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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1960
Page
6
Local authorities investigate a high profile arrest linked to Creane 2 as regional officials call for calm. Community leaders urge transparency while the case unfolds across multiple agencies. No further details available in the readable text.
Eels aged six to eight cease feeding and turn silvery as they begin their journey to the ocean to spawn and die. The statue of George Washington at Federal Hall in New York City marks the site where he took the oath as first U S president on April 30 1789.
Laotian National Assembly members who fled to Savannakhet agreed to dissolve the day-old pro Communist regime of Quinim Pholsena. Quinim vowed to fight to the last bullet as Soviet and Chinese aid floods support to the leftists defending Vientiane.
A string of humorous vignettes shows farm life woes with dog license threats, a minister and maid life and death remark, women taking farm work, a boy asking about leaves and bees, and a Bronxville club officer's lie detector quip. An insurance agent explains house insurance for five dollars and questions origin of funds.
Police report a dynamite explosion near a predominantly Negro neighborhood damaged the school auditorium and several classrooms. Six of seven sticks exploded, leaving a crater six to eight feet wide. No injuries reported. blast occurred about 2 30 a m.
Geisha life in Japan blends strict tradition with new freedoms after wartime emancipation. Aged six girls study dance tea ceremony flower arranging and music hoping to become maiko or geisha. Most dates require chaperones and two days off monthly under labor laws.
A speaker contends a big man isn’t defined by flawless deeds but by rising above his errors. The exchange notes that sophistication isn’t measured by mixing lofty words in social talk. The speaker concludes age doesn’t dull a man’s mood just his rubbery grin.
Washington AP reports farmers in the South and Southwest will vote Tuesday on continuing federal controls for upland and extra long staple cotton and rice. Marketing quotas aim to curb overproduction. a two thirds turnout is required to approve. Quotas for other crops exist.
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