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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1956
Page
7
Disney uses its vintage locomotives to recreate Civil War era rail scenes for The Great Locomotive Chase in CinemaScope drawing large sightseeing crowds at the railway yard and film studio locations.
The Republic presents The Road to Denver a mid 1800s western drama starring John Payne Mona Freeman Lee J Cobb Ray Middleton and Skip Homeier. Filmed on Utah locations near St George and Clanton Georgia with an extensive Disney airlift for on location work.
Mickey Rooney delivers a potent mix of comedy and pathos in Republic's The Twinkle in God's Eye at the Roxy Theatre. Coleen Grey stars as the female lead while Rooney plays a young parson who returns to a frontier town haunted by an Indian attack on the church built by his father.
Health expert Dr. W. W. Bauer advises taking vacations to relieve work pressures and enjoy real leisure. Plan ahead with definite but flexible schedules, involve the whole family, avoid cramming activities, and favor shorter daily drives to reduce accident risk.
Practical travel advice urges carrying a clean water jug and pasteurized milk, renewing typhoid boosters, and getting vaccines every few years. It cautions against risky foods abroad, favors using trusted water and premises, and advises starting home early to avoid pressure.
Stella McCrillis recounts her hospital visit after a clinic exam and diagnosis she says were questioned in a malpractice suit. Dr Blandin at the County Hospital, Dr Wilkins Smith and others figure in a plan for a civil action accusing the clinic of faulty evaluations and improper testing. The testimony hints at a coordinated effort to expose alleged diagnostic errors and protect public health.
Sao Paulo Governor Janio Quadros criticized state police dogs as underperforming in tracking criminals. He ordered the militia commander to intensify work and break up underperforming packs. In a separate note the piece warns that burning coal and oil in the next 50 years could add about 1,700 billion tons of carbon dioxide.
Willie King a 48 year old shipyard worker admitted listing two dogs as dependents on his 1953 income tax return. Judge Bryan Simpson refused a plea of guilty to tax evasion saying there was no willful fraud. King claimed belief that animals could be listed as dependents. Additional notes describe local visits and family travel in Lawrence County.
Vacation Bible School is in progress here. The revival will begin here the third Sunday in July. Luther, Guy and Douglas Thrasher returned Sunday from a week in Texas. Luther Landers and his wife have their two grandsons visiting from Michigan. George Harris and son of Decatur visited her parents over the fourth. Rev and Mrs Bert Murphree and Jerald Miller were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Clarence Gillespie. Ruby Landers spent a week with her daughter in Michigan.
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