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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1955
Page
1
Local groups schedule meetings for week and court docket
Flint PTA meets Thursday at 7 15 in the school auditorium. Louis H Little of Camp Lejeune visits over Labor Day weekend. North Alabama Shrine No 7 to meet Friday at 730 PM at the Masonic Temple. Decatur DAV to meet Thursday at 730 at the DAV home. Friends of Jim Woodall note his hospitalization at Coffee Memorial Hospital Florence. BPW Club to meet tomorrow at 730 in the Veterans Administration building. AA members urged to attend. Police recorder's court docket lists 11 cases incl parking hour disorderly conduct speeding running a red light assault and battery and carrying a pistol without a permit. See Diary on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Alabama
Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
Masonic Temple
Business and Professional Women's Club
Veterans Administration Building
Whitmire Announces New Pink Overparking Tickets
Whitmire Police Chief J. B. Whitmire said new pink tickets will be issued for traffic violations starting Thursday. Tickets require license number car make time and date, and state the charge with a 72 hour deadline to report to the chief or face a warrant. A $1 fine applies after 72 hours for overparking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Whitmire
Whitmire
Rest of Morgan Schools Opening
All Morgan County schools not yet in session will open tomorrow morning. The list includes Collins Austinville Falkville Flint Morgan County High School Hartselle Elementary School Moulton and Pleasant Hill. Doors open 8 to 8 30 a m for student registration book lists and a short first day schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Austinville
Falkville
Flint
Morgan County High School
Hartselle
Moultonoe
Pleasant Hill
Israel blames Egypt for Gaza border violence clash
Israel insists Egypt must accept responsibility for the week of Gaza border violence as a U.N. cease fire proposal seeks to halt fighting that has left many dead on both sides. Egyptian communique reports commandos entering Israel near Tel Aviv and Magdal. UN efforts led by Maj. Gen. Burns seek Egyptian acknowledgment of responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Egypt
Cairo
Tel Aviv
Magdal
E. L. M. Burns
U.N. Palestine Truce Observers Commission
U.N. Commission
Moshe Sharett
Burns
See
Friday Ends Alabama 1955 Legislative Session
Alabama lawmakers push final bills as the 1955 session nears sine die adjournment Friday. The House and Senate set Friday for the last session with committees idle and the chamber ready to adjourn. the women’s jury service bill faces possible final filibuster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
State Capitol
House
Senate
Top Frenchman Out In Morocco
Paris reports the resignation of Gilbert Grandval as resident administrative officer in Morocco. General Pierre Boyer de Latour is named to succeed him and departs for Rabat. Grandval’s relaxation of rule angered European residents and sparked uprisings that killed over 1,000 Moroccans and French.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Gilbert Grandval
Pierre Boyer de Latour
Tunis
Rabat
Grandval
Boyer de Latour
Morocco
U.S. Proposes Merged Plans for Arms Inspection at UN
At United Nations, a U.S. proposal to merge American and Soviet arms inspection plans was outlined by Harold Stassen to a five nation disarmament subcommittee. The plan calls for ground and aerial inspections, port airport and rail junction checks, and exchange of defense blueprints. Soviet Arkady Sobolev was to comment later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y. W
U.N. Disarmament
U.S
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Arkady A. Sobolev
France
Britain
Canada
Disarmament Commission
U.N. General Assembly
Stassen
Record No. Of Entries Flood Katie's Desk
Katie Kash reports a flood of entries and playful nicknames for her desk. Names include Owens of Sheffield Bell a Geneva Campbell Trinity and Ruth McKay Logan with light humor from Jim Bradford Baileyton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie
Katie Kash
Sam
Owens
Sheffield
W. E. Neoton
Joppa
Bella
Geneva Campbell
Trinity
John Woodruff
Moulton
Belle
Ruth McKay
Logan
Weather and River Readings for Decatur Area
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge rose 17 feet in 24 hours to 18.47 feet, sea level reading 552.43 feet. Yesterday's high 92 at 3 pm, low 72 at 5:30 am. 8 am 78, 11 am 90. Forecast partly cloudy mild today and Thursday, fair cool tonight. highs 87 and 60, then high 87 Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Lawrence Child Struck By Auto in Lawrence County
Four year old Ivan Armour of Moulton 4 legs in critical condition at Lawrence County Hospital after a car accident. The driver is his 13 year old sister Bobbie Armour and the mother was also in the car when the boy ran into the driveway from a neighbor’s home. He sustained nine broken ribs a punctured lung and facial and hand lacerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Ivan Armour
Lawrence County Hospital
Ivan
Ervin Armour
Moulton 4
Bobbie
Decatur, Moulton
Injured Chenaults In Poor Shape After Wreck With School Bus
Mr and Mrs Price Chenault of Moulton were reported in poor condition by Lawrence County Hospital after a collision between their 1955 Dodge and a school bus at Alabama Highway 36 and Highway 33 yesterday morning. Jane ENT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Price Chenault
Here
Lawrence County Hospital
Elizabeth Chenault
Chenault
Price
Lawrence Key
Athens Firm Wins Cullman Road Contract Bilateral Route
Burgreen Contracting Co. of Athens received a contract to grade and drain about eight and a half miles of road from Cullman to West Point with a bid near 285,360. The project aims to link Cullman with Moulton and the Tri Cities. Hewitt Contracting Co. of Columbus, Ga. won a separate bid of about 39,524 for cement stabilized base and bituminous work on Clarkson to Loga in Cullman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgreen Contracting Co
Athens
Cullman
West Point
State Highway Department
Montgomery
Moulton
Tri-Cities
Hewitt Contracting Co
Columbus
Clarkson
Loga
Holidays Forecast Traffic Toll For Labor Day Weekend
CHICAGO A Labor Day weekend traffic death toll of 400 was forecast today by the National Safety Council. This would be 100 deaths more than would occur if the weekend See HOLIDAYS on Page 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
Alabama Oil Boom Seen As Citronelle Well Attracts Attention
Alabama geologist Walter B Jones says the Citronelle No 1 Donovan oil well is a major find that could raise Alabama among top oil states. The 11 400 foot strata yielded 16 feet of saturated sand and drilling may extend to 13 000 14 000 feet as producers push to determine field size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Stillman
Birmingham
Alabama
Walter B.jones
Jones
Donovan
Citronelle
John C. Donovan
Florida
Bureau of Mines
Mobile
Demos Hop On Farm Price Drop
Democrats mobilize on farm price cuts with a new national agricultural advisory committee to shape a 1956 farm plank. Clayton Fritchey says the issue will be central this fall as farm prices fall another 2 percent in August, signaling potential policy shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clayton Fritchey
Fritchey
Democrats
Congress
Eisenhower
Agriculture Department
Death of Sherman Sr. in Stevenson Ala Burgers Store
George E. Wilson of Birmingham's Air Engineering Co. died this morning from a heart attack in a Stevenson Alabama store. Funeral plans to be announced. In Montgomery a Senate House conference on the general appropriation bill began work to reconcile differences between chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Wilson, Sherman Sr
Stevenson, Ala
Wilson
The
Air Engineering Co
Birmingham
Montgomery
Senate House
Peron Offers Resignation as Increases in Demonstrations Follow
President Juan D. Peron proposed resigning to pacify rivals and avert civil strife but his CGT allies and Peronista leadership rejected the move. Hugo di Pietro urged mass demonstrations and a 15 minute nationwide stoppage as offices closed and crowds gathered at Plaza de Mayo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Central Confederation of Labor
CGT
Peronista Party
Hugo di Pietro
Plaza de Mayo
di Pietro
Peron
Casa Rosada
Pink House
Allies Prepare To Meet Molotov
Secretary of State Dulles and British and French foreign ministers will meet in New York on September 27 for two days to coordinate Western views before meeting Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov in October. West German Foreign Minister Brentano will join September 28 as Western plans for German unity are discussed in advance of Geneva talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dulles
New York
Russia
V. M. Molotov
State Department
Heinrich von Brentano
Geneva
Switzerland
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
U.N. General Assembly
Molotov
Also Mentioned on This Page
Deas
ARS
Dpbenale
Flint P.T.A
Louis H. Little
United States Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Eugenia
Ada Little
6Th Ave
DAV
Railroad St
Jim Woodall
Coffee Memorial Hospital
Florence
Morgan
Tennessee
Patty Williams
Atlantic City
U. S. Capitol
Miss Williams
Memphis
Tenn
Gaza
Jerusalem
U.N
Lawrence
King Cotton
W. Point Road
By Ken Reynolds
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