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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1964

Page

6

Julia Tutwiler Prison Lauded As National Model

Florence Times profiles Julia Tutwiler Prison and director Edwina Mitchell praising its rehabilitation programs despite criticism of facilities. It highlights inmate work in clothing, farming, laundry, and crafts, regular church services, a strict discipline option, and a lack of daytime education programs.

Pete Kelly Florence Times Associated Press Florence Ala Edwina Mitchell Julia Tutwiler Mitchell Julia Wiler Wetumpka Alabama Mrs. Mitchell

Tell Me Why Winner Revealed as Tacoma Boy

The magazine announces Larry Reisinger of Tacoma Washington, age nine, as winner of the Tell Me Why contest for the Britannica Junior Encyclopedia. The article then explains mollusks, detailing gastropods such as snails and slugs with shell and mantle distinctions, respiration, reproduction, and roles in nature and cuisine.

Larry Reisinger Tacoma Wash

Imaginative Entry Contest Notice From Local Page

A playful call invites readers to submit original entries with titles and personal details to enter Drawing and Tell Me Why categories. It asks for name age and address and mentions Britannica World Atlas or Yearbook of Events as prizes.

Mark Egeland Elbe Wash

That’s Earl Brother Earl Finds Lots Of Votes Afloat

A lively maritime political scene unfolds with the yacht Blue Horizon II owned by O Roy Chalk hosting Democratic Party attendees. Celebrities and industry figures mingle as observers discuss future endorsements and potential candidates amid the Atlantic City setting.

Earl New York Perle Mesta B.W O. Roy Chalk Washington H. Harris LBJ Ilona Massey Donald Dawson Goldwater Orj

Should a Teen Work While in School Findings

A 1964 opinion by Sylvia Porter discusses high school teens working. It cites a study of 2,500 adolescent boys selling subscriptions, split between those who quit quickly and those who stay. It emphasizes letting youths manage their own earnings to learn discretion and personal responsibility.

Sylvia Porter Mortimer R.feinberg BFS Psychological Associates of New York Valentine Appel Benton & Bowles U.S Feinberg The Hall Syndisleate Inc

South Leads Crime Increase Across U S in First Half

The FBI reports a 15 percent rise in serious crime across the United States in the first half of the year, with all regions and categories up. Suburban areas show a 23 percent increase from the previous year, while Southern states rise 18 percent and other regions from 11 to 15 percent. Rape up 20 percent, assault 17, murder 13, robbery 13, burglary 13, larceny 15, and false theft 17 percent.

Washington FBI United States Northeast North-Central States Western States

Sgt Alvin York in grave condition in Nashville

Doctors at Vanderbilt Hospital report 76 year old Medal of Honor winner Sgt Alvin York remains in very grave condition with an acute urinary tract infection. Family members stay at his bedside as the World War I hero has been hospitalized repeatedly and bedridden since 1954.

Nashville, Tenn Alvin York York France

Alabama Eyes Population Doubling by 1980s

Alabama School Superintendent Austin R. Meadows predicts the state could house 10 million people as its population doubles in the next decade. He spoke at a preschool institute about land water and infrastructure to support growth and cited two $15 million bond issues funding a $30 million network of trade schools and junior colleges, partly repaid by a beer tax.

Birmingham Ala Bama Austtin R. Meadows

USC President To Address Teachers In City Schools

Dr. Houston Cole of Jacksonville State unfolds a program addressing life philosophy in education at Fort Payne. Decatur schools plan three days of meetings for opening preparations led by Alabama educators and local officials.

Houston Cole Cksonville Cole Detve Fort Payne University of Alabama First National Bank of Jacksonville National Educators Life Insurance Co Ft Worth Tex C. P. Nelson Itive Alabama Education Association H.R. Leeman Decatur Dr. Cole Harold Spraker Middle Tennessee State College Murfreesboro Tenn W. A. Crim Sixth Avenue Church of God Hilda Mitchell Florence State College Florence Reba Penn State Department of Education Jewell Hudgins J. N. Glasscock Gilmer Blackburn

Bookmobile Schedule for Morgan County Readers

The schedule lists stops at Morgan County Training School from 9 to 10, Danville School and Post Office with morning times, Neel School and Neel Baptist Church at midday, and Austinville Crow's Store in the afternoon. An orange contains 5 to 10 units of sugar scent.

Morgan County Danville Neel Neel Baptist Austinville Crow’s

Television Log Entry Tuesday and Wednesday Schedule

TV guide items list programs for Tuesday and Wednesday including Murder Without Tears Bullet Scars Sea Hunt and Popeye plus Kid features and a Kindergarten Carnival. Notable entries include Farm Market Reports Morning Devotional and Eddie and Woody Woodpecker segments across the two days.

Woody Woodpecker Sea Hunt Evohnny Evans

Radio Stations and Schedule Fragments

Fragmentary list shows station call signs and frequencies WMSL WHOS WHRT WAJF WJOF WJIMW with a partial time note from sunrise to sunset and an implied daily schedule. Missing full details prevent a complete program summary but indicate a broad broadcasting window.

WMSL Mutuel WHOS WHRT WJOF WJIMW

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Julia Tutwiler Prison Xavier Cugat Cbs-I Latin Kid- TV Jack del Walt Rio Cronkite Bob ‘Trout Lan Peggy Lee Belments NBC George Hant Barbra Streisand Atlantic City Shirley Temple 20Th Century-Fox Alan Jay. Lerner N. Y Sammy Davis Jr Eva Marie Saint Liz Richard Burton CBS Chalk Barbara Paul Weber Larry Gore America Midnight Earl Nipsy Russell David Susskind D. A’s Rod Taylor Cassidy Ireland H’wood Liz Ashley Scotland George Peppard Alan_ King Suzanne Pleshette Pete Pat Rome Carol Lawrence Audrey Hepburn Honeycombs Peter Sellers Bob George Hall Syndicate, Inc South Sgt. York Tur USC Lakeside High School PTA Decatur Board of Education New Austin High School Leeman DR. Houston Cole Country Junction Eddie Ester Ake Westinghouse Cooper Furniture & Appliances Bank & Church Sts
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