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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1955
Page
1
The Wheeler Lake Fox Hunters Association cast will meet at Aiken Mountain six miles southeast of Hartselle Friday morning, same place as Thursday field casts. A spokesman praised the event with remarks of wonderful running and notes results of the Wednesday night bench show will appear in Friday’s Daily.
Senate health committee may move on a second milk import bill after a Montgomery Circuit Court ruling that the Alabama Milk Control Board cannot harness out-of-state producers under price fixing. The measure by Agriculture Commissioner A. W. Todd would govern milk imports and health standards from neighboring states.
U S and Red China extended recesses in secret talks about civilians held by Beijing with no clear progress reported on releasing 40 Americans. Ambassadors A Alexis Johnson and Wang Ping nan would not reveal details and planned to reconvene Monday.
Brig. Gen. Herbert D. Vogel, chairman of the TVA, rejected efforts to move the agency's headquarters from Knoxville to Muscle Shoals. He said Knoxville is a suitable HQ, but action on facilities is needed. He noted support to keep the Knoxville site while considering the Muscle Shoals proposal.
The Senate Finance Committee in Montgomery defeated the initial House backed school tax bill by a 9 to 6 vote. The committee also indefinitely postponed a plan giving the Agriculture Commissioner authority to study new tobacco tax stamp methods. In Washington Kefauver said he will call important witnesses later on the Dixon Yates power contract, hinting at recalls of prior testifiers due to sworn testimony conflicts.
Gov. James E. Folsom called on state employees and department heads to begin implementing the administration program enacted into law by the Legislature with immediate effect and prompt action.
Athens officials announce Friday as the last day for unregistered residents to apply for surplus commodities. Applications are available at the board of revenue office. Board chairman Arthur L. Spence says August distribution will be the final one this year unless economic conditions justify continuation, with dates and locations to be announced soon.
In a 95 minute address to 1500 deputies in the Great Kremlin Hall Bulganin dismissed Eisenhower's Geneva proposal for a swap of military blueprints and mutual air inspections as unrealistic He argued both nations have vast territories making such inspections trivial and praised Geneva for easing tensions while signaling steps toward ending the cold war
The Soviet Union proposed diplomatic trade and cultural relations with West Germany without preconditions. The Bonn note on Adenauer’s Moscow visit prompted the reply, noting no linked demands and ease about ambassador exchanges in Paris. Bonn officials said the note fulfilled West German wishes.
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge registered 20.10 feet this morning after a 12 foot rise in 24 hours. Yesterday’s high reached 74 degrees at 2 p.m. and the low this morning was 75 at 5 a.m. Thermometer read 8 at 7 a.m. and 95 at 11 a.m. Forecast calls for partly cloudy hot days with isolated afternoon thundershowers, fair with little temperature change. high today near 95, low 72, with similar conditions tomorrow.
Greater Decatur anticipates at least a ten percent population rise since 1953 as the new city directory canvass begins led by Mr and Mrs Lawrence L Peters. The report, drawn from the County Business Patterns survey, shows Morgan County holding the largest payroll in 1953 at over six and a half million dollars with Madison County close behind.
Eleven American airmen freed by Red China arrived at Clark Air Force Base from Hong Kong. They met Brig. Gen. William L. Lee and Ambassador Homer Ferguson and plan to fly to Tokyo then the U.S. West Coast for family reunions. Their leader Col. John Knox Arnold Jr. accused Peiping of injustice after their capture since January 1953 following a downed B29 mission near the Yalu River. All crewmen were said to be in fairly good condition after medical checks.
President Eisenhower abandons plans for a radio and television address praising Congress. The White House says a news conference, filmed for TV and radio, will serve a similar purpose. Hagerty notes the foreign affairs record is excellent, while domestic work is less stellar.
Entries for the Bonanzagram contest race toward the Friday draw with a $450 prize. Some mails miss the deadline but most are filed for Friday when the winner is revealed and claims may be made. Hold your claim check and watch Friday's paper for the new Bonanzagram.
In Bessemer Alabama a bikini dressed pasteboard doll named Myrtle is held in the city jail after a jealous wife accused her of alienation of affections. Police chase leads to a beer distributor and a detective seizing the decoy doll used in promotional photos. The chief calls the affair fantastic but the wife demands arrest.
Washington reports the Eisenhower administration is cutting back credit to curb inflation and stabilize prices for two years. Four of the twelve Federal Reserve banks raised the discount rate from 1% to 2%, the highest in 21 years, with others expected to follow. The move follows tighter down payments on government insured housing loans and cautions to banks on auto loans and installment credit.
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