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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1952
Page
4
W. J. Terry, state superintendent, estimates public school enrollment will increase by 9 000 to 10 000 nationwide. Decatur and Morgan county will share much of the rise, echoing Walter Jack, Decatur schools superintendent, who says new schools must be built, at least one.
Governor Gordon Persons pledges no new taxes during his administration as Alabama lawmakers prepare for a May session. The piece notes potential tax reform ideas like Virginia style income tax reductions and suggests visiting Virginia to learn how it was done.
Alabama Journal reports Alexander City will host a motion picture about the 1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend. The Long Hunters involves Andrew Jackson Sam Houston and Davy Crockett with Tallapoosa County landmarks guiding scenes. A world premiere would boost the chamber of commerce efforts.
Earl Tucker recalls forty years on a city council exposing the abuse and requests for service he faced. He describes resigning after harsh insults over garbage, street lights, and flowers in the neighborhood. He notes low water pressure and demands for rapid progress with low taxes.
Drew Pearson cites a prediction of a world changing freshwater discovery, noting a $2 million Senate bill to desalinate sea water. The measure, a substitute for a House bill, funds research by contract with existing institutions, following prior hearings on weather modification and private cloud seeding.
The Interior Department through the Bureau of Reclamation explores desalination of salty water and research to increase rainfall. President Truman hails potential benefits for coastal regions and world use. The plan promises significant ship and submarine water savings, while noting western towns still face drinking water challenges.
An advice piece lists seven conditions that guarantee an unhappy marriage. Readers are warned that focusing on petty irritants, blaming a partner, dwelling on the past, withholding forgiveness, prolonging arguments, showing cold affection, and refusing to admit fault lead to persistent unhappiness.
Pegler discusses alkali irrigation water costs and the Juda process as a path to cheap water for homes and farms. He attacks Paul Hoffman and The New York Times for the Marshall Plan critique, calling Hoffman a pompous tool and detailing alleged excesses and honors.
A former reporter recounts his failed cloud seeding stunt with dry ice that produced rain over a strip of land, then recalls Dr. Vincent Schaefer’s Senate testimony explaining rain creation is not made but facilitated. He compares it to everyday phenomena like iced tea cooling and fogged windshields.
The notice outlines attempts to organize perpetual sunshine to alter weather via cloud seeding using silver iodide and other methods. It mentions aims to seed clouds to bring rain for crops and reservoirs and discusses potential military uses and the need for S. 2225 to boost national knowledge, with renewal of efforts planned for January.
A forthright man on a sunny New York beach distrusts four teens until a near drowning ordeal unites them. He sinks from exhaustion as a boy, girl and two others rescue him with a rubber raft, guiding him safely to shore. Gratitude and tenderness follow from the fat man and the quartet.
FBI clamps down on probe into extortion attempt against Pittsburgh Pirates slugger Ralph Kiner. A taxi driver for Peoples Cab Co. is questioned amid a ransom plan demanding $6200 in small bills under a front seat near Ambridge High School. An undercover agent played Kiner but the money was not claimed.
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