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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1957
Page
12
Cape Canaveral reports that aircraft film and stills show the launch sequence but do not reveal the fault. Washington is analyzing the 20 000 feet of color and black and white footage at the Naval Research Laboratory, amid Vanguard efforts to clean the site and gather data.
Tokyo reports the United States will spend over 19 million dollars to build two Marine bases on Okinawa Camp Schwab and a helicopter facility for the 3rd Marine Division. The project signals a long U.S. presence on the island amid tensions with Japan over Ryukyu withdrawal. Contracts totaling 13 million dollars were awarded to Zenitaka Gumi for Camp The ropter facility. Seabees plans are noted for the helicopter project.
Hollywood reports comedian Red Skelton tripped on a stair at his Bel Air home suffering a possible right ankle fracture. He was confined to bed and an emergency filmed show was used for his night television appearance. Bo Roos Skelton’s business manager noted the incident.
A dense listing details days and nights of radio and television programming across Decatur stations, including news slots Tops N Pops morning shifts Dawn in Decatur and various shows from 6:00 to after midnight with sign offs. It notes multiple programs, hosts, and time blocks.
Alamogordo Daily News reports a news release from White Sands Proving Grounds calling for qualified typists. The release says the facility is in critical need and mentions it sent out an SOS for typists, noting several typographical errors in the one page release.
The fragment notes a final recollection of the dog chewing on something, with the speaker recalling that as the last detail remembered. The text provides only a brief, unclear line and lacks additional context or names.
President Eisenhower faces a debate on how a disabled president should be replaced. Proposals range from vice president decision to cabinet rulings or congressional action, with constitutional amendments possible but lengthy. Public figures including Hoover and Rep Keating weigh in as Congress may again duck the issue.
Farmers in this district and across cotton regions await voting on continuing marketing quotas. ASC offices in Morgan Lawrence Limestone and Cullman will run balloting to reach a two thirds majority to keep quotas in effect. Quotas aim to curb overproduction amid surpluses. This marks the fifth straight year of cotton quotas. rice quotas follow tomorrow, now in year four. Wheat and tobacco growers have already voted.
A proposed congressional act would create a 10 member commission on presidential disability. The panel would include members from Congress, the judiciary and the Cabinet with the vice president as a nonvoting member.
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