US plans to cut infantry manpower amid NATO reorganization
The United States intends to shrink its infantry divisions by about 4000 men over the next two years. In Washington briefing after meeting with President Eisenhower, Secretary of State Dulles highlighted a fresh NATO study, shared burden plans, and steps toward a more consultative alliance for peaceful dispute settlement. He cited renewed Atlantic unity and noted talks with Nehru while Paris discussions addressed bridging Gulf tensions and streamlining NATO forces for atomic weapon use.
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White House
Dulles
NATO Council
United States
Britain
France
Middle East
Eisenhower
Paris
Hungary
Free World
India
Nehru
Washington
Defense Wilson
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
National
Wilson
Christian Pineau
Selwyn Lloyd
U.S
Egypt
NATO
Council of Ministers
Amusement listings with lanes and showtimes for city theaters
The page presents a jagged schedule of films and showtimes including Princess Sharkfighters with Victor Mature and Karen Steele at 1:42 3:38 5:32 7:28 9:22, Bowline The Eddy Duchin Story with Tyrone Power at 6:30 8:30, Hatfield Athens The Spoilers with Anne Baxter Jeff Chandler at 7:00 9:00, and Ranch Trigue with Robert Mitchum at 6:45. The OCR is garbled but conveys a theater lineup and sequential times.
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Victor Mature
Karen Steele
Nehru Arrives in U S for Talks in Contented Mood
Ensign Mary Carolyn Bibb receives officer’s commission after eight weeks of training at Newport. Firefighters report no loss from a grass fire in the 1500 block of Magnolia Street. Nehru, on a stopover in London, meets with Eden and boards to the United States expressing a contented mood about talks and the Suez situation. He stresses peaceful approaches and urges Hungary to determine its own future.
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Mary Carolyn Bibb
U.S. Naval Schools Command
U.S. Naval Station
Newport
R. I
Ensign Bibb
Robert C. Bibb
Belle Mina
Magnolia ‘St
London
Jawarhalal Nehru
India
Eisenhower
United States
Nehru
Eden
Egypt
Suez
Middle East
Hungary
Arabs Seek UN Study and Peace Plan in Middle East
A Cairo correspondent reports that Arab leaders push a plan to form a regional pool under the Arab League with a UN or corporate expert commission to study Arab Israeli issues, guaranteeing investor rights, including oil, while seeking US leadership and Arab unity to reduce Soviet influence and avoid Russian enticements.
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Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Nations Commission
Middle East
Nasser
Palestine
United States
Arab League
Egypt
Arab East
United Nations
Israel
U.N
Tumbleweed Threatens Prairie Lands in 1875
In a report from the era, tumbleweed described as a prairie pest raises concerns for crops and livestock on the plains during the mid 1870s, with settlers seeking remedies and management.
Forces Seek Jets and Atomic Arms For Mobility Gains
The report outlines a push for force restructuring to achieve greater mobility and stronger firepower. emphasis on updating combat units through missile and rocket capabilities and the potential role of atomic weapons in future operations.
Kidnaping May Be Only Custody Fight
In Mexico City a Cuban rebel leader’s son Fidel Castro Diaz seven is reported kidnapped but authorities see it as a private custody dispute. The Cuban Embassy said the boy is with his mother Mirta Riaz Balart who arrived eight days ago with legal custody rights. A relative claimed the abduction was a Cuban government plot. Federal agents launched a broad manhunt warning the child could be spirited to Cuba.
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Mexico City
Fidel Castro Diaz
Fidel Castro Ruz
Mexico
Cuba
Mirta Riaz Balart
Castro
Montgomery Flood Drenches City as 24 Minute Rainstorm Hits
A cloudburst drenched Montgomery with about one and a half inches of rain in 24 minutes. Streets flooded, sewers clogged by leaves, and several downtown shops reported two to three inches of water. About 1,200 phones in the southern part went out as water reached cables. Water receded after dawn and the Weather Bureau noted the short, heavy downpour.
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Montgomery
Joe Stone
Weather Bureau
Markets and notices from a fragmentary page
Market quotes show cotton inch middling 33.00 and Decatur joan 33.26 with a $40.00 value. A garbled line mentions manufactured calenders or cadastre numbers unclear. A stray notice advertises a missing Blond Cocker Spaniel named Rebel from 317 4th Ave NW and a reward for return. The Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC is cited for a collection of early American bicycles, though context is unclear.
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Decatur Joan
4Th Ave
Blond Cocker I
Rebel
Hospital Dismissals and Admissions Noted in Local List
Hospitals report dismissals for Mrs Wiley Paul Davis Wheeler Mrs Austin Burden Courtland and Mrs George McEntire of 1610 Chestnut Street. Admissions include Little Debra Faye Bishop Decatur and Mrs Winfred Long of 1424 8th.
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Wiley Paul Davis
Wheeler
Austin Burden
Courtland
George McEntire
1610
Chestnut St
Debra
Faye Bishop
Decature
Winfred Long
Local Names Listed in Community Notices
A series of readable lines names residents and addresses including Master Johnnie Wilson Jones 1416 6th Ave SE and Mrs Herman Whaley 1051 John stone St along with others such as Mrs Bruce Walls 313 Oak St Mrs R E Garnett Decatur and Master Edgar David Taylor 1711 Beech St plus Master James A Lott 1801 and Master James Gray 420 11th Ave SW and more.
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Johnnie Wilson Jones
6Th Ave
Herman Whaley
Johnston St
Bruce Walls
Oak St
R. E. Garnett
Decatur
John E. Ansley
Somerville Rd
W. C. Hunter
12Th St
Edgar David Taylor
Beech St
A. W. Chapman
10Th Ave
A. D. Terry
12Th Ave
Martha Alexander
Moulton
James A. Lott
James Gray
11Th Ave
Admission list midweek at local agency
A. M. Doss at 1401 12 6th Ave E Wendell Herbert Wright Hart selle F Barnett Athens Mrs N G Conner Town Creek Rev Jimmie Rodgers 1716 Beech appear in WANT ADS GET RESULTS.
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A. M. Doss
F. S. Barnett
Athens
N. G. Conner
Town Creek
Jimmie Rodgers
Beech St. SE
Local Schools Adjust Cotton Picking Holiday Schedule
Schools ended time lost for cotton picking by shifting three weeks of dismissal to fall and making up two weeks by starting earlier. The Hartselle and Collins districts will dismiss Wednesday to extend pre Christmas work time for high school students. Bus routes require identical holiday periods for the elementary schools in the area.
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Hartselle
Collins
Post Office Urges Early Mail for Christmas Cards
Mailings receipts so far this year total 239000 dollars on Tuesday versus 237000 dollars all of last year. Officials urge people to tie Christmas cards in separate local and out-of-town stacks and to mail cards in the mornings rather than after noons.
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Self
Folsom appoints Boswell as legal adviser amid Gubernatorial tensions
Gov. James E. Folsom names E. C. Bud Boswell legal adviser starting Dec. 31 as Frank M. Long resigns the $10,000 post. Boswell, defeated by Neil Metcalf for Gene via County senator, faces a wary comment from Metcalf who will only speak after Boswell takes office. Long will enter private law practice in Jas...
Young Hungarian refugee recalls revolt and fight against Russians
Laszlo Job bagyi, 22, fled Hungary after the November uprising, telling how he and rebels fought Russians at the Szabad Nep building. He helped relay messages to the West from Budapest while near death, and arrived among 1,017 refugees at McGuire and LaGuardia. He dreams of returning to battle communists and studies medicine.
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Laszlo Jobbagyi
Jobbagyi
Szabad Nep
Associated Press
Vienna
McGuire Air Force Base
LaGuardia Field
Budapest
Navy
Jobbaggi
Lawyer to Leave Practice for Full Time Public Post
The official said he planned to enter private practice for some time and will also assume Boswell’s current part time role as attorney for the State Alcoholic Beverage Control board, at a monthly salary of 400 dollars.
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Boswell
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Millions of US Bicycles Ridden by Adults Study
The Bicycle Institute of America reports over 5 million adults ride bicycles in the United States, part of a broader 23 million total riders nationwide. The finding highlights strong adult participation in cycling as a daily activity and sport.
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United States
The
Bicycle Institute of America
Meadows Trims Education Funds and Appoints Trade School Director
State Superintendent A. R. Meadows told the education board funds likely can't cover full appropriations this year but could be revised if tax collections rise. Philip J. Hamm was named director of the State Trade School at Napier Field, $7,500 annually, replacing Harry E. Davis. The board also raised salaries for trade school directors and assistants and allowed the Alabama School of Trades at Gadsden to convert an unused dormitory for rehabilitation and training.
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Montgomery
Department of Education
Teachers’ Colleges and Trade Schools
A. R. Meadows
Philip J. Hamm
Napier Field
Dothan
Hamm
Harry E. Davis
Davis
Meadows
State Education Department
Alabama Trucking Assn
Elba
Board of Education
Alabama School of Trades At
Gadsden
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John Ayne
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Bowline
Eddy Duchin
Tyrone Power
Kim Nowwak
Robert Mitchum
Marlowe
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Decatur Markets
Smithsonian Institute
Washington D.C
Bank ST. Hospital
Decatur General Hospital
E. Wendell Herbert Wright
Folsom
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Meadows Trims Education Funds
Decatur Daily
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