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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1963
Page
6
Public letter column from 1963 shares practical household tricks. Tips cover vacuum hose cleaning by flushing with hoses, safe handling of dust, drying cautions, and simple methods to keep pots hot longer. Includes reader notes on toys, chicken scalding, banana slicing, and lemon rind boiling.
In a Seventeen Magazine piece, Enid A Haupt highlights student demands for teachers who communicate clearly motivate individuals without sarcasm and inconsistency and stay within their subject. Students prefer teachers who know diverse learners and foster curiosity while avoiding personal issues in class.
A new full size smoke ring slips over the head as a bias cut neckline filler for dresses coats suits and costume jackets. Available in solids and prints the chiffon rayon crepe ring retails from 2 to 10 dollars coast to coast. Gene 1963 Publications distributed by The Hall Syndicate Inc. All rights reserved.
A Dallas company Chaney & James Construction Co. submitted the apparent low bid of 3 752 791 dollars for a large rocket test stand at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville Alabama. Government estimate was 3 716 430 dollars and Pearce & Gresham Co. Decatur Alabama was second with 3 806 593 dollars.
Charles H. Wilkerson of Columbia Mississippi tops bids for oil and gas rights on 20 635 acres in Mobile and Baldwin Counties Alabama paying a 30000 cash premium and 15413 annual rent covering about 5 000 acres in the upper Mobile Bay area and about 15 000 in the lower bay region. The Alabama Conservation Department announced the Tuesday decision. The Channel Islands off France were the only British soil occupied by German troops in World War II.
ThePresident may back voluntary controls for feed grains and milk with a May or early June referendum on a new wheat program. Proposals include 1964 pattern payments and acreage reductions, a dairy program, and a cotton plan selling domestically at world prices with limits on excess production. Also notes Europe’s car ferry runs 540 nautical miles across the Baltic from Hango to Travemunde.
Forty eight distillers agree to comply with an order banning liquor agents in Alabama. Administrator Frank V. Potts of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board said every reply letter voiced unequivocal approval of the policy. The measure eliminates politically appointed sales representatives.
Seven pelicans glide over the bay in Sausalito California when one dives and surfaces with a pouch full of wriggling fish. The others follow, one by one, as a tourist wonders who trains the clever birds.
The article notes a campaign pledge by Gov. George Wallace and quotes Potts expecting replies from 15 to 20 firms he contacted in writing. The text outlines ongoing outreach and anticipated responses as part of political efforts.
Army engineers called for bids on the first contract to start Millers Ferry Lock and Dam construction on the Alabama River in Wilcox County. Bids to be opened February 20. The dam will be the first of three on the Alabama River to create a nine foot barge channel from Mobile to Selma and Montgomery.
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