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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1952
Page
7
Dorothy Dix offers guidance on smoking, loneliness, and divorce questions from readers. The letters cover a college age relationship, a lonely 35 year old divorcee, wedding invitation etiquette, and a European marriage strained by illness with cautions against desertion or casual divorce.
Alexander L. Sheff of the Speechwriting Institute advises bosses to avoid slurring spirants and fricatives during dictation. He notes letters like 4, 2? tg. g? or tg create continuable sounds that confuse secretaries in words such as freeze loath breath clothes and disburse.
David A. Patton of Athens new state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars made a good will mission to Montgomery. State Veterans Affairs Director C C Horton joined the talks about cooperation among veterans groups. Patton said the meeting was pleasant and laid groundwork for future harmony. The 1953 VFW convention is set for next June in Montgomery.
Headquarters have been established in Anniston to oppose a proposed amendment for sheriffs to extend terms from four to six years. J. Ross Tipton, chair of the Alabama Committee to Preserve the Four-Year Term, says a militant campaign will defeat the proposal. The amendment would go to a statewide vote in the November 4 general election, authorized by the Legislature’s last session.
In Panama City Florida a 6 year old millville boy spent three minutes under a capsized boat as his panicked parents and sister searched for him. Porter and his family were on Watson Bayou when the vessel capsized. he found Jerry trapped under the bow with air available as the others dove to rescue.
A Mobile County Republican leader announces plans to mobilize voters for Eisenhower in November. A. S. Whiting, chairman of the Mobile County Republican Executive Committee, says Republicans will organize at the neighborhood level and recruit life-long Democrats to vote Republican for the first time.
Florence reports Dr. D W Hollingsworth former moderator of the Alabama Presbyterian Synod retires as pastor of First Presbyterian Church effective November 1 after 34 years in Florence. The population of Uruguay is noted as about 2 353 000.
Mammoth tusks uncovered in Arctic Russia supplied ivory for decades, shaping trade practices and regional economies as researchers document historic exploitation of Pleistocene fossils.
The article notes that Jupiter is slightly less dense than the sun. It discusses planetary structure and mass differences, highlighting Jupiter's gaseous composition and overall lower density despite its large size.
Almost all organized activities for children were halted in Anniston and Oxford to stop polio spread. Two new cases raised Calhoun County total to eight in four weeks as the Park Board and suburban authorities closed pools and suspended programs. The Y M C A day camp and Carnegie Library story hours ended, while private lakes and pools were urged closed by the County Health Department.
Roy Moody aged 54 from Birmingham died of a fractured skull after falling from a 6 foot 6 inch scaffold yesterday at the Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp plant in Chalmette Louisiana. He worked for Custodis Construction Co. Authorities investigated the accident.
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