Decatur Community Notes Show Holiday Events and Dockets
Decatur Diane hosts a Dean Jones Fan Club meeting and Christmas party at Lada Carithers home 1102 8th Ave SE. A Christmas program at Walter Jackson School and a Wesley Hymn Festival at Austinville Methodist Church are noted along with P TA meetings and local civic events.
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Dean Jones
Lada Carithers
8Th Ave
Walter Jackson School
Austinville Methodist Church
Charles Wesley
Charles
John Wesley
Decatur
Riverside
Moulton Heights
Women's Missionary of
Westside Baptist Church
Eugene Lamon
Early Balloting On Amendments Unusually Light
Birmingham voters showed unusually light turnout for a statewide election with 25 constitutional amendments on the ballot including one with racial overtones. By 11 a.m. only a handful voted in Birmingham and similar patterns appeared across most counties despite good weather. The focus was on Amendment No 18 proposing Macon County’s abolition and on bonds for various improvements.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Macon
Macon County
Light turnout for 25 Alabama constitution amendments in Decatur
A spot check at four downtown Decatur boxes at noon showed a light vote with 66 ballots cast by mid day. In Morgan County City Hall 12 absentee ballots led with 26 total, while Courthouse 15 Library 14 and American Legion 11 each reported small totals. Athens also reported light morning turnout with 89 votes cast at eight polling places by 11 a.m. Polls open until 6 p.m.
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Decatur
Morgan County City Hall
Library
American Legion
Athens
Hungry Thieves Hit Four Morgan County Groceries
A series of four grocery store burglaries in Morgan County last week netted items including oysters tuna sardines margarine bacon flour bologna canned milk peaches pork and beans and four glasses of snuff and cigarettes. Hale’s store reported $45 to $50 missing from an open register while no other cash losses were noted.
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Morgan County
C. O. Maples
Highway 36
Hartselle
E. H. Holloway
Falkville
A. H. Hale
Lacon
Frost
Falkville- Eva
Casper Frost
Hale’s
Gan County
Maple Club Inquiry Leads to No Obligation Monthly Bar Gains
Readers are invited to ask about the Maple Club with a note that there are no obligations for the monthly bar gains at Robinson's. The message emphasizes a low pressure option for interested patrons.
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Robinson's
Three Dead and Six Hurt In Arab Auto Bus Crash
Three men from Arab died and six people were injured when a Marshall County school bus collided with a car on Alabama Highway 69 east of Arab. The bus driver Jesse Clemons and four grandchildren were on board. the car’s occupants included Jimmy McClendon and Gaines Brown.
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Arab, Ala
Here
Ronald Teddy Dunn
Kenneth Hornsby
Donald A. Vaughn
C. T. Barnett
Marshall County
Arab
Jesse James Clemons
Jimmy G. McClendon
Barnett
McClendon
Gaines A. Brown
Elmer Ward Jr
Joppa Rt. 1
Willie Don Hipp
Clemons
Arab Rt. 1
Bobby Neal Bryant
Britain to Skip Postwar Loan Installments
London announced it will suspend payments totaling 176 million dollars on postwar loans from the United States and Canada. The move affects 137.2 million due the United States and 39.2 million due Canada, stated as a future‑oriented step to strengthen Britain's economic fundamentals rather than a response to an emergency.
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London
Britain
United States
Canada
Catholic authority in North Alabama dies after long illness
Msgr. War, a longtime Catholic leader in North Alabama, died in a Birmingham hospital after several years of illness. He served as pastor emeritus of Blessed Sacrament Church.
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Birmingham
Msgr
War Catholic Authority
North
Alabama
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Negroes Held For Beating Madison Man
Two Black men were being held in Madison County jail in Alabama awaiting charges in the Sunday night beating of R. O. Hembree a 64 year old Madison banker. Hembree said the assailants attacked him after a pickup truck collided with his car on Highway 20. He suffered facial cuts and bruises. The sheriff said charges had not yet been filed late this morning.
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Huntsville
Ala
Madison County
Madison
R. O. Hembree
Hembree
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Madison
1957 In Pictures Missile Failure To Mad Bomber
A Decatur Daily year in review features a full page pictorial summary of 1957. It includes dramatic images such as the Vanguard rocket failure and the New York bomber parade past the President’s reviewing stand in Washington.
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Decatur Daily Today
Recaer
Vanguard
New York
Washington
Famine Strains Java as Anti Dutch Campaign Deepens
Jakarta reports famine stretches to 30 areas in Java with severe food shortages in East Indonesia. Dockyard workers refuse to unload Dutch ships, shipping paralysis follows KPM takeover. Rice stocks high but prices surged while AR forces clash with rioters in Amboina and Moluccas. Government aims to keep BPM oil operations running to protect economy.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Java
KPM Ling
KPM
Egypt
Spain
Amboina
Moluccas
Amboinese
West New Guinea
BPM
Royal Shell Oil Co
Abdul Harris Nasution
Singleton Appointed To State Board Of Agriculture
J. Paul Singleton, vice president of Central Foundry Co. in Holt Alabama, was named to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries by Governor James E. Folsom. Singleton succeeds the late W. L. Jennings of Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Central Foundry Co
Holt
Ala
J. Paul Singleton
State Board of Agriculture and Industries
James E. Folsom
Singleton
W. L. Jennings
Lstone Couple Killed In Limestone County Car Crash
MADISON Ala James E Jewell 26 Athens and his wife Katie Batts Jewell 26 parents of three died when their car failed to negotiate a curve overturned burned three miles west of here on a county road between 2 and 3 am the wreck found about 5 30 am by duck hunters Jewell an engineer with the Armys Ballistic Missile Agency at Redstone Arsenal identified by his father and sister Highway Patrolman C V Inglis listed no excessive speed as cause with no skid marks A Madison County crash killed another man and woman in a separate single car crash near Madison and Larry Allen 29 Summa Ga fatally injured on Memorial Parkway with driver not charged.
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Madison
Ala
James E. Jewell
Athens
Katie Batts Jewell
Here
Highway Patrol
Jewell
Army
Ballistic Missile Agency
Redstone Arsenal
C. V. Inglis
Inglis
Redstone
Limestone County
Huntsville
Madison County
C.V. Inglis
Larry Allen
Summa
Memorial Parkway
Pedestrian Struck By Truck, Treated For Minor Injuries
Mrs. Marcie Day, 1025 Grant St., was hit at 6th Ave and Grant St SE yesterday before 3 pm by a 1953 Ford driven by Coy Crow of Danville 2 who was turning left. She received treatment at Decatur Clinic and was released. SEAL SALES to date show county totals and percentages of goal across Cullman Lawrence Limestone Morgan.
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Marcie Day
Grant St
6Th Ave
Decatur Clinic
Date
Atlas ICBM first success reported by Air Force
The Air Force launched an Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile from Cape Canaveral at 12 38 p m EST. The limited range test covered several hundred miles landing in a pre selected target area. The weapon weighed 100 tons and could reach 5000 miles in 30 minutes.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Paris
United States
Wright Brothers
SECRETARY DOUGLAS EYES MOON SHOT PROSPECTS WITHIN A YEAR
Secretary of the Air Force James H. Douglas told the Senate Preparedness subcommittee that the Soviet Union might launch a rocket to the moon within a year and that the United States could match such an effort in the foreseeable future. He also predicted intercontinental ballistic missiles in operation within two years and noted the Atlas and Titan programs are advancing.
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Washington
James H. Douglas
Soviet Union
Douglas
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sen. Bridges
R -Nh
Bridges
Air Force
Florida
Atlas
Johnson
Thor
Titan
Congress
Defense Department
Budget Bureau
Reporter Behind Scenes At Redstone Missile Factory
Detroit report examines Chrysler's Redstone missile plant in Michigan. The piece notes the scale of the facility, unique staffing challenges, and prior missile program work. It hints at mass production of Jupiter and discusses interchangable parts with Seeck sources within Washington.
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Redstone Missile Factory
Army
Redstone
America
Confesis
Chrysler
Seeck
Washington
Achange
Decatur Skies Evening and Morning Star Highlights
The Decatur sky reveals Venus bright in the southwest by 5 44 p m with Sirius dimmer as Venus rises around 7 53 p m Jupiter appears in the southwest later in the evening and a new moon follows the Thursday moonrise at 5 05 a m.
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Dee
Venus
Weather and River Report for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River stage at Keller Memorial Bridge today 16.95 feet, slight 0.02 foot drop in 24 hours, sea level 551.25. Yesterday's high 66 at 3 pm. low 53 at 11 pm. Today 62 at 11:30 am. Forecast mostly cloudy mild with scattered showers. Wednesday cloudy with little change and south winds 8 to 15 mph. High today 65, low tonight 53, high Wednesday 65. Waterfowl hunting times set for Wednesday 6:20 am to 4:09 pm and Thursday 6:20 am onward.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Wednestern
Southvale
U S and Allies Near Compromise on Missiles Talks
The United States and 14 European allies were reported near a compromise formula at the NATO summit opening its second session. Aimed at possible settlements with Russia while plans for arming NATO Europe with nuclear missiles are developed, the accord involves consulting on Bulganin letters and replying with a common line.
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John M. Hightower Parish
United States
Russia
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Dulles
NATO Europe
NATO Permanent Council
Nikolai Bulganin
NATO
U.S
Four Alabama Counties Vote On Tax Matters
Voters in Montgomery area counties decide on local tax issues along with 25 statewide constitutional amendments. In Bessemer three City officials faced nomination as well as the city physician. Jefferson County considered a 1 percent county sales tax for schools while Conecuh and Greene Counties debated similar taxes with Greene’s vote advisory. Colbert County weighed a 2 cent cigarette tax to fund hospital expansion. Bessemer saw opposition to Raymond Parsons’ renomination while Jess Lanier and Herman Thompson ran unopposed for mayor and commissioner.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Bessemer
City Commission
City Recorder
Jefferson County
Conecuh
Greene
Colbert County
Raymond Parsons
Jess Lanier
Herman Thompson
Parsons
W. Eugene Dillard
Roy L. Nix
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Marshall
Diane
Kemale
Marine Corps
Bank Street
David Allen Gibson
Tuscaloosa
Charles Brooks
Cecil Julian
Maumee
J. L. English
4Th Ave
M. G. Julian
Joppa
Julian
Raymond Whitt, Jr
Georgia
Ohio
Decatur Shrine Club
Wernher von Braun
Hunts Ville
St. Ann's
PTA
City Recorder’s Court
Janie Lee Smith
Twelfth Ave
Harry Pannier
Seventh St
Tuskegee
Tuskegee Institute
Sam Engelhardt
Alabama Assn
Citizens Councils
Buckley
Madison Man
State
A& Board
L'stone
Burns
James E. Jewells
Big Atlas
AF Secretary
Dwight Pitkin
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
C. A. Brady
Jupiter
Atlanta
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