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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1966
Page
3
Mrs. Norman Albright runs a bustling kindergarten and private first grade serving about 150 children daily. She believes five and six year olds ask bold questions and learn by exploring with hands on demonstrations, preparing them for future life and growth.
The text describes ancient Greek thinker Pythagoras, a religious teacher, mathematician, and philosopher who lived in the 6th century B.C. It notes his exile to southern Italy, his belief in immortality and transmigration of the soul, and his followers the Pythagoreans who practiced strict beliefs including dietary abstinence from animals. A contest winner is named.
The passage summarizes Pythagoras beliefs on silence and food restrictions, the significance of numbers in harmony and cosmic order, a near correct solar system view, and the famous right triangle theorem. It also warns that many toadstools are poisonous with the death cap noted as deadly.
AP reports on several new items including a do it yourself fountain kit from Thomas Beckett Co a Hydrometals Inc division in Dallas Texas with a recirculating pump and setup instructions. Westinghouse portable steam press valet debuts for August and Ingraham Co offers colonial era sign clock with battery movement. Also listed are an outrigger pontoon kit from Waukegan Outdoor Products and coated steel from Sharon Steel with address details for all companies involved.
The feature room is built of pre coated steel by Rosenblum Brothers Co Niles Ohio. It can serve as a garage tool and bicycle shelter poolside cabana or bus stop shelter. Available in two sizes 72 by 7 2 feet and designed for quick set up.
Demand stayed active as butcher hog prices held steady to 25 cents higher with some loads 50 cents up. Mixed No 1 and 2 traded 26.25 to 26.50, top quotes in over three weeks, while mixed 1-3 moved 25.75 to 26.25 and 2s 3s 21.75 to 25.75. Steer prices eased to 25 to 26 per cwt, with high grade west 25.75 to 26.50 and prime 26.75 to 28. Lambs sold 23.50 to 24.50.
The market fell Friday with the Dow Jones industrial average down 4.84 to 869.15 amid a week of losses. Volume was 6.55 million issues, and the AP index dropped 0.9 to 313.6 as 611 declined and 518 advanced. Sperry Rand led as most active, rising on strong second quarter earnings. gold mining issues rose on a Senate subsidy report.
Midwest weather forecast eases speculative buying as grain futures close lower again. Wheat holds until final minutes before export demand fades and prices slip. Corn oats rye and soybeans all retreat with September contracts quoted lower across the board.
Market report from New York July 22 shows the Dow Jones industrial average off 4.84 at 869.15 while utilities edge up 0.24 to 133.96. The railroads and overall stocks retreat with the commodity futures index down 0.43 to 142.205 as trading tallies are listed.
Standard and Poor's stock indexes show mixed results with the Industrials at 91.509, Railroads at 44.90, Utilities at 67.04 and Stocks at 8541. Off readings and minor net changes noted across sectors.
Prices were irregularly lower on the American Stock Exchange while the index rose 2 cents to 15.45 as more issues fell than rose. Volume reached 2.21 million shares, up from 1.89 million Thursday. Corporate and U.S. Treasury bonds were mixed while Detroit Steel remained unchanged.
A Louisville suburb church signs a proverb "You never throw mud without losing ground" to comment on local discourse. The AP reports a civic tone as residents reflect on community stances amid neighborhood debates.
A cryptic note warns that he is usually dead within six to fifteen hours, signaling a frightening prognosis without specific context or source details.
Jimmy presents three numbers and the dialogue riffs on a car wiring fault. The exchange ends with a call to send riddles and jokes to the Britannica World Atlas page, announcing Margaret Keeping of Dartmouth Nova Scotia as today’s winner.
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