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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1972
Page
2
George Wallace backers remain united for his presidential bid but differ on third party fate. Some will stay outside two party politics and back a Wallace led splinter movement, others plan to switch to the Democratic Party. If they don’t switch by Feb. 12 they cannot vote in the March 14 primary.
Patty Morgan, a 20 year old from Leighton, graduates in March after a year at Calhoun Junior College barber school. She plans cosmetology study next and urges barbers to adapt to evolving tastes as more women enter the trade and soap opera chatter grows in shops.
Decatur Jaycees start a campaign to raise about 40 000 yearly from Alabama Jaycee chapters and Honey Sunday funds to back a Morgan County sheriff s Boys Ranch near Punkin Center. Vann quotes Jaycee Week proclaimed by Mayor Gunthorp and aims to present at the February Tuscaloosa winter conference.
In a Calhoun barber school class of 35, 10 are women as instructors see a strong future. Myra Moore runs a shop in Hartselle with two assistants, while Patty and Kathy Easter plan a Muscle Shoals styling salon. The trend signals possible more women barbers than men, reshaping traditional roles.
A University of South Alabama survey for Limestone County Board of Education urges establishing a public information plan to explain education philosophy methods and plans. It calls for stronger parent teacher associations and a newspaper column plus community advisory committees to improve school community relations.
The Decatur Daily corrects two drug case items. Tommy Knox of 310 8th Ave NW pled guilty to unlawful possession of marijuana and did not admit selling drugs to undercovers. Joe Lynn Raley of 203 Cratcher St Athens was fined 500 and sentenced to six months hard labor for marijuana possession and was not part of the Limestone County raid.
A Decatur reader asks who pays for school bus transport to northwest area schools and why old buses hold school tags. The superintendent says fees are paid by students, via a non profit parent owned co op outside the city system. Maps and fine china dealer inquiries are answered with federal map office and local guidance.
A fragment lists emergency numbers for Decatur Morgan Limestone Lawrence counties and sheriff and fire departments. It includes crisis call center 355-8000 and poison help options with general operator guidance and after hours lines.
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