Weather and river readings for Decatur area Tennessee River
Readings at Keller Memorial Bridge show 722.09 feet on river and 56.39 feet at sea level. TVA lake stages listed include Guntersville 595.2 Whitesburg 558.8 Wilson 507.4 Pickwick 415.8 Wheeler 556.3 Chickamauga 683.7. Yesterday’s high 78 at 2 30 p.m. and low 4 at 5 30 a.m. Today 68 at 6 30 a.m. Mostly sunny and warm today with variable clouds tonight and Friday. East winds 7 to 15 mph. High today near 00 and low tonight near 52. Friday high near 00.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Pickwick
Wheeler
Chickamauga
Market quotes for cotton and corn and dairy products
Cotton Decatur loan middling inch at 30.40. Cottonseed 40 per ton. Milk Grade A 96.35 per hundred. manufactured milk 3.20 per hundred for four per cent. No. 2 Yellow Shelled Corn 31.33. No. 2 Yellow Ear Corn 1.11. No. 2 White Ear Corn 1.07.
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Decatur
Nashville Livestock Market Reported Egg Prices in Birmingham
Nashville Livestock reports Birmingham egg market prices competitive with some trading possibly lower to move heavy supplies. Demand slow with some improvement under retail features. Grade A white eggs per dozen store delivery: large 41 4-44 cents, medium 39-42 cents, small 33-35 cents.
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Birmingham
Poultry Prices Rise as Supplies Tighten Across Regions
In Birmingham and Atlanta market notes show ready to cook prices up by about 1 to 2 cents next week. Demand strong for live broilers and fryers, but many inquiries remain unfilled due to limited live birds and light weights. Plants curtailing operations. estimated slaughter today about 92,000 head versus 1,018,000 last Thursday. Farms report demand very good for live broilers with trading active. hens offered at high farm prices, light type at 9 and heavy type at 16.
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Poultry Birmingham
Atlanta
Wall Street Drops To Day’s Low After GM Cutbacks
A renewed selling wave hit the New York market late in the day pushing stocks to the day’s low. General Motors production cutbacks and uncertain Washington tax discussions spurred the decline after an earlier modest rally. The afternoon rebound failed to gain traction as traders sold off again.
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New York
General Motors
Washington
Jury Trial Details Include Kidnapping Accusation Near Sheffield
A jur y report states an 18 member grand jury accuses a man of kidnapping a young couple in a wooded area near Sheffield. Hank Burnett, chairman of the grand jury, runs an automobile junk yard. Separately, Interchange Rentals, Inc. won 1100 against Wayne Schrimsher in an account suit over owed truck rental money.
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Sheffield
Hank Burnett
Interchange Rentals, Inc
Wayne Schrimsher
Schrimsher
Goldwater mocks Viet Nam war shortages as national scandal
Former Arizona senator Barry Goldwater and Senator John Williams of Delaware attack administration limits on Viet Nam war supplies. They accuse efforts to ration bombs and personnel of shaping a stalemated conflict pre election. Market tickers and stock listings follow.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Goldwater
Arizona
Viet Nam
John T. Williams
Delaware
United States
Local Securities Quotations From NASD Inter-dealer Prices
Quotations compiled by the NASD at about 10 am indicate inter-dealer bid and ask levels for various life and financial stocks and insurers. Prices reflect representative inter-dealer levels and exclude retail markups or commissions with several Life and Bank issues listed alongside regional entities. Inter-dealer markets fluctuate. exact retail pricing is not shown.
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NASD
Allied Life Bank of Iville Oeses Equity National Life
Food Corp. of America
First Natl
Bank of Decatur
Alabama
Life of Alabama
S. Life of Alabama
Southern Limited Life
State Natl
Bank of Alabama
Vulcan Life Ing. Co
Nationa
Deaths Grover C. Goode
Grover C. Goode, 81, Athens 5, died Wednesday at 2:45 a.m. at Flint hospital. Services were today at 2 p.m. at Spry Funeral Home chapel with A. J. Rollings officiating. Burial in Athens Roselawn Cemetery. Survivors include widow Lizzie Goode, two sons Jessie and Kenneth Goode, a brother Jessie Goode of Florence, stepson Floyd Howard, a granddaughter and three step-grandchildren. He was a Church of Christ member and a Lauderdale County native. Nephews served as pallbearers.
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Athens
Grover C. Goode
Flint Hospital
Spry Funeral Home
A. J. Rollings
Athens Roselawn
Lizzie Goode
Jessie Goode
Kenneth Goode
Florence
Floyd Howard
Church of Christ
Lauderdale County
Mrs M E Partrick Athens Obituary Notice
Mrs Mitchell E Partrick 74 of Denderson died Tuesday at 6 am in Tuscaloosa. Services were today at 11 am at Anderson Church of Christ with A J Rollings officiating. Burial in Mitchell Cemetery Spry Funeral Home directing. Survivors include three daughters Lola Mae McLemore Cleo Laird and Bonnie Gentry. three sons Nelson Oscar Aubrey T Branson Partrick. sister Molly Walker. brothers Jess Edward Clyde Romine. twelve grandchildren five great grandchildren. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
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Anderson Church of Christ
A. J. Rollings
Mitchell Cemetery
Spry Funeral Home
Lola Mae McLemore
Cleo Laird
Louisville
Bonnie Gentry
Birmingham
Nelson Oscar Partrick
Tuscaloosa
Aubrey T. Partrick
Athens
Branson Partrick
Lester
Molly Walker
Florence
Jess Romine
Edward Romine
Rogersville
Clyde Romine
California
Church of Christ
Kimberly Muzzy Rites Set In Hartselle
Kimberly Beth Muzzy, five months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Muzzy of Somerville, died Wednesday night at a local hospital. Services Friday at 3 p.m. at Waldermose Christian Church with Rev. Wallace Willingham officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery Peck Funeral Home directing. Survivors include sister Penny Renea Muzzy and brother Timothy Dwight Muzzy, both of Somerville, and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Carl Muzzy of Somerville. Body returned to Sherrill Muzzy residence in Somerville.
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Hartselle
Kimberly Beth Muzzy
Dwight Muzzy
Somerville
Waldermose Christian Church
Wallace Willingham
Peck Funeral Home
Penny Renea Muzzy
Timothy Dwight Muzzy
Somerville 1
Mrs
Carl Muzzy
Sherrill Muzzy
Edgar Woods obituary in Hartselle Falkville area
Edgar Woods, 92, of Falkville, died Wednesday at a local nursing home. Services Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Union Hill Baptist Church with Rankin Erwin officiating. Burial in adjacent Peck Cemetery. Peck Funeral Home directing. Survivors include Milton Bennett, two half siblings Floyd Woods and Carl Woods, two half sisters Berta Kate Griffin and Ethel Tanner. nephews as pallbearers. Woods was a retired farmer. Also note: about 170,000 students may get study abroad grants under an expansion of programs.
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Hartselle
Edgar Woods
Falkville
Union Hill Baptist Church
Rankin Erwin
Peck Funeral Home
Milton Bennett
Falkville 1
Floyd Woods
Huntsville
Carl Woods
Cullman
Berta Kate Griffin
Ethel. Tanner
Birmingham
Z. W. Bennett
Woods
County Voting Lines Drag as Record Turnout Strains Machines
Long lines and hours of wait marked Tuesday's election as a record county turnout stretched scarce voting machines. Guy D. Roberts blamed delays on voters taking too long to cast ballots and on insufficient machines, calling for a courthouse machine and better voter education to speed future elections.
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Board of Revenue and Control
Guy D. Roberts
Roberts
Alabama
Austin High School
Board of Registrars
Hair Loss After Pregnancy
Postpartum hair shedding is common and usually begins a few weeks after delivery. Hair loss is temporary as new growth pushes out the old hair. This health capsule notes the phenomenon is not a diagnostic substitute and focuses on general information.
Decator Diary Building Permits And Local Events
The Decatur diary notes Wednesday building permits issued for Yancey Vaughn, Kings Memorial Church, Carl Sides, Southern Improvement Co., and S and M Construction Co. Also covered are fire calls, a hospital patient, Moose Lodge games, Cub and Boy Scout Round Table, and North Alabama Shrine No. 7 meeting schedule.
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Yancey Vaughn
10Th Ave. NW
Kings. Memorial Church
Lafayette St. NW
Carl Sides
5Th Ave
14Th St
Southern Improvement Co
McCartney St. NW
S and M Construction Co
Evelee St
Central Methodist Church
Congressmen urge funding for Tennessee Gulf waterway link
Jones and Kentucky Democrats urge a $1 million appropriation to complete planning and begin construction on a $281 million waterway linking the Tennessee River to the Gulf through Mobile. Army Engineers would use the year starting July 1 to plan and build at this cost. Rep. John Blatnik notes the project ties Gulf and inland waterways with the Ohio Mississippi system.
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Missippi
Kentucky
Army
Jones
Tennessee River
Gulf of Mexico
Mobile
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Cross Florida Barge Canal
Ohio-Mississippi
Tennessee
John Blatnik
D-Minn
Public Works Committee
Vietnam War Casualties Lag as Battles Wane and Air Strikes Continue
U S and allied forces report a lull in ground fighting with lower Viet Cong losses. American casualties for the week total 70 dead and 589 wounded with seven missing or captured, while Viet Cong deaths drop to 1456 and 98 captured. Air operations include B 52 raids in Tay Ninh, and limited North Viet Nam strikes paused by monsoon weather. In Selma Alabama a sheriff election remains undecided as Baker and Clark lead in a split vote count from six challenged boxes.
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U.S
Tay Ninh
Lttle
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Birmingham
Guam
North Viet Nam
Navy
South Viet Nam
Selma
Ala
Sheriff
James G. Clark
Wilson
Clark
Baker
Belle Mina Woman Lovie Caver Rodgers Dies at 43
Mrs. Lovie Caver Rodgers of Belle Mina died Thursday at University Hospital in Bigmi. Service Sunday at 2 p.m. at Morning Star Methodist Church Belle Mina with Rev. James Cain officiating. Burial Oakland Cemetery Athens Funeral Home directed. Survivors include widower Miles Rodgers two daughters Brenda Rodgers two sons Oscar Rodgers Harris James Rodgers eight sisters and four grandchildren.
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Belle Mina
Lovie Caver Rodgers
University Hospital
Bigmi
Morning Star Methodist Church
James Cain
Oakland Cemetery
People Funeral Home of
Athens
Miles Rodgers
Brenda Rodgers
Pfc
Oscar Rodgers
Fort Dix
N. J
Harris James ‘Rodgers
Harris Caver
Philadelphia
George Quinn
Boston
Mass
Emma Caudle
Madison
Lula Williams
Margie Wright
Chicago
Johnnie Miles
Betty Dankins
Viola Quinn
Iola Quinn
Alaska
Birmingham
One Year Tour of Duty Favored by Westmoreland
Gen. Westmoreland supports keeping a one year tour for US service members in Viet Nam to boost morale. Some volunteers may extend to ease manpower strains, while replacements will come from camps in the United States Europe Panama and Alaska and be assigned individually rather than as units.
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U.S
Viet Nam
William C. Westmoreland
United States
Westmoreland
Wheeler
Europe
Panama
Alaska
Viet Namh
Missing boy last seen in red and white shirt
Mrs Blackwood reports her five year old son was last seen this morning while playing in the neighborhood with a boy who said Ronnie planned a pigeon hunting trip. The child weighs about 50 pounds with light brown hair and grey eyes and was wearing a red and white checked shirt and blue jeans.
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Chhild
Ronnie
Alabama Negro Vote Shapes Runoffs After Primary
In Alabama a new Negro vote bloc estimated at 257 000 influenced the primary, sending several Black candidates into May 31 runoffs for local offices and creating races for sheriff in Bullock Hale Macon and Perry counties. Alabama constitutional limits keep Wallace and Martin contestants in the governor race while New York attorney Robert Daru challenges Wallace’s nomination.
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Martin
New York
Robert Daru
Wallace
Daru
Alabama
Walllace
Richmond Flowers
Bullock
Hale
Macon
Perry
Barbour
Greene and
Wilcox
William E
Big Bill) Lee
Greene County
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Decator
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3Rd Ave. SE
Rae Barringer
14Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
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North Alabama
Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
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