Decatur sailor recalls year in Antartica deep freeze
Navy Radioman First Class William E Lowe, 22, returned home on 60 day leave after a year at Byrd Station as part of Operation Deep Freeze No 2. He described tunnels under snow, shortages of food and timber, brutal blizzards, and the crew fighting isolation while awaiting supplies and enduring hazardous conditions.
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Decatur
Navy
Wiliam E. Lowe
Antarctica
Curtis Hester
9Th Ave
Lowe
McMurdo Sound
Byrd Station
Little America
Air Force
Antarctic
Byrd
Senator Monroney to push federal auto safety commission
Sen. Monroney plans to sponsor a bill creating a presidential commission to reduce highway deaths and injuries. The commission would standardize crash reporting, study data, and advise on uniform codes, interstate licenses, better construction, and car safety features. He cites 1,223,591 highway deaths from 1903 to last September.
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Washington
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Monroney
Eva High School Names Juanita Hill Good Citizen Girl
Juanita Hill, senior and student leader at Eva High School in Falkville, is named Good Citizenship Girl. She serves as president of Future Teachers of America and county historian of Future Homemakers, business manager of the annual staff, associate editor of the school paper, and secretary treasurer of the Beta Club. She enjoys photography and plans to become a home economics teacher after college. The award is sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Eva High School
Juanita Hill
J. A. Hill
Falkville 1
Juanita
Eva
Future Teachers of America
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Martha Stewart
Morgan County
Lester Wooten
Huntingdon College
Montgomery
Col. Ohn Robbins
Miss Stewart
Huntingdon
Woman Seeks Alimony From Bishop Grace in Federal Court
In Washington a woman testifies she married Bishop C M Grace 24 years ago seeking alimony and support for a daughter. Grace denies the marriage and claims he was abroad on Sept 26 1923. The trial, before Judge Alexander Holtzhoff, resumes Monday with Grace’s followers in attendance.
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Washington
C. M
Daddy
Cullman Churches Plan Christmas Music Programs
Cullman Alabama churches schedule Christmas music through December 25 with services today by First Methodist soloists and choirs at 5 pm, First Presbyterian pageant at 7 pm, Christ Lutheran candlelight at 7 30 pm, Grace Episcopal midnight service at 11 15 pm, Seventh Street Baptist cantata at 7 15 pm, St Johns Evangelical Reform cantata at 10 30 am, and Holy Communion at 6 am Christmas morning.
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Cullman
Ala
First Methodist Church
R. E. Williams
James Call
Bonnie James
First Presbyterian Church
Christ English Lutheran Church
Jesus
Grace Episcopal Church
Seventh Street Baptist Church
St. John’s Evangelical and Reform Church
Mrs. Alldredge's Last Rites Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Tressie Alldredge 47 of Falkville are set for 2 p m at Union Hill near Eva with burial in Union Hill cemetery Peck of Hartselle directing Rev Hugh Collins officiating She was a member of Falkville Methodist Church Surviving husband Eu nice Alldredge one daughter Linda Faye Alldredge two sons Basil Alldredge and James Alldredge and her mother
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Hartselle
Tressie Alldredge
Falkville 1
Union Hill
Eva
Peck
Hugh Collins
Falkville Methodist Church
Eunice Alldredge
Falkville
Linda Faye~ Alldredge
Basil Alldredge
James Alldredge
Akron
Mt Hope Scene Of 3 Break-Ins
In Mt Hope and nearby Hickory Grove Lawrence County sheriff reports three break ins. Two Mt Hope stores and the post office were entered with cash and cigarets taken from the stores. A Hickory Grove store also reported losses. No suspects named and and the post office break in investigated by postal inspector H B Raley.
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Moulton
Ala
Lawrence County
Franklin Smith
Smith
Mt. Hope
Hickory Grove
Roy Whitman
Ed Young
L. P. Hopkin
H. B. Raley
Decatur
Limestone County clergy dine at Athens hospital luncheon
Athens Limestone Hospital hosted a monthly luncheon for clergy from Limestone County churches. Rev E L McFee led the meeting with attending pastors from First Baptist First Presbyterian First Christian St Timothy's Athens Sardis Springs Bethlehem Methodist Round Island Baptist Isom’s Chapel Methodist and others. The hospital auxiliary served the meal and Thomas L Qualey acted as host. Future meetings will feature film showings.
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Athens
Limestone County
Athens-Limestone Hospital
E. L. McFee
First Methodist Church
Earle Trent
J. M. Ray
First Baptist Church
Robert Knibbs
First Presbyterian Church
Frank E. Davis
First Christian Church
J. O. Bodley
St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church
John Crawford
Sardis
Springs Baptist Church
Don N. Smitherman
Bethlehem Methodist Church
Ray Green
Round Island Baptist Church
Ragan Boling
Isom’s Chapel Methodist Church
Claude Bonner
Woman’s
Thos. L. Qualey
Mrs Jimmie Bradford Funeral Set Monday
Mrs Jimmie David Bradford 72 died Friday at Decatur General Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services are scheduled Monday at 2 PM at Moulton Heights Baptist Church with Rev W H Queenberry and Rev Milford Walker officiating. Burial will be in Rose Lawn Cemetery. Brown Funeral Home directing. Survivors include husband Charles H Bradford three daughters Marveline Whitmire Suggs and one more, two sons Tobe and Rice, brother Howell Phillips of Scottsboro Alabama four grandchildren. Pallbearers named Lamon Suggs Alexander Adcock Goslin Sims.
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Jimmie David Bradford
Decatur General Hospital
Decatur 1
Moulton Heights Baptist Church
W. H. Queenberry
Milford Walker
Roselawn
Brown Funeral Home
Charles H. Bradford
Marveline Bradford
C. B. Whitmire
Robert Suggs
Tobe and
Rice
Howell Phillips
Scottsboro
Ala
Guy Lamon
Flavel Suggs
Riley Alexander
Thomas Adcock
James Goslin
Pickins Sims
Runge Family Mourns. Services Set in Falkville Area
Mrs Bessie Runge of Falkville is survived by one sister Mrs Opal Reed of Gadsden one brother Reuben Runge of Birmingham and six grandchildren Pallbearers listed as Melvin Dunaway Rufus Willams John D Robinson James Douglas Ellis Hill and Earl McCaig.
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Bessie Runge
Falkville 2
Opal Reed
Gadsden
Reuben Runge
Birmingham
Melvin Dunaway
Rufus Willams
John D. Robinson
James Douglas
Ellis Hill
Earl McCaig
Home for Christmas Marine PFC Pope on Leave
Marine PFC Howard Leon Pope son of Mr and Mrs W B Pope Elkport Mont is home on leave for Christmas. He enlisted in December 1956 and completed aviation school at Jacksonville Florida and aviation structure school at Memphis. He is stationed at Marine Corps Air Station New River North Carolina as a helicopter mechanic.
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Howard Leon Pope
Pope
Elkmont 2
Marine Corps
Jacksonville
Fla
Memphis
Marine Corps Air Station
New River
N.C
Huntsville Worker Dies After Roof Fall at Church
A 31 year old man Gordon E Steele fell from the roof of the First Methodist Church in Huntsville while painting and died shortly after at a local hospital. He plunged about 50 feet to a concrete sidewalk and was fatally injured.
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Huntsville
Gordon E. Steele
First Methodist
Antarctic Size and Elevation Figures Noted
Antarctica covers about five and a half million square miles with an average altitude near 9 200 feet above sea level at the South Pole.
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Antarctica
South Pole
Petroleum needs of a modern four member family
A contemporary four person household requires roughly 3,212 gallons of petroleum per year for direct use and manufacturing of personal goods.
Gaither Report to be reviewed by National Security Council
White House announced a top level review of the Gaither Report on U S defense position may be presented to President Eisenhower on Monday. Press Secretary Hagerty said the document blends material from defense agencies with analysis and recommendations from eminent civil figures. The report originated as a shelter survey but expanded into a nationwide defense assessment with calls for large defense budget increases through 1970.
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Gaither
America
White House
Eisenhower
National Security Council
James C. Hagerty
Defense
Washington Post
United States
Hagerty
Russia
Study Commission
H. Rowan Gaither
San Francisco
Ford Foundation
William C. Foster
Olin-Mathieson Chemical Corp
Robert C. Sprague
The
Sprague Electric Co
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