Help understanding my odd timing?!?!

Moper, Strokerscamp, Fishy68 and everyone else, THANKYOU for your patience and help! Now newest question. I was trying the paper towel in the hole and when i got to tdc it popped it out of the spark plug hole. Wouldn't this indicate tdc on comp. stroke? If not then I need to pull the V/C and check furhter. After I set the intermediate drive shaft to point to #1 with previous check of tdc (paper towel) tryed firing it, no go. I then pulled the dist. and the intermediate shaft is not where i left it at tdc from before? Could the shaft not be seating and popping up and moving even with dist. loosley held down for timing adjustment? I go to work soon so i will check back in the morning. Again thx all. Kevin