Polio Foundation Speaker Urges Use of Salk Vaccine
Decatur Rotarians heard Paul Waggoner of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis discuss polio prevention and the Salk vaccine. He urged Morgan County to adopt the three shot schedule, noted Alabama vaccine availability, and urged support for the March of Dimes. Visiting Rotarians C. C. Armstrong and Perry James attended. John Richardson of Atlanta was a guest.
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Decatur
Paul Waggoner
North Alabama
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Morgan County
Joe McCullers
Waggoner
Wagonner
Alabama
National Foundation
C. C. Armstrong
Huntsville
Perry James
Athens
John Richardson
Atlanta
Billy Duncan
Office Cat Trace Mark Fog
Decree of the Soviet Government distributes Khrushchev photos to schools and compels hanging portraits. A teacher questions a boy about obedience as he explains the boy’s room placement prevents hanging. Several short jokes and quips follow, including a tale of two salesmen, a college romance, and light political banter.
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Khrushchev
Ivan
Editor To Speak At Shriner's Yale Party
James D. Arrington of Collins Mississippi will be guest speaker at the Decatur Shrine Club Christmas party announced by Joe Elliott. The event December 14 at 7 p.m. at Tennessee Valley Trade School features turkey dinner and dance with Henry Lang and his orchestra providing music. Arrington, editor of the News-Commercial and mayor, is a Habibi Temple Shriner and has appeared on more than 2 000 programs since 1939.
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James D
Jimmy) Arrington
Collins
Miss
Decatur Shrine Club
Joe Elliott
Arrington
Wahabi Temple
Jackson
Tennessee Valley Trade School
Shriner
Henry Lang
Misssissippian
Legislator protests bill over county representation
A legislator protests a bill arguing it would cut his county entirely due to its small population. He asserts the measure would exclude the county from consideration and diminish its political influence.
Mail Cards Now Urge Urgent Christmas Dispatch
Postmaster J. E. Self urges out of town Christmas cards to be mailed immediately as mail volume rises at the Decatur and Albay stations and across other post offices. He asks residents to separate local and out of town cards and use window service or drop them in two grouped slots. Parcels mailing is progressing but he says act at once.
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J. E. Self
Decatur
Albay Station
Self
Arrington Named Eight-Term Mayor of Collins
Arrington has served as editor and owner since that time and is now in his eighth term as mayor of Collins. A past president of the Mississippi Press Assn he graduated from Jackson Law School and attended Millsaps College in Jackson. All members planning to attend should contact President Joe Elliott at 3611 or 3742.
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Mel N. Collie
Collie
Karl Flaster
Arrington
Collins
Mississippi Press Assn
Jackson Law School
Jackson
Miss
Millsaps College
Joe Eliott
Raisin Production Rises 30 Percent in 1955 United States
United States raisin production increased by about 30 percent in 1955. The rise reflects stronger harvest output and market demand, impacting growers and related industries.
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United States
Kansas City Star Resumes Publishing After Picket Halt
The Kansas City Star issued its first edition since a picket line formed around the building Saturday by distributors. Printers, stereotypers, engravers, pressmen and mailers returned to work last night after the picketing ended. An international VP of the Pressmen's union, Jack Torrence of Chicago, commented on the return.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Star Today
Jack Torrence
Chicago
Pressmen’s Union
Teachers in Atlanta Balk At Admitting Negroes
The Atlanta Public School Teachers Association voted unanimously to withdraw from the American Federation of Teachers rather than admit Negro members. President Roger Derthick announced the decision, noting his brother Dr. Lawrence Derthick of Chattanooga was recently named U.S. Commissioner of Education by President Eisenhower.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Public School Teachers Assn
Federa
Roger Derthick
Association
Lawrence Derthick
Chattanooga, Tenn
U.S
Education
Eisenhower
Insects and Disease Kill Ten Times More Trees
The National Geographic Society reports that insects and disease destroy ten times as many trees as fires caused by humans.
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The
National Geographic Society
Union Talks Arranged for Carriers in Agreement
Work was arranged after an agreement that the union would negotiate for the carriers. A Star spokesman said the carriers must still negotiate individually with the Star as in the past.
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Star
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