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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1965
Page
16
A dense OCR style list of TV shows and times including Heckle and Jeckle Cap n Crook's Crew Jetsons Top Cat and more with scattered channel numbers and time hints. The fragment reads like a station schedule or catalog of programming across multiple genres including cartoons, sports, and dramas.
A reader contest explains vanilla from vanilla beans to extract, noting vanilla’s orchid vine, curing process, and origin in Mexico with mentions of Madagascar and Caribbean growing regions. It contrasts real vanilla with cheaper substitutes and links to tropical trade and famous prices like the 1953 Hampshire boat record.
The page presents three jokes with terse punchlines. First riddle: white with one horn and gives milk ends with milk truck. Second asks why giraffe eats so little, answer: it can make a little go a long way. Third asks what coat to wear on wet, answer: a coat of paint.
Charles R. Frazier USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Frazier of Hartselle Alabama, returns to Sasebo aboard the USS Ajax repair ship after two months in Kaohsiung Taiwan and Subic Bay Philippines. Ajax hosted Taiwan newsmen and crew donated blood to Subic Bay Hospital and contributed $318 for Taal Volcano victims.
Lompoc California S/Sgt L Doss son of Alfred Doss of Falkville Alabama helped launch a Titan II intercontinental missile from Vandenberg AFB. He and crew lifted the missile from a silo at Little Rock AFB and moved it to Vandenberg for a simulated combat firing.The sergeant, a missile facilities technician, attended Cullman High School and is married to Ruby E Carver.
Specialist 5 William S. Le May, 35, son of Mr and Mrs W S Le May Sr Hartsel, serves with the 1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile) in the central highlands of Viet Nam. The unit uses more than 450 helicopters to land its sky troopers in fast assaults. Le May has been overseas since September and is an intelligence analyst in Headquarters Company of the division’s 1st Aviation Group. He entered the Army in August 1950.
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