Eisenhower Meets Wilson On Military Spending In Augusta
President Eisenhower in Augusta calls Defense Secretary Wilson and others to a Friday session on military appropriations for the new fiscal year. Indefinite postponement of Washington meetings with Congress shifts to December 13-14 due to NATO talks in Paris. Eisenhower may extend his Augusta stay beyond the planned two weeks.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Wilson
Administration
Washington
Congress
White House
James C. Hagerty
Paris
NATO Ministerial Council
Notable Decatur Businessman and Civic Leader Passes Away
Obituary recounts the life of a Decatur oilman and veteran. He held an LLB and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Glee Club, and Alabama baseball four varsity A’s. A 11th Cavalry veteran who chased Pancho Villa, later a fisherman and boat enthusiast. He moved to Decatur in 1921, helped found the Rotary Club and Tennessee Valley CC, served at St John’s for over two decades, built the church stone veneer, started Pee bles Oil Co in 1936, and died with family requesting no flowers.
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon
11Th Cavalry
U.S. Army
Mexico
Alabama
Decatur
Decatur Rotary Club
Old Tennessee Valley Country Club
St. John’s At Church
Peebles
University of the South At
Sewanee
University of Alabama
Peebles Oil Co
Britain aims at six point basis for Suez regime
Britain supports a new Suez regime based on the October 13 Security Council six principles. The plan envisions free transit, Egyptian sovereignty, canal insulation from politics, tolls by agreement, dues for development, and dispute arbitration. Nearby, some freight cars on British railways have fifty six wheels carrying loads up to 150 tons.
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Suez Canal
Lloyd
Her
Security Council
London
Egypt
Suez
British Railways
Marytale Theater Schedule Notable Films
The listings show showings across multiple theaters with titles and cast. Princess Walk the Proud Land Audie Murphy Anne Bancroft plus showtimes 1 30 3 25 5 22 7 18 9 14 at Oa Today.
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Audie Murphy
Anne Bancroft
Markets Report From Decatur Trends and Prices
Decatur markets show mixed prices across commodities. Cottonseed at 40.00 per ton, milk products at 6.10 per hundred for Grade A, 3.26 for manufactured milk, No 2 milling wheat 2.10, No 2 oats 0.78, No 2 white ear corn 1.33, No 2 yellow corn 1.25, No 2 barley 0.06, steers 11.50 to 16.00, cows 8.50 to 10.00, hogs 14.75 to 15.00 per hundredweight.
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Decatur
Steels and oils lead brisk short term stock gains
New York stocks edged higher in early trading with steel and oil shares advancing. Bethlehem Steel rose about 2 percent to 180.42 on 7 500 shares amid news of a possible 4 for 1 stock split. Gulf Oil climbed 2 percent to 107 on 4 000 shares and Royal Dutch rose 3 percent to 95. Remaining rails were up slightly as Boeing and United Aircraft gained about one point.
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New York
Steels and Oils
Bethlehem Steel
Gulf Oil
Royal Dutch
Benguet
Boeing
United Aircraft
Poultry Prices Steady to Higher at Farms and Plants
Atlanta reports a mixed poultry market with broilers and fryers showing price gains and steady demand while offerings shrink and supplies clear. Farm prices cite 14 to 15 cents for certain weights and plant quotes run 18 to 19 cents for heavy hens with toms steady and good demand for young hens.
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Atlanta
f.C.b
Goa
Egg market prices listed with various sizes and lots
Birmingham AP notes egg market cases and price marks for whites and yolks. Large eggs show 60 percent quality, with separate lots for whites large medium and small. mixed colors and multiple lots at 38 percent and other figures.
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Birmingham
Nashville cattle market reports weak demand on light cattle
Livestock prices show slow demand for cattle over 800 pounds with scattered sales weak and limited stocker and feeder activity. Baby beef steers and cows varied from 9.25 to 15.00 for utilities and commercials with calf values up to 26.50 for small lots, and lambs steady with some light demand for under 100 pound feeders at 18.00 to 18.50.
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Nashville
Lenin Stalin Tomb Closes For Repairs
The Lenin Stalin tomb in Moscow's Red Square was closed for renovations with no immediate explanation. Since Khrushchev's de Stalinization drive began last February there has been speculation that Stalin's embalmed body may be moved.
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Lenin-Stalin
Moscow
Red Square
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Russia
Stalin
Soviet Union
Cotton crisis questions shape and policy options for the South
A Western Hemisphere article discusses cotton program ideas for Congress, including price, soil bank allotments, irrigation, and federal roles. It argues for southern farmers to weigh market strategies, research, and promotion while noting postwar industrial shifts and the region’s agricultural identity.
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Congress
South
Budapest Readers Stalwart for Olympics News Amid Strikes
Reports note continued public demand for the paper as the sole source on Olympic games. Hungarian readers endure hardships under the Soviet backed government with lingering strikes and unrest. Western reporters find smoke at Csepel works while transports run more. Public sentiment shows resistance to Janos Kadars rule and graffiti in a downtown lavatory condemns the Communist party.
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Budapest
Csepel Iron and Steel Works
Janos Kadar
Communist Party
Two Large Churches End Racial Barriers to Integration
The Associated Press reports that Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church in Minneapolis invited members of a nearby Negro Methodist church to join, while in Louisville Kentucky an all Negro Baptist church admitted 13 white members, signaling cross racial integration across miles.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Hennepin Avenue
Louisville
Four Men Killed and Wounded as Fugitives Defy Law
A gunfight began in Oklahoma and ended in Texas Panhandle. James William Whiteard 21 of Phoenix said he shot Junior Bard Myers 32 who he thought led a posse. Victor Lee Stephens 19 was killed on J. B. Stephens ranch while pursuing the pair. Deputy sheriffs and officers pursued the fugitives, who exchanged heavy fire in a 1200 acre scrub area.
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Shamrock Tex
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
James William Whiteard
Phoenix
Ariz
Junior Bard Myers
Myers
Victor Lee Stephens
Texas
Jim Paulk
Whiteard
James Hunter
J. B. Stephens
Texola
Okla
Marvin Skinner
Skinner
Luke Newley
N. M. Nix
Shamrock
Nix
Henley
Three Powell in 1956 Chevy overturns on Highway 20
Police report that Three Powell lost control of a 1956 Chevrolet on Highway 20, overturned several times, and was ejected. the car was heavily damaged. Officers Hunter and Hogan investigated.
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William D. Collier
Donald Hogan
10Th Ave
11Th St. SE
Dona Leamon Bailey
Hartselle
Ruth Nichols Campbell
Locust St. SE
Alex Terry
Dan Price
Dorothy
Michael L. Kingsmore
Endlam Blvd
Clayton D. Coffey
Park St. SE
Coffey
Louis Landers
C. J. Martin
Dulles Sees UN Duty in Hungary Crisis
Secretary of State John Dulles urged the United Nations to press its charter mission to promote peace with justice amid Hungary’s revolt and mass exodus to Austria. He argued for self government in nations forcibly deprived of it, noting U.N. responsibility in Asia and Europe. Dulles spoke after recovering from intestinal surgery in Key West and said he felt fine as he prepared to return to Washington.
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Hungary
Austria
Dulles
Eisenhower
United Nations
Russia
U.N
Asia
Europe
Key West
Fla
State Department
Air Force Plans Full Weapons System For Atomic Plane
The Air Force shows confidence in an atom powered bomber and has begun organizing a complete weapons system for its operation. Contracts for development of some equipment have been let and a director of nuclear systems oversees this phase under Air Research and Development Command. The program remains largely secret with a three digit and letter code designation.
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Washington W
Air Force
Nuclear Systems
Air Research and Development Command
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals List
Hospital admissions include Mrs. A. J. Flanagan at 18 Lafayette St and Rev. Jimmie Rodgers of 1716 Beech St. Also listed are Mrs. J. Earl Gurley Somerville and Mrs. N. G. Conner Town Creek. Dismissals include Master Jerry Ray Stewart Somerville and Master Leonard Summerford Hartselle.
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A. J. Flanagan
Lafayette St
J. Earl Gurley
Somerville
Jimmie Rodgers
Beech St
Jerry Ray Stewart
Leonard Summerford
Hartselle
Harold Lane
J. C. Smith
Falkville
F. C. Downs
Winfred Kent
Decatur
Adley Johnson
James C. Hodges
Elkmont
Decatur General Hospital Patient and Contact Ledger
A list of individuals and family contacts with addresses appears under Decatur General Hospital including Mrs. Wilbur Stewart and infant, Susan and Sylvia Miller, Mrs. Ray Washburn, Mrs. Vernon Hudson, and others with street addresses in Decatur Dalton Hartselle Elton Lee Pearson Wiggin Washington Wiggin, plus John W. Carter and Daniel Gautier.
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Wilbur Stewart
14Th Ave
Johnnie Reynolds
Dalton
Dewayne Lyle
6Th Ave
Booth Chaney
Hartselle
Susan
Sylvia Miller
Ray Washburn
Decatur
James H. Newton
Tanner
Vernon Hudson
Market St
Elton Lee Pearson
7Th Ave
R. T. Speegle
15Th Ave
Wiggin Washington
Leonard McNutt
Daniel Gautier
Bank Street Hospital and Local Addresses Listed
A hospital listing names Mrs. Mervin Owens and others with addresses on 8th Ave NW Ben Poole 7th Ave SE Decatur Joyce Ann Fairbanks 14th Ave SE Mrs Edgar Nelson 5th Ave SE Raymond Clay 7th St SE Kathy Ann Gaines Buena Vista Circle Jimmie Burks Decatur Mrs J E Brown Hartselle and Mrs Charles A Cottingham Decatur. The notice appears to catalog residents and their locations related to hospital or patient records.
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Mervin*Owens
8Th Ave
Ben Poole
7Th Ave
Leroy Speegle
Decatur
Joyce Ann Fairbanks
14Th Ave
Edgar Nelson
5Th Ave
Raymond Clay
7Th St. SE
Kathy Ann Gaines
Buena Vista Circle
Jimmie Burks
J. E. Brown
Hartselle
Charles A. Cottingham
Athens Limestone Hospital Dismissals List
Dismissals include Mrs. Kenneth Lewter and son Garry Smith both of Athens along with Burleigh Newby T J Boyd and Mrs FE Burroughs and daughter all of Athens Also Mrs Leslie Magnuson and son of Elkmont and Gatha Lynn King of Athens are named among recent hospital releases.
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Kenneth Lewter and Son
Athens
Garry Smith
Buford Romine
Burleigh Newby
T. J. Boyd
FE. B. Burroughs
Leslie Magnuson
Elkmont
Gatha Lynn King
Births Reported for Three Families
Mr and Mrs Jimmy Ford announce the birth of a daughter Saturday at Baugh Wiley Clinic. Mr and Mrs William R Barnett announce a daughter born today at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Charles A Cottingham announce a daughter born Sunday at Bank Street Hospital.
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Jimmy Ford
8Th St. SE
Baugh
Wiley Clinic
William R. Barnett
Somerville
Decatur General Hospital
Charles A. Cottingham
Decatur 1
Bank Street Hospital
Soviet Assembly pushes Hungary resolutions rejected by Budapest
The Assembly approved four resolutions on Hungary since Nov 4 demanding UN observers, Soviet troop withdrawal, and a UN relief body in Hungary. The Soviet installed regime in Budapest has ignored all four, while a Hungarian government envoy invites direct talks in Budapest at a mutually convenient time.
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Revolutionary Workers and Peasants
Hungarian People’s Republic
Budapest
Hungary
U. N
Neville Funeral Set for Tuesday at Brown Chapel
Funeral services are scheduled for 10 30 a m Tuesday at Brown Funeral Home Chapel with Rev W W Coffey and Rev Wallace W Lovett officiating Burial will be in City Cemetery with Brown's directing Surviving Miss Neville are eight cousins Roy Grizzard Lucian Austin and Mrs Corinne Griffin all of Decatur Mrs Gorge H Burt Trinity 1 Mrs Hugh Leeman Decatur 1 Mrs Roberta Hale Birmingham Mrs L J Rogers Yuma Ariz and Mrs Mattie Suratt Palacious Tex Pallbearers will be Scott McClanahan Hance Nelson R D Bates Ernest Beard Wiggins
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Brown Funeral Home
W. W. Coffey
Wallace W
Lovett
City Cemetery
Brown
Miss Neville
Roy Grizzard
Lucian Austin
Corinne Griffin
Decatur
Gorge H. Burt
Trinity
Hugh Leeman
Alabama mourns Gen Pick a lifelong public servant
Gen. Pick, renowned waterway developer and military engineer, led the Ledo Road project in World War II and shaped flood control and industrial growth in Alabama. He helped bring hundreds of millions in new industry to the state and contributed to military and civil projects before his death. Survivors include his widow and a son, Capt. Lewis A. Pick Jr.
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Joseph Stilwell
India
Burma
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Thule
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Gev
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Gen
Development Board
Brooknell
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Corps of Engineers
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
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API
Alice Cary
Lewis A. Pick Jr
The
Army Engineers
Flogging Case Before Judge in Wildwood
Seven White men from Wildwood Belleview Marion County and Jacksonville face pleas on charges of false imprisonment and aggravated assault for allegedly taking Jesse Woods a farm laborer from Wildwood City Jail and flogging him Woods 39 disappeared from the jail Oct 28 after being released on bond and returning for safety Blood stains were found at the jail and nearby locations He is said to have spoken to a white woman leading to the incident.
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Woods
Bond
United States farmers used 16 billion gallons of crude oil in 1955
Farmers in 1955 consumed a record 16 billion gallons of crude oil, highlighting the era’s agricultural energy needs and reliance on petroleum fuels across farming operations.
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United States
For Sale by Owner a Five Room Frame House
For sale by owner a nice five room frame house on the outskirts of town with one acre lot. asking price nine thousand dollars. terms down payment or monthly payments of fifty dollars and thirty four cents. phone numbers 3853.
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