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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1972

Page

13

Austin Boosters To Hold Meeting At School Cafeteria

Austin High School booster club schedules a 7 PM meeting in the school cafeteria. All members urged to attend as new officers will be elected.

Austin High School

Raider Booster Meeting At Decatur High Tonight

The Red Raider Booster Club at Decatur High School will meet at 7 PM tonight at the T. C. Almon Recreation Center. It is the first gathering under the club’s newly elected officers.

Decatur High School T. C. Almon Recreation Center

Boston Tops Rangers 6-5 in playoff opener

Boston defeated New York 6 to 5 in a fast paced NHL playoff game on Saturday. The Bruins take a 1-0 series lead as the best of seven begins with strong scoring from Boston.

Boston New York Associated Press Baltimore Cleveland Milwaukee Minnesota Oakland Chicago Kansas City Kensens City Somend Texas California Sundey

Scoreboard summary from mixed baseball entries

Baseball scoreboard shows AMERICAN major and minor teams with players like Bobby, Stackhouse, Hester, and Frost. Listings include TWINS Red Sox and Pirates at Los Angeles with pitchers Hester Clabhorn Berm and others.

Paul Stackhouse Jeff Hamilton Pate Joe R Keith Frost Joe Morris Kein Frost Jerald Newsom Gary Hester Joe Twins

Blue Continues Salary Talks Over Player Awards

Finley disclosed offers tied to Vida Blue, who earned 14,750 last year with a 248 record and major awards. The owner cited a 50,000 repoint of 1872 plus 13,000 bonus for 1971, including 5,000 for fees and 8,000 for Blue’s college education, while Gerst demanded 115,000 and sought not to issue a joint statement.

Blue Finley Gerst Vida

Pirates Drop Pitching Duel as Niekro Tops Bucs

Atlanta starter Phil Niekro scattered eight hits over eight innings, matching a 2-0 lead built by Orlando Cepeda and Rico Carty. Richie Hebner broke the shutout with a ninth inning homer for Pittsburgh as Roberto Clemente urged steady play and Stargell dodged knee concerns.

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Courtland Thea Glove Team Tops Florence Outs

Courtland's thea Glove team won 9 of 12 outs against host Florence. Winners include Ronnie Logston Randy Waldrops Jerry Goode Bobby Stanley and Terry Robinson. Courtland's next match is in two weeks. Wanna ads get results.

Florence Courtland Thea Florence Re Ronnie Logston Randy Waldrops Jerry Goode Bobby Stanley Terry Robinson

Petty Wins Virginia 500 as Crowd Packs Martinsville

Richard Petty wins the 17th Virginia 500 at Martinsville for the seventh time, fending off Bobby Allison in a crowded stock car race watched by 29,500 fans. Allison’s Chevrolet led early but lost laps after a pit stop and a stop-sign violation assisted Petty’s victory, with a final order including Marcis, Gordon, Pearson, and Hylton among top finishers.

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Lakers Edge Knicks Despite Chamberlain’s Cold Shooting

Wilt Continued sacrificed his shooting to play other roles as the Lakers improved defensively and Gail Goodrich scored 31. The Knicks relied on DeBusschere’s injury and Chamberlain drawing fouls on Lucas who finished with 16 points. Walt Frazier led New York with 21.

Lakers Gail Goodrich DeBusschere Chamberlain Lucas Knicks Walt Frazier New York

Fourth foul benches star in dire third period

The player failed to match early accuracy, picked up his fourth foul in the third period, and joined DeBusschere on the bench as the team struggled.

DeBusschere

First Free Will Baptist Church Bonds for Sale

Decatur Alabama church issues 75000 church bonds Series 2 on October 1 1971 to fund construction of a new auditorium. 8 percent annual interest paid and purchasable in 100 250 500 1000 increments. State National Bank of Alabama acts as paying agent. any Federal Reserve member bank will cash at maturity.

First Free Will Baptist Church of Decatur Alabama Danville Road S.W State National Bank of Alabama Federal Reserve Bank

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