Weather and River Summary for Decatur and Vicinity
Decatur area forecast calls for fair and briefly warmer today with a high around 76 and low near 48. River readings show the Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge at 19.02 feet, down 0.17 feet in 24 hours, sea level at 553.32 feet, with nearby TVA lakes Chickamauga 679.1 Pickwick 410.8 Guntersville 593.8 Whitesburg 554.2 and Wilson 507.1. Tonight moonset 7:59 p.m. First Quarter on Oct 13. Visible planets Saturn Jupiter Venus Mars and Antares noted. Jupiter rises 7:34 p.m. Venus 2:49 a.m. Mars 3:30 a.m. Antares near the Moon. Friday extends a high near 72 with continued mild, partly cloudy conditions and southeast winds 7-12 mph shifting northwest. Gas dept. reports 70 high at 1 p.m. and 4 at 6 a.m. with 66 this morning at 10.
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Decatur
Keller Meemorial Bridge
TVA
Chickamauga
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Listed
Hospitals report admissions including Miss Sandy Canter from Hazel Green and J M Hendon of 618 James Street SW. Dismissals feature Master Keith Blackwell of Ardmore and Claude Aycock Sr. of 628 Moulton Street, plus Miss Kathy Johns of 208 6th Avenue SE.
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Baugh-Wiley-Smith Admissions
Sandy Canter
Hazel Green
J.M. Hendon
James St. SW
Keith Blackwell
Ardmore
Claude Aycock Sr
Moulton St
Kathy Johns
6Th Ave
Local Names and Addresses Listed in Diary Drag
A fragment shows a long roster of individuals with names and street addresses across multiple towns including Decatur Athens and Hillsboro. The list includes Mrs. Dudley Cheape Jr. and Roger Franklin Hoover among others, plus entries for infants and family members.
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Dudley Cheape Jr
Quince
Roger Franklin Hoover
Decatur
Gary L. Givins
Court
Alvin McCreless
Creek
Adrian Barnes
Shady Crest
Carl E. White
5Th Ave
Thomas Nelson
1St St
James Hatley
Bradley St
Jesse Wilson Sr
North
River Market St Two Pickup Collision Injures No One
Police report two pickups collided on Market St NE at 3 10 p m with no injuries. Vehicles were a 1952 Chevrolet driven by McKinley Foster 64 Hillsboro 2 and a 1963 Ford driven by Abron W Waters 35 Moulton. Building permits from the city clerk list include six room houses and several additions with values from 500 to 48 800. The North Alabama Historical Association will meet Oct 18 at Florence State College with a joint program with the Tennessee Valley Historical Society.
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Market St. NE
McKinley. Foster
Hillsboro
Ford
Abron W. Waters
Moulton
Arthur Simmons
Danville Rd
O.M. Tucker
Meadowbrook Rd
E.P. Childs
Wilson St
10Th Ave
Trinity Stone Co
P.A. Irwin
J.W. Blair
Crestview Dr
J.M. Blair
T.E. Putman
Grant St
L.L. Taylor
5Th Ave
Johnnie Holmes
Church St. NW
John Sandilin
7Th Ave. SE
Ernest Seibert
8Th Ave. SE
Fairway Dr
James Holland
College St
H.M. Works
7Th Ave. NW
North Alabama
James Huffstutler
Rest Home Worker Drowns In Guntersville Lake
Decatur nursing home employee Rebecca Johnson drowned when her car rolled off a Guntersville ramp into 10 feet of water. Doug Canfield attempted rescue as Barbara Flatt and Johnson tried to move the vehicle. Johnson died despite hospital treatment. authorities said she had come to Guntersville to collect a bill.
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Guntersville
Decatur Nursing Home
Clifford McGowin
Rebecca Johnson
Decatur
Guntersville Lake
Doug Canfield
War Eagle Slaying Case Closed Without Arrest
Birmingham AP reports the War Eagle III mascot slaying case was closed with no arrest. Gardendale Police Chief Harold Littrell says a sufficient case could not be made against the shooter. Federal authorities reportedly closed the case as well, noting eagles are protected by federal law.
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Birmingham
Harold Littrell
Gardendale
Auburn — University
Last Saturn booster tested in final static firing
Officials at the Marshall Space Center reported the last Saturn I booster completed its second and final static test. The countdown reached 156 seconds and the test was declared a success.
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Huntsville
Ala
Marshall Space Center
Military study notes built in defense for sea force
The report cites vast oceans and 12 000 miles of NATO coastline as natural defenses for fleet dispersion. It argues shallow waters and inland waterways hinder submarine threat and that under normal cold war conditions surprise is unlikely. It also notes the Soviets lack sufficient aircraft or submarines to trail the ships.
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NATO
Ryan School PTA Sets Project Focus For Year
At a Ryan School PTA meeting the first project of the year was agreed as refinishing the gym floor and buying new ball club uniforms. The group will also sponsor a Halloween Carnival on Oct 30.
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Ryan
Ryan School
P-Ta
Lawsuits Seek Damages Over Alleged Assault and Trespass
The suits claim Evans and Braswell acted under color of office during the alleged incidents. The plaintiff, via Jam es A Burchell, filed around 3 p m yesterday with attorney present. Evans denies all charges and cites a prior whisky raid. Mrs Burchell was convicted of prohibition violations and appeals.
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Evans
Braswell
James A. Burchell
Smith
Associated Press
Birmingham
Limestone Democrat
Alabama Courier
THE
DAILY
Burchell
D.L. Rosenall, Jr
Bruce Sherrill
Sugar Bowl film shown at Huntsville Campus event
A film of the 1964 Sugar Bowl game will be shown at the Huntsville Campus, followed by a Mary Lou Dancy Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. L.G. Halfacre's home. The Humane Society plans to give away three puppies. call 356-0062 for details.
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Decatur Toastmasters Club
Little Ernie's
Huntsville
Sity
Mary Lou Dancy
The
United ~ Daughters of the Confederacy
Humane
Wall Street Irregular Gains Amid Mixed Sector Strength
The New York stock market closed higher in an irregular session with rails airlines building materials and some motor stocks showing strength. Steel shares were mixed as trading remained fairly active today.
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Wall Street New York
Goldwater Proposes Markets Over Farm Supports
Goldwater argues farm price supports would vanish under his policy and would slash farm income by half, bankrupting about 20 percent of farmers. He counters that Johnson claims all good while opposing him for every fault. In New Jersey Goldwater drew strong crowds at West Essex and Teaneck amid anti Johnson protests by teens.
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Goldwater
Arizona
Johnson
New Jersey
West Essex
Teaneck
Officer forces way into home during Limestone County case
The family alleges an officer pulled a gun and forced entry while Royce, recently injured in a high school football game and using crutches, had crutches knocked from his hands striking the daughter in law. Sheriff Evans followed with a gun. Trials are scheduled for the next Limestone County circuit court term in January.
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Royce
Evans
Limestone County
Humphrey Attacks Goldwater in Ohio Rally
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey labeled Barry Goldwater radical and un-Republican during an outdoor rally in Ashtabula Ohio drawing about 10 000 supporters. He warned Goldwater would disband modern government and urged continued federal aid and constitutional duties while campaigning through Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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Joe Hall Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Barry Goldwater
Sen. Goldwater
Humphrey
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Minnesota
Ashtabula
Goldwater
Democratic Party
Congo Crisis Foment Amid Conference Debates
Cairo Nasser and Ben Bella rally to bar Tshombe from the conference opposing his Katanga secession bid. The Congo’s Kasavubu rejects him and embassies are blocked in Leopoldville. Tshombe remains confined, awaiting outcomes and further diplomatic moves.
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Nasser
Ahm Ben Bella
Algeria
Tshombe
Accaim
Katanga
Patrice Lumumba
Congo
Cairo
Leopoldville
Ifrom
Rene Bavasa
Mess
Joseph Kasavubu
Buth
United Arab Republic
Bavasa
Kasavubu
Johnson Campaign Swing Marked by Calls for Victory in Midwest
LBJ intensified a Midwest swing through Indiana Ohio and Kentucky focusing on a Democratic landslide in November He spoke to AFL-CIO delegates in Peoria Ill urging grass roots work and attacked unnamed Republican critics While at O Hare Johnson predicted the greatest Democratic victory in history and pressed Democrats to keep up the effort through November
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Johnson
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Peoria
Ill
Afl-Cio
Brown
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Harry Truman
Dewey
Mosty
Barry Goldwater
Lyndon Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Springfield
Chicago
O'Hare International
Democratic Party
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred E. Landon
Maine
Vermont
Goldwater
Washington
Deaths Mrs Sylvia Culp at Athens
Funeral services for Mrs. Sylvia Culp 77 of Athens will be held Friday morning at 10 at Elkmont Methodist Church with Rev A M Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Antioch Cemetery McConnell Funeral Home directing. Survived by daughter Iva Vinson Athens son James Whitmire Baldwin Mich brother William Eggleston Goshen Ind eight grandchildren 18 great grandchildren
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Athens
Sylvia Culp
Athns
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Elkmont Methodist Church
A. M. Jones
McConnell Funeral Home
Antioch Cemetery
Iva Vinson
Athens 4
James Whitmire
Baldwin, Mich
William Eggleston
Goshen
Ind
Franklin E Thomas Funeral Rites Held In Athens
Funeral services for Franklin Earl Thomas 57 were held at 3 30 p m at Bethel Church of Christ with Eurl Grubb and O D Morrow officiating. Burial followed in the adjacent cemetery. Thomas died Wednesday at Athens Limestone Hospital. Survivors include his widow Mrs Mary Thomas a daughter Mrs Morris Schrimsher two sons Charles and Samuel Thomas his mother Mrs Price Thomas a sister Mrs Bryan Bowers a brother Phillip Thomas and one grandson.
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Franklin Earl Thomas
Athens
Bethel Church of Christ
Eurl Grubb
O. D. Morrow
Thomas
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Mary Thomas
Morris Schrimsher
Decatur
Charles Thomas
Atlanta
Samuel Thomas
Price Thomas
Bryan Bowers
Phillip Thomas
Newhouse papers back LBJ in November election
The Long Island Press and Long Island Star Journal endorsed President Johnson, citing his restrained leadership. The papers noted a shift from past Democratic support and argued Goldwater has no positive program while Johnson offers steady guidance for America and the world.
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NEW York
Long Island Press
Long Island Star-Journal
S. I. Newhouse
Johnson
Queens
The
Press and Star-Journal
John Kennedy
Adlai E. Stevenson
America
For Sale and Rental Classified Fragments
Multiple ads list Auburn Chattanooga tickets for sale with phone numbers. Rentals include a furnished garage apartment at 705 Prospect Drive, a 5 room unfurnished apartment near Church St at $45, a 3 bedroom house on Oak St at $80, and a 3 room furnished unit in a commercial area at $60. Additional rental lines reference addresses and contact numbers.
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Prospect Drive
Church St
N.E
Apety Wyker’s
Bank St
Oak St
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Mars
Alabama
Muscle Shoals
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Decatur General Admissions
Sanford W. Ruark
Eastmeade
F. A. Shaw
Lance A. Morris
McArthur Ave
Charles Robert Johnson
Frederic Flindt
Williams St
Charles E. Gillespie
James Garner
Hartselle
Jack Pope
Corrine Ave
H. F. Mahoney
11Th St
Joe McCord
New Market
Lemon White
14Th Ave
Deannes
Optimale Olimple
Cullman
Mary Cathrine Bednarek
Hanceville
Daisy Jane Giles
Henry C. Lester
Clifton C. Hames
Samuel E. Harris
Andrew M. Hicks
Virginia Mathis
John W. Meherg
Eva
Central Baptist Church
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Harold Whitmire
Ray Albert
Martha Parrish
Holly Pond
Eddie Joe Willoughby
Ullman
Wister C. Glover
Martha Ellen Mitchell
Jerita Faye Bates
Ruth Mae Couch
Hanceille
Alice G. Goodwin
Dorothy Pearl Green
Rebecca Kirk
Oliver O. McAnnally, Hayden
Miles T. Parker
Margaret Ann Pope
Vinemont
Wheeler Refuge
Tennessee Valley State Vocational and Technical School
Douglas Hanners
Hal Chaney
Jimmy Usery
Elkmont
Edwin Burrow
Helen Bound
Fred Magruder
Jennifer Chenault
Paul Balch
Norman W. Green
F.C. Morris
James W
Billy) Davidson
Black Chandler Hospital
Decatur Fire Department
Dale Price
Sunset Dr
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Johnston St
Hamilton Masters
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Jefferson Standard Life Eseasseceene
Liberty National Life Sesneens
Life
Par Life
Eaeenseeseus
Cotton
Acme Steel
Allis Chal
Beth Steel
Owens Ill Gl
Ind Calum & H
Proct & G
Ches & Ohio
Coca Cola
Smrca Bals
Collins Radio
Reyn
RC Cola
St Regis
Delta Air L
Seab
Woolworth
Hercules Pdr
Xerox
Goldie
Hhh
Eugene Wil
Greshan
Decatur General Hospital
Moulton Legion
American Legion Post
Mee
Mrs
Franklin E. Thomas
Newhouse Paper
Auburn-Chattanooga
S.E
Monsanto
Semmes & Taylor, Inc
State Nationel Bank Bldg
Johnston. Se
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