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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1973

Page

3

Weather and river readings near Keller Memorial Bridge report

Decatur area weather data shows river at 18.62 feet and sea level at 552.92. TVA lake levels listed include Chickamauga 680.6 and Pickwick 410.9. Sunday high 80, low 68. today partly cloudy with 20 percent rain chance. extended mostly fair with highs in 80s. Circus worker Harry Yelding of England performed on 22 foot stilts, believed tallest ever.

Decatur and Vicinity River Reading Keller Memorial Bridge Reading TVA Chickamauga Pickwick Guntersville Whitesburg Wheeler Wilson Harry Yelding England

Tell Me Why Tell Me Why Book Draws Winners in Local Contest

A local contest winner is announced as Vickie Tritto, 13, San Leandro California. The notice invites readers to submit questions to Tell Me Why care of the paper with a zip code. It reviews early cancer science, carcinogens, tobacco smoke, pollution, and viruses as agents under study, and presents a few riddle questions and punchlines.

Vickie Tritto San Leandro Calif

Xie Matches Trick Turns Equation Upright

A puzzle asks to arrange matches to form a Roman numeral equation where eleven plus one does not equal ten. The solution is to view the table from the opposite side upside down to reveal a correct equation. The note credits Murray Carey of Lower Sackville Nova Scotia as today’s winner.

Duplicated Daily Records Dismissals List From Decatur General

A long list of dismissals and admissions at Decatur General Hospital includes numerous individuals from Decatur and surrounding towns such as Huntsville Hartselle Trinity Athens Cullman and Moulton. The notice also records births for Gary Atchley and James Bates families at Decatur General Hospital.

Decatur Albert Ross Dorothy D. Chunn Cecil L. Terry Lansing Mich Leon Pruett Clyde Melson Moulton E. McConnell Athens Connie A. Seibert Freddie J.moore Hillsboro Gary Reed Huntsville Charles K. Johnson Ellen Clinkscale James €. Harris Charles Nichols Catheryn A. Goodalecatur Illiam C. Jackson Willie M. Woodruff Hartselle James A. Dyson Arab Lonzo Nance Somerville James C. Bates Cullman Frank C. Collier William L. Glasgow Tommy Draper William R. Cowen Elbert W. Livingston Robert E.dumas James R. Matthews James H. Martin Hartsell Douglas G. Pittman Rogersville Elizabeth A-Moore James E. Adams Casper A. Frost Falkville David C. Alexander Travis O. Wadsworth Robert M. Whitehead Amy L. Justice Trinity Rube Bankhead William .L. Ditto Union Grove Eric .R. Hinz Linda D. Stephens Dec Mack Sobotka Garlin Cheatham Thomas L. F Gene Harris Theron L. Green Joe N. Curtis Douglas Lewey John W. Strain Homer R. Rollins John A. Harris Lonnie E. Downs Sanford Wyatt Talladega Paul E. Michel Jr Lawrence Anderson Jerry Lee. Pepper William L. Casey Richard D. Williams II Novella Russell Angela D William F. Parker Michael S. West Lesa R. Bannon John P. Moore Carol Sadie Glenn Martha A. Gilchrist Courtland Juanita Lancaster Annie L. Herron William R. Winkles Roylean Lewis John Looney Margrette E. Oliver Margaret Patton Donald Chandler Tanner Virginia Johnson Betty Banks Madison Orlene Carrell Grace Prickett Clifton South Albert Snoddy Lee Cagle Mary F. Bailey Sylvia Crowe Dora L. Bynum Freddie Hiroshige Gary Coury Five Points Tenn Charles Cagle Gary Atchley Decatur General Hospital James E. Bates Decatur General, Hospital

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