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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1964
Page
7
A readers letter shows a money saving home trick to clean bowls using a gentle tap stream to lift debris while avoiding fish harm. Other tips include a nylon net cover to prevent jumps and a towel steam press for quicker ironing. Also packing list ideas for trips.
Preston Grover reports from Moscow on similarities and contrasts with the United States. The piece notes consumer buying in stores, church attendance, divorce courts, clothing quality and prices, party discipline, and a drift toward limited religious life while housing remains crowded.
About 40 members of the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority gather in Chattanooga for a Sunday and Monday meeting to review progress on the 253 mile canal linking the Tennessee River to the Tombigbee system. Congress has appropriated $100,000 for a new economic feasibility survey.
Huntsville NASA Marshall Space Flight Center employees contributed 8407.66 to the Federal Health Charity Drive. Bob Able, personnel officer and drive chairman, said the drive was a joint effort of the National Health Agencies and the Federal Service Joint Crusade. NASA extended a six month option with Mason-Rust for support services at Michoud Operations in New Orleans, with a 6,839,069 modification through December 31, 1964. Mason-Rust has provided services since NASA selected them in December 1961.
A twin engine airplane carrying three Du Pont employees and two crewmen crashed on take off in Martinsville Virginia, killing all aboard. Victims identified as W R Lycan 40 Jack Combs 33 Carl C Larson 35 Martinsville Du Pont workers John E Pace Jr 43 pilot Virginia Paarfus 40 of Stuart wife of Dr Edward C Paarfus. Plane bound for Wilmington Delaware. Authorities say the Lockheed 12A crashed into a wooded area near the airport at 6 20 am.
In Georgetown British Guiana a new wave of ethnic clashes feared after a time bomb exploded on a Demerara River launch carrying about 70 Negroes. At least 10 laborers were killed with 23 missing and reports claim up to 20 killed in a separate bombing.
A 17 year old named Wade Sundage apparently drowned Monday in Pigeon Creek near Georgiana Alabama. State troopers said details of the accident were not available. An advisory opinion from Attorney General Richmond Flowers was sought by Marengo County Superintendent Fred D. Ramsey to determine if school buses can be used in summer civic recreational or educational programs and whether the school board is liable for injuries or accidents arising from such use.
The attorney general said local boards must determine if use of buses furthers an approved course of study or educational program. Flowers declined to answer about liability, saying it would depend largely on the circumstances of each accident.
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