Woman Shot In Mouth At Brookhaven Apartments
Jo Ann Sykes a Brookhaven Apartments resident was shot in the mouth late Tuesday night at her residence. She remains in the ICU at Parkway Medical Center with no charges filed. Police say the wound appears to result from a family member showing a new gun. The Paul D Thatcher family at 2506 Stratford Rd SE reported their pet rabbit was beaten to death on Tuesday.
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Jo Ann Sykes
Brookhaven Apartments
Keith Mickle
Stan McCulloch
Parkway Medical Center
Paul D. Thatcher
Stratford Rd. SE
Gerald Weems
Wayne
Murder rewards total $17000 in Birmingham coed death
Rewards totaling 17000 were posted for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the Monday night death of Quenette Shehane 21 of Clio the nude body found after her bloodied car was discovered. EBSCO Industries offered 10000 and People's Bank 5000 with state and city rewards of 1000 each.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham-Southern College
Quenette Shehane
Clio
Ebsco Industries
People’s Bank of Clio
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Barbour County
Frigid December Walk Ends With Family Guarded From Cold
Carol Hammick and her dog Fifi braved frigid December winds while walking. She is the 16 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
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Carol Hammick
Fifi
Carol
Mrs
New Cold Front Brings Clear Skies and Temp Swings
The U S Weather Service reports a cold start with teens to mid 20s along the coast and 11 degrees in Selma. High pressure behind a moving front sends moisture back tonight and Thursday with upper 20s to low 40s by day. Weekend outlook shows fair, cold conditions with 20s to 40s and no rain.
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Alabama
U.S. Weather Service
Montgomery
Selma
Huntsville
Decatur
South Alabama
North Alabama
Weather and river readings for Decatur area and TVA lakes
Decatur area forecast notes river level Keller Memorial Bridge reading 17.01 and sea level 551.31 with TVA lake stages Chickamauga 676.0 Pickwick 409.2 Guntersville 593.5 Whitesburg 554.5 Wheeler 550.9 Wilson 505.2. High today 29 at 3 pm. low 15. Expect highs low 40s, lows upper 20s tonight. Partly cloudy today and Thursday. Extended: Friday cold with lows in 20s and highs in 30s. Saturday warmer with highs 50s. Sunday cold and dry. Climate data: high 29, low 18, avg 2, 17 below normal. Totals: day none, 30 days 3.98 inches, year 51.83 inches, 1.47 inches above normal. Air pollution index 67. Temperatures hourly listed.
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Decatur
Alabama
Decatur and Vicinity
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Chickamauga
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wheeler
Wilson
Tri-County District Health Service
Emergency Crisis Lines and Contacts Listed by Decatur Daily
Emergency numbers for personal crises include the Crisis Call Center at 355 8000 and guidance to contact a hospital or family physician for possible poisoning. If unsure of the number dial 0 and explain the emergency to the operator. The Decatur Daily provides department and contact lines including 353 4612, 232 1535, and 353 4739 for nights and holidays.
Candle vigil lights up Old neighborhood scene
Margaret Szczepanski and sister Susan join dozens of families on LaFayette St NE to place candles inside milk jugs along the curb. The group outlined many blocks in a quiet Old neighborhood, creating a warm, communal display.
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Margaret Szczepanski
Susan
LaFayette St. NE
Union Hill Native Nominated For Air Force Major General
A Union Hill native, Brig. Gen. Melvin G. Bowling, deputy chief of staff for recruiting, was nominated by President Ford for temporary major general in the U S Air Force. Bowling, who led Air Force Recruiting Service, holds five groups and 32 detachments with over 1,000 recruiting offices and 1,500 recruiters nationwide. He is a Union Hill High School valedictorian class of 1950 and played basketball with Earl Morris, who recalls him as an outstanding student and athlete. Bowling graduated from the University of Alabama with an ROTC scholarship, served in Southeast Asia, and had tours at the Pentagon. He and his wife Joan, of Bir mey, have two children, and both earned private pilot licenses in high school.
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Union Hill
Ford
United States Air Force
Melvin G. Bowling
Randolph Air Force Base
San Antonio
Air Force Recruiting Service
Decatur High School
Earl Morris
Bowling
Morris
University of Alabama
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
Air Force
Air Training Command
United States
Puerto Rico
4Th Air Division
Strategic Air Command
F. E. Warren Air Force Base
Wyoming
Ellsworth Air Force Base
South Dakota
Southeast Asia
Pentagon
Joan
Birmey
Ing
Jim
Huntsville
Roy Bowling
Samford official to advise Carter on Indian affairs
H. L. Lindy Martin, Samford University dean of student affairs and Cherokee, said he will serve as an Indian affairs advisor to President-elect Jimmy Carter. Martin spoke Tuesday in Decatur at the Epsilon Zeta chapter meeting of Beta Sigma Pi, stressing his aim to represent his people and raise awareness of their problems.
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Samford University
Jimmy Carter
Decatur
H. L. “Lindy’’ Martin
Samford
Epsilon Zeta
Beta Sigma Pi
Martin
Indian Health Service
Operation Native American
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Indian Employment Office
Labor Department
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Hamilton Jordan
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Washington
Edwards To Chair Hearing On Roads
State Sen. Bingham Edwards will co chair a public meeting of the Alabama Legislative Joint Highway Committee January 6 at 6 30 p m in the Scottsboro High School auditorium. The session will discuss the 20 year highway plan and gather citizen input, with Bethel Starkey as co chair. The meeting will review revenue status and a preliminary plan from the Alabama Highway Department, then accept oral and written suggestions for road and bridge projects rated on statewide priorities.
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Bingham Edwards
Alabama Legislative Joint Highway Committee
Alabama
Scottsboro High School
Ray Bass
Bethel Starkey
Pisgah
Edwards
Alabama Highway Apartment
Joint Highway Committee
Bass
June Holland Auburn drum major led War Eagle band
Athens high school French horn player turns band leader at Auburn University after tryouts against all state twirlers. June Holland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Holland, led the War Eagle band as drum major for three years and joined the university concert band. Her sister Susan previously played saxophone at Auburn. She plans to pursue commercial art after graduation.
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Athens
Auburn University
June Holland
June
Elliott Holland
War Eagle Band
Athens High School
Auburn
City of Athens Electric Department
Holland
War Eagle
Susan
University of Mississippi
University
Man Missing. Car Found On Bridge Over Tennessee River
Freddy Porter, 23, of 2333 State Ave. SW in Decatur, was reported missing Tuesday after being last seen Sunday at 9:30 AM driving in Decatur. His car was found on the 1-6 bridge over the Tennessee River. sheriff officials plan to decide within a day whether to drag the river for his body.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Freddy Porter
State Ave
van Ward
June Holland Auburn band designer and standout student
June Holland, freshman at Auburn University, earned the title Outstanding Woman on Campus from the Associated Women Students Organization after being named little sister by Phi Delta Theta Sorority. She majored in visual art, designed band uniforms and emblems, and is the sister of Bob Jones High School football coach Steve Holland.
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Phi Delta Theta Sorority
Associated Women Students Organization of
Auburn University
June
Bob Jones High School
Steve Holland
Auburn
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Baggett Custom Guitar
Moore-Handley, Inc
Joel Higdon
Higdon
Leonard Hammick
4Th Ave
National Weather Service
NOAA
Dept. of Commedc
THE
Decatur Daily
John Godbey
Sonny Turner
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