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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1971
Page
3
A long list of admissions and dismissals across multiple counties and towns. Names include Jeffrey Preneure James R Hendrix Richard Gurley Alfonza Durden Nancy Osborne Fred Etta King Teresa Gall Teague and many others tied to Decatur General and surrounding locales.
Birth notices list new daughters and sons for families in Danville Athens Jur tur Decatur, Lacey's Spring and Decatur General Hospital. Ambulance reports detail transfers from Brookwood Street SE Courtland Hospital and an accident on 4th Ave SE. One fire alarm occurred at 6 27 a m for a car with slight loss in the 1200 block of 7th St SE.
A schedule of CBS and NBC specials and films for Tuesday including Best Bets, Christmas themed programs, and nature and documentary specials. Highlights include A Christmas Carol read by Michael Redgrave, Nixon in The Presidency day in the life, Cousteau octopus documentary, Vietnam hindsight, Land of the Small, Danny Thomas vs Tennessee Ernie Ford, An American Christmas, The Seven Summits, Christmas at Boys Town, Meet Mr Kringle, The Story of Molly X, Small Town Girl, and Tarzan Savage Fury with City Beneath the Sea listed for the day.
A dense historical TV log lists daytime and evening program blocks with numerous shows and hosts including The Tonight Show era figures. It catalogs NBC News segments, specials, dramas, game shows, children's programming, and local weather and farm reports across multiple hours, noting times and program titles like Perry Mason Jeopardy and Sesame Street.
Reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning shows river level at 16.69 with sea level 550.99. Today's forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies, a high near 66, a low around 36, and similar conditions through Wednesday. Extended outlook shows continued warm, cloudy weather with a chance of showers Friday and highs in the 60s.
Peter Bogdanovich wraps filming of What's Up Doc a Warner Bros comedy starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal. Principal photography occurred at Warner Bros. in Burbank and on location in San Francisco marking his return after The Last Picture Show.
At 10 05 p m a Moss Chapel Rd home suffered a basement fire with heavy damage reported by the local fire unit. The incident accompanied highway patrol notes and an unrelated single car crash near Danville that left two youths injured.
A report states that for every 100 radios in Western Germany there are 86 television sets, reflecting the spread of television ownership alongside radio usage in the region.
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