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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1972

Page

3

Weather and River Readings Decatur Area Keller Bridge

River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 20.46 feet, sea level 554.76 feet. High Sunday 85 at 3 PM, low today 67, today’s high upper 80s, tonight mid 60s, Tuesday near 90. Dense fog this morning, clearing to sun. northerly winds. Extended: scattered thunderstorms south Wednesday Thursday, then statewide Friday. In Cologne, Germany, road research uses waste from garbage incinerators for road building amid 90 to 95 highs and 70 to 75 lows.

Decatur Keller Memorial Bridge

Paying Yourself First for Financial Security

The piece discusses prioritizing payments by paying important bills first and also including oneself in the list of obligations. It argues that even small monthly payments to oneself build long term financial security for you and your family.

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Muscle Shoals Natural Gas seeks sale and service wind down

The Alabama Public Service Commission receives a petition by Muscle Shoals Natural Gas Corporation to sell its two natural gas systems to North Alabama Gas District and to discontinue public gas service under two sales agreements. The hearing is set for July 14, 1972, in Montgomery.

Muscle Shoals Natural Gas Corporation Alabama Public Service Commission North Alabama Gas District Alabama Colbert Limestone Morgan Madison Colbert County Colert County City Muscle Shoals Ocean Flint City Limestone County Morgan County Madison County State of Barton Pride Tanner Greenbriar Pryor Bellewine Trinity Seid Unin Public Corporation Talon Commission State Office Building Dexter Avenue Wellece Tidmore Alabama Water Improvement Commission State Office Montgomery Federal Register Environmental Protection All Cy Wi ' Movement Commission State of Building Aleheme Probatery Myers L. Myers, MO

Computers in Use Dominate US and Abroad

About 70,000 computers are in use in the United States with another 30,000 operating overseas. The counts reflect growing adoption across both domestic and international markets.

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Admissions and dismissals listed by Daily Records Athens Limestone

Admissions include Tammy Sue Conn Barbara Jean Black and others in Athens Elkmont Moulton Town Creek Hope Mr. and Mrs. Kathy Audie Bailey Cullman Eva and other towns. Dismissals note several patients including families and individuals in Moulton Hillsboro and Cullman with hospital transfers and infant listings. Fire department and ambulance activity across Decatur Hartselle Athens Cullman with multiple calls and transports.

Athens Limestone Tammy Sue Conn Athens Barbara Jean Black Tommy Ray Wales Elkmont Robert E. Waller Ronald Woodruff Nellie F. Penn Ee County Admissions Hammet Kerry Jr Courtland Shelby DeLaney Moulton Mstak Tyler Timothy Rex Warren Haleyville Shelby Green Jim Dallas Pierson Thelma Grissom Hillsboro Laurie Neill Betty Jo Davis Ruthvon Raymond Nix Town Creek Joyce McCulloch Georgetta Christine Cook Hope Conchita Diane White John Shannon White Charles Gholston

North Central Alabama CME Conference Closes After 2000 Attend

The 78th annual North Central Alabama Conference of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church wrapped Sunday at Garner Memorial C M E Church with about 2,000 attendees. Bishop C A Kirkendall gave the key address as 84 pastoral appointments for 1972-73 were announced. The Huntsville Tuscaloosa Districts form the conference, spanning Tennessee to Mississippi, and it partially owns Miles College with a $100,000 mission and education budget.

North’ Central Alabama The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Garner Memorial C. M. E. Church C. A. Kirkendall Birmingham Fifth Episcopal District Decatur Area Harold Peterson Leila T. Blakney Louisville Huntsville Tuscaloosa Tennessee Mississippi Gadsden Jefferson County Miles College Missions, Education and Foreign Services

National Guard Activations in 1971 Reach 127 Orders

In 1971 a total of 55 532 National Guardsmen were ordered to active duty on 127 occasions. Guardsmen were activated 43 times in 24 states for civil disorders totaling 29940 and 24590 for 84 natural disasters or other emergencies in 25 states.

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