Auto Accident Kills Lawrence Man In Chicago
Rufus Long 32 of Moulton 4 dies from skull injuries suffered in a Chicago area auto crash Saturday. Funeral Tuesday at Loosier Church of Christ with burial in adjacent cemetery. He served in World War II and is survived by wife Lucille, five children, and his parents.
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Moulton
Rufus Long
Loosier
Charles Gordon
Chicago
36Th Infantry Division
Lucille Thompson Long
Elaine
Rufus Jr
Hillard
Andy
Randy
Marshall Long
Wess Long
Opal Miller
Gladys Richards
Audry Nicholson
Dewey
Travis
Charles Long
Canadian Plane Missing. Search Under Way at Dawn
The Royal Canadian Air Force planned a wide search for the overdue North Star, which had exhausted fuel at 1 a.m. PST. Ground teams from Chilliwack and four RCAF planes scoured the route overnight, with 59 passengers and 3 crew aboard.
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Canada
RCAF
TCA
Moose Jaw
Sask
Vancouver
Saskatchewan
Western Interprovincial Football Union
Venturesome Youth Die on Thin Ice at Fishing Pond
In Longmont Colorado three brothers ages 12 10 and 8 ventured onto a thin ice pond yesterday. An 11 year old survivor Denson Halpin said the younger brother Loney Bob stepped onto the ice first and was joined by Daniel and Perry Ray before the ice broke. A fourth brother attempted a rescue and escaped.
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Longmont
Cole
Denson Gene Halpin
Loney Bob
Daniel
Perry Ray
Typhoon Polly Leaves 14 Dead and 38 Missing
Typhoon Polly swept southern Luzon with 80 mph winds leaving 14 dead and 38 missing. The Bureau of Customs reported 32 stevedores missing after two barges sank offshore in southeastern Luzon.
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Polly
Manila
Luzon
Philippines
Bureau of Customs
Pacific
Princess Toward The Unknown At Your Local Theaters
Movie listings show Princess Toward The Unknown featuring William Holden and Virginia Leith with showtimes at 1 00 3 07 5 14 7 21 and 9 28. Roxy presents The Violent Years with 1 00 3 58 6 48 9 38 plus Revenge of the 2 42 5 18 8 08. Sunset offers The King and 1 Texas Lady at 6 30 and 9 15. Bowline screens Julie Doris Day Louis Jourdan at 6 30 and 8 30. Starvue shows Away All Boats with Jeff Chandler and George Nader at 6 30 and 8 40.
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Princess
The
William Holden
Virginia Leith
Roxy
Starvue
Courtland Highway
Jeff Chandler
George Nader
NEW
Goodyear
Gulf Oil
Acme
Greyhound
Alleghany
Alleg L. SU
Harvim Kaiser al
Kresg
Kress
Ligg & My
Lockh Air
Te Armour
Minute M
Ck Monsan Chem
Mont Ward Atul
Atl Refin
Murray C
Ace
Balt & Ohio
Neh Co
Newpt Ind Butr Bros
Nor & West Calum & H
Penney (Jc
Ches & Ohio
Pilico
Coca Cola Phill Pet
Colg Palm Su
Col Gas
Rexall
Skelly OU
Socony
Ivco Pont
St. Brand
East Air L
Stud OU N J Erie RR
Texas PC & O
Fla P&l
UN Carbide
Mot UN
Foremost Dai
Aire
Elec
Gen Fi
US Steel
Millis Warner Pic
Gen Mirs
West UN Tel
Gen Pub
Westy A Bk
Gen Tel
Westy
Ga Pac Cp Woolworth
Markets roundup shows steady bids across commodities
Cotton prices steady with inch middling at 33.00 and Decatur loan at 33.24. Wheat and corn figures listed with No 2 Winter at 1.33 and Yellow Corn at 1.25. Hog buyers report dealers mostly steady with top bids near 26.00, bulk sale weights 190-250 lb for butchers.
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Decatur Loan
Sceomioutenet
Stocks rise as steel and auto optimism lifts market
Early trading in New York showed gains in steel and motors with U S Steel up slightly and Bethlehem Steel up over one point. Youngstown Steel rose nearly 3, Ford and Chrysler edged higher, GM and Studebaker steady, Boeing and North American Aviation advance, while rail stocks mixed as the market moved higher on 1957 industry outlook.
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New York
Steels and Motors
U.S
General Motors
Studebaker-Packard
United Aircraft
Douglas
Boeing
Goodrich
Kennecott Copper
Westinghouse
Southern Railway
Southern Pacific
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Poultry market prices and supplies update
North Wayдama broiler fryer prices rise one cent with balanced offerings across regions. North Georgia live poultry report shows strong demand, ample heavy broilers and adequate short supplies, with prices at farms and plants varying by weight. Turkeys too few to establish prices.
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Birmingham
Atlanta
North Georgia
Turkeys
Egg market steady with moderate trading through morning
AP reports the egg market at a tied ending 10:30 a.m. Monday remained about steady with moderate trading. Prices showed medium small grades delivered Birmingham at 60 percent quality whites large 38-40 percent. Mixed large eggs ranged 37-39 percent as cases and conditions varied.
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Oeana
Birmingham
Nashville Livestock Market Report Mixed Grades Update
Cattle activity shows 1500 head with steers and heifers 50 higher and cows 25-50 higher in slaughter classes. Stockers and feeders steady, best prices 16.00-23.00 for various weights, hogs and sows with mixed grades around 12.00-13.56 and sheep limited with small lots improving to choice.
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Nashville
Sessan Sk
Cotton crop may exceed last season by 150000 bales
The Agriculture Department set the 1956 cotton crop at 13,303,000 bales of 500 pounds, up 150,000 from the November forecast. Last year yield was 14,721,000. ten-year average 13,098,000. Details include state figures such as Georgia 336 pounds per acre and 585,000 bales and Alabama 371 pounds per acre and 750,000 bales.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Georgia
Alabama
Egyptian guerrillas attack British patrol in Port Said
In Port Said Egyptgunfire and grenades struck a Royal Scots patrol wounding one. Seven Egyptians were arrested as Britain and France accelerate withdrawal under UN protection. The attack marks the first Port Said ambush since the cease fire began on November 8 as forces ready for pullout.
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Port Said
Egypt
Royal Scots Regiment
U.N
U.N. General Assembly
Clinton High School Reopens Quietly in Tennessee
Clinton High School reopened in Clinton Tennessee with eight Negro students among about 800 total, no disturbances reported as students returned. Separately, trial dates were set for January 28 in Knoxville for 16 white defendants charged with violating a federal injunction on school integration.
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Clinton Tenn
Clinton High School
Tennessee
Knoxville
Dist
Robert L. Taylor
Liberty
Taylor
Fire Burns Whitley Home on 6th Avenue
Heavy damage to the T. J. Whitley residence at 219 6th Ave NW when a blaze gutted the front bedroom about 10 am. Smoke and water damaged other rooms. clothes of three children destroyed. Origin unknown. Mrs Whitney discovered the fire while on the telephone.
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Floyd Elkins
Z. J. Whitley
6Th Ave
T. J. Whitley
Whitley
Whitney
Premiers Orders Military Trial For Armed Crime In Hungary
Premier Radar ordered summary military trials for murder manslaughter arson robbery looting damage to public plants and utilities and illegal possession of arms ammunition and explosives. The penalty is death. The move follows five weeks after 200000 Soviet troops struck to crush the rebellion and passive resistance.
Leighton Teens Awarded Rewards for Found Mail Pouch
In Leighton Alabama three youths Ingram Mitchell 18 William Mitchell 15 and Eddie Chamblee 13 received Post Office Department rewards totaling 1000 for locating a missing mail pouch. The pouch with 44000 in one dollar bills was found December 1 under a barbed wire fence along the Chattanooga to Memphis railway route. the pouch had disappeared from a Washington to Memphis shipment 85 days earlier.
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Leighton
Ala
Post Office Department
Ingram Mitchell
William Mitchell
Eddie Chamblee
Southern
Chattanooga
Memphis
Washington
Woman with eight aliases leaves $50,000 to Guide Dogs
Frances Mathew, a longtime offender with a bulging police record, amassed about $50,000 for the Guide Dogs for the Blind. Her crimes spanned from a 1915 Newark shoplifting arrest to a 1953 Berkeley butter theft fine. Her will also left her home and all belongings to the organization, with $20,000 cash found among the assets.
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Berkeley
Calif
Frances Mathew
Newark
N.J
Passenger cars dominate U S motor vehicle miles traveled
Passenger cars account for about 80 percent of all motor vehicle miles traveled in the United States, indicating their dominant role in national mobility and transportation activity.
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United States
Lloyd Refuses Details in Suez Talks as US Urges Unity
The United States signals strong support for Baghdad Pact powers and oil shipments to Western Europe while keeping details of Suez talks with Lord Lloyd private. Washington emphasizes six UN Security Council points, including canal insulation from national politics and a possible plan to use Salvage equipment, with an official statement expected elsewhere.
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Lloyd
NATO
Europe
Washington
Middle East
United Nations Security Council
Britain
West
Nasser
Dulles
Egypt
United States
Banks Failure Hits Ellenville Community After Shortage
New money troubles strike Ellenville New York as The Home National Bank closes amid a 1.3 million shortage. President William R. Rose is charged with falsifying records and denies personal gain. FDIC payments to insured depositors may begin next Friday amid reports of a new shortage and chaotic bank affairs.
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Ellenville
N. Y
Catskill Mountain
Home National
William R. Rose
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
FDIC
No Tax Cut Forecast From Treasury Spokesman
Treasury spokesman Dan Throop Smith told a House subcommittee that the coming year’s budget has no room for a tax cut. He cautioned final figures are still being prepared but stated the current plan makes no provision for a net revenue loss from tax reductions.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Dan Throop Smith
House
Ways and Means
Decaturites to Attend Norton Co Plant Opening
Decatur residents will join a Huntsville plant opening tour of the Norton Co. tomorrow. Joe McCullers of the local Chamber of Commerce will arrange attendance and travel to the Norton facilities Redstone Arsenal and hotel social. The event includes 16 senators and congressmen, Washington industrial reps, regional industrials, and four governors. Norton reports 2.25 million dollars invested in land and facilities at Huntsville.
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Decatur
Norton Co
Huntsville
Joe McCullers
Chamber of Commerce
McCullers
Norton
Redstone Arsenal
Russel Erskine Hotel
Washington
Eisenhower cites Hungary abuse on Human Rights Day observance
President Eisenhower warns free people about Soviet oppression in Hungary. He calls for prayers and tolling church bells as he condemns terror that denies rights from life to free expression and the rule of law. He urges renewed commitment to human rights.
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Ment
Augusta
Hungary
America
Eisenhower
Herter Mum On New Job
Boston June reports Gov Christian A Herter has returned home to finish his term as governor before becoming undersecretary of state next month. Eisenhower nominated him for the No 2 post to succeed Herbert Hoover Jr who will resign to return to private engineering practice.
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Boston
Christian A. Herter
Washington
Eisenhower
State Department
Herbert Hoover Jr
Italian Communists Criticize Russians at Congress
At the Italian Communist party national congress in Rome open criticism of Soviet intervention in Hungary surfaced. The dissent appeared despite Palmiro Togliatti's endorsement of the Soviet line.
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Rome
Hungary
Communist Party
Palmiro Togliatti
Italy
Funeral for Mrs Sallie Love in Hillsboro Church
Funeral services for Mrs Sallie Love set for Wednesday at 1 PM at Ebenezer C M E Church Hillsboro with Rev Wilmer officiating. Burial will be in Sykes Cemetery Decatur. She died Friday at home. Survivors include daughter Mrs Addie Craft Decatur daughter Mrs Sally Snader Chicago Mrs Emna Johnson Chicago and Mrs Fannie Thomas Detroit among 18 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Sallie Love
Ebenezer C.M.E
Hillsboro
Wilmer
Sykes Cemetery
Decatur
Love
Addie Craft
Sally Snader
Emna Johnson
Chicago
Fannie Thomas
Detroit
City Planning Commission Meets at City Hall
A City Planning Commission meeting is set for 4 p.m. today at city hall. Ordell Garvey is reported improving at Decatur General Hospital after an appendectomy on Thursday.
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City Planning Commission
Ordell Garvey
Decatur General Hospital
Hospital Admissions and Patients Listed by City
Hospital lists include J. D. Hazel of Moulton and Mrs. Henry Campbell with son at 919 6th Ave SE. Other names appear with addresses such as Little Bill Petty 909 9th Ave SE and Terry Allen 912 6th Ave NE. Also listed are Noble Johnson 203 5th Ave NW and M. L. Reed 1026 Grant St. along with multiple residents in Decatur and Courtland.
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J. D. Hazel
Moulton
Henry Campbell and Son
6Th Ave
Little Bill Petty
9Th Ave
Terry Allen
Noble Johnson
5Th Ave
Admissions
M. L. Reed
Grant St
Archie Lang
Courtland
George McEntire
Chestnut St
J. L. Dendy
Decatur
F. E. Sowers
T. A. Milam
Dismissals List From Local Census Row
Woodrow Morris of 1017 5th Ave Mrs Aline Baggett of Decatur B F Donaldson of Joppa Miss Nancy Sims of Falkville Dismissals include Baby Robert Allen Holt of 102 Wilson Ave NW This brief item notes individual dismissals from a local list with names and addresses.
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Aline Baggett
Decatur
B. F. Donaldson
Joppa
Nancy Sims
Falkville
Robert Allen Holt
Wilson,Ave. NW
Local Birth Notices From Decatur General Hospital
Miss Jennie Yarbrough and Mrs Edward L Uptain announce a baby son at Decatur General Hospital. Peter M Perceval is listed at 1609 Chestnut Street. Other notices include births for Mrs Ethel Peter Hunter of Decatur and Mr Hope.
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Jennie Yarbrough
Athens
Edward L. Uptain
Baby Son
9Th Ave
Peter M. Perceval
Chestnu St
David M. Gautier
Locust St
Jerry Courtney
Henderson. Ky
Ethel Peter Hunter
Decatur 3
Births in Decatur Area This Week
Mr and Mrs T A Milam of Decatur announce a son born at Bank Street Hospital this morning. Mr and Mrs Benny Green of 408 8th Ave SW announce a son born Friday at Decatur General Hospital. To Mr and Mrs Edward L Leonard of Madison 1 a daughter born Friday at Decatur General Hospital. To Mr and Mrs Jack E Crawford of 113 Wilson St NE a daughter born Friday at Decatur General Hospital.
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T. A. Milam
Decatur 2
Bank St. Hospital
Benny Green
8Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Edward L. Leonard
Madison
Jack E. Crawford
Wilson St. NE
Actor Malcolm Beggs slain in hotel room assault
In Chicago a 49 year old actor, Malcolm Beggs, was found dead in his hotel room on the 16th floor of La Salle Towers. Police say he was bound with a necktie and struck with whisky bottles. two 19 year old suspects were seized at the scene.
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Chicago
Malcolm Beggs
la Salle Towers
Family Of Six Perish In River Near Moose Wyoming
A family of six perished when their car plunged off an icy highway into the Snake River near Moose Wyoming. State Patrolman Wood Wormald reported the victims Albert Oakley 40 his wife Marguerite 37 and their children James 12 William 9 Judy 4 and Harry 11 months drowned. The car crossed a bridge abutment on a curved hill and broke through the ice. Their groceries remained packed nearby.
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Moose
Wyo
Snake River
Wood Wormald
Albert Oakley
Casper
Marguerite
James
William
Judy
Harry
Jackson
Wormad
Oakley
Call for Hungarian delegation ouster and new UN draft
The speaker urged ousting Hungary’s delegation while noting no chance the Assembly would suspend or expel Russia even if a Cuban resolution passed. Soviet troops remain in Budapest suppressing the revolt as Janos Kadar’s regime ignores four prior Assembly resolutions calling for troop withdrawal and rebel deportation ends. The new draft, backed by Argentina etc, credits Hungarians with seeking liberty and independence.
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Hungary
Russia
Soviet Union
Janos Kadar
Budapest
Kadar
U.N
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Chile
Denmark
el Salvador
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Sweden
Thailand
United States
Cuban Forces Claim 23 Rebels Killed in Southeast Cuba
The Cuban general staff reported troops and Marines killed 23 rebels yesterday in the mountains of southeast Cuba and captured 32 prisoners near Guantanamo Naval Base. Government losses were three dead with numerous wounded as a drive to encircle remaining rebels under Fidel Castro Ruz continued.
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Havana
Cuban General Staff
Cuba
U. S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Fidel Castro Ruz
For Sale and Rental Notices Amid Local Listings
Local small ads advertise items for sale including Mexican Chihuahuas aged six weeks and a cabinet model electric machine priced at 40 dollars. Multiple rental listings offer a 2-bedroom home with owner financing, furnished 5 room and large 2 room units, plus a large 4 room apartment with options furnished or unfurnished. Contact numbers provided.
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Couaie
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Doris Day
Louis
Jourdan
Decatur Markets
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Ihe
Clinton
Herter
Woodrow Morris
William Clinton Scott
Fairfield
M. C. Gardner
Bruce Walls
Oak St
John M. Smith
Hope
William N. Sandlin
Nicaragua
Cordoba
Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba
Leon
Granada
4Th Ave
Canal Stoom
J.’ R. Cinco
Ww. Taylor
B. W. Malone
Call
Busch
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