Apple Blossoms Surprise in August and Local Court Docket
Apple blossoms in mid August surprise residents as Mrs E W Lewter reports picking a large bouquet from an apple tree owned by Mrs J C Sims in Athens. Recorder's Court shows weekend firearm driving while intoxicated and speeding charges. Mizpah Chapter 19 Eastern Star meets Tuesday 7 30 p m at the Masonic Temple. Reverend Otis Kirby outlines quarterly conferences across the Decatur District scheduling sessions in Veto Hartselle Center Springs and Eva.
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E. W. Lewter
J. C. Sims
Athens
Recorder's Court
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Otis Kirby
Decatur
Hartselle Methodist Church
Veto
Veto-Pettusville
Kirby
Eva
Center Springs Church
Center Springs-Antioch
Six Athenians Hit Run Victims in Huntsville Area
Six Athenians were injured in a hit run seven miles east of Huntsville. The most serious injury was Jack Allen of the Athens Post Office with a broken right leg. Allen had previously lost part of the same limb from a land mine in Korea while serving in the National Guard. Dan Hall and Billie Thames, along with Willard Jackson and Jackson, suffered multiple injuries including knocked out teeth and a broken nose. Mrs Hall sustained a slight concussion. All were hospitalized in Huntsville with expected releases for all except Allen today.
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Jack Allen
Athens Post Office
National Guard
Korea
Dan Hall
Billie Thames
Willard Jackson
Jackson
Aiken
Huntsville
Allen
Fight Looms Over Bill to Curb State Purchases
Montgomery report outlines a looming legislative clash as a bill to require competitive bids on all state purchases of 500 dollars or more faces possible filibuster and delays in the closing days of the 1955 session. Senator Joe Calvin sponsors the measure with opposition from filibuster supporters.
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Montgomery A
Joe Calvin
Morgan County
State Finance Department
Calvin
Neil Metcalf
Folsom
State Revenue Department
James E. Folsom
Two Farmers Shot In Clash With Negroes
Two farmers were shot during a confrontation near Armstrong, Bangor Route 1. Jack Armstrong said the farmers chased a group of boys from their watermelon truck, later returning with two older youths bearing pistols. Huey R. George, 19, of the same address, was shot in the hip while another victim sustained knee wounds.
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Armstrong
Bangor
Huey R. George
Jack Armstrong
Katie Waiting For Somebody To Win $475
Katie Kash reports the public jackpot remains unclaimed as readers note near misses in past clues. The column wonders whether the prize will rise to 500 or reset to 25, promising an update tomorrow.
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Katie
Katie Kash
British Thwart Mystery Attack on Welsh Army Garrison
Five masked men attacked guards at a British army garrison in Wales, failing to reach the armory and leaving the camp intact. Lt. Col. Lord Langford said nothing was taken and the raiders fled. A prior raid had netted 68 firearms and 80,000 rounds. police searched homes of suspected IRA sympathizers with no trace found.
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London
Wales
Lord Langford
Kimmel Park
Rhyl
IRA
North
Ireland
Preacher Bitten By Snake Killed In Alabama
In Fort Payne Alabama a Holiness Church minister died after a rattlesnake bite during services at the Straight Creek Holiness Church. The survivor said he had scanty information and investigators planned to look into the incident. The body was sent to Pineville.
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Fort Payne
Ala
Pineville
Valentine
Old Straight Creek
President Starts Fourth Vacation In Row In Colorado
President Eisenhower arrives in Colorado amid a warm welcome and brings golf clubs and fishing gear for a period of rest. He plans to open a small office at Lowry Air Force Base and continues to oversee affairs with Vice President Gore handling duties in his absence.
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Ike
Lafayette Street
Washington
Denver
Cherry Hills Country Club
Rocky Mountains
Eisenhower
Lowry Air Force Base
Gore
Allies Agree Must Maintain High Arms Level
United States Britain and France agreed the Western bloc must keep a high arms level for effective peace talks with the Russians. At NATO discussions in Paris post Geneva, 15 members saw no evidence prompting defense reductions though Moscow announced a 640,000 man force drawdown by December 15.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
America
United States
Britain
France
Geneva
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Paris
British Coolish Plans To Bare Geneva Records
British Coolish to plan to bare Geneva records as London sources note a move discussed on page 2. The brief mentions Britain and Geneva records in a terse, reporting tone without further detail.
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Geneva
London
Britain
North Korea proposes nonaggression pact with South Korea
Premier Kim Il Sung proposes a nonaggression pact to Syngman Rhee and urges a rapid conference of the two governments to unify the armistice divided country. The North was established with Soviet support after Japan's 1945 defeat.
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Tokyo
Kim 1 Sung
North
TVA Pays Off Last Bond Debt Early
Knoxville report shows the Tennessee Valley Authority will pay 14 million dollars tomorrow to retire the final 65 million dollar bond issue from 1938 39. The payoff comes 14 years ahead of schedule with interest largely funded from TVA electric power revenues.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
U.S
Retirin
TVA
TVA Electric
Act of Congress
Mobile Schools Bar Integration
The Mobile School Board said integration of white and Negro pupils is impossible without disrupting the school system. The board stated that integration is not acceptable to a majority, noting the Supreme Court decree and the perceived imposition by a higher authority.
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Mobile
Mobile School Board
Supreme Court
Prowler Invades Home Here Sunday But Takes Nothing
A prowler entered the back door of Mrs. Georgia White at 1007 Johnston Street between 7 and 11:30 p m Sunday. The intruder searched a chest and dresser but apparently took nothing and left before the 5:45 p m call. Mrs. White was away at the time.
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Georgia White
Johnston St
Boy Scout Found Shot To Death In Michigan Woods
Muskegon authorities say eight Boy Scout camp officials undergo lie detector tests in the search for Peter Gorham a 12 year old Evanston Illinois boy found shot in the back of the head in desolate woods twelve miles north of Muskegon. Sheriff Penderson suspects a sex deviate killed the boy. The body had been reduced to a skeleton.
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Muskegon
Mich
Leroy R. Hunt
Peter Gorham
Evanston
Peter
Michigan
Michigan In Less Than Five Months. Capt. Hunt
Muskegon County
Axel M. Penderson
Missing cobalt at Geneva exhibit sparks police search
Police scoured Geneva today for a small piece of radioactive cobalt missing from the atoms for peace industrial exhibit in downtown Geneva. The disappearance was disclosed last night when officers warned the material could injure anyone who kept it.
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Geneva
Actors refuse to answer questions at Communist influence hearing
New York Three Broadway actors Stanley Prager John Randolph and George Tyne cited the First and Fifth Amendments as they refused to answer questions at the House subcommittee hearing on alleged Communist influence in the entertainment industry. Rep. Francis E. Walter chaired the session.
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New York
Stanley Prager
John Randolph
George Tyne
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
House
Seven die in Alabama weekend accidents and other AP items
The Associated Press reports seven fatal weekend accidents in Alabama including a victim who died today and a fiery plane crash. Edward C. Kirby, 24, a Korean War veteran and father of four, is in military custody for POW conduct. Demonstrations in Cordoba clash with police as at least 15 are arrested. Federal Judge blocks Bobby Freeman and Jack Locklear from playing for the Cleveland Browns on behalf of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Omaha
Edward C. Kirby
Buenos Aires
Cordoba
Argentina
Cleveland
Paul Jones
Bobby Freeman
Jack Locklear
Cleveland Browns
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Freeman
Locklear
Browns
Japanese Observe Defeat Anniversary Quietly
Tokyo marked the ten year defeat anniversary with solemn ceremonies across cities. Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama delivered a keynote praising the U S occupation for averting famine and staving off fascism as Buddhist and Shinto prayers were offered at temples and altars.
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Tokyo
Japan
Ichiro Hatoyama
U.S
Hurricane No 4 Diane Aims at Southeast coast winds 115 mph
The Weather Bureau issued hurricane warnings for parts of Georgia to the Virginia Capes as Diane, the fourth tropical storm, tracked toward the southeast coast with peak winds of 115 mph. Forecasters predicted warnings expanding along the Georgia and South Carolina coasts and into North Carolina, while Florida faced possible storm warnings further north.
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Atlanta
Weather Bureau
Brunswick
Wilmington
N.C
St. Augustine
Fla
Virginia Capes
Miami
Georgia
South Carolina
Wether Developments
Diane
Cecil Gentry
North Carolina
Florida
Gentry
Aeerindt i
Alta Sears
There
Connie
Atlantic
Virginia
Middle Atlantic
Puerto Rico
Decatur Area Weather and River Levels Report
The Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 19.11 feet, down .68 feet in 24 hours, with sea level at 553.41 feet. Sunday high reached 90, low 70. 8 am temperature 79 and 11 am 87. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
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IVA
Boy Scout
Leonard Leary
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