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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1972
Page
5
Athens hosts the Second Annual Interhonorary Fraternity Banquet at the Hickory House. Listings include concerts at Riddle Auditorium, church programs, college club talks, patrols, and community gatherings across Athens, Huntsville, Decatur, and surrounding areas with multiple churches, schools, and organizations hosting events throughout the week.
Decatur police reported Hood said he tightened a cap and a fluid can exploded causing severe burns from his knees to his neck. Hood ran from his home and rolled in the front yard grass before his wife found him and called an ambulance.
The visit to China is cited as delaying U S recognition of China. U S officials expect no decision before F returns from China. Indian forces to leave Bangladesh by March 12. Sheik Mujib meets Indira Gandhi March 17 in Dacca. U S recognition likely postponed until troops withdraw and Mujib's Moscow visit weighed. Bhutto weighs unconditional talks amid large prisoner stock and stalled talks.
Milam praised by supporters as they push to build the Democratic Party. Cheatham Calhoun, SGA President, voting for the first time under the new 18 to 20 year law, says the Democrats need new young blood and believes the Young Democrats will deliver it.
Verner, 21, supports abolishing the constable office and envisions its end if elected. He favors cooperating with the sheriff's department and a possible new Justice Court to free deputies for enforcement. Billy Roberts of Roberts Realty in Hartselle denies running for tax collector amid eight Democratic primary candidates, noting another Bill Roberts as a separate person.
Three tornadoes hit Santa Rosa County Florida and Dixonville causing mobile home damage and tree uproots, while Pensacola suffered roof and power outages. Alabama reports injuries and up to a million dollars in damage, with Daleville trailer park winds injuring five residents and Monroeville noting possible million-dollar property loss.
First Jones, succeeding James Davis as president, pledges aggressive community building through aid to individual customers and businesses. Staff and directors commit to Decatur progress, with three banks’ December assets at $938 million. Cooperation could boost loan capacity, pooling of capital, and programs beyond a smaller bank.
TVA power system revenues reached 306.3 million dollars, up 12 percent from the same period in 1970. Municipal and cooperative distributions climbed 16 percent while government agency receipts, led by the AEC, grew 24 percent. large industrial sales were flat.
National plan would extend uniform benefits to all poor areas and include catastrophic illness coverage based on income and expenses. Proposal adds expanded infant and early childhood care. Congress action this year seems unlikely, though Mills believes the House could pass it.
Broadway forecasters predict Al Pacino will steal The Godfather and win an Oscar, with Marlon Brando spectacular. The piece notes Pacino attends the premiere for Boys Club benefits on March 14 and mentions Puzo, Nina Van Pallandt, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Kay Thompson, and others in entertainment circles.
Listed admissions and dismissals include Miss Donna Proctor Trinity Miss Beatrice Warren Moulton Miss Wanda Bowman Hillsboro Mrs Clara Horton Town Creek Mrs Doshia oeare Trinity oe Moulton Dyar Courtland Mrs Marion Cartee Decatur and transfers in Athens Limestone Leon Shockley Elkmont Mst Dana Andrew Conley Mst Heath Christopher L B Clem Miss Memory Colwell Miss Ada Black Miss Connie Sue Daily Mrs Martha Mae Taylor and infant daughter Elkmont Glenard Cecil Royster Mss Joseph Stanford Patsy Jane Thomas Athens and other Athens residents.
In Morgan County Alabama the probate court schedules a hearing for the will of Lucille G Houston. Barbara Sarver Wilson filed the will on February 28 1972 with a March 30 1972 2 30 PM hearing. Named recipients include Alene Hobdy Meguiar Fountain Head Farms Portland Tennessee Margaret Sarver Papenburg Baton Rouge Louisiana Mary Loftie Clendenning Mayhew Franklin Kentucky and Will Gleaves heirs with uncertain addresses or status. Unknown heirs of Will Gleaves are also named for notice.
Public notice items include an order of publication in the Decatur Daily for Dwight M. Cagle with a March 14, 1972 deadline, an annual stockholders meeting notice for The Tennessee Valley Radio and Television Corporation, and multiple probate notices for estates including Mandela Duncan Pitts William E Tunstill John Townsend Rose Eva Rose Kirby Rayburn Wright Barrett and Sadie Garnett Barrett.
The piece discusses how filler words like okay and you know arose, their irritation to listeners, and misuse such as confusing flaunt with flout. Bernstein contrasts turbid and turgid meanings and ends with a mnemonic linking turbid to bog and turgid to grandiloquent.
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