Chatter Box Ponders Codes and World Reach
The note discusses the burden of responsibility in public life and warns against “playing God” with lives. It recalls postal zip code changes and IBM’s growing influence, mentioning a digit error redirecting a shipment from California to Singapore. It contrasts a local push to raise 25 thousand for the Chamber with a Dallas financier funding 25 million for a graduate research center to lure engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IBM
Towit
Calif
Singapore
Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Family groups return from coastal trips and conventions
Ethel and J B Wiley return from a week at Jekyll Island while Ed and Mildred Phil lips and their children come back from the Gulf Coast. Bill Dukes and boys Ronnie and Jeff return from Kentucky where he attended a Jaycee convention in Louisville. She visited her parents, the Ples Willoughbys of Prentiss Kentucky. Also at the convention were the Kenneth Meguiars and the Char
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Ethel
J. B. Wiley
Jekyll Island
Mildred Phillips
Chillun
Gulf Coast
Bill Dukes
Ronnie
Jeff
Kentucky
Louisville
Ples Willoughbys
Prentiss, Ky
Kenneth Meguiars
Char
Needlecraft show and catalog reach readers nationwide
The issue highlights patterns for sewing and embroidery with patterns 7342 and 7079, plus a 1963 needlecraft catalog offering over 200 designs and a free pattern. It advertises mailing details to Alice Brooks and notes various fashion and humor content, travel updates, and local letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Brooks
Decatur Daily
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Report stolen item promptly to all authorities and insurers
Public safety guidance urges immediate reporting of stolen cars or bikes to city police, sheriff, highway patrol and insurer. Authorities note agencies may not share data and advise signing a stolen vehicle complaint or John Doe warrant to allow nationwide notices. Local social notes mention Cotillion guests Nanette Hutchins, Jim Miller, John Samples and others visiting from Huntsville, Hartselle, and Monterrey, plus travel plans of crew aboard the USS Saratoga and youngster Connie Evans’ trip to Galway Lake for sailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Patrol
Brother Joe
Uncle Willie
Cotillion
Nanette Hutchins
Jim Miller
Huntsville
Leila
Joe Calvin
John Samples
Hartselle
Ann
Charles Murphree
Vocal anesthetic quip sparks weekly chuckle
Mrs. Paul Buchanan joked about the doctor providing a vocal anesthetic to a patient. The line drew smiles among the readers as a light moment in the week’s happenings.
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Dot
Paul) Buchanan
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Sanford 17
Jewels
Les Askews
Harold Carricos
Roland Jenkins
Juan Agees
Dwight Hoopers
Hattie Carnegie
Mademoiselle
America
IBCR
International Brotherhood of Coin Retrievers
Harvard Lampoon
Esquire
Sloop
Sue Warren
Susan
Panama City Beach
Dan Lawrence
Danny
Randy
Barbara
Bob Baugh
Martha
Bud Brown
Fort Walton Beach
Bankhead Forest
Bob Rylands
Jack
South Limestone
Vice Brooks Designs
Baumann
Bank Street
Sara Jane
Carol Smith
Paul and
Carol II
L. W. and
Mary Alice Johnson
Monterrey
Ince
Sanford
Fila
Saratoga
Connie Evans
Schenectady
E. A. Wrights
Galway Lake
DIAL
Lee St
Decatur, Ala
Maytag
Auto & Wringer
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