Weather and River Summary for Decatur and Vicinity
Weather report for Decatur with a river reading at Keller Memorial Bridge 21.84 at sea level 556.14 TVA lake stages Guntersville Whitesburg Wilson Pickwick Wheeler Chickamauga and others. Cloudy to partly cloudy warm humid with scattered showers possible. High 84 today low 65 tonight high 88 Monday. Jupiter visible near the Moon tonight at ~557 million miles beyond the Sun.
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Peace candidates target incumbents in Northeast primaries
In New York most peace candidates aim to unseat Democratic incumbents in the June 28 primary. Key race in Manhattan features Rep. Leonard Farbstein versus City Councilman Ted Weiss. Other targets include Reps. Lester L. Wolff Joseph P. Addabbo Abraham J. Multer James R. Hanley with similar opposition efforts across New Jersey Connecticut New Hampshire and Westchester County.
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California
New York
Lower Manhattan
Leonard Farbstein
Ted Weiss
Lester L. Wolff
Great Neck
Joseph P. Addabbo
Queens
Abraham J. Multer
Brooklyn
James R. Hanley
Syracuse
Wolff
Hanley
Edna F. Kelly
Herbert Aptheker
Theodore R. Kupferman
Manhattan
Ogden R. Reid
Westchester County
Bill Nicholson
John Josephs
New Jersey
William B. Widnall
Henry Helstoski
John Fitzgerald
Donald Irwin
Connecticut
Robert Cook
Robert N. Giaimo
Eugene S. Daniell
New Hampshire
James C. Cleve
Irresponsible Englishmen aim for impossible voyage
The Puffin crew led by Taylor plans a Gulf Stream voyage toward Britain using a water tight bag with Puffin's position and weather data. Johnstone and Hoare, 245 and 200 pounds, will ride the warm current to the coast. The craft carries a ton of supplies and six car sets. A radio delay held up departure until 11:15 am EDT.
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Britain
Taylor
Johnstone
Hoare
Johnston
Gulf Stream
Eleven Hurt In Accidents In Cullman and Lawrence Counties
Eleven people were injured in two accidents in Cullman and Lawrence counties Friday and Saturday. In the 1 p.m. Saturday crash on Alabama 159 near Moulton, Willard Otis McCay and two Hanes siblings were hurt, while Floyd L. Waldrop and Kenneth Millwood were injured in a separate 1962 Chevrolet crash. A separate Friday night crash on U.S. 278 near Cullman seriously injured three Georgia women, including Linda Harbinson, and Mr and Mrs Max Britt and two children from Holly Pond. All were treated at Cullman Hospital. Harbinson was later moved to a Birmingham hospital.
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Cullman
Lawrence
Decatur
Moulton
Alabama
Willard Otis McCay
Oulton
T. Hanes
Sylvia Hanes
Town Creek
Floyd L. Waldrop
Mouton
Kenneth Millwood
Double Springs
Georgia
U.S. 278
Reed
Thomas
Linda Harbinson
Speaking Out On Traffic Safety From Readers
A series of reader letters propose solutions to reduce traffic accidents. Suggestions include hiring more police to enforce speed limits, raising fines, drivers adopting safer habits, removing some traffic lights on 6th Ave, and installing overpasses to ease dangerous intersections.
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Jewel Bailey
Kathie Parker
Spring Ave
Austin
Earl D. Roberts
Sheraton St
6Th Ave
Archie Johnson
Police
Johnson
Death of 16 year old Shannon in Athens
Funeral services were held Saturday for Charlotte Elaine Shannon 16 of 113 Hammons Street who died Friday at her residence. Services were at Athens First Baptist Church with Rev. Tilford Jenkins officiating and burial at Athens City Cemetery.
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Athens
Charlotte Elaine ‘Shannon
Hammons St
Iher
Athens First Baptist Church
Tilford Jenkins
Athens City Ce
McConnell Funeral Home
David A. Shannon
Carlos A. Woodward
Judith G. Prater
Thomas A. Shannon
Detroit
Mich
Crutcher M. Shannon
J. T. Shanon
James Bowlers
Dickey Thomas
Harold McAlister
Bobby Burrows
Jerry Blevins
Randy Whitt
Kinney Ida Josephine 8 Eva I dies at home
Mrs Ida Josephine Kinney 8 of Eva I died Friday at her residence Services will be held today at 2 p m at Rock Creek Baptist Church Burial in the adjoining cemetery will be directed by Peck Funeral Home Survivors include three sons Gilbert Curtis Kinney and Lee Kinney Eva I four sisters Mrs Katie Goodwin Chattanooga Tenn Mrs Ellen Speigle Hartselle Mrs Libby Taylor Somerville 2 and Mrs Pernie Whisenant Tarrant City eight grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren She was a member of Rock Creek Baptist Church Grandsons will serve as pall bearers The body was returned to the residence
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Hartselle
Ida Josephine Kinney
Eva
Rock Creek Baptist Church
Peck Funeral Home
Gilbert Kinney
Curtis Kinney
Lee Kinney
Katie Goodwin
Chattanooga
Tenn
Ellen Speigle
Libby Taylor
Somerville
Pernie Whisenant
Tarrant City
Rock Creek
Percy L. Johnson rites held in Falkville
Funeral services for Percy L. Johnson 52 of Falkville were held at Peck Funeral Home chapel with Rev J R Waldrep officiating. Burial followed in Falkville City Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Ralph Evans and Mrs Max Gray, father Ed Johnson two brothers Van G Johnson and Russell B Johnson a sister Mrs Ora D Murphy and six grandchildren. He was a farmer and World War II veteran.
Viet Nam unrest surrounds Da Nang as clashes rise
U S forces face added pressure as Ky tightens ring around Da Nang rebel strongholds while Saigon endures rioting. At Da Nang Air Base and surrounding districts, 15 American service members are wounded in fighting as the government moves to curb the revolt amid a broader push for political unity and constitutional elections.
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Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Nam
Johnson
Viet Nam
White House
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Da—Nang
National People’s Congress
Saigon
da Nang
U.S
Air Force
Johnson voices Viet Nam policy stance amid domestic doubts
President Johnson defends U S strategy in South Viet Nam while acknowledging rising American discontent. Officials downplay risk of a wider civil war, stressing no plan to alter heavy troop commitments until Communist aggression halts. Johnson cites Gallup poll showing waning approval and notes budget and inflation contrasts with other nations.
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South
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Nam
da Nang-Hue
U.S
Gallup
United States
West Germany
Japan
France
Britain
Italy
Deaths and military activity mix in Athens and Vietnam
Mrs. Carrie Irvin of Madison died Saturday at a Athens hospital with funeral plans to be announced by Reynolds Funeral Home. In Vietnam, shells were fired with three Marines wounded by rockets from sky raider strikes near Da Nang. U.S. jets patrolled the area as ground fighting continued in An Khe and Boi Loi woods with Viet Cong casualties reported in Xuyen Province. Monsoon rains limited air strikes as 15 missions were flown by Air Force and Navy crews.
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Athens
Carrie Irvin
Madison
Reynolds Funeral Home
United States
da Nang River
U.S
An Khe
Central Highlands
Boi Loi Woods
Saigon
An Xuyen
North Viet Nam
Navy
Pontiac Driven by Abner Damaged in Early Morning Crash
Decatur police report a 1959 Pontiac driven by James Owen Abner of Somerville was heavily damaged Saturday at 6 50 a m when he lost control while turning from Corrine Ave onto Austinville Rd SW. The car skidded into two signs and uprooted a shrub.
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James Owen Abner
Somerville
Corrine Ave
Austinville Rd
Roam Bradley
Lawrence County
Mississippi Adopts Dry State Enforcement Plan
Mississippi Governor announces plan to enforce prohibition nationwide as counties vote to become dry. Tax Commission gains authority to enforce liquor laws with state wide supervision and local option for counties to opt out. July 1 starts dry counties where majority wishes.
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Tax Commission
Mississippi
State Tax Commission
Flint Creek continues search for missing Danville man
Hartselle residents learned Flint Rescue Squad members would keep scanning Flint Creek for 25 year old David Gillis feared drowned after he failed to report to work. Heavy rains left high water hindering dragging along the creek banks from U.S. 31 to three miles west near Alabama Highway 36 bridge.
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Hartselle
Flint
Danville
Flint Creek
Here
David’ Gillis
Charles Knowlton
U.S. 31
Hartselle Mountain
Alabama Highway 36
Gillis
Knowlton
Unseasonable Weather and Pesticide Use Slow Plant Growth
The combination of unseasonable cool weather and widespread pesticide use slowed plant growth and left crops vulnerable to disease. It is too early to gauge the impact on yields, said Patrick. Disease losses in 1962, the worst year on record, totaled about $10 million.
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Patrick
Tests to be repeated for thousands of students in June
Officials said Saturday tests would be repeated for thousands of other students on June 3 and June 24. Low turnouts in some places puzzled administrators. A University of Missouri spokesman at Kansas City noted many students might stay away after Lt. Gen. Hershey said there are enough nonstudents to meet needs. Last weekend about 400,000 young men took exams at 1,200 colleges nationwide including Puerto Rico and the Panama Canal Zone.
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University of Missouri
Kansas City
Lewis Hershey
Selective Service
Dallas
Tex
Hershey
Puerto Rico
Panama Canal Zone
Bombing and air sorties amid Vietnam crisis near Da Nang
American pilots claimed 48 Viet Cong killed and numerous buildings and sampans damaged across 386 sorties in a 24 hour period up to dawn. Vietnamese planes flew 219 sorties supporting ground operations as B52s from Guam struck southeast of Da Nang about 65 miles from the city amid political unrest tying down troops.
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Nam
Saigon
Guam
da Nang
Decatur Coed Named May Queen at Birmingham Southern
Libby Arnold a 21 year old Decatur native and Birmingham Southern College senior was crowned May Queen during a campus dance marking the end of May Day activities. She majors in French and political science and plans to teach French. She holds Mortar Board vice presidency and Kappa Delta Epsilon membership.
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Decatur
Birmingham Southern College
Libby Arnold
BSC
Joe E. Arnold
Stratford Rd. SE
Arnold
Mortar Board
Honor Council
Miss Arnold
Decatur High School
Kappa Delta Epsilon
Kappa Delta Social Sorority
Jackson, Tenn
May Court
Birmingham Southern
Miss Indiana, Miss North Dakota in beauty contest runoff
A beauty pageant notes contestants including Miss Indiana Elaine Richards from Gary Indiana University at 35-23-35 and 21 years old, and Miss North Dakota Judy Ann Slayton from North Dakota State University at 35-24-35 and 21. other details describe Miss Deane of West Hartford.
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California
Deane
West Hartford
Indiana
Elaine. Richards
Gary
Indiana University
Judy Ann Slayton
Orth
Slayton
North Dakota State Niversity
Spurlock Hire Sparks Townwide Debate Over Police Pay
Bottom contends he is owed 475 monthly until retirement while Spurlock to be paid 875 monthly, sparking council debate. Spurlock, a former Huntsville official ousted by Mayor Searcy, was rehired and later dismissed. the council plans to discuss the issue at the upcoming meeting as residents threaten action.
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Huntsville
Spur
Jock
Bottom
Spurlock
Marine Corps
R. P. Searcy
Searcy
Eisenhower proposals clash with Senate atomic policy on weapons transfer
The Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Europe published a letter Saturday night showing Eisenhower proposals collide with the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee stance against transferring nuclear weapons to any nation. Senator Anderson warned that such transfers risk uncontrolled nuclear expansion while NATO revisions and West Germany defenses remain unsettled.
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Eisenhower
Senate ‘House Atomic Energy Committee
Johnson
Russia
Senate
Clinton P. Anderson
D .M
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
West Germany
NATO
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