Hiway Accidents Kill 7 In State
The weekend saw multiple Alabama highway and urban accidents kill seven people and injure many more. Notable deaths include James Wages and Viola Tait in Montgomery area crashes, and construction worker Sidney Morgan at Wilson dam site.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Sheffield
Wilson Dam
Robertsdale
Carbon Hill
Jack Samuels
Eldridge
Viola Tait
Robert Tait
Craig Air Force Base
Selma
Montgomery
Tait
U.S 231
B. C. Atkinson
James Wages
Wages
Margaret
Doris Fuller
J. B. Butler
Maisie West
Butler
Ala
Nancy Glover Riser
Birmingham
Tony
Buster
James
Riser
Leroy Sorrells
Glenn Swain
Talladega
Rt. 1
Talladega Saturay
Sidney Theo Morgan
Wilson
Helen Chapman
John Michael
Atmore
Herman Kater
Magic City
World's Largest Periscope Lets View Nuclear Tests Safely
The world's largest periscope, a zero foot aluminum tube with intricate mirrors and lens system, allows atomic workers to observe nuclear energy tests from behind heavy shielding.
Markets Update from Decatur Cotton and Livestock
Market notes show cotton inch middling at 4.50, cottonseed at 35.00 per ton, milk grade A at 6.33 per hundred, and various grain prices. Poultry prices include broilers at 0.15–0.16 per lb, hens and ducks listed, and multiple corn and wheat values. Cattle and hogs traded with ranges for steers, cows, calves, and US No 1 hogs at 17.50 to 17.75 per cwt.
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Decatur
White Ear Corp
U. S
Markets At A Glance in New York
AP notes mixed grain trade and modest hog weakness. Wheat and oats drop on liquidation while corn stays mixed. Soybeans show demand for deferred months. Government bonds in demand. cattle higher. Hog futures top 18.60, ceshes top 28.75.
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New York
Wheat and soy futures ease on Chicago Board of Trade
Wheat and soybean futures slipped while other grains held steady on the Chicago Board of Trade. Prices ranged with Dec contracts showing declines in wheat and soybeans, corn mixed, oats down, rye and lard also moving.
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Chicago Grain Chicago
Board of Trade
Wall Street mixed gains lead late afternoon trading
The stock market edged lower overall with gains in aircrafts and select issues. Metals and steels slumped, while aircraft stocks rose about a point. major losses hit rail and motor shares as volume slid to about 2.4 million shares.
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Wall Street
New York
Martin
North American Aviation
Boeing
United Aircraft
Goodyear
Goodrich
U. S. Gypsum
Johns
Manville
Zenith
Lukens
International Nickel
Kennecott
Gulf
New York Central
New Haven
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chrysler
Ford
Stocks listed with mixed gains and losses across major firms
A compressed catalog shows percentages next to names like Nash Am Air, Pan Am, Coca Cola, Dow Chemical, General Electric, Ford Mtrs, Unilever, and Westinghouse, among others. Movements range from small declines to double digit rises, with several traditional blue chips displaying notable gains such as 168 percent on Nat Dairy Am T and 182 percent on Du Pont, reflecting a varied market snapshot.
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New York
Nash Am Airl
Fa Mallory Am Cyan
Monson Am M& Fdy
Mont Ward Am Mtrs
Nat Bisc Am Rad
Nat Dairy Am
T&t
Nat Distill Am Tob
Central Anac Co
No Am Ay Armour
Atchison
Pac G & Ei Ad C Line
Pan Am W Air Bendix
Beth St M Parr
Canad Pac
Im Pet Carrier
Pitt Plate
Iman Ches & Ohio
Repub
Coca Cola
Im & H ‘Orn Pa
Safeway Curtiss W
St. Reg
Doug Aire Sear Dow Chem
Sinclair du Pont
Socony East Airi
Sou
Ford Mtrs
Sperry
Sterch Glidden
Johns Man
UN Steel
Kan C Sou
Warner B Pic ' Kennecott
West O & S
Lockheed
West UN Tel Loew's
West Elec Lorillard
Woolworth
North Alabama and North Georgia Poultry Market Update
AP reported mixed poultry demand with adequate to short supplies in North Alabama and North Georgia. Prices varied by size and region with farm and plant quotes showing broilers, fryers, hens, and turkeys trading actively or quiet in spots, amid keepers seeking higher prices and steady demand.
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Poultry
Birmingham
North Alabama
Atlanta
North Georgia
Wholesale Egg Prices Reported With Weak Demand
Markets show weak and unsettled pricing through 10:30 a.m. Monday. Egg quality categories vary from extras to small sizes with quotes around 43 to 52 cents for large and 38 to 40 cents for small, but near too few sales to report.
Nashville Tap Livestock Sale Steers Slaughter Prices Mixed
At Nashville area sale cattle prices showed steady to firm trends for slaughter steers and heifers with some higher highs. Slaughter steers mostly 19.50 to 22.00 with good to high choice calves 23.50 to 31.50, vealers 29.50 and up, cows and stocker steers 17 to 22.50, calves active and vealers steady.
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Nashville
Navy lays keel for a guided missile cruiser Long Beach
Navy lays keel for the first guided missile nuclear powered surface ship the cruiser Long Beach at Fore River ship yard. Vessel designed from keel up since WWII will be 721 feet long with 73 foot beam and 11 000 ton displacement. Admiral Jerauld Wright speaks on securing sea lanes and global stability.
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Quincy
Mass
Fore River
Bethlehem Steel Co
U.S
Long Beach
Talos
Arabs Charge Unholy Alliance Over Algeria and Cyprus
Saudi Arabia's Ahmad Shukairy accused Britain and France of forming an unholy alliance at the United Nations during the 82 nation Political Committee debate on Algeria. He said Britain sought to rescue France and linked past U.S. aid to France with current European actions. The U.S. position on Algeria was to be delivered by Henry Cabot Lodge later in the week.
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United Nations
N. Y
Saudi Arabia
Britain
France
Algeria
Cyprus
Ahmad Shukairy
U.N. 82 Nation
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Shukairy
Bryant era reshapes Texas A&M football record
Coach Bryant arrived from Kentucky in 1954 with a doctor’s reputation for healing weak teams. The Aggies started poorly with one conference win but posted 25 13 2 in four years and at one point led the nation in the AP poll. They finished third after two losses and earlier won the Southwest Conference title before bowl ineligibility due to alleged recruiting irregularities.
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Bryant
Kentucky
Aggies
Israel and Jordan clash over Mt Scopus generator fuel
Israel argues gasoline is needed for an electric generator on Mt Scopus inside Jerusalem’s Arab-held Old City, home to Hadassah Hospital and the Hebrew University, while Jordan rejects Col Leary as mediator and Hammarskjold defends him. Excavation at Aguntum Tyrol uncovers a Roman main street and a 2nd century tombstone.
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Israel
Mt. Scopus
Old City
Jerusalem
Hadassah Hospital
Hebrew University
Jordan
Leary
Hammarskjold
Aguntum
Tyrol
Slaughteryard Quote Mix Notes Barrows Gilts and Sheep
Bulk mixed Nos 1 2 and 3 190-240 Ib barrows and gilts 18.00-18.25. 300-600 Ibs 14.50-15.25. Sheep 100 slaw lambs fu ady wooled blue lots lamb 13 per to ch.
New York Cotton Futures Show Mixed Run After CCC Purchases
Cotton futures in New York closed irregular with late rally potential as the market digested the Commodity Credit Corp purchase for unrestricted use. Prices finished the day with declines of about 35 cents to gains around 65 cents compared to the previous close of Dec 36.11, March 36.21, and May 34.17.
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New York Cotton
New York
Commodity Credit Corp
Post Offices Face Mechanization To Reach One Day Service
Decatur postmaster I E Self told the Rotary Club that mechanization and rate adjustments are needed to achieve one day service. He cited Detroit and Chicago projects, noted debts and staff reductions, and said break-even rates and modern equipment could save money and speed mail through a limited space. He cited 22 million pieces handled last year and a record 256,000 on Dec 18 1956.
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United States Post Offices
Self
Decatur Postmaser
Rotary Club
Hotel Lyons
Congress
Detroit
Chicago
House
Post Office
Decatur
Four More Face Mutilation Trial in Birmingham Case
Four white men faced circuit court trial on charges of mutilating a Negro handyman during a Ku Klux Klan ceremony. Two co defendants already received 20 year sentences. Defendants include William J. Miller 28 J N Griffin 38 Grover A McCullough 44 and Jesse Mabry 43 all Birmingham area residents. Mabry formerly edited a White Citizens Council newspaper. Indicted on mayhem and assault with intent to murder in the castration of Judge Edward Aaron 34 last Sept 2.
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Birmingham
William J. Miller
J. N. Griffin
Grover A. McCullough
Jesse Mabry
Mabry
White Citizens Council
Edward Aaron
Eisenhower Expected for Cabinet Meeting Return
Recuperating president plans Washington departure by car and spent the weekend at a country place near town. Snyder said the President had another good sleep and would decide after a nap whether to attend the Cabinet meeting, Eisenhower’s first trip to the White House executive offices area since his illness.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Snyder
Collision injures two in Alabama on highways 69 and 278
Kenneth Leon Farley and his wife from Cullman were injured when a 1951 Chevrolet driven by Farley collided with a 1955 Mercury driven by Georgie Mae Castleberry of Cordova on U S 278. The Mercury failed to yield, Patrolman Dixon reported after investigating.
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U.S. Highway 278
Kenneth Leon
Farley
Cullman
Georgie Mae Castleberry
The
Mercury
Dixon
Interdenominational Conference on Moral Responsibility
The council, representing 30 Protestant and Orthodox denominations with about 37 percent of the nation’s population, convenes in New York on December 12 to address moral responsibility and nuclear space problems. Over 2,000 clerical and lay delegates attend as Rev. Dr. Eugene Carson Blake urges wider church participation, naming Southern Baptists and Lutheran Missouri Synod as outside groups. The assembly opens with a ceremonial worship service at Kiel Auditorium.
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New York
Eugene Carson Blake
Philadelphia
Council
Southern Baptists
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Wesley H. Hager
Kiel Auditorium
Cotton To Be Talked In Memphis
Sen. Stuart Symington and Rep. W. R. Poage will headline a cotton policy meeting in Memphis on December 6. The event, sponsored by the Tennessee Agricultural Council, aims to spark discussion on new cotton programs as congressional talks loom. Tennessee faces potential revenue loss and acreage cuts, with reservations from California to New York and strong regional turnout expected.
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Stuart Symington
D. Mo
W. R. Poage
Texas
Congress
Memphis
Tennessee Agricultural Council
G. F. Parker
Parker
Tennessee
California
Georgia
New York
Missouri
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Hawaii Weather and Transport Plume Amid Pacific Storm
A Pacific storm battered Hawaii with heavy winds and rain. Kawaihoe Point and Niihau saw sinking swells ten miles offshore while other islands faced buffeting winds and soaking showers. Honolulu Harbor reopened as airlines resumed flights and interisland routes added schedules. A Honolulu worker, Herman J. Palenapa Jr., 33, died testing a power line. A Kauai resident suffered minor glass cuts from a fallen tree. Hotels remained safe and surf riders enjoyed strong waves as the Weather Bureau warned of possible further wind damage.
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Kawaiho Point
Niihau Island
Honolulu
Honolulu Harbor
United States
Interisland
Herman J. Palenapa Jr
Hanapepe
Kauai
Weather Bureau
Lawrence Court Opens Hearings On Criminal Cases
MOULTON Alabama The criminal division of Circuit Court began hearings with Judge Newton Powell presiding. A jury was selected and testimony was heard in the trial of C H Gray defended by Russell Lynne. Gray faces two charges of false pretense. Twenty seven cases are scheduled this week in the division.
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Moulton
Ala
Circuit Court
Newton Powell
C. H. Gray
Gray
Russell Lynne
Decatur
Salk Vaccine May Go To Waste In Alabama
Dr Isa L Myers of the Alabama State Health Department warns $106000 worth of Salk polio vaccine may be wasted unless the public uses the free program before February. About 185000 doses remain unused as weekly inoculations dip toward holidays.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Iisa L. Myers
State Health Department
Myers
Object search for unidentified flying object yields hole in ground
Meteorological experts join police and soldiers in a search for an unknown object thought to be the Sputnik carrier or a meteorite. A three foot wide hole was found with no object or mine detector readings. digging continued at an estimated 15 feet depth. A Pan American pilot reported a bright unidentified object like a meteor moving northeast and fading into a white smoke trail over the Atlantic, observed at 1:18 a.m. GMT.
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D. Kirtley
London
North Atlantic
Senators urge unified control of missile programs under Eisenhower
Senator Saltonstall backs Secretary McElroy to foster cooperation among armed services under the unification law. Case urges a presidential commission to centralize missile and satellite authority. Knowland argues Eisenhower should appoint a missiles coordinator with fund transfer powers to secure full program coordination.
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Defense McElroy
Saltonstall
Knowland
District Diary: Weekend Sheriff's Arrests in North Alabama
ATHENS five arrests reported by the county sheriff over the weekend include one for prohibition violation three for public drunkenness and one for assault and battery. MOULTON six public drunkenness arrests one assault and battery two for carrying a concealed weapon two for reckless driving four for Sunday gaming and one prohibition violation. MOULTON Mr and Mrs Lyle O Kelsoe and Warren Rae moved into a new home on Flamingo Road in Huntsville.
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Athens
Ala
Moulton
Lawrence County
Lyle
Kelsoe
Warren Rae
Flamingo Road
Huntsville
Surprise birthday honor for Eloise Houston in Town Creek
Mrs Eloise Houston Worthy Matron of chapter 249 Order of Eastern Star was toasted at a surprise party after a semi monthly meeting. Mr and Mrs J E Thompson of Huntsville visited John A Neals in Town Creek during the past weekend.
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Town Creek
Ala
Eloise Houston
Order of Eastern Star
J. E. Thompson
Huntsville
John A Neals
Hospital Docket Decatur General Dismissals and Admissions
Decatur General Hospital lists dismissals including Mrs Wiley A Wise and Mrs Boyd Drake and several infants. Admissions include Walter L Evans and Master Gordon Rodgers among other patients. Addresses appear for each entry, showing patient and location details.
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Decatur General Hospital
Wiley A. Wise
8Th Ave
Boyd Drake
Decatur
James Gilbert Springer, Jr
Travis Callahan
9Th Ave
Richard L. Hopper
Chestnut St
Gil Crane
20Th Ave
Local Docket of Dismissals and Docketed Names
A fragmented listing names C. W. Stewart Decatur 3 Muriel Albright Joppa la Mrs Aldath Nichols 108 Gum St Dismissals Mrs Loyd Barnes 233 Cleveland Ave Mrs Mitchell Burden and son 208 8th Ave SW Mrs Albert Hodges and son Decatur 1 Miss Melba Sparks Trinity 1.
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C. W. Stewart
Decatur
Pigeon Muriel Albright
Joppa
Aldath Nichols
Loyd Barnes
Cleveland Ave
Mitchell Burden and Son
8Th Ave
Albert Hodges and Son
Melba Sparks
Trinity 1
Baugh Wiley Smith Clinic Patient List
The notice lists individuals associated with the Baugh Wiley Smith Clinic including Mrs Jewell McCravy at 810 Beaty Street Athens Mrs Sue Bennick of Decatur Allen Hamby of Moulton Kathy Jane Bradford of Hillsboro Master Bourgeois Smith at 1217 19th Avenue SE Mrs J T Burch of Hartselle Miss Nancy Ann Loveady at 1403 16th Avenue SE Miss Ada Wiggins at 149th Avenue SE and Olan Whitten of 1007 8th Avenue SE.
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Jewell McCravy
Beaty St
Athens
Sue Bennick
Decatur
Allen Hamby
Moulton
Kathy Jane Bradford
Hillsboro
Master Bourgeois Smith
19Th Ave
J. T. Burch
Hartselle
Nancy Ann Loveady
16Th Ave
Ada Wiggins
Olan Whitten
8Th Ave
Athens Limestone Hospital Dismissals
Dismissals listed include Mrs Jo Ann Wilbanks and daughter Rogersville with 3, Lela C Wood Elkmont with 2, Mrs Edward Sanders Florence, Mrs George Steelman and daughter Elkmont with 2, Mrs Bonnie Miller and daughter Athens Major Griffith Tanner, Mrs Martin Athens with 1, Mrs James Moss and daughter Athens with 2, Wanda Hardiman Madison with 1.
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Jo Ann Wilbanks
Rogersville
Lela C. Wood
Elkmont
Edward Sanders
Florence
George Steelman
Bonnie Miller
Athens
Griffith
Tanner
Martin
James Moss
Wanda Hardiman
Madison
Family Notices from Moulton and Danville Area
Mrs Crawford Rutherford of Moulton 4 is listed along with Little Gary McCluskey of Decatur 3 Little Darry James Duncan of Danville 3 Mrs Billy Don Orr of Hartselle 1 Mrs Wade Holladay and baby of Danville 1 and Mrs Chester Beaty of Moulton 2.
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Crawford Rutherford
Moulton
Gary McCluskey
Decatur
Darry James Duncan
Births in area bring four new additions to families
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Howard Mears of Hartselle 2 welcome a daughter Friday at Lawrence County Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Rutherford of Moulton 4 welcome a daughter Saturday at Lawrence County Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Tays of 2011 Memorial Drive welcome a daughter Sunday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Muriel Albright of Joppa welcome a son at Bank Street Hospital.
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Lester Howard Mears
Hartselle
Lawrence County Hospital
Crawford Rutherford
Moulton
Bobby Tays
Decatur General Hospital
Muriel Albright
Joppa
Ala
Bank Street Hospital
Funeral announced for Shelley Mason at Reynolds Funeral Home
Shelley Mason died at Decatur General Hospital last night and funeral arrangements will be announced by Reynolds Funeral Home. Saffron is cited as the most expensive cooking spice with a price around 58 dollars per pound.
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Shelley Mason
Decatur General Hospital
Reynolds Funeral Home
Local Man Shot No Warrant Yet
Walter Stewart a Negro of 517 W Walnut was wounded Sunday afternoon by an acquaintance who said he wanted to shoot somebody. The injured man reported the shooter waved a 22 caliber pistol on Vine and Grove Streets around 530 PM. The weapon discharged as the assailant lowered it. Stewart was struck in the right abdomen. No warrant had been sworn. Stewart's condition listed as satisfactory.
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Walter Stewart
W. Walnut Sr
Stewart
Vine and
Grove St.s
Weekend laundry break-in nets small cash and shirts
Weekend break-in forced open drawers in an upright filing cabinet and left a cash register open. Patrolman Alex Terry and J. E. Case cited a forced rear door at the laundry, with no money missing per owner C. W. Pettey. Shirts described as large size hint at targeted theft, amid other recent business burglaries at Gulf Service Station, P&H Supermarket, Bowline Drive-In, and Circle Drive-In.
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Alex Terry
J. E. Case
C. W Pettey
Gulf Service Station
P&h
Locust St
Bowline Drive-In
Circle Drive
West Point Wins Senior Invitational Final Over Holly Pond
West Point defeated Holly Pond 61 54 to win the Senior Invitational Tournament after trailing by eight at halftime. The Broncs led 34 26 at the break, while Priceville topped Addison 56 48 in the consolation game.
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Holly Pond
West Point
West Pointers
Broncs
Priceville
Addison
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Hiway
Studebaker
Tate
Navy
P.O
Vinemont
Lawrence
Walter L. Evans
Sherman St
Gordon Thornton Rodgers
6Th Ave
Newton R. Carrell
Church St
Shelby Jean Waters
W. Market St
Marjorie Inez Hooper
4Th Ave
Opal Virginia Roberts
Jackson St
B. W. Hogan
Srd Ave
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Olive
Rainbow Drive-in
Qarage
Chip Core
Sue Ethridge
7Th Ave
Decatur Daily
5Th Ave
Allstate Trailer Park
CUA Whiteball Pharupesl Company
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