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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1961

Page

11

Pondering Oddities and Puzzling Parables From a Fractured Page

A muddled mosaic of quips and fables recounts a mother pigeon guiding her chick to Florida with a tied string, a joke about Solomon and wives, a line about Indians in America, and a hunter guiding a wolf on a distant trail with a trapper’s inquiry lingering.

Florida

Wolfish puzzle and quips echo through 1950s humor page

A mixed page blends a large crossword with clues and a speckled batch of jokes and anecdotes. It includes a turtle tale from Batesville Arkansas about daily visits since 1952 and a seller’s dream of real estate perks, followed by a doctor and salesman humor bit.

Little Watson Batesville Ark Paul W. Buchanan

Hollywood Mourns Jeff Chandler at 42

Hollywood reels with shock as actor Jeff Chandler dies at age 42 after a May 13 spine surgery for a slipped disc led to complications including pneumonia and a ruptured artery requiring a lengthy 7 1/2 hour operation and massive blood transfusions. Friends and Tony Curtis mourn the rugged star.

Hollywood Jeff Chandler Tony Curtis Chandler

Fragmented dialogue and quirky exchanges in brief notes

A collage of lines about work versus heartache, a flirtatious seaside threat, a stubborn spouse, and a writer's riddle on plural forms and spellings. It features a waiter customer vignette and a puzzle hint about masculine for ladybug and plural mongoose.

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