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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1955

Page

3

Weeks battles over access to Business Advisory Council files

Secretary Weeks refuses to allow Walter White to release the Business Advisory Council files. Rep. Celler questions BAC's influence on policy and possible self benefit. BAC members, including executives and weeks ally roles, meet six times yearly and cover their own expenses.

James Marlow Associated Press W. Sinclair Weeks Washington Brooklyn House Weeks Bostonian Business Advisory Council America Celler BAC Walter White Commerce Department Roosevelt Secretary of Commerce Antitrust White

County Court Concludes Week in Morgan County

Judge W. H. Long presided as Morgan County Court finished its criminal non-jury docket week. Louise Alma Beach Hass pled guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and driving while intoxicated, receiving a $100 fine and three months in jail plus costs. Owen Carpenter was found guilty of a prohibition violation with a $50 fine plus costs. An assault and battery case against Alonzo Wiley was continued.

Morgan County Court W. H. Long Louise Alma Beach Hass Owen Carpenter Alonzo Wiley

Frank Seiberling dies at 95 founder of Goodyear

Akon Akron Ohio. Frank A Seiberling died yesterday at 95 after building Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co from $40,000 debt in 1898 into a rubber industry giant. He later lost the firm and his fortune in 1921 leaving a five million dollar balance.

Akron Ohio Frank A. Seiberling Seiberling Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co

Austinville P T A Council Sees Busy Year Plans

Morgan County P T A members gathered at Austinville High for the annual School of Instruction. Officers and committees reviewed by laws, programs, safety, and welfare projects while a campaign for joint membership with Decatur and a focus on Founders Day were set for the year.

Austinville Morgan County P.T.A Morgan County Council J. R. Vaughan O. N. Williams Paul E. Harrison Orben Penn Danville P.T.A Athens Bible School Chorus Brackeen My God Lester Wooten Silas B. Cross Price Bryant Penn School of Instruction Decatur City L. R. Brooks E. R. Roberts Morgan County High School Luther Roberts H. E. Orr L. T. Wagnon Alex Adams Hartselle C. N. Williams Marvin Skidmore C. M. Parker Priceville Paul McNutt North Alabama Tuberculosis Association Betty McDonald J. L. Howard Flint Moulton Heights P.T.A Lamar General Assembly Council Safety Trinity High School Priceville School Alabama Council Will Spanabel Williams Lucille Lindsey Ransom Crawford Crawford Decatur Cullman County R. Vaughn State Congress Priceville High School

East Germany Rejects Reunification Push in National Vote

East Germany's Volkskammer rejects a national election for reunification. Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl demands West German Chancellor Adenauer pull Germany from the Western European Union and abandon rearmament before any unity.

East Germany Berlin Otto Grotewohl Volkskammer Konrad Adenauer

Indians Protest Portuguese Rule at Bombay Consulate

Four thousand unarmed demonstrators tried to storm the Portuguese consulate in Bombay to protest Portuguese rule in Goa. Police kept them back as stones and shoes were thrown and Indian flags planted on the portico. The action coincided with a one day general strike by 150,000 workers backing India's push for control of Goa.

Bombay India Goa Subcontinent

Convention goesers spend average of 93.69 dollars in city

The American Hotel Association reports that the typical convention attendee spends about $93.69 in the convention city, reflecting visitor spending patterns and impact on local commerce.

American Hotel Assn

Air Enthusiasts Laud Ike Diplomacy at Geneva Meeting

The Air Force Association praised President Eisenhower for bold imaginative diplomacy at Geneva. The 40 000 member group urged vigilance over Moscow warning against new aerial weapons while backing the President's proposal to Soviet Russia for mutual aerial limits.

San Francisco Air Force Assn Eisenhower Russia Geneva Moscow Soviet Russia

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