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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1971
Page
3
The body of a Pakistani soldier lies in the street outside the Intercontinental Hotel in Dacca after being fatally hurt in a public safety incident following the surrender of Pakistani forces. Gunfights then erupted between Pakistanis and Bangladeshi guerrillas.
The council plans to borrow funds from First National Bank due to higher actual construction costs. An agreement with the State Highway Department assigns maintainance of the Alabama 67 and Spring Ave traffic signal to the city. Surplus street department bids were won by Clyde E. Ramsey and B. M. Terry of Decatur 1 and 5, totaling $717.08 for items including an International tractor, loader, scraper pan, skid tanks, and other equipment.
A tornado struck J A Blacksher High School and eight to ten homes in Uriah Monroe County early today causing about 200000 dollars in damage. Band instruments were destroyed and residents lost lights and phones from downed lines and trees. One person received minor injuries at the hospital.
The article notes U.S. dollar steps to lift export drive amid uncertainty. Britain welcomes the removal of the 10 percent import surcharge while revaluing the pound, hoping to outsell Germany and Japan. Europeans and Japanese view the realignment as a trade disadvantage, yet U.S. goods become about 12 percent cheaper abroad.
North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao troops and tanks overran Muong Suoi and attacked Laotian government positions on the Plain of Jars. Government forces suffered heavy losses as U.S. air strikes intensified to prevent a rout. North Vietnam claimed four U.S. prisoners of war after downed planes.
The Tucson shoot for The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean faced 24 hour guards to keep Ava Gardner and George C Scott apart as director John Huston tried to protect their romance from reviving during filming.
In this Dec 20 1971 snippet from The Decatur Daily, Anne Baxter observed in Applause after Kennedy and Bacall’s performances, J Paul Getty jokes he wants a simple Christmas gift, and a Broadway star reportedly frequents stores and interacts with patrons, even answering himself.
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