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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1967
Page
2
Weather and river data for Decatur and surrounding area. A warming trend expected this period with cooler nights. Today through Thursday show near normal to above normal highs, turning cooler Sunday and Monday. A band of showers moves eastward Sunday with 0.25 to 0.50 inch rainfall forecast.
Voters approve 3.5 million in bonds for parks and 1.5 million for recreation. Blackburn Park at the old dump site will feature gym indoor outdoor pool and lighted courts. Other parks planned in southwest Decatur include Hunt and Morgan. City officials praise turnout and pledge forward progress for education and economy.
The state plans complete rebuilds of northbound bridges on the Flint Creek corridor with work to begin next month. The 1930s structures will be replaced to 28 feet wide, while southbound bridges remain at 28 feet from the 1950s. A Swan Creek bridge project near Athens awarded for $38,807.
Funeral services for John E McVay of 1304 5th Ave NW, killed in Vietnam May 15, will be at 3 p.m. at Bapt Church. Survived by resident T McVay of Detroit, grandmothers Mrs Velmaae of Decatur and Mrs Sarah Pointer of Decatur, and sister Miss Delores McVay of Decatur.
Mr and Mrs Lewis G DeMent announce a birth at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Joseph P Jenkins report a daughter. Mr and Mrs Warner C Falkner welcome a daughter. Mr and Mrs Woodson Ricks of Belle Mina announce a son born Tuesday at Decatur General Hospital. Sheriff charges and police report items follow.
The description notes a car’s four tires resting on an oval surface about five inches wide and eight inches long. The area is under 40 square inches per tire and under 160 square inches total for all four tires.
Funeral arrangements are announced for Henry Jess Waits 68 of Moulton who died Tuesday in Mansfield Ohio while visiting relatives. Elliott Funeral Home will provide details.
At a Community Action Program meeting Dr Matthew Hall criticized unnamed members for bypassing the executive committee and forwarding complaints to Atlanta. OEO officials had cited delays and failures to submit projects, triggering a tense exchange with area coordinator S. M. Dollar over alleged regulatory noncompliance. Mayor Sanford’s son’s hire prompted residency tensions.
The Lancaster office faces delays as letters go out late and the Policy Advisory Committee is not yet organized. Plans call for a two week meeting with local city support behind schedule while Head Start staff and teachers are added in Decatur and Morgan County.
Official returns from Friday's bond issue election show results by precinct. Voters weighed proposed financing for local projects, with totals awaited by city officials and residents.
The Decala Toastmistress Club will convene Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Pet Dairy Hospitality Room. Visitors are invited. The event centers on conferring cares as part of the club’s activities.
Police report a two year old boy, Bryan Turner of 402 Churches, was bitten by a German Shepherd near 914 Ferry Street yesterday. Authorities described the incident as an animal attack and are investigating.
The Decatur High School Band Boos Club will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the designated band room to discuss upcoming activities and projects.
The New York market weakened late in the session as fears of U S and Soviet involvement in the Arab Israeli crisis spooked investors. Volume for the first four hours reached 7.61 million shares with losers outnumbering gainers five to one. High fliers Xerox IBM Polaroid and Control Data led declines while Du Pont Eastman Kodak and U S Gypsum also fell.
Classified notices show rental ads for a 14 foot scamping trailer with gas stove water and ice sleeps six call 353 4126 owner listing three bedrooms one and a half baths paneled den central heat and air rent details include 400 equity and 116 per month plus several other rentals in S W section existing properties include a four room house with air conditioner Loree Hard available July first and a modern two bedroom apartment with ceramic tile bath at 1614 North Street SE plus sale offers for used appliances a 17 foot Sea of sled with 65 HP outboard motor and trailer priced at 1095 plus items from local businesses including Gay Hollway’s Store in Hort i and Crestview Drive SE.
President Johnson urged U Thant to push the Aqaba issue high in talks as Soviet and Arab leaders threaten wider conflict. Israel warns of reprisal for raids as Syria and Egypt mass troops along borders and more than 100000 Egyptian troops mobilize in Sinai. The U N Security Council convenes amid war threats. Abba Eban heads to Washington and New York.
A three judge panel heard HEW challenges to Alabama welfare policies after the state sought to avoid federal guidelines. HEW had ordered welfare appropriations halted, then injunction blocked that order. Gardner accuses Alabama of noncompliance with the 1964 Civil Rights Act while Alabama argues federal power to force private facilities to integrate is lacking. Circuit Judge Gewin noted that other states have signed compliance.
United Aircraft and Fairchild Camera traded narrowly while Avco and Seaboard World Airlines held firmer gains as traders sought bargains. Prices drifted lower on the American Stock Exchange amid cautious activity.
A readable roster lists patients and addresses at Decatur General Hospital including Clarence Millsap James Kidd Mrs W A Greene Jr Willie Skipworth Mrs Adrian Marine James Smith James L Adams and others. The slice includes street names and local neighborhoods like Seton Avenue 12th Street SE Danville Road and Trinity area.
A long list of names and addresses details admissions and dismissals for Baugh Wiley Smith. Individuals named include Debra Garret Gloria Jones Donna Bentley and Debra Ward among others in Hartselle Decatur and surrounding areas. The notice records multiple people with titles Mrs Miss and Mst and various street addresses.
Gardner Picture Products operated by Gardner, who lives at 106 Wilson St NW with his wife and four children, a dog and four cats. The other two candidates for the commission post are Charles Gunthorp of Gunthorp Funeral Home and Homer B Hutchinson, a local contractor.
Reid G. Barnes special assistant attorney general for Alabama argues the state has Negro welfare workers in the aid to the blind program. He says there has been no great difficulty in complying with HEW pledges and notes Alabama employs several black welfare case workers in the program. The comment about the blind man not knowing skin color is noted.
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