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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1956
Page
1
Community groups host Christmas events and local notices
Decatur groups collect books for TB Sanatorium patients and present a Christmas program at Cave Springs Baptist Church. Falkville Baptist Church also hosts a Christmas program directed by Mr and Mrs Comer Jenkins. Local car crash reports, court actions, permits, and a meat market schedule are listed along with a PTA meeting date and holiday shopping center proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Cave Springs Baptist Church
Falkville Baptist Church
Comer Jenkins
W. T. Lewis
Nixon and Austrian Leaders Discuss Hungarian Refugees
Vice President Nixon met Chancellor Julius Raab and most of Austria’s cabinet for about ninety minutes to review hard facts on the 140,000 Hungarian refugees. Authorities say Australia will spend over seven million dollars on refugees by Jan 1, while Austria seeks U S help to bear the burden and resettle more evacuees. New arrivals reported border access difficulties as 688 Hungarians crossed last night versus over a thousand previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Nixon
Julius Raab
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Austria
Seal Sales Top Record In Morgan County Campaign
The Morgan County Christmas Seal drive beats the 1953 record of about $6,300 with $212 more in sales this campaign. Total to date stands above $6,400 toward a $4,700 county quota. Meredith Woodall, sale chairman, notes steady contributions expected to rise until after Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Meredith Woodall
Sale
Damaged Drugs Stolen In New York
Police recovered a stolen tractor trailer on a Manhattan street twelve hours after it vanished from a city loading platform. The shipper reported 730 cartons of damaged vaccines and antitoxins were loaded. only 15 cartons remained on the truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Sea of Fog Closes U S Air Terminals
A 1000 mile wide sea of fog grounded most central U S air traffic. The Weather Bureau in Chicago traced the pall from western Iowa to Pittsburgh as Christmas travel neared its peak. Chicago's Midway and O’Hare airports reported minimal movement and Meigs Field remained closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Iowa
Pittsburgh
Midway Airport
O'Hare Field
Meigs Field
Blind Twins Die In Wisconsin Trailer Fire
Twin brothers Harold and Gerry Gruetzmacher both born blind and their 3 month old sister Jo Ann died in a house trailer fire in Black Creek Wisconsin. The mother survived with minor burns while the father was away at work. Autopsy ordered and state fire marshal investigation underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Creek
Wis
Harold
Gerry Gruetzmacher
Jo Ann
Harold Gruetzmacher
Outagamie County
Bernard H. Kemps
Donald Schwister
Kemps
Earl Schwabe
Bids On Hospital Well Over Money Now Available
Morgan County hospital board and the Board of Revenue and Control met to plan a joint session with the city to address a $140 000 shortfall in funds for Decatur General Hospital. Two bids exceed the maximum $1 160 000 and options include seeking county and city aid or revising plans to save government funds. The meeting is set for December 27 at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Hospital Board
County Board of Revenue and Control
City of
Decatur
Hospital Board i
Decatur General Hospital
Arthur Lucas
Fred Hunt, Jr
Hospital Board
Board of Revenue and Control
City Hall
Eas
Lucas and
Hunt
Four Injured In Morgan Road Two-Car Crash
A two car collision on County Road 21 near Hart selle injured four people at 7 30 a m. Allen L Robinson 65 Hart selle was admitted to Hartselle Hospital in satisfactory condition. Howard H Anders 33 and Howard B Anders 34 both of Hart selle and James Robinson 29 of Hart selle were treated and discharged. The elder Robinson suffered a fractured left shoulder and scalp lacerations. James Robinson had head and face injuries. The Anders brothers sustained various cuts and a knee injury with both drivers identified as Monroville regional residents. Highway Patrolman Abe Parrish investigated and said the Ford driven by H H Anders collided with the Plymouth driven by H B Anders after the Plymouth pulled onto the road from Collins School Road. The impact ejected Allen Robinson from the Plymouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Allen L. Robinson
Howard H. Anders
Howard B. Anders
James Robinson
Robinson
H. H. Anders
H. B. Anders
Abe Parrish
Ford
Plymouth
Collins School Rd
Parrish
Allen Robinson
Weather and River Report for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River at Kelier Memorial Bridge reads 15.99 feet with a 0.25 foot 24 hour rise. Yesterday's high 63 and low 40. today 61 at 7 30 a.m. and 71 at 11 a.m. Rain 0.05 inches in the last 24 hours. Forecast: mainly cloudy mild with scattered showers today and tonight. High 65 today, 65 Saturday. lows 55 tonight. Legal waterfowl hours Saturday 6 22 a.m. to 4 10 p.m. and Sunday 6 23 a.m. to 4 11 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee River
Kelier Memorial Bridge
Nehru Maintains Opposition to Military Pacts
India’s Prime Minister Nehru closes a six day U S visit still opposing collective security pacts as a path to world peace. He heads to Ottawa for weekend talks with Prime Minister Louis St Laurent after a New York stop where he urged peaceful solutions to Hungary and Middle East tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
India
Nehru
Royal Canadian Air Force
Ottawa
Louis St. Laurent
Hungary
Middle East
United Nations General Assembly
Assn
Athens Ponders Bids On School
Athens City Board of Education reviews four contractor bids for a new junior high school. Chambers Lumber Co. of Athens submitted the lowest total bid of 476000 for auditorium classrooms science lab library and offices. Supt Julian Newman will study bids and present to city council before action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
U S Today Warns of Holiday Traffic Danger
U S Today reports seven billion miles will be driven during the four day Christmas weekend with 45 million cars on the road. The National Safety Council estimates a record 660 traffic deaths unless drivers and pedestrians exercise unprecedented caution during the period starting tonight and ending Tuesday midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Value Set On Lawrence School Property In Moulton
A three man board of appraisers values 47.6 acres at 3345 dollars as the site for a new Lawrence County High School. The condemned land lies in southwest Moulton along Wren Road and was chosen after a state survey. The county board of education will discuss the matter at its next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Lawrence County
County Board of Education
British French End POW Exchange At Suez Port Said
British and French forces completed two final actions before departure at Port Said. The British French handed over 386 Egyptian prisoners of war to U N troops and Egyptians surrendered 450 British civilians to U N troops who ferried them by train into the buffer zone near El Cap south of Port Said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Said
Egypt
Suez Canal
U.N
el Cap
N J Town Seeks Second Firebug
In Trenton police hunt a second arsonist after two church fires broke out within hours of a man’s arrest on earlier fire crimes. Reinforcements and plain clothes officers guard churches while the priest at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church helped chase a man who fled in a car, noting part of its license plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N.J
Michael Zaparyniuk
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church
N. J
Six Air Crashes Fatal To Eight
Six air crashes near California to New Jersey claim eight lives with several named victims. U S Steel executive Alden Roach, 55, of San Francisco, and crewmen Ray Rollo and L T Williams die when a twin engine plane explodes near Tyrone Pennsylvania. Also missing a two man jet disappears after takeoff from Idlewild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
California
Pennsylvania
U. S. Steel Corp
Tyrone
Steel
U. S. Steel
Alden Roach
San Francisco
Columbia-Geneva Steel Division
Ray Rollo
Los Angeles
L. T. Williams
Sunland
Calif
Greater Pittsburgh
Idlewild
Aiport
N.Y
Robert Walker
San Leandro
San Francisco Bay
Mays Landing
N.J
Navy
Owosso
Mich
Thomas Warren
Columbus
Ohio
Teenager May Have Killed Self Believing She Let Baby Die
A 14-year-old girl from Queens ran away after leaving a note claiming she removed a pillow from her infant sister’s face and that the baby died. She feared her father would kill her. authorities later found the 4-month-old Carol healthy in her crib.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Margaret Julie Mizzi
Queens
Joseph Mizzi
Carol
Julie
Pedicap
Montgomery Bus Desegregation Begins Without Major Incident
Desegregation of Montgomery city buses began smoothly today under a federal court order. Negro riders sat where they chose while white passengers moved to rear seats. no violence reported though observers noted tense moments as four cars followed the downtown stop. Clergy and leaders praised the transition and bus drivers were described as courteous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
M. L. King Jr
Ralph D. Abernathy
W.J. Powell
King
Abernathy
Linda Russell
Ursula Henry
Missile program sparks West Coast concentration concern
Rep Huddieston warns long range missile work at Redstone Arsenal could concentrate rocket projects on the West Coast. In Tennessee, a Clifton pilot missing since Dec 2 is identified as Walter Overton 36 after his body is recovered from the Tennessee River near Wright Community. Rep O Kinski notes Tito invites to visit, Tito accepts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Huddieston
D-Ala
Redstone Arsenal
Florence
Clifton, Tenn
Tennessee
Lauderdale County
Earl Romine
Wright Community
Walter Overton
Government reports small rise in November living costs
The government today reported a one tenth of one percent increase in the consumer cost index for November. This pushed the overall index to the fifth peak reached during the 1956 climb, signaling ongoing inflation pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Government Today
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Steve
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J. R. Shown
James D. Garner
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Ronald David
6Th Ave. SE
William Stanley Alexander
Courtland
Jimmy F. Reeder
Decatur Transit Co
City Recorder’s Court
Henry Lindsey
Annie Poe
Wilson St
Second Ave
City Park
Lennie O. Johnson
Decatur 2
Clyde Smith
19Th Ave
Decatur Curb
Moulton Heights
Quilla Reed
Ramon Royer
Buckley
Santa
Paris
Champs Elysees
U. S
N. Y
Morgan Road
Decatur and Vicinity
Mamie
Mamie Eisenhower
Lawrence
N.J. Town
O’konski
R-Wis
Marshal Tito of
Yugoslavia
Tito
By Ken Reynold
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