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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1967
Page
2
Courtland 1 died at a local hospital last night. Elliott Funeral Home of Moulton will announce arrangements and provide funeral details.
Funeral services for Jessie Gerlie 88 of St Louis died Thursday will be held at Mount Hope Church Somerville at 2 00 p m with burial in Shiloh Cemetery. He was a Somerville native who lived in St Louis for 40 years. Survivors include four nephews two nieces and several great nieces and nephews.
John Walter Hannigan, 78, of Decatur, died Sunday in Deridder, Louisiana. The body will return today and final funeral arrangements will be announced.
Communist terrorists attacked the Huang Giang Hotel, one of the town’s largest, setting off ground floor satchel charges and burning the building. Casualties included 16 civilians wounded alongside South Vietnamese troops and policemen.
The 1885 dedication of the Washington Monument honors President Chester A. Arthur and marks the completion of the monument, a milestone in national commemorations and public memory. The ceremony drew attendees and press coverage in the era.
Ira Homer Roan, 56, died Sunday at a local rest home. Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Gum Springs Baptist Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Survived by mother Mrs. Jimmie M. Roan. four brothers Ralph Orville Edsel of Decatur and Kenneth of Moulton. two sisters Mrs. Johnnie Alverson of Ft Worth and Mrs. Agnes Self of Huntsville.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ira S. Winsett of Hartselle will be held at 2 PM at Lebanon Baptist Church. Arrangements are announced by Peck Funeral Home. Mrs Winsett died Sunday in a local hospital.
Panamanian and Mauritanian oil freighters reportedly head for Elath as Egypt may deny passage. With President Johnson backing Israel, 6th Fleet ships maneuver near Crete led by Vice Adm. William S. Martin aboard Little Rock, alongside three carriers, a cruiser and four destroyers.
Nasser warned at a news conference he would close the Suez Canal to any nation backing Israel and would not retreat from the blockade even if it triggers war. He urged U.S. recognition of Egypt and neutrality while Israel said it would defend itself. The UN Security Council met to discuss Egypt's allegations of Israeli aggression and a general conflict in the Near East loomed as UN troops began evacuations.
Reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 21.2 with sea level 555.5. Other gauges report Chickamauga 682.4 Pickwick 414.0 Guntersville 594.8 Whitesburg 555.8 Wheeler 555.6 Wilson 506.7. High today 92 degrees, low 66 tonight, high 93 Tuesday. No rain in the prior 24 hours. Fair to partly cloudy with hot afternoons and warm nights.
Tuesday to Saturday temperatures run two to five degrees above normal with continued warmth. Normal highs reach 88 to 91 and lows 60 to 68 as rainfall remains light. Widely scattered showers expected toward the end of the week.
The Decatur Daily invites letters expressing views on current questions with reader anonymity in text but requires the writer’s name and address for the editor. Manuscripts are not returned and length should be 500 to 750 words.
Senior Class of Union Hill High thanks The Decatur Daily for publicity and coverage of their activities, citing May 21 senior features. A second letter criticizes Decatur City Commission plans to add a $2 garbage collection fee, arguing it privatizes the general fund and questions tax impact and candidate stances.
A brief note ends with the sign off many voters. Very truly yours A S Quinn.
Birth notices list multiple families welcoming new babies at Cullman Hospital Decatur General Hospital and other local facilities including the Shickles Hall Bradford Hicks Wilhite Mason Blagb urn Wilks. Recoder’s Court items itemize traffic light issues offenses speeding license and prohibition violations DWI reckless driving resisting arrest assault and battery and related charges.
Pope Paul VI named a large slate of cardinals including Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi and bishops Alfred Bengsch Nicolas Fasolino and several Italian archbishops. The consistory set for June 26 will elevate these princes of the church amid a notable expansion of the College of Cardinals.
Experts fear Memorial Day weekend four days long will set a new high for traffic fatalities. Howard Pyle of the National Safety Council cites an estimated 650 to 750 deaths from Friday 6 p m to Tuesday midnight. The 1965 Christmas three day period saw 720 and last year’s July 4 weekend had 636. There were 53 drownings and 25 boating deaths this weekend.
A Decatur man, Richard Parr, was injured in a head on collision on Interstate 59 five miles north of Tuscaloosa. A 43 year old Sylacauga woman, Frances Smith Sterling, died in the crash. Parr was admitted to Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa.
A listing of senior church figures includes Archbishop Michele Pellegrino of Turin and Archbishop Corrado Orsi of Naples directing Vatican divisions. Also named are Archbishop Antonio Samore, Archbisho Pericle Felice, Archbishop Karl Wittyla, Archbishop Justin Darmajuwana, Archbisho Dino Staff, Archbisho Carlo Grano, Archbisho Pietro Parente, and Msgr. Francesco Carpino in various Vatican departments.
In Frankfort Kentucky AP reports15 percent of state employees earn under 3000 yearly the federal poverty line Two thirds are paid under 100 each week and about one half of one percent top 15000 a year Also noted two early US presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4 1826 on the same day
Decatur notes cover Alvin Turner Jr. leadership, FAA air traffic control recruitment in the south, Red Cross swimming registration, Dr George W Hansberry elected to the American Academy of General Practice, Ford Motor Credit Co celebrating five years in Decatur, vandalism at 505 4th St. SW, a one car crash at 20th Ave SE and Stratford Rd, teens caught with siphoning gear, a city court case where Dorothy Caldwell faced contempt and John Doe warrants.
Cotton prices steady with Decatur loan and middling inch noted. Milk prices vary with Grade at 6.55 dollars per hundred and manufactured milk at 3.20 dollars per hundred for four percent, with references to direct ratio above and below four percent.
A jumble of notices includes price drops on eggs and cotton futures, rental ads for multiple houses and apartments, for sale of a brick home with modern amenities, lost dogs in Birmingham, and equity sale offers. Contact numbers and addresses appear throughout the listings.
A brief notice lists delivery sizes for items in grey and white colors. The large 3044-33 and medium 2514-29 are noted, with mostly 2512-28 and a typo lage 19-21 appearing in the record.
Live broilers and fryers on farms in Atlanta show limited trading. Heavy type offerings are mostly 11 cents per pound, light type mostly 5 cents. farm prices for hens vary with market conditions.
Over the counter securities show broad gains with many listed stocks advancing. Kaiser, Allis Chalmers, Am Air, Lockheed, Lorillard, Macy, American Telephone and others register notable percentages as NASD quotations reflect interdealer prices around 10 a.m.
The New York stock market fell further in late trading as investors remained cautious about economic signals and corporate results. Trade appeared uneven with declines across major indices and selling pressure intensifying into the close.
Investors reassessed the international situation as Israelis and Arabs clashed near Gaza raising fears of wider crisis. Memorial Day week volatility pulled many tech and airline shares lower while Essex Wire and Chicago & North Western Railway showed notable moves amid acquisition news.
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