Miners Averages Pay $5.70 Hour in 1969 Payroll
The national coal mining workforce averaged five dollars and seventy cents per hour including fringe benefits in 1969. The figure reflects pay and benefits for miners nationwide, indicating a modest wage level for the period.
Weather Summary for Decatur and Vicinity
River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 19.49. Sea level 553.79. High temperature Monday 85 at 4 p.m., low 70 this morning. Today’s forecast partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain. high 89, low 67. Climate data show Monday high 85, low 70, average 78, 1.00 above normal. month 1.68 inches, year 39.03 inches, 4.13 above normal. Temperatures over the last 24 hours ranged from 78 to 73.
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Decatur and Vicinity
Keller Memorial Bridge
Daily Records at Decatur General Admits Wide Roster
Admission and dismissal lists show patients and relatives at Decatur General Hospital including names such as Mrs. Robert T Watkins Huntville Joe David Burns Decatur Jerry Nelson Ledbetter and Dr Claude Wilson Lavender. The section also notes births ambulance calls weather data and local fire and police activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur General Admissions
Robert T. Watkins
Huntsville
Joe David Burns
Decatur
Jerry Nelson Ledbetter
Ed Perry
Rogersville
John Daniel Powell
Hartselle London
Roy Cox Jr
Lucy Hill
William Winfrey Day
Waldermose Springs
Charles Edward Bradford
Walton Grigsby McGloshlin
Athens
Coke Welborn
Moulton
Cloase McDonald
Milton J. Shedd
Dennis Quintavalle
George al Martin
Ameila Fletcher
Oliver Curbow
Hartsette
Houston Lambert
James Taylor Jr
Claude Wilson Lavender
Robert Cleveland Caine
Arthur Stamler
Wallace Hamilton Renfroe
Pine
Lillie Mae Draper
Somerville
Mary Allyson Page
Herman Francis Roberts
Limmie Cleo Clemons
J. C. Early Jr
Earl. Matthews
Bronco W. Livingston
Falkville
Robert E. Lewis
Rebecca Lynn Hutto
Jerry Ronald Dewberry
Courtland
Linda Gail Hulsey
Hartselle
Don Wilson Dillard
William Pruitt Johnson
Charles L. Jones
Karen Faye Sharp
Rodney Eugene Haney
William Price Wright
Thomas Eugene Nelson
Robert James Hopkins
James C. Woods
Town Creek
Georgia Mae Shedd
Ben Naylor
Houston
Audrey Nell Tomlinson
Danville
Carolyn Sue Alexander
Marilyn Javon Ghrigsby
Ginger Laxon
Carol Gunthorp
Roger Dale Jones
Hillsboro
Ola Mae Coleman
Lillian Emiline Fisher
Mattie Laverne Owen
Bryce Bankston Bryant
Nina Lois Hames
Robert Gene Slate
Gary Campbell Miller
Frances Louise Widner
Dorothy
Richard Marlin
Madison
Mary Anita’ Morris
Vinemont
Loretta Leigh Montgomery
Rachel Christine Hendrix
Ruby Mae Lumpkin
Nora Bell Lovett
Zora Ann Pierce
Annie Vazelle Laxson
Samuel Clarence Alexander
Rebecca Gene Hoover
Bentley Wayne Jones
Cassandra Jeaneene McMurry
Suzanne Fendly
John Keith Masterson
Bennie Thomas Appleton
Alton Lee Dotson
Sandra Marie Owen
David Harold Parker
Stanley David Allen Sr
Clyde T. Hill
Betty Jo Smith
Kathy Jane Gillespie
Trinity
Mary Jane Terry
James Ronnie Plemons
Decatur General Hospital
Leonard Biscal Williams
James Roger Long
Bobby Joe Dyer
Cullman
Claude Lavender
Woodmont Dr
Mattie Owens
University Hospital
Birmingham
Jenny Sue Moore
Decatur 3
Lewis Telethon Reaches Record 8 Million Pledged
Comedian Jerry Lewis concluded his annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon with pledges totaling 8,125,387 dollars. The coast to coast broadcast on 121 stations set a record for telethons of its kind, announced the Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America, Inc. on Monday.
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New York
Jerry Lewis
Obituaries: Hill Justice Minor Payton Families Remembered
Obituaries list of Ida Braden Hill Morris Minor Jr and Thomas Henry Justice with funeral details. Services set for Wednesday at Austinville Church of God and Guntharp Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Decatur Cemetery and Roselawn Cemetery. Survivors include spouses children siblings and grandchildren. pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named. Body to lie in state at the church hour before services.
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Thomas Henry Justice
State Ave
Austinville
Morris Minor Jr
12Th St. SE
Guntharp Funeral Home
Max Tidwell
Roselawn
Guntharp
Falkville
Peck Funeral Home
S. C
Hal Ray Payne
Birmingham
Elsie Jean Laney
Hartselle
L. F. Payne
G. C. Payne
Vinemont
Robert Payne
Lake Park
Fla
Gladys Wildman
New Orleans
Flora Parker
Edith Freeman
Virginia Cost
Magdlene Wildman
Melbourne
Polly Sims
Greensboro
N. C
Funeral services set for L. B. Payne in Falkville
Funeral services for L. B. Payne formerly of Falkville who died Sunday at a Hampton hospital are scheduled for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Falkville Baptist Church. Rev. R. E. Glaze will officiate.
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Yemassee
S. C
L. B. Payne
Falkville
Hampton, S. C
Falkville Baptist Church
R. E. Glaze
On The Road with Kuralt offers a quiet late season change
CBS presents Tonight at 9 a road trip documentary by Charles Kuralt. The piece departs from usual national issues to visit backroads and small towns showing how life on the road differs from the interstate stereotype.
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New York
Charles Kuralt
C.B.S
Reston
China
Eric Sevareid
New York Times
Tokyo
America
Kuralt
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Gene Hackman
Candice
Planet of the Apes
Baby Milo
Jack Nicholson
Karen Black
Drivem Theatre
Iggor
Stotewide Savings
Qupont
Billy Wayne McNutt
Decatur General
New England
Maine
Tommy Bernette
Vinemont 3
Cullman Hospital
Southend Ambulance Service
Peage
Monay
Ralph Curbo
College St
Leroy Powell
Pearl St
Pineview Hospital
Decatur Fire Department
Davis Sts
Athens Fire Department
Bean Rd
Highway Patrol
Inuries
Sour -Ce
Lawrence County
Linda Diane Pace
Lewis
Ida Hill
Mooresville
Ida Braden Hill
McConnell Funeral
Thomas Justice
Edna Minor
Sandra Grammer
Carol Minor
Charles W. Conn
Cleveland, Tenn
Gene A. Ward
G. Frank Minor
Robert L. Minor
Cuba Minor
Harold Lowery
H. H. Grammer
Elmo Mixon
Jewell Smith
Travis Letson
Jimmy Hambrick
Memorial Drive United Methodist Church Men’s Club
John J. O.connor
N.Y.T. News Service
N.B.C
Martin Carr
North Carolina
Texas
Nebraska
Carr
Congress
Morgan County
Ellis Carter
Ala
R.L. Boyer
Wm.b. Boyer
J.r.hin
Lacey’s Spring
A.V. Thomas
Lacey's Spring
THE
Decatur Daily
Limestone County
Fannie Lee Dunaway
Aileen Dunaway
Sylvene Lemon
Stanley Dunaway
Bank St
Pitt’s
Kirby Co. of
Glenn Drilling CO
J. H. Standridge
Lonnie
E. Moulton
Frank Higdon
3Rd Ave
Chandler’s Fabric Shop
Sat
G. S. Electric Sewer Service
First National Bank A
Kenneth Nation
Lafayette Radio Electronic Associate Store
Ferry St
First Federal Savings
Woodard
Hoyt Lane
Highway
Union 76
Morgan City
Call Decatur
Sparkman St
James
Dick Coffey Realty
Dick Coffey
Byron ST
Hirley Real Estate
Post Office
Citizens Bank
Holy Land
Will Mrs. Richardson
Robinsons
Austin
Russell Priest
Hwy
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