U S Policy Thinkers Still Lack Big Idea
Secretary of State Dulles failed to produce a bold idea for Eisenhower to present at the Paris NATO summit. Diplomats expect Paris to yield mainly military gains unless the United States concedes more allied cooperation. European pressure grows as decison time nears.
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U.S
Washington
Dulles
Eisenhower
Paris
Atlantic Alliance
United States
Central Committee of
Yugoslavia
Communist Party
Moscow
Tan- Jug
Visitors and notices from Decatur area 1957
Recent visitors at Tennessee Valley State Trade School include Willard Clemons Moulton Marlin Pruitt Cullman Fred Clemons Moulton Paul Eugene Pepper Falkville Lonnie Black Gordova Ann Lawson Decatur Lessie Smith Somerville Rd Decatur Ernest L Phares Decatur David Terry Hartselle Woody Masterson Russellville A Clanch Tuscumbia Harley Henley Huntsville Jerry Edmonson Decatur L V Landers Huntsville Ed Uptain Decatur Herman Johnson Montgomery Kit Carson Decatur James M Wood Decatur Claude Hill Russellville Ellis Burchell Athens Lennis Wesson Sheffield R C Perkins Franklin Ind arrives Monday to visit Dr and Mrs J G Hamilton Perkins is former Decatur resident Music appreciation group Decatur Music Club meets Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. with Mrs J O Braswell Archie Toney charged with reckless driving after collision on Second Ave near Johnston Fenders damaged Dividends declared by Investors Selective Fund payable Dec 12 record Nov 29 Monthly Glee Club Christmas program and Methodist Men dinner meeting scheduled Walter Mittwede attends funeral in Nashville Deanettes meet at Charlotte Hendrix home eighteen members present letters sent to radio stations Silhouettes and Tin Star Marine recruit officer James R Moore named top Marine recruit for December page note. Diary continues on Page AS.
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Tennessee Valley State Trade School
Willard Clemons
Moulton
Marlin Pruitt
Cullman
Fred L. Clemons
Paul Eugene Pepper
Falkville
Lonnie Black
Gordova
Ann Lawson
Decatur
Lessie Smith
Somerville Rd
Ernest L. Phares
David Terry
Hartselle
Woody Masterson
Russellville
A. Clanch
Tuscumbia
Harley Henley
Huntsville
Jerry Edmonson
L. V. Landers
Ed Uptain
Herman Johnson
Montgomery
Kit Carson
James M. Wood
Claude Hill
Ellis Burchell
Emmett Handley Murder Trial Opens Monday
Morgan County Circuit Court opens with a first degree murder case against Emmett Kent Handley Jr. He is accused of fatally slashing Russell Kelley, 44, on November 3 at Kelley’s home. The defense team includes Powell and Powell.
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Emmett Handley
Morgan County Circuit Court
Emmett Kent Handley, Jr
Handley
Powell and Powell
Russell Kelley
Kelley
Ollie Kelley
Charlie Kelley
John Bragg
Erskine Chenault
W. C. Hunter
A. J. Hallman
John Lively
Jessie Perry
Harry A. Shinglebar
Charles Perry
Clarence P. Lober
James Perry
Charles C. Shedd
Emmett
Indonesia in trouble may shed blood in new crisis
Indonesia faces escalating crisis as Dutch businesses are seized and banks taken by Communist unions after Sukarno assassination attempt. U N rejection of negotiations over West New Guinea heightens risk of Dutch expulsion and possible split of Indonesia into several nations. Foreigners fear rapid changes as military moves seize Dutch property and bans on KLM.
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Indonesia
U.N
West New Guinea
Sukarno
North
Sumatra
KLM
New Guinea
French Upset Over U.S. Plans For NATO Summit
In Paris the French voiced irritation that Washington had not shared U. S. proposals ahead of the December 16 NATO summit. A French Foreign Ministry spokesman said France does not know what the United States intends to extend or reinforce among NATO members, prompting talk of neutrality amid the Soviet missile age.
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Joseph E. Dynan
Paris
Washington
U. S
NATO
France
United States
Riddleberger
State Department
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Decatur Sky Guide Feature for Monday Evening
The December 9 sky chart lists sunrise at 6 43 a m sunset at 4 37 p m moonrise at 7 23 p m and last quarter on the 13th Prominent stars include the Square of Pegasus high in the south Venus in the southwest Jupiter rising at 2 53 a m and Mars at 5 04 a m All times are Central Standard.
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge lowers
Reading Saturday morning shows the river at 16.86 feet, down .10 feet in 24 hours, sea level at 551.16 feet. Forecast calls for mostly cloudy cool weather, tonight clearing and cold, winds shifting from south to west then north. Monday Outlook: fair cool with high near 47. Legal waterfowl shooting times listed for Monday and Tuesday.
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Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Gilchrist Opens Cotton Study In Alabama Capitol
Alabama lawmakers form a nine member Cotton Study Committee led by Rep. Bob Gilchrist to study the impact of national cotton laws on the state economy. The group will meet first at 10 a m Wednesday at the state capitol in Montgomery then hold district meetings to gather facts for a final report for the governor and legislature.
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Alabama
Legislative Cotton Study Committee
State Capitol
Montgomery
Bob Gilchrist
Morgan County
Rep
Gilchrist
Miss Rebecca Lovelady 17 Dies After Illness
Miss Rebecca Lovelady aged 17 dies of a heart attack after six weeks of illness at the home of grandparents Dr. and Mrs. H D Greer in Decatur. Funeral services are at First Presbyterian Church with interment in the city cemetery. Survivors include mother and three brothers, and she was a Decatur High School senior and Sub Deb Club member.
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Rebecca Lovelady
Sim B. Lovelady
Dr. Lovelady
First Presbyterian Church
Lovelady
H. D. Greer
Grant St. SE
Richard Rouquie
Wallace W. Lovett
Central Methodist Church
City Cemetery
Brown
Norman Harris
Bob Hunter
Billy Wyker
Skeggs Crawford
Fred Hunt, Jr
Garner Pride
Miss Lovelady
Hugh
Bill
Larry Lovelady
Greer
Decatur
Miss Love
Reds Pleading For U S Return Of Sputnik Fragments
Moscow Radio reported fragments of the Sputnik I carrier rocket fell in Alaska and the West Coast of America. The broadcast urged U S scientists to forward all remains to Soviet scientists after Khrushchev said a fragment hit the United States.
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Moscow
Moscow Radio
Alaska
America
United States
U.S
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Washington
Irkutsk
Siberian
Chukotka Peninsula
Canada
Khrushchev
Yugoslavia Rejects Further U S Military Aid
Belgrade reports Yugoslavia spurned more U S military aid after Tito told U S Ambassador James Ayer of the decision. The move comes amid reappraisals of aid and widening tensions with the United States while Yugoslavia seeks continued friendly economic and political ties.
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Boris Boskovic
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U.S
Tito
James Ayer
United States
Riddleberger
Santa Parade Sizzled By Drizzle In Decatur
A cold drizzle failed to dampen Decatur's Christmas parade drawing a huge crowd along Bank and Wilson Streets to Gordon Bibb School. Spectators braved rain as stores kept late, umbrellas appeared, and families gathered early for Santa Claus at the parade's start. George LaBoon of the Chamber of Commerce oversaw the event, with coverage continued on page A-2.
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Santa Claus
North Pole
Doug Norman
Decatur
George LaBoon
Chamber of Commerce
Robinsons Salesmen Aid You At Quickies Adv
Courteous confident trained sales men Dyke Winford or Porter will help you at Robinson's. Quickies by Ken Reynolds in this advertising brief notes the friendly sales staff and the quick service available in the store.
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Dyke, Winford
Porter
Robinson's
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Franklin, Ind
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Perkins
Decatur Music Club
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Austinville
Methodist Men’s Club of
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Nashville
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Edgar Mittwede
Cee
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James R. Moore
Dallas
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Reds
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