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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1977
Page
4
New graduates of Calhoun Community College Licensed Practical Nurses program complete clinical training at Decatur General Hospital. The photo lists graduates and instructors, including Dorothy Lanier and Rita Kyle, among others in the ceremony group.
Two old friends reunite after 10 years, recalling a pledge to meet in lane 24 of a Pell City bowling alley. Rev. David Wells, now at Bluff Park United Methodist Church, recalls the plan with his former best friend, a newspaper reporter, as they reconnect in north Alabama.
Fifty three contestants gather at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center for Miss Alabama 1977 preliminaries Wednesday through Friday at 7:30 p.m. Final on Saturday at 8 p.m. Reigning Miss Denise Davis prepares to crown her successor as the event embraces an Everything’s Looking Up theme with sunrise sets and a 36 foot crown.
Two young men died in a head on crash in Tallapoosa County early Saturday. Spencer Gradwell 25 of Montgomery and Earl Patterson 22 of Phenix City were killed when Gradwell's car crossed the center line on U S 280 three miles east of Alexander City.
The item records English poet Robert Browning as born in 1812. It notes the birth year with emphasis on Browning as a major literary figure from the period.
Atmore Alabama two prisoners fled Friday from the prison mental health center. Walter Ferris 28 and Cbrit Lockett are Mobile County offenders. Ferris jailed since 1969 for grand larceny and robbery to 14 years while Lockett received four years for second degree burglary in 1975.
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