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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1955

Page

9

Fifth Avenue Cooperative Apartments Show Luxury and Tax Deductions

Real estate writer visits a new Fifth Avenue cooperative near Central Park, detailing a 3 bed 3 bath layout with roof terrace. Price listed at 26 325 and annual charges 5872 50, with tax deductions claimed for real estate taxes. Notes past examples of opulent coops and famous residents, and how times pushed architects to downsize such suites.

Tacdoe New York Fifth Avenue Metropolitan Museum of Art Central Park Texas Brisbane Marjorie Post Close Hutton Davies Upper Fifth Ave Ment House

Fixing Paint by Punching a Hole in the Cover

A Popular Science tip advises creating a hole in the paint cover to hold a red mixer and inserting the mixer into a drill. It recommends taping the hole to prevent air from drying leftover paint.

Popular Science

Tribute to a prolific card sender at 10 Downing Street

Churchill sent a note and a picture of the famous entrance to a dedicated correspondent. Queen Juliana’s daughters mailed homemade cards. In 32 years Flum has sent 52,949 cards costing over $4,400. Last year he mailed 10,270 cards, greeting about 6,000 people.

Churchill Downing St Juliana Netherlands Flum

Factory Worker Turns Birthday Cards Into Global Pearls

Ed Flum, a Detroit factory worker, has a lifelong hobby of sending and collecting birthday and Christmas cards for prominent figures and forgotten people alike. Since starting in 1923, he has received tens of thousands of greetings from names like Churchill Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth, with last year alone totaling 340 birthday and 543 Christmas cards.

Detroit Ed Flum Winston Churchill Eisenhower Eliz- Flum Min H Lake

Billy Graham Heads Morals Clash in Sweden Feature

The piece notes Billy Graham challenging liberal Swedish morals during a Copenhagen beach visit with Ruth Graham and Cliff Barrows. It contrasts American evangelical views with Swedish and Danish social laxity on sexuality, praising Graham for condemning sexual immorality as sin while affirming love in truth and righteousness.

Gelist Billy Graham God Billy Ruth Copenhagen Cliff Barrows

Dust storm prompts home remedy with vacuum

A humorous note from Albuquerque describes a housewife using a vacuum to clear a dust storm from her new lawn. The tale mentions others who mocked her and later tried the same idea, with reports confirming it does not work.

Albuquerque

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