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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1972
Page
2
United Appeal Seeks Calhoun County Support This Harvest
In this October harvest time Calhoun Countians unite for the United Appeal to fund 26 agencies through the United Fund. The drive aims for a $340 000 goal with broad participation via gifts or payroll deductions to ensure cost effective, year round services for health and welfare needs. Let us all share together and get the job done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun
United Appeal
United Fund
Calhoun County
Voter items listed for Morgan County Alabama election 1972
John C McBride gives notice of Morgan County Alabama election on November 7 1972 listing United States Senate candidates Richard Jones James Faulkner Carl Elliott and others, local offices including Sheriff Treasurer and Education Board, and amendments on liquor sales and legislative session terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
United States
John Sparkman
Onn
Richard Lee Holmes
Court of Criminal Appeals
John C. Tyson
John ©. Harris
Alabama Public Service Reformm Galt
Jodie Connell
Bertha Wallis Lee
Lionel M. Ledbetter
United States Congress
Bob Jones
Shirley Irwin
Dieter J Schrader
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Tom Brindley
Lucius Amerson
J. W Flowers
Owen Leach
Robert Argo
Margaret Tyson Badham
Leola Williams
Freddie C Rogers
Jerry Crabtree
Lois Butterworth
June Carter
J. E. Brantley
Alex HuFger
Bentley Owens
Nannie Myrtie
Barney Weeks
Charlie Burgess
B. Ray Holland
W. C. Bentley
Cleon Yates
Bobby Hayden
Morgan County
Joan C. McBride
Decatur High Crowns Queen at Homecoming 1972
Decatur High School named Miss Homecoming 1972 as Pretty Leigh Jackson during halftime of the Red Raider Coffee football game. The senior daughter of Dr and Mrs Laurence Jackson of 2002 Brookmeade Rd SE, Decatur, she was crowned after Decatur won the game 7 to 6. Photo by William Szczepanski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretty Leigh Jackson
Decatur High School
Red Raider
Miss Jackson
Laurence Jackson
Brookmeade Rd
Decatur
William Szczepanski
World Racking Horse Celebration Opens At Southeastern Center
Joe Bright president of the Racking Horse Breeders Association previews the first annual World Racking Horse Celebration at the Southeastern Horse Center. The show begins at noon with the world champion crowned tonight as horses arrive from 16 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Bright
Racking Horse Breeders Association
Southeastern Horse Center
Bright
Multistate Racking Horse Show Aims for Annual Center Run
The show opens at noon with 23 classes, features a racking horse sale after the first session, and an evening run beginning at 7 30. Judges include Buddy Moore David Bledsoe and W M Fleming with Sam Gibbons as scorer and Dr O E Brannon as ringmaster. The event may become an annual Center attraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Buddy Moore
Shelbyville
Tenn
David Bledsoe
Leeds
W. M. Fleming
Okolona
Sam Gibbons
Athens
Emmett Guy
Jackson
Miss
O. E. Brannon
Cedartown, Ga
Alabama prison medical care judged barbarous and shocking
In a 12 page ruling Judge Johnson found Alabama prison medical care barbarous and cruel, noting inmates pull teeth, suture, dispense drugs, and use rags as bandages. Sullivan defended efforts to correct deficiencies, while the class action suit claims deprivation of proper medical treatment faced inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Alabama
Sullivan
Government Says Busing Remedies Must Be Educational
The Busing Department contends that Judge Doyle overreached with broad remedies and urges school board led, school by school analyses. It supports existing findings of unequal dropout rates and test scores as proof of discrimination but favors targeted educational remedies over removing neighborhood school policies. The brief, filed by Griswold and Norman, notes the case now reaches the Supreme Court after Denver Circuit partial overturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin N. Griswold
David L. Norman
Civil Rights Division
William Doyle
District Court
Doyle
U.S. Circuit Court
Denver
Supreme Court
Nixon
Want Ads Burned or Disfigured Beyond Recognition
Classified page items labeled want ads appear burned or damaged beyond recognition, leaving the notices unreadable and hindering inquiries for services or goods. Local staff report extreme heat and smoke affected several blocks, with no injuries reported.
Desegregation Bill Routed to Senate Calendar
Filibuster kept the measure from the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee and sent it to the Senate calendar. It bans busing beyond the next nearest school and allows reopening court ordered desegregation plans to fit the bill. The plan aims to channel 5 million dollars yearly to improve schools in low income neighborhoods, mainly affecting the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D-Ala
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Senate
South
Decatur Zoning Map Amended by City Council Ordinance
The City of Decatur Alabama approves amendments to Chapter 27 and the Decatur Zoning Map changing boundary lines in Brookhaven Subdivision areas to place property in R4 and M1 districts now classified as Office District. The ordinance takes effect upon adoption and publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Alabama
City of
Office
The
Planning Department
Florence Adams
Public Welfare
Old Mouiton Road
N W
Brookhaven Subdivision
Grainageway
Central Parkway
S.W
Weather outlook for Decatur area with cooling trend
Decatur and vicinity forecast shows a high of 75 Friday with a low around 53 at 6 am and a low tonight in the upper 30s. Today will be clearing and cooler with a high in the upper 60s Sunday. Sunrise 6 17 am sunset 6 20 pm. Temperature timeline lists readings from 10 pm to 5 pm with highs near 75 and lows near 54.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Lifesaving Gear Urged After Rise in Boat Fatalities
Tennessee reports show 25 boating accidents with 11 injuries and 21 drownings from January to July 1971, up from 26 incidents, nine injuries, and 13 fatalities in the prior year. David M. Goodrich of the Game and Fish Commission cites negligence for lack of lifesaving equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tennessee
David M. Goodrich
Tennessee Game and Fish Commission
Limestone Wet-Dry Vote Fails to Meet Ballot Signatures
Leaders of a Limestone County movement say their effort to place a wet-dry referendum on the November 7 ballot has apparently failed. Buck Bentley, who spearheaded the petition drive, said the group hopes to still reach the required voter signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Limestone County
K. Q. (Buck) Bentley
Referendum petitions face deadline amid signature disputes
The Decatur Daily reports Limestone County petitions for a referendum are facing a deadline after the probate judge invalidated some signatures for not meeting the 2,368 required. Bentley calls it a last ditch effort as workers race to collect more signatures, with 1,500 already gathered and deceased signers being challenged. Local petition leaders plan to double the signatures to ensure validity and may aim for a December 1 target if enough signatures are obtained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calla
Limestone County
Bentley
Iota County
Stennis cites lack of HCS blame in Lavelle case
The Joint Chiefs of Staff backed a committee finding that Lavelle bore no blame for the Lavelle affair. Lavelle retains retirement income of 25,000 dollars annually, tax favored due to a 70 percent disability after a flight physical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Stennis
Lavelle
Police Raid at VFEW Post Seizes Alcohol and Arrests Man
Officers raided the Veicray Fol Foreign Wars Post 4190 Annex on Holly St Friday, seizing nine cases of beer five bottles of bourbon two bottles of gin and one bottle of vodka. Verlin D Moses custodian was arrested and charged with violation of the prohibition law amid complaints from families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecatarpoine
Veicray Fol Foreign Wars
Holly St
Frank Shafer Jr
Verlin D. Moses
Shafer
Moses
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