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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1973
Page
3
A dense 1972 TV log lists programs across time slots from 6:00 to 1:00 am including news, game shows, sports, dramas, and movies. Notables include Gunsmoke with a leukemia plot, Yankees vs Royals, Rogue’s Gallery and Tiger Bay films, Johnny Carson and Lucille Ball appearances, and late-night news followed by Rogues of Sherwood Forest.
A dense OCR fragment lists daily TV and radio programming blocks with hosts, show titles, and timing markers from morning to late afternoon. It references numerous classic programs and hosts such as Captain Kangaroo, The Movie The Mudlark, Jeopardy, Doctors, Days of Our Lives, and NBC/ABC style lineups, indicating a historic broadcast grid.
A compact notice lists admissions and dismissals across Lawrence County and Athens Limestone area hospitals. Names include Joane Pruitt Decatur Moran Tollison Harville White Terrell Alexander Peter Hill Echols Smith Aldridge Montgomery Lane Owens Hill Latham Gillespie Spiceland Speegle Leach Hood others. Births reported for Glenn Pruitt and Marvin Shedd with sons born at Lawrence County and Athens Limestone Hospitals.
This morning river readings at Keller Memorial Bridge show 19.27 feet with sea level at 553.57. Sunday high reached 89 degrees at 3 PM, low 66. Expect near 90 today and Tuesday with mostly fair conditions through Tuesday. Extended forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies through Friday with highs near 90 and lows 69 to 74.
Elizabeth Brown six daughter of Mr and Mrs James W Brown of Decatur will compete Saturday in Auburn for Little Miss Cotton title. Sponsored by the Alabama Jayceettes she currently holds Little Miss Decatur title. She is granddaughter of Mrs William M Hale and the late Mr Hale of Decatur and Mrs Zeb Brown and the late Mr Brown of Wetumpka.
Doctors tested Preparation H on hundreds of patients and found prompt relief from rectal itching and pain. The product also helped shrink hemorrhoidal tissue caused by inflammation. Many physicians use or recommend Preparation H for their families.
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