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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1966
Page
8
Donations to Harold Marlar Fund for the disease stricken youth rise to nearly 2600 dollars, with an additional 600 dollars received at the Union Hill home on Somerville 2. The boy remains listed in fair condition as the fund grows.
Decatur schools report 8 511 students enrolled on the third day, up 17 from yesterday and 366 more than the same day a year ago. The tally lists Austin High 1 288 and 1 127, Decatur High 1 183 and 1 156, Decatur Junior High 720 and 730, Lakeside High 545 and 529, with further figures following.
Donors include Barnes Ross Hicks Roberts Tucker and the Somerville Chapter No.504 Order of the Eastern Star. Total contributions listed 2586.13 with prior receipts bringing the grand sum to 2586.13.
Athens Woodroof testified in court as posts blocked a secretary from leaving her driveway. City and Miss Whitt assert the alley has been 20 feet wide for over two decades while Williams says surveys place the alley on his property. Judge Powell ruled the alley open to the public last June after a boundary survey. Williams declined appeal and warned of speeding through the alley risking children.
A sequence of house numbers and street names listed together including Stinville Cherry Street Eastwood Gordon Bibb Riverside Somerville Road Walter Jackson West Decatur Westlawn Wood shows grouping of properties and addresses for a local notice or records fragment. The text preserves names and locations without narrative context.
Markets list cotton prices for Decatur with middling at 30.40 and cottonseed at 40 per ton. Milk and manufactured dairy rates appear, plus wood and pulpwood values. Corn, oats, wheat, barley, and poultry feed prices in cents per bushel or hundredweight are shown for No 2 grades and milling varieties.
Nashville Tennessee AP notes cattle and calves listed at 5 with no adequate test of trade hogs at 25 with no early sales and sheep unavailable.
New York AP reports cotton futures began the session quiet as no actual trades appeared. Quotes show nearby contracts around 22.10 to 22.15 for Oct through Jul, with various bids listed and market indicators including percentage changes for several stocks in the market roundup.
The House votes to appropriate more state funds to supplement schools as a fight over federal desegregation guidelines looms. Wallace, who once blocked two Negro students’ enrollment at the University of Alabama, now backs guidelines that could trigger a new confrontation.
An arraignment docket for a Morgan County Circuit Court special session lists nine defendants, six facing murder or manslaughter charges. Judge James N. Bloodworth will hear arraignments on Saturday September 10, with a trial docket set for the week beginning Monday October 3. Further, the State Department issued 364,701 passes in the first quarter of 1966, up 14 percent from a year earlier.
Williams told THE DECATUR DAILY that he has no driveway as things stand. He says the situation isn't fair but questions what can be done.
NASD compiled quotations at about 10 a.m. today show bids representing inter-dealer prices. Asked prices have been adjusted upward to include approximate markup and do not reflect retail markdown or commission.
Jackson police used a new telephone formation to summon aid after three plate glass windows were broken by unidentified rock throwers. A police sergeant heard at least one shot. A young white expectant mother said her car was stoned by Negroes, leaving superficial leg cuts.
The Navy considers substituting the Phoenix missile for fleet defense even as congressional doubt on the F111B grows. The F111B program faces delays and cost overruns with a heavy airframe and a price near triple the original $2.9 million estimate.
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