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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1959
Page
3
The Belgian Congo region is cited with pygmies averaging about 4 percent of typical foot height, highlighting exceptional diminutive stature among the population.
The Decatur City Commission highlights the need for a long range plan to extend city limits, add zoning for schools parks and commercial areas, and include Decatur’s surrounding neighborhoods. A chamber appointed committee led by Quince Eddens will coordinate with city county officials and the Planning Commission on future growth.
Three employees from Alabama Flour Mills were chosen as officers of the Alabama Poultry Industries Association at the APIA convention in Birmingham. E. O. Creel, poultry management specialist at the local mill, was named president of the Alabama Egg Assn. Creel, manager of Red Hat Broiler Supply in Alsbertville, heads the egg group. Sam H. Malone Jr, credit manager at the Decatur mill, became a director of the Alabama Feed Assn.
A Decatur student joins about 1,500 cadets from 35 colleges at the 1959 Fort Benning ROTC Summer Camp commencing June 20 and lasting until July 31 Leo S Dewey son of Mr and Mrs Richard H Dewey attends Vanderbilt University and will receive leadership training at the Georgia Infantry Center. A Decatur Traffic Courtesy Week committee is formed led by Phil D Mitchell and co chaired by Carl Clifton.
The page lists a sequence of crossword style clues with numbered entries such as 0 32 33 36 40 42 43 44 45 46 and down clues including Telegraph Armadillo Nazi police Before Pronoun Washes and Below naut. The reader is invited to fill in the grid with the corresponding solutions.
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A dense listing outlines radio and television time blocks and program names across morning to late night hours. It includes news briefs, music programs, Bible study, youth shows, farm segments, cartoons, sports weather, talk programs, and serialized dramas, with occasional variations by day and network.
Morgan County’s July induction quota for the Alabama Selective Service is 121 men with a national call of 8 000. James Dalton Sherrard of 1418 10th Ave SE Decatur is the local registrant. Sherrard must report to Montgomery on July 14. Other counties’ July quotas: Cullman two Limestone three Lawrence none. National call up rises 2 000 from June, highest since March.
A 2 year old Phoenix laborer awoke to find a burglar in his house and could not chase the thief who had stolen his pants. The report notes the burglary occurred as Feliciano Carr watched. In a separate note, a large proportion of nickel is used to produce stainless steel.
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