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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1966
Page
9
Readers suggest remixing spa letti sauce with spiced chili beans for a quick supper and chopping meatballs into beans. Other tips include binding blankets from scraps, using nylon net to trap pet hair, gifting unused items to children, dusting books carefully, repurposing mayonnaise jars with spray-painted lids for storage, and using brown grocery bags as sturdy parakeet cage liners.
A brief item notes the chorus of reader jokes and quips titled Letter of Laughter. It references playful lines shared after discussions, highlighting a lighthearted tone and community participation.
A 1966 King Features Syndicate advice piece shares bead arranging in corrugated cardboard grooves for easy picking with a needle, and notes on transferring unwanted keepsakes. Martha offers a tip for handmade buttonholes: moisten fingers and run along the thread every five stitches to prevent knotting and improve aesthetics.
Mrs Eron White and family note visits as neighbors attend the state tourney in Tuscaloosa where West Point claimed AAA third. Rev James D Kelly and family of Albertville plus Rev Loyd Rodgers recover at home. Church event promises program by Jones Chapel First Baptist WMA and GAs directed by Miss Juanita Rodgers. Also mentions a historic note on nuclear power and early U S spacemen.
About 1,400 new voters have been registered in Morgan County since January, with 7 percent of the qualified voters now on the rolls, roughly 25,000. The increased registrations come as the board meets more frequently under the 1965 Voting Rights Bill. Registrars plan sessions at the courthouse March 12, 21-23, 26-30, and April 4-6, 11-14, 18-20.
A 1966 Ann Landers style column pair of reader letters addresses friendship beauty and dating with advice. A teen describes herself as 16 with measurements 39-22-36 nicknamed The Shape and asks how to gain female friends. Ann counsels showing interest talking smiling inviting and being friendly.
In 1916 Newton Baker became secretary of war under President Woodrow Wilson.
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