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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1972
Page
2
Mary Ann Harris, 322 6th Ave NW, was found guilty Thursday of second degree burglary. Sentencing was delayed after she applied for probation. Harris, 27, helped drive her husband Thomas Wayne Harris and cousin Willie Looney to Decatur Clinic on Nov 20, 1970, where tapes and drugs were taken.
Gov. George C. Wallace announced expansion of Blue Bell Manufacturing Co. Hanceville plant in Alabama. The project, costing over $250,000, will nearly double employment and add about 12 000 square feet of area. Division manager Ray Anderson attended the event as Wallace spoke from the Spain Rehabilitation Center.
The plant will produce western dungarees for men and boys with financing via 175,000 in industrial revenue bonds from the Hanceville Industrial Development Board to Birmingham Trust National Bank. Blue Bell also spent 120,000 on equipping the facility.
Herbert Gardner a long time campaigner must sit out the August 8 city election after a city attorney ruled write in votes illegal for names not on the ballot. Coleman cited a 1961 act prohibiting write ins in mayor council cities and directed officials to enforce the rule. Gardner had sought to run for city council place two as a write in candidate.
In federal court a government witness testified he conducted numerous car theft transactions with ten defendants in a four state auto theft conspiracy centered in Boaz Sand Mountain area. Holcomb described selling stolen vehicles to Mike and Ralph Marquez of Phoenix and to Jake Perry of Leeds, with others aiding paper work and falsified titles. The trial began last Tuesday and is expected to continue into next week with the defense to present witnesses.
A public safety notice advises calling the Crisis Call Center at 355-8000 for personal crises and poison emergencies. It suggests contacting a hospital or family physician and dialing 0 if unsure of the correct number, with operators asked to be informed of the emergency nature.
Doris Taylor, a Coventry midwife who delivered nearly 2000 babies, recalls wartime danger outside a bomb blast during World War II. The piece compares English district midwives with US practices, noting training standards, state registration, hospital vs district work, and a rising role as demand for maternity care grows. It cites Joyce Cameron of the University of Utah on midwifery’s resurgence and patient-focused care.
Miss Taylor, a Coventry born nurse midwife, recalls delivering nearly 2,000 babies before retirement. She helped mothers through air raids, tended postnatal care, and survived Coventry’s bombed years with few deaths among those she served. She later trained as a teacher and now engages with Bethel Evangelical Church.
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