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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1952
Page
8
Weather notes report Hell Michigan reached a 103 degree high and Paradise Michigan recorded 67. The piece also notes general world facts about continents and Mt Everest height per the National Geographic Society.
Dean H. Robinson guides readers through a scale model home highlighting exterior siding, flower boxes, curved walks, and a welcoming front porch. Inside features include a large living dining room with dual picture windows, a fireplace, built in cabinets, and a bright kitchen opening to a service entrance and basement stairs. Blueprints and the Third Book of Small Home Designs are offered for purchase with delivery in two weeks.
Nancy K Reilly, a 13 year old seventh grader from Dallas, suffered a polio attack last October that left her bedbound for three months. After treatment by her mother and regaining use of her limbs, she studied at home without visits from teachers or classmates and recently graduated from elementary school with high grades.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill granting Army engineers 667 million 774 thousand 699 dollars for flood control navigation and other river projects. The package exceeds the House total by about 35 percent and is roughly 45 million dollars below President Truman's July 1 budget. The measure moves to the Senate for action and lists approved allocations for Alabama Florida and Georgia including Demopolis Lock and Dam Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam Buford Dam Clare Hill and Hartwell Reservoir.
Four million total for river projects including Howell Mill Shoals Dam at $100 000 Upper Columbia Lock and Dam at $75 000 New Lock and Dam No 8 on the Warrior and Tom Bigbee River system at $75 000.
Dr. Robert S. Hill Sr. dies at 82 in Montgomery after a long career as a heart surgeon and medical author. Former president of the Medical Association of Alabama, he was uncle to Sen. Lister Hill and father-in-law to Justice John L. Goodwyn. He and his brother ran a Montgomery hospital later donated to the city. funeral services will be held this afternoon.
A fragment notes the new German government imposes rates in an enclave similar to the American District of Columbia, creating parallels with Washington DC. The text suggests policy parity with a central urban authority and raises questions about governance and authority in an isolated territory.
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