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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1957
Page
7
A drill sergeant questions Private McGlinty about laying down his life for king and country. McGlinty ponders silently then replies with a defiant faith. Leon Noel of Little Rock Arkansas is noted for a name that reads the same forward and backward.
A collage of anecdotes from around the country, including a Texas drunk driving tale with a misused consent form, a doctor earned reputation and a grim joke about a cemetery, sharp one liners from Boone and North Carolina, and playful exchanges about bread, dancing, and love.
Birmingham report that Howard Roberts Jr. started at age 11 writing to West Point for a catalogue. Now 17, he sent a dime with his dream and was finally invited by Sen. John Sparkman to travel by plane to West Point to begin cadet training after recent visit.
A reader from Munich expresses pride in war brides and asks for a balanced view of German wives. Dorothy Dix praises war brides while noting some problem cases, then answers questions on recovering personal items, funeral attire standards, and mourning customs.
Public notice in Morgan County Alabama requires Claude L Powell to plead to the bill by July 18 1957 or the bill may be confessed. The defendant is over 21 with unknown residence last heard from at 1020 18th Ave SE Decatur. The notice appears in the Decatur Daily for four weeks. June 15 1957 register Bryan McAfee.
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