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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1963

Page

26

Hints From Heloise Aeration for Ivy Growth?

Heloise shares a home tip suggesting ivy roots respond to soil aeration. She describes puncturing pots with an ice pick to improve water absorption, and notes that worms in lawns correlate with healthy plant growth. Readers contribute wardrobe and cleaning tricks.

Area Men In Service News Briefs From Local Bases

Airman Jimmy D Drake, son of Falkville residents, is reassigned to Amarillo AFB Texas for technical training as an air craft maintenance specialist after completing basic training and is a 1962 West Point High School graduate. Radioman Franklin E Dean of Hartselle, son of M B Dean, serves aboard USS Shangri-La at Guantanamo Bay for six weeks of underway training to boost carrier combat readiness. The Shangri-La leads Carrier Division Six with several aircraft squadrons aboard. In the Philippines, locals number 400000 Chinese, 7000 Americans, and a few thousand Spaniards. In India, 800 languages are spoken.

Lackland Afb Tex Jimmy D. Drake Martin Z. Drake Falkville Amarillo Afb United States Air Force Drake I Aeat Dirman West Point High School Cullman Shangri-La Guantanamo Bay Cuba Carrier Division Six

Army Specialist Five Conner Reported Missing in Germany

U S forces in Germany report Army Specialist Five James H Conner missing. wife Yvonne Conner resides at 1204 Thirteenth Street. Further details pending.

U.S Forces Germany AHTNC James H. Conner Yvonne

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Decatur Heloise Maggie Hannah Lampela King Features Syndicate, Inc Famous Brand Taffeta Princess Theatre Morgan County High School Hartselle Shangri LA Franklin E. Dean USN M. B. Dean West Main St The Philippines India Athens Public Housing Authority Betty Smith
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