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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1959
Page
8
Dear Dorothy Dix discusses a working wife balancing business and home duties and the impact on her husband’s ambition. The writer recalls earnings funding extras and a content yet stagnant spouse, while the friend notes personal financial independence as a safeguard.
Cullman receives 5300 from the State Aeronautics Commission for construction of a steel field house and facilities at Folsom Field as part of nearly 300,000 distributed to 21 Alabama municipalities. The commission also opposes a bill to reduce the aviation fuel tax from seven cents to one cent per gallon.
The Hartselle Rotary Club conducted a tour of the Chemstrand plant with Wade H. Link Jr. presenting a history and workers showing diagrams. Dr. Kenneth Johnson welcomed more than 30 members and guests who attended the event.
Atlanta officials weigh a mixed integration approach inspired by Alabama and Nashville plans as a federal court order to desegregate looms. Representative M M Smith urges a Georgia bill patterned on Alabama law to implement token integration while governor powers could close schools or districts ordered to integrate.
A capacity crowd of 600 attended a testimonial dinner for Rabbi Norman Twersky head of the Orthodox Congregation of Lawrence. Sponsor Father Edward Carney praised interfaith harmony with messages from Gov. Furcolo and tributes from Boston rabbinical leaders. Telegraphic notes came from Vice President Nixon and others. More than half of Holland’s farms are under 10 acres.
Confirmation of the Hartselle Post Office becoming first class was announced by Acting Postmaster Hugh F. Penn. Effective July 1, the upgrade will expand services including special delivery. receipts rose to over 44,000 dollars last year, with sales this year expected to exceed 1958.
Sandra Fitzgerald of Hartselle won the Pythias of Alabama state oratorical contest in Anniston and will represent Alabama at the regional finals in Chattanooga June 26. She is a Morgan County High School 10th grader, band member, top student, and next year editor in chief of The Riddle.
A claim that Esperanto, the universal language, was created in 1887 by Dr. L L Zamehoff of Warsaw is reported. The statement ties the language to a Warsaw based physician and names a single founder.
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