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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1963
Page
2
Venus, the brightest planet, is visible in the evening sky after sunset and sets shortly after. The article notes the planet is about 153 million miles away with the Moon in First Quarter and sunset at 5:08 p.m. tonight.
Reading from Decatur and Vicinity on the Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge fell to 17.62 feet, down .08 feet in 12 hours, with sea level at 551.92 feet. Forecast calls for fair Saturday and Sunday, light easterly winds, highs near 85 degrees.
Nationalist Chinese living in Mexico threaten protests if Red China is allowed to stage an industrial exhibit in Mexico City according to the newspaper Novedades.
Lonnie Lee McCormick 54 of Falkville died Friday at 4 p.m. at his home. Services Sunday 2 p.m. at Union Hill Freewill Baptist Church near Eva with Rev. Dennis Reeves and Rev. Orvil Smith officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery Peck Funeral Home directing. Survivors include widow Alice, one daughter Ruth, three sons Harold Lucius Leonard, three grandchildren and mother Mollie. He was a member of Enon Baptist Church and Carpenter's Union Local 1274. The body rests at the residence. Pallbearers listed.
The funeral for 79 year old E C Cobb of Hartselle is set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at Gum Springs Baptist Church with burial at the cemetery. The service will be led by the Rev Jerry Ferguson and officiated by Paul McClusky.
Admission notes list Lawrence Coffey Box 11 Hillsboro Mrs Nezzie McCurry Somerville three Mrs Vera Stanford 1505 Jackson St. Dismissals include J A Jones Hartselle four Mrs Jean Johnson Hartselle.
A crowd of residents including Mrs William C Slaten Mrs Thomas A Stover Mrs J B Adair Harold Long David Mooney Mrs Henry Young Mrs Travis Raney and son Mrs James Hutto Mrs C G Riley and infant son Mrs Ray McCulloch Burl McLemore E O Wilson Parker Oneal Swann and Larry Crooks with baby girl are named at various addresses in Decatur Hart selle Hartselle Athens and surrounding streets.
Ankara and Istanbul remain under martial law for two more months after the failed May 21 coup attempt. Parliament approved the extension, extending security measures in the two cities.
Scientists report a test plot increased crop growth by over seventeen percent when exposed to music. Further studies aim to confirm whether sound stimulation consistently boosts yields and could become a farming aid.
Swine producers packed Athens for the North Alabama Duroc Breeders Association meeting and sale. Agriculture Commissioner A. W. Todd spoke, recounting his recent visit to Rus.
Elkmont and Ardmore led the FFA judging contest with top honors. Elkmont team members are Larry Hampton David Ruff and Lee Davis. Ardmore team members are Lindell McCown Jimmy McGuire and Mickey Fowler. Hog buyers gathered at Limestone County Feeder Pig Association barn praised the hogs as the best in the sale. Nearly $5 billion in GI loan funding is available to six million veterans through the Veterans Administration.
Radio stations list operating hours from 4:35 AM to midnight and sunrise to sunset for several frequencies WAJF 1490 WJM 730 WJOF 104.3 MC, with guidance to tune 640 or 1240 during an enemy attack and sunset to 10:30 PM for another channel.
The Morgan County public singing convention will be held Sunday at Plain View School near Hartselle with Linda C. McAbee, 21, of 819 Bradley St SW cited after her car ran into a ditch following a truck on Austinville Rd at Carridale St intersection. Police logged the 4 43 p m Friday accident in Decatur. Jayceettes host rummage sale today at 8 a m at Monarch Supermarket on East Moulton St. Children’s Story Hour runs 10 11 a m today for ages six to nine. Carol Monney invites all children.
In a five ballot vote for a nonpermanent seat Malaysia and Czechoslovakia failed to secure two thirds as the Philippines readiness to relinquish the seat drew competing bids from Bolivia Ivory Coast and Ghana. Malaysia led 56 to 51 in the fifth ballot after a 54 54 tie prior. If Malaysia loses it would mark the first time a Commonwealth member does not hold a nonpermanent council seat.
In a dramatic move the ailing Prime Minister Macmillan pushes Home as the new leader. Home, formerly foreign secretary, faces a tough path to secure the Conservative crown amid party revolts and Butler opposition as he meets Kennedy and signals a hard line toward the Soviet Union.
Katharine Mason phones Mrs. Bicknell to arrange a meeting about Gordon's failing reading progress and possible remedial help. She notes Gordon struggles at Verdugo and lacks friends, and suggests outside tutoring while the Bicknells consider records and a remedial program.
Katharine rings the doorbell at the Bicknell residence on a Saturday evening. Gordon's mother Mrs Bicknell invites her inside as Katharine grows curious about Gordon's parents and the ordinary, nervous household atmosphere unfolds.
The narrative builds to a confrontation as a boy approaches his father and receives a guiding touch on the shoulders indicating a pivotal moment in the Monday climax. The scene centers on family tension and the boy’s hesitant advance toward the parent.
Mari anna Moore and Nancy Shannon led junior honors while Lynn Wood Varnell and Jennifer Christifer represented freshmen. About 22 units paraded from the high school at 2 45 p.m. The Athens D C Club won the froat judging contest. Seventh grade second, sophomores third. Mike Shaw won best decorated car. John Allfrey and Carolyn Copland second and third. About 5000 watched as stadium lights dimmed and fireworks lit the sky. Julian Newman crowned Miss Gore to close the halftime events.
The number of Britons applying for U S visas in 1962 reached 85 116, up 27 percent from 1961, reflecting growing travel interest among British residents.
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