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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1966
Page
2
The report notes sunset at 6 01 p m and moonset at 6 37 p m with first quarter on March 29. Arcturus rises at 7 22 p m and will be high overhead. Jupiter is visible in the west at 8 48 p m and Venus rises at 3 50 a m.
Decatur area readings show Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge 16.83 feet sea level 551.1. TVA lakes Guntersville 593.3 Whitesburg 551.8 Wilson 504.9 Pickwick 409.7 Wheeler 551.1 Chickamauga 675.4. High yesterday 8 p.m. 3 p.m. Low 5 a.m. 58. Current 10:45 a.m. 70. Forecast: variable clouds windy warm. TonightWednesday partly to cloudy windy warm with showers. South winds 10 to 20 mph gusts. High today 84, low 62, Wednesday 76.
Grissom outlines a cruise of up to 14 days in Earth orbit as the first of at least four manned Apollo flights. The program targets a moon shot before 1970, possibly by late 1968.
A dense 1950s style classified page lists multiple items for sale and rent, including a 1958 Delray Chevrolet with 4 doors and automatic, a 1965 Corvair Monza with 12 thousand miles, and trade-in options. It also shows office clerk wanted, a 1965 Mobile Home for sale, several rental notices for houses and apartments, trailer or furnished trailer-size units, a 1962 Catalina Pontiac hardtop, a 1962 Rambler trade offer, and various properties for rent with prices and contact numbers.
Paul McNair Terry aged 85 of 1018 East Moulton Street died at 7 45 p m Monday Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at Guntharp Chapel Rev Edwin Dalstrom officiating Burial will be in Rose Lawn Cemetery Guntharp directing Surviving are widow Lillie A Terry of Decatur three sons Hugh W Terry Joe E Terry and James H Terry with the U S Navy in Lewisburg Tennessee a stepdaughter Mrs Fred Curtis 12 grandchildren Pallbearers Sonny Johnson Leonard Delmore Dave Livingston Melvin Oliver Travis Odom and Gil Crane Mr Terry was a retired L N Railroad employee He belonged to Westminster Presbyterian Church The body will lie in state at the funeral home.
Mrs. Dorthula Flowers, 91, of 411 Sparkman Street Hartselle died at 10 a.m. in a local nursing home. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Peck Funeral Home.
Mrs R T Hanners, 78, of Hartselle, died today at 10 a.m. in a local nursing home. Survived by her widow and R T Hanners of Hartselle, a daughter Mrs Ruth Brooks of Falkville, three sons A F Hanners R B Hanners and Thomas H Hanners all of Hartselle, 17 grandchildren, and a brother Lonzo Overstreet of Sheffield.
Mrs Mamie Mattie Collier 69 of Danville died Monday at her residence. Services scheduled Wednesday at 2 30 p.m. at Fish Pond Baptist Church with Rev Willie Parker and Rev Joe Hoover officiating. Burial in Heflin Cemetery Gunthorp. Survivors include widow Luther Collier three daughters Elmer Glenn Decatur San Standridge and Eroy Turner Danville three sons L Z Collier Dani Collier Neail Collier all of Decatur ten grandchildren and numerous nephews as pallbearers. Mrs Collier was a Fish Pond Baptist Church member.
The New York Times News Service reports on medicine in Communist China where traditional medicine and herb alists enjoy high status while modern doctors are directed to study ancient secrets. Includes notes on James Reston's column about President Johnson and de Gaulle and a Watts district in Los Angeles facing difficulties.
Viet Cong guerrillas struck Dalat airport before dawn injuring planes as two platoons of about 50 Reds entered grounds after a mortar barrage. Buddhist students in Da Nang and Hue protested Ky government peacefully while Thich Tam Chau halted a Saigon student march, though the National Buddhist Institute issued a critical communique.
Funeral services for Thomas W. Gooch 51 of 1200 Grace Ave were held at Spry Funeral Home chapel with Burt Grubb officiating. Burial followed at Bethel Cemetery. Survivors include widow Alleyne Gooch, mother Minnie Gooch, sisters Mrs. Gilbert Wooten and Mrs. Robert Allen, brothers Alvie L. Gooch and Henry D. Gooch. He worked at Ingalls Iron Works Birmingham. Pallbearers: Teddy Paul Ronnie Gooch Sidney Campbell George Brakefield Bruce Pepper Nell Leonard.
Funeral services were held today at Gunthorp Chapel for Ernest Dexter Walker 62 of Hartwell Ga who died Sunday in Hartwell Burial followed at Roselawn Cemetery Survived by wife Edith S Walker three daughters Mrs J H Knight Hartwell Annie R Walker Decatur and Mrs Eddie Moltenberry Bowling Green Ky a son Harold Walker Hartwell a sister Mrs Lewis E Manor Trinity and a brother T C Walker Trinity
Quotations compiled by the NASD at approximately 10 a.m. today show inter-dealer bid prices and adjusted asked prices. Prices reflect representative inter-dealer levels and exclude retail markup markdown or commission. Inter-dealer markets fluctuate through the day with changing quotes.
Decatur market notes report cotton middling at 30.0 cents per pound with a loan value. Cottonseed priced at 40 dollars per ton. milk Grade A at 6.55 per hundred and manufactured milk at 3.20 per hundred for four per cent. Wood prices 13.50 per cord. Corn and oats prices include No 2 yellow shelled 1.33 and No 2 yellow ear 1.11, No 2 white ear 1.07, No 2 white shelled 1.46, No 2 Oats 0.65, No 2 milling wheat 1.38, No 2 mill per hundred 2.00, poultry wheat 1.13, No 2 barley 0.95.
Nashville AP reports cattle offerings around 300 head with slaughter steers 24.75 to 26.50 for 700 to 950 pounds, heifers 24.00 to 25.25 for 600 to 800 pounds, utility cows 18.00 to 19.50 and bulls 22.00 to 22.50. Feeder steers 350 to 700 pounds 26.00 to 28.00, feeder heifers 350 to 650 pounds 22.50 to 25.00, slaughter calves 25.00 to 26.50. Hogs include 400 barrows and gilts steady to 25 higher, sows 21.00 to 22.00 for 340 to 565 pounds. Sheep 25, choice 100 to 110 pound lambs 27.00 to 28.50, no early sales Monday.
Wall Street extended its advance late in the day as aerospace and electronics stocks drove gains. Volume reached about 9.1 million shares, with Boeing IBM and Texas Instruments up around four points and other names such as Douglas Aircraft Zenith Xerox Magnavox and Texas Gulf Sulphur rising three or more. United Aircraft Du Pont Eastman Kodak United Air Lines Polaroid and Baniff Airways gained around two points, while General Dynamics Goodrich Raytheon Westinghouse Control Data New York Central Pan American World Airways American Airlines National Airlines and Collins Radio were up about a point.
Public invited to attend a revival at Oak Park Baptist Church 1311 19th Ave SE with Rev. Boyd Armstrong of West Highland Baptist Huntsville directing nightly services at 7 p.m. Tommy Black leads congregational singing. Building permits issued for several houses. Stolen mower reported. Police note yard debris tossing near Rosemont Dr SE. A pistol missing from a car. Traffic accident injures Janice Cardin near Moulton. Decatur Fire Dept. answered eight calls plus one prior, including grass fires and a total loss trailer at Kimberly Trailer Court.
Authorities say adjoining counties will pay a per child per day cost and must remove their youngsters from Morgan County detention home upon request. Judge McRae noted imminent removals for five out-of-county youths amid crowding, with a Wednesday juvenile court session expected to free several others. Six youths were confined last week. many are not delinquent but lack homes or await state facility admission. Three youths from Choctaw County were recently apprehended in a theft and car incident. All cases were transferred to Morgan County juvenile court.
Edward Glenn Crook Jr., 24, of Decatur, was fined 125 dollars and costs in City Recorder's Court after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated and driving with no license. He received a suspended three day jail sentence. The incident involved a girl struck while riding her bicycle across Sixth Ave at Sherman St.
Pfizer and Motorola dip while KLM and Anken Chemical rise. Anaconda leads copper gains as General Motors, U.S. Steel, Kennecott and Union Carbide post fractional advances. Jersey Standard, American Telephone and Texaco hold steady. AMEX trades heavy. corporate and U.S. Treasury bonds largely unchanged in light activity.
The special will rise by five cents and insurance fees are revised with higher minimums. Minimum insurance fees become 20 cents, with brackets from 0.01 to 200 dollars. Registry fees merge to 75 cents for values to 100 dollars. C O D and certified mail See details. The operating cost of special services nationally exceeds 60 million dollars annually. the increases aim to narrow the gap by 36 million. WANT ADS GET RESULTS.
Firefighters fought a late evening blaze in a trailer park near Decatur for nearly an hour before reignition forced a second call at about 9 p.m. Residents heard an explosion they mistook for thunder. Barley’s wife and child were feared inside but hospital staff later confirmed no one remained in the trailer. Barley was treated and hospitalized. body to Spry Funeral Home in Athens. Police and Brown investigated the cause. this marked the seventh fire in the four-county area in a month, with other deadly blazes in Courtland and Limestone County.
Charles Hodges age 61 of 505 Grove Street died Saturday at 2 15 a m at home. John C Coleman 78 of 1319 Summer Avenue died Monday at 40 30 a m at home with services Sunday at 2 p m at Jones Chapel Methodist Church Rev Elmer T Binford officiating burial at Davis Temple Cemetery Limestone County Reynolds Funeral Home directing. Mrs Gloria Coleman of Decatur survived by two brothers Walter Townsend and Will Strong and many other relatives.
The National Academy of Sciences, after reviewing 85 candidate locations, recommends six possible sites for a 375 million dollar atom smasher. Ann Arbor Michigan, Brookhaven New York, Madison Wisconsin, the Sierra foothills near Sacramento California, South Barrington or Weston near Chicago, and Denver Colorado remain under consideration. The Denver site is noted for geology and climate but lacks nearby university strength. The recommendation is nonbinding and moves to the Atomic Energy Commission for final selection.
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