Big Ticket Items Hit By High Lending Rates
Sylvia Porter explains that financing a large purchase at 9 percent or more costs far more than paying with saved funds. She urges boosting savings to earn about 5 percent, reducing loan size, and easing inflation, noting Fed policy tightens credit while rates rise. The piece outlines rates across banks, savings institutions, and government securities, highlighting tax free and taxable comparisons for different income levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve System
Perfume History From Ancient Oils to Modern Solvents
A compact digest traces perfume origins from ancient resins and spices to rose water distillation by Arabs in the 8th and 9th centuries, notes the etymology of fragrance from Latin smoke, and explains modern solvent-based extraction and blending of natural and synthetic essences. It also mentions the Britannica Junior contest and a few light jokes and reader prompts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Orient
Private borrowing and saving shifts curb inflation impact
A reader notes that small changes in individual borrowing and saving choices, based on real interest costs, can aggregate to major economic effects. With many families acting similarly, billions could be saved or spent in the near term, easing overheating in the economy.
Should High Court Justices Have Judicial Experience
The Constitution does not require prior judicial service for Supreme Court justices, and history shows varies. Warren became chief without bench experience, while Taft had the most, yet no current justices matched 10 years on lower courts. Several chief justices lacked long prior judiciary tenure, while others did. Warren’s 75th birthday prompted retirement speculation, noting the record longest service at 34 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
John Rutledge
South Carolina
Senate
Warren
John C. Stennis
D‘miss
William Howard Taft
Ohio
Tom C. Clark
Hugo L. Black
Birmingham
Ala
William J. Brennan
New Jersey
Potter Stewart
U.S. Court of Appeals
John M. Harlan
John Marshall
Roger B. Taney
Salmon P.chase
Morrison R. White
Melville W. Fuller
Charles Evans Hughes
Harlan F. Stone
S. J. Field
Flowers To Open State Campaign On Television
Atty. Gen. Richmond Flowers begins his gubernatorial bid with a televised color documentary, not a mass rally. The program, described as newsreel style, features Flowers in Mobile talking with citizens, students, doctors, housewives, and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Richmond Flowers
George Wallace
Flowers
Mobile
Democratic Party
Lurleen Wallace
Junior Miss Judging Starts in Mobile Alabama
Fifty high school seniors compete for over 40000 in scholarships as America’s Junior Miss pageant begins with an opening judging session. Contestants split into three groups for in depth interviews focusing on character, scholarship, service, and ambitions as judges include Fannie Hurst, Vince Dooley, John Vincent, and Diane Sawyer. State political coverage appears garbled within the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Fannie Hurst
Mary Brown
University of Georgia
Vince Dooley
John Vincent
University of California At Los Angeles
Diane Sawyer
Wellesley College
Boston
50 DHS Students Plan To Attend Youth Legislature
Teenage lawmakers from across Alabama gather at Montgomery for the 18th YMCA Youth Legislature. Decatur High School’s 50 delegates, led by Speaker Vance Davidson, will debate bills on public health, transportation, education and more. William C. Chandler oversees the statewide program.
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DHS
Bruce Hose
Decatur High School
YMCA
Decatur Daily
Anniston Star
Montgomery
Alabama Ymca
Vance Davidson
Decatur
Alabama
House
Senate
William C. Chandler
Scouts Plan Exposition in Athens with Booth Demonstrations
Be ATHENS Boy Scouts from the Tennessee Valley converge on the National Guard Armory in Athens for the annual Exposition. Mickey Kirkland, chairman, notes Cubs Scouts and Explorers will display advancement and activity programs while Limestone and Athens scouts sell tickets. each must sell 10 to earn patches, and the top seller of 50 will win a camper tent.
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Athens
Tennessee Valley
Mickey Kirkland
Kirkland
Limestone
National Guard Armory
News Quiz Answers Summary
A compact recap listing answers from News Quiz Answers sections Part I II III and Symbol Quiz with letter choices and symbols as provided. The item presents no dates places or events beyond the answer keys for a Monday March 21 quiz.
Foreclosure Sale Notice on Decatur Property
Default on mortgage from Robert J Partain and Pauline Partain to Jackson Securities led to Charlestown Savings Bank as owner and holder declare debt due. Sale set for April 7 1966 at public auction in front of Decatur Courthouse to satisfy the loan on Lot 16 Block 11 Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company addition. Proceeds applied under mortgage terms.
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Robert J. Partain
Pauline Partain
Jackson Securities & Investment Company
Morgan County
Alabama
Charlestown Savings Bank
Morgane County
Charleston — Bank
Decatur
Decatur Land Company
Saki
Aps Ae Ee
Political Announcements for Democratic Primary May 3 1966
Authorized announcements paid for by the undersigned candidates asking votes and influence in the Democratic Primary on May 3 1966.
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By Sylvia Porter
Savings and Loan Association
U. S
By A. Leokum
Ting
Michael and
Susan Macklin
Washington, D.C
Chuckle
Sally
Sandy
Susan
Diane Wasko
Camden
Walt Disney Presents
Walt Disney
Winnie
Rae
Biss
Walt Disney Productions
Buena Vista Distribution Co Inc
Essen
Columbia Pictures
Marlon Brando
Sam Sulcus
Bowline
David Sandlin
David M. Sandlin
Danville
David
J. Street Sandlin
Ethel Hardwick Sandlin
Pol. Pol
Rt. 3
By James Marlow
Associated Press News
Opelika
Alexander City
Fairfax
Wallace
Bob Gilchrist
Oakman
Charles Woods
Dothan
Chatom
Carl Elliott
Alabama Labor Council
Afl-Cio
Eunice I. Gore
Leeds
Sherman B. Powell
C. Rex Scott Cordova
John Patterson
James E. Folsom
Agriculture
A. W. Todd
Gulf of Mexico
Bellingrath
Wartselle
Thunderbird
Hatfield
Mickey
Warren Beatty
Scouts Plan
Probate Court
Lillian Lamb Howell
T. C.,almon
John W. Howell
Mvnswaves
Calvin, Gilchrist & Murphree
H. Harrison Hill
Cleon Yates
Morgan
Limestone Counties
Morgan and
Daren H
Easter Decatur, Ala
Board of Revenue and Control
Wallace Meadows
Decatur, Ala
Morgan County District 1
Paul P. Collier
R.F.D
D. R
Jarrett Hartselle
Morgan County District 2
Clyde F. Maples
Hartselle
House of Representative
House of Representatives
Charles £. Gunthorp
Lucian D. McCulloch
Sherman St
Dewey Waters
Westwood
Dewey
Thursand
Heqith
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