Used Car Dealers Set Montgomery Meeting In One Day Session
The Alabama Used Car Dealers Association will hold a one day meeting in Montgomery on Thursday. Clyde McRae president said the session starts at ten o clock at the Jeff Davis hotel. Representative George Hawkins from Gadsden, floor leader in the Alabama House, will be present.
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Alabama Used Car Dealers Association
Montgomery
Clyde McRae
McRae
Jeff Davis Hotel
George Hawkins
Gadsden
Alabama
House of Representatives
Falling Cotton Exports Cloud U S Farmer Outlook
U S growers enjoy higher yields and a bumper crop yet face shrinking export demand. For 1955 56 marketing year domestic mill use is up seven percent while exports drop to about 210 000 bales in the quarter ending Sept 1. Foreign production rises abroad and prices pressure U S cotton on international markets. The Department of Agriculture floated selling up to one million bales of shorter staple cotton to exporters after Jan 1 to move supplies.
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Auburn
U. S
International Cotton Advisory Committee
Department of Agriculture
USDA
Williams Home Guarded After Bomb Threats
Gov. G Mennen Williams statehouse home has been under 24 hour guard since November 26 after a telephone warning to the governor's wife Nancy about a hidden bomb. Police cleared explosives after two searches while the family remained elsewhere.
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Lansing. Mich
G. Mennen Williams
Statehouse
Nancy
Decatur Used Car Dealers Prepare for Thursday Meeting
Principal speaker and Stacy Rowell president of the Independent Automobile Dealers Association of the U S are expected. McRae said all Decatur used car dealers planned to attend the session Thursday meeting.
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Stacy Rowell
The
Independent Automobile Dealers Association of the
U.S
McRae
Decatur
Body Found In Ruins Of Home Near Athens
James O. Davis 37 died in a deeply burned three room dwelling on Brown's Ferry Road near Athens. Firefighters reached the scene as the structure collapsed leaving only a north wall. Coroner Buddy Evans and Chief A E Bumpus investigated the blaze pending cause of death. Davis a WWII veteran and former worker at local garages was found four feet from the north door fully clothed. His body taken to Mason Funeral Home.
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Athens
James O. Davis
Brown’s Ferry Road
Limestone County
Buddy Evans
Davis
James
Evans
A. E. Bumpus
Ernest Provense
Provense
Bumpus
Will Sloss
William Berrett
Mason Funeral Home
Turner French
Joe Scott
William McElyea
Vast Great Lakes Vessel Traffic Through Sault Locks
More than 22,000 ships pass annually through the Sault Ste. Marie locks on the Great Lakes, highlighting the locks as a major maritime corridor. The figure underscores the volume of traffic and economic activity supported by the corridor.
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Sault Ste. Marie Locks
Great Lakes
Sovereign Named As Group Leader At Chemstrand
G W Sovereign was appointed Chemstrand nylon spinning group leader in the pilot plant section. He previously led the polymer development group at Pensacola plant and worked with Canadian Industries Ltd. He is a Queen’s University graduate from Fort William Ontario and lives in Decatur with his wife Kathleen and four children.
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G. W. Sovereign
Chemstrand Nylon
Frank J. Soday
Chemstrand Corporation
Sovereign
Pensacola
Fla
Fort William
Ont
Canadian Industries, Ltd
Queen’s University
Kingston
Kathleen
Warren
Barbara
Patricia
Bruce
Enolam Boulevard
Decatur
Andrew Jackson's historic first train travel in U.S. history
The article notes Andrew Jackson becoming the first U.S. president to travel by train marking a milestone in presidential travel. It highlights the significance of adaptive transport and the rapid expansion of rail infrastructure during his era.
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Andrew Jackson
U.S
First Ocean Steamer Passes Panama Canal Aug 3 1914
The record notes the first ocean steamer completed a passage through the newly opened Panama Canal on August 3, 1914 marking a historic maritime milestone.
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Panama Canal
Saloon Patron Abduction Ends Near Chicago
Five saloon patrons were taken on a wild ride west of Chicago by Pat Dillon after he brandished a razor. Dillon, 25, slashed two men, hurt a woman, then forced a taxi to transport the group before the victims were released. Police say he confessed and was held without formal charges.
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Chicago
Pat Dillon
South Side
Dillon
Colorado Springs
Colo
James Keeley
Anthony Miskinis
John Doran
Miskinis
Doran
Rator-Point
Mont Anderson
Shirley Naddy
Riley Menier
Robert Nelson
Nelson
Marion
Anderson
O Rensville
Cage
Menier
Custer's Last Stand at Little Bighorn Date Noted
The article records General George Custer's demise at the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876, marking a pivotal moment in the Sioux War.
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George Custer
the Little Bighorn
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API
Gov. Williams
Alabama Highway Users Conference
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Darlington
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AMA Committee
Birmingham
Als
Decatur Apothecary
Grant St
Chemstrand
Pata Lane
Citizens Committee For Schools
Truman
Airman
Ray Mitchell
First Federal Savings & Loan
Second Ave
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Association of Decatur
Morgan County
Decatur City
Morgan County Schools
Decatur City Schools
Morgan County Citizens Committee For Better Schools
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