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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1949
Page
7
Senator Sena Lister Hill of Alabama defended a voluntary health insurance bill, calling it federal aid that will extend care to Americans. He argued the measure preserves physician freedom and the system’s incentives, despite fears of a compulsory program.
A four acre plot near MeODORE Alabama was transformed from eroded hillside to fertile pasture in a single day. Workers used earth-moving equipment lime and fertilizer to reclaim the land in hours. Sponsored by the project program.
Tallahassee (UP) Florida lawmakers study changes to a professor questionnaire on communism. University of Florida president J Hillis Miller Florida State president Doak Campbell and Florida A and M president William H Gray Jr urged specifics on professors political affiliations and questioned linking segregation views to Communist sympathies.
Alabama Extension Service staged a demonstration to show land deemed useless could be reclaimed. The tract involved is owned by the Bene dit Dairy Farm.
Washington report notes Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra will visit May 18 to 21 and is famed for his 4 a.m. rise and brisk dawn walks. Dutra, 64, will receive a lavish reception with parades, a state dinner, a joint congressional speech, and embassy events underscoring strong U.S.-Brazil ties.
A San Francisco furniture store owner installed a television in his shop to entertain neighborhood children. He tried to close it, but the kids protested with a picket. The anecdote reflects a playful city scene and shows how a display became a daily show for locals.
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