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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1972
Page
2
A brief notice states a rate of 37 dollars per year for daily and Sunday editions, noting that sales taxes are included in the total. The item conveys a simple pricing offer with no additional terms.
Guest editor Norman Bassett recalls a Travel Council tour through North Alabama for newspaper staff. Highlights include McFarland Park Florence. Point Mallard Park Decatur with its wave pool. Athens College’s growth since the 1960s. a humorous room-mate radiator prank during his Glee Club days.
Fair and warmer today and tonight with light variable winds under 10 mph. High today in the mid 80s and Sunday in the mid 80s. Overnight lows around the mid 50s. 24 hour readings show temperatures from 50 to 82 with a low 49 at 6 am and high 82 at 4 pm. Sunrise tomorrow at 5 34 am and sunset at 7 56 pm.
In Hartselle and surrounding counties residents are advised to call 911 for emergencies. Regional emergency numbers include Limestone 353-0631 353-6256. Morgan County deputy lines. Lawrence 232-1530. 911-974-8782 for crisis support. Crisis Call Center 355-8000 available for personal crises and poisoning guidance. Dial 0 to reach an operator with emergency details. The Decatur Daily notes department contacts 734-0342 353-4612 232-1535 353-4739 for night and holiday coverage.
Mooresville residents recall Ephraim McDowell the Kentucky surgeon known as the father of abdominal surgery. His famed 1809 Christmas Day operation on Mrs Jane Todd Crawford removed a large ovarian tumor, saving her life. Crawford’s case spurred debates about survival rates in abdominal operations among Edinburgh and London surgeons of the era. The McDowell House in Danville, Kentucky, is restored and open to the public.
A historical pamphlet on Ephraim McDowell highlights his pioneering ovarian cyst operation, Mrs Crawford’s spontaneous anesthesia era recovery, and McDowell’s career in Kentucky. It notes 11 similar surgeries, his studies under Dr Alexander Humphries, time at Edinburgh, and honorary M D from Maryland. It also covers family ties, memorials, and enduring legacy in medical history.
In Montgomery Alabama three new district superintendents were named by Bishop W Kenneth Goodson as the Alabama West Florida Conference announced year ahead ministerial assignments. Rev Thomas L Butts Jr becomes Dothan District superintendent succeeding Rev Robert L Wilson. Rev John H Lane of the Conference Council becomes Marianna District superintendent, succeeding Rev Hugh E Wilson Jr, who moves to Selma District as superintendent. Wilson’s replacement at Brewton is Rev Arthur M Carlton.
A Limestone County Superior Court judge fined Fred Shoulders 300 dollars and sentenced him to one year of hard labor for grand larceny. He received two years probation contingent on the payment and him spending the next three weekends in jail and staying off Allan Shaw property. Charles W. Van Hozer received 60 days hard labor for escape after arrest but the sentence was suspended and he was placed on one year probation.
Wallace faced a split in support as his backers failed to place him on the California ballot due to party slate rules. He campaigned May 15 in Laurel Maryland and sought write in counting after May 16 primaries. Officials noted legal questions but suggested he could have run on the Democratic ballot and still seek AIP convention delegates.
Dr Roos says members of the National Association for Retarded Children could act as potent spokesmen for the retarded if united. He notes that parents and friends have decided the years of begging and pleading are ending and demand the services rightfully theirs.
A Sunday horoscope predicts an active social year with minor crises and shifting moods. It gives sign by sign guidance from Aries to Pisces on personal affairs, privacy, plans, communication, and self promotion, ending with a note attributed to the Chicago Tribune.
Forecast indicates toy sales will exceed double the current level by 1970 while the number of toy makers is expected to fall by half.
Peter Cooper born February 12 1791 in New York City rose from hatter and brickmaker to glue maker and iron mill owner. He built America’s first practical locomotive Tom Thumb and founded Cooper Union in New York City in 1859 offering free arts and sciences instruction. In 1876 Greenbacks named him presidential candidate.
A brief obituary recalls Cooper’s generosity and concern for others, noting his death on April 4, 1883. A separate fragment includes a shop interaction about a clock losing 15 minutes and a sign offering 25 percent off, plus a quip about diplomacy and freshmen.
Chicago AP reports commodity futures closed generally lower on the CBOT as soybeans slipped up to 1 percent. Soybean oil gained up to 21 points and soybean meal rose as much as 120 points while iced broilers declined to 5 points higher. After Friday's session, soybeans were percent to 1 percent lower with July at 3.50 percent.
The piece explains that a draw occurs when neither side wins and links it to battlefield meetings where troops would be drawn off. It cites the Knowledge Yearbook and invites readers to send riddles and jokes. It ends with a prompt to provide a zip code for submission.
AP reports Ted Pearson, awards-winning writer for the Birmingham News, died in a Mobile hospital at age 4 percent after emergency surgery Saturday night. Pearson covered numerous top stories across Alabama during a long career with the state paper.
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