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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1956
Page
8
The market dipped to near its reaction low after a week of irregular price moves. The Associated Press 60-stock average ended at 187.9 for the week, down 3.40, with rail stocks hitting a new peak while automobiles remained under pressure and declined further.
Dr Willis A Sutton emeritus superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools will deliver the commencement address at Speake High School on Tuesday May 22 at 8 pm in the school auditorium. The Rev W E Johnson of Southside Baptist Church in Decatur will conduct the baccalaureate sermon for the graduating class on Sunday May 20 at 5 pm.
Philadelphia police conducted a mass pre dawn raid arresting 63 people alleged to be illegally selling narcotics. Lt. Glascow Driscoll said the operation raised total arrests in just over a year to about 500. One arrestee had a half ounce of heroin and named Frank Zostek as the seller. Zostek is said to have previously performed with Tommy Dorsey and Gene Krupa bands.
About 1,500 construction workers at a mobile news print mill returned to work on Friday after a week of striking over work assignments. The workers, led by S A Alsup Mobile Trades Council business manager, received back to work instructions after a Washington meeting. The mill near International Paper Co Southern Kraft Division is due to be completed around August. Alsup said a understanding had been reached but details were not released.
General Motors announced a full working day cut, marking a shortened week for motor makers. The market reacted with a sharp selloff, the second largest decline of the year.
North Alabama Methodists plan a Mother's Day offering for retired ministers and widows. The effort, led by Dr. W Nelson Guthrie executive secretary of the Conference Board of Superannuate Homes and Endowment, supports pastors with over 7000 years of combined service and funds will supplement budgets in 960 churches. organizers urge continued church love in retirement.
Wheeling W Va. Dog Warden William Custer found a lost dog via a Garnet Kansas ad in the Wheeling Intelligencer The warden telegraphed the owner at his own expense and shipped the dog in a $20 wooden crate He later retrieved the crate but had to cover the return shipping charges from his own pocket.
Experts Donald J. Borrer and Carl R. Reese at Ohio State University report that mockingbirds mimic individual birds rather than general patterns. Using an audio spectrograph, they compared a mockingbird’s song imitating a Carolina Wren to a nearby wren recording from ten days prior, finding near identical patterns.
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