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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1955
Page
2
At the Jakarta International Trade Fair the United States showcases television and everyday life in a crowded pavilion. A Red China display with bronze lions stands nearby while a private American ice show dominates the fair. Police guard voting machines as Indonesians crowd the exhibits.
Amid speculations on Morocco policy, French officials report no final decisions after Aix les Bains talks. Pinay and others bench delaying Ben Youssef’s return until a functioning regency council is in place while Istiqlal seeks immediate return. Minor weekend protests flare in French North Africa.
Secretary Wilber M. Brucker and Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin will tour Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville. The visit highlights the Army’s guided missile and rocket research center at the facility.
The listing shows films at PVRS 214 Bs and ROXY with Rosalind Russell and Fernando Lamas at 1:30 and 3:30 showings, plus later times. Other venues include SUNSET with Jesse James vs The Daltons and RANCH Hartselle with The Bridges at Toko Ri.
Fourteen cases were listed for police recorder's court including charges of violating prohibition laws, disorderly conduct, driving without a license, intoxication on a public street, resisting arrest, and driving while intoxicated. A 1953 Plymouth sustained minor damage in a collision with a 1950 Buick at 4th Ave and Jackson St at 11 13 a.m. involving Edwina B Peebles and Robert Gene Schooley. Officers Broadrick and Robbins investigated.
Montgom ery veteran Highway Patrol officer Bankhead Bates rises to acting assistant chief of the drivers license division with the rank of captain. Bates, who joined in 1935, previously served as director of public safety and as a sergeant, with multiple moves and resignations affecting leadership roles.
Five more bodies were recovered today raising the death toll to 26 from a flash flood that swept over a group of picnicking Chinese schoolchildren. Three are missing and rescuers fear more may have been swept out to sea.
A Romanian boxing team visiting Salzburg for an amateur meet left hastily after refugees accused them of threats. Fifteen boxers, seconds and trainers, plus two Romanian officials arrived Friday for Saturday bouts with local Austrians, but an inn gathering with Romanian refugees preceded their hurried departure.
A derailed AT N railroad freight train near Bucks Siding twenty five miles north of Mobile caused a three deep pileup of boxcars with 21 cars involved. The hotbox on the 94th car loaded with pulpwood triggered the wreck which left five cars full of sulphate and the rest empty. Crewmen escaped injury in the incident on the Alabama Tennessee and Northern line.
The opening American statement was pared by the Big Four and a withdrawal was planned leaving Harold E. Stassen as chief U S representative. Other delegates include Anthony Nutting Jules Moch Arkady Sobolev and Paul Martin with varying national roles.
In Vorizia near Mount Ida seven people died in a 30 minute village fiesta feud. Emmanuel Viesakis stabbed gamekeeper John Frangiadakis. a cascade of revenge killings followed with cousins and relatives slain. Police eventually contained the violence and hospital admissions rose to six gravely wounded.
Hospital notices list dismissals for Iris C. Winton Curtis Stroup Ennis Waits Mrs Will David Lee and Master Stevie Holt along with Millard Reeves. Admissions include Sarah Hancock John Webb James W Craig Louise Stinson Roberta Gray. Patients are from Decatur Hartselle Ardmore Elkmont and nearby areas.
The item lists Mrs. Wilma Black Union Grove Mrs. T C Campbell Cullman and Mrs Layman Coffee Moulton along with Mrs Willard Jeffries Town Creek and others connected to the Bank Street Hospital.
Mrs Bernard Thompson of Grover Indiana and Mrs R H McConnell of Athens appear in hospital listing along with Miss Carolyn Sue White and other Athens residents including Mrs Aroul Poff and Mrs James Bloodworth and her son. Master Charles Mac Craig of Elk Mountain is named in the roster.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Willard Dempsy at 1212 12 5th Ave SE this morning. A son was born yesterday to Mr and Mrs Walter Braswell in Decatur. Foreign students in the United States study across all states plus Alaska Canal Zone Hawaii and Puerto Rico. A study finds the average typist types about 11 150 000 keystrokes per year.
Plans to build a teacherage on the Hazlewood High School lot near Minor Woodall are underway. George Nancarrow, seventh grade teacher and basketball coach, will occupy the home when completed. Clinton Berryman, formerly of Town Creek, has been initiated into Kappa Delta Pi at the University of Alabama and belongs to Delta Sigma Phi. He will begin teaching at Tuscaloosa High School in September. Mr and Mrs Berryman visited Town Creek over the weekend with their relatives.
Greensboro Alabama mourns as Rep Armistead Selden Jr auctioned by death of his mother Mrs Armistead Selden Sr after months of illness. Bishop Carpenter and Dr Oscar Randolph will lead funeral at St Pauls Episcopal Church at five in the afternoon. Mrs Selden was a lifelong Greensboro resident aside from eight years in Mobile where her husband ran a bank. Survivors include her husband and other family members.
Mrs Louberta Owens dies Sunday at her Hillsboro residence. Reynolds Italy to announce funeral details. The item also notes historical death rates of 14 per 1000 before WWII, 12.1 in 1946 and 9 in 1954.
Band members and family names linked to Tuscaloosa and Greensboro are referenced with Mrs Reuben Wright and Mrs J Todd Dale cited alongside the congressman, indicating a civic or social event context.
Funeral services for 13 year old Ramey Bonds of Valhermosa Springs are set for 2 p.m. at Valhermosa Christian Church with interment in Valhermosa cemetery Peck directing. Bonds died after a shotgun discharge by playmate David Johnson during an afternoon incident. Johnson is held on bond during investigation.
Local state employment office reports employment remaining largely constant through the summer with seasonal variations from students seeking summer jobs. Unemployment declines mildly as some residents relocate to other states. About 140 to 160 recent high school graduates were tested. of 59 appraised, 25 placed, 15 found jobs on their own, 14 went to college, 4 pursued other training, and 1 joined military service.
Frances Phillips of Glasgow writes of finding peace in Christ and love through faith. She seeks divine guidance to forgive, trust in God, and let the Holy Spirit direct her path despite doubt or scoffers.
In Cleveland a red haired 17 year old, Lora Ritenour, mistress of Louis E. Teller, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for bank robbery. Four months pregnant, she sobbed as Judge James C. Connell noted he gave her consideration due to her condition.
Dr. J. L. Gardner a 66 year old Sulphur Springs Alabama physician was killed when his car was struck by a freight engine at Beckham Grade Crossing near his home in Trenton Georgia. The engineer J. P. Nunnally Birmingham said the train traveled about 50 mph and halted after more than half a mile.
Robert H. Persons, 58, leaped into the Niagara River and was carried over the American Falls as onlookers watched. Five hours later he was found on a ledge 35 feet below, rescued, and died in a hospital. He lived in East Aurora, New York.
Market figures list cot price milk grade 4 at 6.10 per hundred and 3.00 per hundred producers. No. 2 yellow ear corn 1.25 per unit, No. 2 white ear corn 1.17, No. 2 oats 0.60, No. 2 milled wheat 1.85, cattle and hog prices for various grades and weights detailed. Commercial steers 15.50 to 16.00, cows 8.75 to 10.50, calves 18.50 to 22.50, hogs 15.75 to 16.00 per hundredweight.
Stocks rise on renewed enthusiasm with most gains near a point and several major sectors advancing. Steel shares lead with United States Steel and Bethlehem Steel up while Standard Oil of Indiana slips after a weekend refinery fire. Reynolds Metals climbs over five points and others like Kennecott and American Smelting gain.
AP reports North Alabama poultry markets steady as supplies remain heavy for weights around 3 pounds. Demand ranges from fair to good with prices up to 10:30 a.m. Monday. farm prices for broilers 2%4-3% pounds at 26 and plants at 27. Georgia prices similar with 244-344 pound birds at farms 25%14-26 and plants around 27.
AP reports Birmingham egg market steady with supplies of top quality eggs slightly short and demand moderate. Wholesale prices through 10:30 a.m. Monday show large extra minimums around 60 cents, with A quality and other grades listed and whites priced for loose basis.
AP Nashville cattle receipts show the largest year to date totals. Steers 800-1200 lb bring 19.00-20.00, 16.00-16.50 for commercial and low good, 450-400 lb steers and heifers 17.00-20.00. Cows 9.25-11.00, canners 6.00-9.50, bulls 11.50-14.50. Stocker calves 600-900 lb 18.00-19.00, vealers steady to strong with top around 23.50. Slaughter calves 300-350 lb 15.00-16.50, few 17.00, stocker calves under 500 mostly US 2.3 13.00-13.50. Sows over 400 lb 12.00-13.75.
Hollywood actress Shelley Winters had emergency minor surgery at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York. She arrived in considerable pain but was said to be doing fine and remaining hospitalized about 10 days. The illness forced cancellation of appearances in a Somerset summer theater production.
A series of explosions damaged the Bonnie plant of National Minerals & Chemical Corp in Mulberry Florida. A guard reported six shots fired at another company plant during rounds. The damage is estimated at 250000 dollars as a union strike involving 1200 workers continues and plants reopen with supervisory staff.
Anti contesting Sen Ben Der of Ohio looms less likely than a presidential bid. Southern Democrats prefer Gov Averell Harriman of New York to Stevenson though they fear Harriman mirrors Stevenson on civil rights split.
Rhee stated that Secretary of State Dulles promised about a year ago the United States would seek a peaceful disbanding of the neutral commission.
Neighbors report Rollins aimed a gun at a man prompting police to respond. A woman recalls his warning Get away before I kick your face in. She sought help after the Smiths beehive tipped over and police found 11 shotguns rifles and pistols barricaded at the home with ammunition piled beside them.
President Truman announced he would skip two planned speeches in California in mid September. He planned to return to Independence Missouri after events at Mackinac Island and Detroit on September 5 to resume work on his memoirs.
Arabs flee homes after renewed clashes as a 10 year old boy is wounded by Israeli gunfire. Egyptian officials report seven Egyptians and thirteen Israelis dead in a week of fighting. Each side blames the other for continuing bloodshed.
Trial of Buddy Cayton Coburn on burglary and grand larceny charges began in Lawrence County Circuit Court. The case involves a theft of an auto from Gentry Terry Chevrolet. Judge Newtod Powell presides. this is the term’s last docket entry.
For rent a four room one bath apartment at 216% 3rd Ave SW. Contact 4252 M. Also rent a three room house with both. Couple only. For sale a used electric range in good condition at 1121 6th Ave SE contact 2816 or 2044. Lost a white face call from Pasture on Harold Lentz 38 Trinity Weight about 4 pounds. If seen please phone 1600.
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