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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1966
Page
6
Question from Gayle Exendine a 9 year old Tulsa Oklahoma winner announced in this paper. The page invites readers to send questions for the Tell Me Why feature and notes duplicates are decided by the author.
The text states there is no difference between toadstools and mushrooms. It describes a typical mushroom as having a cylindrical stem supporting a circular cap with a ring on the stem. It notes spores lead to toadstools growing in a lawn after rain.
In this excerpt from The Decatur Daily dated January 6 1966 mushrooms arise from spores carried by wind. Spores germinate in warm moist food rich sites, form hyphae and mycelium, then later create mushrooms or toadstools. Fungi lack chlorophyll and rely on other plants for food.
The piece notes donors becoming stockholder like contributors boosting party finance. It cites Oregon Michigan Missouri Montana and New York GOP efforts with varying dues and membership scales. It also mentions Governor Rockefeller creating a Governor's Club at 500 dollars with proceeds aiding the Republican State Committee and a national trend of rapid farmland acquisition by cities.
Washington AP reports that political publishing ventures and high page advertising are booming as state election campaigns approach. Democrats in several states plan publications funded by corporate ads, while Republicans pursue small donor drives and state fact books.
A mushroom. When there are four of them. Your shadow.
Alabama sold 30 million in state and college bonds at 3.716 percent, higher than a few months earlier. The rise blamed on Federal Reserve Board discount rate increases. A New York syndicate led by Lehman Bros. and Merrill Lynch won the bid. Alabama firms involved included George M. Wood and Co., Thornton Mohr and Farish, First Alabama Securities, and Stubbs Watkins and Lombard.
Cambridge University undergraduate newspaper Varsity appoints Suzy Menkes a 21 year old English student from Newnham College as editor at the start of 1966. She becomes the first woman to hold the post in the paper's 34 year history.
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