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Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama

11 Jun 1972

Page 7

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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1972

Page

7

Bigger And Better Spirit Of America Festival Adds Events

The sixth annual Independence Day celebration in Decatur will add sack races and arm wrestling plus an anvil shoot as part of a bigger festival. Activities include watermelon eating contest balloon release greased pole climb parachute jump ROTC drill teams bicycle decorating pet show enlistment by Army WACs Marines helicopter displays and more. Johnny Tillotson will emcee Miss Spirit of America. Audie Murphy Patriotism Award to be presented. No admission charge.

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Hughes Davis Bill Harrison Decatur Greg Hughes Freedoms Foundation Austin Army WACS Johnny Tillotson Alabama Miss Spirit of America Tillotson Audie Murphy James O'Hara Spirit of America O' Hara
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Carter Says McGovern Refused To Halt Wallace Delegates

Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter said he asked Senator George McGovern to refuse first ballot Wallace votes by Tennessee delegates but McGovern would not commit. Carter noted Wallace’s strong California write‑in showing and said he doubts Wallace will launch a third party bid in 1976.

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Rossville Georgia Jimmy Carter George McGovern Tennessee Alabama George Wallace McGovern Carter Chattanooga Valley North Houston Wallace Shirley Chisholm New York Sen Hubert Humphrey Humphrey Edmund Muskie Maine Pri California American Party
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Lebanese Americans Attend 9th National Maronite Convention

Decatur residents join nearly 1000 Americans of Lebanese ancestry in Birmingham for the 9th annual National Maronite Convention. Louis J. Namie, whose Lebanon-born father arrived in 1898, promotes the Syrian-Lebanese paper announcing the event by St. Elias Maronite Parish at Parliament House. Tonight's banquet features attendees including Circuit Judge Meieres B. Powell, State Supreme Court Justice James N. Bloodworth, Appeals Judge Reneau Almon, former Gov. Albert Brewer, and Joe Powell.

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Decatur Birmingham Louis J. Namie United States Lebanon St. Elias
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