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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1969
Page
2
Decatur hosts the third annual Spirit of America Festival in Morgan County with patriotic focus. The event honors American servicemen and ties into Alabama’s 150th anniversary, featuring golf, a statewide Miss Spirit of America pageant, and a country and western music jamboree.
Twenty five senators back a bill to require chemical tests for drivers suspected of intoxication. The measure, patterned after model statutes, aims to reduce fatal crashes by ensuring proof of intoxication and supporting law enforcement and the courts in prosecuting drunk drivers.
City spokesmen announced changes to two public projects in Decatur. The high rise housing unit dedication moved from Sunday to June 8, Housing Director Charlie Parker said. Bids for a 1.2 million Point Mallard recreation complex phase will be received June 24, planner Gary Voketz said.
A migrating hummingbird was observed flying steadily at 25 miles per hour. The sighting noted its swift wingbeat and long distance travel during migration season.
A potential for rain threatens the Memorial Day weekend with a 20 percent shower chance through tonight. Highs near 92 and lows around 63 extend warm, calm conditions across Alabama, with isolated showers drifting into the Southeast. South Huntsville reports light hail Friday afternoon as Great Basin to Rockies cool fronts move in elsewhere.
A Washington view says there are no major rifts between Washington and Saigon over Thieu’s hard line on a coalition with the Viet Cong. The France presidential TV session featured Alain Poher attacking Georges Pompidou, while Argentina faces a potential uprising as strikes cripple industry and transport.
Decatur area records a high of 89 at 3 PM and a low of 68 at 6 AM. Today's high 92 and tonight's low 63 with Sunday reaching 90. Partly cloudy with slight shower chance. daily precipitation none, monthly 6.84 inches, yearly 30.98 inches, 7.79 inches above normal.
Sheriff David Sandlin and aides returned from Boston with Dennis J. Harvey, indicted on obtaining property under false pretenses for giving Stokes Ford a worthless $200 check in February. Harvey, jailed in Boston on a minor charge, accompanied by his wife.
Two boats and trailers valued at 5000 dollars were stolen from the Bobby Davis Marine Center on U S 72 west. Police Capt. Richard Faulk said the trailers were chained but cut free, and the thieves hitched the boats to cars and drove away. Investigation continues.
In Indianapolis Mario Andretti dominates the Memorial Day event with a record setting victory. Memorial Day amid parades and remembrances marks the 102nd observance while traffic deaths rise toward a predicted 550 to 650.
Special Memorial Day services at Town Creek First Baptist Church note a magnolia tree planted in memory of Spec. 4 Charles Minor Woodall Jr. The plantings were sponsored by the church Girl's Auxiliary and Royal Ambassadors. Woodall 25, a Hazlewood High School and Florence State University alumnus, died in Vietnam January 25 after two months of combat. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Minor Woodall of Town Creek. Rev. T. W. Whatley led the dedicatory prayer with youth groups taking part.
HARTSELLE W C Sims resigns as justice of the peace after four months in office citing poor health and few cases. Gov Albert Brewer may appoint a replacement to fill the vacancy. Sims, a former school teacher, was named to the post in January and resigns effective Sunday.
Britain and the United States diverged after a NATO Nuclear Planning Group session on battlefield nuclear weapons in Europe. Healey urged limited nuclear use to halt Soviet conventional forces, while Laird pressed strengthening conventional forces. no decisions were made.
The British team, who left Point Barrow 464 days ago, faced slush, drifting ice, and currents while crossing the Arctic. They traveled over 1800 miles by map but more in reality, aided by 35 huskies and support from the Royal Canadian Air Force and a USS Air Force reconnaissance. Polar bears approached within 20 yards, one was slain and fed to the huskies.
The interview traces a shift in Congress as Ben Vanik and Joelson critique welfare, postal, and housing inadequacies. They urge bold reforms, argue the office has gained significance, and challenge old power structures as talks of taxing reform and oil depletion allowances surface.
Twenty thousand students and area residents clashed with peace officers on May 15 near a university land where a “people's park” was created. James Rector, 25, San Jose, was wounded after officers said he threw objects from a rooftop during the confrontation as workers fenced the site to proceed university land use.
A six month Budget Bureau study for the Urban Affairs Council cites a $2.9 billion estimate near the $3 billion figure given to the Senate Agriculture Committee. It recommends expanding the food stamp program by lowering purchase requirements so no family pays more than 25 percent of income for stamps.
A columnist urges road safety as Memorial Day traffic surges. Chicago area expressways resemble parking lots with over 1 million people in 340000 cars, while a 15 mile backup occurs near Eureka Missouri on Interstate 44 U.S. 66. AP notes 481 deaths in a nonholiday 78 hour period.
The Veterans of World War I Morgan County Barracks 2405 and Auxiliary will meet Monday at 6 30 p m for a covered dish supper. The gathering will be at the American Legion Home in Hartselle.
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