Docks Earnings Hit Record 7.2 Million for Alabama Port
Mobile advisory board reports 1957 to 1958 year end gains at 7,206,587 dollars and 6,724,698 tons handled. New cargo piers under way and more steamship lines call at Mobile. Board urges passage of Amendment No. 1 to build inland barge docks on Alabama rivers. Members listed include Tom Cooley and Dan Davis.
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Mobile
The
Alabama State Docks
Knox L. McRae
Alabama
Alabama State
Tom Cooley
Talladega
Dan Davis
Florence
Walter C. Ernest
Citizenship Girl Named Al Cotaco Etoile Butler
Etoile Butler a 17 year old Cotaco School senior has been named the Good Citizen Girl for 1957 by the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is senior vice president of Cotaco Beta Club student council editor of the 1958 Cotacian and has seven years of perfect attendance. She and other county girls may attend the Pilgrimage at Huntingdon College Feb 7 8 with final county selection set for Dec 21.
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Etoile Butler
Cotaco School
Miss Butler
Loella Butler
Somerville
Cotaco
Cotacian
Huntingdon College
Five Largest U S Bridges Listed in 20th Century Record
The report names the Golden Gate Mackinac Straits George Washington Tacoma Narrows and the San Francisco Oakland Bridge as the five biggest spans in the United States.
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United States
Golden Gate
Mackinac Straits
George Washington
Tacoma Narrows
San Francisco-Oakland Bridge
Local figures listed in Alabama region names
A fragment lists individuals including Jr. Mobile Dr. L Friedman Birmingham Tom McGough Montgomery Dan Mobley Gunn Hugh Steele Centre Cal Tanner Mobile Henry Waugh Tuscaloosa Monroe Weeks Slocomb.
Eight Die In Spectacular B52 Crash At Spokane
Eight men including the wing commander died when a giant B52 bomber failed to climb on takeoff near Spokane Washington. The nose pitched up and the aircraft tipped onto its right wing then crashed exploding jet fuel sent a towering smoke column. The sole survivor Sgt Gene T Graye said he felt lucky to be alive.
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Spokane
Wash
Strategic Air Command
Air Force
Clarence A. Neely
Sioux City
Iowa
Rockford
Ill
92Nd
Spa
Fairchild Air Force Base
Gene T. Graye
Augusta
Kan
Ex Bellhop Faces Mann Act Sentence
Donald G. Phillips twenty five year old former bellhop faces sentencing Monday after pleading guilty to transporting a nineteen year old girl from New Orleans to Montgomery Alabama on July 28 for prostitution. Judge Daniel H. Thomas will preside in Federal court.
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Mobile
Donald G. Phillips
Phillips
New Orleans
Montgomery
Ala
U. S
Miwami Tribesmen Tower Over Batwa Neighbors in Congo
Miwami tribesmen in the Belgian Congo reach near seven feet in height while Batwa neighbors stand about four feet three inches. The two groups largely maintain peaceful relations despite the size disparity.
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Belgian Congo
Kiwanis Club Welcomes Leslie Doss Jr at Meeting
Leslie Doss Jr., a Decatur attorney, was introduced as the Kiwanis Club’s new member by President B. M. Cornell. Postmaster I. E. Self and Decatur mail supervisor R. M. Campbell spoke on national postal issues and the Decatur office. Members received rain suits to sell for charity.
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Leslie Doss, Jr
Decatur
B. M. Cornell
I. E. Self
R. M. Campbell
Self
Campbell
Light Tulip Tree Seeds Demand Thousands For One Pound
The report notes that tulip tree seeds are exceptionally light with approximately 14,000 seeds required to equal one pound, highlighting the minuteness of the seeds and the scale needed to measure weight in such botanical terms.
Morgan County Cotton Acreage Error Corrected
Hartselle OBS manager Tommy James announced a miscalculation in Morgan County cotton acreage. The 1958 allotment is 28 917.8 acres, with 18.5 acres loss after correcting an erroneous 1 019 acre figure. The 1957 total was 28 936.3 acres.
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Hartselle
Tommy James
Morgan County
James
Morgan
Bfy
New Jersey's Early Governance Unified Under One Governor
Fragmentary text notes New Jersey's early political structure before 1736 with a single governor and a separate assembly, describing the shift of executive and legislative roles in colonial times.
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New Jersey
New Separate Assembly
York
Radio TV Logs and Show Schedules excerpt
A dense broadcast log lists daily time slots for radio and TV programs across stations, including news, bandstand, dancing parties, Navy shows, and music blocks. Entries name multiple programs, hosts, and segments with timestamps throughout the day.
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Decatur
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Hodiak
Sorenene
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al Cotaco
H&h Walgreen Drugs
2Nd Ave. S.E
Lifetime
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P.M
Joe Wheeler Electric
Joe Wheeler
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
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Gorman Collins
Prestonburg
Caldwell Taylor
Muriel Baldridge
Taylor
Michigan
Kiwanis Club
Benjamin Fairless
United States Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
India
Butane
Me Ee Gas & Appliance CO
Decatur, Alabama
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Sterchi's Jewelry Dept
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Jewel Man’s Watch
Peet Ore
Pt Ae
2Nd Ave
DEPT
Aw Tee
the Farmer
Henry Mustin
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Roy
WABT
Texas Rangers
Showtime
Perry Como
Polly Bergen
Gisele Mackenzie
WSRC
Doug Edwards
Frontier
Famous Playhouse
Jimmy Dean
Wally Fowler
Phila
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