Housing need persists in Decatur prompts rental calls
Decatur Chamber of Commerce manager Joe McCullers urges any resident with a house or apartment to call the rental office as demand continues. Police report a collision at Church and Railroad Streets with a 1952 Plymouth striking a stopped 1956 Ford, driver Sidney Ziff of Jasper. A $500 building permit was issued to B J Sandlin to add a room. City court saw nine cases including drunkenness, speeding, blocking sidewalks, improper turning, and fireworks. Elnora Ballentine, a black woman, received a $110 or 110 days sentence for prohibition law violation after police found whiskey. Mrs. Will Broadway and Mrs. Mattie McCain depart for Melvindale Mich. for a visit. Firefighters answered three grass-fire calls with no losses. Dr. Allen Rooks attended a Nashville optometry seminar on Children’s Vision and is expected home tonight.
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British backlash over Suez pullout rocks Eden government
London awakes to a severe Suez hangover as Prime Minister Eden faces a confidence vote amid a political crisis and looming economic emergency. Conservatives brace for revolt while Labour plans a strong challenge to policy in the canal zone. Government projections warn Britain could spend 330 to 420 million dollars with long term oil and trade losses.
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City Streamlines Code Approves Zoning Changes
Decatur City Council approved paving on five streets including 1812 Ave Bowles to Beech and College St 20th to 21st Aves SE along with curb and gutter. The council also rezoned a Residence C district to Light Industrial near 5th Ave SE Wolverine Dr SE and southern boundary, after public hearings despite five objections.
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Ovella Carpenter
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Christmas Seal Drive Nets Over 1500 In Week One
Morgan County Seals fundraiser raises more than $1500 in the first week after mailing to 17 000 homes. Seal Chairman Meredith Woodall says the pace exceeds prior years and the county aims for 4700 this year. Woodall urges prompt return of the 3 contribution to complete the drive by Christmas.
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Weather and River Report for Decatur Area
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 17.10 feet with a 0.05 drop in 24 hours. Temperatures ranged from 34 to 72 yesterday, 41 this morning and 60 at 10 30 a.m. Forecast calls for partly cloudy mild weather, warmer tonight, highs near 73, lows around 36. Southwest winds 8 to 15 mph. Legal waterfowl shooting times set for Wednesday 6 11 a.m. to 4 06 p.m. and Thursday 6 12 a.m. to 4 06 p.m.
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Women march in Hungary as Soviet soldiers open fire
In Budapest thousands of women massed at Heroes Square to lay wreaths on the tomb of Hungarys unknown soldier. Russian troops fired injuring a woman described as not seriously hurt. Eyewitnesses said the shooting began as women pressed past soldiers to place flowers amid commemorations of Hungarys revolutionary turmoil.
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Romania Accepts Bulgania's Yoke
Moscow reports that Romania's communist government is in near total accord with Soviet policies. Soviet troops may stay on Romanian soil and Moscow will extend economic aid including a 450000 ton wheat loan and 60000 ton fodder grain, with credits and equipment for industry.
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Gen Pick's Body Expected In Auburn
The body of Lt. Gen. Lewis A. Pick former head of the Army Engineers and director of the Alabama Planning and Industrial Development Board arrived in Auburn from Washington D C where he died Sunday at 66 Funeral services are set for 2 p m Thursday at the Auburn Presbyterian Church and burial will be in the old Auburn Cemetery Alabama Cabinet members were urged at a Montgomery meeting to attend the funeral
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Navy Commissioned Compass Island First Guided Missile Vessel
The USS Compass Island was commissioned at the Brooklyn naval shipyard marking the Navy’s first unit of a guided missile fleet. The ship carries extensive navigational instruments and will provide precise navigation for missiles fired by other vessels. The Compass Island is named after a Maine island in Penobscot Bay.
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No Bill Returned In McAfee Shooting
Morgan County Grand Jury declined to indict Mrs. Bryan McAfee 43 wife of the register in chancery on a first degree murder charge for shooting her father Gus Priebe with a 38 caliber pistol in the McAfee home near Trinity. She was confined at Hillcrest in Birmingham for mental treatment after the incident.
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Harrison Hill
British urge U S Canada to waive postwar dollar loan interest
Chancellor Harold Macmillan told the House of Commons that sterling area reserves fell by 279 million dollars last month. The note asks Washington and Ottawa to suspend interest on postwar dollar loans due this month due to the sharp slump in gold and dollar reserves. Rebel stragglers fired on soldiers at Guanito army post in Pinar del Rio, then fled into nearby hills as units pursued them.
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Pinar del Rio
Fire on Brooklyn Pier Raises Nuclear Material Inquiry
New York Fire Commissioner Edward F. Cavanagh Jr. asked the Army to determine if atomic materials were present on the Brooklyn pier that burned and exploded yesterday. Ten people were killed and 24 injured, including 8 year old Charles Tierney who died from injuries at a hospital.
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Charles Tierney
Yugoslavia Accuses Hungary Over Nagy Asylum Escape
Yugoslavia accuses Hungary of violating good faith by secretly moving Premier Imre Nagy from the Yugoslav Embassy to Red Romania after Nagy had sought asylum there. The claim underscores tensions over Nagy the wartime leader and Cold War geopolitics in 1956.
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Churchill Says Eden Withdrawing From Minister's Post
London column cites Randolph Churchill stating Prime Minister Anthony Eden, resting in Jamaica, will phase out of office. He notes Eden unlikely to resume full political functions as government leader and cites two Egypt incidents prompting resignation talk.
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Capt. Carlsen Does It Again On Brooklyn Pier Fire
Capt. Kurt Carlsen and his crew fought a Brooklyn pier blaze aboard the Flying Enterprise II, using fire fighting gear to pump water for an hour and ten minutes as flaming debris ignited the dock. Carlsen, home in Woodbridge, dismissed hero stories as routine duty.
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Egypt Deports First 29 Jews
Haifa reports 29 Jews arrived from Egypt amid claims of a larger exodus. Israel cites fears of a broader flight of about 50 000 Jews as Egypt denies reign of terror and says departures are voluntary. A correspondent counts 250 to 500 arrests and deportations since the October invasion.
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Nile
Bloodstains Tie To Pilot Disappearance On Towboat
Bloodstains and a footprint found on the towboat Eleanor are tied to the disappearance of pilot Walter Overton, 36, of Clifton Tennessee. Sheriff Earl Romine says a cut on Overton’s foot from a sharp edged can near his bunk may explain the stains.
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Historian credits Montgomery boycott leaders for peaceful resistance
A Negro historian from Alabama State College credits bus boycott leaders in Montgomery with setting a model for peaceful resistance to segregation. Prof. L D Reddick spoke at a race relations institute noting the transition from old South practices to nonviolent change and raising questions about media coverage and national support.
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Brooklyn Pier Fire Kills Nine Injures Two Hundred Forty Seven
A Brooklyn pier fire and explosion killed nine people and injured 247, prompting citywide alarm. Officials plan a full-scale probe into the 10 million dollar blaze as flames linger in the ruined dock area. A dock worker attributed the start to foam rubber piles and flammable cargo near the terminal.
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Ships En route To Evacuate Suez Invaders
Troop ships and naval craft move toward Port Said to begin evacuating British and French troops from the Suez Canal zone. Maj. Gen. Burns arrives tomorrow to discuss departure dates with Gen. Keightley and Lt. Gen. Stockwell says the force will withdraw within weeks.
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MacArthur Picked as U S Ambassador to Japan
Augusta Ga 8 President Eisenhower today chose Douglas MacArthur II state department counselor to serve as ambassador in Tokyo succeeding John M Allison MacArthur is nephew of Gen Douglas MacArthur and will take the post in Japan.
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WCC Leader Welcomes Hoodlums Speech Spars With King
State Sen Sam Engelhardt a white Citizens Council leader used Welcome Hoodlums as the topic of his address before council members from about 40 Alabama counties The speech responded to Rev Martin Luther King Jr who blamed hoodlums for threats during the Montgomery bus boycott and asked for violence to be avoided.
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White Minister Attacked When Escorts Negroes
Clinton Tennessee residents faced heightened tension after the Anderson County School Board ordered Clinton High School closed following an attack on Rev. Paul Turner a white Baptist minister who escorted six Negro students back to classes. Troopers and National Guardsmen were deployed amid protests over federal court ordered school integration. The school remains closed indefinitely as officials seek federal aid and contact the governor to restore order.
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Tennessee
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Herbert. Brownell
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Frank Clement
Nashville
Danville Wreck Injures 4 People
A collision between a car driven by Lola Hood and a tractor-trailer on Alabama Highway 33 in Danville injured four people. Lola Hood and two Hood children were treated at Hartselle Hospital, along with Rachael Waddell of Hartseller, for bruises and other injuries. Cordie Smith of Hartseller drove the truck. Patrolman L G Hudson said charges may follow after investigation.
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