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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1963
Page
6
A collection of reader tips on organizing hangers by drilling holes, making gelatin safely, stuffing birds with a wide funnel, and using a shoehorn as a trowel. Other notes cover tracking illnesses on birth certificates, saving soap pads by foil wrapping, restoring curtain sheen with candle wax in hot starch, and a lighthearted note from a reader about keeping a tidy home.
In San Francisco the Young Republican convention opens with about 1000 delegates as pro Goldwater supporters rally for the Arizona senator who tops the potential GOP ticket. The top posts for the next two years feature Charles McDevitt and Donald Lukens, conservatives, as the chairman race unfolds. The platform committee plans a general statement of GOP philosophy, and Oregon Governor Mark Hatfield is slated to deliver the keynote Wednesday morning.
Several Auburn University representatives met Lawrence County Board of Education officials to discuss the Town Creek Watershed program. Also present were Silas Cross, superintendent, and Lewis Watkins, LCHS principal, who explored plans for a possible additional road to the high school building.
The schedule lists bookmobile stops at Thatch Vining's Store from 9:15 to 10:15, Pettusville Howard's from 10:30 to 11:30, Locke's Cross Roads Hobb's from 11:45 to 1, and Elkmont Head's Store from 1:15 to 3.
Long running promotional copy touts non stop vacation fun and steady mileage by spreading load across surface. It highlights safer stops from Atlas traction and easier steering with reduced side slip. Twin Guarantee backed by 50,000 ATLAS dealers in 50 states and Canada.
In 1953 Mrs. G. Clark took an umbrella to a local store for recovery and was told it was lost. In March 1963 she received a bill for 25 shillings and went to the shop where the umbrella was finally recovered.
Probate Judge T C Almon announced Aug 5 1963 as the last day to register for the Aug 20 Decatur city commissioner election. Registration will occur on the first and third Mondays in July. Qualified voters must have Morgan County residency six months and Alabama residency one year. Four candidates qualified: Wilson Morgan Dick Coffey J S Elliott and Rev Joseph J Griggs.
A miniature welding device emits a 6000 degree gas flame with a diameter of one fiftieth inch, enabling tiny assemblies for jewelry and electronics. Washington state is noted for its pure silica deposits, among the United States' best. In Henderson Kentucky, residents witnessed long wispy spider webs drifting from migratory spiders riding winds, strands up to 20 feet long fluttering down to trees and objects.
In Newport area near Fort Thomas a blaze swept through the high school. Principal Harold Miller carried records from the building. Football aide Owen Hauck saved play drawings and basketball coach Bob Luecke saved team uniforms. Biology teacher Howard Law fled with moose heads.
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