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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1964
Page
8
Architect Samuel Paul presents Design H-43 in the House of the Week series featuring a low-slung ranch with distinct zoning a flagstone foyer rear porch and an airy 37 foot living dining area. The plan centers on a kitchen family room with built ins a brick hearth fireplace and a two car garage with laundry and dressing alcove nearby.
A design labeled H-43 shows a 1697 square foot living area with a pool accessible from an adjoining lavatory through a sliding door creating a third bath. The layout requires a roughly 95 by 90 foot lot and emphasizes easy living with porch patio garage and basement spaces.
H-43 includes living room dining room kitchen dinette three bedrooms and twenty two baths plus entrance foyer mud room shower dressing room two car garage porch and patio. Overall dimensions are 80 feet 6 inches by 42 feet 10 inches with a recommended minimum lot 95 by 90 feet. A swimming pool within the rear portion of the patio is optional.
Three white men were jailed on murder charges in the March fatal shooting of 35 year old Mrs. Johnnie Mae Chappell during Jacksonville race riots. Investigators said a passing car carried the fatal shot from J. W Rich Wayne M Chessman and Elmer Kato. A fourth suspect remained sought by police as racial unrest eased after a biracial committee was appointed.
Clements 4-H Club elected its officers and selected Anita Smith as dairy maid. Officers include elementary and senior boys and girls with named presidents secretaries and leaders. Upcoming officer elections are planned at Tanner Johnson Ardmore and Piney Chapel. The article notes US death rate at 92 per 1000.
Dorothy Dix by Dr Joyce Brothers urges a frank, step by step letter to address sexual incompatibility in a marriage. The guidance emphasizes honesty, self assessment, joint learning, and clear communication about needs, fears, and solutions.
A famous actress Rita Reles plunged from a second story balcony at her Mazatlan hideaway. Two workmen witnessed a tall blond man near the scene and alerted police. Concurrently, Marcey Palmer arrived from Seattle for a reunion with fiancé Ted Ferguson, who was not at the airport.
Marcey travels to Mazatlan and arrives at the Mar Vista Hotel in Puerto Vallarta area. She learns Rita Reles is in town and awaits Senor Ferguson while Inspector Menendes, a high official on vacation, frequents the terrace. The scene blends travel angst, romance, and a looming, undisclosed case as the story continues.
In Monticello Kentucky on a Wednesday afternoon doctors and grocers have set a rotating schedule to handle health and dietary emergencies. When not open for emergencies residents head to nearby Lake Cumberland for fishing and leisure.
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