DHS Majorette Wins Ole Miss Scholarship
Seventeen year old Diane Collins head majorette at Decatur High School earned a scholarship to the University of Mississippi for this fall as part of the Rebelette twirling unit. The Decatur student auditioned three weeks ago and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Bill Collins.
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Diane Collins
Decatur High School
University of Mississippi
Diane
Bill Collins
Fairway Dr. SE
Ole Miss
Decatur
Ole Miss Rebel
Luther M. Snavely Jr
Rebelettes
Mike Carroll
Stanford University
J. H. Carroll
The
Baptist Church
F. C. Jones
Sallie Shepherd
Medical Park Convalescent Center
Brenda Fagan
Baugh-Wiley‘Smith Hospital
Carl Condra
Muscle Shoals
Don Marsh
Courtland High School
R. G. Wells
George Wells
Emily
Ben Corum
Moulton
Buford ‘Corum
Grant Peebles
Ervin Terry
Soviet Series Portrays Ordinary America Across Nation
In a broad Moscow series, journalists Boris Strelnikov and Vasily Peskov describe American life with minimal polemics. They note the $900 Indian scalp, Lincoln’s birthplace, and the uniformity of small towns with familiar sights from gas stations to billboards, as Brezhnev’s U.S. visit looms.
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Moscow
America
Lincoln
Communist Party
United States
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Boris Strelnikov
Vasily Peskov
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
Abraham Lincoln
Santa Fe
Decatur Native Wins Award of Excellence at Amoco event
Gallaudet College student Jim B. Bishop Jr. from Decatur received Amoco Oil Co’s Award of Excellence for his role as King Creon in Antigone, performed in sign language at Kennedy Center during the American College Theatre Festival. The festival honors top college shows from about 320 entrants.
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Washington
Gallaudet College
Decatur
Amoco Oil Co
Jim B. Bishop, Jr
King Creonin_ Gallaudet
Sophocles
Kennedy Center
ACTF
American Theatre Association
Stevenson T. Walker
Amoco
Chicago
Walker
Montgomery
Atas
American Airlines
Smithsonian Institution
American National Theatre and Academy
Gallaudet
Liberal Arts College
Auburn Honors Johnny Waters for Top Arts and Sciences Graduate
Waters of Moulton received the President's Award at Auburn University as the outstanding graduate in the School of Arts and Sciences. A geology graduate, he published papers in the Journal of Paleontology and Geological Society of America Bulletin and read before several scientific societies. He accepted a fellowship at Indiana University and worked with Auburn geology during the year plus summers at Indiana University and the University of Kansas.
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Johnny Arlton Waters
Moulton
Auburn University
School of Arts and Sciences
Waters
Spencer A.waters
Journal of Paleontology
Geological Society of America Bulletin
University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions
Alabama Academy of Sciences
South Central
Geological Society of American
Alabama
American Statistical Association
Johnny A. Waters
Harry M. Philpott
Auburn University School of Arts and Sciences
Mutinous Velos Captain, Sailors Seek asylum in Italy
Greek destroyer Velos mutineers led by Capt. Nicholas Pappas take over 30 crewmen to seek political asylum in Italy while the remaining 240 stay aboard to return to Greece. The Velos, off Fiumicino near Rome, had left NATO maneuvers amid tensions with the Athens regime after a failed coup attempt.
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Hilmitoros Rome
Velos
Athens
Italy
Greece
Nicholas Pappas
Pappas
Rome
Fiumicino
NATO
Gasoline Shortages Warning Across Memorial Day Weekend
Motorists face limited gas supplies as many stations ration fuel and warn of possible runs out by Monday. Officials including William E. Simon and Don Hinman urge planning, while reports vary by state with some areas seeing adequate stock and others enforcing strict limits.
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Associated Press
William E. Simon
Treasury
Oil Policy Committee
Don Hinman
Civil Defense
Iowa
Hinman
Wisconsin
The
American Automobile Association
Milwaukee
Lake Geneva
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Gordon Bibb Elementary School
Rita Landers
Janet Corbin
Sherree Casteel
Edwin Motes
Grady Dempsey
Jeff Smith
Donnie Parnell
Darryl Allred
Jim Scroggins
Mike Gleason
Rosemary Doughtery
Phyllis Hopper
DHS
Joy Collins
Mrs. Enon White
Ted White
Addison
Westly Glover
Hartselle
Emmitt Knopp
Simcoe
Sally Reese
Cullman Hospital
Maedell Tilly
Eulene Wallace
Robert Tryree
Huntsville
Donald Skinner
Orlando
Fla
Carl [Reese
Larry Dutton
Baby
Teddy White
Stephanie
Brusby Pond
Bonnie Bryant
South Central Bell
Birmingham
Martha Roberts Ec
Shae
China
Cam Frank & Moore
Bank St
Russ
By Roger Leddington
Hillsboro
Martha Marsh
Deer Springs
M. L. Cox
McAnnally
Amy Terry
Roy Speakman
State Line Baptist Church
Ardmore
Tenn
W. O. Luker
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Pharmacy
Westgate Shopping Center
Ass’t
Gibson‘s Price
Polaroid
ICE
Gibson’s Price
Bo Ma le Li
S.1
Gibson’s
Freezer
Scm
Dpi
ALA
LEC A
Tas State
SAE 30 Reg
H.D
Havoline
Texaco
Chevron
Quaker State
SHELL
LEE
Fightweight
Rustproof
Prestone
ZEREX
Wright & McGill
Coast Guard
Gibson
Ogee
Decatur Native
Vern’ Mowry Roberts
ATA
New York City
Hunter College
Bishop
Calhoun Junior College
J. B. Bishop
Walnut Street
Noe
John Schuchman
Gilbert Eastman
Vera Roberts
Jim Bishop
Auburn
Johnny Waters
By Louise Cook
Department of Transportation
Connecticut
Connecticut Turnpike
Merritt Parkway
Wilbur Cross Parkway
J. W. Folger
Richmond
State Gasoline Dealers Association
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