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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1957
Page
9
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The Decatur Daily published reader letters praising Bank Street Hospital eye surgery in Decatur and endorsing Johnnie Aycock s dog pound law for public safety and order. A Madison postal clerk notes a tourist posted 50 unsigned postcards of the state capitol.
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