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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1962
Page
7
The piece contrasts Britain modernizing rapidly with its established customs. It notes bankers in the City still worship old methods alongside new computers, and tall glass towers rise beside cramped pubs. Cambridge caps Latin, Piccadilly hosts change, and BBC presenters shed evening dress after six.
The government plans ahead payments on debts to the United States to reduce a 1962 payments deficit by about 500 million dollars. It holds a foreign currency fund used to buy dollars in markets which raises demand and steadies the dollar. These steps quell fears of a devaluation once feared in 1960 and the Kennedy administration hopes to erase the deficit in coming years.
Laws enforcing earned wage payments come into force in 47 states as Britons reportedly enjoy improved living standards. The article notes broad compliance and shifts in labor policy alongside rising living conditions in the United Kingdom.
Two years after Sammy Davis Jr and Mai Britt wed amid controversy, they speak of a new domestic life. Davis calls himself domesticated and says he loves his wife and children while facing limited TV or film work and enduring racist threats that cooled after their daughter Tracy arrived.
The Morgan County Circuit Court special session opens Monday with 13 trials listed. Defendants include Charles W Love James Morris Robert Moore John Bates Ernest Thom Edward Edwards Coy Ray Fortenberry Ben Swope Jr and Eddie Lee Johnson. The piece also notes India UN membership and Burundi religious makeup with unrelated quotes.
Gamble Longmire and Dr. Albert Kattus report on a small trial where 19 patients and one woman underwent arterial repair using a heart lung machine. Four men returned to full activity, one played tennis, but nine died during or after surgery and two more months later.
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