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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1971
Page
3
A dense listing of daytime and prime time TV blocks with programs from Andy Griffith to Dragnet and Gunsmoke. Notes include news, sports, game shows like To Tell the Truth and Let’s Make a Deal, and various local educational and children’s programs. The page compiles channel slots, show titles, times, and occasional station notes.
Housing experts say condominiums and cooperatives help ease the middle income shortage. Buyers gain loans on condos more readily than on co-ops, and can own units outright. A retired couple considers Florida and Vermont condos with a combined $35,000 mortgage and $5,000 rental income estimated from Vermont and possible summer rental in Florida. They qualify for tax deductions tied to rentals and depreciation.
AP writer notes ABC and CBS offered solid crime films over the weekend. Mongo's Back in Town features Joe Don Baker as a killer with colorful underworld figures. See the Man Run on ABC builds tension around a kidnapping scheme. CBS's 60 Minutes weighs amnesty for draft dodgers with Mike Wallace reporting from Canada.
Britain's population growth lags behind France West Germany and the United States with a projected 18 percent rise by 1985 from 1950 while France up 38 percent West Germany 30 percent and the United States 66 percent.
Highway Patrol reported a Sunday accident on Alabama 24, 3.2 miles east of Moulton, injuring John Wear and Eva Ghrigsby, while William Ned Etheredge died. Ambulance calls followed from AAA Southend and Hartselle services to local hospitals. Fire alarms noted by Decatur Fire Department.
Patchy fog this morning clears by mid morning with fair to partly cloudy conditions. Tonight and Tuesday expect increasing clouds and rain likely with southeasterly winds. Highs around 64, lows near 40. Climate data note 61 high Sunday, precipitation 1.32 inches for the day.
Fire crews responded to four alarms Sunday including two house fires with heavy losses at 922 3rd Ave SE and 511 Prospect Dr SE. A car fire at 14th St SW and Austinville Rd was extinguished on arrival, and a car fire at 206 Church St NW caused slight loss. Athens and Hartselle departments reported no further alarms.
Television listings note hour long debut of My Three Sons with Fred MacMurray in dual role and a slate of films and specials including The Spy Killer Touch of Evil The Big Country and Affair in Trinidad plus Androcles and the Lion by Alabama Children’s Theatre and a claim about Israel drafting 18 year old girls.
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