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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1956

Page

6

Four Times As Much Nitrogen For Cotton Advised

Southeast cotton farmers should apply four times as much nitrogen as currently used on better soils. Dr. Robert W. Pearson of API urged improved management and lime use, warning sulfur problems if high analysis fertilizers rise without sulfur in mixes. Other speakers included Dr. E. V. Smith and Harrison Evans, with trainer crash report for Early C. Ewing Jr. in Kan.

Birmingham Robert W. Pearson Alabama Polytechnic Institute Southeast E. V. Smith Api's College of Agriculture J. T. Holston Jr U.S. Department of Agriculture Agronomist Stoneville Miss Harrison Evans Shuqualak, Miss Early C. Ewing Jr Scott Miss. Pearson

Renewed Riots Reported in Stettin City Clash

Warsaw papers describe a new street clash in Szczecin as Polish and hooligans gathered before a restaurant and were dispersed by police. Earlier that night demonstrators attacked the Soviet consulate, police HQ, and the prosecutor’s office amid claims of student protests over Russian intervention in Hungary. About eighty eight youths were arrested in the Monday outburst.

Warsaw Poland Stettin Szczecin Hungary

Alabama bakers adopt four milk classes for pricing

Alabama Milk Control Board set a new four class wholesale system starting Sunday ending four months of pricing confusion. Chocolate milk classification rose to $5.60 per hundredweight while Grade A milk moved to about $6.40, buttermilk $4, and surplus manufacturing use about $3.25. Retail prices remain 25 to 26 cents per quart.

Montgomery Alabama Alabama Milk Control Board Birmingham Mobile

Fact-Finders Hear Rail Labor Contract Dispute

The contract dispute between major railroads and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen involving about 135,000 workers moved to a presidential fact-finding board after mediation failed and the union rejected final wage and related proposals from 140 carriers.

Chicago Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

Prank Ends In Death Of SIU Football Player

In Carbondale Illinois a 20 year old SIU freshman is jailed on murder charges after a roommate killed star football player Robert Batura aged 19 from Danvers Massachusetts with a .12 gauge shotgun during a prank dispute.

Carbondale Ill Southern Iinois University Robert Batura Danvers Mass

Haiti Dictatorship Fell in Mass Strike

A “cold revolution” toppled Maj. Gen. Paul Magloire’s week old dictatorship in Haiti. Magloire resigned after three days of sit down strikes that shut down normal life, restoring constitutional authority as the Supreme Court president assumes the presidency.

Port AU Prince Haiti Paul Magloire Caribbean Magloire Supreme

Motel Boom Lifts Alabama Motels and Courts Growth

Federal census shows Alabama motel and tourist court rooms expanding 54 percent from 1947 to last year with receipts growing from 2 012 000 to 6 034 000 as hotels improve.

Montgomery Alabama

Marquesas Islands Group in the South Pacific

The Marquesas are eleven volcanic islands in the South Pacific with six inhabited and a sparse population.

Marquesas South Pacific

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