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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1965
Page
2
Decatur area residents see clear skies and mild winds today with temperatures reaching the upper 60s. The Illinois River at Decatur remains calm with no flooding anticipated as river levels stay within normal ranges.
A high near 88 degrees is expected today with clear conditions. Tonight's low around 65 degrees.
A state inquiry lists Limestone County officials and salary scales from coroners at 960 to top officeholders at 7,000 annually. Positions include revenue chairman board members sheriff circuit court tax assessors collectors and probate judges with monthly supplements and election pay noted.
Funeral services for West Stovall who died at Decatur General Hospital will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Tanner. Burial follows at Oakland Cemetery in Limestone County. Survivors include three sons Vera Stovall Moment Stovall and Jimmy Stovall and six daughters Laura Mae Malone Metha Stovall Pearl Peebles Hes Salone Tanver and others.
A hospital admissions notice records several patients and their addresses including Mrs. R P Chandler of Clearview Street, Miss Jamie Oliver on Nell Street, Cynthia Weaver in Hart selleS, Tommy Weaver, and Grace Ricks near 20th Avenue SE. Other names include L B Phillips of Trinity and Fay Lowery of Hartselle along with Janet Freeman of Decatur and Billy Freeman at 1608.
Lawrence County records show dismissals including Herman Heaps of Moulton Mack B Collins of Danville Shirley Early of Trinity Jimmy Horton of Moulton Ollis Hamby of Moulton and J T Wright of Moulton with no further details provided.
A list includes Cordie Martin Bailey and multiple Cullman area residents with surnames Bailey Cullman Hayden Cook Dye Elliott Henry Holmes Kline McEwen Nesmith Schaffer Talley Trussell Talley Williams Burney Holly Pond Kelly Scott Robinson Butler Coker Fowler Jones Maddox McKenzie Rhodes Terry Walden Williams Peggy Williams Andrew Jackson Allen in various Alabama towns.
A list of residents includes Herman K. Taylor Harold A. Peebles Mrs. L. A. Hardin Mrs. Hershel RR. Glenn Tammy L. Bogle Daniel R Cockrell Mrs. Lawrence L. Goddard Wayne F. Wooten Leon Reyer Edward Austin Roy H. Shedd Charles A. Simpson Garnett Cross James Hambrick Léann Jackson Anthony P. Lupo Samuel L. Filber James W. Stephenson Charles E. Riley Ted E. Nave Harvard H. Kranzlen Gilbert W. Craig Velma Ann Howell Oneal Swann with multiple street addresses and towns such as Decatur Athens Arab Hartselle Ardmore Tanner Cullman Hillsboro Elkmont.
The article describes the vast reach of grand churches from Egypt through Florence and Milan to London and Rome. It notes prominent sites such as St. Peter's Basilica and St. S in London, illustrating a broad, historic religious landscape.
Editors from Decatur and other cities plan to join Governor Wallace on a multi city tour by bus and plane. They will visit Huntsville Selma Birmingham and key industrial areas to assess media coverage of racial strife and participate in a dinner and news conference in Montgomery.
About 120 AP member representatives and spouses will cruise the Tennessee River on the Decatur Yacht Club barge for the annual awards banquet honoring 1964 writers and photographers. Winford Turner, Daily county editor, is noted as 1963 top newsman for Flint City council and police coverage.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk says a Hanoi split risks pitting Moscow against Peiping and could damage U S interests. He notes potential adverse effects if Soviets and Chinese compete in Africa and Southeast Asia, with the Dominican Republic crisis still developing.
Mrs Fleetis Clean Vest died Saturday at a Decatur hospital at 1 a.m. Services are Monday at 2 p.m. at Guntharp Funeral Home chapel with Rev Jesse Rogers officiating. Burial in Roselawn Cemetery. Survivors include widow Floyd West of Decatur three daughters two sons two sisters one brother and mother with twelve grandchildren. Body remains at the funeral home pallbearers named Charles Dyar Howard Vest Ernest Vest Walter Vest James Vest.
I B D Johnson died Friday in a Hartselle hospital. Services will be today at Antioch Methodist Church with burial in the adjoining Peck Funeral Home cemetery. Survivors include five brothers Mack Johnson Eva Doris Johnson Mobile Gilbert Johnson Fount Johnson Howard Johnson Somerville four sisters Mrs Wilson Ryan Mrs Mattie Lee Grizzard Mrs Walter Grizzard Mrs Ethel Johnson Pontiac Michigan. The funeral home will hold the body until one hour before the service and it will lie in state at the church for a time.
Mrs Effie Thomason formerly of Decatur died Friday night at 7 p.m. in Warrior. Graveside services will be held Monday at 2 30 p.m. at the Decatur City Cemetery with Rev A B an Arsdale officiating. She was mother of Mrs Evelyn T Hunter and Rev Mason Thomason both formerly of Decatur.
Mrs Lorena Key 79 of Athens died Saturday at home. Funeral services today at 2 p m at Mt Pisgah Baptist Church with Rev James Johnson and Dr James Dorrell officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery Spry Funeral Home directing. Survivors: husband Henry E Key two sons Eugene Key Guntersville Edward Key Huntsville eight grandchildren twelve great grandchildren. Member of Mt Pisgah Baptist Church. Pallbearers Willard Douglas Key G W Wayne McElyea Bayles Collier Gary Lawson.
John Paten Massey 75 of Moulton died Friday at 11 25 p.m. in a Moulton nursing home. Services were to be held today at 3 p.m. from Elliott Funeral Home Chapel with Rev A S Aston officiating. Burial in Montgomery Cemetery. Survivors include sister Mrs Ruth M Stockton and many nieces and nephews.
American officials defend presence of troops as rebels attack claims of atrocities and large bank lootings by Voice of America reports. Washington notes VOA aired no such reports and instead provided eyewitness refugee interviews from Miami and Puerto Rico. Army and foreign service personnel arrived with the troops, alongside Dominican experts and CIA staff. The Salvation Army opened its first missionary hospital in Nagercoil in 1901.
Mr and Mrs Donald W Laney 1219 Seton Ave report a daughter born Friday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Charles R Davis 1306 Alpine St SE announce a son born Saturday at Decatur General. Mr and Mrs L A Hardin Athens announce a son born Saturday at Decatur General Hospital.
In a clash centered in the northwest pocket near an industrial district, rebels say they are advancing and have taken prisoners while junta forces retreat three blocks. U.S. paratroopers guard the corridor to the main rebel enclave, with American Marines policing an international zone.
A Howard University student speaks of cautious optimism for future racial settlements in the South after civil rights upheaval. Alabama residents blame Northern abstractions and federal overreach for stalling progress, while memories of past indignities keep whites united against reform.
The Morgan County AMAA chapter meets Monday at 7 30 p m at Dr Claude La Vender clinic. A vacant Old Moulton Rd house burned at 454 p m Saturday per Decatur Fire Department. A tractor at Wheeler Refuge was tampered with, parts broken, investigation ongoing. Two accidents occurred in Decatur Kroger lots with no injuries.
An avalanche at Mt Zugspitze Germany injured several tourists and disrupted skiers on the 800 foot wide slide. Rescue teams used helicopters and cog wheel trains to reach victims at the Schneefernerhaus Hotel area and conveyed them to valley hospitals for treatment.
Ellender described amendments aimed at aligning the bill with the Constitution and precedents, noting a nonwhite population of 20 percent or more if literacy tests were used last November and if less than half of adults were registered or voted. Hickenlooper supported a House GOP substitute bill introduced by Tower in the Senate.
Reports describe a Viet Cong mortar attack at Bien Hoa last November 1 killing four Americans, wounding 75 and destroying 27 U.S. planes. The base, used by U.S. and South Vietnamese forces for strikes, faced increased security after lax guard findings. A Marine died near Wa Nang amid convoy incidents.
Three persons were injured in automobile wrecks in a four county area Friday and Saturday. Vickie Johnson a two year old girl from Moulton was struck on Alabama 36 near six miles south of Moulton and was not seriously injured. Hershel R Gray 26 of Moulton was hurt in a one car crash on a Lawrence County road Saturday morning. John J Carmody 34 of Madison sustained serious injuries when his car went out of control on Capshaw Road in Limestone County late Saturday morning.
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