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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1964
Page
7
Collected tips cover removing ball point ink on various surfaces with rubbing alcohol amyl acetate peroxide and even bleach on leather. Other notes advise china safe in dishwashers, hemming tricks a floor clock placement alarm clock tips a tall pole with a planter fix, soap reforming in molds and more from 1964 readers.
Bridge column analyzes a spade slam by North and South after a takeout double. South mismanages hearts and clubs, West misleads with diamonds, and the final defense limits the contract to 11 tricks. The critic notes defensive missteps and suggests refinements to preserve dummy entries and heart length for 12th trick.
An unidentified group of out of town residents optioned a 32 acre tract near the Highway 72 Bypass in Athens for 90 days to build a proposed 10 bed nursing home. Charles Spencer, a family member owning the property, says projected cost runs about 500000 with plans to double the original accommodations.
The project hinges on expanding city water service from Shilling Street west to the planned site. Without the line, the proposed facility cannot proceed.
Four children planned a 600 mile trip to St Petersburg financed by piggy bank money. Rain forced them to seek shelter in a muffler shop where police stopped the journey with 597 miles still ahead. The group included a 9 year old girl a 6 year old girl and two brothers aged 8 and 9. Only the three boys had money.
Boeing disclosed plans for a six wheeled mobile laboratory to carry two astronauts for a 14 day, 250 mile lunar surface mission. The MoLab would ride to the moon on an Apollo spacecraft and astronauts would follow on a second Apollo if radio signals confirmed a safe landing.
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