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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1971
Page
22
Retrospective essay recalls midcentury life and habits. It contrasts horse-drawn streets with cars, working wives, frugal health costs, and simple entertainments. It notes housecleaning norms, obituary phrasing, tip culture, and heating methods before modern conveniences.
Sheffield based Martin Supply Co expands to industrial safety with branches in Decatur and Sheffield. The firm offers UL and Bureau of Mines compliant head eye ear hand and body protection from Bullard Palmosan Louisville Ladder Morton Salt Uniroyal and others. Salesmen survey plants and propose safety improvements.
Mark Shields, long a Gilligan associate, will join Sen. Edmund Muskie's 1972 presidential campaign as part of a three person management team. The move shifts Ohio influence to Muskie and signals Gilligan's possible favor toward the Maine senator.
Morris Chalfen producer of Holiday On Ice plans an open door visit to China with his troupe of more than 100, pending State Department approval. He also aims to import a Chinese acrobatic team seen in Paris to perform in the United States.
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