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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1975
Page
2
Karen Pitts daughter of coach David Pitts finished her time in the 1975 Morgan County High School senior class as a cheerleader. She plans to keep cheering at college while Bucky Pitts continues coaching at Hartselle.
Karen, an 18 year old working this summer as a saleswoman in Decatur, plans to try out for the University of Alabama Crimson Tide cheerleading squad. She recently graduated from Hartselle and will attend Alabama in August. She emphasizes cheerleading requires skill and hard work and hopes to stay involved with her school.
Karen Pitts, daughter of Hartselle football coach David Pitts, graduates last May and will enter the University of Alabama in August to study education and pursue cheerleading with the Crimson Tide. She enjoys sports and tournaments and works selling sporting goods this summer, joking about her father’s teasing. She also hopes to travel to Europe after college and mentions a sister who was a Cookeville cheerleader.
The Athens liberal arts college board voted without committing to any faculty or program changes, leaving the future of the school and its staff undecided. Townspeople celebrated with horns bells and sirens as the news spread, with many praising the effort to save the institution.
The Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks agreed to a 30 day postponement of their planned national strike to July 21 after federal mediators urged a delay. Union president C L Dennis warned that railroad management shows willingness to compromise and warned strikes may be avoided next month.
A circuit court jury began deliberations in the murder case of Montgomery Advertiser sports editor Jack Doane. He is accused of killing his estranged wife Catherine, 44, with a stab wound in her apartment on April 14, 1974.
Johnson said the meeting will occur after July 1 when Sailors takes office and an executive session was called so the salary could be discussed by board members. Alabama law allows private sessions only to discuss personnel or the good name of a party.
Cleve Reding said a two week decision is needed on whether Decatur resident James Nance should be extradited to Texas to serve a 50 year sentence for statutory rape and flight. Nance, 1962 convict, argues extradition would be cruel. He has become a churchgoing, employed member of a Decatur religious store.
Dewey Edward Oliver age 53 of Town Creek died Thursday at home. Funeral will be today at 3 p.m. at Town Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Stancil Clements officiating and burial at Moulton Memory Gardens. Elliott Funeral Home directing. Survived by widow Bessie Mae Oliver, three daughters Dorothy Ann Nichols Gayla Brannon and Pebble Sue Oliver, a son Willard Edward Oliver, a sister Margaret Lou Halbrooks, a brother Tennis Edward Oliver, and five grandchildren. Pallbearers include Jimmy Ray Tidwell Wayne Brackin Donald Ray Lyles Dwight Smith Barry Smith Jerry Berryman Ray Newsom Dwight Witt.
The text notes that a son’s matter is to be debated and that the proceedings of an executive session are not a matter of public record.
Funeral arrangements are announced for Mrs. Pearl J. Aston 83 at Brown Service Funeral Home. Modenia P. Hanson 67 of Hartselle dies in a local nursing home with services at East Highland Baptist Church. burial at Bethel Cemetery. Marie W. Shafer 63 of Decatur dies. service at Brown Service Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Decatur City Cemetery. An estimate states about 800 languages are spoken in Africa.
In the Montgomery Advertiser a guest editorial compares malpractice страх to a cave dwellers tale and argues rising premiums and suits threaten doctors. It reviews a proposed Patient's Compensation Board of Alabama to shift claims from courts to a six member panel with open hearings and appeals to the State Supreme Court.
Highs near 90 and a 65 degree low tonight. Partly cloudy and warm with a 30 percent thunderstorm chance this afternoon and evening. Friday record shows 14 mph north wind and temperatures from 69 to 87 across the 24 hour span.
The Daily invites grievances over misstatements and offers full investigation with prompt redress if found valid. Includes a note that subscription rates by mail include all sales tax.
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