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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1956
Page
3
A Purdue University survey of 15 000 high schoolers finds 45 percent feel their schooling is too poor to pursue science and 35 percent think it requires genius to become a scientist. The report contrasts American attitudes with Soviet prowess in producing more science specialists.
The Connecticut Health Bulletin outlines how communities reduced typhoid diphtheria and other diseases through clean water safe milk immunization and bread enrichment. It contrasts public measures with individual daily actions in fighting modern illnesses like cancer heart disease and diabetes. Tomorrow good grooming.
Montgomerys Montgomery Improvement Association launches a week long series of seminars on nonviolence and social change led by Rev Ralph D Abernathy and Rev Martin Luther King Jr The programs aim to reinforce the year long bus boycott and promote peaceful opposition as a path to ending segregation with a possible 10000 listener turnout forecast for a final religious service at the State Coliseum
The piece cites survey figures on public views of scientists. It notes 30 percent doubt forming a normal family while a scientist, 28 percent say scientists lack time to enjoy life, and 27 percent fear they sacrifice others for personal gain. It also reports 25 percent view scientists as odd and 14 percent see something evil about scientists, with 9 percent believing one cannot be both scientist and honest. This prompts comparison to a drift toward a darker era.
ATHENS Services for Charlie B. George 64 Athens 6 who died at Jackson's Clinic after a heart attack were set for Cherry Grove Baptist Church at 1 30 p m Raymond Herrin to officiate with interment in Oak Grove cemetery McConnell in charge Survivors include widow Mrs Allen George three sons Howard George Decatur Willard George Athens 6 and Dillard George Florence one daughter Mrs Hugh McGlocklin Athens 5
Fire razed a four room frame house near Moulton, burning the Sandlin residence west of the Morgan County line. Sheriff Franklin Smith says a Lawrence countian is being held for investigation on suspicion of arson and driving while intoxicated after the blaze. A state fire marshal from Montgomery was summoned to assist the probe.
Opelika Alabama Dr Frank J Soday at the Opelika Chamber of Commerce annual meeting stressed the textile industry as a continuing force in regional growth He noted the South accounts for over 80 percent of US cotton textile and rayon and acetate production and that woolen and worsted shear moving south rapidly He added synthetic fibers production is now mainly a southern industry and a key future manufacturing operation
Lucian Wallace 37 of Hartselle dies at home. Funeral services set for Tuesday at Johnson's Chapel Church with Revs Bryce Sons Junior Hill and Addie Wallace officiating. Interment at adjoining cemetery Peck directing. A World War II veteran survived by wife Juanita Wallace, parents J C and Mrs Wallace, six brothers and two sisters. Pallbearers listed as Donald Leon Alton Billy Raymond and Dwayne Wallace.
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Riddle 81 of 21 Austinville Rd died at home yesterday at 7 30 am. Survived by son W B Riddle Hartseller two daughters Mrs Robert Long Decatur and Mrs W A Maner Cullman six grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Funeral services set for 2 PM.
One sister, Mrs. Ora Bates of Athens 6, and seven grandchildren are listed among the surviving relatives.
Reading the Decatur Daily listings reveals a dense schedule across multiple stations with daily sign ons and offs. Programs range from news and music blocks to soap operas and talent shows featuring a wide array of local hosts and syndicated titles.
Limestone Lawrence and Cullman counties reported 46 weekend arrests mainly on misdemeanor charges. In Limestone 10 arrests included driving while intoxicated and public drunkenness. Lawrence counted 24 arrests including nine for Sunday gaming. Oakville and Town Creek saw most gaming arrests. All those involved were Black. Additional charges included reckless driving public drunkenness and driving with no license. Cullman sheriff's forces made
Services will be held Tuesday afternoon at Southside Baptist Church with Reverends Meyers Jones and Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Johnson Chapel Cemetery, directed by Brown Funeral Home. The body will be taken to the home at 1:30 p.m. Ballbearers include Roy Dodson Sr Walter Betheney Troy Quick Jesse Sims J C Howell and Ed Self.
Authorities report 12 arrests over a weekend period all for misdemeanor offenses, with the majority involving liquor violations.
L and N railroad crews worked to clear a Sunday wreck that shut the Montgomery Birmingham line for 16 hours. Five crewmen escaped injury after 15 slag hopper cars derailed at Marbury 200 miles north of Montgomery, rupturing 350 feet of track due to a broken coupling. The line reopened late yesterday with two days expected for cleanup.
Funeral services for Mrs Martha Ann Maples 86 who died at 8 10 this morning at Decatur Rest Home will be held Tuesday at 2 30 from Sixth Ave Church of God. Revs Clarence Best and Kowell Keenum will officiate. Burial will be in Mt Tabor Cemetery near Hartselle with Brown of Decatur directing. Remains will be taken to the home of her daughter Mrs C B Hart 1707 Somerville Rd about 6 this evening. She is survived by another daughter Mrs A H Spiegel De-
A 15 year old youth admitted firing the rifle that slightly wounded his mother, Mrs. Fred Sherrill, 38, in Tuscaloosa Saturday afternoon. The youth, Fred Sherrill Jr., told officers the rifle went off by accident.
The fragment confirms a deceased person survived by a sister, a niece Mrs Lillie Jordan of Washington DC, and a number of grandchildren. Further details are incomplete in the readable text.
Louis Alford aged 15 of Houston died in a farm to market road crash east of Double Springs. State Highway Patrol said his car ran off the road at 4 10 a.m.
Kansas City readers are invited to test a rupture truss with no cost for 30 days. The device claims no leg straps or belts and aims to hold rupture comfortably. Those tested receive a $3.50 truss at no charge and may keep it if unsatisfied.
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