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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1950
Page
9
Classified listing shows multiple for sale items including an 85 h.p. Buda engine and electric starter, metal clothes line posts, galvanized well casing, sewing machines, a 20 ft cabin boat, and linoleum. Also contains multiple Decatur Alabama ordinances about street paving and public notices with dates in 1950.
DE WITT MACKENZIE argues the Western fight over seating Red China at the United Nations reveals conflicting loyalties. Britain moves to back Communist China for Security Council while the United States refuses to support Red China, fueling talk of a bipolar U.N. split.
Lord Boyd Orr praised Israel's food menu after reviewing ration lists with Minister Dov Joseph. He said current rations are sufficient to maintain health despite seven ounce weekly meat allotments and reliance on frozen fish potatoes carrots and peas.
A daily crossword features clues across styles from Stylish to Bay window and Java tree. The puzzle lists 39 entries including Malt beverages and Roman pound with related terms and endings.
A cryptogram quotation reads CAJEDO NVKE ENWG EWDL ENO UAKKVCA FNHSN UHCNE ADKA Hd EADDHIJC FWGJIL-UHDEW4J Yesterday's line was THIS WAS THE NOBLEST WOMAN OF THEM ALL SHAKESPEARE.
Eastern Airlines requests a new direct service to California linking the Northeast with the South. Examiner J Earl Cox urged the Civil Aeronautics Board to permit route extension to San Diego Los Angeles San Francisco and Oakland. Georgia Alabama and nearby states lack West Coast service with Columbus Atlanta Rome Macon Waycross Albany Savannah Augusta Mobile Dothan Montgomery Huntsville Muscle Shoals named as involved cities.
Farmer Christian Harpoeth of Toender in South Jutland reports a cat that had hidden away five well fed young rats she was nursing. The kittens had been drowned earlier and now the cat mourns the loss of her foster children who have been drowned as well.
In Redwood City a ceiling collapse at the Sequoia theater showered about 10 tons of ornamental plaster and reinforcing on patrons. Thirty injured, fifteen hospitalized, one serious. Victim Vangie Case, 34, unconscious after falling or jumping from seats. her husband Dr. Robert Case reports possible concussion and internal injuries. Police and fire officials describe the fall as center‑peaked and sudden with panic briefly rising among the crowd.
Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado is described as the highest continuous highway in the nation with four miles above.
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