Calendar of Events in Decatur Area
A packed slate lists AMVETS Post 72 meeting at 7 p.m. at the VFW Annex on Holly Street and Decatur Women's Chamber of Commerce gathering at noon at Decatur Inn. Events include chitterling suppers, church singings, a gospel concert series, a spiritual life conference, a St Patrick’s Day feast, Lent studies, spring revivals, a Judo tournament at the Aquadome, and a morning and afternoon church and community activities calendar.
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Amvets Decatur Post No. 72
VFW
Holly St
Decatur Women’s Chamber of Commerce
Decatur Inn
Man Sidebotham
Bill Levin
Jim Johnson
Antioch Methodist Church
Five Points
Ladies of Deerings Baptist Church
Norris Mill Rd
Flint
Prices Store
Senior High UMYF Plans Supper and Talent Show at Central UMC
The Senior High UMYF at Central United Methodist Church will host a supper and talent show at 6 30 p m at the church to raise funds for the summer mission work project. Proceeds support youth mission efforts.
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Central United Methodist Church
MYF
Jayceettes to Observe 22nd Annual Day at City Hall
The Jayceettes and the wives of Jaycees meet at 7:30 p.m. at city hall for the 22nd annual Jayceettes Day. Past presidents are expected as members review the club's accomplishments, said Mrs. Corkey Vann.
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City Hall
Jayceettes
Corkey Vann
Jayceette
Local Traffic Fatality Adds to Limestone County Toll
Miss Smith driving a car collided with a late model truck driven by Jesse G. Cottrell of Athens around 6 30 a m. Cottrell was taken to Florence Hospital. his condition was not known. Miss Smith was a secretary at Fruehaus Corp in Decatur. State trooper George McMinn investigated. This was Limestone County s fifth traffic fatality of the year.
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Miss Smith
Jesse G. Cottrell
Athens 5
Cottrell
Florence
Athens Limestone Ambulance Service
Fruehaus Corp
Decatur
George McMinn
Limestone County
Boat Parade Set June on Tennessee River
Montana The Alabama Mountain Lakes Association plans a three day Boat Parade June 1 to 3 along Florence Decatur and Guntersville with on shore activities. Governors and state beauty queen titleholders are invited to attend and promote two multi million dollar state parks along the route.
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Tennessee River
Bob Lee
Alabama Mountain Lakes Association
Florence
Decatur
Guntersville
Lee
Jaycees
Sam Stewart
Tractor Presented to City Sanitation Department
Thornton Cole, president of Jack Cole GMC, hands over keys to a $21,053.67 tractor to city officials for the sanitation department. Mayor Russell Bolding and Councilman Charles Martin, with Harold Smith, supervise the department. paid from revenue sharing funds.
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Thornton Cole
Jack Cole
GMC
Sanitation Department
Cole
Harold Smith
Russell Bolding
Charles Martin
Passenger service stalls amid Amtrak funding debate
An Amtrak trial period may extend two years if Congress funds continued rail passenger service. A CBS report cites unsafe trains and chronic delays while Chicago bound routes, including the Floridian, show heavy losses.
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AEA
Amtrak
Congress
Cbs-Tv
Chicago
Miami
Federal Railroad
Wallace convention speakers set to address educators
Lt. Gov. Jere Beasley is slated to speak before Wallace today while Atty. Gen. Bill Baxley is expected to address educators before the convention ends. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader is the featured speaker for Friday as Dr. Leroy Brown urges a focus on developing each child’s potential.
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Jere Beasley
Wallace
Bill Baxley
Ralph Nader
Leroy Brown
Alabama
Amtrak Service Cut Would Hit Cities Beyond Alabama
Administration officials warn TOP plan would pull Amtrak service from several cities including Nashville Tennessee and Louisville Kentucky along with numerous Alabama hubs. The move targets rail routes and schedules, prompting regional concerns about transport access.
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Administration
TOP
Alabama
Amtrak
Nashville
Louisville
FDR and wife abstained according to Elliott Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt writes in Ladies' Home Journal that Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife ceased sexual relations in 1916. He cites his mother’s alleged duty to marriage, noting five children as proof, and says Eleanor Roosevelt admitted ignorance about contraception.
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New York
Elliott Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ladies’ Home Journal
Eleanor
Zsa Zsa Loses 300000 Dollar Suit
New York AP report notes actress Zsa Zsa Gabor failed to win a 300000 dollar negligence case against the Waldorf Astoria Hotel over a jewel robbery. The jury found the hotel not liable for the 253000 dollar theft after the 1960s incident where Gabor was robbed at gunpoint in a hotel elevator.
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New York
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Miss Gabor
Olga Korbut Finds Americans Love Catsup Too
Olga Korbut, the teenage Olympic gymnast, said Americans love catsup as much as she does. The Russia native noted the shared fondness during a press session in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Olga Korbut
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
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