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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1957

Page

6

Graham Uses Parables To Press Faith In MSG Crusade

The article notes Billy Graham at Madison Square Garden drawing on parables to stress Christ as the path to Heaven. He cites stories of a 65 yard run in the wrong direction and a mother giving iodine in sincerity, urging listeners to follow Christ and surrender ego. Ruth Graham scouts for fresh allegories to extend the 1957 campaign.

George Cornell New York Billy Graham Eich Christ Graham Heaven Madison Square Garden Ruth

Crusade attendance totals rise as Graham pleads to accept Christ

The appeal grows with Billy Graham urging acceptance of Christ, raising the total to 16 229 and pushing crusade attendance to 483 500 as supporters respond across regions.

Graham

Wave guides promise faster phones at Bell labs

Bell scientists unveil a wave guide a pair of hollow copper tubes that could handle 400000 conversations at once. The article also offers travel tips and promotes a free booklet on improving telephone manners along with a note on separate teenage directory listings.

Bell

Sylacauga Ministers Discuss Bomb Threats Today

In Sylacauga Alabama the ministerial association meets to discuss death threats against the families of Reverend Dan Whitsett and Reverend Newton Malony of the First Methodist Church. The City Council also meets today. An earlier incident involved arson near the church and a phone warning to the Whitsett family.

Sylacauga Ala

Funeral services for Mrs Previtt at Spring Hill Baptist Church

Mrs Previtt died at her residence on Moulton 2 yesterday. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at Spring Hill Baptist Church on Old Trinity Road. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery with Reynolds in charge. Survivors include four sisters in Birmingham and Moulton, one aunt in Hillsboro, and other relatives. Burial of the infant son of Mr.

Previtt Moulton Spring Hill Baptist Church Old Trinity Road Spring Hill Cemetery Reynolds Clara Nance Minnie Harris Birmingham Novella Jones Elsie Previtt Gillie McDaniel Hillsboro

Dear Dorothy Dix Advice Column Excerpt

An advice column excerpt recounts a widow and her son living under a jealous husband and a reader choosing single life over a controlling marriage. The exchange covers jealousy, mail surveillance, and distrust in relationships as a man returns from overseas and expectations of fidelity.

Dorothy DIX Sunny Ross

Dear Dorothy Dix Advice Column Excerpt

A letter warns a man about mail issues and hints he may reconcile with his ex wife. Another reader asks if two seniors can marry amid family opposition and a sister and brother living together. Dorothy Dix advises independence and moving away if needed.

Melissa Dorothy DIX

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