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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1964

Page

9

Haunting romance unfolds in The Flowering Vine chapters

In this excerpt from Frances Dean Hancock’s The Flowering Vine, Simon Beaufort invites Cecily Pinchon and ghost hunter Cheney to the Bondurant mansion while romantic tensions swirl with Cecily torn between Simon and John Manetti. A cathedral morning scene introduces Cecily and coworker Vincent Leary amid neighborhood life in New Orleans.

Simon Beaufort New York Dr. Keans Louisiana Simon Cecily Bondurant Cheney Frances Dean Hancock Louise John Manetti Tulane Gran'mere Silmon London John

Cary Grant Hosts Chanukah Festival For Israel Bands

Cary Grant served as master of ceremonies at a Chanukah festival at Madison Square Garden praising figures like Jan Peerce and Bess Myerson. He discussed his Hebrew heritage, charity efforts for Israel Bonds, and his friendship with Dyan Cannon while sharing anecdotes about Hollywood figures and political intrigue.

Earl Wilson New York Madison Square Garden Cary Grant M.c Bubba Bess Myerson Music Hall Father Goose Jan Peerce Bob Hope Milton Berle M.c. Dodge Hollywood Sam Goldwyn Israel Dyan Cannon Burbank Mazelov Ichlebe

Stars and planets explained in a kid science feature

In a reading feature Shirley Wilson of Orem Utah wins a Britannica Junior Encyclopedia. The article explains how to tell stars from planets by twinkling vs steady light and discusses light speed distances from the sun to Earth and to the nearest star. It notes blue and red stars with differing temperatures and offers simple questions with playful answers.

Shirley Wilson Orem Utah Earth

Television Log Listing Prime Time Schedule Footages

Central listings detail daily prime time showings across channels with multiple films series and talk shows. Notable entries include Rawhide Gunsmoke Bob Hope Jack Paar and The Damned Dont. The schedule includes news programming evening features and sign offs with varied time slots.

Radio Station Listings and Operating Hours Fragment

A list of radio stations with call signs and mixed hours shows several entries such as WMSL WHOS WHOS FM and others. Operating hours appear garbled with times like 6 A M to 11 P M and Sunrise to Sunset. Further lines repeat inconsistent schedules and misspellings such as Midnight.

Puzzle Box keeps readers guessing through coins and clues

The page presents a light puzzle asking to arrange five coins into two rows with four and three coins. It lists a crossword style set of Across and Down clues with answers like True Ann SP Data Lie oe Enrage Table AN Under Spade Stag In and notes a winner, Michael Parker, 12, Richmond VA, for jokes and riddle submissions.

Michael Parker Richmond, Va

Green light aims to kill insects in milliseconds

Brief note reports flashes of green light under one thousandth of a second may kill insects. Experiments show light can disrupt development stages and potentially alter their life cycle.

Kennedy Named Deputy in Morgan County Sheriff Office

Robert E. Kennedy aged 28 becomes the newest deputy with Morgan County Sheriff’s Department last week. A native of Arab he served six years in the U S Army and has two children with his wife. He noted the family joke about sharing a famous name with U S leaders but remains unfazed by the quips.

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