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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1956
Page
6
Meadows urged caution to prevent fires during Christmas. He advised using a fresh medium size tree, removing it promptly after holidays, avoiding candles, using approved lighting, checking wires and sockets, keeping fuse capacity under 15 amps, and not overloading outlets.
In Port Said Egypt a new batch of British and French forces left the port causing fear among European civilians. About 1,853 sailors sailed aboard the Ditwara for England, with over 2,000 more leaving yesterday. More ships were loading and more departures expected, prompting urgent evacuation appeals from Italian and Greek consuls.
The 1955 year in the United States set a record high with 37,800 traffic fatalities, the worst automobile accident toll to date.
The Alabama Milk Control Board plans another meeting to resolve pricing for chocolate milk after two days of talks failed. Gov. Folsom warned he would remove the board if prices rise in schools. A. W. Todd proposes classifying raw milk for chocolate milk as Class 1, with distributors paying about $6.40 per hundredweight, affecting producer revenues.
Woodrow Johnson, a Negro janitor at Midfield School near Birmingham, says he was abducted Tuesday night by white men who identified as Ku Klux Klansmen. He reported being forced into a car, questioned about integration, knocked unconscious, and later driven partway back to Bessemer.
Funeral services for William Allsbury Jordan 33 retired ginner of Vinemont 1 were set for 2 p m at Ebenezer Church with Rev W H Curl officiating Burial followed at the adjoining cemetery with Mass Service Funeral Home directing He died Tuesday in Cullman Hospital Survived by wife Alice Jordan four sons Roy Hubert Alton and Gene Jordan of Cullman Birmingham a daughter Mrs Conrad Howard of Cullman a brother three sisters nine grand and six great grandchildren.
Mrs Katie Bibb 82 died Tuesday at her Falkville home. She is survived by husband John, four sons Floyd David Sam Ray, and two daughters Emma. The report notes a federal statistic about government property ownership.
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