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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1956

Page

16

Dinner Too Much for Chad Mays as Clinic Debate Boils

At a county club dinner, Dr Chadburn Mays dominated with a dull speech on diagnostic clinics while fellow doctors debated his influence. The following day a hospital interview attacked free clinic rhetoric and warned about superficial checks and hidden charges, unsettling Lacey Van Horn.

County Medieval Society Chad Mays John Blandin Dr. Moore John Helen Lacey van Horn Chadburn Mays Newell McCrillis Claude Wilkins-Smith

Radio TV Logs Show Dense Schedule of Programs

The Decatur Daily lists a day's rhythm of radio and TV offerings including Morning Musical, News, World Concert Hal, Sign On and News, Barons vs Little Rock, Wings of Healing, Dr Monroe Porter, Walter Winchell, Old Fashioned Revival Hour, AP News, Rays of Hope, Showtimes on WBRC and Channel 13, and Sunday programming with religious and entertainment segments. The listings reflect a busy slate across stations with multiple time slots and varied genres.

Central Baptist Church Church of Christ Walter Winchell AP News Record Shop Hartselle Hise Cedric Foster Les and Mary

Woman weighs clinic idea while planning confrontation

Lacey fears Chad may defend a controversial clinic idea promoted by Wilkins-Smith who casts it as quackery. She plans to discuss the matter with Chad and the public defense, while contemplating how to tell Johnny and manage rumors about her marriage.

Chad John Biandin Wilkins-Smith Lacey Johnny

Segregation Only Way Says Alabama Demo Platform Writer

Alabama circuit judge George Wallace told reporters at Chicago he will push a platform plank endorsing segregation as the only sane arrangement for racial harmony. He urged readoption of 1928 State Rights principles and attacked federal encroachment on state rights, while promising farm, industry, and social security plans alongside a strong anti-communist stance. A separate Detroit note reports four traffic officers assisted at the Norwest Theater when a public publicity stunt caused a slippery scene involving a camel named Sadie and panicked children.

Rex Thomas Montgomery the South George Wallace Platform Committee Clayton Ala Chicago South South Alabama Wallace Supreme Court Alabama Martha Roberts McBurney Florence Tennessee Valley Authority REA Detroit Norwest Sadie

To Be Continued Marriage Note Prompted by Fragment

A fragment notes a marriage context with the phrase To Be Continued, indicating an ongoing or unresolved marital reference without full details. The readable text suggests a serialized or evolving personal outcome to be explored later.

Weighed Letter Sparks Stamp Lightening Question

An Omaha Post Office clerk weighed a letter for a woman and said it was too heavy requiring another stamp. The patron responded that adding a stamp would not make the letter lighter, highlighting a humorous misunderstanding.

Omaha

Open and Clothes Case in Dallas A

Mrs. O A Gartman reported washing stolen from her clothesline and found in her backyard next morning 15 other pieces of clothing never seen before. Police acted promptly on the complaint and investigated the incident.

Dallass O. A. Gartman

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