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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1972
Page
2
Executive Director Harry Rice reported a weekend crowd of 4,107 at Point Mallard Aquatic Center, the second straight record. Saturday drew 1,899 visitors and Sunday 2,208, with surveys showing many cars from outside Morgan County.
Lauderdale County resident Earl Green and partner Carl Montgomery drove a tractor trailer from Pittsburgh heading home after six days on the road. The experience inspired Green to write Six Days On The Road, later a pop and country classic selling over three million records for Dave Dudley.
Nine Southern businessmen sail June 14 to 30 for the IO GA Mission to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to study direct trade. Participants include Cyril B. Fox Jr of Tennessee Eastman, Cecil Hackney of Hackney Corp, and others from Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee. Commerce Union International Banking will coordinate.
AP reports that Jere Beasley, acting governor of Alabama, bears a striking physical and political resemblance to George Wallace. Beasley, 35, from Barbour County, followed Wallace’s path, courting rural programs and industry while facing scrutiny over a 1970 Tuscaloosa Klan speech.
Green describes how songwriting earnings funded switching from longhaul trucking to a Nashville career. He released "How Can Anything So Right Be So Wrong" and wrote "Little George" after the Wallace shooting, with the latter rising quickly. He predicts big surfacing sales, promotes a band called the Greenbackers, and plans a road show within a month.
The Decatur Daily lists the Crisis Call Center numbers 355 8000 for personal crises and poison risks with guidance to call hospitals or family physicians if unsure. It advises dialing 0 to reach an operator and describe the emergency. Additional department numbers 353 4612 232 1535 353 4739 are provided for nights and holidays.
East Decatur faces a public hearing on rezoning to allow smaller lots for the Counts McClendon Count Mallard subdivision. Residents urge against lowering values, arguing R-2 would protect 10 potential lots and oppose a buffer zone plan. Morgan County Young Democrats meet at 7:30 pm. at State National Bank.
A 14 year old Trinity teen, Jeffrey Davis Lemmond, remained in fair condition at Huntsville Hospital after a two motorcycle crash Sunday at Moulton Street and Gordon Drive. He was airlifted from Decatur General Hospital. rider Ronald William Turner, 16, of Decatur, was not hurt.
Lawrence County Extension Chairman Sam McClendon notes 42,000 acres in the county look good for this time of year. He predicts 55,000 or more bales of cotton by fall, with 50,000 bales harvested last fall from 31,000 acres. Lawrence ranked third in total bales harvested last year behind Madison and Limestone counties.
A fire at State Bonded Warehouse damaged 100 cotton bales Sunday around 1 21 p m. Decatur Fire Department officials reported no bale was consumed. Part owner F S Hunt said losses are not known until reconditioning. Sprinklers contained the blaze and alerted the fire department automatically.
A state toxicologist's report confirms carbon monoxide fumes killed two Foley youths found in a car parked in a cornfield. Sheriff Taylor Wilkins of Baldwin County identified Lonnie Prim, 20, as among the deceased. a 19 year old former Cott. is also named among those found near the scene by a mail carrier on Saturday.
Dr Peter W Weston vice president of Samford University Birmingham spoke at the Knights of Columbus annual awards banquet Saturday night at Decatur Inn. With Weston are Ken Elder master of ceremonies Mike Savinda incoming grand knight and Joe Halas grand knight.
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