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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1955
Page
4
The article notes a call for President Eisenhower to elevate a new positive cotton program to cabinet level. It contrasts this with a separate issue where the Far West is favored over the Cotton South in acreage allotment, a favoritism attributed to Secretary Benson of the Agriculture Department.
The author denounces the Reds for calling 11 American airmen criminals and keeping them as pawns in diplomacy. The men served the United States and were shot down on its mission, and should have been released earlier. China is labeled the real criminal for their imprisonment.
The Chemical and Engineering News highlights Dr. Frank J. Soday of the Southern Association of Science and Industry and notes Southern states will add hundreds of chemical plants in the next decade. It cites a postwar shift from agriculture to industry, with Decatur hosting Wolverine Chemstrand and Worthington as signs of regional expansion.
The Washington Merry Go Round notes Eisenhower favored inviting Bulganin and Zhukov to Washington during Geneva talks but Foster Dulles resisted. It cites warnings from Allen Dulles about a Chinese Red bombardment of Quemoy Matsu and Republican anger over talks without Chiang Kai-shek.
Friends of Senator Lyndon Johnson planned a public announcement before he suffered a heart seizure. The piece notes various politicians including Russell of Georgia Smathers of Florida Symington of Missouri and Bob Kerr of Oklahoma as willing to lead if needed. It also mentions Estes Kefauver Carmine de Sapio Averell Harriman and George Bender in a broader Democratic and Republican posture toward 56.
Prose checklist of nine avoidances encouraging action over procrastination. The guidance urges readers to stop waiting for luck, focus on self improvement, and avoid gossip. It emphasizes authenticity, responsibility, and facing challenges with confidence rather than self defeat.
In a Geneva palace room at the United Nations, U S officials arrange talks with Red Chinese officials to free 52 Americans. Ambassador Johnson rents the single room, with consul Gowan handling routine meetings and handshakes ending with a shared bill.
Secretary Benson halted his plan to dump surplus cotton on world markets after an exposé by Senator Jimmy Phillips and a secret meeting between James A. McConnell and five Southern senators at the Raleigh Hotel. The revelation drew warnings from leaders, prompting a political reversal. The item also notes Hungarian deportations of relatives of exiles tied to Radio Free Europe amid Cold War tensions.
In Roanoke Virginia Yvonne Warrell aged 10 and Karen Rosendahl aged 11 adopted two young starlings that fell from a nest. The birds feed from their hands and even ride on the backs of their pet turtles, illustrating a curious foreign import becoming a familiar household companion.
Brig. Gen. David Sarnoff argues automation is not new, just labeled. He cites energy shifts, rising productivity, and a 40 hour week efficiency, predicting more jobs and new industries as America leverages electronics and atomic advances while preserving individual freedoms.
Mississippi voters go to the polls to pick a Democratic nominee for governor in a race dominated by segregationist platforms. Five candidates including former Gov. Fielding Wright and Atty. Gen. J. P. Coleman vie for the nomination, with a runoff likely August 23 as none expect to win a majority.
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Copeland watched a cottontail in Harper Kansas strike at a big snake that had captured a baby rabbit. The grown rabbit kicked, flipped, and briefly became entangled with the snake, while the baby rabbit escaped and the cottontail returned to the attack.
James C. Kellum, 30, escaped with minor cuts after his car ran out of control in a cemetery. The vehicle traveled 162 feet, narrowly missing several large tombstones before it struck a tree.
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