Calendar Of Events At Decatur Area Churches And Clubs
A series of local meetings and activities continues this week across Decatur including Revival services at Union Grove Methodist Church nightly at 7 30 led by Rev Glenn Mayfield. Vacation Bible School starts today at Antioch Methodist Church from 9 00 to 11 30 for ages 3 to 16. Parents Without Partners hosts a 7 30 p m event at St Johns Episcopal Church. Christian Women’s Fellowship groups from First Christian Church meet at 9 45 a m with other groups at 7 30 p m. Mizpah Church 19 convenes at the Masonic Temple 7 30. Pilot Club executive board meets at 7 p m at Mrs Elease Childerson home. Alabama Arc Society Morgan Limestone chapter gathers 7 30 p m in the courtroom. Altrusa Club meets at 11 45 a m at Coach’s Inn. also listed are a Rotary canteen across from the Post Office and other community services and gatherings.
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Union Grove Methodist Church
Old Moulton Rd
Glenn Mayfield
Holly P
G.S. Parker
Trinity Wittires
Vo Vacation Bible School
Antioch Methodist Church
Christian Women’s Fellowship
First Christian Chur
McCullough
Adams
Te Denson
James Newman
Tom Walsh
Birth
St. SE
Miss Universe Kerry Wells Crowned on Puerto Rico Beach
Kerry Wells won the Miss Universe title Saturday night and appeared on a Puerto Rico beach Sunday morning smiling for AP Wirephoto. The new queen greeted photographers as the pageant's winner.
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Kerry Wells
Puerto Rico
Eagleton Campaign Tales Highlight Heightened Scrutiny in 1972
The piece recalls Eagleton's tireless 1960 political rise and 1968 Senate race rumors of drinking and hospitalizations. It notes rivals and aides discussing health questions as Eagleton and McGovern face the 1972 Democratic path, with focus on endurance, dates, and the impact on party prospects.
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St. Louis
Grand Jury
M.C
Mi T
Eagleton
Mark D. Eagleton
Kirkpatrick
Missouri
U.S. Senate
Edward V. Long
True Davis
Rep. Thomas
B. Curtis
Davis
Anderson
Miss Spirit of America winner plans next pageant bid
Miss Marshall, a drum majorette from Athens High School, says she is happy to win the Miss Spirit of America contest and intends to compete in the Miss Point Mallard pageant next year in Decatur with hopes of reaching the Miss Alabama contest. Her father defends her decision, noting the only mistake was winning.
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Miss Marshall
Athens High School
Decatur
Nine Hurt In Area Mishaps
Nine people were injured in two area crashes Sunday. The League family from Cullman includes Thurman 40 Gloria 40 Sharon Marie 14 Sandra Ann 11 treated at Cullman Hospital while Sharon was moved to Children's Hospital in Birmingham in fair condition. The Antal family from North Homestead Ohio includes Robert 45 Anna 43 and children Jeffrey 7 Dean 9 Andra 10 treated at Cullman Hospital after separate crashes 4:45 p.m. at Morgan County Rds 73 and 55 in Eva and 6:15 p.m. 1.1 miles south of Cullman on Cullman 69.
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Thurman H. League
Cullman
Gloria League
Sharon Marie League
Sandra Ann League
Robert E. Antal
North Homestead
Ohio
Anna Antal
Jeffrey Phillips
Dean Phillips
Andra Phillips
League
Cullman Hospital
Sharon
Children’s Hospital
Birmingham
Morgan County
Eva
Antal
Anna
British and Alabama church exchange ends with cross focused service
Nora Salmon a Birmingham secretary and the lone Black member of the British group spoke at a Sunday night gathering praising Alabama churches for hosting exchange visits. Rev. Beer called the cross centered service unique and historical. The British visitors rest with their Alabama hosts ahead of a Tuesday departure.
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Nora Salmon
Birmingham
England
Miss Salmon
New York
Alabama
McGovern weighs second spot as Eagleton fight shifts
In the campaign scramble McGovern aides bluntly consider forcing Eagleton from the ticket while Mrs Westwood hints a DNC session could nominate a new running mate if Eagleton withdraws. Names floated include Lawrence F. O'Brien Patrick J. Lacey John J. Gilligan Kevin H. White Edmund Muskie and others.
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McGovern
Eagleton
Westwood
Democratic National Committee
Lawrence F . O'Brien
Patrick J. Lacey
Wisconsin
John J. Gilligan
Ohio
Kevin H. White
Boston
Sen
Edmund §. Muskie
Maine
Iis Colina Tally
Meco
Apollo 14 Astronauts Smuggled Medals to Moon
Apollo 14 astronauts flew to the Moon in January 1971 carrying 200 silver medals minted privately by the Franklin Mint under a private agreement. The medals commemorated the flight, and were taken without NASA knowledge by astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell, and Stuart A. Roosa, according to spokesmen for both sides.
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New York Times
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Franklin Mint
Philadelphia
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
NASA
Mint
Moon
Lunar
Space Agency
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Kidnapped Socialite Virginia Piper Ransomed
Virginia Piper, aged 49, was held in a forest chained to a tree and endured a $1 million ransom paid by her husband, Harry C Piper of Piper Jaffray. After FBI confusion, agents freed her by bending the tree to the ground so she could slip free, with no suspects yet caught. The report also references NASA mint medal issues tied to Apollo era items and astronaut conduct.
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Minneapolis. Minn
Virginia Piper
Piper
FBI
AP and Hsinhua reach China news exchange pact
Peking AP and Hsinhua reach an agreement on a regular news and photo exchange marking the first such channel with China since 1949. The pact covers radio and mail exchanges and followed negotiations between Hsinhua officials and AP leaders Wes Gallagher and Paul Miller. The AP party stayed in Peking and other cities as guests of Hsinhua.
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Peking
Associated Press
Hsinhua
China
People's Republic
Fred Hampson
Wes Gallagher
Paul Miller
Associated Press Party of Five
Back Home Virginia Piper After Kidnap Plot Ends Safe
Virginia Piper, back home, said she feared for life only after kidnappers left. She recounts 44 hours of captivity in a southern Minnesota wilderness. The note adds details of the ransom and afterward the Apollo 14 medals and mint actions.
Bernstein On Words By Theodore M Bernstein
Theodore M Bernstein notes that media is a plural noun and television radio and the press form a trio of media while each by itself is a medium. He jokes about using mediums, the origins of dandelion, and the poetic sun reference day's eve in dayesye.
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Washington
Madison Avenue
Orioles
Yankee
Daisy
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I Tempie
Decatur Rota Dari
Rotary
Tri-County
Appalachian Regisoat
Parents Without Partners
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Mizpah Ch. 19
Masonic Temple
Pilot Club of
Elease Childerson
Morgan-Limestone
Alabama Arc — Society
O— Altrusa Club
Coach’s Inn
Southeast
Decatur Homemakers Club
Ocle Lawrence
Summer Manor
Ammunity Services Committee
Rge
Aquadome
New York Stock Exchange
Mechanics of
CP Association
CP Developmental Center
13Th Ave
Saluting Ellender
Allen J. Ellender
Houma
Auditorium
Ellender
Municipal
Senate
Nixon
Gene Lahammer
Minnesota
Admiral Shepard
Astronaut Office
T. c
Bernstein
Theodore M. Bernstein
Wiley Sporting Goods
Lee Sf, N.E
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