The Year That Was At 72 Nestfeather Ct
Russell Baker humor column recounts a chaotic year at 72 Nestfeather Court with expatriates, a mugged trip to New York, car crashes, family departures, a rattlesnake visit, and plans for a new year. Ernestine, Chadwick, Dad, Barney, Belinda, Petey, Grandpa, and The Pecos Kid appear as threaded figures in a satirical domestic report.
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Russell Baker
New York Times News Service
Washington
Nestfeather Court
Ernestine
May
Barney
Doc Struthers
Dad
Young Barney
Westfeather Court
Petey
Europe
Nixon
Belinda
Grandpa
Chadwick
Pecos
Snake Farm
Local Calendar Highlights Community Events and Meetings
A dense list of December gatherings across Decatur area groups including Rising Sun Lodge Entered Apprentice Degrees at 7 p.m., a Christmas supper at Red Carpet Inn, various club meetings, charity events, and church services. Notable items include a Decatur Coin Club meeting with an auction, a Brook Hopkins American Legion party, Advent services at First United Methodist, and the Austin High School Class of 1966 reunion set for December 23 with reservations required.
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Austin High School
Tanaka Wins Reelection in Japanese General Vote
In Japan the Liberal Democratic Party led by Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka won 271 of 491 Diet seats with 14 conservative independents, forming a renewed majority but facing stronger Socialist and Communist gains. The LDP fell 26 seats from the prior result while Socialists rose to 118 and Communists to 38, threatening Tanaka's ambitious plan to relocate industries and people.
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Tokyo
Kakuei Tanaka
Liberal Democratic Party
Japan
Old House
Tanaka
United States
Vietnam
Wounding at Talladega House Kills One Officer and Injures Two
A four person incident at a Talladega home left two officers wounded and one man killed after a confrontation over a disturbance call. Thomas was shot and later died after a bedroom door was slammed and Woods fired through it. Leonard was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot while emerging from the basement. Maxwell is listed as in good condition at Citizen's Hospital in Talladega. Authorities say no charges have yet been filed. Funeral services for Officer Robinson will be held Tuesday at Ridgeview Baptist Church with burial at Pinehill Memorial Cemetery.
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Leonard
Birmingham
Maxwell
Citizen’s Hospital
Talladega
Thomas
James Robertson
Robertson
Larry Woods
Woods
Force
Robinson
Department of Public Safety
Decatur
Goodwater
Arab
Department
Talladega High School
Jacksonville State University
Ridgeview Baptist Church
Lewis Screws
Tommy Banks
Truman
Bess
Margaret Truman Daniel
Astros Hope To Find Moon's Oldest Rocks
The Taurus Littrow site on the Moon is examined as scientists seek rocks dating to the earliest lunar crust. Apollo 17 may retrieve both youngest and oldest samples to illuminate Moon and Earth history and early solar system evolution.
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Walter Sullivan
New York Times News Service
Houston
Earth
Taurus Mountains
Littrow Crater
Sea of Serenity
Moon
Taurus-Littrow
Strauss Becomes Democratic National Chairman Amid Delicate Balance
Robert Strauss won the Democratic National Committee chairmanship by a close vote at its post-election meeting. He pledges to unite factions from conservatives to liberals while avoiding early judgments on roles for Meany Wallace Connally and other prominent figures. Strauss retained reform leaders, sought cooperation from McGovern and Kennedy, and added a second vice chair to comply with gender balance rules.
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Washington
Robert Strauss
National Democratic
Democratic National Committee
Strauss
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Alabama
George C. Wallace
George McGovern
John B. Connally
Nixon
CBS
McGovern
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Reform Commission
Mrs. Westwood
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Baltimore City
Barbara Mikulski
Basil Patterson
Caroline Wilkins
Alabama Guard Unit Eyes German Overseas Training
The Alabama National Guard unit, led by Col. Burnell Abel, sought a Germany assignment near Heidelberg Mannheim for field operations 60 miles south of Frankfurt. If approved, the unit would be airlifted overseas in July or August after training in southern Germany near the Black Forest and Rhine. plans aim to expand overseas training in 1973 with Guard units not sent overseas two years in a row.
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Germany
Heidelberg-Mannheim
Frankfurt
Black Forest
Rhine River
Burnell Abel
Parker
Conarc
Decatur
Pentagon
Guard
U.S
Alaska
Hawaii
Japan
Korea
Okinawa
Panama
Guard Bureau
Alabama
Camp Pickett
Hospital Status Described As Acutely Ill With Uncertain Recovery
The patient is acutely ill with recovery uncertain. Vital signs may be unstable and not within normal limits. A chance exists for improved diagnosis.
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New York
Times Square
Mexico
Carlton Smearcase
Smearcase
Texas
Boston
Granpa
Ted
Emma
Rising Sun Lodge No
Tar and Athens Dental Society
John R. Keat
Decatur Coin Club
City Hall
Brewer
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Southan County
Citizens Band Radio Club
Hartselle City Auditorium
Brook-Hopkin American Legion Post
Turner’s
Williams
13Th Ave
David
Wallace Deveal Center
First United Methodist Church
Robert L. Archibald Jr
J. A. Gann
Doc Jordan Apartments
J. Gann
Jordan Manor
Somerville Road School
PTA
Ee Board
Theort
Questers Club
Flora Boyd
Zeromen Bible Club
Tom Newell
4Th Ave
Mitchell Williams
God
Decatur Newcomers Club
Burninatree Country Club
Knights of Columbus Hall
Ottr Ave
Decatur Junior Service League
First National Bank
Rose Garden Club
Carl Allgood
Pennylane SE
The
Seekers Bible Club
Eeser's
Pentecostal Fellowship
Decatur Area
Pentecostal Ministerial Association
South Decatur Church of God
Spring Ave. S
M. T. Loftin
AAUW
Randolph P. Pickell
Stratford Rd
Jean H. Stevens
Eastmeade Ave
Roundtable
Arrowhead
Boy Scouts of America
Central Methodist Church
Greenthumb Garden Club
Esville
Golden Age Club
Ninth Street United Methodist Church
Billy Sandor
New Friendship Baptist Church
Brooksville
Ala
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Church Fellowship
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Saigon
South Vietnam
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Lang Army Air Base
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Vientiane
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Westwood
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George Mitchell
Maine
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