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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1968

Page

3

Obituary for Mrs Iso bell Morrow

Mrs Iso bell Morrow 79 of 617 LaFayette St died Monday in a local hospital. Funeral 3 p m Saturday at Church of God in Christ Decatur Elder C Meadows officiating Burial Oakland Cemetery Limestone County Reynolds directing Survivors include widow er Rev William G Morrow a five sons Rev William R Morrow Florence Robert Morrow Gadsden Lawrence Morrow Decatur Walter Morrow Gadsden William Lee Morrow Washington DC plus three sisters and two brothers

Isobell Morrow LaFayette St Church of God In Christ Decatur Walter Morrow Gadsden William Lee Morrow Washington, D. C

Funeral services for Charles Jonathan Watkins

Funeral services for Charles Jonathan Watkins aged 3 of Hartselle will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at C.M.E. Church Hartselle with Rev James Smith officiating. Burial follows at Camp Ground Cemetery. Survived by mother Ruth N. Watkins Hart selle S Sgt Lucius C Watkins Jr Germany and grandfather Lucius C Watkins Sr Chicago.

Hartselle Charles Jonathan Watkins C.M.E. Church James Smith Camp Ground Reynolds Funeral Home Ruth N. Watkins Lucius C. Watkins, Jr Germany Lola Orr Lucius C. Watkins Chicago Ill

Local Births and Dismissals Listed in Decatur Area

A list shows births at Decatur General Hospital and Decatur Hospital plus dismissals at local addresses. Notable entries include Clyde A George Decatur 3 a son, Simon W Schmidbauer Decatur 5 a son, Meredith E Lott Blueberry Circle SW a daughter, and Marvin E Jones Fayetteville at Decatur General.

Clyde A. George Decour Decatur Ral Hospital Simon W. Schmidbauer Decatur 5 Decatur Hospital Meredith E. Lott Blueberry Circle Decatur General Hospital Marvin E. Jones Fas Yyton Atur General

Evening sky outlines planets and week forecast

Decatur skies note Pollux near the moon with Mercury setting and Jupiter visible in the west at 10 59 pm Saturn low in the east at 3 40 am. Day 80 with a low 58 and Friday forecast high 83.

Pollux Mercury Jupiter Saturn

Weather Summary for Decatur Area and Vicinity

River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge 21.42 feet and sea level readings 555.72 inches. High 79 degrees at 3 p m, low 56 at 3 a m, 8 a m reading 66. Rainfall 1.5 inches in the 24 hours to 7 a m. Forecast: clear to partly cloudy and warmer today tonight and Friday with isolated afternoon evening thunder showers.

Decatur and Vicinity Keller Memorial Bridge

Markets Records Delicate Prices For Regional Commodities

Decatur loan stands with middling inch at 21.26. Cottonseed at 40 dollars per ton. Milk grades range from Grade A at 6.55 per hundred to 3.20 for four per cent. Pulpwood priced 14.50 per cord. Grains list No 2 yellow corn 1.22, No 2 white corn 1.22, oats 0.70, milling wheat 1.53, barley 0.95, soybeans 2.60. Wood values listed 65 45 35. No. 2 soybeans lead the grain section at 2.60.

Decatur

Over the Counter Securities Quotation Summary

Quotations from the NASD show interdealer prices as of about 10 a.m. Interdealer market moves through the day. Prices do not include retail markup, markdown, or commission.

Wallace Campaign Tour Planned Across Southern States

Wallace campaign organizer Jones outlined fund raising tours through Baton Rouge Jackson and Pensacola with later stops. He noted speeches in Maryland and New England to support petition drives for ballot access while a national convention location remains uncertain. Wallace will devote full time to the presidential bid as a weekly casualty summary reports 426 Americans killed and 2,687 wounded in the past week.

Baton Rogue Jackson Miss Pensacola Fla Jones South Maryland New England Wallace

Marines suffer casualties as heavy bombing hits Vietnam frontier

In ongoing combat, Marines report killed and 47 U.S. troops wounded amid massed Vietnamese concentrations of up to 15 000 in the highlands. B 52s and tactical air units pound southern North Vietnam while U S fighter bombers fly 129 missions and claim trucks and supply boats destroyed or damaged.

U.S Highlands Navy Marine North Vietnam Panhandle Vietnam

Unstable Air Fades as Severe Thunderstorm Risk Diminishes

Northwest winds ease and showers taper off with fair skies across the state. Cool nights bring lows in the 50s to 60s while a high pressure system edges in from the southeast. Through Friday expect mainly fair weather and little rain with mild days and cooler nights. Saturday trends toward partly cloudy and mild conditions.

North Alabama

For Sale and Rent Classified Excerpt

Multiple small ads list equity sale by owner and rental offerings. Entries include a Sherwood Drive block with 29 900 price and 2510 Sumner Avenue rental details, plus various household items and a cosmetology job posting with commission terms and contact numbers.

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