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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1972
Page
1
Kathy and Bobby Sapp aged 12 and 10 splash the Tennessee River on a late summer afternoon. They are photographed with their parents Mr. and Mrs. A R Sapp of 804 5th Ave SE, keeping memories of a long vacation alive.
Brewer High School prepares for its first home football game on Sept 15 and a debut halftime show for the Patriot band under director Jim Crawley. Boosters raised about 6000 dollars for uniforms and instruments as the five-school program builds from scratch. Crawley notes 160 beginners across five schools and 165 in junior highs, with 40 to 45 expected to join Brewer next year.
Cotton harvesting started in Morgan, Limestone and Lawrence counties this week with activity to rise in two weeks, farm agents said. Twenty-three bales were ginned in the three counties this week. Trinity Gin Co. owned by George Collins ginned 20 bales Wednesday and Thursday. Nineteen bales belonged to Don and J. E. Sons and one to J. J. Terry. Limestone County's first and only bale was ginned at South Limestone.
Hurricane Dawn, with gusts up to 95 mph, drifts about 300 miles off Cape Hatteras and is named a potential threat to the northeast coast by the National Hurricane Center. In Washington, wholesale prices rise faster in Nixon’s first year of wage price controls, blamed on farm product hikes exempt from controls.
Six persons were arrested in Morgan County on charges of selling drugs including marijuana phencyclidine hydrochloride LSD heroin morphine and amphetamines. Undercover officers with the sheriff and Alabama DPS Narcotics Division conducted months of surveillance with District Attorney Mike Moebes. Bonds were set at 1000 for each defendant and all remain in county jail.
The former Kelly Adams, daughter of Troy State University President Ralph W. Adams, confirmed her marriage to James B. Allen Jr. in Troy. She declined to share details, and had announced wedding plans last August 6. Allen Jr. is a Troy State history professor in his second year. The couple resides in Troy.
Israeli air force planes struck guerrilla bases inside Syria and Lebanon within four miles of Damascus and into northern Lebanon near Tripoli. The raid targeted seven bases and three headquarters, with reports of casualties at Nahar El Bared refugee camp near Tripoli.
West Germany says it will take all measures to counter threats from Black September after the group demanded release of three guerrillas tied to the Olympic attack. A broadcast from Cairo warned of a heavy blow if prisoners are not freed, while authorities reported bomb threats targeting Jews in Germany for Rosh Hashanah.
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