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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1966

Page

8

Hat care tips from Heloise and readers

Dear Heloise shares reader suggestions for reviving yellowed white hats using white hair spray and plastic starch, and offers prewear protection tips. Other readers share quick hacks for sewing, soap dish organization, and cutting techniques using household items.

Heloise

Wrinkled Tie Trick From Old Gramp Letter

A humorous tip describes steaming a wrinkled tie over kettle steam then wrapping it around a coffee can with a rubber band to dry and iron it. The bulletins feature a 1966 King Features Syndicate caption about dieting and weight problems.

Heloise Gramp

Tibet and Sikkim Face Chinese Repression and Tibetan Exodus

The article details Chinese control tightening in Tibet since 1962, erosion of Lamastic institutions, and a growing Tibetan exile community. It notes schooling and propaganda favoring Chinese alignment, increased technical cadres, and highways linking nomadic areas to China. About 20,000 Tibetans have fled, including 5,000 to Sikkim.

Sikkim Tibet China Lhasa Lama Sery Kumbum Dalai Lama India Dharmsala Free Tibetan Movement

Rediscovery of Capri Blue Grotto by German Painters

The Blue Grotto on Capri, likely known to Romans, was rediscovered in 1826 by two German painters, marking a revived interest in its luminous sea cave.

Capri

Wild Turkey Charge at Willow Springs Leaves Hunter Speechless

In Willow Springs Missouri Bob White faced a furious wild tom turkey that charged within about 100 feet after he fired a call. The bird smashed past his decoy and knocked the hunter off balance as his gun went the other way, leaving White stunned and amused by the close encounter.

Willow Springs Bob White White

East Coast Seashore Area Attracts Growing Visitors

Since its creation as a National Seashore Recreational Area from Ocracoke to Whalebone Junction, more visitors have crowded this land along the eastern sea coast.

Ocracoke N.C Whalebone Junction

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