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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1972
Page
3
Decatur area river reading this morning stood at 17.64 feet with sea level 551.94. Temperatures reached 80 degrees at 3 p.m. and 59 overnight. Forecast calls for cooler conditions with a 40 percent chance of rain today, clearing tonight, and mild fair weather Thursday. Climate data shows highest 80 and lowest 60 for Tuesday, 70 on average, with 58 inches of total precipitation for the day and 4.67 inches for the month.
Bill Still of the O. M. Scott Company visits the Paul C. Davis Ace Hardware Store on Friday and Saturday to discuss programs for a beautiful lawn. Turfbuilder Bonus and Halts Crabgrass killer are on sale at the Moulton Street location.
Daily records show admissions and dismissals for Decatur General and area listings. Birth announcements include Herschel Guinn Jr and Carl William Stuart, with multiple families from Decatur, Trinity, Madison, Moulton, and surrounding towns. Weather outlook calls for cooler spells with rain chances late week and next weekend.
A nine man and three woman jury resumes hearing evidence in the first degree murder trial of Carl Edward Willingham 22 of Courtland charged with stabbing Sol Madden to death last August. Willingham has had two prior mistrials and relatives Henry Willingham and Almon Kimbrell were convicted of jury tampering. The judge has ordered sequestration and the jury stayed overnight in Decatur. Madden was killed behind a Courtland business on August 1.
Anderson, a daughter at Athens Limestone Ital. Mr and Mrs Jerry Clinard, Athens, a daughter at Athens Limestone Hospital. Mr and Mrs Donnie Cowart, Moulton, a son Tuesday at Lawrence County Hospital. Mr and Mrs Glenn Smith, a daughter at Cullman Hospital. The Highway Patrol reported two injuries in one-vehicle crashes near Athens and Hillsboro. Trooper J E Fuller investigating. Fire alarms in Decatur and Hartselle as listed.
Oregon Wisconsin AP reports Sen. Edmund S. Muskie, age 58, says he is not bragging about his birthday. He quips that at his age there is nothing to cheer about during a party hosted by his aides.
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