Revival to Start at Bellview Baptist Church Sunday
An old fashioned revival will begin at Bellview Baptist Church Sunday and run through the 20th. The Rev. Cecil Crow of Warrior will preach with services at 11 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. Bellview church lies about 10 miles north of Decatur on the Old Moulton. Captain and Mrs W E Burgen Tripoli Africa are parents of a baby boy born Aug 3 1955 named Charles Frederick. Mrs Burgen is the former Margaret Bayley, daughter of Mr and Mrs John F Bayley 613 Memorial Dr SW Decatur. Public invited to the all day singing at East Battle Ground Church four miles west of Highway 31 on the old Corn Quarters.
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Bellview Baptist Church
Cecil Crow
Warrior
Bellview Church
Decatur
Moulton
W. E. Burgen
Tripoli
Africa
Charles Frederick
Burgen
Margaret Bayley
John F. Bayley
East Battle Ground Church
Highway 31
Statement Awaited At ICI C10
United Steel Workers of America CIO expected to release a statement amid a strike by about 100 conductors at U S Steel. More than 25 000 steelworkers joined the picket lines while talks in Pittsburgh collapsed and wage demands reach 3 25 an hour from 2 34. Tennessee Coal and Iron division condemned the strike as unauthorized under current agreement.
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Birmingham
United Steel Workers of America
CIO
U.S. Steel
Pittsburgh
Tennessee Coal and Iron Division
Stevenson Indicates 1956 Presidential Run
Adlai E Stevenson hinted at running for the Democratic nomination in 1956 during an informal news conference in Chicago. He suggested a possible challenge to President Eisenhower, saying Ike is not invulnerable and outlined policy contrasts he would use in a campaign.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stephen A. Mitchell
Geneva
Adlai
Insurance Firms Trying To Miss New School Levy
Banks won exemptions yesterday and argued before the Senate Finance Committee. The House Ways and Means Committee advanced a plan to exempt banks from the gross income tax while delaying a vote on the insurance company issue. The article notes bills moving through committees and references an INSURANCE section on page 2.
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Montgomery
Senate Finance
House Ways and Means
Phenix City Receives Fifth Alabama Plea Urging Desegregation
Phenix City receives the fifth petition demanding immediate desegregation of public schools. The document was signed by 15 Black parents and NAACP local president Joseph Ingersoll. The school board was notified and may discuss the petition at the next meeting on August 31.
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Phenix City
Ala
Alabama
W. F. Darnell
Joseph Ingersoll
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Mobile
Butler
Macon
Etowah
Darnell
Joseph W. Smith
First Boll Near Decatur Farm Tells Fertilizer Details
The first open boll of the season was picked from oe Richardson's dad's farm near Decatur. Empire cotton fertilized with 6-8-8 at 400 pounds per acre and followed by watch, with the boll open a week or more when pulled, photo by Daily. The report also notes Connie the hurricane progressing toward the coast with dangerous winds and rising waves.
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Decatur Daily
Oe Richardson
Quarles Named Secretary of Air Force in Ike Era
A. Quarles, 61, native of Van Buren Arkansas and Englewood New Jersey resident, named to head the Air Force succeeding Harold Talbott who resigned August first amid ethics concerns. Senate confirmation pending when Congress reconvenes in January. Hagerty noted Quarles' private holdings were not addressed. See IKE on Page 2.
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Earth Satellite Project
Air Force Development
van Buren
Ark
Englewood
Quarles
Harold Talbott
Senate
Talbott
Compress
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Hagerty
Ike
Rear Adm Samuel Toranzo Calderon life sentence reported
Late News Bulletins says Buenos Aires informants report Rear Adm Samuel Toranzo Calderon jailed for life for masterminding the June 16 revolt. Prosecutors sought death by firing squad. In Alabama, Special Judge Warren dismissed election irregularity indictments against Probate Judge S G Johnson and two former officials for faulty charge wording.
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Buenos Aires
Samuel Toranzo Calderon
Jackpot announced for 475 prize tomorrow
The notice states that the jackpot of 475 will be decided tomorrow with the winning number 475 and urges readers to check their Bonanzagram, claim checks, and the published answer, wishing luck to all.
Blood donors may win free gift awards at Central Baptist
Bank Street merchants offer gift certificates as incentives for blood donors. Gray's fashion wear, Sam Frank & Moore, Nelson's Jewelry, Alabama Drug Company, Ezell's, Fred Smith Furniture Co. contribute. participation is 100 percent. Jaycee Auxiliary reports strong cooperation as donors visit Central Baptist Church Friday 1 to 7 p.m. for a chance at a lucky number.
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Bank Street
Gray’s
Sam Frank & Moore
Nelson’s
Alabama Drug Company
Ezell’s
Fred Smith Furniture Co
Jaycee Auxiliary Committee
Central Baptist Church
FBI cracks top bank robbery in Queens case
The FBI says it cracked the largest cash bank robbery in history, seizing two men alleged to be ringleaders in a carefully planned Queens holdup that netted $305,000. Warrants were issued for the suspects and a fifth man held as a material witness. James McCoo and Frank Cocchiaro were arraigned on National Bank Robbery Act charges.
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New York
FBI
Queens
James McCoo
Frank Cocchiaro
Kefauver taps trio for more Dixon-Yates questioning
Senator Kefauver heads a Dixon-Yates probe subcommittee and announced hearings will resume October 1. He named Ralph Demler former SEC chairman Rowland Hughes director of the Budget Bureau and Jerome Kuykendall director of the Federal Power Commission as witnesses.
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Nashville, Tenn
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Dixon-Yates
Ralph Demler
Securities and Exchange Commission
Rowland R. Hughes
Bureau of the Budget
Jerome K. Kuykendall
Federal Power Commission
Weather and River Update for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 20.07 feet with a 0.27 foot rise in 24 hours. Sea level reading 554.37 feet. Yesterday's temperature peaked at 93 noon with a morning low of 76 at 5 o clock. Readings at 9 AM 78 and 11:30 AM 87. Forecast calls for partly cloudy warm weather with isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers tonight and Friday. Highs near 92 today and 90 Friday, lows around 68 tonight.
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Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Training Flight Over Germany Ends In Death
Two C119 Flying Boxcar transports collided and crashed into the Black Forest near Stuttgart Germany killing 66 aboard including crews and U S Army troops. The two planes of a nine aircraft training flight from Echterdingen carried 7th Army personnel.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Black Forest
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Echterdingen Field
Here
U.S. 7Th Army
U.S
Tokyo
Larson Air Force Base
Washington State
Cardiff
Wales
West Germany
60Th
Rhein-Main Air Base
Frankfurt
7Th Army
At Least 21 Die In Blast At Gateway Restaurant
A roaring blast and fire struck Andover Ohio wounding and killing residents near Pyma tuning Lake. Twenty one bodies were found, eighteen injured, with two missing. Rescue crews worked through ashes at the Gateway Restaurant and nearby dairy store as flames devoured the two story frame building.
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Andover
Ohio
Pymatuning Lake
Pennsylvania
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