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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1972
Page
19
Highs near 87 today and Monday with a 50 percent chance of showers today and 20 percent tonight Mostly cloudy and mild conditions in Decatur and vicinity River levels noted as steady Temperatures logged Saturday afternoon reached 79 at 2 PM and 69 overnight Sunrise tomorrow at 5 55 AM and sunset at 7 50 PM
Consumers Union urges against bug killing floor waxes shelf papers and vaporizing strips as dangerous chemicals linger. Shell No Pest Strip Aeroseal Vaporette products cited. government seeks ban on lindane and chlordane in shelf papers, prompting court appeals by firms.
Funeral services announced for Mrs. Alice Clack and Bill Johnson Jr. in Huntsville and Birmingham. ATHENS Henry Pressnell 57 of Harvest dies Friday. service today at 2 at Harvest Baptist Church with burial at Fords Chapel. Survivors include wife Vera and two daughters. Graveside service for Mrs. Rogers in Athens. memorials to St. Timothy's Episcopal Church. Newt Tanner 83 of Danville dies. service Monday at 2 at Danville Baptist Church. burial Herring Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters and two sons. Mrs. Ida Dorcus Terry 70 of Decatur dies. service Monday at 2 at Trinity Baptist Church. burial Decatur Cemetery. Several accident briefs and local obituaries noted. Harold Padgett Watkins Sr. 60 of Decatur died Friday. services today at Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Decatur Cemetery.
A long list of admissions and dismissals from Cullman area facilities includes numerous individuals with addresses in Hanceville Cullman Decatur and nearby towns. The entries cover patients at nursing homes and hospitals with names such as Mrs Lana West Baker Henry F Blackwood Earl Davis Mikey Dunn Mrs Carolyn Finley Brenda Glasscock William Jetton Emmitt Knopp Shirley McSwain Mamie Owens Sheila Stewart Clara Turner Joe Duncan Dariene Graves Jessie Harris Neal Holsinger Robyn Johnson Martha Nix Shighey Tankersley Shirley Moland Sam Alien Ida Milam Annie Orr Jerry Kelley Little Miss Karen Keililey Margie Kelley Randy Turner Ferguson Bound Edwin Piery Betty Whitlock Milburn Denton Hudson McAnally Donna Oaks Dr William Stone Lumae Wood Rita Ruiz Virginia Morrow James Slaten Mildred Jett Ogle Sheila Johnson Carolyn Morris Elizabeth Turner Joan Hill Mildred Wall Elisteile Jackson Bill Johnson Marietta Williams Robert Gleason Births listed for Brinkiey Fuller Lovell Truss Sweeney in Decatur General Hospital and Decatur General Hospital facilities.
Six persons were injured in two city accidents Saturday, including four members of a single family. Police identified victims as Jimmy Ray Tallent, 17, 805 Cedar Lake Rd. Robert Henry Yeager, 15. and Jerry Wayne Kelley, his wife Martha Lynette, and their two daughters Karen and Margie, of 332 8th Ave NW. All are in satisfactory condition at Decatur General Hospital. A third daughter Tresa was unnamed in the report.
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