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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1968
Page
2
A Daily staff writer recounts his personal struggle with obesity, detailing lifelong weight gain from childhood through 1960s adulthood. He describes dieting attempts, medical concerns, social teasing, and a two week weight loss of 18 pounds as he aims to drop 60 more pounds in six months.
The Limestone County Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit First Presbyterian Church in Athens on Tuesday from 2 to 8 p.m. Robert Abercrombie of Lacey's Spring has been promoted to cadet major in ROTC at Jacksonville State University. He serves as S-3 in the 1st Battalion of the 1500 cadet brigade and majors in business with an economics minor. The Hartselle Cemetery Association plans a meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Mayor's office, City Hall, to discuss upkeep issues. In Athens a political rally at Pleasant Point Community Center will feature a chicken stew supper from 5 to 7 p.m. and a rally at 7, with The Fiddlers Five providing music.
Huntsville Festival of the Arts begins this Saturday with the Showcase of the Arts at 8 p.m. The program features Huntsville Little Theater Fantasy Playhouse Huntsville Community Chorus and the Civic Opera Society performing music and skits.
Decatur Senator Ollie W. Nabors of Etowah County will be the guest speaker at the Rotary Club noon meeting at Decatur Inn. Nabors served in the state legislature 1962 1966 and is now a state senator. The club notes his awards as outstanding freshman legislator in 1963 and outstanding debater in 1965.
Debi Faubion of Norman Oklahoma earns the 1968 America's Junior Miss crown and a total prize of 14 500 dollars. She claimed a 10 000 dollar top scholarship after Friday night television competition, plus 2 000 from preliminaries 1 500 from co sponsor scholarships and 1 000 from the state contest.
State Finance Director Seymore Trammell labeled a proposal to double teacher pay as fiscally irresponsible during remarks in Montgomery. He cautioned about the financial strain of increasing promised wages without offsetting budget provisions, urging careful consideration by lawmakers.
Governor Lurleen Wallace remains seriously ill in a Montgomery hospital after an abdominal abscess operation. Doctors report fever abated but vital signs normal. she is fed intravenously as she recovers. The Alabama Education Association discussed teacher pay raises, with proposals for eight percent pending fiscal approval and possible legislative funding adjustments.
West Coast senator Mark Hatfield told Alabama AP Broadcasters that McCarthy Kennedy moves may birth a peace party. He predicted Wallace would win more conservative Democratic votes than Republicans and urged Nixon Rockefeller to spell out Vietnam plans.
Oakdale Homemakers Club and Paul Henning secured a vintage Irene Ryan dress for the Athens Limestone Sesquicentennial to raise funds for the local Cancer Fund drive. The dress will be displayed in stores and raffle tickets will be sold through the celebration to benefit a $3,550 goal.
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