Weather and River Update for Decatur and Vicinity
Decatur area river reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 18.59 feet, down 0.05 in 24 hours with sea level at 552.89 feet. TVA lake stages show Chickamauga 690.4 and Pickwick 411.2. High today 72, cooler by tonight with clouds and possible rain, then gradual clearing Tuesday.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Chickamauga
Pickwick
Guntersville
Wilson
Whitesburg
Local Birth Announcements Cite Decatur Hospital Births
Mr and Mrs Cecil Linder of Decatur welcome a son at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Henry Campbell of 209 Church St report a son born Friday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs Wayne Sandlin of Trinity report a daughter born today at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs Carlin Bearden of Madison report a son born Sunday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs Loyd Owens of 1621 Chestnut St announce a son born today at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital.
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Cecil Linderman
Decatur
Decatur General Hospital
Henry Camp‘bell
Church St
Baugh-Wiley-Smith
Wayne Sandlin
Trinity
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Carlin Bearden
Madison
Loyd Owens
Chestnut St
Viet Rebels Hold Ban Me Thuot Meeting Amid Uncertain Demands
An aide says rebel group leaders will attend a Ban Me Thuot meeting to discuss demands with the government. The U S Army reports more helicopters at Ban Me Thuot with armed elements prepared for potential trouble, while some units did not join the march into Saigon.
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Del
Ban Me Thuot
U.S. Army
Saroa
Hospital List of Dismissals and Newborns
A hospital notice records names of patients and dismissals including Mrs J E Blythe, Tom Lovett, Master Johnson Jones, James E Thompson, Hershel Shaneyfelt, Master Roger Walden, Mrs Patty Harwell, Master Gary McKee, and others. It notes dismissals for Donald McClain Tammy Hamilton and infant entries for Mrs Winford Holbert and Mrs Joe Johns.
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J. E. Blythe
7Th Ave
Tom Lovett
Hillsboro
Master Johnson Jones
Hartjselle
James E. Thompson
6Th Ave
Hershel Shaneyfelt
Decatur
Roger Walden
5Th Ave
Patty Harwell
Elkton
Tenn
Gary McKee
8Th Ave
Donald McClain
4Th Ave
Tammy Hamilton
Hamilton
Grover Wilson
Market NW
Winford Holbert
Trinity
Joe Johns
Local Names Listed in Decatur Area Register
A long list of residents and relatives appears with numerous addresses across Decatur and nearby towns. Names include Aaron B. Clark Ollie Brown James French B F Delinski and many others, with streets such as Harrison Street Cleveland Avenue 3rd Avenue SE and 14th Street. The compilation also mentions several children and kin with ages and family relations.
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Aaron B. Clark
Decatur
Ollie Brown
Wialhermose Springs
James French
Massive CAB Airlift Test Midweek in Decatur
More than 150 airplanes will refuel in Decatur this weekend as the Air Force Civil Defense and Civil Air Patrol join in a large airlift drill. The exercise tests rapid air lifting of personnel and medicines in a simulated atomic disaster near Anniston with Decatur as a major North Alabama refueling stop. Planes will land or take off from Pryor Field about every five minutes.
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Decatur
Air Force
Civil Defense
Civil Air Patrol
Anniston
North Alabama
Pryor Field
Four Area Wrecks Probed in North Alabama
Four traffic accidents in the four county area were investigated by the Alabama Highway Patrol with no injuries reported. Vehicles involved included a 1958 Rambler driven by Janice Spears of Ryanville sustaining about 300 dollars damage when it ran off U.S. 312 north of Decatur due to a tire burst. Additional crashes near Massey, Hanceville, and Athens caused damages of 175 to 250 dollars and 100 dollars respectively.
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Alabama Highway Patrol
Janice Spears
Ryanville
Decatur
U.S
Massey
Brice Hogan
Falkville
Ford
David Carr
Jimmy Young
Blountsville
Hanceville
Miles L. Dial
Athens
U.S. 31
Winfred Jones
Goodwater
Humphrey to visit Washington amid campaign pushes
Johnson continues efforts to woo dissenting Republicans as Hubert Humphrey plans a Washington stop today and a Southern tour begins Tuesday. Miller campaigns through Oklahoma City and then Missouri Kansas and Wyoming. Senator Clifford Case doubts Thurmond will find a GOP home for a segregationist after switching parties.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Washington
South
William E. Miller
New York
Oklahoma City
Missouri
Kansas
Wyoming
Clifford P.case
R-N.j
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
GOP
Thurmond
Report urges Cabinet role in presidential safety and overhauls
A Warren Commission style 888 page report calls for a Cabinet committee to handle presidential protection, shifting duties from the Secret Service, and demands more funding and better interagency coordination. It praises agents' actions after the Kennedy tragedy while detailing failures by the Secret Service FBI and Dallas police.
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Edwin A. Walker
Earl Warren
Secret Service
Executive
Congress
Kennedy
United States
Kennedy, Johnson and Connally
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dallas
Oswald
Russia
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Ruby
Juvenile Court Reports Morgan County Case Docket
Morgan County juvenile court last week logged cases including two burglaries two parole violations one disorderly conduct case and one run away case involving juveniles.
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Morgan County Juvenile Court
Deaths Mrs F M Burks 85 of Decatur
Mrs F M Burks 85 of 211 5th Ave NW died Sunday at 5 20 p m at Tennessee Valley Rest Home Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 3 p m at Guntharp Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Jesse Rogers officiating Burial will follow at Decatur City Cemetery with Guntharp directing Nephews to serve as pallbearers She was a charter member of First Baptist Church and lifelong Decatur resident The body will lie in state at the funeral home until services
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F.M. Burks
5Th Ave
Tennessee Valley Rest Home
Guntharp Funeral Home
Jesse Rogers
Decatur City Cemetery
Guntharp
J. H. Roberts
Gurley
B. D. Bassham
Atlanta
Mrs. Tressie Pannell L 66 obituary notice
Mrs. Tressie Pannell age 66 of 2234 Graham Ave SW died Sunday at 8 am at her home. Funeral services will be today at 2 pm from Oak Grove Methodist Church with burial at Roselawn Cemetery directed by Gunthorp. Survived by husband Bert two brothers S O Maner and W J Maner both of Decatur and one sister Mrs Dellie Braswell of Florida. Pallbearers are Glenn Omer Roland Bill Maner Ferrell Segars and Deward Segars.
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Tressie Pannell
Graham Ave
Oak Grove Methodist Church
Roselawn
Gunthorp
Bert
S. 0. Maner
W. J. Maner
Decatur
Dellie Braswell
Florida
Glenn
Omer
Roland
Bill Maner
Ferrell Segars
Deward Segars
Funeral Rites Set for Albert S Jeffreys at Woll Springs
Albert Scott Jeffreys 58 of Town Creek 3 died Sunday at home. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Woll Springs Church of Christ with James Sparks officiating. Burial in Roden Cemetery. Survived by wife Kate Jeffreys two daughters Nellie Ruth Chaffin and Clara Mae Cole mother Mrs A W Jeffreys a brother trio Travis Horace Coolidge Jeffreys all of Town Creek three sisters and three grandchildren Pallbearers named Dwighty Pracks Nathaniel Landers Gene Jeffreys Milton Butler Raymond Jeffreys Milton Smithson.
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Albert Scott Jeffreys
Town Creek
Woll Springs Church of Christ
James Sparks
Roden
Elliott Funeral Home
Kate Jeffreys
Nellie Ruth Chaffin
Clara Mae Cole
River Beach
Fla
A. W. Jeffreys
Prospect
Tenn
Lassie
Franks
Sheffield
Hycianth Landers
Travis
Horace
Coolidge Jeffreys
Mrs Ed Berry Funeral Services Set In Decatur
Mrs Ed Berry aged 407 Gordon Dr SW died today at 6 45 am in a local hospital. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 3 pm at Central Methodist Church with Rev John Rutland officiating. Burial in Decatur City Cemetery. Survived by husband Ed Berry three daughters Earl Kelley sister Fred Sittason seven grandchildren. Body to remain at home until 2 pm then lie in state.
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Ed Berry
Gordon Dr
Funeral for Charlie C Woodard in Moulton
Funeral services for Charlie C Woodard of Moulton were held at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with burial at Montgomery Cemetery, Elliott Funeral Home directed the arrangements.
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Charlie C. Woodard
Moulton
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Montgomery
Elliott Funeral Home
Commission cites police and press in misinformation spread
The commission criticizes both police and media for unchecked reports and misinformation circulated to a worldwide audience. It notes widespread dissemination about a running commentary by the police and highlights the high daily paperback book sales in the United States.
Marker honors Red Rovers at Courtland ceremony
Grandchildren of Dr. Jack Shackelford unveil a marker for the Red Rovers volunteer company formed at Courtland in 1835 to aid Texas. The marker notes 365 men were executed at Goliad and that Shackelford and seven Rovers survived, with details from ceremony remarks and historical society leadership.
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Jacck Shackelford
Courtland
Kathy Morris
Shackelford
Red Rovers
Texas
Jack Shackelford
Coleta
U.S
Goliad
Santa Anna
Alamo
Robert Simpson
Rovers
William H. Jenkins
North Alabama Historical Association
W. A. Toms
W. Francis
Joseph Fenner
G. W. Brooks
Lawrence
Dr. Shackelford
Issac Hamilton
L. M. Brooks
William Simpson
D. Cooper
The
Historical Association
Commission recounts efforts to save President after assassination attempt
The Warren Commission details the 12:30 p.m. attack that lasted under eight seconds as the President was hit in the neck. It describes the initial bullet entering behind the neck and tearing forward below the jaw, noting the rapid, unsuccessful rescue attempts.
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Earl Warren
Stolen Goods Brought Into Alabama By New York Pair
Two 22 year old New York men Daniel Robert Snider and Donald Plyss are jailed in Morgan County Alabama on charges of transporting stolen goods valued at $50. Deputies say troopers placed the men under restraint after stopping their car Sunday and finding the stolen items.
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New York
Morgan County
Alabama
Daniel Robert Snider
Donald &. Plyss
Sheriff's Department
Market summary of commodities and livestock prices
Cotton middling 30.40 per inch on Decatur loan. Cottonseed 40 per ton. Milk Grade A 6.55 per hundred. manufactured milk 3.20. Wood 65.45 per cord. No 2 yellow shelled corn 1.33. yellow ear 1.11. white ear 1.07. white shelled 1.46. oats 0.65. Livestock: steers 19.00-21.00. heifers 17.00-19.00. utility cows 12.00-13.25. bulls 16.50-17.50. Feeders 19.50-22.00. heifers 14.00-17.00. feeder steers 23.00-?00. Hogs 195-240 lbs 16.25-16.50. sows 12.50. Sheep 50 no sales yet.
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Decatur
U.S
Wall Street Ends Mixed on Heavy Trading Day
The New York market closed mixed with shares moving in fractions to about a point. General Electric showed a steady early loss expanding to a larger drop while other auto stocks posted varied results.
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Wall Street New York
Death notices for Stewart, Simpson, Harris, Davis, Keller in Hartsel
Funeral services are announced for Edna Stewart at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Reynolds Funeral Home Chapel Hart selle with burial in Oakl and Cemetery Limestone County Survivors include Sidney Stewart and sister Mrs Everett Trotter Also funeral of Annie Simpson set for Wednesday at 1 p.m. First Baptist Hillsboro burial Penny Cemetery with Reynolds directing Survivors include John Simpson and 16 grandchildren Elijah Harris dies at Finley Island Rd services Friday 2 p.m. Cain Memorial Methodist Church burial Bell Church Cemetery Three first cousins and other relatives noted Sherman Davis funeral to be announced Reynolds Funeral Home Maude Keller service times to be announced by Reynolds Funeral Home.
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Edna Stewart
Hartselle
Reynolds Funeral Home
Vine St
Oakl and
Limestone County
Reynolds
Sidney Stewart
Everett Trotter
Athens
Annie Simpson
Hartselle Hospital
First Baptist Church
Hillsboro
Penny Cemetery
John Simpson
Rufus
Grady
Johnny W. Simpson
Louise Miller
Dayton
Ohio
Thomas Carter
Elijah Harris
Finley Island Rd
Cain’ S Memorial Methodist Church
Bell Church
Reynolds Funeral
Community News Briefs and Local Police Reports
Police responded to a disturbance at Thomas Wilson’s residence where a man described as wearing an Army coat fled after Wilson woke to see him cutting his screen door. The Decatur Civil Air Patrol meets tomorrow at 6 30 p m, and four Decatur police officers begin six week training in Montgomery.
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Thomas Wilson
Wilson
Decatur Civil Air Patrol
National Guard Armory
Decatur Police Department
Alabama Academy
Montgomery
Pack Self
E.L. Garrett
Bobby Newsom
Lewis Tanscott
C. B. Tutwiler
Self
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Saturn
Jupiter
Venus
Regulus
Mars
Ber
Lineck
Detur
Lyndon
Ira
Moulton St
Wally Insche
Scott
Paul C. Day
Manted
Broiler
Brookhaven
Arval
Pion Studebaker
Pontiac
Ave. S.W
Ation
Sbaugh-Wiley-Smith Admissions
Decatur General
B.F. Delinski
Harrison St
Aller B. Shankle
3Rd Ave
Willie P. Spain
Lute Goodwin Delany
Malcolm Blackard
Albert Bush
Logan
Judy Yvonne Higdon
Ferry
Glen Harold Kelly
Somerville
Donald Henry Densmore
Lemon S. White
14Th Ave
James H. Letson
Marion Smith
Cleveland Ave
Bobby Hitt
Henry B. Handley
Cull- Iman
Forney Steenson
Johnston St
C.L. Speegle
Decature
Wes Henry Farmer
Sherman St
Lewis B. Fillipeli
Michael E. Watters
North St
Thomas Harris
Claude E. Bailey
Joppa
Hollice D. Nesmith
Judy Annette Parsons
16Th Ave
Minnie Lee Lee
James M. Garrison
Woodland
John T. Fleming
William A. Carver
James A. Clemand
Edward Edwin Hart
Vinemoor
Glen Terry
Town’ Creek
Valhermoso Springs
Civil ‘Air Patrol
National Guard
United
China
Orient
Johnson
F. M. Burks
Albert S. Jeffreys
Mrs
Local Securities
Ala. Tenn
National Gas
Allied Life Insurance Co
Foundation Life Ee
Coastal States Life
National Life First Nat'l
Jefferson Standard’ Life
Liberty National Life MY Life & Casualty Life Ala
Life
Moore Asacene
Mutual Savings National Life & Accident
State National Bank Southern Airway Southern United Vulcan Life Se Eeeses
Kaiser
Acme Steel K V P Suth
Ligg & My Air L
Baker
Lou & Nash
Mtrs
Sugar Masonite
T&t
Minn M M Am
Tob Monson
Mont Ward Babcock & W
Nat Dairy How
Nat Distill
Beth Steel
Olin Owens
Llll
Penney
Pepsi Cola
Cater Trac
Phill
Polaroid
Ches & Ohio
Proct & G
Coig Palm
RCA
Collins Radio
Cbsis
Repub
RC Cola
Regis Pap
Delta Air L
Seab AL RR
du Pont
Sears Roed
Sinclair
East Kodak
Sou Co
Sperry Rand
Ford Mtr
Elec
Gen Foods
Swift
Texaco
Gen Tel & el
Aire Ga Pac Cp
Fruit
Gas Cp
Gt A&p
West UN Tel Greyhound
Westy Elec
Winn Dixie Int Bus Mch
Worth
Wrigley Int Paper
Xerox
Sherman Davis
Alma
Maude N. Keller
Central Methodist Church
Paul Hutto
John White
Chester Arthur Hogan
Edgewood
Homer Lee Kimbrough
Gateway Shopping Center
Hogan
Kimbrough
Steve
Erson
Margie L. Sanderson
Bessie ‘Mae Alvis
Morgan County “Democratic Steelfre Committee
Morgan County Sheriff's Department
6Th Ave. SE
J. B. Lloyd
Effie McClain Gay
Cullman
Highway
Mamie Shinaberger
Etta Jones
Shinaberger
Jones
Volkswagen
Joseph Jacob Shinaberger
Sidney P. Hogan
Ave. SE
Highway 1
Somerville Rd
James Clyde
Jackson, St
Johnny Ferrell Jr
Westmead SW
E.L. Price
Brookhavert St
Thomas Gibbs
Carl McMasters
Highway 31
W. B. Shadix
Jackson St. SE
James McMahon
10Th Ave. NW
Parker & Osborne
8Th Ave. SE
Walnut Grove Methodist Church
Bethel Rd
Priceville
Morgan County Association For Mental Health
St. John’s Parish House
IPI
T. M. Freeman
Elm St. NE
Pruitt Walker Jr
Loring Ave
Asco
Frances Nelms
State St. NE
Freeman
Policej
Walker
Gene Lentz
Monsanto
Semmes & Taylor, Inc
State National Bank Bldg
Johnstone
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