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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1963
Page
7
Reader tips warn against rust from straight pins used on hems and draperies. Heloise reminds on pin quality, shares reader methods for handling pleats, static in nylons, and dust control with dampened newspaper.
TV sound expert Phyllis Curtin notes high frequency vocal tones stress home receivers and camera closeups. She cautions producers to adjust handling and pacing, while highlighting her NBC Opera Company appearance and other TV credits. A future note mentions a helium neon beam for space tracking.
Astronaut Gordon Cooper Jr may fly 18 orbits over about 27 hours or 22 orbits over about 34 hours with landings planned in the Atlantic north of Puerto Rico or the Pacific near Midway Island. NASA has not fixed dates. April 2 is under planning.
Tugboats loaded with coal and petroleum stranded in the Intracoastal Waterway near the Pensacola Gulf Beach Bridge after the tug John Luchow plowed a concrete piling. The damaged span jams a 12 foot clearance, halting water and highway traffic between Perdido Bay and Pensacola Bay and forcing vessels to detour 40 miles through the open Gulf. If freezing weather continues, the situation could worsen for northwest Florida’s fuel and coal shipments.
The Community Facilities Administration approved grants of 114200 to Jasper and 125700 to Cordova Alabama. U S Senators Lister Hill and John Sparkman and Rep Carl Elliott announced the funds will finance construction of sewer facilities.
A wartime style broadcast directs listeners to tune WAJF WIJIMW AM stations and WJOF FM for coverage. It instructs times from 4:55 A.M. to midnight with sunrise set to sunset and sunset to 10:30 P.M. as part of enemy attack alerts.
The City Commission voted 2 1 to authorize the retirement of Airport Manager George Santa Cruz. He will receive a monthly pension of 304 dollars, half of his current salary, and had requested retirement on the city pension rolls.
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