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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1973
Page
6
A collage of reader letters to Ann Landers covers marital trust harm and car security tips with responses urging caution and professional help. A birthday notice for John Wesley Haggard marks his third year, listing family relations and locales.
Tuesday horoscope gives guidance across zodiac signs with emphasis on cautious spending and practical purchases. A birthday celebration for Gena Lahoma Hill, age three, notes her parents Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hill of 1635 Jackson St SE and grandparents John Reed and Roy Hill.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Ballard of Decatur visited friends in Jones Chapel. Dan Lowery and wife traveled to visit parents Rev and Mrs J E Stephenson. John Wright and family vacationed on a houseboat at Guntersville then toured Smoky Mountains Gatlinburg and NC with Bertha NeSmith. Hoyet Grizzard visited Rev J C Whitten Center Springs with Stephanie White. Grandparents hosted over night with Brushy Pond family. Neice Mrs Maurice McGee recovering after auto crash in Dothan. Brown family vacationed in Chattanooga and Nashville visiting Rock City and Opryland US A. Multiple Vest and Clark families joined Oak Ridge visitors at Opryland. Thomas O Teague and Dusty toured Shiloh National Military Park. Oak Ridge trio to Milton Florida to visit Tom Weekly family and newborn grandson Thomas Brent Weekly born July 23 mother Patsy Kirby. Decatur friends in Jones Chapel last week. Beth Ann Rodgers celebrated sixth birthday. Eva Lee Stroupe visited Belle Rogers. Pat Wrights of Ryan community visiting recently.
In a bridge problem South misread a hand and tried to force a spade play. The correct line is to bid one heart, opening value with a five card major and an easy rebid, as advised in Sheinwold on Bridge.
E Cardon Walker heads Walt Disney Productions with a 17000 full time staff and 21000 during peak season. The New York report outlines his rise from a traffic department messenger in 1938 to chief executive, and notes the Disney Studio festival at Alice Tully Hall and the company’s broader impact on American consumer culture.
The column shares penny saving ideas including stretching frozen vegetable sauces by mixing plain peas with creamed varieties, reheating leftovers, and using bundles of fringe from old bedspreads to renew round tablecloths. It also mentions using odd colored thread for sewing hints and repurposing plastic prescription bottles for organizing bobby pins while traveling.
Spread bread with deviled ham and cheddar slices, assemble sandwiches, grill until cheese melts and bread turns golden brown. Serve with sweet pickles.
New York Dixy Lee Ray, chair of the Atomic Energy Commission, urged Washington listeners at the National Coal Association convention to shift from oil and gas to more intelligent coal and nuclear energy use. She noted a push to expand coal production while restrictions on burning high-sulfur eastern coal create paradoxes to be resolved.
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