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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1966
Page
19
Charleston West Virginia is named winner for a question contest. The article explains voice production from vocal cords to sound waves and how telephone transmitters and receivers convert vocal vibrations into electrical signals and back to sound.
Today’s winner is Francis Kelley of Gloucester He lights New Jersey for solving a crossword puzzle and sending in riddles and jokes. The page notes birds bathe to deter vermin and adds a brief verse about nature.
The riddle set asks three questions. It answers that tennis is noisy because each player raises a racket and that a taxicab driver drives customers away. The third joke notes an envelope says nothing when licked.
Authorities search for Annie Lee 21 after her daughter Priscilla Allen was found badly decomposed in a Mobile County wooded area. Priscilla, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Lee Allen, was identified by sheriff officers. Officers say indications point to a shooting. The body was found in Tanner Williams community near St. Mabile County. The father last saw his wife and child Friday morning before he left for work.
The article reports that aging leaders in Peking appear wary of an antiparty faction inside the party, with propaganda branding dissenters as poisonous needs. It notes internal concern in the Politburo over military sentiment and a harsher public stance toward Soviet leaders amid recent setbacks.
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