Herter poised for top State Department post and 1960 run
President Eisenhower elevates Christian Herter to undersecretary of state, signaling a possible successor role if Dulles steps aside. The move places a seasoned Republican with strong foreign policy credentials in the No 2 spot, setting up a potential 1960 presidential bid as Nixon’s stance and party dynamics evolve.
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Dulles
Eisenhower
Herter
Massachusetts
State Department
Herbert Hoover Jr
House of Representatives
Nasser
Suez Canal
Egypt
United States
Harold Stassen
Nixon
Stassen
Assault Case Set For Tuesday Court
A Decatur woman Magnolia McDonald about 50 Cherry St. faced assault and battery charges involving Hillsboro Mayor Jimmy Ray Walker. The case was continued to tomorrow morning. McDonald was released on a 200 bond after a Kroger arrest. Walker, 45, a rural mail carrier, sustained a head injury and received treatment in Decatur.
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Decatur
Hillsboro
Jimmy Ray Walker
City Recorder’s Court
Magnolia McDonald
Cherry St
Kroger Grocery Co
Johnston St. SE
Walker
Radio and TV Schedule Highlights for Decatur Area
A dense listing of radio and television programming across Decatur stations for Monday to Wednesday. Entries include morning music, news, weather, talk shows, soap operas, dramas, game shows, and children's programs across WJPD WMSL and WSEC channels with times from early morning to late night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wmsl-Tv
Church of Christ
Dave Edwards
Sir Lancelot
Lucy
Amor Bride
Studio One
Showtime
Doug Edwards
Phil Silvers
Grand Ole Opry
Herb Shriner
Red Skelton
Wsec-Tv
Circle Siv Theater
Douglas Edwards
Robis God
Town Creek Youth Injured in Chicago Knife Attack
A 20 year old Town Creek man Charles Goins was in critical condition in a Chicago hospital after a knife attack by a Chicago man. His parents Mr and Mrs Floyd Goins of Town Creek traveled to his bedside after an urgent call. He had worked in Chicago about a month.
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Chicago
Hector Garcia
Osbourne Sims
Town Creek
Illinois City
Charles Goins
Floyd Goins
Last Rites Today For Marsh Baby
Funeral services for Thomas Eric Marsh ten and a half months old were set for 2 p.m. at New Center with Rev. Ollie Linkous officiating. Burial would follow in New Center Cemetery under Brown Funeral Home. The infant died Friday in Pontiac Michigan after a three day illness. Survivors include the parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Oscar Marsh of Pontiac formerly of Decatur a sister Patricia Ann Marsh a grandmother Mrs Lola Farrow grandfather Grover Wilson and a great grand.
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Thomas Eric Marsh
New Center
Ollie Linkous
Brown Funeral Home
Pontiac
Mich
Thomas Oscar Marsh
Decatur
Patricia Ann Marsh
General Hospital Head Injury Report
A patient at General Hospital received several stitches to the head after an incident. Medical staff treated and monitored the patient for potential complications and observed stable condition.
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General Hospital
Weekend Arrests Totals 37 Across Three Counties
Sheriff offices in Lawrence Limestone and Cullman counties report 37 weekend arrests over two days. Lawrence saw 24 charges including eight for public drunkenness and several for driving while intoxicated grand larceny and revoked licenses. Clyde Hembree 25 of Danville named on the grand larceny warrant signed by Howard Sapp. Limestone counted three arrests including public drunkenness an insane arrest and assault and battery. Cullman reported 10 arrests all misdemeanor charges.
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Lawrence
Limestone
Cullman
Clyde Hembree
Danville 1
Howard Sapp
Austrian Ethnologist Discovers Unknown Pigmy Tribe
Father Mart in Gusinde, a former security staffer at Catholic University of America, found an unknown pygmy tribe in unexplored New Guinea. The average height of New Guinea pygmies is 4 feet 4 inches.
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Martin Gusinde
Catholic University of America
Washington, D.C
New Guinea
Exodus Of Negroes From South Slowed By Passive Resistance
The Montgomery bus boycott effort slows outward migration of African Americans seeking the North as Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy says the institute on nonviolence was a real religious experience. Attendance reached about 20 000 with visitors from Sweden and Puerto Rico.
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South
Montgomery
Ralph D. Abernathy
Abernathy
Sweden
Puerto Rico
U.S. Supreme Court
National Negro Baptist Convention
Jackson
Graveside Rites Held For Christian Infant
Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday for Robert Arlan Christian infant son of Mr and Mrs R A Christian of 106 4th Ave NW. The Rev A B Van Arsdale officiated with Brown Funeral Home in charge. Surviving are the parents a brother Edgar Christian and four sisters Cynthia Patricia Arlan Frances and Bridget Christian, all of the same town.
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Robert Arlan Christian
R. A. Christian
4Th Ave
A. B. van Arsdale
Brown Funeral Home
Edgar Christian
Cynthia Christian
Patricia Christian
Arlan Frances Christian
Bridget Christian
Decatur
Jenkins Heads History Group
William H. Jenkins of Decatur was named president of the North Alabama Historical Assn at the fourth quarterly meeting at Athens College. He will serve next year with vice president Mrs Joe Cooper Huntsville and secretary treasurer Thomas C Pettus Moulton. Senator John Sparkman spoke on the Tennessee River system and the Horseshoe Bend Battlefield becoming a National Park.
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Athens
William H. Jenkins
Decatur
North Alabama Historical Assn
Athens College
Jenkins
Joe Cooper
Huntsville
Thomas C. Pettus
Moulton
Cooper
John Sparkman
Tennessee River
Sen. Sparkman
Horseshoe Bend Battlefield
Richard W. Griffin
North
Alabama
Fred Black
Henry Grady Jacobs
Scottsboro
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
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Zenith Space Commander
Corps
Ryeat
Emith TY
And
Moma Elmalel
Ile
Carlisle
Johnnie Aycock
Radio Shack
Lefayette St
Phon
Goidel’s
Decatur Daily
Wasp
Pope
Waler Tursday
He Hilly
Roth
Southern Farm Markets
Alabama Wrangiers
Mdnroe Parker
Mary Blaine
Jimmy Fidler
Ausere
Hfi
MBS
World and Alabama
Virgil Pinkley
A.P
Sten
Uesday
Sier
World Farm
Alabama News
AP News
WMSI
Newe
Robert FF Harleigh
Kraft
Josh
Gabriel Heatter
Les Paul
Mary Ford
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Will Rogers
Garry Moore
Arthur Godfrey
Guiding Light
Alabama US SA
Bob Crosby
Annie Oakley
Victor Borge
WABT
Channel 1
Robert Montgomery
Ted Mack
Dave Garroway
Educational Network Channel
the Living World
Mr. Speaker
ABC
Marsh Baby
Buschs
Mary White
Poe
Gether
New York
KR. Y
Fabric Shop
Sterchi
Zenith
Zenith Radio Corporation
Aid
Dickens Ave
Zismo
Better
LeFayette Street
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