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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1955
Page
9
A fragmented list of radio and television program names and times including news, sports, cartoons, and variety shows. Appears as a MEMO-like guide with entries such as Waltees 1490 Club, Three 6:18 Date, Winky Dink, Farm and Home, Secret News, Cartoon Parade, Sports Final, and News segments with irregular spacing and garbled wording.
A saucer like UFO was rumored to land on Cecil Sutton s farm nine miles north of town. Local and state police, Army and Air Force followed up after several adults brought the tale to the police station on Sunday night. The story evolved from little men to green men and a farmer even claimed to have shot one.
A collage of short anecdotes and quips featuring a rocking chair memory of a grandfather, humorous lines about parenting and marriage, observations from Franklin Steward Harris and Indian lore, plus a bus seating joke and a tax line about civil service exams.
The consumer price index advanced three tenths of one percent in July, with higher prices for food and services. The modest rise would lift about a penny an hour in wages for roughly 650,000 workers at General Motors and Ford under existing contracts.
A teen asks about dating an 18 year old with parental limits and long relationship, advised to date safely and finish school. A woman writes about marriage issues with a heavy drinker, living apart with a job and child, as she weighs whether he can reform.
Helene advises reducing contact with an overly loud neighbor couple. The husband dislikes the wife and the proximity of their business ties makes severing ties hard. Stop accepting invitations and socialize only in neutral settings to ease strain.
The request asks for a free leaflet titled The Shy Beau by Dorothy Dix and instructs to enclose a stamped self addressed envelope with the request to send it to her care of this newspaper. The note emphasizes free access and mailing details to obtain the item.
Citronelle Alabama reports Mobile County's first oil discovery near the city limits. Drilling continues past 11 000 feet to gauge oil pool thickness after an unexpectedly high grade well with gravity 40 5. Probate Court and forester meet with oil firms to review school lands and oil leases across four 640 acre tracts held by five companies.
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