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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1964
Page
2
River and Weather Summary From Keller Memorial Bridge
River reading from Keller Memorial Bridge showed 21.67 feet, down 13 feet in 24 hours, sea level at 555.97 feet. TVA levels included Pickwick 413.7 Chickamauga 682.6 Guntersville 594.7 Whitesburg 557.7 and Wilson 507.3. High today 87 low tonight 64, mostly clear to partly sunny and warm with south to southwest winds 7 to 15 mph diminishing tonight. Gas Department reported Thursday high of 7 low last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Pickwick
Chickamauga
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Two Hurt In Area Accident Details From Alabama Roads
Report of several two car crashes near Athens Cullman and Madison with injuries to James M. Vining 37 and Connie Dailey 2. both treated and dismissed from Athens Limestone Hospital. Vehicles include a 1960 Dodge and a 1956 Ford. Damages listed at 200 dollars per car. The Willis Springs Road crash occurred 6.2 miles north of Athens on Alabama 69. No injuries in other Alabama accidents. property damages recorded for a 1955 Pontiac, 1954 Chevrolet, 1964 and 1959 Chevrolets with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Vining
Athens
Connie Sue Dailey
Elkmont
Athens-Limestone
de Vining
Charles W. Dailey
Willis Springs
Alabama
Cullman
Thomas M. Dle
Selma
Patricia A. Jordan
Glenn Lang
Madison
Fred Allen Carter
Tanner
Mooresville
Greenbrier
Area Leaders Propose Neighborhood Development for Health
Jekel frames communicable diseases as a city and county problem and pitches a Neighborhood Development Program. Phase I focuses on sanitation, cleanup, refuse storage, mosquito control, junked cars removal, and abandoned wells filling. Phase II urges private efforts, housing improvements, and street maintenance to empower self help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeke
Jekel
Local Households and Dismissals Listed in Decatur Notices
A column of names and addresses appears listing residents and dismissals in Decatur. The entries include multiple individuals such as Mrs Harold Sparkman Mrs John Stroupe Mrs Bryant Franklin Baby Madison Barnett Miss Velma Hall and others along with street addresses across Decatur Athens and surrounding areas.
Hospitals Admit and Dismiss List
Admission notes show Rickey Woodall at 1606 Olive St plus H C Breeding and Brenda Smith in Ardmore and Decature with Duskin in Danville and Ernest Springs at Horns Trailer Court. Dismissals include Mrs Nola Duskin and Mrs Ernest Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Admissions
Rickey Woodall
Olive St. H. C. Breeding
Decature
Brenda Smith
Ardmore
Nola Duskin
Danville
Ernest Springs
Horn’s Trailer
Local Names List From Cullman Area Notices
A readable fragment lists individuals with towns across Cullman County including Hanceville Cullman Vinemont and Garden City. Names accompanied by ages or initials appear alongside addresses or box numbers. The item resembles a community notice or directory snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Cummings Baileyton
Judy Ann’ Howse
Addison
Victoria Leeth
Cullman
Violet Mayhall
Vine‘mont
Stella Peek
Morris S. Pope
Carolyn Frances Campbell
Catherine Putman
Garden City
Virgil Waters
Hanceville
Births in Madison and Decatur Hospital Record
Mr and Mrs Harold ONeal Madison 1 welcome a girl Thursday at Mel and Mel Hospital. Mr and Mrs Tom L Griffith 1510 Seaton Ave SE announce a boy today at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Trillman Steele Moulton adopted a son Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Terry
Market St
Tom Griffith
Seaton Ave
Harold O'Neal
Madison
Mel and Mel Hospital
Tom L. Griffith
Decatur General Hospital
Trillman Steele
Moulton
Tuesday
Workman Hurt On Job At Decatur Iron And Steel
J. C. Bell of 11% Memorial Dr NW was injured at Decatur Iron and Steel this morning. He suffered a broken leg and was taken to Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital. Nursing staff report his condition as satisfactory at 10 30 AM with unknown extent of other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Bell
Memorial Dr
Decatur Iron and Steel
Baugh-Wiley- Smith Hospital
Baugh-Wiley-Smith
Bell
Falkville volunteers sought for fire department rescue squad
Falkville fire department and rescue squad request more volunteers. Those interested should contact Jimmy Henderson Bartlett or Joe Summerford for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falkville
Jimmy Henderson
H A, Bartlett
Joe Summerford
Civic groups and officials from city government meeting
City governments and civic clubs together with chamber of commerce representatives and school PTA members gathered to discuss local concerns and partnership opportunities. Officials outlined upcoming initiatives and invited public input at the town hall session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers of Commerce
Flint Rescue Squad
Flint City Hall
Principal William H Jenkins Scholarship Fund Established
The DHS student council created a $300 scholarship fund in honor of the principal, naming the award the William H Jenkins Scholarship. Aiming for three years of operation, the council has deposited at least $900, seeks annual additions, and will award to a graduating De catur High School senior who shows good social, moral and academic standing and future promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur High School
W. H. Jenkins
Billy Frazier
William H. Jenkins
van Turner
Barbara Stewart
Susan Gibson
Aubrey Uller
Market Prices and Week Overview for Livestock and Grains
Milk prices show Grade A at 6.55 per hundred and manufactured milk at 3.20. Grain prices include No 2 Yellow Shelled Corn at 1.34 and No 2 Milling Wheat at 1.80. Cattle and calves had slack demand with prices down, hog sales up 50 to 75 cents higher, and week’s high at 15.00.
Birmingham 9 Ree Demand Steady Despite Slow Retail Features
Report from Birmingham notes demand fairly good with some retail features slow. Offerings ample for consumer grade items with prices to retailers up to 9 30 am. One store door delivery offered. Nearby producers supplying Grade A white corn sizes large medium and small with cents per case pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Georgia live poultry markets report steady supply
Georgia live poultry markets show supplies about adequate in most instances. Farm quotations for broilers and fryers ranged 12 to 13 cents per pound with hens steady at farms. Light type at farms around 6 cents and reports from plants indicate too few sales to report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Johnson calls for full civil rights and constitutional justice
President Johnson urges racial equality during a Georgia breakfast address. He argues constitutional rights must protect all Americans, calls for rejecting extremism, and hints at seeking a four year term in November as he tours poverty and race issues across the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Atlanta
Georgia
South
Appalachia
United States
America
Indicted youth faces murder counts in court appearance
The defendant Billy Don Boulden stood in a white shirt as four murder counts were read accusing him of killing Hays by shooting and stabbing with a knife and a pocket knife. His attorney sought mental evaluation after the plea of not guilty by reason of insanity while his mother Suzy Boulden testified about the family history of mental illness and the boy's spells and seizures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulden
Hays
Powell
Atty. Chenault
Chenault
Suzy Boulden
Morgan County
Leslie Doss
Kilby
U.S. 31
Flint City
Sears Store Here Names Frank Rushing Manager
Frank Rushing named manager of the Sears store in Decatur by R G Murphy Atlanta Memphis zone manager. Rushing a University of Alabama graduate began with Sears in 1949 in Gainesville Florida, later moving to Tuscaloosa and Sylacauga before leading Selma and then Decatur posting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rushing
Sears, Roebuck and Co
R. G. Murphy
Sears
Atlanta-Memphis
Rushing
University of Alabama
Gainesville
Fla
Tuscaloosa
Sylacauga
Selma
Decatur
Frances Cooper
Montgomery
Two Vehicle Crashes Reported in Decatur and Morgan County
A Thursday morning two vehicle crash at 6th Ave and 11th St SE involved a 1964 GMC truck driven by Clinton Clifton Dew and a 1955 Chevrolet by Josephine T Owens with no injuries. Separately a 1960 International tractor-trailer and a 1960 Whatoff tractor-trailer collided with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
6Th Ave
11Th St. SE
Clinton Clifton Dew
Memphis
Tenn
Josehine T. Owens
Plaza St. SE
U.S
Pet Dairy Co
International
Billy Joe Kerr
Whatoff
Merl R. Nelson
Kansas City, Co
Wolf Extinction Threat Shrinks Range to Alaska and Canada
The wolf faces near extinction across the 48 contiguous states with viable populations remaining mainly in Alaska and parts of Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Contiguous States
Alaska
Canada
Rusk Eyes NATO Strengthening Amid Viet Nam Aid Push
Rusk signals openness to NATO strengthening and asks allied leaders for more help to South Vietnam including technical experts and economic aid. He plans to attend the NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Hague after Brussels and warns against weakening NATO’s command system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NATO
Sion
Rusk
South Viet’ Nam
Cuba
Britain
France
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Hague
Brussels
de Gaulle
Georgetown University
Atlantic
Ball
For Sale and Rent Notices and Lost Puppy Ad
Multiple classified items: grocery stock and equipment for sale, a 3 bedroom brick house for rent on Highway 20 near Chemstrand, a lost male puppy named Dude a mix chihuahua and dachshund with a reward, and 15 acres for sale on Highway 67 three miles southeast of Florette. Contact numbers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 20
Chemstrand
Green‘s Grocery
Dewitt Shirley
Florette
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dipper
Mac
Decatur General
Harold Sparkman
State Ave
John Stroupe
Larry Wilhite
16Th Ave
Robert Hill
Courtland
W. W. Coffey
Somerville Rd
Aubrey Presson
Roy Bates
Baby Lane Barnett
Bip Patrick Henson
J. Thompson
1609
8Th Ave
E. C. Sivley
Frances Day
James Mullins
Jane Crafts
Lizzie Mae Allred
Connie Lee Blackwood
Elma Armendia Bradford
S. F. Higdon
Erma Lee Jones
Vinemont
Danny
L. Spears
Ricky Stevens
Steve H. Stevens
Trease Kay Tankersley
Eva
Maggie Whites
Box
Debra Ann Williams
Patricia Ann Williams
Geraldine Barbee
John J. Barnett
Evelyn Conn
DHS Council
Xecatur Markets
Local Securities
National Gas American Foundation Life Insurance Co
Coastal States Life Downtowner Corp
First Flight
First Nat’l Bk
Dec
Ala
Jefferson Standard Life Kentucky Central
Liberty National Life
Life & Casualty
Life
Moore Handley
Mutual Savings
National Life
Neb. Consolidated
Protective Life
State National Bank
Southern United
Vulcan Life
NEW York
Int Paper
Am/ Air L
Kaiser Am Can
Ligg & My
Lockh Air
T&t
Lorillard
Martin Co
Armour
Merv Ché&S
Babcock & W
Minn
M M
Bell & How
Monson
Beth Steel
Mont Ward
Nat Boeing Dairy Borden
Cater Trac
Penney
Celanese
Pepsi Cola
Ches & Ohio
Pet Chrysler
du Pont
Roeb
East Air
Sinclair East Kodony
Fair Whit
Fmost — Dairy
Frueh Corp
Texaco
Elec
Aire
Pac & el
UN Tel
Goodrich
Westg
Goodyear
Nough
Persimmon Wood
Billy Don
Handley
Hundley
Mrs. Boulden
DAV
Ontorneys
Bank St
L. A. Strane
Billy B. Watterson
Troy
National Letter Carriers Association
W.M.A
Westside Baptist Church
City Hall
Decatur City Clerk’s Office
Thomas Dr. SW
Zola McCulloch
Bradley St
H. E. McDonald
Denson’s Grocery
Church Street
Prospect Dr
Paul C. Davis
Moulton Street
Decatur Shopping Center
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