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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1972
Page
5
Redstone division of North Alabama Railroad Club meets in room 410 Madison County Courthouse at 7 p.m. A film Tracks of the Iron Horse about Union Pacific history. Open to rail enthusiasts.
Lt. Gary Yelverton of the 412th Engineer Command promotes Army Reserve work as a steady lucrative parttime job in Decatur. Capt. John Mullican cites training and community projects as Reserve benefits, noting pay boosts of about 12 to 14 percent for new members. The Decatur unit shares a new $428,743 armory with the National Guard. Additional items list local church revivals, singings, picnics, and community events in Hartselle and surrounding areas.
In Haelah Valley on a Wednesday, Israeli Premier Golda Meir and President Nixon inaugurate Israel's first satellite ground station. A televised view shows Meir speaking as Nixon appears on screen, marking a historic communications milestone.
Flint City releases an expense statement detailing payments to G W Asphalt J D Blackwell David Moody B W Miller Holland and Woodard Waters Bros Langs Sporting Goods and others. The balance on hand July 1 was 12 99. 20. The council plans a new park with tennis courts as elections approach August 8 with all five councilmen and the mayor seeking reelection.
A reader contributed a vintage photo showing a man in overalls walking past the Capitol Theater on 2nd Ave SE near Johnston St, later occupied by Elmore's Variety Store. The Decatur Daily invites locals with early area pictures to share them with the Looking Back Editor. photo contributed by Leon Smith.
Sunday revival begins today at Hopewell Baptist Church and continues to Friday with daily 7:30 p.m. services. Rev John Crawford of First Baptist Church Carte Tenn will speak and Harold Tate of Austinville Baptist Church will direct the music. Parents without Partners hosts an open meeting at St Johns Episcopal Church at 7:30 p.m. for visitors.
At 3 a.m. every morning John and Dorothy Mullins in Masaryktown chase armadillos with a .22 rifle while tending 700 rabbits for a planned Bunny on a Bun franchise. Neighbors question the nocturnal hunts as Garden plots are repeatedly uprooted and the couple laments losses from the long-snouted pests.
A fragmentary note questions the clarity of a 1972 statement by Theodore M. Bernstein. It hints at ongoing debates over accuracy and interpretation in archival reporting, with emphasis on authorial intent and source reliability.
A Falkville resident laments delay in water grant fulfillment after two years of funding, noting others on the west side of 31 Highway deposited nothing yet may receive water. He cites possible water sources near Cold Springs, Mill Creek, and Morgan North Cullman County, asks who to contact as Hartselle is not contributing.
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