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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1972
Page
5
Charles Gunthorth and Councilmen Ray Nixon and Dewayne Cameron lost decisive margins in a Tuesday election. The defeat followed years of unkept promises from Gunthorth including a garbage fee and a municipal coliseum plan.
The North Central Alabama Regional Council of Governments unveils a new computerized system to project regional growth. It speeds long range planning, reducing weeks of work to minutes and aids school superintendents, engineers, law enforcement, extension agents and other staff in decisions affecting 18 municipalities and three counties.
Athens hosts the sixth annual Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention on October 6 and 7 at Athens College. T. A. Hudson, association president, says national press coverage should boost attendance beyond last year’s crowd of 300 musicians and 5,000 spectators. The event features jam sessions and bluegrass and old time competitions.
A letter to the editor urges the new Decatur governing body to prioritize full city water services like neighbor Tupelo, borrowing funds to expand systems for residents. The piece also notes local Old Time Fiddle King events in Athens and TVOTFA scholarships tied to Athens College with cash prizes and a Sept. write-in.
Two American women escorting POWs in Hanoi endured four air raid alerts in five hours as they awaited word on the release of three captured pilots. Olga Charles and Minnie Lee Gartley faced basements and bunkers while officials said the prisoners could be released soon.
Shell Oil Co has begun drilling the first wildcat in a 12 well joint venture in the Warrior Basin spanning northwest Alabama and northeast Mississippi. Spudded No 1 Frances Bell Exam 1 near Carrollton Pickens County aiming 6800 feet to reach Knox Dolomite with a second well planned near Gordo at 6200 feet. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co joins Shell in the venture which covers about 1.5 million acres with a minimum 12 wells across a Gordo to Mississippi border oval.
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