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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1966
Page
2
Voters are instructed to mark an X in the square for their choices. The page lists candidates for State Auditor Secretary of State Agriculture and Industries Commissioner State Senator Sheriff and Board of Revenue and Control in two districts with multiple names per race.
The notice shows Democratic primary runoff ballots with candidate options for Agriculture and Industries and a House of Representatives Seventh District contest. It advises voters to clip the ballot, mark a choice, and take it to the polls to speed balloting.
Sunday May 29 weather details show sunset at 6:53 p.m. sunrise at 4:37 a.m. moonset at 2:17 a.m. The bright star near the moon is Spica. Mercury is at perihelion today and will reach aphelion on July 12.
Forecast calls for today to be mostly sunny and warm with light variable winds. Tonight remains fair and mild with a low around 64. High expected near 88.
May 3 results show Wadeworth with 5 300 from Limestone and Morgan Counties. In Lawrence County the sheriff contest features Harold Terry and Harlon Rutherford. incumbent Neal Fretwell placed sixth in a seven candidate field. Limestone discusses board of revenue contests with Hammons vs Miller and a tax assessor race between Thrasher and Christopher. Legislative races include Berryman vs Norwood for House district two.
Hershey voices concern that many House and Senate members face re-election amid the ongoing war. He notes political attacks rise as opponents defend positions and stresses the public mood remains uncertain.
Thomas C Mustachia age 42 of Decatur died Saturday at home from an apparent heart attack. Services Monday at 10 a.m. in Humboldt Tennessee Sacred Heart Church. burial Humboldt City Cemetery. Survivors include widow Claire and children Rebecca Rachel Thomas Jr Larry Joseph. He worked at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville and formerly lived in Humboldt. He had resided in Decatur about 10 years.
A two vehicle accident near Mooresville Limestone injured three people including Reardon's relative Larry Smith 18 and fatally injured Reardon's grandfather Carl Smith 63 of Bessemer. The wreck occurred about four miles south of Bessemer on County Road 31 around 10 p.m. Deputy Sgt. Keith Wood reported the incident with deaths and injuries confirmed at local hospitals.
Trials concluded with Fry and Rath pleading guilty while others were found not guilty or not pressed. Judge Sherrill dismissed conspiracy counts as Patton praised college officials for readmitting Cresta and Innella. Police testified 20 to 30 monuments were damaged with losses over 4500 dollars.
Reported cross border incidents at Guantanamo Bay involve Cuban forces opening fire on Marines after being challenged and retreating to Cuban soil. Castro disputes U S accounts claiming provocation and warning of war like rhetoric. Defense Department would not discuss alert status. The U S note urges Cuba to prevent further incursions.
Woodall explains tests identify fields graduates enter and that college bound students are excluded from labor market figures. About 100 local college students and numerous high schoolers seek summer jobs with the employment office assisting and notifying around 125 firms of local labor needs.
Funeral services for the boy killed in a traffic crash near Somerville will be at St. Aloysius Church in Bessemer Monday. Survivors include his parents a sister and two brothers. The National Safety Council warned traffic fatalities may total 460 to 540 during the holiday period. A separate note reports the Guantanamo base remains a tense U S Caribbean installation after Castro cut water supplies in February 1964.
Callahan and Parnell were booked in county jail on charges of aiding and abetting a prisoner to escape. They remained in custody in lieu of $1,500 bond each. Officers said Hefner and Demepsey were charged with es-
Mrs Mae Ollie Pointer Moulton 46 died Tuesday at Hartselle Hospital Funeral services scheduled for today at 1 pm at Oakville Missionary Baptist Church Rev Willie Walter of Huntsville to officiate Burial in Lindsey Cemetery Thompson and Son Funeral Home of Tuscumbia directing Survivors include her son C J Scape Hefner and Dempsey abandon a 1 1/2 ton truck taken from a Decatur monument company found in a roadside ditch Alabama 6 east of Hartselle Sheriff Pat Patterson announced Earlier Friday Nashville police chased two more escaped prisoners James Baker 23 Ames Nichols 26 were returned to jail by airplane The jailbreak began 6 30 am Friday with a spring lock release and sawed through two steel bars then the group fled down a fire escape and over a 10 foot electric fence
In Saigon, a Buddhist protest against President John son's refusal to answer letters condemning Ky's regime swelled beyond 10,000 outside the Buddhist Institute. Monks led a 200 strong march toward central Saigon as riot police watched, amid hunger strikes at the pharmacy school and rising tension across the capital.
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