Community Christmas Aid and Local Notices Roundup
Local groups coordinate Christmas baskets with Salvation Army as clearing house. Decatur Shrine Club hosts Ladies Night at the country club while Legion Auxiliary and Home Demonstration Club hold season events. City court reports traffic violations and building permits batch. a cafe break in is investigated. two-car collision reported with no injuries.
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Decatur Shrine Club
Wesley Mott
Salvation Army
Austinville
Catherine Johnson
Summer Ave
Eero
Area Counties Back State Trend In Alabama Vote
Unofficial results from yesterday show Cullman Lawrence and Limestone counties aligning with the state on the first six amendments number 18 and 23. Cullman defeated a proposal to shift road construction authority from state to county with 2106 against 1564. Lawrence reported full tabulations with low turnout about 850 of 9684. Limestone had scant returns nine boxes and about 450 voters.
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Alabama
Cullman Lawrence
Limestone
Cullman County
Lawrence County
Lawrence
Macon County
Voters Approve Millions For Docks Hospitals Education
Alabama voters approve eight state wide amendments funding docks hospitals and education amid light turnout. Bond issues range from 10 million for docks to 4.5 million for medical center and farm research, with margins listed for and against across 1690 of 2700 polling places.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Stae
Alabama Polytechnic Institute Farm Research
Four Negro Children Seek Admission to White Schools
Four Negro children asked the U S District Court to order their admission to white schools and to declare Alabama's School Placement Act invalid. They are among 13 who sought admittance last September in the case across the state.
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Birmingham
U.S. District Court
Alabama
Weather and River Report for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River stage at Keller Memorial Bridge reads 16.70 feet, down .25 feet in 24 hours, sea level at 551 feet. Yesterday’s high was 67, low 53, today’s 59 at 10:35 a.m. Forecast: mostly cloudy and warm with scattered showers, southeast winds 8 to 15 mph. today’s high 67, tonight’s low 55, tomorrow’s high near 67. Legal waterfowl shooting times listed for Thursday and Friday windows.
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Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Voters Endorse Abolition Of Macon County In Alabama
In yesterdays election voters approved a measure to abolish Macon County to curb Negro influence and join its territory to neighboring counties. The 51 478 to 36 820 count favored the amendment amid a low turnout.
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Macon
Deep South
Tuskegee
Tuskegee Institute
Famous Negro College
Sam Engelhardt
Bullock County
Alabama Assn. of
Citizens Councils
UF To Nominate New Officers
A seven member Morgan County nominating committee led by J B Hewitt will meet Thursday at 2 pm in the city electric auditorium to nominate 20 new directors and officers for the Morgan County United Fund for the coming year. They will name a president three vice presidents a treasurer and a secretary for three year terms with six directors from local communities and one from each listed area. The committee includes Luther Roberts Frank Troup Ralph Agee B G Hall Jack Hoffhaus and Mrs John Collier. A later meeting will announce the committee’s recommendations.
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Morgan
Basham's
Penn's
Dipping Springs
Mt. Zion
Hewitt
Luther Roberts
Frank Troup
Ralph Agee
Decatur
B. G. Hall
Jack Hoffhaus
Hartselle
John Collier
Priceville
of Morgan County United Fund
Seal Sales to Date by County
Summary of county seal sales totals toward a goal with Cullman at 2 267 05 dollars reaching 65 percent Lawrence shows 400 00 and Limestone 3 010 02 at 94 percent Morgan reports 5 111 75 with 4 unspecified percent.
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Date
Tally of bond and measure results across Macon County
Latest tally shows No. 18 2780 boxes in Macon County with 54,808 for and 38,603 against. Bond measures include Docks 79,489 for 34,385 against Deaf-blind 100,654 for 17,429 against Mental hospital 98,526 for 18,054 against Medical school 93,639 for 22,019 against Auburn research 89,852 for 23,155 against Hospital Int 84,547 for 24,408 against Health centers 58,774 for 27,187 against Town debt limits 47,100 for 36,760 against No 7 Mobile school bonds 32,512 for 12,831 against.
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Macon County
Mental Hospital
Medical School
Auburn Research
Morgan Voters Approve All 25 Amendments
Morgan County voters support all 25 statewide amendments in a Decatur Morgan election with 75 boxes reporting 2419 ballots among about 18000 eligible. Amendment 1 funds river docks and education got up to 18 to 1. Amendment 2 for Talladega school facilities led with 2268 to 181. Amendment 18 to abolish Macon County passed Morgan 1293 to 580 amid racial balance noted at 7 to 1 in Macon County context.
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Decatur
Morgan County
Talladega School For the
Macon County
Morgan
Council Okehs Expansion Plans On Two Fronts
Decatur city council approved plans to expand the water system capacity by 50 percent and authorized up to 150000 for electric service expansion beyond city limits. Water facilities will rise from 8 to 12 million gallons daily with two new storage tanks and new transmission lines at an estimated cost of about 2120000.
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City Electric Department
Water Department
Polglaze and Basenberg
Birmingham
Municipal Utilities Board
Polglaze and
Basenberg
Atlas missile flies 600 miles on first long range test
Cape Canaveral reports the Air Force Atlas missile soared over 600 miles out over the Atlantic on its initial long distance test flight. The craft reached altitude above 80 miles and landed in a preselected area though not recovered. Maj. Gen. Yates said the mission was 95 percent successful and emphasized learning from failures.
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ATLAS
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force Atlas
Atlantic
Donald N. Yates
Air Force Missile Test Center
Defense Department
Yates
Bernard A. Schriever
Clarence Irvine
Army
Schriever
Johnson urges Americans to spend days and nights on space lead
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson calls for all-out effort to outpace the Soviet Union in missiles and space science. He notes an inquiry into the space weapons program and warns the nation to act with urgency while hearings resume January 6.
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Johnson
Washington
Lyndon ‘B. Johnson
D-Tex
Russia
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Texas
Senate
NATO agrees to base U S missiles in Europe at summit
At the NATO summit in Paris fifteen nations agreed to base U S made nuclear missiles in Europe defying Russian warnings The decision awaits final approval by heads of government and hinges on individual countries accepting the weapons The plan was tied to a broader push for a cold war truce and new disarmament efforts with NATO officials to advise on which nations receive missiles
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John M. Hightower
Paris
North Atlantic
Europe
United States
U.S
Eisenhower
Dulles
Konrad Adenauer
Einar Gerhardsen
Hans Christian Hansen
Denmark
NATO
Franz Josef Strauss
Lauris Norstad
Robertson Named Morgan ASC Office Manager
D M Robertson of Vinemont in Morgan County was chosen as the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office manager effective December 30. He replaces Tommy V James who resigns December 27. Robertson, county field supervisor in Cullman County, will observe Morgan office then assume duties. six applied, two disqualified for age.
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Hartselle
D. M. Robertson
Vinemont 3
Ala
Morgan County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Robertson
Tommy V. James
Cullman County
ASC
J. N. Cook
Morgan
Cook
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Seventh Ave
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William Tiller
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Bank St
City Recorder’s
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J. M. Baker
Moulton St. W
Dan Lawrence
Pennylane SE
Garlin Cheatham
Morgan St. SW
Wood Lumber Co
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Second Ave
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Athens 7
Virginia C. Smith
Eighth Ave
District No. 1
Wmsl-Tv
Volunteer Hospital Service Club
Talladega Institute For Deaf and Blind
University of Alabama Medical Center
Britain
Greece
Turkey
Paul-Henri Spaak
Cyprus
Albany, Ga
Turner Field Base Hospital
Turner Field
Tusegee Assn
Maton County Bar Assn
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Montgomery
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