Weather and river update for Decatur area
Moonset at 6 11 p.m promin ent stars in Pegasus square. Mars visible low in east at 7 09 p.m Jupiter low in east at 7 36 p.m Saturn due south at 9 73 p.m. Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge 18.91 feet a 51 foot drop. TVA lake stages Chickamauga 600.6 Pickwick 416.8 Whitesburg 554.4 Wilson 506.7. 11 a.m. temperature 78 degrees.
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Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Chickamauga
Pickwick
Whitesburg
Wilson
Birmingham Bombing Rampage Marks Dark Day of Terror
The blast killed four young girls and injured 23 others as Birmingham faced its worst violence since desegregation efforts began. Two Negro youths were later shot dead and several others wounded while federal and state authorities rushed in to restore order amid calls for swift federal intervention.
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Birmingham
Melvin Bailey
Medgar Evers
Jackson
Miss
Wallace
Cynthia Wesley
Carol Robertson
Addie Mae Collins
Denice McNair
FBI
U.S
Joseph Dolan
John Nolan
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Kennedy
Alabama
River Search Finds Couple in Night by Moonlit River
A teen couple, David Bruce Mitchell 18 and his wife 18, were found by a river search after an all night wait along the Tennessee River near Finley Island. They had run out of gas, slept on air mattresses, and awoke at daybreak with the husband returning by boat to gas up while the wife guarded the boat. The man’s car was later left stuck in water on Finley Island.
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Tennessee
David Bruce Mitchell
Elk River
Finley Island
Mitchell
Herbert Cagle
Curtis Poe
Cagle
Poe
Decatur Boat Harbor
6Th Ave
Noel P. McInnis
10Th Ave
McInnis
Decatur General Hospital
Deaths H M Crawford 60 Cullman
H M Crawford 60 of Cullman was pronounced dead on arrival at Cullman Hospital. Masonic funeral services were held at Goodhope Church with interment in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Survived by wife Evelyn, son Hollis Crawford Jr of Nevada, daughter Virginia Henry of Macon Georgia, and sisters Mary Sparks and Eula Woodruff of Mississippi.
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H. M. Crawford
Cullman
Cullman Hospital
Goodhope Church
Memory Gardens
Moss Service Funeral Home
Evelyn Crawford
Hollis Crawford
Nevada
Virginia Henry
Macon
Mary Sparks
Eula Woodruff
Mississippi
Woodland man Fred Woodall 63 dies at Birmingham hospital
Fred Woodall age 63 of 3522 8th Ave North Bessemer died Sunday morning in a Birmingham hospital. Survivors include his widow Fannie Woodall three sons M S Woodall Fairfield Lloyd M Woodall Saginaw Mich William L Woodall Central Park two daughters Mrs Louise Dow Bessemer Mrs Ann Burney His View two brothers Gettis Woodall and Herman E Woodall of Birmingham 18 grandchildren one great grandchild Funeral services Tuesday at 2 30 p m at Angwin Mortuary Center Faith Chapel with Rev F E Jordan and Rev James M Godbey officiating Interment Elmwood Cemetery Pallbearers nephews to serve Angwin Mortuary Center in charge
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Birmingham
Fred Woodall
8Th Ave. N
Bessemer
Fannie Woodall
M. S. Woodall
Fairfield
Lloyd M. Woodall
Saginaw
Mich
William L. Woodall
Central Park
Louise Dow Bessemer
Ann Burney
Gettis Woodall
Herman E. Woodall
Angwin Mortuary Center
Faith Chapel
F. E. Jordan
James M. Godbey
Elmwood Cemetery
Gettis Woodall, Jr
Billy Woodall
Elwyn Hudson
Therman
Jimmy Wright
Carl Garner
James
Horace Pack
Athens
George Cook
Billy
Otis Cook
California
Lucile Spurlock
Huntsville
Nancy Carr
Judy Baily
Louisville
Betty Burnett
Indiana
Lewis Leach
Junior Whitt
Jessie Pettie
James Rager
James Wood
Buddy Pettie
Margie Louise Chambers
Christopher Circle
Sam Mitchell, Jr
James D. Chambers
Ralph Standley
James Eric
William
Robert Smith
Dennis Terry
Sheffield
Elvie Terry
Spry Funeral Home
Louise M. Biggs
Bryan St
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Cullman
Lowell Vann
James P. Adams
C. M. Gibson
Vinemont
Guy Hart
Falkville
Wilma Jean Rowe
Howard E. Benton
Carlton Gibson
Cleveland
Ohio
Two Escape From Camp Decatur In Jefferson County
Two Negro convicts escaped from Camp Decatur before 2 58 p m Sunday by crawling through a fence hole in Jefferson County They were identified as Ervin Abercrombie 20 156 pounds five feet seven and a half inches tall dark complexion serving two years for grand larceny from May 10 1963 and Emmett Worsham 19 122 pounds five feet six inches black complexion sentenced February 23 1960 to two three year terms for two counts of grand larceny Authorities said escape came before the alarm was raised and investigators sought the missing pair.
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Jefferson County
Camp Decatur
Ervin Abercrombie
Emmett Worsham
Weekend city docket and community notices update
City recorder lists weekend charges including parking violations and drunkenness. Geese arrive at Wheeler Refuge. Rose Garden Club, PTA groups, and Girl Scout events scheduled. Building permits issued for several houses. sheriff reports arrests for intoxication and license violations. Car crashes on 6th Ave NE injure driver. mail box hit. fires logged at State Bonded Warehouse. Community meetings and school PTA events planned.
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City Recorder
Rites Set For Three In Crash In Athens
Funeral services are planned for three Athens residents killed in a Saturday highway crash on U.S. 31. Lewis Ferguson 68 and Mrs Margie Louise Chambers ages 37 are scheduled today. Louise M Biggs 39 will be buried tomorrow.
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Athen’s
U.S. 31
Lewis Ferguson
Margie Louise Chambers
Louise M. Biggs
McConnell’s Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Lewis J. Ferguson
Fairview
Ferguson
Ethel
Athens
Homer
Taft
Tenn
Roy
R. C
Ruth Jamerson
Columbus
Margaret Campbell
Remington
Ind
Donnie Whitt
Madison
Murder Fore The Fatal Blast At Baileyton
Keller was seen behind Baileyton Junior High School and told a resident he was fixing the muffler. Lt. Watts and Sheriff Waldrop said the muffler did not need repair and Keller was last to service the car three miles from the store. The blast followed minutes later.
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Keller
Baileyton Junior High School
E. B. Watts
Decatur
Waldrop
Cullman
Funeral services for Lucy Sharply in Hartselle
Mrs Lucy Sharply funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist CME Church Hartselle with Carl M Sykes in charge burial in Campground. Survivors include daughter Lurline Orr of Hartselle. Bascom Bridgeforth Harris two daughters Vivian Smith and Bessie Maclin two sons Ember and William Bridgeforth a brother Ellis Townsend sisters Nora Steward and Ida Bridgeforth and several nephews and nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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Lucy Sharply
Methodist Cme Church
Hartselle
Carl M. Sykes
Campground Cemetery
Lurline Orr
Rosie Bridgeforth
Oakland Methodist Church
U.S. Highway 31
Newman Jordan
Bulahland Cemetery
Tanner
Bascom Bridgeforth
Harris
Vivian Smith
Indianapolis
Ind
Bessie Maclin
Cleveland
Ember Bridgeforth
William Bridgeforth
Ellis Townsend
Athens
Walter Jackson PTA Meeting Notice
The Walter Jackson PTA will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Teachers appreciation night and room visitation night are on the agenda. Refreshments will be served in homerooms after the meeting in the auditorium. A nursery for children aged 3 to 8 will be available.
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Gordon-Bibb Pta
The
Tennessee Valley
Girl Scout Council
Girl Scout
Little House
Walter Jackson Pta
Markets in Decatur show varied cattle prices and mixed demand
Decatur markets report milk products and cattle trading with grade A meats priced around 3 dollars per hundredweight. Feeder classes are fairly active and generally steady, with good and choice steers around six hundred pounds showing subdued activity.
Hospital List Names Patients and Admissions in Cullman Area
A compiled hospital roster lists patients and admissions for Cullman and surrounding towns including Cullman city residents Mrs. Sadama Zulia Bibb Mrs. Roberta Dye Mrs. Elva Graham Mrs. Sarah Ellen Johnson Mrs. Erlene Horton Mrs. Dorothy J. Kilpatrick Mrs. Carolyn L. Myers and others. It notes additional names from Addison Hanceville Stream Guadalupe Garden City Tampa and Holly Pond with multiple admissions and attending details.
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James E. Abney
Cullman
Sadama Zulia Bibb
Vinemom
Roberta Dye
Crane Hill
Sarah Ellen Johnson
Erlene Horton
Dorothy J. Kilpatrick
Carolyn L. Myers
Leander F. Pigg
Addison
James Albert Wilson
Hanceville
Arnold C. Calvert
Wiley Homer Pike
Belle Burnett
Danville
Frances R. York
Talmadge Chappell
Minnie Vincent
Garden City
Edmond R. Suggs
Comer L. Danny
Holly Pond
Mixed Wall Street session sees oils rise while tobaccos fall
Wall Street reports a mixed day with strength in international oils and weakness in tobaccos. Trading remained active with savings and loan stocks rallying. major movers included Royal Dutch and Texaco up about a point, Get ty Oil climbing, and Studebaker, Chrysler, and GM edging higher.
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New York
Savings
Royal Dutch
Texaco
Getty Oil
Studebaker
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
Tobaccos
Reynolds
Liggett & Myers
Lorillard
Steels
U.S. Steel
Polaroid
Xerox
U.S
Amerada
Eversharp
American Stock Exchange
Eggs supply and prices at Birmingham fair brief
Birmingham AP reports egg offerings varied with large and medium sizes ample for the fair while smalls were short in several quarters. Consumer grades priced to retailers up to 9 30 a m with cases including store door delivery cartons and mini eggs noted.
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Birmingham
Local Residents Listed in Dismissals
A string of names and street addresses appears, listing Mrs. Luther Holt Mrs. Davie Bland Byron McEntire R. Stewart and others with addresses on Sth Ave NW 9th Ave 8th Ave SE. The brief item presents a roster of individuals associated with dismissals at their respective locations.
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Davie Bland
Athens
Bonnie Wood
Kth Ave
Polk Daly
Sherman St
Ed Ownes Jr
Roy Henderson
Phillips Ave
Byron McEntire
8Th Ave
Decatur General Admissions List Details Residents and Infants
A readable roster from Decatur General lists admissions across districts with residents including Mrs. Jackson M. Pugh Mrs. Lelitia Ward Noel McInnis and others. The document notes multiple addresses and mentions infants in several entries alongside parental guardians.
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Jackson M. Pugh
Paradise Trailer Court
Lelitia Ward
Stratford Rd
Noel McInnis
5Th Ave
Charles E. Gunthorp
Lisa Joe Thompson
Athens
Ollie W. Pettey
Grant
Nashville Livestock Report Shows Slow Demand Across Classes
Cattle entry around 2600 with weak steers and heifers and steady cows. Feeder cattle activity fair and mostly steady with good and choice steers around 600 pounds and heifers 500 pounds. Calves slow to steady while hog activity slows with prices 25 to 50 cents lower on barrows and gilts.
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Nashville
Quintuplets Impress In First Days At Hospital
Tiny children showed strong health as the first 72 hours passed with no trouble for the newborn quintuplets. Donations to the family continued to come in, and Dr Berbos offered to waive fees. He noted he had not delivered any twins or quadruplets since the birth.
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Berbos
St. Luke’s Hospital
Births from local area at Baugh-Wiley-Smith and Decatur General
Multiple birth notices list Mr and Mrs with first names Galloway Pugh Gunthorpe at Baugh-Wiley-Smith and Decatur General. Includes a son born Sunday and twin girls born Saturday plus other birth details and addresses.
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Pat Galloway
Sheridan Apts
Baugh-Wiley-Smith
Dewayne
Kitchens
Trinity
J. M. Pugh
Paradise Trailer Court
Decatur General
Charles E. Gunthorp
Stratford Rd
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Moonset
Pegasus
Rising Sun Lodge
Masonic Temple
G. F. Mills
Kenton
Sec’y
Sparkman
Washington
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
United States
Russia
Robertson
Senate
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Sens
Maurine Neuberger
D-Ore
George McGovern
D-S.s
Free World
McGovern
Sen. Neuberger
Clair Engle
Dcalif
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Soviet Union
Sen. Smith
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Wheeler Refuge
Northlands
Rose Garden Club
W. B. Crafton
Oak St
North-East
Girl Scout Little House
First Presbyterian Church
Oak and Vine Streets
District E
Paul J.sims
Albert St
William E. Evans
Crestview Dr
B. D. Cagle
Iris St
Russell Harkness
Douglas St. Charles
14Th Ave
Sheriff’s Office
Prospect Dr
6Th
Mary Alyce Anderson
Southland Blvd
Jones Seagrove
Somerville 2
Seagrove
Nick D. Foster
Danville Rd
Wilson St. NW
Morgan Chapter of
Medical Assistances
Troy Kilpatrick
Flint
Somerville Road School
PTA
Hansen
Rites
Decatur Markets
Elva Graham
Wendell E. Pigg
Miriam Williams
Dona. Webster
Charles G. Walls
Tampa
Fla
Buford E. Pigg
Wayne Holcomb
Ottis M. Burrow
Velma L. Thomas
Sle
He Brown Engineering
Downtowner Corp
Aera Eee
Guaranty Law
Life
WM Oomce
Jefferson Standard
Central Life
Life & Casualty
Wewnns Mutual Savwae Ene
Eens
Consolidated
Aesee
United
United Security Life
Walter Corp
Owe Ecow
Vulcan
Wall Street
Hercules Pdr
Acme Steel
Paper
Am Air L
Rectif
Am Baker
Kaiser Bs Am Can
P. Suth
Ligg & My Am
Air Am
T&t
Mpls Hon
Beat Foods
Monson Bell & How
Mont Ward Beth Steel
Nat Dairy Boeing
Nat Distill Borden Olin
Burl Ind
Owens Till
Calum
Penney Cater Trac
Pepsi Cola
Ches & Ohio
Phill Pet
Proct & G
Coca Cola
Colg Palm
Collins Radio
CBS
Repub
Delta Air L
St. Pap
Dow Chem
Seab du Pont
Sears Rock East Kodak
Fair Whitson Co
Firestone
P&l
NJ Oil
Most Dairy Frueh Corp
Elec
Gen Foods
UN Oil
Cal Gen Mills
Tel & EI
Gas Cp
US. Steel
Warner
Ga Pac Cp
West UN Tel
Westy Elec Gt A&p Goodyear
Winn Dixie
Woolworth Greyhound
Worth Cotton York
Luther Holt
Decature Ross Williams Jr
Sth Ave
S. R. Stewart
4Th Ave
Mrs. Ila Glass
Sth
Decatur General Admissions
Eleanor &. Kahle
Brookwood
Floyd ] Terry
Courtland
Almon McConnell
Anderson
William Worthy
Capshaw
Sandra L. McCary
Sheridan
Kent Robert Gilley
Moulton
Almon MecMertery
Locust St
John H. Dobbin
Donald L. Sawyer
Paul Ferrell
Wheeler
Eddie T. Horn Jr
John Bain
Truman Ave
Samuel Cooper
Richard E. Tinius
7Th Ave
Robert L. Allen
Spring Ave
Walter Messey
Selma
H. D. Borden
Dewy Clifton Shelton
4Th
Tiny
Carl Donald Lovett
Decatur Daily
Diana Stores Corp
L. Wright
Millers
Gateway Plaza
Bath
T. V
Call
Chevrolet
Auto Finance
S.W
Angel
God
Billy Graham
Ira
Moulton St
Barber
Guy Terry
Landers Welding Service
New Moulton Hill
State Ave
Affiliated Fund, Inc
A. B. Love
Semmes & Co., Inc
Decatur Shopping Center
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