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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1955
Page
14
The market extended its 10th straight weekly gain despite Geneva talks and defense stock jitters. Heavy industry rose while peace stocks like tobacco and farm implements moved higher. the Associated Press average ended up 2.00 at 16.30, near a record high.
Charles G. Love Jr. has typed in a pitch dark room for ten years with near perfect accuracy. While colleagues see a bright cheerful workspace, Love is totally blind and continues to produce precise pages.
Dr. W W Bauer explains allergy management with skin tests history and physical exams to identify allergens. Treatments include immunization injections and antihistamine drugs with caveats of side effects and need for early start and adherence.
A longtime employee in the State Welfare Department’s office for the blind works as a stenographer and Braille typist earning 3612 dollars yearly. He plans to seek a preacher license next spring while supporting a wife and two children and serving as a lay leader at Bethel Church in Lansing.
The Decatur Daily invites reader letters on questions of the day. Only initials or a nom de plume may be printed, but editors must know the sender's identity and address. Space limits necessitate editing and nonprinting of manuscripts.
Grocer John Ray, a Republican, uprooted a no parking sign outside his store angering officials. Mayor Joseph W. Londeree blamed a stenographic minutes error for the sign’s placement. The incident sparked a political sting but officials insist the act crossed the line.
Doctor advises a nervous patient to ignore money worries and sleep better. The patient reveals he is the tailor who caused the worry, creating an ironic twist about finances and peace of mind.
A collection of comic exchanges and brief vignettes about family life. Jokes touch on gifts, ashes in a vase, and a lazy bum. A child scene shows a mother scolding for untidy clothes and a boy quipping about Adam. Also notes a baby’s birth in Wayne City and a humorous census line about grandparents.
Cohen orders chocolate cake at a lunchstand, returns it, chooses apple pie, then disputes payment when waiter claims the earlier cake was not paid for. The exchange escalates as the patron questions why he should pay for items he asserts he did not finish.
An observer notes a man slipping on a banana peel as spring brings blossoms and heavy mud. The incident captures everyday hazards in wet conditions. No injuries are reported.
A fall at the Wierans wad tank set causes laughter as onlookers form a circle. A friend retrieves the hat and a doctor, a lawyer, and a comic film producer step forward, offering help, legal action, and a potential contract.
A collection of humorous quotes featuring Fred Willard on bankruptcy and D B Williams noting a cat with real brown eyes. The snippets reflect light, quirky remarks from Lexington South Carolina and Rumford Maine.
Hollywood columnist Bob Thomas notes James Stewart, Doris Day, and Alfred Hitchcock working on Paramount's The Man Who Knew Too Much. Stewart plans to film in Paris for Lindbergh story, then Ireland Iceland and Greenland after completing the current project. Day jokes about singing more, while Hitchcock discusses remaking the 1935 film with Peter Lorre.
A Trinity College biologist received a three year grant of 6500 dollars from the National Science Foundation to study why tadpoles can regenerate hind legs after amputation in Hartford.
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