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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1959
Page
4
A Florence Herald short item notes a downtown salesgirl joking with a customer. She explains that removing the bodice yields a playsuit and removing the skirt yields a sawsuit, adding that removing anything else would lead to a lawsuit.
Prince Edward County Virginia plans to drop public school operations this fall and refuse tax levies for education in 1959 60. The board will not fund tuition grants for private or out of county schools, signaling an end to local education. The decision frames blame on the Supreme Court for forcing such changes.
As deadlines loom for a possible nationwide steel strike, the article argues negotiators from steel companies and unions should be fired and replaced if no agreement is reached before the deadline. It asserts both sides are prospering and urges selfless action to avoid harming the American economy.
A long dispute over renaming Alabama Polytechnic Institute to Auburn University draws Auburn supporters against a proposal to add Auburn, Alabama Land Grant University. Proponents back including Auburn in the official title to reflect heritage, status, and legal clarity.
The McClellan Committee linked Mike Singer, head of a Los Angeles meat and fat drivers local, to a million dollar fat and rendering scheme. He allegedly ordered street vendors to quit or face bans, forcing a self employed crew into a union for dues. This local 626 B, with 40 self driven members, becomes the first Teamster unit indicted under anti trust actions in recent years.
Arlie B Davidson argues that doubt handicaps success and harms relationships, urging belief in yourself and others. She cites Goethe on beliefs, warns doubt can weaken marriage, parenting, and resilience, and stresses the mind’s attitude as crucial to worth and outcomes.
Nixon and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko shared a light moment at Eisenhower's luncheon after the Dulles funeral. Pearson notes Strauss and Senate sentiment on anti trust actions targetting the Teamsters, with several lawmakers wavering on support.
County Agent Charles Rutledge reports residents seek flea control in Decatur. Fleas drop eggs to ground and larvae feed in dirt. Advice covers dog and cat treatments with malathion rotenone and pyrethrins, plus house treatments and area spraying. local resident Carmen Taylor notes fleas spread on feet and dogs.
Kenneth Hayes analyzes a 21 stock list priced between 36 and 37 a share and shows how prices diverged by April 1959. He notes gains for Philadelphia & Reading and Motorola contrasted with declines for Endicott Johnson and Household Finance, underscoring that price alone does not indicate value and urging investors to study earnings, industry outlook, and management.
The report states there are about 40,000 pygmies in the Belgian Congo Ituri Forest who are said to stand little more than 42 feet tall, a claim reflecting contemporary tropical anthropology.
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