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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1958
Page
12
Amy Vanderbilt urges fall dress in jeans for children while a Cannon campaign stop leads to a comic schoolroom scene. A sneeze fit interrupts a speech as Byron and Demosthenes antics amuse the room. A dental ad touts aspirin while a caller reports a man swallowing a mouse.
A dense listing from Decatur Daily shows a full slate of radio and TV programming across multiple stations with various daily time blocks. Program titles include News in Brief Tops in Pops Farm News Decatur Bandstand and musical features, primarily arranged in hourly sequences across mornings afternoons and evenings.
A doctor visits a patient caressing a quirky test claim about invention. The scene unfolds with the patient asleep on a sofa and his wife reacting with mounting concern as the doctor assesses the odd situation.
Six members were elected to the Decatur Country Club board of control. Newly elected are Frank Scroggins Bill Braswell Harold Michelson Hen on Pearce C. W. Nelson and Wilson Morgan John Sosa serves a second term as president and reports the club finished 1957 in the black despite dining room losses.
Vast excitement at a Paris hotel as American celebrities mingle with locals and European figures. Notables mentioned include Georgia Jessel, Harry Truman, Peggy Guy, Errol Flynn, Fred Astaire, Grace Kelly, John Wayne, Steve Allen, and many others amid dining and shopping scenes in Cannes and Paris.
The group led by H. B. Bowzee as chairman and including Mrs. E. H. Barnett Mrs. Skeggs Crawford Bob McNelly and Dan Lawrence is tasked with securing more funds to decorate and remodel the clubhouse facilities. They aim to follow golfers who contributed over $7 000 to expand the golf course, per Sosa.
A regular grand jury will probe alleged voting irregularities in Covington County from the May 6 Democratic primary. Circuit Judge Bowen Simmons said the regular jury would hear the case in August or September, after previously signaling a special grand jury.
Bay Minette attorney Lenoir Thompson charged before the election that three individuals listed on absentee ballots had not voted as absentees. The dispute centers on names associated with the ballots and the integrity of the county absentee voting process.
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