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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1962
Page
6
Girls will soon find bobby pins in eight colors from pink and blue to silver and white. A card of seventy two pins will cost 29 cents, offering a cheaper option for brighter hair accessories.
FT GORDON Ga Army National Guard Pfc Nicholas T Frangias 25 wife Jacqueline lives at 608 E Pryor St Athens recently completed a 20 week teletypewriter equipment repair course at The Signal Training Center Frangias is assigned to the 279th Signal Battalion recalled to active duty at Ft Hood Tex Before active duty he worked for Brown Engineering Co Huntsville He graduated Greenwood S C High School in 1954 and earned a BS from Northrop Institute of Technology Inglewood Calif His parents Mr and Mrs Tony N Frangias live at 245 Pressley St Greenwood S C
Louie E. Arnold fireman USN son of Mr and Mrs George M Arnold of 311 South Clinton St Athens serves aboard USS Bon Homme Richard participating in Exercise Park Barrel off the Southern California coast beginning May 14. The 10 day operation includes about 250 ships and 20 000 men of the First Fleet in a fast carrier strike force versus submarines and aircraft with at sea replenishment as a key feature.
Cap. Samuel A. Biondo of Wright Patterson AFB Ohio is reassigned to Texas A&M College College Station after completing a nine month Air Force Institute of Technology civil engineering course. He entered service in 1951 and holds a BA from Athens College. He and his wife Janet M. Long of Athens have a son Samuel Jr. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Phillip J. Biondo of Homestead Florida.
Readers share quick home hacks from 1962 including coloring white thread with a crayon, using a plastic dishpan for clearing tables, and a humorous note about a loud clock with a fussy baby. Advice on stain removal and ham foil covers adds to a column of practical tips and reader chatter.
Julie Pendleton faces peril as her fiancé Britt Fabian confronts a violent assault at the Kentucky Derby camp. A stablehand is beaten, Vogel lies near death after a confrontation over Big Blue, and Lt Fallon and Casey Jeffries patrol the unfolding drama. Britt admits fault, Julie stands by, and police arrive to investigate. The case continues tomorrow.
Carl Paetow of the Buende Cigar Museum says a 26 year old cigar, 5 feet 6,929 inches long and 26,378 inches in diameter, is the world’s biggest but its wrapper leaves are peeling and the tobacco is crumbling. Repair may be possible but difficult as it must be removed from a glass case, and if used would require about 600 hours to smoke.
On the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea tourism dominates the economy. Manxmen refer to visiting tourists as come overs, a local nickname that highlights complex attitudes toward visitors.
Three traffic mishaps were investigated by City police Sunday and one person charged with reckless driving after a 1 10 p m accident. William E Jones 18 of 1019 Sycamore St charged after his car hit a parked car owned by Loyd Tate of 801 3rd Ave SE. Jones was south on 3rd Ave SE turning onto 4th St when he collided with the Tate car. Edward Feil 19 of 1310 5th Ave SE was east on Moulton St E at 2 15 a m Sunday and side swiped a 1959 Oldsmobile parked at 806 Moulton St Feil said he was meeting a car and swerved to miss it and collided with the car owned by Jessie E
Plantersville Alabama AP Samuel Chapman Lacy 82 former state representative from Dallas County died in Birmingham Saturday. He was a Dallas County native and planter who served in the legislature during Gov Comer's administration. Funeral services are set for Sunday.
In 1956 Spain and France relinquished protectorates over Morocco and the Tangier international zone was handed to Morocco, marking a reunification of the former enclave with the country.
Billy Lamon 31 of 20 7th Ave SE told officers he was southbound on Highway 31 S at 2 40 p m when a car pulled out in front of him He braked and veered into a ditch to avoid a collision The accident left details incomplete and under investigation
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