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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1972
Page
12
The New York AP stock roundup ranks gains and losses after naming Rocky Flats near Denver as a 1953 funded nuclear weapons project. The piece notes the plant cost $44.
New York stocks advanced with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 10.16 to 974.34 at noon amid a continuing rally that started Friday. Oil and chemical issues led gains while Kissinger's Paris peace talks were cited as a possible plus. The NYSE index reached 61.90 and the AMEX price change index moved to 27.08.
The Athens High School Band starts a five day camp at Camp Alpine near Mentone this week. Band director Dan Havely notes the fall program is outlined at camp and awards honor the most improved section and top rat cadets. Assistant director Pat Baker leads as Havely takes leave to pursue a master's degree at Memphis State University.
Recording artist Jerry Clower of Yazoo CityMiss will entertain tonight at the first annual Jaycee fair in Athens. Golden Empire shows will be on the midway and exhibits will be displayed. Three Star recording artists Milton Woodridge Earl Green both of Athens Patti Morrow Cullman and Pat Doty Mississippi will perform Tuesday night.
Mobile County Sheriff Ray Bridges says four people were arrested in a raid that yielded an estimated 100000 dollars worth of heroin. The suspects are Myrtice Diana Johnson 20 Henry M Johnson 29 Ruben Horace 25 both of Mobile and Charles C Lyles 29 of Mobile.
Fragmentary items show Decatur market notes on wheat corn and other grains with prices per hundredweight. The text mentions Milling Wheet and Yellow Shelley Corn pricing and a reference to securities in the counter, but specifics are unclear.
Three men from Norcross Georgia and Heflin Alabama faced firearms charges after a sawed off shotgun and loaded handgun were found in a suitcase aboard Eastern Airlines flight 685 bound for Miami. The incident caused a brief evacuation but no injuries and the flight departed about an hour later. Authorities said there is no link to the Republican National Convention.
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