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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1963

Page

2

Paul C. Davis 61 Decatur merchant dies after heart attack

Funeral services for Paul C. Davis age 61 long time Decatur merchant will be Sunday at 3 p m from First Methodist Church with Rev Ford McDonald officiating Burial in Decatur City Cemetery under Gunthorp Brown Service Funeral Home direction Survivors include widow Edith Davis son James L Davis granddaughter Paula Annette Davis two brothers Jim Davis and F M Davis Birmingham Davis born in Trinity lifelong Morgan County resident opened Paul C Davis Feed Store on Church Street in 1943 and was active in Southern Seedsmen Alabama Seeds association He died Friday at Decatur General Hospital after a heart attack body resting at residence 627 Johnston St SE until church services Pallbearers named and honorary pallbearers from Lowe's Len-A-Hand Bible Class.

Decatur City Gunthorp- Brown Edith Davis Decatur James L. Davis Paula Annette Davis Jim Davis Birmingham F. M. Davis Davis Moulton St Morgan County Trinity Trinity Methodist Church First Methodist Church of Decaur Chamber of Commerce McGregory’s Home R. N. Harris Echols Mr. Davis Paul C. Davis Church St Tennessee Valley Southern Seedsmen Alabama Decatur General Hospital Johnston St. SE Julian and Norman Harris Paul Robinson W. E. Steed Milton Hall Sam P. Lile Lowe's Methodist Church

William F Fletcher dies at 74 in Decatur

William F. Fletcher 74 of 910 4th Ave SE died Friday morning. Services 2 p.m. Sunday at Fifth Ave Baptist Church. Burial Mt Pisgah Cemetery with Gunthorp directing. Survived by widow Addie Fletcher a daughter and four stepdaughters. Pallbearers listed. Body at funeral home until church service.

William F. Fletcher 4Th Ave Fifth Ave. Baptist Church Mt. Pisgah Cemetery Gunthorp Addie Fletcher Joel Sandlin Decatur Charles Roberts Grady Boldin Alvis Flannagan Maybelle Lawrence W. R. Mitchell Joe Bald

Weather and River Summary for Sunday October 13

Sunset 5 17 p m Sunrise 5 52 a m Moonrise 3 03 a m Jupiter rises at sunset and sets at sunrise Mercury rises later each morning and returns as an evening star in December Tennessee River reading Keller Memorial Bridge 18 10 feet down 0 22 River levels Guntersville 593 8 Whitesburg 553 4 Pickwick 410 6 Wilson 506 7 Forecast sunny and warm tonight fair and cool Winds light and variable becoming southwest 5 to 15 mph High 88.

Jupiter Mercury Tennessee Keller Memorial Bridge TVA Guntersville Whitesburg Pickwick Wilson

Morgan County Singing Convention Set at Holy Church

The Morgan County Singing Convention will meet at the Holy Church of Christ on 11th Ave at 10 a.m. Sunday. All singers and listeners are invited to attend.

Morgan County Holy Church of Christ 11Th Ave

Berber forces clash with Ben Bella loyalists in Algeria

Three soldiers died and many wounded in rebel gunfire as Ait Ahmed and Col Mo hand Ouejg Hadj renew vows to topple Ben Bella. Berber fighters urge uprisings while Algerian authorities expel Associated Press and UPI reporters amid heavy casualties and ongoing siege tensions.

Italian Dam Burst Floods Valleys. Thousands Missing

A four mile long Italian reservoir rupture flooded the Vaoni and Piave valleys destroying villages. Thousands of troops aided by U S and Swiss helicopters and French experts have recovered about 700 bodies under threat of an epidemic. In Longar one, the hardest hit town, rescuers found only scattered personal belongings.

Vaioni Piave U.S Mt. Toc Longarone

Hospital Names and Residents List in Athens Ardmore and More

A hospital notice lists residents and their addresses including Mrs J D Elliott of Athens Myers Hill Ardmore Tenn Master William Robinson III 1613 North St SW Miss Wilda Whisenant Lacy Springs Mrs G L Ford 1903 8th St SE C C Devaney Madison 3 Mrs Deloris E Haywood De cature Charles Baker 404 5th Ave SW Master Donald Peek 1508 1st Ave SW Mrs Cecil Turner 2010 10th St SE Mrs Wayman Motes and infant son Somerville 1

J. D. Elliott Athens Myers Hill Ardmore Tenn William Robinson III North St Wilda Whisenant Lacy Springs G. L. Ford 8Th St Charles Baker Donald Peek 1St Ave Cecil Turner Wayman Motes Somerville

Admissions and Dismissals Record for Trinity and Nearby towns

The list records admissions and dismissals with names and locations including Teresa Mitchell Hawkins Trinity Phillip W Irack Danville Thomas Lonie McRae 601 2nd Mrs Theo Ward 304 11th Ave NW Miss Maude Long Moulton 4 Mrs Nelle Lake Hartselle 2 James Woodard Wickey 418 11th Ave SW Ronnie Earl Kirby 1801 Danville Road John T Eubanks Athens 1 Mrs Coy W Gray Moulton 2 Clyde Haley Trinity 1 Master Danny Joe Carson 1617 Freeman Ave SW Mrs Mabel G Wright 841 E Moulton St

Baby Teresa Mitchell Hawkins Trinity Phillip W. Irack Danville Thomas Lonie McRae 2Nd Ave Maude Long Moulton Nelle Lake Hartselle James Woodard Wickey 11Th Ave Ronnie Earl Kirby Danville Road John T. Eubanks Athens Coy W. Gray Clyde Haley Danny Joe Carson Freeman Ave Mabel G. Wright E. Moulton St

Artificial Ice Surpasses Natural Ice in U S in 1914

The report notes that for the first time in 1914 artificial ice production for commercial use outweighed natural ice in the United States, marking a major shift in the ice industry and related commerce.

United States

Weather Elsewhere and Radio Listings

Classified style weather and radio dial notes summarize weather snippets and station identifiers WHOS AM FM WMSL MC WHAT for the day. Includes terse entries on signal status and regional forecasts alongside program placeholders.

WMSL Manuel

Radio Stations Air Hours Updated For Emergency Broadcast

Radio stations list operating hours from 4 55 AM to Midnight for WAJF 1490 WJIMW AM 730 and WJOF FM 104 3 with sunrise sunset and extended schedules. Instructions urge tuning to 640 or 1240 during enemy effects.

WJIMW WJOF

John C. Chandler 90 Dies After Friday Afternoon Illness

John C. Chandler 90 of 316 8th Ave NW died Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Guntharp Funeral Home Chapel where George Marshall officiated. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery with Guntharp directing. Surviving are Mrs. Georgia L. Chandler a brother Edward Chandler of Birmingham a sister Mrs. Lillie Hames of California a granddaughter Mrs. James A. Roper and a number of great grandchildren.

John C. Chandler 8Th Ave

Murder Mystery Involving Teens And A Coin Clue

Lieutenant O Connor and Vic Varallo discuss a teen murder case. Suspects include Steve and Jerry with alibi doubts. The scene shifts to Wilma Starke whose reaction to the idea of murder reveals tension and possible motives.

Vic Varallo

Americans Trade Abel in Spy Swap Negotiations

United States freed Soviet master spy Rudolf Abel from a 30 year prison term in a prisoner exchange. A key figure was James B. Donovan, New York attorney who later helped with Cuban prisoner exchanges after the Bay of Pigs. The swap followed U S Soviet talks in Moscow and Washington but not in a Kennedy Gromyko meeting. Other suspects, the Baltchs and Joy Ann Garber, remained in custody for a six year data spying case involving stolen rocket and armament information broadcast from a Washington apartment, while the Egorovs headed toward freedom in Newark.

Powers United States Rudolf Abel James B. Donovan New York Fidel Castro U.S Moscow Washington Kennedy Andrei A. Gromyko Egorov Freedom Robert K. Baltch Joy Ann Baltch Joy Ann Garber Baltchs Soviet Union Se Egorovs Newark

Berlin convoy head count dispute delays arrival near checkpoint

Berlin the 18 vehicles of the convoy to be counted. Their officers refused. Finally the convoy was waved on, early Friday. But when it entered the checkpoint at Babelsberg within sight of Berlin, Soviet personnel carriers blocked the way. Soviet officers again demanded a head count and again the U.S. officers refused. The issue seemed to revolve around the single convoy. When the second U.S. convoy came out of Berlin bound for West Germany, the Soviets waved it through. Instead of proceeding, however, the convoy of 20 trucks and jeeps parked. Officers of the second convoy apparently were under instructions to stand by the first convoy. The Western position is that the Soviets have no right to demand special checks as long as convoy Papers are in order.

Babelsberg Berlin U.S West Germany

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