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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1961
Page
3
Local ad for McCulloch Electric Service at 215 Ferry Street offering television and appliance sales and service with repair for any make. Contact number 5-1090.
The article lists station hours from 6 AM to 11 PM and sunrise to sunset for WAJF 1490 WJOF FM 104.3 MC 6 AM to Midnight and sunset to 10 30 PM for WJIMW AM 730 with a directive to tune to 640 or 1240 in case of enemy attack.
New York AP reports that satire targets television and its commercials. This season skits mock the doctor show more than past Wild West fast gun programs, citing the audience’s likely confusion with harsher or unfamiliar topics.
Champion Papers Inc of Hamilton announces the acquisition of Whitaker Paper Co of Cincinnati which owns a Birmingham Alabama plant. The report notes TV exposure and entertainment blurbs including a Bob Hope sketch and a TV sports update by Bud Palmer relocating to NBC with Jack Whitaker.
Advertises Primatene asthma tablets as the top prescribed formula now sold over the counter. Claims quick attack stopping action and hours of relief with three medicines in full prescription strength. Priced at 98 cents, available at drugstores in most states.
AP analysis reports Fidel Castro's regime tightening into a Communist state with Moscow aligned leaders like Grobart and Roca, while Castro’s personal support wanes amid shortages and a large militia. It notes internal opposition is limited and the revolution pushes to indoctrinate youth.
Postmaster J. E. Self says Decatur mail carriers have had no dog bite incidents for eight or nine months. He notes Jacksonville Florida faced December dog aggression and even required medical treatment for bites last December.
Household writer Heloise urges readers to test Christmas tree lights before use to prevent fires. She details checking each string, avoiding old or damaged lights, and using newspaper to protect surfaces from fake snow. Also includes a kitchen tip on hamburgers frying in their own juices.
Postmaster Self cites Decatur law requiring dogs to be penned and the absence of temporary carriers during the holidays as key factors in the smooth relationship between the local postman and dogs in Decatur.
Opp Alabama police report Kathy Joyce Meeks daughter of Mr and Mrs Ferrell Meeks was struck and killed by a car on U S 84 about half a mile west of Opp while walking with an older child. The incident occurred Monday as she ran into the car's path. The piece notes United States population center in 1790 and current location near Centralia Illinois.
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