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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1957

Page

3

Regular Army To Handle Reserve Recruiting

The United States Army Recruiting Service will run a major Reserve program for ages 17 to 25 non-prior service men. It prioritizes 18 1 2 to 25 for combat readiness, with a draft-delayed option and varying active duty training periods followed by service in Ready and Standby Reserves.

Regular Army United States Army Recruiting Service Army Reserve Quintavalle United States Army Decatur RFA Ready Reserve Army Court House Annex

Hollywood fears and Peyton Place author Metalious

Grace Metalious, author of Peyton Place, tours Hollywood and discusses fear on the coast, job insecurity, and social life. She explains fame, money, and family remain central as she works on a second novel The Tight White Collar focusing on man's inhumanity in a small town.

Otis New England California Hollywood Cape Cod Gilmanton N.H Metalious

Flood Dangers Ease In Texas As Sabine Recedes

The upper Sabine River crested at a historic height and breached its banks near Gladewater, flooding a three quarter mile swath southwest of town. Oil wells paused pumping due to high water. The Texas flood death toll rose to 13 in 14 days. Earl Thomas, 27, a prison guard in training, drowned in a flooded ravine. Evacuations continued in low-lying areas as rains eased west of Sabine reducing threats on the Colorado Mueces Guadalupe Trinity and Brazos rivers.

DALL/S Sabine River Gladewater Texas Earl Thomas Sabine Colorado Mueces Guadalupe Trinity Brazos

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