gen
Tel & Tel
Genesco
Aire
Ga Pacific
Goodrich
Goodyear
US Steel
Gt A&p
West UN Tel
Greyhound Gulf
Westy Elec
Winn Dixie
Pdr
Woolworth
Honeywell
H. Mills
Xerox
Nashville Livestock
Wall Street
Orr Morgan
Anaconda
Local Securities
N. E
Bath
Austinville Rd
J. H. McKee
Tanner
6Th Ave. S. E
Lafayette St
ChestNut. St
8Th Ave
S. E
Herrin Home Improvements
the Sims Co
Endlam
Volkswagen Car
Circle Drive
Allied Life
Bank of H’villemm
Equity
National Life
Food Corp. of America
First Natl
Bank of Decatur
Life of Alabama
Southern United Life Ins
Bank of Alabama
Vulcan Life Ins. Co
Natl
American Amicable Life
Coastal States
Grant
Decatur Shopping Center
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