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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1964
Page
9
Glover Torrence, owner, reports two attacks on his Negro owned typewriter shop since moving downtown. On June 25 paint was splashed on the front and last Wednesday night the front glass was shattered by shotgun blasts. No injuries reported.
A Montreal Institute of Public Opinion researcher reports that 64 of every 100 Canadian families collect trading stamps indicating widespread consumer participation and a notable cultural habit across the country.
Gov George Wallace signed a $3,019,655 contract awarded to Daniel Construction Co. of Birmingham for a 100-bed psychiatric unit at University Hospital in Birmingham. Construction starts immediately and will finish in 18 months, part of a long-range expansion for the University of Alabama Medical Center.
The 1960s postwar era shows higher after tax incomes and rising spending with record net savings for city families. Average after tax income reached 5906 in 1960 61 up 51 from 1950 while annual expenses rose to 5390. Despite affluence pockets of poverty and unemployment persist among youth and unskilled workers. Cars ownership soared with 73 of families owning autos and two car families common.
Roland Epes Simms brother of Huntsville Times editor Leroy Simms died Wednesday at age after retirement from the Army. He served as Sumter County tax collector in his first term and had operated the family farm near Emelle since retiring in 1946. Funeral services were being arranged today.
Mr and Mrs Roy England of Larned celebrate a silver wedding anniversary in a hospital waiting room while England recovers from surgery. Earlier their daughter wed in a hospital where both mothers were patients.
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