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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1966
Page
2
Weather shows sunset at 6 07 p m and sunrise at 5 37 a m. Moonset occurs tomorrow at 2 39 a m with a full moon on April 5. Castor and Pollux the twins are visible slightly north of the horizon tonight.
Tennessee River readings at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning show 17.00 feet river level with sea level at 551.30. TVA lake stages include Guntersville 593.2, Whitesburg 552.4, Wilson 404.6, Pickwick 412.8, Wheeler 551.1, and Chickamauga 676.1. Yesterday's high reached 64 degrees at 2 30 pm. low 42 this morning. Current 7 45 am temperature is 48. Forecast calls for sunny mild weather today and Thursday with tonight clear and chilly frost patches. Winds variable northerly 5 to 15 mph. High today 63, tonight 32, high Thursday 65.
The Water Department faced higher borrowing costs as bond market rates rose after Federative System rate hikes. John Nuveen and Co. previously bought 3.915 million warrants in July 1962 at 3.755 percent to refund all Water Department indebtedness, while four bids opened at around 4.36 to 4.44 percent. City officials meanwhile reappointed John F. Smither Jr. to the City School Board for five years and authorized the City Gas Department to enter
Interior Department report finds 25th parallel boundary between Tennessee and Alabama likely mislocated by as much as a mile in places. It notes commissioners altered lines with mutual consent, suggests intentional mistakes, and highlights Tennessee’s gain of about 2,500 square miles. Georgia’s claim to 68 square miles near Chattanooga noted. 1963 threat to take case to Supreme Court mentioned.
Nashville AP cattle steady to barely steady with feeders about steady. 350-770 lb bulls and cows priced to 25.50, 18.00-19.50 utility cows, 23.50 heifers 760 lb. Calves 50, fattening cattle steady. Hogs slow with barrows and gilts down 25, sows weak 50, 325-630 lb hogs 19.50-20.50. Sheep at 25. No early sales.
Mrs Willie Brown 61 of Somerville died Tuesday at 6 p m in a Decatur hospital. Services Thursday 2 30 p m at Waldermose Christian Church with Rev Wilber Smallwood and Rev Ray McCulloch officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by widower Willie Brown a stepdaughter four sons a stepson one brother and six grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Body returned to residence this morning.
Hughey Haney Christopher, 82, of Lester, died Tuesday at 10 30 a m at his residence. Services were held today at 3 p m at Leggtown Church of Christ with A J Rollings and Alvin Holt officiating. Burial followed in Leggtown Cemetery. He was a native of Limestone County. Survivors include his widow Mell Christopher of Lester a son Charles E Christopher of Lester and three grandchildren. Home directing.
Friends in Surfside Miami Beach formed a committee to raise fifty thousand dollars for information leading to the return of 18 year old Daniel Goldman who was abducted at gunpoint by a heavy set man in a baseball cap. Police pursued dozens of leads and photographed boxes of images but made no progress by Monday morning.
The Decatur city school system faces growth with plans for 12 classrooms at Woodmeade, six at Westlawn, four at Lakeside, and a new southwest elementary by 1968. Head Start and reading programs will be funded federally, others by tuition. Superintendent Leeman outlines summer programs, inservice training, and proposed computer accounting bids.
Local groups meet at churches and lodges including North Alabama Shrine No. 7 and Macedonia Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Jeanne Ann Cox named to UA dean’s list. Various permits issued for homes and electrical work. City court docket lists speeding and drunken driving cases. A teen injured in a Church Street wreck. police car damaged in collision. Samford University a cappella choir to perform at Central Baptist Church. Concert free.
TVA opened bids Tuesday for 1 million and 2 million KW conventional coal plants as a nuclear option looms. Westinghouse proposed a pressurized water reactor and GE a boiling water unit with bids about 58.4 to 125.7 million dollars. Decisions hinge on long term costs and project need, with a June 1 deadline for final plans.
Bill Black and Karl Hough of the Whitesburg Water and Fire Prevention Authority announced plans to build a Tennessee River filtration plant near Whitesburg Bridge to pipe water to about 600 Morgan County homes in Lacey's Spring and surrounding areas. The system, financed by revenue bonds, could supply about 1,200 families for an eight hour daily period, with the local elementary school as a customer. The project, two years in planning, stems from a critical water shortage faced by the community.
Prices at arms 16 and farms show mixed poultry rates with hens in short supply. Trading remains fair and offerings adequate. type 21 at farms and light type around 9, reflecting current market conditions for buyers and sellers.
In New York cotton futures fell 85 cents per bale from the prior close with bids shown for December and March. In Birmingham eggs were unchanged as supplies stayed in balance with fair to moderate activity, with Grade A white large 50-52 cents per dozen and other sizes listed.
Birmingham and Atlanta report steady undertone for next week's broiler delivery with no price trend. Slaughter trims slightly as lightweight birds curb throughput. Estimated daily slaughter 901,000 head vs 957,000 last Wednesday. Old rooster prices to be discontinued April 1 due to weak trade interest.
The stock market stayed lower through the day and pared some early declines after President Johnson signaled a possible tax increase. Big losers included Boeing Xerox IBM Zenith Northwest Airlines and Litton while Motorola and several reporters edged higher. Trading volume was about 8 million shares with mixed moves on exchanges and bonds rising.
The New York Times News Service analyzes Communist ideology and the Communist state in a page A-5 news analysis. It also includes sidelights on soy bean products and a feature visit inside a millionaire manufacturer's home. Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev is spotlighted as today’s man in the news, the first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.
Postmaster Ed Self announced that supplemental Medicare application blanks are available at the Decatur Post Office windows. Citizens over 65 may enroll before tomorrow's deadline. the plan costs 3 dollars per month and covers doctor bills and other benefits. Over 2.5 million forms were distributed nationwide through 34,000 post offices. Those aged 65 before this year’s start face a two year delay if they do not enroll before Thursday.
A bomb exploded at a U S military billet in downtown Saigon this morning, causing minor American injuries and tearing a 20 foot gap in the surrounding wall. The blast marked the embassy anniversary tragedy a year earlier in which 22 people died and 175 were wounded. In Da Nang, two thousand villagers jeered Marines after a collision with a civilian bus amid political unrest. a demonstrator was beaten during the protest.
Decatur Athens Airport Authority plans to seek 50 percent federal matching funds from the FAA Southeast regional office for relighting the southern half of Pryor Field runway. About $22 000 is needed to install new medium intensity lights, upgrade a control panel, and replace underground wiring along both runway sides. Local support from Morgan Limestone counties and Athens and Decatur cities would match the funds. Engineers Mabry Engineering completed preliminary work. start date undecided.
M. Kovach Jr. of Parma and Donald Taylor of Cleveland, both charged with aiding and abetting draft evasion for collecting up to 600 dollars to forward papers to draft boards showing enlistment in the Guard. The raids occurred as the Defense Department called for 34 600 draftees in May, the largest since January.
Protesters warned they would cable President Johnson demanding an apology within 48 hours and threaten action if unmet. They dropped 10 million leaflets near the 17th Parallel while signaling opposition to North Vietnamese forces massing in the panhandle. Reports note heavy troop concentrations in that region as officials monitor the border stance.
Morgan reports the plant began operations in 1956 employing 65 workers. Plant manager J. C. Higgs notes this is the first incident of any consequence to occur at the site.
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