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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1955
Page
20
County agents report a flood of farmer questions as the crop year begins. Front topics include side-dress nitrogen for cotton, grain sorghum planting timing, and pastur e management. Dairying notes urge higher cow culling and hedging milk production with market timing.
Hollywood seeks Mitsuko Kimura, the Japanese star in The Gentle Sergeant, but she refuses to abandon her last film. She notes her private life limits public kissing, recalls her marriage to Ken Fukunaga, and plans to return to Salt Lake City.
Dr. E A Tunnicliff of the Montana Veterinary Research Laboratory describes a vaccination game plan to prevent enterotoxemia in lambs and ewes. Ewes can be vaccinated weeks before lambing or lambs given antitoxin or serum. Combined with good management this preventive measure aims to eliminate the risk from lush spring pastures and excess milk.
A 13 1-2 ton bell strikes the hours for Big Ben in London as the National Geographic Society notes elephants rarely reach sixty years of age, highlighting contrasts in timekeeping and wildlife lifespans.
Athco Inc lingerie plant seeks bids June 2 for a new addition to house machinery and create over 100 jobs. Plant manager Herb Bryan, who is also Athens Chamber of Commerce president, discussed plans with Florence architect Allen Northington. Financing comes from Limestone County citizens Athco and Athens College, with rental payments to the college.
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Instructions for submitting Bonanzagram entries to the Decatur Daily. Entries must be clipped to a postcard with name and address, mailed or delivered to Decatur Daily by 5 p.m. Tuesday. Only one winning entry per family. Daily staff and families barred. no phone inquiries about winners.
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