Two Vehicle Rear End Crashes Reported Citywide
City police logged two accidents with no injuries. A 1942 Dodge panel truck driven by William Binford 61 collided with a westbound Plymouth at Walnut and Line after the Dodge failed to stop. Light damage. Investigated by Officers Smith and Taylor. At 2 16 p m a 1949 Mercury driven by Robert L Carter 36 and a 1950 GMC truck driven by Russell South 37 collided on New Moulton Road after a car in front of the Mercury turned left. Heavy damage to the Mercury. Investigated by Officers Kennedy and Terry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
William Binford
Walnut
Smith and Taylor
Old
New Moulton
Robert L. Carter
Russell South
Nuclear power outlook gains optimism amid industry plans
The discussion centers on large scale nuclear power viability in the United States with optimistic views from Lane and others. Experts expect low fuel costs alongside growing interest from five industrial groups to build full scale reactors. Russian scientists note a small commercial reactor as a starting point and possible help for peaceful atomic energy worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AEC
Wil
Lane
United States
Russia
Law County Government Referendum Proposal Stirs Debate
Lawrence Representative Bill Lee introduced a bill to call a statewide referendum on the form of county government. Lee said several persons expressed dissatisfaction with the new system and prefers putting the decision to the voters rather than lawmaking officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Bill Lee
Princess Love Me or Leave Me at Amusements Today
Amusement listings show Doris Day and James Cagney in Princess Love Me or Leave Me at Princess theater with showtimes 1:00 3:05 5:10 7:15 9:20. Other venues include ROXY with Rear Window starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly at 1:00 3:05 5:10 7:10 9:10 and SUNSET presenting Women's Prison at 7:30 9:45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Day
James Cagney
Roxy
James Stewart
Grace Kelley
Athens approves pay hikes for 28 city electric workers
Athens city council authorizes wage increases for 28 electric department employees effective after Oct 1, boosting payroll by 582 dollars monthly while declining to set starting and maximum pay ranges. New meter reading and billing system approved to reduce lag between consumption and collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
John Marlin
Light and Water Dobts
Light and Water Department
M. S. Kennemer
William D. Smith
Smith
Vinson
County Board of Equalization
J. E. Wellden
Shellie Hicks
Fred Black
State Department of Revenue
Board of Revenue
Ardmore
Elkmont
Mooresville
Thomas Street
Washington
Pryor Streets
Ceme
Malcolm Magnusson
Clinton Street
Market Street
Jerry Lumpkin
Young
Police Department
U S Demonstrations in Korea See Violence as ROK Demands UNSC Withdrawal
In Pusan and other cities, thousands protested the UNSC presence after a ROK ultimatum to withdraw within a week. Clashes left 15 American soldiers and 23 Koreans injured as tear gas and sitdowns continued in Kunsan Taegu and Kangnung. The scene centered on the uneasy NNSC and its mixed neutral makeup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Pusan
UNSC
Kunsan
Taegu
Kangnung
US. 8Th Army
ROK
Korea
Republic of Korea
NNSC
Marathon plans integrated mill project in Alabama
Marathon Oil president John Stevens Jr. said the firm plans a direct rail link to a plant site on the Tombigbee River near Myrtlewood and Haeloa, Alabama. The project, likely costing about 30 million dollars for rail and site, would house an integrated pulp paper and paperboard mill, marking Marathon’s first Southern venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tombigbee
Myrtlewood
Haeloa
Ala
Montgomery
Mobile
Birmingham
John Stevens Jr
Marathon
Stevens
South
Wisconsin
Michigan
New York
Ontario
Washington
California
Alabama House Seeks Equal Consideration of Senate Bills
The House votes to urge the Senate to treat House bills with prompt action before session ends in eight days. A Senate Finance Committee endorses a school tax measure creating a state tax withholding system like federal law. Education leaders push for immediate votes on two other bills already on the calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Madison Strike Hearing Set for Sept. 14
Parsons has scheduled a hearing for September 14 to decide if the injunction will become permanent. The Madison sheriff issued a statement after company officials denounced public officials as supporting terrorism and defiance of law. Mayor Searcy of Huntsville declined comment. Wall asserted officers would have overstepped if they enforced the injunction. The strike backs union dues checkoff and arbitration of workloads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pletely
Parsons
Madison
R. B. Searcy
Huntsville
Wall
Trusts Move Into Local Daily Records
Daily financial transfers list numerous deeds and loans including J. S. Bartee to Laceys Spring Me Church for 1.00 dollars and Birmingham Trust National Bank to Wiley L. Bullard for 2000 dollars. Other noted transactions include Chestnut Court Apartments to Aubrey Presson for 13500 and Decatur Cemetery Assn to Florence Adams for 300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Bartee
Laceys Spring Me
Church
Birmingham Trust National Bank
Wiley L. Bullard
B. Frank Chenault
Wilton Starling Fowler
Chestnut Court
Decatur
Aubrey W. Presson
Decatur Cemetery Assn
Florence Adams
H. H. Higdon
C. E. Pitt
James A. McGee
George E Hutson
John E. Sandlin
Ralph L. Sharp
Mary A. Crittenden
W. O Lindsey
Mark Gdubbs
Glennis R
Folsom and Family to Chicago Conference Trip
E. Folsom his wife and five children depart for Chicago this afternoon to attend the National Governors Conference with members of his staff joining the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folsom and Family
Chicago
Evden Dageenes
E. Folsom
Aor
Shrine honors Agnes Severson with dinner visit
North Alabama Shrine No 7 will honor Mrs Agnes Severson of Lakewood Ohio with a dinner at the Lyons Hotel followed by an official visit to the Shrine at the Masonic Temple. Farrar L Pittle will address the Exchange Club at 6 30 p m at the Corne lian Court Hotel dining room. Highway patrol arrested one person for reckless driving and 28 recorder court cases mostly traffic offenses were docketed. Rev L G Curtis will lead revival services at Cave Spring Baptist Aug 14 20 with Dennis Woodard leading singing. Otis Golden invites the public to 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Alabama Shrine No. 7
Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
Agnes Severson
Lakewood
Ohio
Lyons Hotel
Severson
Masonic Temple
Farrar L. Pittle
Montgome
Exchange Club
Cornelian Court Hotel
Arthur Belew
L. G. Curtis
First Baptist Church of
Flomaton
Ala
Cave Spring Baptist Church
Dennis Woodard
Howard College
Otis Golden
Lee Lee backs educator pay hike in Lawrence County
Law rence County bill to raise superintendent of education salary from 4200 to 4800 6000 a year appears poised for final passage this session. Sponsor Rep Bill Lee Town Creek says House passed it and Senate action is likely before adjournment. Planned raise would start after current term of C G Horton ends to align with neighboring counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Creek
Lawrence County
Lawrence
Bill Lee
Lee
House
Senate
Morgan Lawrence Joe Calvin
County Board of Education
C. G. Horton
Two Returned Total Here
Morgan County deputies arrested Leo Carl Morgan 34 from Tallahassee for grand larceny and Calamus Maeberry 25 on a holdover warrant for selling mortgaged property. Both were held in the Morgan County jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
T. A. Patterson
C. A. Hogan
Leo Carl Morgan
Tallahassee
Fla
Calamus Maeberry
Kilby
ABC Men Axe Sizable Still Near Buckeye Pond Raid
ABC agents Herman Sandlin and Carlos Nelson destroyed a 400 gallon box type still located six miles southeast of Mooresville near the Madison Limestone county line. The hidden still lay on a canal amid weeds and cane far from a wooded area, a common whiskey factory habitat. Raiders found 350 gallons of spent mash on the Wildlife Refuge during the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ABC
Herman Sandlin
Carlos Nelson
Buckeye Pond
Mooresville
Madison-Limestone County
Lawrence School Trustees Nominated At 2 30 Today
Lawrence County patrons nominate trustees today at 2 30 p m. Nominations will lead to selecting three trustees from each school by the county board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence School
Moulton — Lawrence County
Illegal Voting Defendants To Vernon Trial
About 35 defendants charged with election irregularities in the 1954 Alabama Democratic primaries were called for trial in Vernon. Lamar County officials named include Probate Judge S. G. Johnson former Sheriff H. C. Smith and former Chief Deputy Sheriff O. T. Reeves, charged with aiding and abetting illegal voting amid accusations of vote buying, false affidavits, absentee voting abuse, and other violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Ala
Alabama
Lamar County
G. H. Downing
S. G. Johnson
H. C. Smith
O. T. Reeves
Downing
Lamar County Grand Jury
Mrs Newt Edmonson Hosts Cotaco W S C S Session
Mrs Newt Edmonson hosted a Cotaco Methodist Church Women’s Society of Christian Service meeting with Mrs W R Murphy in charge. The afternoon opened with a hymn, prayers, and meditations by several members. After an article by Mrs E B McGahee on deeper Christian commitment the minutes were approved and the meeting closed with a prayer. The hostess and her daughter served refreshments to eight members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotaco
Newt Edmonson
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Cotaco Methodist Church
W. R. Murphy
Edmonson
Paul Grady
James Jackson
E. B. McGahee
Horace Edmondson
Allen Thomas
F W Mann Sr Dies in Cullman
Floy W Mann Sr 57 a used car dealer of Hanceville dies after a heart attack at Cullman Hospital Funeral services set for Wednesday 2 30 PM at Hanceville Baptist Church with burial at Hopewell Cemetery directed by Moss Service Funeral Home Survivors include his parents four sons six sisters and several in laws and relatives from Alabama Tennessee Ohio Virginia and Florida
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
Floy W. Mann
Hanceville
Hanceville Baptist Church
R. A. Mann
Sedric
Birmingham
Floy, Jr
Howard
Termessee
Garfield
Roy Coots
Dillard Bowling
Huntsvile
Eulick Smith
Aaron Ratliff
Tex
Jack Veal
Norfolk
Gertie Linton
Ohio
Bellingrath Gardens Founder Dies at 86
Walter D. Belligrath 86 founder of Bellingrath Gardens died in Mobile after a period of ill health. He celebrated his 86th birthday the previous Saturday and on Sunday opened the gardens to the public, drawing more than 10 000 visitors. Belligrath was born in Atlanta. his wife Bessie Morse Belligrath had died years earlier.
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Mobile
Walter D. Bellingrath
Bellingrath Gardens
Bellingrath
Atlanta
Bessie Morse Bellingrath
Market prices and commodity quotes from regional grains and livestock
Cotton middling 36.7 percent and milk prices across grades. Milk manufactured at 610 per hundred, four percent milk direct below. Corn prices No 2 yellow and No 2 white at 1.32. Live cattle and calves listed with utility and commercial cows at 9.00 to 11.00 and calves 200-240 pounds at 16.25 for dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ines
Stocks Slide for Second Straight Session in Quiet Trade
New York stock market fell again in quiet trading with most sectors down about 1 to 2 points. Steels and motors led activity while autos faced dealer warnings about liberal credit terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Steels
Motors
Automobile Dealers Assn
North live poultry market steady in Atlanta report
AP notes the North live poultry market remains steady with heavy clean offerings and adequate demand. Prices paid at farms range around 25 26 27 cents per pound with plants paying 27 cents and higher in today’s morning report.
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Atlanta
Birmingham Market Sees Steady to Firm Supplies
In Birmingham buyers find supplies steady to firm with only limited demand as prices remain near steady levels amid a generally slack market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Cattle and Lamb Market Report from Nashville AP
Slaughter classes slow and trading unsettled as opening cattle sales show steady supply. Steers and heifers remain fully steady with mixed quality US No 1 2 0 to 240 lb butchers selling around 16.75 to 17.00, some 16.50, and a few down to 14.50. Feeder lambs mostly 14.00 to 14.50 with limited good and choice lots seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
U.S
Lawrence Court On Damage Suit Involving $3,000 Bond
In Circuit Court here the Farmers and Ginners Cotton Oil Co. sue D A Hogan Ruby Hogan P B Lowrey and John Wiley for damages over a $3,000 bond in a prior case. The Lawrence County Grand Jury is in session with a possible report Wednesday. Also three damage suits arising from a May 5 wreck that killed two Decatur residents and injured another, all against Frank Shackleford, were continued. Langley, Sittason and Knight are named in the suits with damages sought at 100000 and 50000 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Lucien D. Gardner
John A. Caddell
Thomas C. Pettus
Sherman Powell
Lawrence County
Decatur
Newton Powell
Frank Shackleford
Charles F. Langley
Frederick M. Sittason
Horace Knight
Langley
Sittason
Knight
Hospital Dismissals and Admissions List
Dismissals include Dr. Frank Soday at 310 Walnut St Virgil Hill Lawrenceburg Tennessee and Mrs H C Sharp Trinity 1. Admissions include Ernest McCreless Town Creek and Mrs William Tarpley Trinity 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Soday
Walnut St
Virgil Hill
Lawrenceburg, Tenn
H. C. Sharp
Trinity
Fred Linley
Market St
Ernest McCreless
Town Creek
William Tarpley
Trinity 1
Athens Limestone Hospital Birth Announcements
A list of names and locations from Athens and nearby areas including Mrs. Dewey Johnson Mrs. Houston Whitt and infant son Robert Coates Mrs. Claude Black Mrs. Kirby Watkins and infant daughter Elkmont William Black Estelle Craig Clyde Phillips Viola Abernathy Judy Lawler Etta Green M. D. Brannock Master David Smith Helen Marie Burch Rogersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Johnson
Athens
Houston Whitt
Robert Coates
Claude Black
Kirby Watkins
Elkmont
William Black
Estelle Craig
Clyde Phillips
Viola Abernathy
Judy Lawler
Tanner
Etta Green
M. D. Brannock
Judge Hands Out Fine and Sentence in Morgan County Court
Judge W. H. Long found Paul Cowart guilty of assault and battery, fining him $250 and sentencing six months hard labor. Forfeitures and alias capias writs were issued in several cases including Walton, Hogeland, Trotter, Lang, Counts, Amerson, Raufus, Trammell, Brewster, and others as the court entered its second week of the criminal non jury docket. Bolden pled guilty to Prohibition law violation, fined $50 and costs. Willie Walton’s Prohibition case set for Wednesday. Thursday marks the final day of Morgan County Court term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Long
Paul Cowart
Morgan County
Cowart
Alias Capias
Saul Walton, Jr
Billy Hogeland
Willie E. Trotter
Tillman Lang
Leo Randolph
Eugene Counts
Lola Amerson
Raufus Inear
Roy Trammell
Johnson Brewster
Charles Looney
Oscar Lee Nichols
George Russell
James McGahee
Henry Bolden
Willie Walton
Morgan County Court
Funeral set for W L McCutcheon of Hartselle area
W L McCutcheon 76 a well known farmer of Hartselle died Monday at Hart selle Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services are to be held Wednesday at Mt Tabor Church with Rev George Marshall and Rev Dewitt Prince. He is survived by his wife three daughters five sons a sister a brother and fourteen grandchildren. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery directed by Peck Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
W. L. McCutcheon
Mt. Tabor
George Marshall
Dewitt Prince
McCutcheon
Hartselle Hospital
Janie B. McCutcheon
Hobart Parker
Birmingham
Lila Free
Leighton
Joe Bayliss
Weyman
Leon
Huntsville
Elliott
D. C
W. L
Flora Chunn
Roy McCutcheon
Hartselle Church of Christ
Home This Weekend for 11 Happy Airmen
Eleven U.S. airmen will depart for Travis Air Force Base California aboard two C34 transports via Midway and Hawaii. Col John Knox Arnold and ten others freed by Red China last week will be aboard tomorrow marking their return home after the ordeal.
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Tokyo
U.S
Air Force
Col
John Knox Arnold
China
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Midway
Hawaii
Baugh-Wiley Clinic Dismissals List
Dismissals include Miss Dilephone Green of 808 16th Ave SE Emmett Eckstein Ardmore Tenn Mrs S C Fagan and infant daughter Trinity 1 C W Bailey b112 13th Ave SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dilephone Green
16Th Ave
Emmett Eckstein
Ardmore
Tenn
S. C. Fagan
Trinity
C. W. Bailey
13Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital Dismissals
Hoyt Smith of Hillsboro and Mrs. Calvin Woodall are listed among dismissals. The entry names Ricky Lynn Thompson of Decatur and Mrs. Esther McEntire and family at 405 Gordon Drive. Trinity Master, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Leander Faulk, and Jimmy Day of Hartselle are noted with addresses 414 10th Ave SE and 222 5th Ave respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyt Smith
Hillsboro
Calvin Woodall
Sherman St
Ricky Lynn Thompson
Decatur
Esther McEntire
Gordon Drive
Leander Faulk
Trinity Admissions
Jimmy Day
Hartselle
William T. Mars
10Th Ave
Loyd Moore
5Th Ave
Births in Decatur and Athens Areas
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Littrell Jr. in Decatur at Decatur General Hospital Monday. A son to Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Toone of Rogersville in Athens at Athens Limestone Hospital Sunday. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Gordon in Athens at Athens Limestone Hospital Sunday. A son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Craig in Athens at Athens Limestone Hospital Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Littrell, Jr
Decatur 1
Decatur General Hospital
J. D. Toone
Rogersville
Athens- Robinson
Athens
Athens-Limestone Hospital
W. D. Gordon
Athens- Limestone Hospital
Robert Craig
Missionary Speaks To Zone Two Meeting In Decatur
Miss Mary Jane Baxter a Huntsville Brazil missionary spoke to Zone Two of the Decatur District Woman's Society of Christian Service at Chapel Hill Methodist Church. The meeting included prayers, brief talks by district secretaries, and a lunch in the church dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Baxter
Huntsville
Brazil
Decatur
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Chapel Hill Methodist Church
D. L. Grizzard
Floyd Sherrod
Miss Baxter
Falla Bailey
Christian Missions
W. R. Duncan
L. L. McCulloch
C. P. Johnson
Hobson Clark
Rufus Warren
James Minor
Zone
Notice of Administration for Hardy L. Fuller
Probate Court grants Lewis C. Brown letters of administration for the estate of Hardy L. Fuller on July 25 1955 in Morgan County. Creditors must present claims within the legal period or be barred. Address for claims or further notice likely provided by the undersigned Lewis C. Brown with publication dates July 26 to August 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardy L. Fuller
Probate Court
T. C. Almon
Morgan County
For Rent and Lost Notice Row
FOR RENT five room furnished apartment call 91 or 4062 J LOST Beagle 1415 10th cue Sesey Childs birthday present Call 3 room unfurnished apartment with hardwood floors venetian pine paneled bedroom hot electric heaters furnished All private Call Travis Letson 9108 or 3659 Air Way Branches Inc Sales and Service now located at Sth Ave and Stentond Drive Huntsville ee ice open six days Jefferson 11308
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beagle
Sesey Child
Call
Call Travis Letson
Air Way Branches, Inc
Sth Ave
Stentond Drive
Huntsville
Jefferson
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