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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1960
Page
3
Earl Wilson notes reader plea urging New York sales staff to be courteous during the holiday rush. He recalls snappy service and gossip about show people while listing socialites, actors, and events from the era with brief anecdotes and quotes.
Advertisers claim Bio-Dyne based preparation relieves hemorrhoids with a new healing substance. The product is offered as a suppository or ointment and is available at drug counters worldwide.
The New Orleans School Board and Louisiana Legislature face a money crisis as funds are frozen and bills due through June 1961. Ellen Steinberg offers 500000 to keep schools open, while a one cent sales tax in Baton Rouge could raise about 45 million.
Funeral services are planned Tuesday for Troy Ellis Watford 58 former Gadsden city engineer and superintendent of city waterworks. Wat saw that would empower Gov. Jimmie H. Davis to appoint a new school board. Integration at two New Orleans elementary schools entered its fifth week today. Three Negro girls have been attending McDonogh No 19 school where a total white boycott is in effect. One Negro girl attends William Frantz school. Eight white children also attended Frantz school most of last week.
Former World War II aviator Claude S. Eatherly, 41, died Sunday. police say he was held for return to a Veterans Administration hospital after a traffic stop led to recognition by a patrolman. He disappeared Nov 22 from the VA hospital in Waco. Survivors include his widow and three sons.
Bookmobile runs December 21 visiting Somerville School and Community 9 9 30, Somerville Negro School 9 40 to 10 20, Cotaco School 10 35 to 11 45, Union Hill School 12 30 to 1 30, Cotaco Community 1 45 to 2 15, Union Community 2 30 to 2 50, Peace Crossroads 3 to 3 20. A note mentions a grizzly bear using foreclaws to dig for ground squirrels and mice.
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