Bell Workers Win National Safety Council Honor
Decatur based Southern Bell and Bell System employees receive the National Safety Council top Award of Honor for 1957. There were no lost time injuries in the Decatur exchange last year, and drivers logged over 400000 miles without a lost time incident. Across the Southern Bell system only 54 lost time injuries per million hours occurred with no fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WLHS
West Limestone High School
H&h
Athens
E. W. Searcy
Geraldine Siniard
Shirley Gaston Smith
Dan Jackson
Hubert Chittam
Decatur
Southern Bell
Bell System
National Safety Council
Taylor
Bell
Grasshoppers Threaten Colorado Wheat Harvest
Eastern Colorado faces a 110 million dollar bumper wheat crop at risk from the worst grasshopper invasion in a decade. Nine million acres across 16 counties are infested, with spread into Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma Wyoming Montana. State officials urge swift action and spraying as mid June ex termination could be too late. State program starts on about 300000 acres as governors seek federal aid.
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Denver
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Montana
Plains
Paul W. Swisher
State Agriculture Department
Cornelian Court Hotel
Carey Surgical Appliance CO
Canal St
Maison Blanche Bldg
New Orleans
Will Your Community Permit Iron Fences And Locked Gates
Dear readers discuss suburban privacy versus city life. The column notes the joys of owning homes yet cites intrusiveness from neighbors and pets. It also touches on dating, social life for the young, marriage in aging couples, and a government spraying program in Kansas.
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Dorothy DIX
Marie
Nissen
Girlie
Spain
Peace-Lovin Town Vanceburg Gun Sight Law Question
In Vanceburg Kentucky residents openly carry firearms in public. The law bans concealed weapons only and no action is clear. The state attorney general has been asked to issue a ruling on the situation.
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Vanceburg
Kentucky
Rhonda Fleming Divorces Dr. Lew Morrill Again
Actress Rhonda Fleming 36 files for divorce from Dr. Lew Morrill 42 in Santa Monica California. This marks the second split in six years after a 1956 Mexican divorce and reconciliation.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Rhonda Fleming
Lew Morrill
Dorothy Dix advice request and note on hummingbird population
A reader is urged to send problems to Dorothy Dix with a stamped self addressed envelope. The note mentions Dorothy Dix as a trademark and cites The Bell Syndicate, Inc. The text also notes Trinidad in the West Indies has a large hummingbird population.
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Dorothy DIX
U.S
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Trinidad
West Indies
Wheat Allotments Open to Some Who Missed Planting
Farmers on land with no wheat seeded in 1956 57 or 58 and lacking a 1958 allotment may apply for a 1959 wheat acreage allotment. Applications must be in writing to the ASC county committee by July 1 1958 to have a 1959 allotment established.
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ASC
Italy Population Estimate Reported at Forty-Six Million
The report states that Italy has an estimated population of about 46 million people. It notes the figure as an approximation and reflects ongoing demographic data gathering by national statistics agencies.
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Italy
WAF Recruiter To Visit Decatur Friday
M/Sgt Toni Anderson, WAF recruiting sergeant for northern Alabama, will visit Decatur Friday on an official itinerary. She will answer questions about Women In The Air Force and enlistment qualifications. She will be at the U S Air Force Recruiting office in the Walgreens Drug Building. Office phone El 3 7124.
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Toni Anderson
WAF
Alabama
Decatur
Air Force
Anderson
U.S. Air Force
Walgreens Drug
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Dulcy
Eisenhower
U. S
W.W
Bureau OF
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Dennis
Shedding Hubby
Sterchi’s
Jewelry Dept
J. P. Pierce
Dial
Royal Welcome Service
W. L. Morris Groc
Rt. 1
Danville
Hollis
Pleasant
Buck
Hartselle
H. H. Anders
Nancy Ford Road
J. L. McGhee McGhee Groc
Priceville
Royal
Ltt
Streit
Joe Puckett JR
Puckett
C. R. Bibb
Philip Wade Irick Co
L. Trick Grace
Danville Road
Co. B. Mitchell
2Nd Ave
Oscar Thompson
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