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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1956
Page
14
The Veterans Administration said lenders may require the GI home loans in negotiation to bear the highest permissible rate when closed. The current GI loan cap is 4 percent, and activity had declined partly due to scarce investment funds.
The Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers are forecast to flood but threaten little property damage. The Tombigbee should rise about one foot above flood stage at Fulton, Mississippi, today after breaching flood level at Tupelo yesterday.
An examination for Rural Carrier for the post office at Eva will be open for acceptance of applications until January 8. Applicants must reside within the delivery area and have resided there for one year prior to the closing date. They must be at least 18 years old on the closing date with no maximum age limit.
The notice states that candidates over 70 may be considered only for temporary renewable appointments of one year. It directs applicants to obtain full examination requirements and filing instructions at the announcing post office and to file forms with the U S Civil Service Commission in Washington 25 D C, with receipt or postmark by the closing date.
More than 700 cotton growers met in Birmingham for the Beltwide Cotton Production Conference to discuss cost cutting and quality gains. Dr G M Watkins of Texas A&M cited disease losses at about 278 million dollars annually, while speakers warned weed control must fit weather and farm size.
Montgomery officials estimate Alabama bootlegging may reach 50 million dollars annually. ABC chief Burton says many stills exist and fines alone fail to deter bootleggers. He notes moonshine costs and sale prices, and reports 1954 and 1955 seizures totaling thousands of stills and substantial court fines and hard labor.
A benefit luncheon at St Matthias Church in Huntington Park led to 53 hospitalizations from suspected food poisoning. F. X. Kemp of the county health department identified a possibly unrefrigerated turkey and trimmings as the source. Most victims were women among about 250 guests.
An estimate claims each U S family uses about 800 pounds of sulfuric acid annually due to its widespread industrial applications.
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