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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1958
Page
7
A May 9 1958 letter to The Decatur Daily urges President Eisenhower to use his powers to halt the recession and asks local residents and groups in Decatur to act likewise. The writer notes a Washington real estate firm gave its employees a bonus as reported in newspapers.
Six Decatur engineers J. E. Ansley E T Baggs F L Chenault Jr C D Dunlap E A Taylor Jr and B F Tuten have been invited to the East Tennessee Section annual meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in Chattanooga May 17 1958. The event draws over 100 engineers from Muscle Shoals Alabama to Bristol Tennessee with headquarters at Lookout Mountain Fairyland Club. Dr W J McCune head of the Electronic Digital Computer Program at Georgia Tech will speak at the luncheon on the Fairyland Club brow patio.
Billie Doss a member of the Communications Workers of America argues for substantial pay raises now to spur consumer spending in groceries furniture gas television recreation news and paper. He says wage increases will lift the entire community during the recession and requests publication of the letter.
A quirkily illustrated piece recalls Matthew Meeke a shy man who bursts into aggression when driving a car nicknamed the Super-Special Shooting Star with a 300 horse power, warning readers to control road temper. The text intertwines humor about language puzzles and historic anecdotes of figures like Horace Greeley and Taft.
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