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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1964
Page
13
Lattica Dunn of Oklahoma City wins Britannica Junior Encyclopedia questions. The article notes bells appeared in many ancient cultures with varied forms and uses from signaling and worship to music, citing biblical, Greek, Roman, and Eastern traditions and suggesting early bells dated back to antiquity.
The text traces early casting of bells starting around the 8th century and explains bronze composition for bells, noting a Moscow bell weighing 128 tons as the largest in use. It also includes kid jokes, a Britannica writing contest, and a riddle section with a winner named Benjamin Girt from Nebraska.
Off-Broadway production In White America ends its year long run in New York but schedules college tours this winter and in 1966. Most of the original company including Gloria Foster Mose Gunn and Fred Pinkard will join the January start to June finale. A new troupe is planned for the next tour and the show tours London and Rome this season.
Four escapees fled the Es Cambia County jail Tuesday night. Dal ton Souls 31 Robert Reynolds 45 Walter Reynolds 19 and Harvey King 17 escaped after Souls seized a jailer’s gun. Jail break followed roadblocks slowed by bloodhounds. Souls captured near Flomaton Reynolds and King found near Robertsdale in a stolen car.
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