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05 Aug 1955
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Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1955
Page
1
Family updates from Decatur events and births
Diane Taylor remains in serious condition at Decatur General Hospital after an injury. A ceremonial will be held tonight at the Decatur Masonic Temple. Elmo Kitchens and wife announce the birth of their son at Decatur General Hospital. The ONeals and Yarbroughs visit Humboldt Tennessee with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Taylor
Kyle Taylor
15Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
North Alabama Shrine No. 7
Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
Decatur Masonic Temple
Elmo Kitchens
Moulton
Decatur
Richard O'Neal
Pilot Loses Bid To Save 30 Lives In Plane Crash
A Convair twin engine plane with 27 passengers and three crewmen crashed near Fort Leonard Wood after losing its right wing. Pilot Capt Hugh Barron had earlier risked an emergency landing but the craft exploded as it struck a wooded gully. Eyewitness Lt A J Brewster said "Just a life more and he would have made it."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Brewster
Ft. Leonard Wood
Post Airport
Hugh Barron
Tulsa
Okla
Convair
Forney
Union Grove Man Killed By Auto
Union Grove resident Pat Barnard, 82, was dead on arrival after being struck while crossing Highway 231 in Alabama. The driver, Ira Fred Watson, 49, of Montgomery, was involved. State Patrol ruled the accident unavoidable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arab,ala
R. P
Pat) Barnard
Union Grove
Rt. 1
Barnard
Highway 231
Here
Ira Fred Watson
Montgomery
Open Shop Fight Fizzles in Alabama House
Alabama lawmakers clashed over labor and milk control as the House rejected repealing the Right to Work law 48 to 41 and sent the milk bill to an adverse Senate report. A local measure to halt disbarment proceedings against Sen. Reuben Newton of Jasper was recommitted 52 to 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
House of Representatives
Senate Health Committee
Senate
House
Alabama
Reuben Newton
Jasper
Sapeder Rankin Fite
Connie Becomes Dangerous Storm Warning Near Puerto Rico
A dangerous hurricane threat grows as Connie approaches Puerto Rico with warnings for Barbuda Saba Antigua and surrounding islands. Alerts extend to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico urging immediate precautions for high winds and tides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rich
Puerto Rico
Barbuda
Saba
Antigua
Virgin Islands
Buyer Bids For More Ardmore Tomatoes
Ardmore produce buyer J. T. Yeager of Cullman said he will be in Ardmore today Saturday and Monday to buy tomatoes. Earlier this week Yeager purchased 270 bushels of crated tomatoes from local farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
J. T. Yeager
Cullman Produce
Yeager
Possible new exploration of selling surplus to Soviet Russia
Government farm officials say developments raise prospect of a new exploration of selling surplus American farm products to Soviet Russia and other Iron Curtain countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Soviet Russia
Russia
Cadet Denied Navy Commission Amid Mother's Past Affairs
Kings Point reports Cadet Midshipman Eugene W. Landy 21, an honor graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, denied a Naval Reserve commission over his mother’s former Communist Party membership from 1937 to 1947 48. The mother, visiting in New Jersey, said he demanded her quitting to avoid jail or his suffering. Landy will graduate with a bachelor of science and merchant marine officer qualification as 95 classmates look on. Rear Adm Gordon McClintock cited lack of a counterstatement. academy officials acknowledge a link to the mother’s past but deny official motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Point
N.Y
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Communist Party
Naval Reserve Commission
Eugene W. Landy
Academy
New Jersey
Landy
Adm
Gordon McClintock
Naval Reserve
Navy
Red Reversal Lights U S Hope For Disarmament
Premier Bulganin reversed his dismissal of an Eisenhower plan for trading U S Soviet military information. President Eisenhower said new arms control proposals would be offered at the United Nations Disarmament subcommittee in New York later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Nikolai Bulganin
Eisenhower
United States
United Nations
New York
Bulganin
Geneva
Here’s The Key To $450 Prize By Katie Kash
Puzzle solution note describes a $450 Bonanzagram answer with a deadline Monday at 5 pm. The Smiths solved Junior’s note as It Tyert A os Yellow teth, suggesting a wordplay key for the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Kash
Katie
Smiths
Junior
Missing Letters Reveal Umbrella Clue on Page 2
Incomplete headline hints at a puzzle or feature about an umbrella phrase. The note contrasts SUN with See HERE'S on Page 2, suggesting a language/typography puzzle or rebus embedded in the edition. The exact article context and participants are not provided.
Prominent Kansas City Woman Bloodstained Clothes Found
Police recovered bloodstained clothing in an abandoned car linked to Mrs. Wilma Allen 30 wife of Bill Allen Jr a Kansas City automobile dealer. Missing since last night the clothing matched what she wore yesterday and ties to the Kelley family of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Wilma Allen
Weather and River Readings Near Decatur
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 20.35 feet, up 0.25 in 24 hours, sea level 554.45. Yesterday's high 95, low 74, morning 78, 1 am 90. Forecast calls for partly cloudy or showers with little temperature change. today’s high around 95.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
L and N Traffic Restores Normal Flow Through Decatur
A Birmingham walkout by L and N workers halted all freight and passenger traffic in Decatur yesterday. Freight trains resumed at 2:20 a.m. with four more freights and passenger service back on schedule as crews returned to work after an agreed settlement ending a recent dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L&n Railroad
Decatur
Birmingham
L&n
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Louisville and Nashville
Alabama
Louisville
Railway Brotherhood
J. B. Williamson
Williamson
F. W. Kirchner
Birmingham and
Montrom- Lee
L& N
August Attempts to Top July Heat Record
August seeks to beat this year’s high mark of 97 degrees set on July 28. A 95 degree daytime high yesterday nearly matched the record, with the AP reporting other states’ temps. Anniston reached the hottest reading, while Tuscaloosa hit 97, and Muscle Shoals and Gadsden reported 96.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Anniston
Tuscaloosa
Muscle Shoals
Gadsden
Falkville Family Loses Home in Second Fire
Falkville Mr and Mrs Hershel Fortenberry lost their four room home to fire for the second time in three months. The evacuated house owned by H H Evans burned Wednesday with no insurance. The Fortenberrys have two young children and received local charity after the first blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Summerford Falkville
Hershel Fortenberry
Falkville
H. H. Evans
Fortenberry
Evans
Democrats Challenge Ike Get Republicans In Line
Democrats urged President Eisenhower to win Republican votes for his domestic programs. Senator Kerr said half the GOP must be on board for Congress to pass a health program and highway and school construction measures, while the FPC faced censure for its actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Jack Bell
Washington
Senate
Democrats
Eisenhower
Congress
Sen
Kerr
D-Okla
Monroney
Humphrey
D-Minn
Federal Power Commission
Brutal murder shocks rural Alabama store owner
In Centre, Alabama, 73 year old Exie Russell was hacked and beaten to death at her rural Lawrence area store. Deputy Jer ry Trammell said she suffered head trauma throat cuts multiple stab wounds and possible crow bar use. Coroner R O Perry called it the most brutal Cherokee County slaying in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centre
Ala
Cherokee County
Exie Russell
Lawrence
Jerry Trammell
Trammell
R. O. Perry
Freed Airmen Reach Tokyo After Hong Kong Release
Eleven U.S. airmen freed after 30 months in Communist prisons landed at Tachikawa Air Base Tokyo after flying from Manila. They denied Red Chinese spying charges and were whisked to the base hospital following a surprise Hong Kong release yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U.S
Tachikawa Air Base
Manila
Hong Kong
Suny
Telephone Call Triggers Fatal Gary Police Shootout
In Gary Indiana a chance call to telephone solicitor set off a gun duel ending in the deaths of Patrolman Moore and 32 year old steelworker Pathur Wright. Wright was found dead with five bullets, Moore died after being shot twice in the chest and once in the head, at a house on Indiana Ave. Police say Wright had assaulted a 15 year old girl and held others in the home. Two Wright nieces, ages 15 and 8, were in the house during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Ray Hahn
Pathur Wright
Wright
Moore
George Winchur
Ivanoff
Indiana Ave
Sgt
Hahn
Bulganin Says Continue To Study Ike’s Blueprint Idea
Moscow Premier Bulganin told the Supreme Soviet the Soviet Union will continue to study President Eisenhower’s proposal for exchange of military information and mutual aerial inspection. He said the plan is under consideration though Moscow prefers its own disarmament idea and aims to bridge gaps between the two sides. The deputies laughed when he noted potential hiding places across vast areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Bulganin
Eisenhower
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
United Sttates
Miah En Wee
Private Power Grant Blasted
Democratic senators assailed the Federal Power Commission for approving Idaho Power Co. privately financed Hell's Canyon dam projects on the Snake River border of Idaho and Oregon. They vow to make the issue national, arguing public power advocates seek a single federal dam instead. Senators Kerr Magnusen Humphrey label the move a sellout to private power interests and criticize administration timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Power Commission
Hell's Canyon
Commission
Idaho Power Co
Hell’s Canyon
Snake River
Idaho
Oregon
Congress
Kerr
D-Okla
Magnusen
D-Wash
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
FPC
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Jimmy Yarbrough
R. A
Humboldt, Tenn
Ernest Davis
Buckley
Myrtle
Bessemer
Sabena
Oes
New Delhi
India
Red China
America
Sheffield
Colbert County Grand Jury
Thomas F. Terry
Louis Elledge
Jesse Homan
David S. Ingalls
the Navy
Aeronautics
Air Force
Harold E. Talbott
U. S
By John M. Hightower
Brinks
Anthony Pettinato
Buffalo
Pettinato
Baltimore
Sylvester Mazella
Bronx
Chance
Assail Fpc O. K
By Ken Reynolds
Bakery Daily
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