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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1959
Page
6
A business adviser challenges a young man to propose growth ideas for his employer, then cost saving plans, revealing that many workers fail to develop imagination and rely on routine. The tale ends with a police desk sergeant noting a quiet week with concern.
Crossword clues include Ingredient Estranger Muddled Enclosure and more with references to rivers gods and names. Readable fragments list helpers like Caruso Welles Ladd and Laurel along with chemical symbols and anatomical prefixes in a dense puzzle footer.
A fragmented snippet shows a jesting dialogue with names like Jack Benny and Rochester and a Michigan reader. It hints at social unrest and humor amid concerns of layoffs, aging, and the era's cynicism without reporting any crimes or arrests.
In Dublin Ireland the presidential race centers on Eamon de Valera and Gen Sean Maccoin with de Valera favored to win by a large margin. Voter turnout and a constitutional referendum on proportional representation are also in focus as counting begins later in the week.
Earl R. Clardy completed a nine week combat engineer course at the Army Fungineer Ordnance School in Mar nau Germany. Clardy, a sergeant with the 24th Engineering Battalion, 4th Armored Division, has served in Europe since last February. Corporal Bobbie Joe Hood reenlisted in the Marine Corps after basic and advanced training at Parris Island and Kaneohe Hawaii. Charles P. Shaia, hospital corpsman third class USN, departed Hawaii aboard the USS Lexington for duties with the Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific.
Raymond Burr, actor portraying Perry Mason, will speak at the North Carolina Bar Association convention in Blowing Rock. Superior Court Judge Frank Armstrong criticizes Burr’s appearance as irresponsible while Bar president Beverly C. Moore defends it as guest entertainment.
New Haven AP Ed McCarthy, a railroad conductor, announced he could whistle on the New Haven line after George Alpert, president of the New Haven Railroad, authorized the move. The whistle routine had been halted by an injunction following complaints from a supervisor and passengers alike for years of bird like noises along the corridor.
John F Dodgenitr4 of Vincent Alabama, a railroad worker with the Central of Georgia Railway, was crushed to death between two freight cars in a switch yard on Tuesday.
Police hold 64 year old Percy E Way in the knife slaying of his estranged wife 43 who staggered to a North Birmingham service station and died after her throat was slit near his parked auto. No motive yet established.
United States acquires Florida from Spain in 1819 for a price of five million dollars, expanding territorial reach and shaping early 19th century U.S. border policy. Morally, the transfer marks a shift in regional governance and the emergence of stronger federal authority in Florida.
In a light note on morale for commuters, Alpert approved a little whistling by conductor McCarthy. McCarthy said the word came down through ranks and he intends to start whistling again, following the earlier remark that it does no harm.
A fragment notes an inscription described as declaring the end of time on an ancient Egyptian tomb. The readable text suggests a funerary or symbolic motto tied to the site's historical context. No additional names or dates are legible.
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