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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1972

Page

7

Television Schedule Log Highlights A Dense Day

A dense historical TV timetable lists shows across morning to late evening, naming programs like Sunset Boulevard News Foreign Exchange The Super French Chef Corner Bar Private Pilot Perry Mason High Chaparral Tom Jones Johnny Carson Dick Cavett NBC News The Tonight Show. It includes talk shows sports specials and soap operas such as As the World Turns Guiding Light and General Hospital with cartoons Sesame Street and educational content. The entry reflects a mid‑20th century broadcast grid with multiple daily blocks and a mix of dramas comedies and children’s fare.

Best Bets Schedule and Film Lineup for Wednesday

Listings show GOP convention coverage at 6:30 p.m. on channel 6 with vice presidential and presidential acceptance speeches. Evening movies include Sunset Boulevard 1950 and Tarzan Finds a Son 1939 among other Westerns and dramas.

GOP Sunset Boulevard Gloria Swanson William Holden Robert Sebastian Cabo Sally Saint Anne Ann Blyth Hugh O'Brian Audie Mite Tony Curtis Moonliont Bay Doris Day Gordon MacRae

Casting German Soldier for WWI Play at Gloucestershire College

In Cirence ster England the agricultural college chose a student Prince Ernst of Hannover 18 grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II for the German soldier role in the World War I drama End. The campus hopes the casting adds authenticity to the production.

Cirencester England Agricultural College Gloucestershire R.C

Tell Me Why Glue What Is The New Book Of Knowledge

Reader questions and prize details describe glue as an adhesive and outline its history from ancient times to modern developments. The piece notes winners, submission rules, and asks readers to send questions and personal details to the Tell Me Why column.

Jane Huber Oakland Calif Book of Knowledge Odessa Smith Lorain Ohio Washington Star Syndicate, Inc

Shadow insult sparks shooting in Izmit

An 18-year-old boy Rahmi Sarpay shot two friends after they trod on his shadow in Izmit. He fired four shots at one victim and five at the other. Both men are in serious condition in an Izmit hospital.

Izmit Turkey Rahmi Sarpay Jahoe Herman St. Regis Woody Tommy Littlefield Barbara Hershey Seagull Bertha Ingrid Bergman Pia Lindstrom Joe Daly Joe Louis Nixon Burt Reynolds Dinah Shore Hermione Gingold Hal Prince Ansto Vermont

Probate notice hearing for Edward Wade Puryear will

In Morgan County Alabama the Probate Court schedules a hearing on August 8 1972 for Marion Brook Puryear to probate the last will of Edward Wade Puryear deceased Notice sent to Edward Wade Puryear Jr Mrs Vincent T Sillitta and other interested parties The judge Bryan McAfee signs the notice dated August 4 1972 The hearing time is 9 AM and any interested party may contest the petition

State OF Alabama Morgan County Marion Brook Puryear Edward Wade Puryear Edward Wade Puryear, Jr Birch Park Fairbanks Alaska Vincent T. Sillitta Third Avenue Rochester New Have Marion Brook Puryeer Edward Wade Petiton Bryan McAfee

Mortgage Foreclosure Sale Notice in Morgen County

The mortgage on property in Morgen County Alabama, recorded in Volume 80, Page 975, is foreclosed. The loan held by Liberty National Life Insurance, with transfers on September 16 1968, prompts the sale action on the August 15 1966 deadline.

Petes Bovine Toms Tee Oes Ollie Jean Lee Engel Mortgage C Recents Inc Morgen County Alabama Liberty National Life Insurance Unders Liberty National Life Insurance Gas Court House Decatur Morgan Westmead Tike Gabe Ts Puateet Liberty National Life Insurance Company Birmingham

Hollywood talk and party chatter sidle around Richard Burton

Dishy Hollywood notes recount Burton and Elizabeth Taylor rumors from Budapest sets and Isle of jokes. Producer Ray Stark recalls Burton as a peak talent who briefly left Hollywood for Shakespeare. The piece also shelves celebrity tidbits about Lawford family, Goodson nuptials, Woody Allen, Bergman, and other A lister chatter.

Hollywood Chasen Nicky Blair Richard Burton Burton Joey Dorothy Lamour E. W Bill Howard Playboy Liz Taylor Budapest Elizabeth Ray Stark Laurence Olivier Rachel Olivia de Havilland the Robe England Old Vic Stark Olivia Richard Peter Lawford Chris Dan Rowan Dtr Bill Cosby McGovern Jim Brown Nixon Mark Goodson Suzanne Waddell Woody Allen

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