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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1966
Page
11
A reader contest announces Mark Dedon of Santa Monica California as the winner for a question about taste. The short excerpt ends with a prompt inviting readers to think about tasting.
The reader learns that taste buds occur across bodies in aquatic creatures and are concentrated in the mouth for land animals. Birds, mammals, and whales show varied distributions and numbers, from about 3,000 in humans to 35,000 in cows. Different tongue regions sense sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.
A riddle invites readers to identify a U S president’s tomb in a major city set beside a river. It notes the figure was a renowned military leader before taking office and teases tomorrow’s paper for the solution via Britannica or Yearbook references.
A playful family joke about discipline and a looming report card. The mother asks why Junior is spanked and the father replies he will be away when the report arrives, implying consequences tied to grades.
A woman asks to wear a wallflower patterned wallpaper, but the clerk suggests it suits the wall better and recommends placing it on the wall rather than herself.
Dear Readers, the column recounts a volley of mail reacting to Ann Landers long advised girdle use. Readers argue for and against waists, with Dan Daniels critiquing the self improvement view and others citing health and comfort concerns.
Reporter Fred Coleman recalls past East West travel ties from 1954 to the Mott case in 1960s Moscow. He notes Soviet insistence on open tourism despite Cold War tensions, American warnings after Newcomb Mott’s death, and a bid to keep foreign currency from wheat and goods.
New York medical notes claim Primatene tablets open blocked bronchial tubes quickly, restore normal breathing, and ease panic. Doctors prescribe it widely and it may be sold without a prescription in many states.
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