Jaycees Name Sorrells Morgan Officer of the Year
Lt. R. P. Sorrells of the Decatur district Highway Patrol named Morgan County Law Enforcement Officer of the Year by the Decatur Jaycees for its 197X honor. He led the Cotaco School bus crash probe and later led stolen car recoveries, with further recognition by the National Safety Council and local groups.
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R. P. Sorrells
Decatur District of the
Highway Patrol
Morgan County
Decatur Jaycees
Sorrells
Cotaco
Alabama Public Safety Department
Alabama Jaycees
Municipal Auditorium
Birmingham
Dep
Bingham Edwards
Decatur Exchange Club
National Safety Council
State Public Safety Department
Montgomery
Jasper
Walker County
Public Safety Department
Decatur
W. B. Little
RP. Sorrells
Decatur Jaycee
Jaycees
Couple Sought to Care for Juvenile Detention Patients
The Juvenile Court in Flint seeks a man and wife to work as live‑in detention home parents at the Juvenile Detention Home. A second couple is desired to split seven day on seven day off coverage, with duties mirroring home parenting for 10 to 12 children. Call 350-0711 for applications.
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Flint
Bob Patton
Patton
City Hall
Christmas Visits Across Families Include Michigan Relative
Caddo residents Nancy Knighten and Lavern Standridge host relatives for Christmas dinner. Terry and Pam eat with Nancy’s mother. Jay Dunn and wife and children visit his mother. Roy Roberts of Kalamazoo and kin visit Jim Washburn and sister Mattie. Harrell Barns and children see Earl Warden. Norman Dodd and Michigan granddaughters visit their son Harrell Barns.
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Nancy Knighten
Terry
Pam
Lavern Standridge
Jay Dunn
Roy. Roberts
Kalamazoo
Mich
Jim Washburn
Mattie
Harrell Barns
Earl Warden
Norman Dodd
Michigan
Nixon Daughter Tricia Cox Fly to Moscow for New Year
Belgrade AP Aboard a Soviet flight Edward Cox and Patricia Nixon Cox departed Belgrade for Moscow to spend New Year holidays. About 40 passengers waited as embassy cars delivered their luggage under security surveillance. They attended a Yugoslav performance of Hair on Friday night amid a tightly kept visit.
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Belgrade
Nixon
Edward Cox
Moscow
Coxes
Cox
Atelje 202
Spiro Agnew to Buy Home at 6415 Shadow Lane
Vice President Spiro Agnew, living in a Washington hotel, signs purchase agreement for a $190,000 house at 6415 Shadow Lane in Kenwood Maryland. The agreement was signed by George White Jr., Agnew’s former law partner and personal affairs trustee.
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Washington
Spiro Agnew
Shadow Lane
Kenwood
Agnew
George White Jr
Christmas Visitors and Health Updates From Johnsons Chapel
Mike McCaghren spent Christmas at home on a hospital pass after major surgery at Huntsville Hospital. The Rogers and McCarley families shared Christmas Eve with J. W. Rogers and sons, with others including Bud Reid visiting Florida and the Maples family planning a move to Loretta Tennessee.
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Mike McCaghren
Huntsville Hospital
Lewie Rogers
Pam
Belle Rogers
J. W. Rogers
Johnny
Decatur
Evan McCarley
Dawn
Suzan
Muscle Shoals
Bud Reid
Florida
J.R. Payne
Dave Draper
Hartselle
Charles Maples
Wayne Berryman
Sheffield
J. O. McLaughlin
Maples
Loretta
Tenn
Pineview Hospital loses accreditation after survey
HARTSELLE The joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals moved accreditation from Pineview Hospital. Administrator P L Ashburn Jr said notification arrived this month and most objections related to construction under way at inspection. He plans a mid January survey after corrections.
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Ashbury
Limestone Athens Fire Year Records High Damages and Calls
Limestone fires in Athens area caused 152520 in damages, up 3800 from 1971. Fire Chief A E Bumpus reports 224 calls, 144 city and 80 county, with residential fires leading at 72, autos 63, grass 60. Two city and one county resident died in fires. wiring was leading cause, flammable liquids rose.
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Athens
Ini
Limestone County
A. E. Bumpus
Bumpus
Edward Hardiman
Limestone
Madison County
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Bobbi
16Th Ave
Jaycee
James Haver
Bobby Herbert
Southland Shopping Plaza
Tricia
Spiro
Johnson’s Chapel
Laverne McLaughlin
Patment
Rosi
Pineview Hospital
Ashburn
the First Baptist Church
Afolk Musical
W. K. Stephenson
Wilson Henderson
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