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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1958
Page
3
Sylvia Porter reports a nationwide consumer backlash over rising repair bills and deteriorating quality of appliances and autos. Letter responses reveal two core themes: frustration with repeat repairs and a growing emphasis on quality and workmanship, with many delaying purchases until better reliability appears.
Two Decatur students, Sarah Avlona Yarbrough and Stanley P. Clark, are candidates for the Bachelor of Arts degree at Birmingham Southern College. Graduation is set for June 1 on the campus Quadrangle. Yarbrough, daughter of W. M. Yarbrough, has earned Alpha Lambda and Triangle Club honors and is listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. she majors in English. Clark, son of E. Hobson Clark, is a religion major.
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, the U.S. atomic scientist, departed Monday after a month of lectures at the University of Paris. He will proceed from Israel to Greece.
Daily broadcast rundown shows a dense slate of news briefs, music, dramas, and game shows across WAJF and affiliated channels. It notes programs from early morning sign ons to late night sign offs, including World News, Farm News, Morning Melodies, Sports, and TV classics like Wagon Train and Leave To Beaver.
Athens High School prepares to honor 71 graduates in a Sunday ceremony led by Rev. E L McFee with baccalaureate. Speeches by valedictorians Thomas Coggins and Carolyn Muse and salutatorian Betty Davis are planned. George Hart will give the main address in the new junior high auditorium.
An advertisement touts a stainless new Pazo formula for piles claiming instant pain relief and powerful soothing action. It markets a suppository and ointment form with an ion stopping mechanism and electrolyte inclusion, asserting unmatched benefits and a money back guarantee.
The House Space Committee advances a bill to create a strong civilian agency for nonmilitary space work including weather, global TV, jobs, and transportation. They argue space funding will yield broad economic and employment benefits with weather forecasting becoming more precise.
The list shows students and family names including Shipp Sims Smith Thompson Wessels White Wilson and numerous boys such as Agee Allaway Allen Bjork Burleson Campbell Christopher Coggin Copeland Dean Dean Dollar Estes Freeman Gaston Grisham Haney Hargrove Jones Kelley King Lipham Martin Me er Newman Patterson Romine Rose Schrimshher Smith Vinson Vinson Young Holland.
Mrs. Mattie Woodruff formerly of Decatur died Monday in a Mt. Vernon Alabama hospital. Reynolds Funeral Home of Decatur will announce funeral arrangements.
The passenger freighter President Hayes carrying 71 Americans was refloated by four tugs after a week perched on a coral reef off the Paracel Islands. She was en route from Hong Kong to Saigon and is being returned for drydock inspection. Sorbitol, a corn syrup product, helps keep toothpaste and cosmetics from drying out by retaining moisture in collapsible tubes.
A fragment from a trade discussion notes potential yearly revenue impacts in the billions of dollars, highlighting high stakes for negotiations and economic consequences for involved parties.
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