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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1955
Page
4
A terse report notes a violent fatality on a highway with smeared debris and a driver or victim involved. Authorities investigate the scene and describe the incident as a deadly crash. No names or precise details are provided in the fragment.
Eisenhower likened Averell Harriman to a Park Avenue Truman. Critics say Harriman won’t secure the nomination and that congressman Boykin’s boast amounts to political bombast. The exchange signals fresh crossfire in the party’s nominating fight.
Sam Rayburn, speaker of the house, says federal aid for school construction may come. He notes Democrats will push such legislation in the upcoming Congress session starting in January. The Goodwyn plan had recently faced heavy criticism.
A sixty percent grand-scale view of the UN admitting twelve non-Communist and four Red nations ends a decade long membership freeze. The piece credits United States leadership in peace efforts, Korea crisis action, and global aid to poorer nations as essential to sustaining the UN mission amid threat of hydrogen war. It stresses the need for strength, anti colonialism, and aid to "have not" nations to keep the world from flare and advance world peace.
In a congressional hearing on General Motors, Harrow Curtice and Senator O'Mahoney share a light exchange about pheasants and Wyoming while discussing industry issues. The dialogue shows a blend of serious testimony and informal banter during the session.
The minutes reveal GM action against Lee Anderson, a longtime Buick Pontiac Chevrolet dealer from Lake Orion Michigan who was dismissed after speaking bluntly at a Rotary Club meeting in Oxford Michigan last June. Anderson had been a top seller, earning first place among 18 000 dealers in 1941. The records show GM president Harlow Curtice overseeing the disciplinary action.
Living Today by ARLIE 8. DAVIDSON offers six reflections on mindset and success. Worry is useless and harms progress. Confidence and persistence beat handicaps. Aim for better, move with your abilities. Do not worship money. seek inner contentment. Strive for finer things through work and responsibility. True success comes from insight, purpose, originality, and persistent method.
Anderson told Rotary members that auto dealers in manufacturing towns are endangered by factory discounts of 500 to 800 dollars, urging the audience to beware of buying from factory sources and noting examples of below invoice offers in the area.
After 21 years of service, Lake Orion dealer Anderson loses his Buick Pontiac and Chevrolet franchise. He meets GM executives including Curtice and Summerfield, argues over an Oxford speech dispute, and contemplates his next move while vowing to continue selling cars without a franchise.
Anderson recounted a phone call from Summerfield requesting a copy of his book. William Hufstader and Curtice pressed him to state what assurances General Motors has that no further speeches will be made and how they can be sure about his statements.
In a 1955 King Features Syndicate opinion piece, the writer argues immigration is a domestic matter affecting population and labor needs, not an instrument of foreign policy. He critiques Senator Clifton Case of New Jersey for linking migration to global diplomacy, and warns against basing policy on foreign pressures or electoral politics.
The recount notes Anderson, a GM dealer, was denied appeal three days after a confrontation over political loyalty. Curtice declares an end to the discussion while internal GM figures tilt toward McCarthyism.
Victor Riesel argues federal scrutiny and AFL CIO pressure could derail a merger between pro- Communist unions led by the United Electrical Workers and major AFL CIO bodies. He warns officials are negotiating with UE while the federal effort targets Soviet-affiliated labor leaders, and predicts a public push could deter the union merger within ten days.
Mrs Shirley Smith spent last week in Decatur with her daughter Mrs James Russell Lowery and son Corbine Smith. Rev and Mrs Eaton Stevenson visited sister Mrs Eunice Simpson who is ill near Aldridge Grove. Chalmas McLemore attended the cattle sale in Detatur. Friends of Mrs Clifford Speake mourn her return to Lavender Hospital after dismissal. Rev Meyers of Vinemont preached at the Baptist Church. Rev and Mrs Meyers dined with Mr and Mrs Alton Blankenship and supper with Mr and Mrs J W Dutton. Mr and Mrs Earl Wright and children visited Mr and Mrs R C Childers of Piney Grove. Mrs Felix Burchell, Mrs Viola Melson and daughter and Mrs Lawrence Kelsoe shopped in Hartselle. Friends of Miss Essie Pruitt of Indianapolis note her recovery from a serious operation. Mr and Mrs Lewis Key returned home after Mississippi trip. Mrs Marie Freeman visited Mrs Clifford Speake in Hartselle Thursday. Mrs Curtis Wilborne and children visited her parents Mr and Mrs Lonnie Kitchens in Hartselle. Tennis Teague, working in Florida, spent the weekend at home. Mrs Hilda Christian and daughter of Phoenix City returned home after visiting her mother Mrs Henry Hembree. Aaron Templeton of near Danville was a business visitor Saturday.
Israel's plastic industry comprises 70 factories making over 2,500 distinct items from simple plates to complex electrical molds, reflecting a broad manufacturing capability.
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