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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1966
Page
2
Sunset at 6 54 p m. Sunrise tomorrow at 4 3% a m. Moonset 2 48 a m. Full Moon June 3. Procyon prominent in west at 8 20 p m. Jupiter north of Procyon, Saturn rises 1 37 a m, Venus rises 2 53 a m.
Decatur and vicinity note river reading 21.65 feet at Keller Memorial Bridge with sea level 555.95. Yesterday's high 88 at 3 pm and low 57 at 3:45 am. Today 8:55 am reading 70. Forecast mostly sunny and cooler, light northerly winds, highs near 77, tonight 52, high day 80.
Morgan Democrats face runoffs for secretary of state treasurer and agriculture posts while county races narrow to two for district seats. In the May 3 primary Fleming led local commissioner race. Sandlin and Maddox placed second. Harris led the Senate contest with about 8 500 votes while Easter trailed. Judge Almon noted long lines and blamed first time voters for machine delays.
In Macon and nearby counties the Negro vote is strong yet split. Rev. K L Buford backs white Sheriff Sadler, while Lucius Amerson seeks the office. Fred Gray of Tuskegee leads civil rights efforts as white voters retain control in Barbour.
The Commerce Committee approved a drug and cosmetics bill after compromises but Dirksen seeks more Judiciary Committee review. Cotton backs labeling and weights but opposes federal size directives. The Foreign Relations panel may seek to add three members to the CIA oversight panel, sparking a clash with Russell. Fulbright and McCarthy push a narcotics treatment bill over jail terms. Meanwhile the House plans a $17.8 billion military procurement authorization with $931 million in nonadministration items and about $600 million more than the Senate.
Jerry Holland 91 of Moulton died Sunday at Beatrice Rest Home. Services Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Moulton Methodist Church with burial in Moulton Cemetery. He was a former Lawrence County legislator and member of Moulton Masonic Lodge No 6. Survived by four sons, eleven grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
Grace H. Whitfield 68 of Athens died Sunday at 7 15 am at Athens Limestone Hospital. Funeral services 2 pm at Pettusville Church of Christ with officiants Fred Evans and Elam Kuykendall. Burial Hodges Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Virgil Smith and Harold Broadway both of Athens a brother Neal Hodges six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Native of Limestone County.
Mrs. Mary Anderson Legg 75 of 400 North Madison Street died Sunday at 2 30 a m at her home. Graveside services were held at Athens City Cemetery at 11 a m with Rev James Harris officiating. McConnell Funeral Home directed. Survived by son William A Legg Athens daughter Mrs William R Gordon Athens two brothers Dr Walter H Anderson Mooreville and Joe D Anderson Madison one sister Mrs Susie A Bryan Athens and five grandchildren. Pallbearers were R W Anderson William J Bryan Jack Anderson T E Anderson Pete A Bryan and Bill McElroy.
Sarah Elizabeth Baker age 82 of Hartselle died Sunday at 1 p m at home after a heart attack. Services Tuesday at 2 p m from Summitt Baptist Church with Rev James A Rich and Rev W N Bynum officiating. Burial in Basham Cemetery Gunthorp Funeral. surviving son Murray and Loyd Baker of Hartselle. six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Mrs Baker a Morgan County lifelong resident and charter member of Summitt Baptist Church.
Mrs Annie Jane Halbrooks 59 of 326 6th Ave NW died Sunday at 1 30 p m in a local hospital Funeral services will be held at Guntharp Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev W J Johnson and the Rev Ralph Creel officiating Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery Surviving is a widower and other details not shown
Mary Lou Dancy Chapter 320 Eastern Star plans a 7 p.m. meeting Tuesday at the Masonic Temple for an initiation ceremony with officers urged to attend. The Decatur Fire Department responded to a Holiday Inn call at 2 46 p.m. Sunday for a minor laundry mishap. Building permits issued Friday include Limbaugh repairs 1535 dollars Sims Sign erect sign 350 dollars and Nickens demolish house 150 dollars. A 1959 Pontiac owned by Kenneth W. Chaffen of Somerville was sideswiped in a hit and run about 11 50 p.m. Sunday while parked at the Blue Circle No. 2 Drive In. Dorothy L. Carter admitted to Veterans Hospital Birmingham Friday in room 46 seventh floor south. Tommy Hobbs reported two wheel covers stolen from his 1966 Chevelle at Perrylanes Bowling Center Sunday night. Dorothy Chairs reported a break in attempt at her home on Wilson Street with a torn window screen. A 1965 maroon Mustang was stolen in Cullman Sunday.
A typical dinner dance was held Saturday night in Milwaukee. The event was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. William Feldstein, friends of the Johnson family.
Clarence Halbrooks of Decatur dies leaving a daughter Mrs Susie Jett of Decatur three sons B D Halbrooks of Decatur T R Halbrooks of Chattanooga Tenn and Bobby George Halbrooks of Miami Fla a brother Leon Russell of Decatur a sister Mrs Alice Shelton of Decatur six grandchildren The funeral home handles services Pallbearers named Johnny Steven Russell Wallace C Russell H M Russell Jesse R Russell Bobby Leon Russell John C Russell.
Walter Tate Moebes 49 of 930 Cedar St SW Decatur died Sunday at 4 p.m. at home after an apparent heart attack. Services at 3 p.m. at Austinville Baptist Church with Rev. W N Bynum Rev. George Ricker and Rev. C L Stover officiating. Burial in City Cemetery. Survived by widow Josephine Moebes two sons Michael and Jimmy and a grandson Michael Forrest Moebes. father W R Moebes. sister Mrs Carl Hendon. brothers Rudolph Alfred and Gilbert Moebes. 11 nieces and nephews. Pallbearers named. World War II veteran, church deacon and lifelong Decatur resident. Employed with Chemstrand for several years.
MOULTON The Lawrence County board of education studies bids for a new gym at Tennessee Valley High School Hillsboro. The low bid totals 135 815 98 about 53 859 98 over the 72 000 set aside plus 10 000 from local sales tax funds, with bids from Jack's Construction Bigbee Steel and General Construction. The board has not accepted bids and will delay until more funds are raised.
The piece notes rising Memorial Day and Christmas traffic deaths with figures from 1948 to 1966. It cites Somerset Kentucky crashes, Ohio Tennessee soldier fatalities, and a national toll of 49 000 last year. AAP survey covers 78-hour periods and compares 1965 and 1966 data.
Spacecraft Surveyor sped toward the moon on a 231 483 mile path with two omni directional antennas. Preliminary tracking suggested a midcourse correction may be needed early Tuesday to hit the Ocean of Storms crater region.
Intelligence reports indicate fresh North Vietnamese units poised in Cambodia though Phnom Penh denies it. West of Pleiku, the Paul Revere operation, begun May 10, saw early light contact extend into Saturday as the initial Communist battalion estimate grew with advancing clashes.
Multiple notices list items for sale and rent including a 1962 Chevy station wagon loan request and a 1960 Chevrolet Impala for 795 dollars. Rentals include a 4 room house near Decatur for 60 dollars, a six room unfurnished house on US Highway 31 South for 90 dollars, and a trailer home in Hartselle for 60 dollars. Also seeks live‑in household help and high school girls to type.
In four hours of heavy fighting near Pleiku and along the Da Nang coast in Quang Tin Province the Vietnamese army says it killed 160 Viet Cong and seized 58 weapons including two machine guns. The Viet Cong withdrew at daylight.
Mrs. Grace Free and Mrs. Marie Sandlin were named to the Moulton Public Library board for one year terms. They join existing directors to guide library plans and services in the district.
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at Lawrence Hospital today from 2 until 8 p.m. Collecting blood donations from area residents seeking to aid patients in need.
Margart Truman Daniel and Clifton Daniel welcomed a son weighing 4 pounds 12 ounces after a Caesarean delivery Saturday night. The baby joins three brothers aged 9 7 and 3. Clifton Daniel is Times editor in chief and the child is connected to the Trumans by marriage. In Minnesota a former first grade teacher Katherine Putnam mentored Sharon Hansen early in her education in Tintah.
A US spokesman reported 227 Communist casualties from 25th Division fighting west of Pleiku as American units had moderate losses. Intelligence said up to 10,000 North Vietnamese were in Cambodian mountains, though Washington had no evidence. Vietnamese forces also struck along Quang Tin Province coast, while Buddhist protests in Saigon flare with self immolations and calls for leadership resignations.
Probate Judge Bill Lee announced the next Lawrence County Court session will convene on June 6. It will be a nonjury session.
Fragmentary text notes that truly primitive tribes survive only in parts of Australia central New Guinea and the jungles of South America.
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