Third Man Convicted In Robbery Death In Alabama
Miss Leighn Skidmore of Fort Worth 23 stands accused as a lookout in the August fatal robbery near Berry Alabama that killed Odis Gurganus 70 and netted 200. Gerald D Moore 24 of Tuscaloosa County was convicted of robbery and life terms. Fort Worth pair Keith Farley 30 and Floyd Fondren 27 faced convictions or pleas.
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Miss Leighn
Skidmore
Fort Worth
Odis Gurganus
Berry
Ala
Gurganus
Gerald D. Moore
Tuscaloosa County
Keith Farley
Floyd Fondren
Farley
Fondren
Moore
Texas
Alabama
Miss. Skidmore
Pvt Joseph Sherrill Now MP In Yokohama
Pvt Joseph E Sherrill of 711 Second Lt S W Decatur is serving as a military policeman at the 2d transportation major port in Yokohama Japan This marks his second Far East tour after arriving in Japan in October He was rotated to the United States in September 1951 after over a year in Korea and was stationed at Redstone Arsenal Alabama before returning to the Far East
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Joseph E. Sherrill
S. W
Decatur
2D Transportation
Yokohama
Far East
Sherrill
Japan
United States
Korea
Redstone Arsenal
Ala
UNC's 1892 football squad makes single substitution
The 1892 North Carolina football team used only one substitution all season, reflecting limited roster changes and conservative game strategy that year.
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University of North Carolina
False Teeth Offer Comfort with New Alkaline Paste
A public notice describes a dental product marketed as keeping false teeth clean and odor free. It claims improved chewing and talking comfort through a pleasant alkaline paste.
Eight White Men To Bear Coffin Of Ex-Slave
Talladega mourns Uncle Jack Riddle a 11 year old Negro born into slavery as eight prominent white pallbearers led by Mayor Wallis Elliott gather for the funeral at Pilgrim Baptist Church. The deceased had strong ties with white and Black residents and civic groups despite his traumatic beginnings.
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Talladega
Wallis Elliott
Jack Riddle
Jack
Marietta
Uncle Jack
Ku Klux Klan
Pilgrim Baptist Church
George Tucker
E. A. Childres
Roy Howell
T. Huey Hix
A. D. MclInnish
George J. Porter
Ed. T. Hyde
Hix
Chamber of Commerce
Giants Indians Spring Exhibition Tour Draws Big Crowd
The New York Giants and the Cleveland Indians played before 163,888 fans in 16 games last spring as part of their annual spring exhibition tour.
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New York Giants
Cleveland Indians
Leaders Named for Morgan Heart Campaign
The 1953 Morgan County Heart Fund campaign in February names Charles Norman as chairman with Albert Brewer and Richard Frank as co chairs. The drive will highlight cardiovascular disease causes, prevention, and cures with speakers and Q and A sessions during February.
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Heart Fund
Morgan County Heart Fund
Charles Norman
Albert Brewer
Richard Frank
Morgan County
Norman
Brewer
Frank
American Heart Association
Morgan County Heart Association
Employees Of A P To Share In $2 000 000
Employees of the Great A and P Tea Company nationwide will share over 2 million dollars in pre holiday compensation this year. Ralph W. Burger president announced the distribution will be paid on December 12. All workers with six months service or more qualify to receive a portion of the fund.
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Great
A & P Tea Company
Ralph W. Burger
New Members Of Board Promised By End Of Week
President Truman said he would replace all seven industry members who quit the Wage Stabilization Board last week to protest his coal wage decision. He aims to extend economic controls beyond April 30 and to appoint a replacement for Roger Putnam as economic stabilization administrator, with Michael V. DiSalle under consideration. The move faces labor and business opposition.
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Washington
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Roger Putnam
Putnam
Michael V. DiSalle
Weatherman Blamed By Nationalists For Typhoon Loss
Taiwan Formosa watchdog says meteorologist Cheng Tze-Chung failed to chart the typhoon’s course and warned the public too late. The Nov 14 disaster killed or missing 161, injured 392, destroyed 9,720 homes, and damaged 14,020 structures.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Control Yuan
Cheng Tze - Chung
Little Girls Start Steel at Fairless Works Opening
MORRISVILLE Pa Two young girls light the first blast furnace to inaugurate United States Steel Company 400 million dollar Fairless Works the largest single expansion in history spanning six square miles in Bucks County Granddaughters of company chairman Benjamin F Fairless Nancy Fairless seven and Carol five lead the ceremony Full production planned for midsummer 1953
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Morrisville
United States Steel Company
Fairless
Nancy Fairless
Carol
Bucks County
Benjamin F. Fairless
Young Ambassador To Wed Spanish Girl
Angier Biddle Duke America's youngest ambassador and tobacco fortune heir will marry Maria Luisa de Arana the granddaughter of the 10th Marques de Camp Real of Bilbao in Mexico City Duke 37 and Miss Arana 29 arrived from New York with a wedding party Duke inherits a tobacco fortune and is tied to banker Nicholas Biddle.
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Mexico City
Angier Biddle
America
el Salvador
New York
Maria Luisa de Arana
Duke
Tuxedo Park
N. Y
Nicholas Biddle
Miss Arana
Marques de Camp Real
Bilbao
Fire in Dartmoor Prison Sparks Concern After Second Week
A second fire in a week at Dartmoor Prison alarmed authorities. The blazes followed a December 4 fire and last week's flogging of convict William Maguire after he attacked a guard. Slogans like Down With Flogging and Remember Maguire appeared on walls.
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Dartmoor
Eng
Dartmoor Prison
William Maguire
Maguire
Japan Sees U.S. Aid as Debt, Urges Repayment
Vice Premier Take tora Ogata told the upper house that government regards U.S. aid to Japan as a debt. He urged the Diet not to oppose repayment, saying the aid helped stabilize the economy.
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Tokyo
Taketora Ogata
U. S
Japan
Ogata
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Gabardines
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WINGS
Tax Inc
Fortune Shoes
Britan Clothing CO
Second Ave. S.E
Decatur, Ala
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