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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1972
Page
5
The column notes reader annoyances with mispronunciations and self words. It explains proper reflexive pronoun use and cites examples such as himself versus he and Irish dialect quirks. It defines solecism from Greek roots and ends with pronunciation guidance on the o in solecism.
Police traced a caller to a pay booth at King's Grocery after a Tuesday threat to bomb the Decatur Inn. A limited interior search found no device. Separate report: burglars broke into Somerville Road Elementary School via a library window and consumed food before leaving.
The Eastwood PTA sponsors a Red Cross Bloodmobile event at Eastwood Elementary on Tuesday from noon to 6 pm aiming to collect 200 pints. PTA chair Mrs. James D Moore leads pledge efforts and civic group outreach while students hand out pledge cards.
Lester Shelby Wilson resigns as administrator of D. E. Jackson Memorial Hospital effective immediately to take a role at Calhoun Junior College. A replacement is to be named next week while a $100,000 grant from the Tri County Appalachian Regional Health Planning Commission remains under consideration for equipment purchases.
Four people were injured in a two vehicle crash on Lawrence County Rd 26 east of Moulton at 5:25 p.m. Sybil Joyce Oliver 20 of Moulton Irwin Glenn Stud 15 of Trinity Mary Lynn Gilliand 18 of Jonestown and Elizabeth Ann Gilliand 14 of Moulton were treated. Mary Lynn Gilliand and Elizabeth Ann Gilliand were released from Decatur General Hospital. Oliver and Strickland were listed in good condition at local hospitals. Donald Wayne Oliver was not injured.
New York film crew touring the Tennessee Valley for Dimensions Visual Inc to film Alabama attractions and residents for a year end release. They interview Hugh Russell in Moulton Street, ride Point Mallard trails, and recruit Glenda Harvey as a Dixie belle for lighthearted narration.
Saigon reports the heavy cruiser Newport News incurred 21 American deaths and 53 wounded last week, with 19 killed and 37 wounded on Oct 1 when a shell exploded in a big gun. Navy calls it an accident but the command lists casualties as combat losses.
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