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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1972
Page
2
Mike Jones of 618 7th Ave. SW balances a local insurance job with active participation in fishing, hunting, motorcycle racing, car building, softball, and independent league basketball. He also trains several times weekly at the Aquadome with the Grant and Groan Club.
Blond haired 27 year old Jones began motorcycle racing at Fort Sill Oklahoma in 1967 after buying and stripping a bike. He excels on flat tracks and motorcross winning at Concord Talladega Vinemont and Muscle Shoals. He worries little about injuries and plans to build a race car after softball season. He plays fastpitch for the Decatur Merchants and competes in flag football and independent basketball while keeping sports a life long pursuit.
Four runaways from a South Carolina juvenile detention home were captured in Morgan County on fugitive warrants. Identified as Jimmy Duvall 17 Randy Waugh 19 Leonard Ray Yates 17 of Greenwood S C and Major Moore 17 of Dikes D C they were driving a stolen 1972 Chevrolet Malibu. Duvall faced a charge of having no ... The four remained in jail Monday.
A Somerville man Alfonso Romine, 17, was hurt Monday in a two car crash near Valhermoso Springs Alabama. He rode with William L Watson 69 and was treated at Harteelle Hospital and released. James B McBeath Jr 27 of Somerville also was involved. Trooper Williams investigated.
Limestone County Commission and Athens City Council voted to petition District Attorney Mike Moebes asking him not to enforce the Sunday closing law until the Legislature convenes. Moebes said enforcement would pause if filings are made. Morgan County officials took a different stance.
Centerville Tenn a missing license plate led to the wounding and recapture of Cullman work camp escapee Wayne Moore 30 of New Market Madison County. He escaped June 23 from a Cullman state work camp while serving forgery terms. Moore was jailed in Hickman County on assault resisting arrest and registration charges after being shot in the groin by Trooper Don Shelton. Morgan Love 38 of Hartselle was charged with transporting beer after 10 cases were confiscated and released on 750 dollar bond.
The Decatur Daily publishes emergency contact numbers for personal crises and possible poisoning. It directs calling the Crisis Call Center at 355 8000, or nearest hospital or family physician, and to dial 0 if unsure which number to call.
AP reports Lt. Gov. Jere Beasley says R C Bamberg did not represent Gov. Wallace or the administration when backing Alabama Power Co’s request for a 30 million dollar rate hike. Also, an elderly Montgomery couple died in a U S 331 crash near Snowdown. Robert Cameron Mathes 65 and Margaret 64 were killed when their car left the road about 10 miles south of Montgomery.
Alabama business, labor, and education leaders form Ameraport Task Force to push a Mobile Pascagoula superport. The plan targets deep water terminals for tankers up to 340000 tons and 70 to 120 feet depth, part of 32 possible sites in a federal study. Bamberg calls the project the gulf region’s biggest economic step.
Plaintiffs challenging the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway filed notice of appeal after Judge William Keady ruled the Corps adequately studied environmental impacts. Engineers planned to accept bids Sept 7 for a lock and approach channel at Gainsville Alabama as the 10 year project proceeds. The appeal, likely in the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans, seeks to block construction pending appellate review.
Six delegates from the Friends of the Retarded Decatur Chapter attended a National Youth Seminar in Pittsburg. The group won a second place direct service award for their Mr and Miss YARC contest and named Morgan County the annual project. State president Vicky Gibson will receive an outstanding president's award. Fifty-five delegates from 45 states and Canada joined sessions on human rights law and mental aspects of retardation.
Voters queued for hours at the Morgan County Board of Registrars as Sept 12 city runoff registration nears closure. Applicants, including 22 year old Gary White and others from Florida and Michigan, expressed frustration over delays and staffing. The board urged faster processing and two days of open registration.
Dreaper Abbot Dreaper Abbot CULLMAN The Very Rev Hilary Dreaper O A was chosen Monday as seventh abbot of St Bernard Abbey The Mobile native was elected by the monks and confirmed by the abbot He holds a BA from St Benedict College and an MA from the University of Alabama He succeeds Rev G Roetiger who led from 1967 to August 7 and is now retired at the abbey
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