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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1971
Page
5
The Tuscaloosa hospital and local authorities conduct a joint search for Miss Blankenship, a 30 year patient feared missing after an outing. Family critics question care, officials vow policy review and extra precautions while state officials consider action.
Sen. Junie Pierce will preside Thursday in the lieutenant governor’s absence while Beasley attends a governors conference in Sun Valley Idaho. The effort follows an ultimatum delivered to Cooksey by Harry Pennington and ties to Wall ace loyalty. Budget questions surface for Salvation Army Morgan County Mental Health and United Fund programs as committees approve allocations and set contingency at 15771 dollars for 1972 totaling 344000.
Viet Cong leader Binh defends a new peace proposal as flexible and clear while U S envoy Bruce presses for clarifications. Nixon aides say no packaged reply yet and will seek explanations before Paris talks resume.
Election of officers at Scottish Rite Temple 6 pm and installation 8 pm at Madison County Coliseum. VTW Club picnic at 6:30 pm at the home of Mrs C C Bickle. Great Books discussion on De Tocqueville’s Democracy in America begins in Mutual Savings Life library. DeMolay Commandery 14 in Stated Conclave at 7:30 pm Masonic Temple. Somerville Eastern Star meets 7:30 pm at the hall. North Alabama Genealogical Society 7:30 pm Mutual Savings auditorium Bank St. Elbert Minter book review on families of NC and SC. Friday Mount Zion Chapter 506 Eastern Star installation 7:30 pm. Evangelical services at Evaney Grove Baptist Church and Valle Grace panel featured. Senior Citizen Worship at Manor. Dr. Sora to speak at Mar Center ceremony. Cotaco Band Booster Club sponsors a bake sale in school cafeteria 7:30 pm. All-night gospel singing at First Holy Church of Christ 11th Ave NW Decatur begins 7:30 pm. Gospel singing at East Acres Community Center 18th Ave SE 7:30 pm. West Morgan Booster Club horse show at Decatur fairgrounds 7 pm admission $1 adults 50 cents children with 16 classes. Matthens Coin and Hobby Club flea market and trade day at Motor on U S 31 Athens. Penn Reunion at 1 pm First Federal Penthouse. bring food basket. Morgan County Board of A tars in session 8 am to 5 pm. Altrusa Club 7:30 pm Mrs Hobson Clark 2509 Spring St SW. Friendship Club 10:30 am Summer Manor. Mrs Albert Sander to bring themead.
The piece lists lawmakers and officials urging a broad energy field review and notes leaders from four Tennessee Valley cities backing a congressional inquiry. It cites funding allocations to various community and health groups, including youth programs and health services across Morgan County and Alabama organizations.
A late New York trading list features numerous stocks with varying prices and percentages. Notable entries include MobilOil, Merck, Motorola, Nabisco, and United Aircraft, among others, with percentage figures indicating performance. The list appears to compile a broad snapshot of market activity and investor interest across multiple sectors.
Stocks held modest gains as the noon Dow rose 2.63 to 893.84 with volume at 6.8 million shares. Advancers led decliners more than 2 to 1 on the NYSE as analysts saw an extension of a technical rally after Tuesday losses. Major quotes showed IBM up to 300, Polaroid at 110, Xerox up to 116, Burroughs 119, and University Computing 4 at "-%.
Decatur market notes list cotton middling prices near 20.45 with $40 per milk hundred unit, and soybeans at 3.20. White shelled corn at 1.65, oats 0.60, milling wheat 1.30, barley 0.80, yellow corn 1.35, pulpwood 15.25 per cord, and wood prices 65 45 35. Includes miscellaneous percentage figures and indirect ratios.
NASD quotations show interdealer prices as of approximately 10 a.m. The interdealer market for the day excludes retail markup, markdown, or commissions.
Gallup finds 50 percent in favor of a wage price freeze versus 39 percent opposed in late June survey of 1501 adults across 300 localities. Support is nationwide with higher approval in the East Midwest and Far West, mixed in the South. Older respondents favor controls more than younger, with bipartisan backing across parties and varied occupations.
Mayor Don Carmichael of Rainsville Alabama was indicted by a DeKalb County grand jury on a charge he stole a pistol once belonging to a prisoner. Carmichael blamed politics and said he will seek to move his trial to another county.
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