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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1954
Page
7
Joan, learning the antique trade, faces a tense scene with Miss Slavonski who tries to shortchange her over a Dresden trinket box. The confrontation exposes honesty over haggling as Joan stands firm on Cochran’s fixed pricing and the peril of shop deception.
In Phoenix Daniel J. Marsin 41 is charged with kidnapping the wife of a wealthy industrialist for 75000 dollars. Police extend the search for the ransom money across the Superstition Mountains using ground crews and mine shafts while seeking the rifle pistol and binoculars tied to the abduction. Mrs. Evelyn Ann Smith testified that a second man spoke of killing her during the trunk escape.
Principal J Y Moultrie earns a George Peabody College scholarship and takes a year’s leave. Robert Stewart to become East Elementary principal as St Paul’s Lutheran Church plans a June installation with a sermon by Walter Roehrs and music by local musicians. Future wedding events and receptions are listed through June.
Miss Arlene Voigt and James H. Stuckey set a June 20 ceremony at 5 PM in Christ English Lutheran Church with Rev. C. J. Rice officiating. Attendants include maid of honor Kathryn Voigt and best man Jim Culpepper, with ushers and hosts listed. receptions and showers planned. First gas customer King Pharr Canning Operations celebrated as Cullman gas system advances. completion deadline September 15.
Miss Lois Green Stitt bride elect and her fiancé Clay Russell Sherrill of Athens were honored by Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Sherrill at a Country Club dinner. Twenty four guests attended the event. Stitt wore a white strapless dress. The couple plans to wed June 20 at the First Baptist Church in Cullman.
The FCDA structured exercise named Operation Alert simulates 54 cities in the United States and Canada under a hypothetical mass bombing. Public drills involve major cities including Washington New York and Philadelphia with Mobile Alabama conducting a 26 000 person evacuation. The exercise begins at 10 a m EST and lasts 24 hours.
New York Brooklyn bridge is back in full use after a seven million dollar overhaul lasting four years. The 71 year old structure previously carried a central pedestrian promenade and lanes for elevated trains trolley cars wagons and cattle. It now features a pedestrian walkway and six traffic lanes.
Whiteville officials discussed cutting the meter fine from one dollar to ten cents. City Manager Ralph Woodard noted most parkers prefer to skip payment and risk enforcement.
Coast redwood trees in California have bark up to two feet thick. Some whales can swim circles around a ship moving at 30 knots.
A Detroit auto finance official warns a full tank loses fuel on curves and bumps and even more on hot days due to expansion. An almost empty tank increases evaporation and moisture, risking water in the tank and potential fuel-system damage. The last dregs may bring sediments causing expensive cleanings.
Lincoln Nebraska Mrs Richard Lutz cares for an orphaned baby squirrel feeding it with a miniature bottle and nipple. The creature cries loudly enough to wake the house, disrupting daily routines as a foster mother to the rodent child.
The United States holds about 35 percent of the world’s coal reserves while Russia accounts for about 23 percent. This outlines the global distribution of coal resources and highlights the U S dominance in coal stockpiles compared with Russia.
An Alabama traveler, Mrs. Velma Barron of Gadsden, was injured when a Phoenix-bound bus collided with two autos in Pomona California. Eight passengers were hurt, two people in one car were killed. She was severely shaken and bruised, police said.
A driver in Indianapolis struck a utility pole, triggering a fire alarm. He escaped injury but faces charges of drunken driving.
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