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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1965
Page
9
Collects a series of everyday advice notes including removing fabric pills from sweaters by sanding or trimming, saving leftover tomato paste with vinegar in a glass jar, avoiding long distance call recordings, protecting book tops with plastic, and guiding machine sewing with fabric fullness beneath on the feed.
A community page announces a Tell Me Why Britannica contest with winners David White, 9, Tulsa Oklahoma and Anita Flynn, 12, Lyons Indiana. The feature notes how television evolved from early inventors to the modern kine-scope and recalls 1963 British consumption and smoking trends.
Lawrence County authorities found a state owned dump truck near Alabama 157 as the vehicle used by two Negro convicts to escape Monday. The men serving time for grand larceny and burglary were still at large as investigators searched a wooded patch and surrounding area for nearly an hour. Garth's wife resides in Decatur and Wood hails from Jefferson County.
A new forester has been assigned to Lawrence County. The appointee is a graduate of Auburn University and recently began duties in the county about two weeks ago. He previously held a similar position with the State of Kentucky.
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