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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1966
Page
10
Practical reader tips on budget maternity wear using front seam panels and drawstrings, safety pin techniques to extend skirts, shower cap improvisations, keepsake paper towel shelf liners, wall decorating with nursery pictures, curtain rod labeling, and a curio of home hacks shared by readers.
National Retail Merchants Association members predict overall 1966 retail gains with stronger second half. Consumers’ spendable income up 6 percent from 1965 to about 453 billion dollars, with durable goods rising around 4 percent and autos near a 93 million annual pace.
AP reports stronger steel furnaces output and rising prices while firms announce expansion plans. Despite Viet Nam war uncertainties, business confidence stays high. inventories and defense orders help spur demand. Furniture sales are forecast to rise 6 percent to 6.7 billion in 1966 as housing and apartments grow.
City council heard a progress report on Roundtree Field Hart selle Airport from Dr. Roland King and Truman Glasscock. They urged extending electricity water and sewer, building an office, more hangar space and improved access roads. no decision pending further study.
Torrential rains unleash landslides in Rio de Janeiro killing at least 122 and leaving over 200 dead across mountainside slums. Niteroi Petropolis Teresopolis and Cachoeira de Macaca report additional casualties as authorities rush to aid thousands displaced and shelter them from flooding and aftershocks.
HUD approves a 133503 grant to survey and plan a 62 acre central business district renewal in Sylacauga Alabama with 14 million reserved for clearance and rehabilitation including street and parking improvements.
G & T Inc, a missile component maker formerly Gross Supply of Huntsville, is expanding in Ardmore Tennessee with a three stage plan costing 35000. A new metal building 80 by 140 feet will produce light construction tools and employ about 40 workers when finished. Established in 1965, further expansions are expected.
A Mobile federal grand jury for the Southern District of Alabama convened Tuesday to address routine matters. There was no indication it would pursue federal civil rights charges against three Selma men recently acquitted in state court for the Selma clubbing case.
Mobile Alabama plans nearly 6 million dollars for capital improvements in fiscal year 1965 66. The city commission approved a budget slightly below last year with unspent funds carried over from 1964 65. About 1 5 million goes to final Mobile General Hospital costs and 175 000 funds a 1 million nursing school at the hospital.
A Union Springs Alabama man Johnny Mac Johnson wins the National Wildlife Federation Distinguished Service Award as Conservation Educator of the Year. Other recipients include Mrs Lyndon B Johnson who earned the prize for inspiration and leadership in preserving America's natural beauty. Mrs Johnson dedicated the $1000 toward beautification of the national zolo.
Tuskegee Alabama city council discusses an ordinance to ban segregation in eating places and public facilities with stiff penalties for defying racial service rules. Action postponed for 13 days while lawyers study the measure as crowds protest Younge slaying. The case against Marvin Segrest proceeds toward a grand jury in April.
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