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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1963
Page
8
A wartime notice outlines radio stations WMSL Mutual WHOS AM FM MC WHRT WAJF WIJIMW AM WJOF and others with broadcast hours from 4:55 A.M. to Midnight and sunset constraints and directs tuning to 640 or 1240 in case of enemy attack.
Cynthia Lowry discusses television status symbols and celebrity travel as NBC plans a fall news show and CBS introduces Chronicle. Dorothy Kilgallen returns to What's My Line? while NBC, CBS schedule new programs and a feature on small country newspapers airs.
Lola D. Lewis is charged with first degree murder in the shooting of her husband, Huntsville police Lt. Ira Talley Lewis. He died after being shot at their home following a domestic squabble. Lewis, a 17 year veteran of the Huntsville police, left no children.
The Justice Department is asked to proceed with condemnation to obtain land for a new post office in Mobile Alabama after a conference between Postmaster General J Edward Day and Messrs Sparkman and Hill prominent Alabama Democrats.
Many houses from before 1955 lack effective wall insulation, leaving interiors exposed to heat loss and drafts. Builders and inspectors note minimal insulation in older structures, with significant impact on energy efficiency and comfort.
James Marlow surveys Cold War clashes from Cuba to Italy and Turkey. He notes missile deployments, espionage cases and prisoner exchanges including Donovan's talks with Castro. The piece links official aid to private leverage and highlights recent releases of Americans and Cubans in a web of diplomacy.
Montgomery AP reports the first public auction of surplus state motor vehicles under Gov. Wallace is scheduled for May 8. Finance Director Seymore Trammell said 136 automobiles and station wagons and 89 trucks will be sold at the Kilby Prison sale lot. The state owns about 4,000 vehicles and Wallace aims to cut that total by 1,000.
Gov. George Wallace will address a noon luncheon in Jasper at the dedication of a new Arrow Shirt Co. plant. The factory, once at full capacity, will employ about 400 people.
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