Five Cent Bargain Tours to New York Noted by Libby Sandlin
Libby Sandlin lists a Decatur Daily tour to New York October 13 20 offering five cent Staten Island ferry and other iconic sights. The trip priced at 172 dollars includes transport, five nights hotel, three Broadway shows, Radio City, a Greenwich Village steak dinner, and free time for exploration. Reservations via The Daily at 353 4612.
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New York
Staten Island
Manhattan
New York Bay
Empire State Building
Co ed dorms urged to mix rooms unsupervised
Educational consultant Jack Solovy argues truly co educational dorms with intermixed unsupervised rooms can foster liberal education. He says current co ed housing segregates by sex and policing overcontrols students, undermining responsibility.
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Chicago
Jack Solovy
Solovy
Indian American cooperatives plan huge fertilizer plant in Gujarat
Indian and American cooperatives join to build a 119 million nitrogen fertilizer plant at Kandla Gujarat with US AID support and private capital. Construction begins 1969 completion 1971. Output about 800000 tons annually aiding over 22 million tons of additional foodgrains. The kiwi bird is New Zealand's national emblem.
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New Delhi
Kandla
Gujarat
International Cooperative Development Association
ICDA
United States Agency For International Development
AID
Cooperative League of the
U.S.A
New Zealand
Why fruit and vegetable names came to be explained
A playful explainer notes origins of common produce names from raspberry to potato. It cites etymologies across languages and eras, linking fruit terms to tools, plant growth, or foreign words while inviting readers to submit questions and riddles for future installments.
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Natalie Jesionowski
Schenectady
N. Y
Corinth
Cerasus
Persia
Kangaroo and Owl Dialog Fragments in Old State Capital
A humorous exchange features a father kangaroo asking about junior while a mother kangaroo laments a pickpocketed pocket. An anxious mama owl worries over junior who “doesn’t give a hoot.” The narration places the scene in the state capital of an old state, with the line ending abruptly at “The city was.”
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Mama Owl
Junior
Papa Owl
Local Social Notes From Hillsboro and Rome Visits
Lawrence County items report Mr. and Mrs. Allen Rhinehart visiting relatives in Rome Georgia last week. Mrs John Dean Corum attended church services Sunday night after several weeks illness. Jerry Goodwin is recuperating at home after hospital stay and cannot yet work. Mrs R G Wells of Decatur and Mrs Grant Peebles with sons Ronnie and Donnie visited Ervin Terry and family. Flooring work continues at the Baptist parsonage. Marvin Terry visited his sons James Lewis Terry and Ervin Terry Jr. in Decatur.
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Allen Rhinehart
Rome
John Dean Corum
Jerry Goodwin
Baugh- Wiley-Smith Hospital
R. G. Wells
Decatur
Grant Peebles
Ronnie
Donnie
Ervin Terry
Baptist Parsonage
Marvin Terry
James Lewis Terry
Death notice and community updates from Morgan County
Sympathy goes to Mrs. Gene Ryan on the death of her father Mr. George Dye due to a heart attack last Friday. Funeral services were at Mt Pisgah and the Ryan High School PTA met with good attendance. Sonny Crawford finished basic training at Ft Benning and will report to Texas.
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Gene Ryan
George Dye
Little Vine Church
Ryan High School
PTA
Sonny Crawford
Ft. Benning
Texas
Eugene Crawford
Bertha NeSmith
Cullman Shopping Center
Danny Wright
Montgomery
Max Carter
J. W. Carter
Max
Montgomery Christian College
Jimmy Hester
Milford Humphries
Rev
J. W. Pike
Johnston's No-Roach Brush On Insect Shield
Colorless coating provides months of roach and ant control with no relocation of dishes or food. Safe for pets and easy to apply, the product promises long lasting protection against household pests.
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Johnston
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By Libby Sandlin
New York Coliseum
Fifth Avenue Shops
Rockefeller Center
New York City
Seamen’s Union
Waldorf Astoria
the Waldorf
Park and Lexington Avenues
49Th
50Th Streets
National Design Center
E. 53Rd St
Traylor
Traylor Music CO
Traylor Island
Huntsville
Ala
Ann
Decatur Apothecary
First Federal
Dobbs
Loyd’s Drug Store
E. Moulton St
Furniture
Magnavox
Frigidaire
Phi Mu Sorority
Athens College
Norma Dann
Nancy Lampartee
Kerry Rohrback
Pam Futch
By A. I
Book of Knowledge
Chuckle Box
Father Kangaroo
Mother Kangaroo
Lawrence County
Hillsboro
Morgan County Ryan
Pat Wright
Barney Nunnelley
Mt. Pisgah
Bruno’ Decatur Shopping
Moulton St
Decatur, Ale
Theo Hill
Piggly Wiggly, Trinity, Ale
Trust Department
National Bank
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