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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1972
Page
15
Rain and mild temperatures today through Saturday with a 70 percent chance of rain today and 60 percent tonight and Saturday. Highs in the 50s, lows in the 40s, turning colder Saturday night. Extended forecast calls for mostly fair Sunday, cloudier Monday with a chance of rain, and mostly fair Tuesday with highs in the mid 40s.
A religious meditation on multiple biblical roads including Damascus Jericho Jerusalem and Emmaus describing faithfulness service fellowship and holiness. The piece ends with an invocation to walk divine paths and let works shine, signed Mrs. Fred W. Glasgow.
Space Center Houston says moon missions reveal earth history and solar system context. Apollo 17 lands in Taurus Littrow to study volcanic ash layers, with astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan planning three seven hour moonwalks during a 75 hour surface stay.
The Municipal Utilities Board of Decatur Alabama invites sealed bids for constructing a 40 MG steel water reservoir with all appurtenances. Plans and documents available from Paul B Krebs & Associates for $25 deposit. Bids due 2 PM Dec 14 1977.
Schmitt, holding a doctorate in eulogy, becomes the first professional scientist aboard a space mission. He may determine if the dark layer is ash, while rocks from three prior moon landings are dated at 3 to 4 billion years old. Apollo 17 aims to return about 210 pounds of lunar rocks to join the nearly 600 pounds already on Earth for study.
Funeral services for William A. Edmondson, 96, of 204 15th PI. MW, who died Wednesday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital, are set for Saturday at 1 p.m. in Reynolds Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. H. Franklin officiating. Burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery, Limestone County. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Florence E. Jones of Nashville, son William H. Edmondson of Nashville, and brothers Guy Edmondson of Akron and Rev. Burel Edmondson of Cincinnati.
Funeral services for William Erskine Hopper age 51 of Hartselle were held today at 2 p.m. at New Center Baptist Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery Peck Funeral Home directing Survivors include a widow five daughters and seven grandchildren spanning Hartselle Decatur and Montgomery. The body remained at the residence until services. ATHENS funeral services for Eunice J Jolly age 80 of Athens 3 will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at New Hope Baptist Church with burial at Wesley Chapel Cemetery McConnell Survivors include three daughters three sons and eighteen grandchildren. Funeral services for Johnson Wynn age 57 of Moulton will be announced by Reynolds Funeral Home.
Sealed proposals for the construction of an Office and Maintenance Building will be received by the Northeast Morgan County Water and Fire Protection Authority at Lacey's Spring Elementary School until 2 00 P M CST on Tuesday December 12 1972. Plans and specs are available from Blevins Engineering Company for a deposit of 50 and a 25 refund within 30 days after opening. A 100 percent performance bond and 50 percent labor and material bond are required, with 5 percent bid security. Bids valid for 60 days.
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