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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1957

Page

13

British Troops Rushed To Belize Amid Independence Tensions

Belize reports British forces from Bermuda arrived to bolster colonial defenses as discontent grows. Price and PUP officials face accusations of seeking union with Guatemala after discussions in London, while Belizean leaders warn of budget cuts tied to the dispute.

Belize British Honduras Bermuda Guatemala Colin Hardwick Thornley House of Commons George Price People’s United Party PUP British Worcestershire Regiment Hamilton Mexico Honduras Caribbean Britain Price Gov. Thornley Legislative Council London H. T. Bowman Guatemala City Jorge Garcia Granados Thomas Oates

Mrs Mary Lawerence To Be Buried Today

Mrs Mary Steela Lawerence 73 of Falkville 2 died yesterday at Hartselle Hospital. Funeral services Sunday at 2 30 p.m. at Penn Church of God Southwest Morgan County. Burial in Herring Cemetery Massey Peck Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include husband Thomas six daughters two sons a brother twenty one grandchildren five great grandchildren. Grandsons to serve as pallbearers.

Hartselle Mary Steela Lawerence Falkville 2 Penn Church of God Morgan County Herring Cemetery Massey Peck Funeral Home Albert Hodges W. H. Preston Thomas Lawerence Falkville Perry Henson Summertown Tenn Fred Martin Waynesboro Marvin McCormick Danville Paul J. Previtt Herbert Brown Kalamazoo Mich Doc Bell Lexington Ala Homer Lawerence Linzy Lawerence

Costs Run High For Super Hiway

R D Jordan Birmingham Alabama highway director tells a Right of Way Conference that right of way alone for the new interstate system in Alabama will cost a little more than 93 million dollars. The 878 mile system includes 776 rural and 102 urban miles with 260 blocks of urban property affected. Thousands will be displaced or lose access as homes are moved or demolished in the planned program.

Tuscaloosa Alabama Highway Department R. D. Jordan Birmingham Jordan

Alabama Composer Will Have Opera Presented In Mobile

The Mobile Opera Guild Workshop presents The Happy Prince by Vernon Raines, Alabama. Raines heads Livingston State College music and led Mobile Chamber and Symphonic Society orchestras. The piece was first staged in 1955 by Emporia Opera Workshop. roles will be filled by Mobile singers. North Carolina’s annual peanut crop is valued at 30 million dollars.

Mobile Mobile Opera Guild Workshop Vernon Raines Livingston State College Raines Mobile Chamber and Symphonic Society Mobile Symy College of Emporia Kan North Carolina

Chemstrand Creates Scholarships Fund At 30 Colleges

Chemstrand Corp announces a new undergraduate scholarships and grants program supporting upperclassmen in chemistry, physics, engineering, business, and liberal arts. Awards aid equipment purchases and salaries, administered by each college for students at 30 institutions nationwide including Georgia Tech, MIT, Purdue, Tulane, and Alabama.

Chemstrand Corp U. S Chemstrand Edward A. O'Neal, Jr O'Neal

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