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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1972
Page
2
The Tuscaloosa News outlines Alabama’s May 2 dual primary with Republicans and Democrats voting in separate primaries. Voters must declare party for the closed primary, as Baxley clarifies that ballots on voting machines will lock to the chosen party, preventing split-ticket voting.
Partly cloudy and warmer through Sunday with no rain. High today 75 and Sunday 79. Friday climate data show a high 68 and low 33 with no precipitation. month total 2.03 inches, year total 12.58 inches. Sunrise 6 02 am sunset 5 51 pm. Vagrants in Russia prior to 1945 branded with the letter B as a tramp marker.
Limestone County Sheriff M W Buddy Evans will sponsor a countywide drug education program. He will distribute a 24 page color booklet detailing the dangers of drugs and narcotics to all Limestone schools within three to four weeks. Evans says drug abuse is rising in the county and education is needed to curb it.
Tommy Overstreet tops country charts headlines a two show benefit concert at Austin High auditorium at 4 PM and 8 PM Profits go to the Brookhaven Library Fund Tickets available at the door for each concert.
The article notes Michael Jackson aiming to win Florida delegates by capturing congressional districts in the Democratic race. Wallace campaigns in Dade City and Fort Lauderdale as other candidates tour the state, while Humphrey and Muskie address students and attack Wallace. Jackson seeks to siphon votes from Wallace at the Florida primary.
McGraw-Hill reached a settlement over alleged plagiarism tied to the memoirs of Sioux figure William Red Fox. Lawyer James Fitzgibbon said the talks concluded in the last 24 hours with a gentleman's agreement to drop a December lawsuit in Chicago.
Huntsville researchers describe eye frame sensors and foot breath and head switches for patients with limited movement. NASA will test with a healthy subject before trials with a patient unable to use limbs. Government funds cover part of a 26935 dollar contract with the hospital and University of Alabama supplying the remainder.
Mrs Beard, hospitalized in San Diego, denies former Attorney General John Mitchell told her Nixon commented on a settlement with ITT. Her lawyers say she may testify by bedside or via written interrogatories to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Doctors report she remains in serious condition as interviews are paced.
John R. Aycock named chairman of the Morgan County unit of the American Cancer Society 1972 educational and fund raising crusade beginning April 1. Aycock, an assistant trust officer at State National Bank of Alabama, is active in the local business and civic groups and urged widespread public education and regular cancer checkups.
Mary Beth McLemore, a Decatur High sophomore, earned a rare invitation to a European music tour. She will perform at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Kennedy Fine Arts Center in Washington before touring Europe, after a gamble about one in 5,000 odds.
Lee Sentell reports the Decatur High School student, Opal Crowson’s daughter Duke McLemore, earned a place in the Alabama All-State Music Festival. She will join 450 young performers in American Youth in Concert touring Europe with rehearsals at Rider College before concerts in London Brussels Paris Zurich Salzburg Venice Florence and Rome.
Four Austin High School students earned Athens College scholarships for science fair exhibits. Vickie Gothard and Deborah Ward received four year awards, Connie Belew and Bobby Harrison got two-year grants. Gothard led biology, Ward led physical sciences, with Belew and Harrison placing high in their divisions along with top elementary winners Julia Newman and Charlotte West. Area winners included Kelvin Gothard, Nancy Fillippeli, and others, plus special dental and preventive dentistry awards. A postage rate schedule also announced by Postmaster I E Self takes effect tonight.
A Decatur Daily notice compiles emergency contact lines for police and fire departments across Morgan Limestone Lawrence and Cullman counties. It advises calling the Crisis Call Center at 355 8000 for personal crises and poisoning, and directs callers to dial 0 when unsure of the specific number.
A Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges committee will visit Athens in two weeks to discuss accrediting Athens Junior High. Woodrow W. Wood says the aim is to gain accreditation during the visit week. All city schools in the system are state accredited. only Athens High is SACS accredited.
The Decatur chamber drug abuse education committee lists tentative pledges from local clubs and groups including Decatur Lions Austin Lions Morgan County League of Women Voters and various PTAs. Tommy McRae notes more donations are needed to sustain the program and requests contributions be mailed to the Decatur Chamber of Commerce.
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