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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1964
Page
22
A reader thanks a suggestion to use old nylon stockings as scouring pads. She reports multiple uses including washing tubs walls and cars. The stocking holds sponges for hard to reach places and prevents loss while providing abrasive action.
Various reader snippets feature simple household ideas. A reader describes using stock can holes to regulate cleanser, while other letters share money saving fixes for fabrics, parenting, and kid’s toys. Practical, compact advice from Heloise readers.
Mrs. Charlotte L. Johnston of Bogilee Alabama becomes duchess of the International Flying Farmers, a title akin to runner-up. The queen was crowned Thursday night, with Mrs. Lila E. Bickhoff of Fountain Minnesota named as the runner-up.
Mrs. Mildred Cressweller of the Colorado Senate estimated it cost 565.80 to print what may be the longest bill ever introduced. The 276 page measure would delete all references to justices of the peace from state statutes, a sweeping reform.
An 11 year old Huntsville youth, Patrick Mason Bates, died when his bicycle was struck by a tractor trailer on U S 72 near Huntsville. Officers say the boy rode in front of the truck.
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center has purchased ten flashlight size television cameras to be installed in S-IC and S-1 rocket boosters for static firings. The cameras will monitor booster components in real time and be recorded on video tape. General Electroodynamics of Garland, Texas designed the unit under a contract dating to June 1963.
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