Calendar of Events for Decatur and Morgan County
A compilation of upcoming meetings and activities across churches local groups and clubs in Decatur and Morgan County. Circles at First Presbyterian home meetings include Little Circle and Talenter while Spuss and Naylor Circle notes are listed. Various organizations meet, confer, or host events at churches community rooms and local venues with times and locations.
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First Presbyterian Church
Little Circle
Dot Quinn
Lake Ave
Naylor
Spuss
Maree Circle
Sandifer claims state title with record breaking final
Sandifer celebrated after leading his Black Bears to the state final victory and setting Alabama tournament records. He scored the highest single game total and tied a 16-field-goal mark, earning his MVP trophy and a chance to meet Wendell Hudson. He favors a junior college start before pursuing major college basketball. He hints Calhoun Junior College could be his pick and pursued by multiple small programs.
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Sandifer
Black Bears
Murphy
Parker
Dothan
Decatur
Louisville University
Alabama
Wendell Hudson
Hudson
Talladega
Carver
Tigers
Kenneth Bolden
Wenonah
C. M. Newton
Calhoun Junior College
Scotland Yard Probes Death of Bermuda Governor and Aide
In Bermuda, Gov Sir Richard Sharples and Capt. Hugh Sayers were shot outside Government House. Police said several suspects are being questioned with no arrests yet. a state of emergency bars suspects from leaving the island as Scotland Yard detectives join the probe.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Scotland Yard
Richard Sharples
Hugh Sayers
Government House
Sharples
Horsa
Edward Richards
Bill Wright
Basil Hadrell
Britain
George Duckett
Nations Okay Partial Float
Six of the Common Market nations agreed to a joint partial float against the dollar and kept intra-member exchange rates while ending obligatory dollar purchases. Britain Ireland and Italy already float with all currencies and may join when conditions allow pegging. West Germany revalued the mark three percent as speculation grew on the yen.
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Brussels
Britain
Ireland
Italy
West Germany
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Denmark
Gaullists Win French Control in National Assembly
AP reports that the Gaullists secured another five years in power with 271 seats from 483 districts. The Communist Socialist alliance captured 181 seats, the centrist Reform Movement 28, and extreme rightists held some. The Communist Party won 73 seats, Socialists rose to 89, and other left splinters gained the rest as Pompidou urged turnout.
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Paris
Gaullists
National Assembly
Gaullist Coalition
Communist- Socialist Alliance
Reform Movement
Communist Party
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
FBI chase near Wounded Knee ends in gunfire exchange
FBI units pursuing a reportedly stolen van five miles west of Wounded Knee exchanged gunfire with occupiers of the vehicle. Agent Curtis Fitzgerald was hit in the right arm and evacuated by helicopter. Indians reported glass injuries as bullets struck the van. AIM leaders urged sovereignty for the village, warning of war if outsiders entered.
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FBI
Wounded Knee
Curtis Fitzgerald
Chicago
Fitzgerald
Dennis Banks
Justice Department
Washington
Atty
Richard Kleindienst
U.S
Banks
Russell Means
AIM
United States
National Council of Churches
Pine Ridge
Interior Department
Interior
Communist Prisoner Releases and Protests Spark Cease Fire Tensions
In a conflict update, the communists released only about half of the 585 American prisoners they admit holding as of mid February. The United States paused troop withdrawals on February 28 after the Communists delayed the prisoners’ release for five days amid a cease-fire dispute. The Vietnamese American Joint Military Commission asked the International Commission of Control and Supervision for an on site probe into charges that South Vietnamese forces attacked Duc Pho, a prisoner exchange point on the northern coast about 100 miles south of Da Nang.
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United States
American Joint Military Commission
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Duc Pho
da Nang
Chicken Supper To Aid New Home Cemetery
The annual chicken supper to support New Home Cemetery upkeep will be held in the Holly Pond High School lunchroom Saturday night.
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Holly Pond
New Home Cemetery
Holly Pond High School
Downey Freed From China Arrives at Clark Air Base
Patrick Downey released from Chinese captivity arrives at Clark Air Base with his brother William. Downey, in ill health prior to release, travels by special C141 medical evacuation to Elmendorf Alaska before continuing to Hartford or Westover. His mother remains critically ill after a stroke.
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Smith
Flynn
Vietnam
China
Downey
Clark Air Base
Hong Kong
Clark
William
New York
News
Elmendorf Air Base
Alaska
Hartford
Conn
Westover Air Base
Massachusetts
Peking
New Britain General Hospital
Peron Candidate Leading Field In Argentine Presidential Race
In Buenos Aires Hector J Campora leads with 2 011 275 votes 46 percent as 55 560 precincts report. Ricardo Balbin trails with 962 217 votes 22 percent amid seven other candidates. A runoff within a month seems likely.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan. Peron
Hector J. Campora
Ricardo Balbin
Radical Civic Union
Campora
Balbin
Group Seeks Ouster of Dawson at Elkmont Principal
Athens Limestone County Board of Education will hear a delegation of Elkmont parents seeking to remove principal Frank Dawson. A circulating petition requests parent statements as the board considers revisions to the two year dress code and other concerns raised by the community.
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Athens
Limestone County Board of Education
Elkmont
Frank Dawson
Dawson
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Aedge
Madonna
Ninth Street United Methodist Church
John B. Butler
Eastmeade SE
Rising Sun Lodge No
Brook
American Legion
Turner's
Spring Ave
Adams Group
CWF
First Christian Church
Lee
Lowell Stinson
Woodland St
North Alabama Genealogical Society
Mutual Savi
Melbourne Wallace
Birmingham
Morgan County Women’s Council of Realtors
Ian Coun
First United Methodist Church
Paul Ransford
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Decatur Newcomers Club
Eee Country Club
Tht Presbyterian Church
Harmony Grove Church
Punkin Center
Lowell McGee Singers
Eense
Aquadome
Oven
P.o.w.’S
Congress
South Vietnam
Kissinger
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Joint Economic Commission
Pentagon
State Department
White
Senate
Congressional
Nixon
Executive
Executive Branch
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Miles W. Kilpatrick
Senate Finance Committee
Interior Committee
Agriculture Committee
R.E.A
Rural Electrification Administration
Committee On Education and Labor
White House
Charles L. Schultz
Johnson
Brookings Institution
Shultz
REAP
Office of Economic Opportunity
Johnson Administration
U.S. News & World Report
Kennedy
Clark Mollenhoff
The
Des Moines Register
Franklin Roosevelt
Clinton Rossiter
Eisenhower
Henry Steel Commager
Nixon White House
Wounded Knee, S. D
Pine Ridge Reservation
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