Miss Point Mallard pageant to feature 20 entrants from Decatur area
The Miss Point Mallard Pageant crowns the 20 contestants for the June 21 Miss Alabama Pageant in Birmingham. Suzanne Dennie will perform and crown the winner at Point Mallard Aquatics Area. Contenders include Deborah Acker Elizabeth Brooks Nancy Eich Kyle Ellis Judith Jones Carol Medders Sandra McWaters Lisa Scott Sherri Smith Rebecca Stephenson and Sandra Thompson among others from Decatur Auburn Florence and Huntsville with talents in dance sewing music drama and vocal performance.
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Aquatics
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Ruth Frazer
Deborah Lynn Acker
Chapel Hill Rd
Calhoun Junior College
Deborah
Blue Birds
R. T. Acker
Elizabeth Kay Brooks
Gene A. Brooks
Edgewood St
Auburn University
Elizabeth
Phi Mu Sorority
Calhoun
Miss Spirit of America
Auburn
Calendar Girl
Nancy Childs Eich
Austin High School
S. M. Eich Jr
6Th Ave
Nancy
Judith Gaye Jones
University of Alabama
Huntsville
Darrell M. Jones
Freemont St
Alpha Delta Pi Sorority
Old Miss
Judith
Carol Denise Medders
W. L. Medders
5Th Ave
Carol
Austin
Interact Club
Sandra
Florence State University
Lisa Lynne Scott
Lisa
Clyde Rufus Scott
Sherri Lynn Smith
Nixon Welcome in Dixie in Birmingham amid Wallace crowd
President Nixon and Governor Wallace greeted a large Alabama crowd in Birmingham during a two city visit described as non political. Nixon praised the New South and said the nation would gain from regional development while outlining his peace and economic goals. He spoke to about 50 000 people at Parliament House and briefed 100 news executives in Mobile on revenue sharing.
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Heart of Dixie
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Tuscaloosa
Tombigbee
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Browns Ferry
Tennessee Valley Authority
Limestone County
Corps of Engineers
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Congress
Columbus
Miss
Mobilians
Wallace
Albert Brewer
Julie
David Eisenhower
Wallaces
Nine Fruit Pickers Murdered in Yuba County Slayings
Sheriff announces nine bodies found in two Yuba City area orchards with machete wounds. Farm labor contractor Juan Corona, 37, arrested on nine counts of murder as investigation seeks motive and timelines for killings of transient workers aged 40 to 60. Bodies located over two sites, with graves described and weapon identified as a machete or heavy knife.
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Pete Weisser
Associated Press
Yuba City
Calif
Corona
Whiteacre
Frank Cartoscelli
Kenneth Whitacre
Alameda
Bay
San Francisco
Jack Sullivan
Ray Duran
Sheriff's Office
Sullivan
Gas leak prompts Mobile evacuation and curfew in Chattanooga
MOBILE ALAS brief reports a ruptured pipe at a chemical plant forced evacuation of a roughly mile wide area in north Mobile. CHATTANOOGA TN says Mayor Robert Kirk Walker imposed a dusk to dawn curfew for four nights to curb racial disorders with National Guard activity limited to night patrols.
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Mobile
Ala
Chattanooga
Weather outlook Athens then Thursday mild with highs in 86
Sunny and mild today through Thursday with temperatures reaching 86 during the day and 52 at night. Complete weather, map, and river page reference placed on A3.
Plane Plotters Net $560 000
Australian airline Quantas paid 560000 to a gang claiming a barometric bomb was aboard a Boeing 707 with 116 passengers. The plane landed safely in Sydney after a five minute fuel warning and an airport search found no bomb. Police link the plot to a TV movie titled Doomsday Flight.
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Ian McCausland
Associated Press
Sydney
Australia
Quantas
Graduation set for 551 seniors at two high schools
About 551 students from Austin and Decatur high schools will receive diplomas Thursday at 8 p.m. Austin expects 240 graduates and Decatur 311. Speakers will be the valedictorians and salutatorians. Austin valedictorians are Mary Jane Evans Myra Driver and Linda Niesen with Jimmy Massey as salutatorian, while Decatur valedictorians are Dennis Terry Debi Belt Clyde Whitworth Lisa Harris and Randy McGill with Joh Taylor as salutatorian.
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Austin and
Decatur
Austin
J. V. Sailors
Decatur High School
Ray Worth
DHS
Austin High School
Mary Jane Evans
Myra Driver
Linda Niesen
Jimmy Massey
MGB Roadster Sold After Quick Call Rush
Johnny Peck sold his 1965 MGB Roadster to the first caller and received ten more inquiries. The car is described as in real good condition and priced at $850. Contact days 773 9144 nights 773 6657 to place a want ad in DECATUR DAILY reaching 75 000 readers.
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Johnny Peck
Cens
Decatur Daily
Austin High star Pat Stanley signs with Mississippi State
Pat Stanley, a 6-3 190 pound senior from Austin High, becomes the second Decatur athlete in two weeks to sign an athletic grant in aid with Mississippi State University. Stanley earned MVP honors in football and basketball and was named Best All-Round Athlete by Austin coaches.
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Austin High
Pat Stanley
Decatur
Mississippi State University
Stanley
Austin
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