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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1955
Page
4
The Florence Herald cites harsh quips from Virginia and Mississippi campaigns. It notes venomous lines about snake handlers and bean loyalties and contrasts outsider commentary with local fervor in a heated political year.
The Alabama legislature has spent over a million in operation costs with 273 bills sent to the governor, many local or inconsequential. Critics note few significant laws beyond school, docks, toll-road and truck rules, while the paper argues the value of what was not passed can matter to the people.
The Washington roundup notes resignations and firings tied to the Army McCarthy clash. Bob Stevens and ally John Adams exit the Pentagon while Lt. Col. Jean Wood suffers a heart attack and retires. Three Stevens staffers Jack Luis Jane Pike and Col Kenneth Belieu are downgraded or transferred after testifying, as Wilbur Brucker takes office.
The Democratic camp debates whether Dwight D. Eisenhower runs, with Carmine de Sapio cited among insiders evaluating candidacy. The article outlines visible backstage maneuvers as the party weighs its path to the nomination.
A Mayo Clinic study of thousands shows eighty percent of stomach disorders lack physical cause and stem from emotional factors such as hate, worry, fear, and maladjustment. Dr. Alvarez notes ulcers flare with stress and that emotional strain fuels mental and physical disorders. readers urged to relax and seek the cause.
Sapio tells Pittsburgh mayor Lawrence that Adlai cannot carry New York and urges a stronger fresher candidate. He notes California secret moves by Ziffren and Sheppard to block Kefauver, warning that prearranged delegate selection could provoke a bitter party split.
The New Orleans underworld figure Carlos Marcello, awaiting deportation, has nowhere to go as Italy and France refuse him. The Washington Merry-Go-Round highlighted his rise in Louisiana crime, ties to Frankie Costello, Beverly Country Club, prior sentences, pardons, and alleged witness-intimidation.
Geneve windup column denounces David A. Morse at the International Labour Office calling him a Roosevelt Truman bureaucrat kept on the payroll with a $20,000 salary tax free plus a car chauffeur and free gas. It criticizes ILO as a nest of costly projects and special privileges for officials and pensioned staff, including Ed Allen.
As the Marcello deportation proceeds, a paradox arises. Born in Tunis when French, he is considered Italian by France and Tunisian-born by the United States. Italy and France refuse repatriation. without a country, Marcello risks remaining in the United States.
Victor Riesel surveys anti US sentiment and Communist activity from Rome to Florence. He notes Moscow briefing regional chiefs, Nenni and Duclos meetings, state media bias, labor control shifts, and new Communist centers including a large round dome complex near Bottegone. He warns of a possible pro Communist Italian government and global peace risks.
Rain fell across the Atlantic coastal states delivering showers from North Carolina to New York and New England. Heaviest rain occurred in the Middle Atlantic, with nearly two inches in Baltimore and 1.4 inches in Washington, as cooler air moved south from the Midwest. Temperatures in the region plunged by up to 24 degrees from Sunday.
A Huntsville Sesquicentennial Caravan tours Northwest Alabama on August 30 promoting Huntsville's 150th birthday. Dignitaries in period dress participate in a parade and show as the caravan stops in Athens Florence Sheffield Tuscumbia Russellville Mt Hope Moulton and Decatur with arrival times listed for each city.
The starfish immobilizes oysters by prying shells apart with its tentacles and everts its stomach to digest the prey. This feeding method allows the starfish to access prey inside protective shells and draws attention to its unique external digestion strategy.
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