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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1968

Page

5

Antarctica Drift Theories Examined In 16 Day Expedition

Sir Edmund Hillary reports on the Antarctic voyage to Robertson Bay and Admiralty Mountains testing continental drift ideas. Severe weather slowed progress. campsites on Moubray Glacier and Adare Saddle faced crevasses, whiteouts, and peril as geologists studied rocks for clues to past land connections.

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Surviving a Polar Trek Through a Narrow Escape on Ice

On a harsh polar trek a team endures collapsing snow bridges and drifting snows. Murray Hardie drives a Snowmobile to safety as a bridge caves behind him. the party digs out, rigs sledges, and hides from unstable bay ice and tide cracks.

Norm Hardie Murray Ellis Murray Piedmont

Manufactured presidential candidates at Jackson Co factory

Observer reports Abraham Watson & Sons of Washington build political candidates as wind-tunnel tested models. Prototypes like the X-115 for 1972 mimic past leaders while parties fear changing the system. experts discuss public reaction, candidate parts, and the politics of exclusion.

N. Y Washington Abraham Watson & Sons Theodore Jackson Grét Calvin Coolidge Jaclon Co Nel Mr. Jackson Lyndon Johnson Richard Nixon Nelson Rockefeller Jackson Warren G. Harding Theodore Johnson Rockefeller Burwell Cash Republican National Committee James Dandy Cash Dandy

An Open Letter to Ike from Francis B Richerson

A deceased Mrs Francis B Richerson pens an open letter to Ike urging national unity and responsible voting. She argues the right to vote is sacred, warns against corruption, and calls for a leader who upholds God’s rules and the public good. She praises Ike as steadfast and asks him to blaze a path out of political inertia.

Decatur Daily Decatur Alabama Ike Phah

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