Selma Insurance Deaths Tainted by Poison Probe
Selma police disclosed two more deaths linked to Mary Perkins, a Selma woman charged with poisoning insurance beneficiaries. Fannie Kemp and Mary Merneer, both about 70, died at home this week from arsenic exposure suspected in the case. An autopsy was ordered for Kemp while Merneer’s autopsy confirmed arsenic. Perkins faces grand jury indictment with multiple insured victims, and she has filed a suit for a $1,000 policy payment on her son’s death.
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Selma
Mary Perkins
Perkins
Fannie Kemp
Mary Merneer
Capt
Wilson Baker
Merneer
Baker
Grand Pt Saavsel
Charles Perkins
Della Davis
Gloria Jean Montgomery
Circuit
Blanchard McLeod
McLeod
Charles Perkins Jr
Southern Life and Health Insurance Co
Birmingham
Tutwiler
Alabama Bond Amendments Drive For Waterfront Docks Endorsed
Limestone district votes on amendments authorizing bonds up to ten million dollars for Alabama dock projects. Amendment one passes 5977 to 1278 securing modern docks for Decatur after Florence and Huntsville terminals near completion. Other amendments pass with wide margins, while amendment 18 to abolish Macon County Negro population faces strongest opposition.
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Alabama
Florence
Huntsville
Tennessee River
Decatur
Number Four
Macon
Want ads and sales blurbs from a late classified page
Classified notices list an unfurnished three room rental with private bath and rear entrance, plus multiple sale offers. Hudson Homet car for sale, Nylon tires, and a Boston Bulldog puppy advertised. contact numbers are provided for each item.
Local Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Listed
A hospital column lists admissions for Fred Stipe at 608 7th Ave SW and several others including Donald Allred at 213 Spring Ave, J. W. Holland Ardmore, E Gibson Trinity, Miss Watha Ann Summerford Hartselle, Mrs. J. P. Campbell Decatur, Mrs. E. J. Magnusson Ardmore, Lonie Miller Decatur, and Carol Terry 401 Gordon Dr SW. Dismissals include Master Johnnie Benton 416 5th Ave SW, A W Billions 1309 6th Ave SE, H C Breeding Somerville, Master Carlos Case 1821 Wadsworth SE, Mrs Kedrick Legg and infant son 223 8th Ave NW, Cyrus Wolfe 1855 Sherman St SE, and C R Willard 605 Jackson St SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Clinic
Donald Allred
Spring Ave
J. W. Holland
Ardmore
E. Gibson
Trinity
Watha Ann Summerford
Hartselle
J. P. Campbell
Decatur
E. J. Magnusson
Johnnie Benton
5Th Ave
Betty K. Faulkner
8Th Ave
C. D. Bowling
Moulton
Eunice Terry
Howard Finchum
Jackson St
Tom Swatzell
Memorial Dr
List of Readers and Addresses in Alabama Paper
Master Thomas Webb OBrien and many others are listed with full street addresses in Alabama. The names include Watt, Bowie, Hill, Hardage, Franks, Gilbert, Sikorski, Cagle, Pike, Parrish, Peck, Faulkner, Bowling, Terry, Finchum, Swatzell, and others along with their residences. This appears to be a community notice or directory snippet from the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Webb O'Brien
Pennylane
James W. Watt
Mobile
Grace Ann Bowie
14Th Ave
James F. Hill
Moulton
Jimmy Hardage
Athens
William D. Franks
Redstone Pike
Huntsville
E. B. Gilbert, Jr
Decatur
Paul Sikorski
Cornelian Ct
Apts
Larry B. Cagle
19Th St
Elvie Pike
16Th Ave
Obituary Notices From Athens Limestone Hospital
Mrs. Robert McMahan of Elkmont Mrs. Duane Thomas and son of Athens Mrs. William Patrick and infant daughter of Athens Mrs. Sidney Campbell and infant son of Athens Mrs. Virgil Rogers of Athens Mrs. Jim Sentell of Elkmont Master Clellah Downs of Athens
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Athens Limestone Hospital
Robert McMahan
Elkmont
Duane Thomas
Admissions
William Patrick
Athens
Sidney Campbell
Virgil Rogers
Jim Sentell
Clellah Downs
Tornado Runs Through Illinois Killing Several in Murphysboro and Nearby Areas
A deadly tornado near Du Quoin and Farmington, Illinois, left at least one dead near Sunfield Y and a infant fatally injured near Farmington. In Murphysboro four deaths occurred in one family including Martha Butcher and three children. additional victims included Julia Marshall Bobby Marshall Brenda Joyce Johnson and Mrs Richard Menley. The storm toppled power lines and sparked fires along the Big Muddy River. Mount Vernon reported no fatalities.
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du Quoin
Ill
Farmington
Sunfield Y
James Carter
Robert Shannon
Murphysboro
Martha Butcher
Julia Marshall
Bobby Marshall
Brenda Joyce Johnson
Richard Menley
Big Muddy
Mount Vernon
Western Gardens
Limestone, Morgan vie for Alabama TB goal leaders
Limestone led with 82 percent of its goal in the statewide drive, Morgan County ranked second at 69 percent. Cherokee topped at 90 and Autauga at 88. both counties push to exceed last year’s totals, with Limestone seeking 4 742 and Morgan 7 201 as Christmas nears.
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Limestone
Alabama
Morgan
Cherokee
Autauga
Morgan County
John Eyster
Sherrill
Eyster
Alabama Tuberculosis Assn
Steele McGrew
University Center project to commence in January
Construction will start in January and finish in about 18 months. Plans include transferring the 1014 block area from the Birmingham Housing Authority to the university. Meetings with Dr. D. G. Gill will seek state Board of Health aid to obtain matching federal funds for a proposed 2.25 million nurses' home. The Medical Center properties total about 4 million dollars, with hospital, Hillman Clinic, nurses' home, basic science building, and dental school. The center has 4 million state money, over 1 million federal funds for the research building, and up to 10 million federal funds for the nurses' home.
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Birmingham Housing Authority
University
Berson
D. G. Gill
State Board of Health
Medical
University Hospital
Hillman Clinic
Nurses’ Home
Tall Jupiter ICBM Blasts Off Over East Florida Coast
An enormous 60 foot Jupiter ICBM rose from a launch stand amid fire, smoke, and floodlights, creating a sensational dusk takeoff that outshone the Atlas launch a day earlier. Officials hint at another IRBM test and a possible Thor launch.
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East Florida
America
Air Force
Thor
Fire destroys portion of cotton from moving truck
Firefighters from a local company near McCullough Walker Truck Lines at Moulton responded to a blaze on a southbound truck. Chief Elking said the cotton was tarpaulin covered and could have started from a cigarette or exhaust. Fire crews doused the bales and removed undamaged cotton for release.
Market Cotton Prices and Farm Product Quotes
Market reports list cotton values inch middling at 4.50 and Decatur loan 32.79. Cottonseed and milk prices noted with Grade A milk at 6.33 per hundred, four percent milk at 3.20, and related points. Grain and livestock prices cover wheat 1.60, No. 2 yellow and white corn and oats, soybeans, milo, and hogs with specific per hundred or per pound figures. Nearby stock market notes reference the New York listing, noting mixed moves and fractional gains and losses among major names like U S Steel, General Motors, Boeing, Du Pont, and others with 1957 context.
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Decatur
Bens
New York
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
Bethlehem
Republic
United Aircraft
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Texas Co
Loew’s
Westinghouse Electric
Central Electric
New York Central
Goodyear
U.S. Rubber
du Pont
Goodrich
U.S. Gypsum
Alabama and Georgia Live Poultry Markets Report
In Alabama the live poultry market shows adequate broiler and fryer offerings with slow to fair demand. some plants idle. Prices through Thursday morning show 2 to 3 percent increases at farms and higher levels at plants in North and Central Alabama. In North Georgia broilers and fryers are adequately offered with slow to fair demand and heavy trading. prices at farms and plants vary with 2 to 3 percent gains and multi-city listings.
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Poultry
Birmingham
Alabama
North Alabama
F.o.b
Central
Atlanta
North
Georgia
Eggs Market Steady to Firm in Birmingham Area
Market notes show steady to firm egg prices in Birmingham with supplies adequate in some areas and tight in others. Wholesale grades paid by deliverers include case-included pricing and minimum quality marks, with white and colored eggs reported across sizes from small to extra large.
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Birmingham
Livestock market reports from Nashville and Thomasville
In Nashville calf and hog prices around steady with mixed classes. Calves mainly 75 to 31 dollars for top lots. hogs 100 to 240 pounds quoted around 73 per hundred. In Thomasville receipts 3800, cattle sold No 1 2 3 grades 180-240 pounds, gilts 17.00-17.25, sows 11.25-15.00, mixed grades 16.00-17.75.
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Alabama
Nashville
Thomasville
Ville
Essica
Jere Cooper Dies at 64 in Washington
Representative Jere Cooper of Tennessee, longtime Ways and Means chair since 1955, died after a severe second heart attack at Bethesda Naval Hospital. His death shifts the chair to Wilbur Mills, with House Democrats numbering 230 to 200 plus five vacancies.
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Washington
Jere Cooper
D-Tenn
House
Ways and Means
Cooper
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Congress
Tennessee
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Here
Mary Rankley
Campbellsville
Leona Jere Cooper Jr
Dyersburg
Mills
House Democrats
Capitol Hill
Rayburn
Harvard Law School
NATO chiefs push arms co development and disarmament talks
The council endorsed stockpiling nuclear warheads for defense and placing intermediate missiles under allied European command. They urged coordinated research and production of modern arms in Europe, supported Middle East sovereignty, Africa cooperation, and pushed disarmament talks with Russia within the UN framework despite Soviet resistance in the five-nation subcommittee.
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NATO
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Free World
Indonesia
United Nations
Soviet Union
Russia
U.N. Assembly
Assembly
Shrine Club honors wives at Ladies Night meeting
Decatur Shrine Club held its annual Ladies Night at the Country Club with 189 attendees. Dewey Massey of Athens spoke on Speakers and a luncheon and favors accompanied the event followed by a dance with music from the Henry Lang Orchestra of Moulton.
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Decatur Shrine Club
Country Club
Dewey Massey
Athens
Henry Lang
Moulton
Amendment One Holds Big Edge in Statewide Referendum
Tuesday's referendum results show Amendment One leading with large margins across eight amendments. Ballot No. 1 docks bond issue attracted 83,224 for and 35,764 against. other measures include higher interest ceilings for mental hospital bonds and university medical center improvements with sizable support and opposition counts.
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Birmingham
University of Alabama Medical Center
Alabama Polytechnic
Institute Farm Research
Tuberculosis Sanitoria
TVA power needs and rate disparities spark regulatory call
Oakes argues for regulation as TVA area must meet future power needs. He cites large rate gaps between industrial users and Atomic Energy Commission charges, and notes Union Carbide in Sheffield Alabama buys TVA power for little more than coal in Pennsylvania. He criticizes Congress bond bills for lacking territorial limits while TVA spans 80,000 square miles across seven states.
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TVA
Oakes
Atomic Energy Commission
Union Carbide Corp
Sheffield
Ala
Pennsylvania
Congress
Tennessee River
Limestone County sees ginned cotton drop in 1957
Limestone County Agent F. K. Agee said 1957 ginning totaled 18 658 bales with a net loss of 9 082. He noted much cotton ginned in Limestone came from Lawrence County and some from Tennessee due to rain damage and available ginning equipment. He doubted price differences caused the decline and said some cotton was also sent out of Limestone for ginning.
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Limestone County
F. K. Agee
Lawrence County
Tennessee
Agee
Morgan County sheriff's office arrests two suspects
The Morgan County sheriff's department arrested two people yesterday. One on a charge of disposing of mortgaged property and the other on a charge of malicious injury to property.
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Morgan County Sheriff's Department
Lions Club Christmas Party in Cullman
District Diary reports a Lions Club Christmas party at Lorenz dining hall with about 100 attendees and wives as honored guests. Dr J C Below led the program.
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Cullman
Ala
The
Lions Club
Lorenz Dinning Hall
J. C. Below
Funeral services for Mrs Levia Snider in Moulton Alabama
Mrs Levia Snider aged 70 died at her home in Moulton Alabama. Funeral services will be announced later by Reynolds Funeral Home. Also note a salt mine post office located hundreds of feet below the surface of Wesliczka Poland.
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Levia Snider
Moulton
Ala
Reynolds Funeral Home
Wesliczka
Poland
Rape Suspect On Stand Today in McCurley Case
Jimmy E. McCurley faces testimony as the rape trial proceeds. The 17 year old, pregnant wife and her husband testified that McCurley and Elmer Ray Brown raped her twice each on Nov 15. Brown to be tried after McCurley.
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Mobile
Jimmy E. McCurley
McCurley
Elmer Ray Brown
Brown
Harry Seale
Circuit Court
Maxine
Lula McCurley
Prichard
Birth Announcements in Decatur General Hospital Stream
Mr. and Mrs. James Sims at 2001 College St welcomed a son yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Terry of Decatur 1 welcomed a daughter yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Hughes of 1515 Riverview welcomed a son yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hinz of 711 5th Ave SE welcomed a son yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Brewer of 8th St Seton Ave welcomed a daughter today at Nungester Clinic.
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James Sims
College St
Decatur General Hospital
Leroy Terry
Decatur 1
Phillip Hughes
Riverview
Joe Hinz
5Th Ave
Howard Brewer
St. Seton Ave
Nungester Clinic
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Pudson
Buschs
Keystone
Lifetime Guerantes
Jewelers — Opticians
Fred Stipe
7Th Ave
Lonie Miller
Baty Carol Terry
Gordon Dr
William H. Parrish
Stewart Peck
Seton Ave
Bank Street Hospital
Con New York
Acme Steel
Greyhound
Am Baker
Kaiser al
Can
Kress Am Smelt
Lehman
LOF Glass
T&t
Ligg & My
Am Tob
Loew's
Armour
Lorillard Armst Ck
Jou & Nash
Atchison
Minute Maid
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Mont Ward
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Cater Trace (Jc
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Philip Colg Palm Sia
Regis P
Crane
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Crue
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Erie RR
Swift
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Pc&o
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den Fox
UN OW Cal
Gen Dynam
UN Pac
Elec
Aire
Gen Foods
Fruit Gen Mills
U. 8. Steel
Gen Mils
Warner B Pic
West
UN Tel
Gen Tel Westy A Bk
A Pac Cp Westy
Glidden Woolworth
Cotton
Shrine Club
Uilimale
Priceville
Robert Skidmore
Paul Waddell
Jimmy Price
Kenny Thompson
H. M. Henderson
Town Creek
Plainview
Plainview Pta
Sue Hammers
Sarah Voer A
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City Council
Decatur Utilities Board
Joe Wheeler
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