Billion-Dollar IMF Loan Helps Britain and Washington Air
The IMF loan of 1.3 billion dollars to Britain aims to steady its economy after Egypt's clash and Suez disruptions. Officials debate aid size while Treasury notes existing sources may cover most needs. Congress action could follow if Britain seeks more funds.
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Associated Press
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New York
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Revel Davis Face Tax Evasion Trial
The income tax evasion trial of two former prominent Phoenix City gamblers opens. C. O. Revel is accused of $2200 in taxes for 1951 and George Davis Sr. $2202 for the same year. Prosecutors tie their business to the pre cleanup era around Albert Patterson’s 1954 murder.
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Birmingham
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George
Davis Sr
Albert Patterson
Alabama
National Guard
Internal Revenue
Maple Sap to Syrup Yield From Typical Tree
An average maple tree yields 15 to 20 gallons of sap which boils down to a little more than a quart of syrup.
Negro Airman Receives Honorable Discharge After Review
Washington The Air Force decides to grant Lt. Titus A. Saunders an honorable discharge after a discharge review board studied his case. Saunders resigned November 27 1954 following a drunken driving conviction in Mississippi, with Senator Stennis denying pressure.
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Washington
Air Force
Titus A. Saunders
Saunders
Quarles
Lawmakers May Try Again To Punish Red Led Unions
Washington reports lawmakers may revisit punitive measures against Communist led unions. Past efforts include the Taft Hartley Act of 1947 and the Communist Control Act of 1954. Supreme Court rulings blocked NLRB actions. new revisions planned for January will address Communist led unions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
National Relations Board
Subversive Activities Control Board
NLRB
Gen
Brownell
Eisenhower
Congress
How to find treatment for alcoholism and hearing loss
A reader asks about locating hospitals and physicians for alcoholism treatment and discusses costs. The columnist advises contacting state medical associations and Alcoholics Anonymous for referrals, emphasizes physician involvement in tranquilizer use, and suggests seeing an ENT specialist for persistent tinnitus linked to hearing loss.
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State Medical Association
Alcoholics Anonymous
Bus Lines Seek Uniform Express Rates Across Alabama
Ten Alabama bus lines including Southeastern Grayhound Capital Motor Lines Colonial Trailways and others filed a uniform express rate schedule with the Alabama Public Service Commission and the Interstate Commerce Commission. The plan does not raise rates and would take effect January 15 unless a hearing is set.
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Alabama
Alabama Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jack Owen
APSC
Expres
Southeastern Grayhound
Capital Motor Lines
Colonial Trailways
Continental American Bus Lines
Ingram Bus Lines
Gulf Transport
Tamiami Trail Tours
Southeastern Motor Lines
Governor Seeks Hungarian Aid for Relief Drive
Alabama Governor James E. Folsom urged residents to support the Red Cross effort to raise five million dollars for Hungarian relief. He wired Washington Chairman E. Roland Harriman pledging full support to mobilize Alabama participation in the international relief effort.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Red Cross
James E. Folsom
E. Roland Harriman
Washington
Acid Splashed On Ten Autos In Montgomery
Montgomery Police Chief G J Ruppenthal said ten cars were damaged by acid attacks with nine owned by African Americans and one by a white Atlanta minister. The incidents occurred Saturday and Sunday nights near Negro meetings and at a Negro Parent Teacher Association gathering and at Alabama State College faculty housing.
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Montgomery
G. J. Ruppenthal
Atlanta
Racial Institute
Ashton Jones
Alabama State College
New Weapons To Aid Farmer In Bug Fight
About 100 entomologists from 14 cotton states gathered ahead of the Beltwide Cotton Production Conference in Birmingham. They voiced optimism over new insecticides and control methods to reduce losses and sustain profits, noting progress in the last decade. The boll weevil remains the top enemy, while the pink boll worm poses growing threat under quarantine.
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Birmingham
C. F. Rainwater
Second Day of Flogging Trial in Wildwood Case
In Bushnell Florida seven white men face charges over a jailyard flogging of a Black laborer in Wildwood. witness Jesse Woods, aged 39, says he cannot identify the floggers and recalls knowing only one of the defendants briefly. Police officials offered no clues. The proceedings include Woods’s arrest for drunkenness and an alleged remark to a white teacher.
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A. P. Buie
George Scofield
Woods
George Altman
Wildwood
Mary Evelyn Hill
Sumter County
Coronam Laxative Promises Overnight Constipation Relief
Advertising copy touts Coronam as a new bulk laxative that rehydrates a dry clogged colon and stimulates a normal urge to purge. It claims safety in pregnancy, no gas or bloating, no vitamin absorption interference, and delivers 60 tablets for 98 cents. It also promotes colon exercise to tone the bowel overnight.
Tight money advocates face Congress quizzing
Congress opens hearings on inflation control with William McC. Martin Jr. and the Federal Reserve summoned to testify. Robert R. Young warns inflation may bring creeping stagnation while Patman urges action to curb the trend.
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Congress
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Federal Reserve System
Senate House
Robert R. Young
New York Central Railroad
Rep
Patman
D-Tex
Young
Soviet Ship Gruzia Sails With Missing Stewardess
The Soviet ship Gruzia departed Melbourne for home with Iron Curtain athletes after the Olympic Games. Stewardess Nina Paranyuk disappeared after arriving in Melbourne and has not been seen since, with authorities believing she may be hiding with friends.
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Australia
Melbourne
Nina Paranyuk
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