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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1958
Page
12
A mixed puzzle page presents a 1 across and 44 down crossword with clues covering Ancient to Spanish terms and a cryptogram quote puzzle. It includes a windowed sample with cipher rules and a “Yesterday's Answer” note from 1958.
Earl Wilson reports on Frank Sinatra Grace Kelly and Paris scenes with Bella Darvi and Erin OBrien. Noting Sinatra’s romance talk and Onassis yacht troubles amid a Paris reception, the column cites Linda Christian ulcers and a Warner Bros option dispute over O’Brien.
The piece surveys a night life panorama with Erin Fitzgerald in France and Los Angeles showbiz links. It notes Sammy Davis hiring her husband for a Moulin Rouge show in L A and sketches visits by Kirk Douglas, Lena Horne, Rosanna Brazzi, Ronald Colman and others. It mentions Do You Trust Your Wife host Cindy Lindt and Edna Ferber’s Giant earnings, plus humorous quips in Earl’s Pearls and Wish I’d Said That.
In Claremore Oklahoma three firefighters sought 400000 in damages for a propane tank explosion injury. While the jury deliberated both sides agreed on 20000. As they told the judge the amount the jury returned with the same 20000. The note that pulp and paper mills in the southern United States employ 77000 appeared in the text.
A collection of witty snippets and cartoons features a Texan tipping a Chicago waiter, a wall sight gag about visibility, a boastful ancestor quip, mourning edge paper humor, a golf widow line, and dialect verses. The pieces rely on wordplay and social observation for light amusement.
A contractor visits a recently completed short order home and finds a carpenter at work inside. He speaks in a whisper asking for confirmation that he can be heard.
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