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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1963
Page
6
Colonial Grace home by Lester Cohen showcases a four bedroom layout in 1 660 square feet with an 865 square foot lower level. Features include a front loggia arches fireplace wall and built in storage across three levels designed for a large family.
A reader sends 50 cents with a request for a baby blueprint on design J-63. The note includes the name and street address to print clearly.
Sheriff C P Walker reports a forgery ring in Columbiana involving a mother of 14 Odessa Creen of Wilsonville and three relatives along with an unidentified man. Arrested were Ellis D Green 29 Doris Greer 21 and a 15 year old girl with the man at large. They face checks totaling around 40 dollars cashed in Columbiana Childersburg and Sylacauga action prompted by farmer C T Walters.
Twenty three American parachute examiners hold top ratings and boast a combined 9,306 jumps totaling 9,200 vertical miles.
Alabama influenza cases near 24,693 for the year rise 5.8 percent over the weekend. Dr. W H Y Smith of the Bureau of Preventable Diseases says the rate suggests the epidemic may be leveling off. Talladega and Marengo counties report 1,455 and 1,050 new cases respectively. Four wheel brakes become standard on American automobiles in 1924.
Birmingham voters head to the polls to choose a mayor from four segregationist candidates and other contenders, amid a tense racial and economic climate. About 40,000 of 68,000 registered voters expected to cast ballots in a 12 hour period ending 7 p.m.
Benny’s return at the Ziegfeld fuels dates and gossip from Hollywood to New York. Zsa Zsa Gabor, Herbert Hutner, and ex-husband Conrad Hilton mingle at the Waldorf. Bette Davis glows after Oscar nod, while Zero Mostel copes with a prank on stage. Judy Garland eyes London and Little Me starts taking phone orders due to the strike.
A Massachusetts farmer uses electric heating pads on the floor of his house to keep turkeys from getting cold feet. The effort highlights rural ingenuity in maintaining comfort for poultry during chilly periods.
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