Heloise tips on pinked iron-on tape and small fixes
Readers share practical household hints. A tip suggests cutting iron-on tape with pinking shears to prevent fraying, with reinforcement on the fabric’s wrong side. Additional notes cover heat tricks, vitamin C in baby drinks, cleaning nylon chair feet with an emery board, repurposing plastic containers for medicine shelves, organizing a junk drawer, and using a toothpick with cement for jewelry setting.
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Bobbie Spitzner
Mabelle Segrest wins scholarship in national contest
Washington AP reports 16 year old Mabelle Segrest of Tuskegee Alabama won a $1000 scholarship and fifth place in a National Voice for Democracy contest. She is the youngest national winner after taking the state contest earlier. Segrest is the daughter of John F Segrest and the Tuskegee postmaster Mrs Segrest is an English teacher. The article also notes a merger plan for Southern States Life Insurance and Alabama National Life with Claude E Shell slated as president of the merged firm. Rep Harold D Cooley plans hearings on price supports for peanuts under the Agricultural Act of 1949.
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Washington
Mabelle Segrest
Tuskegee
Ala
Miss Segrest
John F. Segrest
Tuskegée
Segrest
Tuskege
Houston, Tex
Southern States Life Insurance Co
Houston
Alabama National Life Insurance Co
Bessemer
Alama National
Alabama
Harold D. Cooley
Dn.c
Cooley
Bill creates 45 federal judge ships for courts
The Senate passed a bill dispatching to the President creating 45 new federal judgeships for district and circuit courts. It adds 10 circuit court judges, four temporary, and 35 district court judges, five temporary, with one district judge added in Alabama.
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Washington
Circuit Courts of Appeals
Johnson
Senate
Alabama
Peanuts Proposed as Basic Commodity by House Panel
The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee urged treating peanuts as a basic commodity on par with other staples. The move aims to align peanut policy with broader farm economic protections and regulatory standards.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
ALA Housing Authorities elects L P Akridge president
Delegates at the Alabama Association of Housing Authorities advanced L P Akridge of Bear to president succeeding J D Walker of Huntsville. James R Alexander joined the executive board with Walker Melvin P Levy Melba Moebes J D Crowe and Clayton McAdams. The nation voted Tuesday to hold next year's sessions in Decatur.
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Mobile
Alabama_ Association of Housing
L. P. Akridge
Bear
Akridge
J. D. Walker
Huntsville
James R. Alexander
Walker
Melvin P. Levy
Demopolis
Melba Moebes
Birmingham
J. D. Crowe
Anniston
Clayton McAdams
Aliceville
Nation
Decatur
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Shug
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Jean Snyder
Mary Fowler
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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SWIFT
U.S
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U. S. Chuck
TRU
Fryer
Blue Bell
Blue Bell Picnic
Sausag
Jergens
Oleo
Eee
Lafayette and
Sycamore Streets
Dixie Belle
Cub Scouts den
Mark Terry
Kirt Mitchell
Mark Hauser
Gordon Hargrove
Mike McKee
David Johnson
Don McAllister
Bob Bates
Tional Insurance
Claude E. Shell
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