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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1962

Page

11

Athens College Awards Presented To Leaders

Bill Bartholomew and Linda Maddox won the Nazarethan Cup for outstanding service to Athens College presented by Miss Angeline Nazaretian. The ceremony also named nine students to Who's Who, announced new student government officers, and presented the freshman chemistry award to John Holland.

Athens Bill Bartholomew Birmingham Linda Maddox Athens College Angeline Nazaretian C. J. Nazaretian Fairfield Bill Ramsey High School Linda Sigma Tau Delta Spirit Committee Athens High School Virgil McCain Edward Dravecky Scotch Plains N. J G. G. Starr Starr Frances Chamber Joe Dooley Scottsboro Lee Helms Fort Payne Rebecca Hayes Jackson's Gap Harold Lyda New Market Bill Jenkins Jr Decatur J. C. Ralph Baileyton Pat Powell Roger Whitley Alexander City L. F. Edwards Tommy Guice Geraldine Nancy Cole Boaz John Holland William A. Short Center O. J. Nazaretian

Fertilizer theft charged to local man

Ivory Humphrey, 59, of Decatur 4 in the Cedar Lake Community, was arrested by the sheriff's force Wednesday and charged with grand larceny in the April 29 theft of 17 sacks of fertilizer. Humphrey remained jailed this morning.

Ivory Humphrey Decatur 4 Cedar Lake Pat Patterson Humphrey

Skinny Brown's Golf Rounds After Baseball Season

Baltimore Croke pitcher Skinny Brown played little golf during the American League season but on his first two rounds at Green Valley in Greensboro North Carolina he shot 77 and 75 after the season ended.

Skinny Brown Green Valley Greensboro N. C

JFK's Medicare Stand Grows Stronger in Policy Push

President Kennedy sharpens the no compromise position on aged medical care by tying it to Social Security, predicts House and Senate action this year, and claims growing physician support despite AMA opposition. He denies plans to cover doctors and defends wage guidelines as non inflationary.

Washington Kennedy AMA Association United States China Justice Department Hong Kong Estes Billie Sol Estes Orville Freeman U.S Thailand Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower West Germany Adenauer

Mekong Delta clash yields 72 killed 34 captured

South Vietnamese forces backed by fighter bombers and U.S. helicopters killed 72 Viet Cong and captured 34 in a Mekong Delta operation 70 miles south of Saigon. The fight, one of the bloodiest in recent weeks, began Wednesday and continued today with air strikes causing heavy casualties and government claims of about a ton of arms seized.

Saigon South Viet Nam Mekong River Delta

Grants for books aid Alabama private colleges

The W K Kellogg Foundation awards $10 000 grants to Athens College Huntingdon College St Bernard College and Stillman College in Alabama for purchasing books to strengthen their teacher preparation programs and library services over a three year period. The grants form part of a national $2 500 000 program supporting about 250 liberal arts colleges.

W. K. Kellogg Foundation Alabama Athens College Athens Huntingdon College Montgomery St. Bernard College Cullman Stillman College Tuscaloosa Foundation Pri United States

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Decatur EL Moulton JFK Medicare American Medical Association Congress House Senate Red Malcolm W. Brown Nema General Electric Yael PO National Electrical Manufacturers Association Merd Elem Laseres Our National Better Business Bureau Goon Cor. Lee Tine Stae Sky Ieea Morgan County Chirofractic Research Society Food Discount Service Co Neme U. S House of Representatives Bob Jones Public Works Committee TVA Sam Rayburn Bob Johes Sam Reyburn Pulaski, Tenn Morgan County Newton B. Powell Ala George Andrews Frank W. Boykin Carl Elliott George Grant George Huddleston JR Albert Rains Kenneth A. Roberts Armistead Selden, JR
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