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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1949
Page
3
In Sao Paulo state a Real airlines DC-3 crashed in rain while aiming for an emergency field near Riberao Claro. Twenty people died. a woman and her five year old daughter survived. The plane was en route from Sao Paulo to Jacresinho with no foreign passengers aboard.
A. P. reportage by Ovid A. Martin examines the risk of livestock farming as farmers push beef cattle, hogs, and dairy up after price drops and economic gloom. It models a Midwest feeder buying 100 head at 500 pounds for $10,000 and shows potential losses if cattle drop to 16 cents a pound once fattened.
Ten year old Betty Marbury of Brownsville Tennessee faces possible hand amputation due to a malignant lesion treated by X ray. The Commercial Appeal printed her letter asking readers to pray for recovery and protection, triggering many telephone calls to the newspaper.
Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho acted loudly at his May 1 1948 arrest in Birmingham for disorderly conduct after attempting to enter a door reserved for Negroes at a meeting of the Southern Negro Youth Congress. City attorney Huey argued the arrest was routine with no federal civil rights questions involved. Taylor contends the segregation law violates the Constitution and has said he will seek U S Supreme Court review.
Former Washington Symphony conductor Hans Kindler left a curiously specific bequest in his will asking burial on a hilltop, minimal bandages, and no undertaker handling. He requested Haydn Quartet in C major and Bach chorales for his funeral, but those wishes were ignored as undertakers handled the service and the Musical Art String Quartet no longer exists.
Thursday note says the Bettys Baptist church in her home town plans special prayers Sunday. Ministers in nearby cities and towns say she will be remembered in both special and private prayers.
The typical hen yields between 18 and 345 eggs annually, with the exact count influenced by breed and other factors.
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