Oil company lawyers censured in Senate probe
A bipartisan Senate committee sharply censured two Superior Oil Co. lawyers and faulted president Howard B. Keck for using company funds to influence Senator Francis Case over the natural gas bill. The 6,000-word report said the effort was an attempt at bribery and rejected the related campaign donation.
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John Chadwick
Washington
Senate
Sen
Francis Case
R-Sd
Superior Oil Co
Los Angeles
Howard B. Keck
Ae Ee
Case
Community groups To Begin First Aid Course
Somerville Road School PTA members will start a standard first aid course Monday night taught by Ransom E Morgan County Red Cross administrator. The class meets twice weekly 9 30 to 11 30 a m with officer elections at the regular Decatur High PTA meeting.
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PTA
Somerville Road School
Ransom ‘E
Morgan County Red Cross
McClellan Claims Americans Misled on 1954 Trade Accord
G Milton Kelly analyzes a 1954 trade pact easing East West embargoes. McClellan argues the treaty bolsters the Communist war machine while administration officials say it preserves a broad voluntary controls regime. Weeks and others deny exposing details would expose concessions to Russia. See McClellan on Page 2.
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G. Milton Kelly
McClellan
Administration
United States
Secretary of
Commerce Weeks
Senate
Weeks
Eisenhower Benson Clash Over Farm Bill Not Acceptable
President Eisenhower and Secretary Benson fault the new farm bill as unacceptable. Benson calls it not acceptable to me while talks on a veto loom if the Senate House conference bill stands. The measure includes the soil bank payments but preserves 90 percent mandatory supports for basic crops this year, prompting administration opposition and political maneuvering.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Eisenhower
Benson
Senate House Conference
James C. i
White House
Sai Eisenhower
Senate
House
Wat Aiken
R-Vi
Sauna
Aioe
Seta
Ray el
Jumpy Deer Spooks Demopolis Resident
A full grown doe roams Demopolis on April 7 jumping fences and startling a housewife. It then leaps over a car, hops onto a garage platform, shatters a window, and is last seen bounding eastward.
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Demopolis
Farmers Meet At Ardmore To Plan New Cash Crops
Nearly 100 farmers from five counties in Tennessee and Alabama met at Ardmore to discuss a program to provide new cash crops. Limestone Agee noted 600 to 800 acres already pledged to tomato production this season with some acreage also for sweet potatoes. Tomato buyers hope for 1,000 to 1,500 acres pledged for green and ripe tomatoes. The future of the program appears optimistic according to Agee.
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Ardmore
Ala
Tenn
Tennessee
Alabama
Agee
Limestone County
Averreise Ma Phe Gale Twie
Folsom Promises Decatur Four Lane Highway Plan
Governor James E. Folsom pledged four laning of Highway 20 from Decatur to Chemstrand in a Decatur speech at the Morgan County Courthouse. He urged a Decatur dock and tied rail rates to attracting industry, noting $900,000 spent on Morgan County roads and calling for 100 miles of Morgan County roads annually. He also discussed a 72 mile Florence to Huntsville highway project and vetoed a study bill on education.
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Decatur
Chemstrand Corp
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Morgan County
Sheffield
Florence
Folsom
Albert Brewer
Albert Brewer. Mrs. Folsom
Herman Nelson
Joe Calvin
Limestone County Board of Revenue
Huntsville
Vor
Tennessee Valley
Labor leaders split over desegregation in the South
A Dixie labor faction urges national AFL-CIO chiefs to stay out of the Negro issue risking a southern labor revolt. H L Mitchell of the Agricultural Workers Union says some leaders seek to work with White Citizens Councils risking a regional split and loss of AFL-CIO authority below the Mason-Dixon line.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
Labor
H. L. Mitchell
Agricultural Workers Union
Mitchell
Mason-Dixon
Oeur
DIXIE
Negro shot officer sought by posse near New Brockton
A husky saw mill worker named Joe Frazer, 46, an ex convict, is believed hiding near New Brockton Alabama after shooting a crippled police officer. Frazer fled west on U S Highway 4 after a scuffle where he grabbed the officer’s holster and fired. The officer is hospitalized with a critical head wound. The car Frazer left in was found wrecked nearby.
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New Blockton
Ala
L. F. Jones
Joe Frazer
Jones
Frazer
New Brockton
Army
Freddie L. Waters
Hurst
Waters
U.S. Highway 4
Enterprise
Alabama
Dothan
Rising Rivers Bring Limited Damage Expected
Heavy rains push rivers upward with Wetumpka and Coosa at 26.5 feet this morning. Crest to 28 feet today. flood levels forecast on Coosa at Gadsden Cahaba at Suttle and Cahaba at Marion Junction later. Etowah to crest at 17 feet at Canton. Cartersville may see 19 feet.
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Montgomery
Wetumpka
Coosa
Gadsden
Cahaba
Suttle
Marion Junction
Etowah
Canton
Cartersville
Write-in Fight Shapes Fast From Kefauver Campaign
Russell Lane reports Kefauver seeks substantial write-in support as he heads to Alton for a labor rally and speaks at a Chicago conference of citizen and student groups backing him. He plans a write-in effort in Oregon's May 18 primary and for Oregon's 16 convention votes.
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Tlinois
Alton
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Chicago
Oregon
Sen
Kefauver
Decatur Athens Moulton Win Band Meet
Judges led by Dr Willis Odell and Dr Hugh Gunderson presided at a band meet with Decatur High Band accompanied by about 50 Decatur residents and chaperons including Mrs. The event featured performances from Decatur Athens and Moulton in Cincinnati Orb Kentucky and Arkansas venues.
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Decatur
Athens
Moulton
Dr. Willis
Odell
Cincinnati
Ohio
Hugh Gunderson
Bowling Green
Dean “Dowdy
Madisonville
R. B. Watson
Pine Bluff
Ark
Decatur High
Weather and River Reading Near Keller Memorial Bridge
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge stood at 21.42 feet Saturday morning up 0.33 feet in 24 hours. Temperatures ranged from 40 to 69 degrees with 8:30 A.M. and 11 A.M. readings of 45 and 52. Forecast calls for fair, mild today and clear, cool tonight with a high near 66 degrees.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Cooley Praised For Support Of Cotton Farmers
Telegram sent Saturday to Rep Harold D Cooley praising his work on the Senate House Conference Committee on the farm bill. Alabama and Southern farmers thank him for advocating a 1956 cotton acreage freeze and broader support for cotton, peanut and tobacco growers.
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Harold D. Cooley
North Carolina
House Agriculture Committee
South
Nashville
Senate House Conference
Alabama
Washington
H. M. Layman
Bloody Battle Triggers Call for 100000 French Troops
Bloody fighting across Algeria leaves nearly 250 dead as the French ask for 200000 more soldiers to quell the revolt. Major clashes reported near Djourf in the Nementcha Mountains and five miles west of Nedromah with hundreds killed or wounded. Lacoste in Paris pressed for reinforcements as Algeria’s turmoil reaches the UN.
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Algiers
Algeria
Djourf
Nementcha
Nedromah
Lacoste
Paris
Algeran
U.N. General Assembly
Two Bandits Captured After City Bank Holdup
FBI reports two of the bandit trio captured in Flint Michigan after a daylight bank robbery at the Citizens’ Commercial & Savings Bank. The two men identified as John Alkes and George Ballin, both of Chicago, fled during gunfire as officers searched a home at 3402 Lewis Blvd. The third suspect Dave Felkes remained at large.
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Flint
Mich
FBI
Dave Felkes
Lewis Blvd
Henry Schmidt
Viva Schmidt
Alkes
Schmidt
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