Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama

We have 1,623,049 pages in Alabama

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1972

Page

3

Bagel Beach gets a bravo in Stage Di deli satire

In New York the so called Bagel Beach scene at 54th Street and 7th Avenue draws celebrities and locals. Fat Jack E Leonard and Gene Bayles lounge with lobster and coffee while city tourism chief Charles Slepian presents a city key to Prop. Jim Richter. The piece riffs on show business figures and gossip across Manhattan nightlife.

Earl Wilson New York Bagel Beach Stage Barbershop Stage Cigar Store 54Th St. & 7Th Av Jack E. Leonard Charles Slepian Jim Richter Jack E Gene Bayles Gene de Gaulle

Contest Rules and Court Tests in Local Contests

A neighborhood pageant contest faces court review over rule clarity and contract ties. Myrtle wins after judges misread neatness terms, while another case upholds judges acting within authority. A salesman’s father wins a football pool by proving separateness from his son.

Myrtle

Airman Higginbotham Promoted to Staff Sergeant

Joseph M. Higginbotham of 1806 Summerlane is promoted to staff sergeant in the Air Force. He serves as a preventive medicine specialist at the USAF Hospital Myrtle Beach AFB South Carolina. A 1965 Decatur High School graduate, he attended Auburn University Athens College and Memphis State University. His wife Rhonda is the daughter of Mrs. Irmgard Richardson of Las Vegas Nevada.

Myrtle. Beach S. C Joseph M. Higginbotham S. J. Higginbotham Summerlane Air Force Sat. Higginbotham USAF Myrtle Beach Afb S.C Decatur High School Auburn University Athens College Memphis State University Rhonda

Military personnel news from Air Force and Army postings

Airman Calvin V. Houser Jr. completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and will train at Keesler AFB Mississippi in communications electronics. He is a 1972 Priceville High School graduate. James R. Giles, son of Margret Mayhall Fayetteville NC, now at Sheppard AFB Texas for aircraft maintenance training after basic training. He's a Holly Pond High School alum. Pvt Dillard W. Bagwell, 18, Cullman AL, finished nine weeks at Ft Polk Infantry Training Center and entered service in March 1972. Cullman High School 1971 grad. Oscar D ing Stripling Jr., promoted to airman first class, security policeman at Columbus AFB Miss, 1970 Austin High grad. Sgt Jim K Lowery, son of Mary J Lowery Town Creek, on duty at Ubon Royal Thai AFB Thailand as weapons mechanic. previously served at Torrejon Air Base Spain. Hatton High School 1967 grad.

San Antonio Calvin V. Houser Jr Calvin V. Houser Somerville Air Force Air Training Command Lackland Afb Tex Keesler Afb Miss Houser Priceville High School James R. Giles Margret A. Mayhall Navajo St Fairland Acres Fayetteville N. C Sheppard Afb Sheppard Giles Holly Pond Hubert A. Giles FT. Polk Dillard W. Bagwell Hollis Bagwell N. Morgan Ave Cullman U.S. Army Infantry Training Center Bagwell Army Cullman High School Columbus Oscar Ding Oscar Stripling Jr Seventh Ave Stripling Columbus Afb U. S. Air Force Austin High School U. 8. Air Forces Thailand Jim K. Lowery Mary J. Lowery Town Creek Ubon Royal Thai Afb Lowery Pacific Air Forces Torrejon al Spain Hatton High School Gloria

Tell Me Why Earth Mass and Riddles Feature

A column explains how Cavendish measured the earth mass in 1798 and estimates its mass as 6.57 quintillion short tons, plus related notes on density. It includes sample riddles, a tricks box, and a 14 year old winner from Madison Wisconsin.

Lord Cavendish England Cavendish United States Bureau of Standards Book of Knowledge Dennis Vincent Madison Wisc

Also Mentioned on This Page

Caesars Palace Steve Eydie Dean Martin Kutsher The Catskills Fat Jack Vincent Sardi Charles Evans Hughes Midnight Earl Woody Allen Ed Sullivan B. W Lex Barker Tarzan Robert Wagner Phyllis Cerf Larry Kasha Marlo Thomas Lanie Kazan Johnny Olsen Roger Vadim St. Tropez Jane Birken Barbara Hutton George Hamilton Alana Collins Hamptons Breslin Zwaaf McGovern Artie Pine Mervyn LeRoy Mervyn Ed Wynn Morgan County Morgan County Health Officer Morgan County Rabies Inspector Tewav Eton P Ben Cane Decatur Boosters Chamber Community Decatur Decatur Daily Joseph Higginbotham Calvin Houser Dillard Bagwell Oscar Stripling Jim Lowery James Giles Thomas Ryan Earth United States District Court For the Northern District OF Alabama Arthur R. Morris Patricia A. Morris District Court of the United States Alabama United States of America Jaintiff Hartselle Morgan Mason Acres Ted Wong Seid Wayman G. Sherrer United States Ye L. Scott Atkins Federal Berzett Red Carpet Inn Mote Cas Southern Railway Southern South District of Columbia Southeast
Search Courier

Search the Decatur Daily Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Decatur Daily?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication