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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1966
Page
7
The House of the Week features a design by Herman H. York with a 13 foot wide covered entry flanking a double front door. A central hub foyer links living spaces and a private rear wing, with two terraces and a large two car garage. Details emphasize ample kitchen space, many closets, and a private main bedroom terrace.
A Teen babysitter seeks discreet firm boundaries with a creepy father figure, and a reader asks about marrying a moneyed partner amid debt. Ann Landers offers blunt counsel to fearlessly set limits, while dismissing a boastful bachelor’s prospects and advising on a longtime suitor’s dress sense and compatibility.
A collage of quotes and observations by Hal Boyle on society and culture. Noting shifts in prosperity and marriage costs, the piece blends statistics with wry commentary on education, peace, and human quirks from New York.
Four area men participate in the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board third national conference on rural church problems and opportunities. D. C. Presley, Robert E. McKwan, Bunyan Wallace, and Rev. Clifford Mason attend at Gulfshore Baptist Assembly Pass Christian Miss. About one thousand pastors and superintendents of missions are invited to the event. Bardin Nelson of Texas A and M leads sessions, with Carl A. Clark of Fort Worth also speaking. Other speakers include Hugo Culpepper of Atlanta missions and Arthur B. Rutledge of Atlanta, Home Mission Board executive secretary.
The cupola and dove core on the garage wing are needed to soften the roof line. The plans offer an alternate garage door position facing the street if desired, but a more attractive front is ensured by using the location shown in the perspective drawing.
Residents in Floyd County faced anxiety after teens were seen with a 105-millimeter artillery shell believed live by Marine experts. Firefighters and police removed the shell to the Rome Armory, with Marines noting a five pound TNT charge and no detonation attempted.
National Soybean Crop Improvement Council reports a historic shift as Mississippi farmers planted more soybean acres than cotton last year, dethroning king cotton in the Deep South. The quiet overthrow marks soybeans as the region’s leading crop in cultivation.
Readers are invited to send their problems to Ann Landers through the newspaper in 1966, enclosing a stamped self addressed envelope for replies.
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