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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1956
Page
3
Attorney General Brownell urges voluntary compliance with a Supreme Court ruling targeting intrastate bus and train segregation. He met with 33 U S district attorneys from 14 states to discuss methods to enforce desegregation while leaving room for further federal action if needed.
Graveside services are planned at Johnson's Chapel near Danville tomorrow at 10 a.m. for the stillborn infant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cameron of Pontiac Michigan. The body will arrive at the aunt's Decatur home this afternoon. Officiating will be Mr. Ty Cobb of Summit Baptist Church. The infant is survived by the parents a sister Sheila Dianne and other relatives.
Iraq says it is pulling forces from Jordan after Jordan demanded Iraqi units come under Egyptian command. The dispute deepens Iraq’s isolation from Arab nations as Egypt and Syria attack Baghdad for staying in the Baghdad Pact with Britain.
St Bernard College in Cullman marked the Immaculate Conception with a solemn pontifical Mass in the college gymnasium. Rt. Rev. Bede Luibel presided, assisted by Very Rev. Eugene Flynn and several priests and lay servers.
Spring Hill College biologist Lewis C. Powe uncovers a copper kettle containing a human skull and leg bone with a flattened musket ball. Additional musket balls and a fragment of an old sword were found in surrounding dirt, suggesting Civil War era origins.
Pasadena talk by W Paul G Hoffman says Eisenhower stance on Middle East aggression signaled right and wrong over East and West. Hoffman, ex head of the ECA, asserts Soviet leadership change offers the best hope for global peace.
EOKA gunmen fatally wounded three Greek Cypriots last night in Cyprus. Two died while talking with friends near Famagusta and Larnaca, the third in his Frenaros home. The underground group vows retaliation for collaboration with British authorities.
Funeral services were set for 2 p m at Valley Head for William B Hammond founder and former mayor of Hammondville Dekalb County He died yesterday after a short illness at age 75 He resign ed three months ago after 27 years as mayor Survivors include Ralph Hammond son and two other sons Alvin and Haralson and a daughter Mrs Emma Lynch of Chattanooga
R. Carl Caldwell a Marion supermarket manager, was robbed of 5000 dollars and kidnapped by four bandits. Caldwell freed himself and flagged a passing car. Alfred Beley of Delaware Ohio, a former Marine who served with Caldwell, happened to be in the car. The men, comrades since World War II, plan a slower reunion soon.
A verified bill of complaint in Morgan County Alabama seeks to establish and quiet the complainant's fee simple title to described real estate against unknown defendants Jane A. Russell and Joseph E. Russell and any claimants. The filing notes color of title and over ten years of tax payments, with publication orders in the Decatur Daily for four weeks and a January 11 1957 deadline to plead.
Tokyo report says 120 Japanese employees at the U S Army Tokyo Central Post Exchange were forced to strip during a search for stolen goods. The Justice Ministry called it an unwarranted search. the Army denies rights violations and says investigations continue.
Legal notice announces case 485 in Morgan County Alabama Equity. Complainant Leta S. White seeks to quiet title to Lots 13 and 15 in Block 12 Addition 4 of the Decatur Land Improvement & Furnace Company, Decatur Alabama. Defendants include Jane A. Russell and Joseph A. Russell Jr. heirs or devisees, and all claimants to any title or encumbrance. Notice directs all interested parties to respond to the court.
New York reports that the asthma remedy favored by doctors for private patients is now obtainable without prescription. Primatene tablets offer relief from asthma spasms and long hours of freedom from recurrence, touted as safe enough for over the counter use.
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