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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1950
Page
3
Hal Boyle weighs the enduring stereotype of the American husband as a durable target for foreign critics. The piece sketches a caricatured bite of a businessman turned golf lover and distant provider, contrasted with a demanding, nagging wife. The essay suggests the portrait is an age old illusion shaped by outsiders.
A district meeting at 7 30 p m aims to aid five loyalists running in the sixth district and shore up regular democratic control of the state committee. Col W L Murfee forecast victory for loyalist nominees as voters gave strong leads to Gov Elect Gordon Persons and Sen Lister Hill in the first primary amid runoff talk. Mexico asserts claims to California islands citing the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
The piece argues Americans misperceived abroad and extols the modern American husband as a cooperative partner who works at marriage. It compares foreign views unfavorably, notes a large number of husbands, and claims men in the U S do not seek to keep wives subservient.
Cotaco high school prepares to graduate 26 seniors with Dr F M Cook Snead College president as principal speaker. The class includes Myrla Russell valedictorian and Anna Mary Johnson salutatorian. Five students plan college, two nursing careers, one mortician, and a diverse list of graduates is named.
Florence and Athens in North Alabama are stops on a 458 mile goodwill tour by 65 members of the Nashville Booster club. The visits in the two cities were included on the tour schedule today.
Four men charged with the safe robbery of a drive-in restaurant are scheduled for trial in Montgomery circuit court on May 29. The defendants are Paul Martoccia of Daytona Beach Florida Jack Beck of Akron Ohio Benjamin White and Clyde Baker of Chattanooga Tennessee. Judge Eugene Carter set the date yesterday.
The rare Ross's show goose is believed to have increased to nearly 2,000 in recent years, according to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Birmingham Alabama May 23 regular democrats plan a rally to energize their two loyalist candidates from the ninth district. The May 2 balloting gave the regulars a majority on the state democratic executive committee and seven seats will be filled in the second primary on Tuesday.
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