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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1963
Page
2
Sunset at 5 19 p.m. Sunrise 5 51 a.m. Moonrise 1 04 a.m. New Moon visible. Capella prominent in northeast at 8 46 p.m. Saturn due south at 7 45 p.m. Jupiter higher in south at 11 21 p.m. Mercury rises at 4 55 a.m. October 17.
Decatur and vicinity TVA river reading at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 18.40 feet, down .12 in 24 hours. Sea level 552.82 feet. Other lake stages listed for I kwick 410.7 Guntersville 593.8 Whitesburg 553.6 Wilson 507.0. Forecast calls for fair warm day, tonight clear and cooler, east winds 3 to 15 mph. Yesterday’s high 86, low 56. this morning 76.
A massive landslide above a four mile long reservoir sent water rushing through valleys striking Trieste and Belluno hospitals. SETAF helicopters and Maj Gen Harrison A. Gerhardt directed relief as 120 injured were treated while engineers began slowly lowering the lake to avert further disaster.
The Lawrence County grand jury completed its April session after returning 69 indictments. Recalled Sept. 3 for a one day session, they finished work Tuesday. The next Lawrence County Circuit Court term begins Nov. 11 with Judge Newton B. Powell presiding for three weeks, civil cases first then criminal.
Etowah County men Troy McCormick and Glenn Wayne Hill were sentenced in county court for second degree forgery. McCormick received 18 months in jail, Hill four years. Hill faces five forgery cases and is wanted by county officials.
Limestone County Court will begin two weeks of jury sessions starting November 4 with Judge D L Rosenau Jr presiding. Week one covers civil cases, week two criminal, with jurors called for each week including William Aycock Jr and many others.
US Embassy confirms five dead after a twin engine Bonanza crash on a mountain slope 35 miles south of Mexico City. Victims include Warren Gardner and his wife from Decatur now of New Orleans, their son and daughter-in-law, Joseph Gandolfo Jr of New Orleans, and Helen Noble of Hot Springs. Authorities open probe. Bodies to be evacuated by mule and shipped home for burial.
The Madison and Morgan County sheriff offices investigate a cotton salvage incident after a truck from a Waler Moso Springs gin owned by Dewey Day crashed on Whitesburg Bridge. Day allegedly offered two boys $75 per bale for salvaged cotton he said they towed to the Madison County side, and he planned to swear out warrants for grand larceny.
Olympic National Park in Washington stands as the only U S park hosting both snow capped peaks and ocean beaches. The unique landscape spans glaciated ridges and rugged coastlines drawing visitors to diverse ecosystems.
William Henry Cockrell 83 of Athens died at his residence Wednesday at noon. Funeral services Friday at 1 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church with burial in Mitch ell Cemetery. Officiants were Rev. W. V. McDougal and Rev. Hollis Kitchens. Survived by three daughters Avis Davis Minor Hill Tenn Eva Jackson Athens Pauline Tarpley Rogersville six sons E E Cockrell Decatur Almon Cockrell Robert Cockrell Buford Cockrell Athens Cecor Cockrell Florence and James Cockrell Cleveland Ohio one brother I D Cockrell Decatur 12 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Joseph H Hughes 50 of 603 3rd Ave SW died at 7 30 a m today of an apparent heart attack Funeral services will be announced later by Gunthorp Funeral Home Survivors include widow Mrs Inez Hughes Huntsville two daughters Bonnie Ree Huntsville and Mrs Richard Scoggin Michigan one son Lester E Hughes Michigan parents Mr and Mrs F E Hughes Decatur four sisters Mrs Paul Moore Columbus Ga Mrs Robert B Orr Minden La Mrs Hollis West Decatur Mrs Robert Walter Decatur eight grandchildren
Leslie A. Wood 59 of Trinity died at 1 10 a m today at Decatur General Hospital. Funeral services will be announced by Gunthorp. Survived by widow Martha Wood three sons Ferrell Dalton Richard Allen Wood all of Trinity a step son Virgil Jones Trinity two daughters Helen Sisco Belle Mina Martha Ray Gatlin Trinity a step daughter Mable Jones Trinity one brother Judy Wood Hartselle one half brother T H Wood Louisville Ky nine grandchildren and 11 step grandchildren.
The plan envisages 4 million tons to the Soviet Union and 1 million tons to Bulgaria Hungary Poland and Czechoslovakia with total 7 million tons possible. Kennedy argues the sale at world prices with subsidies offsets U.S. taxpayer costs and boosts balance of payments and farm economy.
In Athens, the condemnation case of Buford L. Rich and Cleo W. Rich vs Limestone County remained in session in Circuit Court. The Richs seek a jury trial over a road project they say would deprive them of payment for their property. The Judy H. Kiger versus A. J. Boyd damage suit was continued to the next circuit term.
A 12 ton feed truck from Qua ker Oats Co. crashed through the Stover Bridge over Flint Creek at 5 15 this morning injuring driver Olan Steele of Falkville. Troopers say the loaded truck lurched through tearing the bridge. Steele was taken to Decatur Clinic with a dislocated shoulder. The 1956 International truck remained in the creek at noon.
State National Bank becomes North Alabama's first with resources over 100 million dollars. President Willard Nelson notes resources reach 101,874,675.68 as the sixth largest bank in Alabama. Earlier statements show 5.5 million in 1939 and about 68 million in 1958.
Kroger officials in Nashville recall Dornbos smoked whitefish after a botulism scare. Officials say the weight of the package was under five pounds and contamination is not yet confirmed. Alabama health officials await a Public Health Service report on a Huntsville boy's death linked to smoked fish.
A crowded hospital dismissal list includes individuals from Cullman and surrounding towns such as Arley Hayden and Cullman. Entries show names like Mrs Shirley Weaver Mrs Betty Waddle and Mr Eddie Prickett Jr with varying counts and home towns in Alabama.
Readable fragment lists residents including Newlyn Stephenson of Town Creek Mrs Henry Steele and Mrs Della Knight of Moulton plus Moulton residents Mavis Lee Allen Mrs Porter Dutton and Arthur Hayes Hillsboro 1 and F N Garrison Mount Hope 1 and Mrs James Steeples Moulton as part of a larger local notice.
Mrs. Otis Golden of 512 Carolyn Street and Mrs. Maggie Steely of 601 Prospect Drive join a local residents listing alongside Roy Moore of Hillsboro and Joe Croney of Elkton Tennessee. Also named are Mrs. A J Posey of Arab and Mrs. Leon Whitten of 111 4th Avenue Northwest with Mrs. Lee Cagle at 611 2nd Avenue Southwest.
A list of admissions at Decatur General includes multiple individuals with full names and addresses such as Mrs W T Hames from Moulton, Miss Patrica Ann Bates of Locust Street, and Master Keith Morgan of 1612 5th Avenue SE. It also notes other entries like Mrs James West of Kalamazoo Michigan and families or infants connected to residents on Railroad Street and North Street SE.
By last year 23,931 tags had been sold and 20,000 Morgan County vehicle owners still use old blue and white plates. As of noon Wednesday 5,930 more were sold and licenses will not be available this Saturday. County offices except the sheriff and school superintendent will be closed for Columbus Bay observance.
Nomination opened for receipt of applications for substitute clerk and substitute carrier at Town Creek Post Office. For information and forms contact Mrs De Belle Neal acting Applications filed with the executive secretary Post Office Department Civil Service Establishment Board US Post Office Birmingham.
Decatur markets report cotton inch middling and cottonseed values with grain prices for corn oats wheat barley soybeans and cattle and hogs. Notable figures include No 2 Yellow Shelled Corn 1.25 and hogs 210 lb barrows near 16.00 with live movement steady.
New York trading opened weak with most major groups in the red. The AP 60 stock average fell about 2 points to 277.2 at noon as industrials, rail stocks, and utilities retreated while Sugar and a few lenders held gains or small losses.
New York noon stock list includes Acme Steel Allis Chal Am Air L Am Baker Am Can Am Mot Am Sugar Am T and T Am Tob Anaconda Armour At C Line Babcock and W Baltimore and Ohio. In Birmingham eggs movement is mostly fair with ample supply and prices steady to lower for large sizes. Consumer prices to retailers rise up to 9:30 with Grade A white large 44 34 to 50 cents, mediums 37 to 39, small 20 to 32 cents per dozen.
Police report a two-vehicle crash at 8 10 a m on U S 31 in front of the Gate Way Shopping Center involving Tom Richardson Pitts 44 Florence and Howard Wayne Slaten 22 Decatur. A separate collision at 4 52 p m involved Rudy T Miller 16 backing into a parked car near Phyllis In ez Dunaway. Building permits issued include Imperial Lodge Motel and several residences. The Boys Club screens Billy The Kid and educational shorts at 5 30 p m. The Mary Lou Dancy Chapter meets Friday night and the Decatur Women’s Golf Association convenes Friday at 12 30 p m. The Decatur District Convention follows with Rev Huston R Moorehead as speaker.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announces that Linus Pauling will be awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize. No 1962 prize has been announced yet. The 1953 Peace Prize goes to the International Red Cross Committee and the League of Red Cross Societies, sharing 265 000 kroner. Pauling's prize totals 254 219 kroner, about 49 465 dollars. The ceremony is set for December 10. Marie Curie remains the only person with more than one Nobel Prize. Pauling, a noted anti nuke activist, urged action against nuclear tests.
Janet Miligan and Richard Olson were treated and dismissed from Lawrence County Hospital after a two car crash two miles south of Moulton at the intersection of Ala 33 and Ala 36. Olson rode with Betty Bolan and Miligan drove the other car. Damages were estimated at 400 for Miligan’s car and 225 for Bolan’s. A second incident at the Danville intersection of Ala 36 and Jackson Chapel Rd involved Homer McDonald and Dan Harvey with damages of 155 and 25 respectively. A third collision five miles west of Moulton on Ala 24 involved a 1961 International driven by Jesse Woods and a 1963 Mercury driven by Annie Smith with damages of 250, 150, and 25.
Limestone County Sheriff reporting Wednesday arrests in Athens includes one for reckless driving two for no driver's license one for violation of the prohibition law and two for no tail lights.
Hartselle Police Department arrested an individual on Wednesday for driving while intoxicated. The investigation and booking information were released by local authorities.
Cullman Police Department arrested four individuals on Wednesday two for disorderly conduct and two for no driver's license. Authorities did not release names or further details.
Mr and Mrs James Childres Decatur announce the birth of a son on Wednesday at Baugh Wiley Smith hospital. The couple named the infant James, confirming a family milestone in the local community.
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