Safety First in Water Sports Says Red Cross Editorial
The Dothan Eagle highlights that over 100 million Americans swim or boat and urges safety. It notes 7300 drownings annually and that 60 percent involve the water. with tips from Red Cross officials to learn to swim, supervise children, swim with a buddy, check water depth, wait after eating, avoid fatigue, have proper gear, avoid toys as life preservers, and exit during storms.
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American Red Cross
Charles Russell
Red Cross
Russell
Weather and River Report Forecast Summary
Partly cloudy through Sunday with a slight chance of thunderstorms and showers. Highs near 87 today and Sunday, lows around 65 tonight. Temperatures ranged from 67 to 73 earlier, with 2 p.m. readings around 87 as hints of a warm spell ahead. Sunrise is 5 37 a.m. and sunset 6 63 p.m.
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Ures
Decatur Announces Girls Softball Leagues Growth and Rules
Don Stanford of the Decatur Parks and Recreation Department discusses the new girls fast pitch leagues for grades 3 through 8. Two city leagues with 9 teams total play 16 games at Delano Park, with safety rules including an automatic out for bat slings and a designated time limit.
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Don Stanford
Decatur Parks and Recreations Department
Decatur
Parks and Recreations Department
Delano Park
Stanford
Ellyn Grisham
Falkville man recaptured after escape from Camp Cullman
John Rickey Reeves, 20, of Falkville, escaped Camp Cullman by jumping from a road work truck and was later recaptured by Morgan County sheriff's deputies. He is back at Cullman County Jail serving a two year concurrent sentence on three counts of grand larceny and remains eligible for August parole hearings.
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Falkville
Camp Cullman
Morgan County
John Rickey Reeves
Cullman County
Reeves
Orrin Buzbee
Buzbee
Athens Youth Charged With Grand Larceny In Battery Theft
A 13 year old from Athens was arrested and charged with grand larceny after $62 disappeared from Stovall Battery Co. Police Chief Richard Faulk said the youth was arrested soon after Charles Craig, an employee of the firm, reported the loss. The money was recovered.
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Athens
Richard Faulk
Charles Craig
Stovall Battery Co
Faulk
Denied Probation for Three. One Granted in Drug Case
In hearings before Circuit Judge R L Hundley, three defendants were denied probation and one received probation. Sengled entries show John Higdon Jr marked for two concurrent two year and three month sentences, Joel Higdon granted two years probation, and others like Tim Knowlton and Charles Brauner facing varied outcomes including withdrawals and immediate penitentiary transfer due to health or new charges. Additional notes cover a federal restraining order at Marshall Space Flight Center delaying a 503 civil service layoffs for 10 days and separate local cases in Limestone and Lauderdale counties with suspended sentences and fines.
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R. L. Hundley
John Higdon Jr
Cullman
Joel Higdon
Somerville Road SE
Higdon
Tim Knowlton
Hartselle
Knowlton
Morgan County
Charles Brauner
3Rd St. SE
Brauner
John Cook
7Th St. SE
Boyce King Calvert
Boris Kerry Calvert
Hickory St. Cullman
Tommy Knox
4Th Ave. SE
Knox
Danny Ogle
Robinson St. SW
Ogle
Huntsville
Afl-Cio American Federation of Government
Civil Service
Marshall Space Flight Center
John F. Griner
U.S. Dist
Joseph C. Waddy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Griner
Washington
Youth baseball leagues discuss fielding and distances
Inside remarks note safety while players can hit far. A laughing line says many girls in the age group cannot hit a ball far. An Elementary League game often features outfielders pulled in toward the infield. Carolyn Abston oversees the Junior High League and Carolyn Spegle oversees the Elementary League.
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Carolyn Abston
Carolyn Spegle
Counterfeit $20 Ring Busted in North Alabama Area
A Treasury Department source said authorities in Morgan Limestone Madison and nearby counties are breaking up a counterfeit ring that circulated bogus $20 bills in Decatur Athens Huntsville and surrounding Tennessee Valley areas. Eight fake twenties were found in Decatur last month though activity has dropped recently.
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Treasury Department
Morgan
Limestone
Madison
Alabama
Decatur
Athens
Huntsville
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee
Mississippi
American Creed Awards nominees listed for festival honors
The festival will honor individuals and groups tied to American rights and creed. Nominated participants include North High School Brookwood Forest School Dixie Junior High Edgewood School and several teachers from Shades Mountain and Edgewood Elementary Schools along with Samford University and the Cumberland School of Law Student Bar Association. Also named are West Elementary Cullman WCRT Radio Lynam Insurance Birmingham Veterans Day Carolyn Edfeldt Montevallo High School Springville Elementary and Oxford Elementary School represented by teachers and institutions.
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North High School
Brookwood Forest School
Dixie Junior
Edgewood School
Lavada Ambrose
Edgewood
Mary Lu Ray
Shades Mountain
Mary Frances Whitfield
Samford University
Cumberland School of Law
C. C. Randall
West
Cullman
Wcrt Radio and Lynam Insurance Agency
Birmingham
Agnew Attacks Stir 1972 GOP Debate Fallout
The Agnew speech at a closed Hotel Plaza dinner amplified attacks on McGovern 24 hours after Nixon dodged endorsing Agnew. Vic Gold released Agnew's remarks noting a shift toward a sharper conservative line. Meanwhile a 22-year-old Athens man, Ernest Rogers, was arrested on child molestation charges with $1,000 bond.
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Agnew
Nixon
McGovern
Hotel Plaza
Vic Gold
China
Soviet Union
New York
Linda Johnson Essay Winner at Austin High School
Linda Johnson of Decatur earned fourth place in the 1971-72 Citizenship Essay Contest by Civitan International and received a $100 scholarship. Austin High School will display a school plaque listing Johnson’s name and engravings.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Linda Johnson
Decatur
Civitan International
Miss Johnson
Austin High School
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