Weather and river readings Decatur area Tennessee
Decatur area forecast calls for mostly sunny and warm today with a high near 86. TVA river gauge at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 17.45 feet, up 0.02 in 24 hours, sea level 551.75 feet. Other lakes Chickamauga 678.2 Pickwick 409.9 Guntersville 594.1 Whitesburg 552.2. Tonight clear cool and light variable winds. Monday outlook partly cloudy and warm.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Tva Lake
Chickamauga
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Forest Fires Prompt Broad Hunting Ban Across 25 Counties
The Alabama Conservation Department closes hunting season in 25 counties and extends the ban to Elmore Lamar Madison Washington and Wilcox as firefighting funds run out. Kelley rallies game wardens water safety and seafood enforcement to aid exhausted forest rangers while National Guard planes search for signs of fire. Guardsmen may join forest patrols during weekend drills.
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Conservation Department
Elmore
Lamar
Madison
Washington
Wilcox
Kelley
National Guard
Probers tour Vietnam coast as monks questioned
Probers visit Vung Tau one of Viet Nam’s leading beach resorts while other countryside tours follow. Delegates have consulted only monks screened by the government with Vietnamese officials present. They spoke with a few at Xa Loi and Giac Lam pagodas as Friday offices operated.
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Vung Tau
Viet Nam
Xa Loi
Giac Lampagodas
Deaths Mrs. Hughes 66. burial in Roselawn
Mrs. Joseph W. Hughes 66 died Friday at her home 2001 Birch St SE. Rosary Sunday 8 p.m. Funeral Monday 9:30 a.m. at St Ann Church. Burial Roselawn Cemetery. Survived by two daughters Sister Maureen O S B Cullman and Mrs W R Barron Decatur, two sons Joseph W Hughes Jr Richmond Virginia and Dr John A Hughes West Palm Beach Florida, and nine grandchildren. She was a nurse at Co as praud S$fron Hill man Hospital Birmingham and lived in Decatur 35 years.
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Joseph W. Hughes
Birch St.se
Gunthorp Funeral Home
St. Ann’s Catholic Church
Roselawn
Maureen
Sacred Heart Convent
Cullman
W. R. Barron
Decatur
Joseph W. Hughes Jr
Richmond
John A. Hughes
West Palm Beach
Fla
Ben H Sones Dies. Fort Worth Burial Planned
Ben Harrison Sones a former Decatur resident died October 13 in Fort Worth Texas. He was a retired General Dynamics Corp employee. Survivors include his widow Mrs Ben H Sones and one brother Ernest Sones of Fort Worth.
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Ben Harrison Sones
Decatur
Fort Worth
Tex
General Dynamics Corp
Ben H. Sones
Ernest Sones
Hog Cholera Strikes Lauderdale County Farm
An outbreak of hog cholera has devastated the Cloverdale farm of Col. Harley T. Kirby in Lauderdale County Alabama. A veterinarian says about 25 of 200 piglets may be saved as 20 hogs have died and other nearby hogs show symptoms. The disease is highly contagious and spread by rats and birds.
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Cloverdale
Ala
Harley T. Kirby
Kirby
David Musselman
Lauderdale County
Multiple Civil Damages Actions List Against Various Defendants
A compilation of civil suits with damages sought or claimed. Plaintiffs include judges and individuals such as Jace Dale Martin, James A. Sharp, Oscar C. Smith, Eloise Long, Alabama Solar Queen Sales Company, Shirley Ann Bunnell, Atlas Finance Company, Dorothy Summerford, George W. Ferrell, Vary Clarence Bowling, Oliver Clarence Bowling, Huie Owens, Helen M. Hart. Damages range from 20 000 to 100 000 dollars plus notes and accounts. Known defendants include the City of Decatur Rav Gene Green J. Chappell Jr J. Percy Garnett Virgil Lester Davis D H Raager Dwight Jesse Brenneman Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company Edgar Leon Couey Betty Ruth Defoe and others.
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James A. Sharp
Gene Green
Oscar C. Smith
James Chappell, Jr
Eloise Long
Virgil Lester Davis
Alabama Solar Queen Sales Company
D. H. Raager
Shirley’ Ann Bunnell
J. Percy Garnett
Atlas Finance Company
Jimmy
Vary Clarence
Betty Ruth Defoe
Oliver Clarence
Huie Owens
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company
Helen M. Hart
Edgar Leon Couey
State's Guard To Be Released Monday
Alabama National Guard units sent into Birmingham on September 30 during racial disturbances will be released from active service at midnight next Monday. About 160 guardsmen are affected. Around 300 guardsmen called to federal service for duty in Tuscaloosa on June 11 will stay on active duty, with about 100 currently in Birmingham returning to rejoin their unit in Tuscaloosa.
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Washington
Alabama National Guard
Birmingham
Defense Department
Tuscaloosa
Chemstrand Announces Appointments
Chemstrand names two new supervisors in the Process Engineering section. A. P. Little becomes supervisor, special processes, with G. R. F. Genet promoted to supervisor, chemicals, replacing Little. Little joined in 1955 and holds degrees from Georgia Tech and David Lipscomb College. Genet, a former senior engineer since 1961, holds chemistry and chemical engineering degrees from Clemson and Virginia Tech.
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Chemstrand Company
A. B. Terry
A. P. Little
G. R. F. Genet
Little
Chemstrand
Georgia Tech
David Lipscombe College
Genet
Clemson College
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Glass Hits Boy In Eye In Decatur Incident
Anthony Cox six year old son of Mr and Mrs L R Cox Jr of 1410 W Moulton received injuries to his left eye when glass from a bottle he broke flew into it. Police said he was playing in a vacant lot near his home and struck the bottle with a rock. The glass sliced the pupil and he was taken to Decatur General Hospital where the extent of the injury was not known tonight.
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Anthony Cox
L. R. Cox, Jr
W. Moulton
West Decatur
Decatur General Hospital
Hillsboro Boy Dies In Crash
An 18-year-old Lawrence County youth Willard Randy Thomas of Hillsboro died early Saturday after a crash on Interstate 65 in Blount County near the Aden exit. He died at Carraway Methodist Hospital in Birmingham. He is survived by his parents, two sisters, five brothers, and a grandmother. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Lawrence County
Willard Randy Thomas
Hillsboro
Carraway Methodist Hospital
Birmingham
Aden
Interstate 65
Blount Co
Highway Patrol
Mabel Shoemaker
Richard M. Thomas
LaFayette
Ind
Shirley Fay Clark
Shelby Ann Thomas
Fowler
Wayne i
Donald Thomas
Decatur
Bil Thomas
Clayton Thomas
Dalton Thomas
C. H. Rutherford
Courtlaw
Elliott-Brown
Willis Peady
Chalybeate Springs
Landersville
Ala
Horace E. Hutcheson
Red Bay
Joe W. Smith
Mount Hope
Hutcheson
Johnny E. Wise
Minor Hill
Tenn
Cletus C. Shockly
Elkmont
Local Births and Historic Brooklyn Bridge Fact
Birth notices record a boy born to Mr and Mrs Wayne Morell in Athens at Decatur General Hospital and a girl born to Mr and Mrs Manuel Downs at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. The Brooklyn Bridge construction spanned twelve years.
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Wayne Morell
Athens
Decatur General Hospital
Manuel Downs
18Th Ave
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Hospitals Names in Local Directory Include Several Residents
A local directory lists individuals tied to hospitals and residences: Master Lynn Bryant at 18 percent Church Street, Master James A. Lowery at 2107 Harrison Street, Mrs. Harold McCrary of Minor Hill Tennessee, David Barrett at 817 Jackson Street, Mrs. Monroe Sisco of Belle Mina.
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Lynn. Bryant
Church St
James A. Lowery
Harrison St
Harold McCrary
Minor Hill
Tenn
David Barrett
Jackson St
Monroe Sisco
Belle Mina
Classified Names and Addresses Listing
A fragmented list of names and street addresses appears, including Mrs O neal Swann Mrs Barbara Ward Miss Debra Jennings and others with multiple city and street references across Athens Decatur Moulton and Manchester Tennessee. The text reads as a directory fragment without clear context or a unified event.
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O’neal Swann
Hartselle
Barbara Faye Ward
Vine St
Wayne Morell
Athens
Angelo Luckett
Tanner
Debra Jennings
Carolyn St
Charle T.holmes
Carridale St
Thomas W. Stephens
6Th Ave
Jesse L. Givens
Decatur
Premier wheat in the United States remark shocks on moon race
The official said theUnited States is premier wheat supplier but warned that if Americans impose discriminatory conditions on wheat sales the purchase may not go ahead. The remark about a moon race surprised observers.
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United States
America
Revival at Nazarene Church in Decatur Ends Week of Services
Recent visitors at the trade school include O P Rich disar Carol Rucker and others. A revival will be held at First Church of the Nazarene 210 7th Ave SW Tuesday through Sunday with evangelist musicians Rev Paul Trissel and family. Public invited.
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Trade School
P.Rich_disar
Gckie
7Aprle
Carol Rucker
George Wigley
Ann Timmons
Dave McCoy
J. W. Taylor
H. J. Baggett
Billy Parker
Gip Massey
S. M. Rich
O. D. McLemore
Marion Mitchell
M. H. Jones
First Church of the Nazarene
7Th Ave
Paul Trissel
Plane Schedule Changes Here
Southern Airways and many U S scheduled airlines initiate major timetable shifts to align with nationwide daylight saving time changes. In Decatur flight 801 moves to 9 11 a m en route to Memphis with 10 33 a m Memphis arrival while flight 806 shifts to 4 10 p m from Memphis and 5 34 p m to Decatur. Huntsville Knoxville and Chattanooga connections are added and Nashville connections offered. Nonstop morning and afternoon Atlanta services stay unchanged.
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Southern Airways
U. S
Decatur
Southern
Memphis
Dallas
Los Angeles
Huntsville
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Nashville
Atlanta
Athens Fire Department District Diary Fires Saturday
The Athens Fire Department reported several outdoor blazes on Saturday including a boat house at Reid's Gin. a woods fire south of Athens. a barn owned by Earl Murrah. a grass fire west on Highway 72. and a wood and grass fire five miles east of Athens.
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Athens Fire Department
Reid
Athens
Earl Murrah
Highway 72
No Hope Left For Trapped 39
BROISTEDT Germany AP Two drills slowly mine toward a Langede shaft where rescue workers aimed to reach four more survivors after a flood. Seven of 50 trapped were saved. 39 were deemed lost as experts suspected air pockets and blocked routes. drilling to surface hoped to last two or three days.
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Broistedt
Germany
Langede
Local Leaders Push Advisory Group on Mental Health
Marvin B. Dinsmore of the Alabama Association for Retarded Children says a group will ask Governor George Wallace to name an advisory committee to begin work on mental health problems. President Kennedy signed a 2.2 million grant for states to set up planning committees to address mental retardation. The aim is to decentralize to provide more treatment centers, with Sen. Lister Hill among sponsors.
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Marvin B. Dinsmore
Alabama Association For Retarded Children
George Wallace
Kennedy
Dinsmere
Sen
Lister Hill
Thunder Lizard Brontosaurus Reaches Vast Size
The extinct brontosaurus known as thunder lizard measured up to 70 feet long and weighed as much as 35 tons according to paleontological findings.
City council votes to appoint Simpson for city hall project
April 6 meeting in town hall discusses ongoing audit delays and the search for an accountant. Mrs. Lee denies records to Reid Self and Self Accounting Firm while Mayor Davis seeks qualified help amid a looming resignation.
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Day
Simpson
Reid, Self and Self
Huntsville
Lee
Davis
Funeral Planned for Mrs Ethel Tapscott in Hartselle
The funeral for Mrs. Ethel Tapscott will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Hartselle with Rev. John Ewing officiating. Burial follows at Garner Cemetery in Somerville. Survivors include Bertie Tapscott. Edith Williams. Lula Draper. Carolyn Hardin. Howard Tapscott. Archie Tapscott. A. J. Lewis. Millard Lewis. 18 grandchildren. one great grandchild. Reynolds Funeral Home in charge.
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Ethel Tapscott
First Baptist Church
Hartselle
Garner
Somerville
John Ewing
Reynolds Funeral Home
Bertie Tapscott
Edith Williams
Lula Draper
Waldermose Springs
Carolyn. Hardin
Huntsville
Howard Tapscott
Blind operator runs new telephone switchboard
A blind person demonstrates a novel telephone switchboard by interpreting signals through vibrations felt in the fingertips, showing how tactile feedback can replace sighted input in operating the switchboard.
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Distributive Education Club
Decatur High School
G. C. Murphy Department Store
L. F. Akers
Murphy’s
Doris Blackmon
D.E
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John Heft
G. R. F._ Genet
Brooklyn Bridge
Decatur General
C. A. Bowers
Herman Stover
Edgewood St
Cleo Tredway
Moulton
Judy Sirten
Rhoda Kay Johnson
Danville Rd
Paul Harrison
E. Moulton St
Ruban S. Lyles
Ferry
James L. Cafts
Jack H. Krueger
Cleo Brackley
Horn’s
Gregory G. Aldridge
Carol B. Rozear
Manchester
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University of Alabama
John F. Smither, Jr
Alabama Society of Cpa's
Edward M. Selfe
John Rolfe Powell
Montgomery
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Alabama Society of Cpa’s
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Joe David Burns
Dogwood Lane
University of Tennessee College of Dentistry
Sandra’ Phillips
Thurman McHan
N. Hartselle
Perrylanes Bowling Center
Wilson St
James O. Stemborg
Eleanor Dr
Leo K. Lamier
Stemborg
W. E. Ray
3Rd St
Robert L. Mays
Gordon Dr. SE
Bobby Maxwell
10Th St. SE
11Th St
Dennis Ray Terry
Wheeler Ave
Sheffield
Merle E. Swindler
Lebanon
Terry
Swindler
Decatur Fire Department
Lamar St
Priceville High School
Judy Smith
Delores Taylor
Edna Grace
Faye Lockwell
Patricia Sandlin
Hana
I+h Group
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Chief Simpson
Alabama Motorist Association
Jack Metcalf
AMA
Judge Powell
Grand Jury
Morgan County
Leslie Dess
Keystone Income Fund
A. B. Love Semmes & Co. Inc
Decatur Shopping Center
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