Red Cross office hours and local incident notes
The Red Cross office closes Tuesday at noon and reopens Friday morning. Emergency calls should use EL 3 3652 or EL 3 6322 if needed. A 19 year old woman was discharged from Decatur General Hospital after reportedly drinking insecticide Real Kill. A River Fish Market break in with a rear window noted. nothing missing. Marvin Clemons was treated for a shotgun wound and is in critical condition at Decatur General Hospital. No traffic wrecks reported by Highway Patrol in the past 24 hours. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Martin plan to spend holidays in Mobile. A window at Southern Cafe was broken during the weekend. nothing missing. Building permits issued for five rooms and bath at two addresses. one shed enclosure. City court docket includes intoxicated on public street and other offenses. Frank Burks recovering after an appendectomy. in Cullman. Morgan County jail records list 17 on weekend including public drunkenness and reckless driving.
Air France Plane Crashes at Orly Airport
An Air France four engine airliner collided with an airport building while maneuvering on the ground at Orly before takeoff to London. No injuries were reported. The airline cited brake trouble and said 49 passengers were transferred to another plane.
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Paris
Air France
Orly
London
President Meets With Advisers Plans Report
President Eisenhower conferred with the National Security Council and prepared a radio television report tonight on the NATO Paris meeting. Secretary Dulles will join from notes as Hagerty described the discussion and the Gaither report’s context.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National Security Council
NATO
Paris
Dulles
White House
James C. Hagerty
Security Council
Hagerty
Council
Gaither
United States
H. Rowan Gaither
San Francisco
Russia
NATO Chiefs of State
U. S
Europe
United Nations
Cbs-Tv
UAW Detective Found Drowned in Lake St Clair
Ralph Winstead a 64 year old UAW investigator and key trial witness disappeared December 15 while walking on the ice near his home in St. Clair Shores Michigan. His body was found in Lake St Clair four blocks away and autopsy ruled accidental drowning.
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ST. Clair Shores
Mich
Ralph Winstead
United Auto Workers
Lake St. Clair
Winstead
Union
Detroit
Richard Olson
Pontiac
Macomb County
Raymond C. Markle
UAW
Carl Renda
Walter P. Reither
Walter M. Nelson
Renda
Donald Ritchie
Windsor
Ont
G. Ritchie
Jet bomber capable of over 2000 mph ordered for prototype
The Air Force announced it has ordered the development of a jet bomber with transcontinental range exceeding 2000 miles per hour. North American Aviation will build prototypes, but no quantity production contract is in place yet.
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Washington
Air Force
North American Aviation
Weekend Tragedy Claims Nine in Alabama
The weekend brought nine deaths in Alabama from rural and urban crashes. Among the victims was Assistant Attorney General Robert Grady Kilgore Jr., 43, who died when his car left Highway 69 near Jasper while he visited family for Christmas.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Robert Grady Kilgore Jr
Jasper
Kilgore
Dana, G
Charles Coggin
Highway 69
Atlantic Coast Line
Ozark
Weather and River Report for Decatur Area
Tennessee River stage at Keller Memorial Bridge rises to 186.45 feet with a 0.21 foot gain in 24 hours. High yesterday reached 63 degrees, low 44. Today’s 10 15 a.m. reading 62. Forecast calls for partly cloudy and mild conditions with showers possible through Tuesday morning, then clearing and cooler. Winds: south 12 to 20 mph shifting to NW. Legal waterfowl shooting times listed for Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Decatur
Keller Memorial Bridge
McElroy Makes Good Impression on Democrats
Secretary of Defense McElroy, two months in office, wins Democratic support by lifting overtime limits and restoring funds to missile programs. He pushes continued development of Jupiter and Thor IRBMs, aims to streamline Pentagon rules, and seeks about a billion dollars in immediate funding, potentially quelling criticism from Senate Democrats led by Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Jack Bell
Washington
McElroy
Eisenhower’ Administration
Russia
Congress
Defense Department
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Johnson
Subcommittee
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Thor
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Hope Seems Slim For 28 Seamen Missing In Narva Disaster
Rescue officials held slim hope for 28 crew members missing after the Narva sank in a North Sea storm during a mercy mission. RAF planes resumed dawn searches for survivors of the 1,991 ton Dutch owned freighter from Aberdeen to Sweden, near Sta vanger area.
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Scotland
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Norway
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Kirdkleness
Kincardineshire
Geln and Co
Gein ruled incompetent to stand trial in Wisconsin murder case
Circuit Judge Herbert A. Bunde ordered a sanity hearing for Edward Gein after authorities reported he is not competent for trial. Gein remains at Central State Hospital with an extended stay, facing first degree murder charges for the Nov. 16 slaying of Bernice Worden and related mutilations.
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Herbert A. Bunde
Central State Hospital For
Edward Gein
Plainfield
Bunde
Gein
Bernice Worden
Mary. Hogan
Annual Morgan County United Fund Meeting Planned
The Morgan County United Fund invites all contributors to its annual membership meeting on December 30 at 2:30 PM in the city electric auditorium, Decatur. The group will hear annual reports, elect 20 new directors, and nominate officers for the coming year.
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Morgan County United Fund
City Electric
Decatur
United Fund
Finnual
Ancing
Bus Plunges Over Cliff Killing Fifteen in Colombia
A bus fell off a mountain road near Medellin on the Cali bound route killing 15 passengers and injuring 10 as they traveled to celebrate Christmas. Police and rescuers worked at the scene to recover bodies and aid the injured.
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Medellin
Colombia
Cali
Vikki Comes Home To Love Laughter
BESSEMER Ala Vikki Hollowell 17 ran away on Wednesday fearing her parents would take her dog Jinx a collie. She was found hitchhiking at Marion North Carolina and brought back by a cousin after insisting she could keep Jinx.
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Bessemer
Ala
Vikki Hollowell
Jinx
Marion
N. C
Penn House Cherry at Robinson's on Second Avenue
Designed made finish just right. Advertisement note listing Penn and House Cherry at Robinsons on Second Avenue for display or purchase.
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Penn
Bombings Rock Pinar del Rio as Cuba Sees Christmas Terrors
A wave of blasts hit Pinar del Rio province in western Cuba, with fifteen explosions shaking the city over 48 hours. No fatalities or injuries reported, but eight buildings including Banco del Caribe suffered damage as twenty people were arrested.
Coal Seams Found on Antarctic Glacier
Two New Zealand geologists of the Antarctic expedition report six coal seams exposed for two miles along a glacier in Antarctica. They observed fossil leaves and large fern tree stems in the coal, found on a snow free hillside on the south bank of the upper Mawson Glacier at about 6000 feet.
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Auckland
N.Z
New Zealand
Antarctica
B. Gunn
G. Warren
International Geophysical Year
Eight arrested in Decatur burglary wave nationwide confusion
Decatur police rounded up suspects in a months long burglary spree. Three Black men aged 16 to 27 face multiple counts for early break-ins in Decatur including a Piggly Wiggly in Huntsville. White youths have admitted to several local burglaries with counts from one to four.
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Decatur
Navy
Frank Thompson
Highway 31
James Elliott
Sunset Dr
Roosevelt Baker
Thompson
Oscar Lee King
Cedar Lake
Huntsville
Pack Self
Ernest Bowman
Elliott
Baker
King
Bowman
Triangle Gulf Service Station
Knight's Grocery
Bob Gibson
Car Train Crash Leaves Two Injured In Decatur
A car struck a diesel locomotive at 12th Ave NW Saturday around 5 30 PM injuring two occupants. John Houser listed in fair condition with multiple fractures and contusions. Myrtle Hargrove in critical condition with a skull base fracture and facial injuries.
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Decatur General Hospital
Myrtle Hargrove
E. Moulton
John Houser
Somerville Rd
Houser
Mrs. Hargrove
Southern Railway
Hargrove
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