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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1972
Page
11
On lively New York nights crowds fill 53rd Street and Seventh Avenue while Mayor Lindsay and police praise the city. Rita Dimitri headlines at Chansonette as Ali McGraw and others shop, dine, and gossip about gambling laws, showbiz comebacks, and Hollywood–Broadway crossovers.
The Raleigh shopping center shooting left three dead and eight wounded. Harvey McLeod, 22, fired a semiautomatic rifle bought hours earlier for 54.95, then died in a car lot. His father expressed shock and inability to explain the act.
Altrusa Club meets at Annie Murphy home 417 Oak St NE at 7 p.m. Executive board Pilot Club meets at Dot Harvey home at 7 p.m. Gov Beasley to address Decatur civilian Club at Decatur Inn at noon. Ladies day program planned. Decatur La Council exec committee at Shangri La Restaurant noon. Cerebral Palsy Women’s Committee meets at Mr Good Guy Restaurant 7 p.m. DeMolay Commandery 14 Knights Templar conclave at Masonic Temple 7:30 p.m. Pitot Club at Decatur Inn 7 p.m. Garden Club plans at Frank Gresham home 1814 Woodmont Dr 7:30 p.m. Aquagame Review at Austin High Mscnnes Auditorium 7:30 p.m. Admission free. Hartselle Bible School registration East Highlands Church 9:00–10:30 a.m. Monday through June 16.
In Morgan County Alabama housing foreclosure notices detail a mortgage on a Decatur property with sale to satisfy debt. The notice lists court case CI 71 0365 and names involved including Housing Authority of Decatur and multiple descendants and defendants with condemnation actions and deadlines.
Arlington Memorial Day scene shows Audie Murphy's grave adorned with flowers as pay respects at Arlington Cemetery. Murphy died May 28 1971 in a Virginia plane crash after rising from the ranks to become an officer and the nation's most decorated soldier.
In the probate court Alabama Morgan County a petition by Allen Jones seeks probate of the last will and testament of Edna Lewis deceased. The petitioner directs notice to Elkiridge Jones 1207 Cameron St Alexandria Virginia and to all other interested parties.
Cadillac confirms the Eldorado donated to Leonid I. Brezhnev included nearly all available options, including an AM FM stereo, tape deck, tinted glass, and a kilo speedometer, with no armor or special safety gear. The car was built May 16 and delivered secretly as Nixon toured Moscow. In Port Elizabeth, Prof. Christiaan Barnard releases Heart Attack while ex-wife publishes Heartbreak about their split. brother Marius teases Heartburn in a speech.
Physicians at Albert Einstein College of Medicine used acupuncture needles to anesthetize a patient's legs for a skin graft, marking the first reported hospital use in the United States. Interest in acupuncture grew after President Nixon's February China trip. The patient was 65 years old.
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