Local Insurance Seminar Distilled Life Trends In Birmingham
George M. Bates attended a Liberty National Life Insurance seminar held at the Birmingham home office during the week of November 28 to review latest life insurance developments and practices. Twenty two cases appeared on the city recorder's court docket this morning including drunken driving no licenses leaving the scene of an accident and petit larceny.
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George M. Bates
Liberty National Life Insurance Co
Birmingham
City Recorder’s Court
Jackson Heads Historical Assn. Charter Meeting Off Decatur
Jackson, St of Decatur City Schools, elected president for the North Alabama Historical Association at a Decatur charter meeting held in the old bank building. Dr. Carey V. Stabler of Florence named vice president, William H. Jenkins of Decatur secretary treasurer, with an executive committee including Mrs. Henry Grady Jacobs Scottsboro and others. Frances Roberts and Jenkins gave reports on early beginnings in the Big Bend.
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North Alabama Historical Association
Decatur
Walter Jackson
St of Decatur City
Carey V. Stabler
Florence
William H. Jenkins
Henry Grady Jacobs
Scottsboro
Fred Black
Athens
A. S. Byars
Jo Aho
Frances Roberts
Huntsville
Wallace W. Lovett
Central Methodist Church
Big Bend
Jackson
Alabama Voters Await Opening Of Polls Tuesday
Alabama voters prepare to vote on thirty proposed constitutional amendments including two school measures. Educators warn passage of Amendments 1 and 2 is needed to keep schools open nine months. A defeat could force early school closings.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Morgan County polls open for special vote on amendments
All Morgan County polls start at 8 a.m. tomorrow for a special vote on proposed constitutional amendments. Decatur sites close at 6 p.m. with other county precincts ending at 5 p.m. The Daily will report returns from this district only and provides a contact number for Morgan Lawrence Cullman and Limestone county residents who need information.
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Morgan County
Decatur
Morgan
Lawrence
Cullman
Limestone
Goodwyn bill faces tax and school funding clash
The Goodwyn bill would create about 29 schools funded by a new state income tax on earnings and financed by the Goodwyn amendment. Opponents say the tax is premature retroactive and unreliable for 1955-56 revenue. Some urge other methods such as trimming exemptions from the 3 percent sales tax to fund education.
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Alabama
Athens College Celebrates Accreditation With Parade
Athens College will celebrate its accreditation by the Southern Association with a 3:30 p.m. Victory Parade in downtown Athens. Mayor Elmer Vinson proclaims Recognition Day for Athens College and invites Limestone County citizens to attend. Athens High School Band and students join the parade with about 50 to 100 decorated cars. Faculty members ride donkeys to illustrate travel from horse and buggy to modern times.
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Athens
Athens College
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Miami Beach
Fla
Elmer Vinson
Limestone County
Athens High School
Memmers
R. Edward Moore
Regents Approve Tech Sugar Bowl Date With Pitt
Atlanta regents of the University System of Georgia gave Georgia Tech the OK to play Pittsburgh in the Sugar Bowl on January 2. They adopted a resolution requiring all in state athletic contests to follow Georgia laws and traditions, while games outside the state would follow host state rules.
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Atlanta
University System of Georgia
Georgia Tech
Pittsburgh
Georgia
Berlin Squeeze Seen as Red Recognition Move
East Germany urged handling West Berlin barge traffic at ministerial level, seeking recognition of its regime. Russians now control permit processing, possibly enabling a partial blockade by denying Western barge access. About 24 percent of West Berlin’s heavy supplies come by water from West Germany.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
Neues Deutschland
Communist Party
Three Injured Near Moulton
Three people were injured in a traffic collision near Moulton. Samuel Cecil Moats 37 suffered facial and head lacerations, his son Ronald C. Moats nine had a concussion, and Jane Moats 57 sustained a broken right leg and other injuries. All were admitted to Lawrence Cottrell Taylor Hospital. The Ford driver was charged with reckless driving by patrolmen Roy Thomas and Wilbur Craft.
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Moulton
Samuel Cecil Moats
Ronald C. Moats
Samuel
Jane Moats
Sam
Lawrence Cottrell Taylor
Ford
Highway 24
Taylor
Roy Thomas
Wilbur Craft
Weather and River Report for Decatur and Vicinity
Decatur area notes river readings at Keller Memorial Bridge 17.48 with 58 rise in 24 hours. Sun day morning reading 16.90, sea level 551.79. High 64 degrees past early morning, low 38 at 7 am, 8 am 42 and 11 am 48. Forecast partly cloudy and cooler with increasing clouds tonight and Tuesday. High today 52, tonight 36, high Tuesday. Waterfowl shooting times listed Monday and Tuesday mornings and afternoons.
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Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Folsom Joking or Not Gov Folsom Faces Wariness
Officials dispute Governor Folsoms remarks on using National Guard planes for football trips. Pentagon and Air Force consider broadening an investigation into the alleged loan of Alabama Guard C-47 planes for trips to Texas and Birmingham.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Air Force
National Guard
Fuller Kimbrell
Pentagon
Oklahoma City
Okla
Young Democrats of America
Tennessee Air National Guard
Folsom
Alabama
William D. Partlow Jr
Alabama Guard
Washington
Alabama Air Guard
Texas
Birmingham
Alabama Air National Guard
Jacksonville
Fla
Auburn
Vanderbilt
Glenn L. Martin Dies Aviation Pioneer at 69
Baltimore mourns Glenn L. Martin founder of the Glenn L. Martin Co after a cerebral hemorrhage at Glenarm farm. He piloted the first airplane to lift off under its own power in 1908 and later led a company chosen to build and launch the first artificial Earth satellite.
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Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin
Glenn L. Martin Co
Glenarm
Maryland
Gg Shore
University of Maryland Hospital
Weekend Traffic Toll Rises With 11 Deaths in State
Alabama's weekend death toll rose to 12 for the period with 11 fatalities from traffic crashes. A Baldwin County collision claimed its second life when 68 year old Viola Wright of Robertsdale died from injuries suffered near Foley. Brenda Sue Boyington, 4, of Robertsdale also died and her parents were among seven injured in the same wreck.
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Associated Press
Alabama
South Alabama
Mobile
Baldwin County
Viola Wright
Robertsdale
Foley
Brenda Sue Boyington
Daily Will Act As Mailman For Santa Claus
The Decatur Daily will again handle letters to Santa Claus from children in four counties. Readers are invited to address letters to St Nick in care of The Decatur Daily Box 1006 Decatur. The paper will print the letters so Santa can read them before Christmas Eve.
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Decatur Daily
Santa Claus
St. Nick
Decatur
Santa
U S Urges U N Open Sky Pact Backed by Eisenhower Plan
United States seeks U N endorsement of President Eisenhower’s open sky inspection proposal as a step toward disarmament and banning nuclear weapons. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. urged the Soviet Union to drop opposition and join the West in a policy of openness to prevent surprise attacks.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
U.N. Assembly
Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U.S
Assembly
Soviet Union
West
Crash on Bridge Hurts Two Here
A truck from White Way Milk Co of Decatur overturned after colliding with a car on the north end of Keller Memorial river bridge on Highway 31 at 5 30 this morning injuring two. Driver B H Allen 41 of 912 6th Ave NE fled the scene and was charged with driving intoxicated and leaving the accident.
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White Way Milk Company
Decatur
Highway 31
Lonnie Pettey
Keller Memorial River Bridge
Gilbert Grubbs
Ave
B. H. Allen
6Th Ave
Allen
Grubbs
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Scott
Floyd Pertile
Mill Village
Billy Watson
Frank Shafer, Jr
University and API warn on tax amendments and bonds
The University of Alabama and Alabama Polytechnic Institute presidents warned defeat of statewide school tax Amendment No 1 and bond Amendment No 2 could force enrollment limits. The Alabama Citizens Committee for Schools released the joint statement from Dr C C Carmichael and Dr Ralph Draughon.
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Montgomery
University of Abama
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Alabama Citizens Committee For Schools
C. C. Carmichael
Alabama
Ralph Draughon
Auburn
University, of Alabama
Nationalists Clash With French Troops in Algerian Village
In Lamy near the Tunisian border Algerian nationalists mingled with crowds and opened fire on police. At least 40 people were killed, with 31 rebels and nine died in a bus ambush as French forces responded with an armored car. The incident prompted continued security measures despite the end of the state of emergency.
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Algiers
Lamy
Algeria
Mediterranean
National Assembly
Meral
U S and Portugal Provoked Indian Parliament
In Delhi Nehru rejects a Dulles Cunha communique denouncing Soviet statements and referenced Portuguese provinces in the Far East. Indian Foreign Ministry seeks full reports while U S ambassador Cooper is summoned for talks. Nehru calls the issue an important matter of far consequences.
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Delhi
India
Dulles
Ister
Nehru
Pai Cunha
Paulo Cunha
Washington
Russia
Asia
Far East
Foreign Ministry
U.S
John Sherman Cooper
Foreign Office
N. Raghavan Pillai
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Railroad St
B. B. Cavnar
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Herman Cavnar
Watson Carlisle
Jimmy
Daren Easter
Easter
James Sullivan
North St
Vern Steadman
Steadman’s Radio and Television Company
Charles T. Smith
Carman Taylor
Euel Thompson
Buckley
Tech Board
Pitt
Decatur and
Glenn
U.N
Nikita Krushchev
Nikklas Bulganin
Bombay
Burma
Irephoto
API
U. S
Portugal
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