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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1964
Page
8
Earl Wilson presents his Broadway Bests for 1964 with a playful jab at critics. Rexy, Earl’s chosen standout, joins a list that includes noted writers like Mark Twain in a tongue in cheek overview of the season.
AP report highlights Dick Van Dyke’s old fashioned holiday rituals with family. Tree selecting, ornament making, church service, and a 7 am Christmas morning opening, followed by a ham dinner and family revelry at Brentwood Presbyterian.
The Decatur Daily carousel includes pop culture gags about the Yankees Bird hover of the Year LBJ and Paula Stewart at a Hawaii Kai event. It notes restaurant chatter about Andre Unlamented Loss and Ringo’s. It mentions MGM and Sophia Loren and a James Mason show titled Luv with LBJ inaugural ball context.
Cynthia Lowery recommends tonight’s Danny Kaye Show on CBS from 9 to 10 with Gwen Verdon as guest star. The program centers on a holiday theme and features musical and comic performances.
Gov George Wallace named Cecil Jackson his executive secretary replacing Earl Morgan who became circuit solicitor in Birmingham. Jackson, 31, a former Selma attorney and UA graduate, was until now Wallace’s legal advisor and is noted for polio resilience and March of Dimes leadership. No replacement for the legal advisor role was announced.
The Daily log lists via channel times the midweek and Thursday lineups including Dick Van Dyke Show, Have Gun Will Travel, western and adventure films, Mickey Rooney, Burke's Law, The Fighting Lady, Death Valley Days, Hawaiian Eye, My Fancy, Wichita, The Twilight Zone entries, plus soap operas and game shows such as Match Game and Truth or Consequences. It notes ETV Alabama History and various children's and educational programs, sports, religious segments, and sign offs.
A list of radio stations IWMSL WHOS AM 800 IWHOS FM 102.1 MC WHRT 860 WAJF 1490 WJOF FM MC with operating hours 4:55 A.M. to Midnight and others from 6 A.M. to Midnight Sunrise to Sunset 7 A.M. to 10 P.M. 4:55 A.M. to Midnight.
The Alabama Banking Department will launch a full scale investigation of second mortgage brokers. Banking Supt Robert Cleckler said Gov George Wallace requested the study after reports of borrower overcharges from brokerage fees insurance and related charges. He noted some borrowers repay up to twice the loan amount due to these costs.
In a tense apartment scene Paul Dane and Cecily Pinchon plot around a discovered treasure. Vincent Leary presses for delayed publicity while Cecily worries over Tessie Dupree and a looming confrontation with Dr. Cheney. The chapter ends with Cheney’s stair collapse and a tease of tomorrow’s continuation.
Morgan County plan lists bookmobile visits at Training School nine to ten thirty. Danville Post Office from ten forty five to eleven fifteen. Danville School noon to one. Neel School one twenty to two twenty. Neel Baptist Church two thirty to three fifteen. Austinville Crow's Store three thirty to four.
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