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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1966
Page
12
Sylvia Porter explains how tight money by the Federal Reserve aims to curb demand pull inflation but cannot directly stop cost push inflation. The piece argues the policy unfairly hits housing buyers, small businessmen, and municipalities while not preventing big corporate expansion. It notes fiscal policy limits and tax spending gaps shape the money policy impact.
Athens Limestone County Chamber of Commerce announced a merchants committee listing Charlie Sammet Lynn Kennemer Ray Osborn Frank Griffin Oscar Barker Buddy Gilbert Hubert Aycock Frank Alsuf and Jimmy Killen. The group will elect a chairman at its first September meeting.
A school and home contest winner is Jane Treffinger, 7, Newport News Virginia, for a Britannica Junior Encyclopaedia prize. The piece explains butterfly life cycles from egg to caterpillar and butterfly, noting caterpillars eat most during growth and that butterflies and moths have a long feeding tube called a proboscis used to sip nectar. Monarchs migrate south in fall and may return north in spring, with some species overwintering in Africa before moving north.
A crossword teaser asks readers to rearrange ten letters to form a word describing nine thumps. It hints that the solution will be in tomorrow’s paper and invites answers to yesterday’s cross. The item showcases a playful puzzle note in the publication.
A compact word puzzle listing across clues and a single down clue. Entries include 1 Fable 5 Ice 6 As 8 Search 9 He and 1 Fist 2 Ace 3 Beam with 7 She as the final cross.
A short reader puzzle exchange features a punch line about buying a mouse trap and hurrying for a bus. The day’s winner is Joe Groves, nine, of El Paso Texas, with a note inviting more riddles and jokes.
Earl McGrath of Marysville California hooked a trout in the San Juan River below Navajo Dam northern New Mexico. Twenty minutes later he landed a 10 pound 15% ounce rainbow trout measuring 25% inches. The catch is the largest ever registered with the New Mexico Game and Fish Department. McGrath used a six foot spinning rod 200 yards of monofilament line a buck tail fly and flasher spoons attached to a yellow black dotted body with a treble hook.
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