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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1956
Page
9
Ad listing items including nema Sinks in 42 54 and 66 inch sizes 1 Chifferobe with drawer seal 39.95 2 Kroehler Sofa Bed Suite 29.50 14.95 includes 49 50 adboard price 29 590 sold for 19.95 note indicates sale terms and pricing constraints.
A man consults a pet shop girl about a pet for a disabled client and is steered to a promising choice. A crookedly-eyed judge presides over three youths in an auto theft arraignment and scolds a respondent for answering out of turn.
For Sele Airway Vacuum Cleaners Supplies and service free demonstration. Special for the month of December Used cleaners guaranteed. Phone 2629.
Classified ad offers a 3 piece modern bedroom suite with mattress box springs at 89.95 plus a 79.50 mattress set. Also lists a Massey tractor and farm equipment. Court filing in Morgan County Alabama orders publication in The Decatur Daily to plead by December 31, 1956 regarding heirs and property in Decatur Lot 19 Block 52 Addition 1 Decatur Land Improvement.
Norma Sapp Word sues Carey Austin Word in equity in Morgan County Alabama. The Register orders four weekly publications in Decatur Daily to solicit a plea answer or demurrer by December 21 1956 or thirty days after for the bill to be taken as confessed.
Clinton voters head to the polls amid a racially charged mayoral and aldermanic race tied to federal desegregation orders at Clinton High School. The county board appeals for federal protection as harassment and threats intensify.
A confession attributed to an unnamed man is recorded with dates listed as November 14, 1956 and November 20 to 27 and December 4 to 11. The source cites Bryan McAfee Register as the publication reference.
A collection of short humorous vignettes and quotes about money, misfortune, and everyday life. Topics range from inheritance woes and creditors to a mother enjoying a playpen, a sensational news correspondent, religious tracts, and a joke exchange about will power with a mule. The pieces preserve period voice and rural humor without graphic detail.
Rep. Van Zandt of Pennsylvania predicts Congress will review how Defense Department service role assignments will change after briefing on long range work at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency. He toured ABMA programs at Redstone Arsenal and is briefing on missile facilities and needs.
The familiar folding fan, used by Japanese girls to hide blushes, is recorded as having been invented in Japan in 670 A.D.
South Africa produced 510 million dollars worth of gold in 1955. Canada produced 159 million and the United States mined 66 million dollars worth of gold in the same period.
Crossword hints list several clues including Gadoid fish and Highest cards with other entries. A partial cryptogram HPVQU HPTCIKDTY and yesterday’s cryptoquote BY A TRANQUIL MIND reference a King Features Syndicate puzzle page note.
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