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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1963
Page
2
Sunset at 5 00 PM and sunrise at 6 04 AM. Moonset at 1 22 AM. Sirius rises at 11 10 PM. Venus sets at 5 24 PM. Saturn due south at 6 42 PM. Jupiter high in the southwest at midnight.
Tennessee River reading last night stood at 17.43 feet a drop of .27 feet in 12 hours. Sea level reading 551.73 feet. TVA lake stages listed include Guntersville 594.0 and Pickwick 409.8. Today's forecast calls for variable clouds and mild weather with a cool night. Sunday outlook shows little change with easterly winds 6 to 12 mph and a high near 81. The unofficial high Friday reached 82 degrees.
Dismissals include Mrs. William R. Simmons at 323 4th Ave NW and Mrs. James C. Pierce at 514 Oak St NE. Carl David Orme listed in Decatur 4. Other entries show Deborah Nebins Cathy Ozier Amy Stone Young and Paul J. Brown with addresses. John David Blackburn Looney in Decatur 3. Edward Lyle Garrett in Buena Vista Circle. Mr and Mrs James C Pierce and baby girl at 514 Oak St NE.
A compiled roster shows Ronald K. Masters and Danny Lane among admissions staff at 410 Memorial Dr SW and 2038 12th Ave NW with additional entries for Gladys Hayes Addison 1 Eloise Morrell 910 Ewell St SW Lewis Nichols Hartselle 2 Willard Pepper 2227 Harrison St and Lawrence Coffey Hillsboro indicating office duties and contact references.
Rep Brock targets Kennedy era policies and court rulings at a Morgan County Republican dinner. He condemns school and civic decisions he says erode American values while praising two thousand women for campaigning at the precinct level. Local Republicans Paul Robinson Peggy Miller and Don Mayhall honored.
Automatic Screw Machine Products Co. at 807 Second Ave. was awarded a fixed price defense contract for 37 500 Castellated Hexagon Steel Nuts totaling 31 050 by the Defense Industrial Supply Center Philadelphia. Seventeen firms bid on the project.
Katharine Mason learns Gordon Bicknell vanished after school hours sparking a county search. Police trace his steps from Rossmayne to a half built house and a Los Angeles bus stop as a worried family faces possible motives behind his disappearance.
District Didry reports Flint City Police Chief Odis Simpson Jr was admitted to Black Chandler Hospital Thursday for tests. A nurse said Friday night he was feeling a little better.
The funeral of Mrs. Julia Tapscott who died at Hartsel Hospital Friday morning will be announced later by Reynolds Funeral Home.
Brooklyn beauty Brooklyn Heights draws artists and celebrities as Phil Foster laments moving to New Jersey. He recalls Brooklyn landmarks, talks of a TV special, and notes local history with figures like Wolfe Miller Capote, while observing nightlife and LA trends.
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