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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1952

Page

5

Dorothy Dix advice column letters on love and marriage

Dorothy Dix answers readers on marriage and work balance, age gaps, and trust. She urges self reflection, explains the impact of a husband's career focus, and warns against marrying someone who drinks. The page also promotes a Dix leaflet and notes Darwin's birth and his Origin of Species publication.

His Fancy Clothing Bin as His A

A 30 year old man on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland wore an eccentric outfit including a Coonskin cap a white dinner jacket zebra striped shirt a luminous green tie red plaid pants blue and white sneakers with a red green luminous bag and trick gadgets. He carried a false nose a white pipe and was shaved with an Indian style haircut. Police arrested him on a suspicious person charge.

Cleveland Euclid Avenue Coonskin

Legality Of Speed Limits Is Questioned

Montgomery judge avoids ruling on 60 mph daytime speed limit by citing a prior statute. L M McNeil appeals to Circuit Court over the constitutionality of Gov Gordon Persons executive order setting 60 mph daytime limit. Judge Eugene Carter fines McNeil $10 under an old law defining reasonable speed. The law allows fixed limits in certain zones and is used to cover extended highway lengths.

Montgomery L. M. McNeil Circuit Court Gov Gordon Per

Damascus Claimed as World’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City

Some historians and archaeologists argue that Damascus ranks as the oldest continuously inhabited city. They point to ancient settlements and long urban continuity in the Levant region.

Damascus

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