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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1972
Page
1
Marion County defeats Valley Head 38 to 21 in I A while Oneonta tops Cordova 43 14 in 2 A Colbert County beats Cullman 41 14 in 3 A and Banks defeats Huffman 34 8 in 4 A playoff action.
Wayne Sheppard pleaded guilty to the murder of elderly hospital maid Avis Cowan near Moulton. He received life imprisonment with parole eligibility in 10 years. He recounted entering Cowan's home on Oct. 23, striking her with a pistol and stabbing her with scissors before fleeing to Nashville and surrendering in Chattanooga.
National security advisor Henry Kissinger conferred with South Vietnamese envoy Nguyen Phu Duc for two and a half hours Friday amid signs that Vietnam cease fire negotiations in Paris will reach a settlement next week. The talks occurred in the White House while Saigon disclosed new developments.
Alabama shows marked progress in crime fighting planning says LEAA director Jerris Leonard. He notes Alabama’s earlier “catastrophe” status is reversed as it nears being the nation’s leader in criminal justice planning and hints at potential emergency funds for the state prison system.
The calendar notes a historical milestone on this date when Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of France in 1805. The section also references daily pages for classifieds obituaries weather and various sections in the Tennessee Valley paper.
Christmas procession sponsored by Decatur Jaycees featured carols, high school bands, majorettes, beauty queens, and horse drawn surrey floats. Children marched and spectators crowded the route, with many onlookers waving as ROTC and scouts participated and local industries displayed exhibitions.
The Decatur Daily seeks readers born on December 25 to submit name age this Christmas and address for publication on Christmas Day. Provide details by writing to 201 1st Ave SE or calling 353-4612.
A lone gunman robbed Mt. Hope Groceries near here Friday afternoon, taking about $90 from co owner Sadie Benderman who was counting gifts from a mail order catalog. The man entered wearing a stocking over his face and demanded cash with a shotgun.
In Baton Rouge on November 16 police deployed the first tear gas canister in a confrontation with Southern University students, an investigating committee said Friday. A separate item reports a petition for a new trial for James Earl Ray to be filed Monday in Nashville. A Dublin blast killed two civilians and injured many others.
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