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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1972
Page
2
Guest Editorial Opposes Social Security Benefit Equality
The Birmingham News argues against a Senate Finance Committee plan that would equalize Social Security benefits for all workers regardless of how much they paid in taxes. It warns that sharing benefits with higher earners undermines the program’s original incentive structure and long term promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Finance Committee
Weather and River Update for Decatur Area
Friday’s high reached 61 degrees by 5 pm with a 47 degree low at 2 am. The forecast calls for a higher daytime temperature later, though exact numbers were not provided in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur and Vicinity
Funeral services for J Wardlow held Sunday
Obituary notes funeral services for James Wardlow 86 of Decatur at Guntharp Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Obie Gamble and others officiating. Burial in Decatur City Cemetery. Survivors include daughters Mrs. B L Oliver Mrs E S Hartselle and Mrs Mary Lou Lindsey all of Decatur and Mrs Cary Hightower of Hartselle plus brothers and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Wardlow
15Th Ave
Guntharp Funeral Home Chapel
Obie Gamble
Freeman Smith
Burl Oliver
Decatur City Cemetery
Guntharp Directing
Tnoledara de
James W. Wardlow
Decatur
BL. Oliver
E.S. Hartselle
Mary Lou Lindsey
Cary Hightower
Hartselle
Sadie Shelton
Decatur B Team Faces Hayes Pacesetters Next Season
Decatur High School's Red Raiders, coached by Earl Morris, plan tougher schedules after a 4A state finish behind West End. Hayes’s Pacesetters loom as a top foe, with West End star T R Dunn named MVP this past season. Decatur hosts West End February 23, while Hayes appears in the Red Raider Holiday Classic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Decatur High School
Hayes
Birmingham High School
Earl Morris
Red Raiders
Tuscaloosa
West End
Morris
Decatur
Opportunity City
T.R. Dunn
Lions
Decatur Red Raider Bees' B team shows strong growth after 19-1 season
Coach Morris credits hard work and maturity for the Decatur Bees B team’s 19-1 record and a 17-0 1967-68 mark by the ninth graders, with freshmen on the junior team. Starters Armistead Cole Gibson Bridgeforth Thompson led scoring while Morris plans replacements for 1972 graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Red Raiders
Johnny Berrett
Mike Michel
Red Raider
Harold Morgan
Red Raider Bees
Decatur
Raider Bees
Steve Armistead
Andy Cole
Marvin Gibson
James Bridgeforth
Benny Thompson
Cole
Armistead
Gibson
Bridgeforth
Thompson
Morgan
Calvin McBride
Ricky Russell
Russell
McBride
Ken Boutwell
Willie Rice
David Whitworth
Paul Brogdon
Emergency Numbers and Contacts for Alabama Regions
Emergency phones for Decatur Morgan County Hartselle Limestone County Athens Lawrence Cullman and Sheriff numbers listed. Crisis Call Center 355 8000 available for personal crises and poison emergencies. Dial 0 to reach an operator and report the nature of the emergency during nights and holidays.
Strip Mine Suit May Be Dismissed
U S District Judge Robert Warner signaled on Friday that he will dismiss the state attorney general's lawsuit to halt strip mining in Bankhead National Forest north Alabama. He said the case appears moot and should be referred to the legislature as a legislative function. He set a Monday deadline for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
North Alabama
Bankhead National Forest
U.S. Dist
Robert Warner
Warner
Atty
George Beck
National Forest
Beck
Asst
U.S. Atty
Kenneth Vines
Peabody Coal Co
US S. Forest Service
Mrs Shores Seeks Supreme Court Post in Alabama Race
The state’s first female candidate for the Alabama Supreme Court, Janie L. Shores, says she runs as a professional equal, not a women’s rights candidate, citing her law career and tenure at Cumberland School of Law. She is a Butler County native and Samford professor with a husband and daughter. A separate incident in Decatur reports a man with bomb indications in the Mutual Savings Life Building, described as elderly and agitated, but no device found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Supreme Court
Janie L. Shores
Robert T. Simpson
State Supreme Court
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Annie Price
Decatur
Mutual Savings Life
Deputies Enroll In Police Academy Courses
Morgan County Deputy Sheriff Clifford Smith and other deputies will begin a 240-hour police academy course at Calhoun Junior College. Sheriff John C. McBride noted Dep Steve Nelson is in a Huntsville Police Academy 12-week program. Two more deputies will join the next course. In Athens a one car crash on US 31 injured Betty Sharp and her two children Windy and Christy, all treated at Athens Limestone Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Clifford Smith
Calhoun Junior College
Police Academy
John C. McBride
Smith
Sheriff's Department
McBride
Steve Nelson
Huntsville Police Academy
Athens
Here
Betty M. Sharp
Windy
Christy
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Navy Cmdr Jensen Denies Affair as Verdict Is Read
After two days on the stand Cmdre Jensen denied intimate involvement with two women as jurors were told to keep their votes private. In closing, prosecutors argued the women faced risks in coming forward while Jensen’s lawyer labeled the accusers as sick conspirators. In a separate case in Athens, 19-year-old Steven Palicki received one year hard labor for marijuana possession, with two years probation and mandated Narcotics Rehab Act treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jensen
Capt
Ben Cole
Cmdre Jensen
Athens
Huntsville
Limestone County
Steven B. Palicki
D.L. Rosenau Jr
Palicki
Cattle Thefts Being Probed in Limestone County
Limestone County authorities probe the theft of nine cattle from Lester area farms. Investigator Gerald Bates says the cattle belonged to Clayton Beasley and James Harrison of Lester. Exact theft timing unknown. investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Limestone County
Lester
Gerald Bates
Clayton Beasley
James Harrison
Bates
Pilgrims converge on Jerusalem sites during Easter Week
Arab Boy Scouts and Arabs hawk Holy Land souvenirs as more than 20 000 visitors flood Jerusalem during Easter Week and Passover. Bishop John Kildany leads a Nazareth procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre while Patriarch Joseph Berritti and Protestant clergy pray nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontius Pilate
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Calvary and
Christ's Tomb
Holy Land
John Kildany
Nazareth
Jerusalem
Joseph Berritti
Garden Tomb
Calvary
Egypt
Robert Edgar
New York
Loch Ness Monster Sightings Stir Interest For Decades
Skeptics speculated the creature was dumped to mislead zoologists working with the Loch Ness Phenomena Investigation Bureau at the lake. Inverness musician Roderick MacKenzie, 23, recounted touching the creature and seeing a half bear, half serpent form colored green with a bear like head and flat ears. Since the 1930s, reports of a scaly monster rising from Loch Ness depths have drawn scientists and tourists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roderick MacKenzie
Inverness
Morgan Leads Dedication of Limestone Columns Building
The dedication ceremony honors Morgan for freeing slaves who hauled limestone columns from Trinity. A mural by Mrs. Georges Bridges Birmingham inside the building shows its Civil War hospital history for Confederate and Union soldiers. Later the site housed a newspaper office blacksmith shop boarding house and museum before being given to American Legion Post 15 in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity
Georges Bridges
Birmingham
American Legion
Irvings admits no publisher yet despite interest
Irving says several publishers are interested though none secured. He recalls naive belief their act was not a crime, worries about prison as he and two others face up to 13 years and $11,000 in fines, and notes varying hopes for sentencing depending on the judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving
Proxmire Praised as McGovern Campaigns Quietly
Senator Proxmire basked in praise while McGovern and other candidates campaigned lightly on Good Friday, signaling restrained political activity on the religious holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proxmire
McGovern
Former Vestavia Hills Mayor to lead Florence State University
Florence State University selects former Vestavia Hills Mayor Robert M. Guillot to be its president after a board dispute with Governor Wallace backing Guillot. Retiring president Dr. E. B. Norton ends 25 years at FSU as inauguration plans are announced for Guillot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Ala
Vestavia¢Hills
Robert M. Guillot
Florence State University
Guillot
FSU
George Wallace
Wallace
E. B. Norton
Vietnam War Offensive Expected in Phases Across Weeks
U S sources say a multi phase Communist offensive may unfold over weeks or months. In the DMZ area heightened activity suggests onePhase. South Vietnamese bases at Khe Gio Fuller and Ba Ho East in Quang Tri province were abandoned as part of the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Dmz
Khe Gio
Fuller
Ba Ho East
Quang Tri Province
Morgan County Courthouse Story and Landmark Status
The article details Morgan County's 19th century courthouse, built 1837 after a legislature authorization, with Somerville as the seat until 1891 when Decatur won it by referendum. Since then it has served as a school and voting center and is praised by the state historical commission as architecturally significant. The nearby bank features an unusual front with an odd number of columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
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Claudie Fisch
Cliff Mardles
Pocahontis
Fenn
van Wardlow
Romer
Tenn
Highway Patrol
Calhon Limestone County
Lawrence County
Sheriff
Cullman
Shores
Supreme Court
MSL
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Moulton — Decatur
J. N. Powell
Carl Edward Willingham
Willingham
Lawrence
Moulton
Brenda E. Daniels
Mattie Louise Daniels
Tuscumbia
Edna Mae Fisher
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Lawrence County Hospital
Colbert County Hospital
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