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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1956
Page
10
The Marquesas are eleven volcanic islands in the South Pacific with six inhabited. Geraldine Page, renowned stage and screen star, once recited Shakespeare while employed as a thread winder.
A landslide on the Baltimore and Ohio mainline near Parkersburg wrecked a freight train, overturning 37 railcars. Engineer Jack Watson and fireman Albert Rule suffered minor injuries and were treated at Parkersburg hospital. Cleanup and traffic rerouting will take at least 36 hours as leaks from tank cars hindered work.
President Eisenhower will address Congress in a joint session on January 10 at noon to read his annual State of the Union message. The White House announced the date as Congress convenes with Democratic control, and the address will cover East West tensions, military needs, economy, foreign aid, farm prices, civil rights, and school shortages. Paris begins replacing 3,000 gas street lamps with fluorescent lights.
Rains drenched the state causing flash floods in several areas. Weather officials warn residents to avoid flooded roadways and monitor updated advisories as conditions may persist. Local authorities coordinate response and safety efforts.
East Germany demanded 100000 east marks as damages for injuries allegedly caused by the so called American spy tunnel. The claim was served on West Berlin's city government. Soviet officials announced the tunnel's discovery last May and a Moscow protest was sent to the United States.
President Eisenhower won re election on November 6 with 35 575 420 votes to 26 033 066 for Adlai Stevenson a 9 542 354 plurality The 1956 total set a record though slightly above 1952 Absentee ballots and Rhode Island figures are pending The Associated Press tallied 457 electoral votes for Eisenhower and 74 for Stevenson with electors meeting soon to formalize the results
In Bessemer Alabama two 13 year old boys who attempted to fly a plane received fused training school sentences with conditions they do not attempt to steal aircraft again. Judge Talbot Ellis announced the action in Juvenile Court this week. Names were withheld. The boys, avid model plane fans, wanted to fly a real airplane and reportedly found a plane.
A failed aircraft theft occurred when youths started a motor with a key in the ignition but were choked off before takeoff. They were seized by individuals at the private airport where the attempt happened. The youths carried a sketch of an airplane dashboard to read instruments. The report notes the District of Columbia has 35 miles of railway line.
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