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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1957
Page
3
Paris based General Lauris Norstad said NATO circles favor intermediate range missiles deployed both on land and at sea. He outlined 6 to 10 squadrons of 15 missiles in Europe with four sites in Britain, plus sea based launch platforms. He warned conventional forces will still be needed.
An Air Force officer from Alabama was among two fliers who bailed out of a T-33 trainer jet near Kochi Japan due to fuel shortage and dense fog. Capt Ray Roestal 36 from Spokane Washington and Lt Roland Ballow 27 formerly of Birmingham were rescued. Ballow’s wife and 4 month old son accompanied him in the Far East. His Birmingham parents were listed. Mrs Ballow is Elizabeth McLean of Blackwood South Carolina.
Msgr. Egon Turcsanyi secretary to Cardinal Mindszenty goes on trial in a Communist court with press and public barred. He faces 16 co defendants, 15 of them priests or students, accused of raiding the Church Affairs Bureau and distributing leaflets during last year’s anti Russian revolt.
A high speed aircraft jet engine relies on nickel, with manufacturing data showing more than one ton of nickel employed in its build. The material supports critical engine components, reflecting nickel’s central role in aerospace metallurgy.
James Henderson Pitts 40 of 606 Sanders Street died at 12 45 p m Sunday in Veterans Hospital Nashville Funeral services will be at 1 p m Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church burial in City Cemetery McConnell Service Funeral Home in charge Surviving are wife Pauline Pitts mother Lizzie A Pitts Ardmore one sister Mrs Marvin Elkins Ardmore and one brother Louis Pitts Wyandotte Michigan
Alabama Assistant Attorney General Robert Grady Kilgore Jr. 43 died in a Christmas trip crash nine miles south of Oakman on Highway 69. His car plunged into Indian Creek after leaving Montgomery, killing Kilgore and leaving a car full of presents for his daughter Dana. Kilgore, a Jasper native, served in World War II as a Navy lieutenant commander and came to the state post from the State Department’s Point Four program. He is survived by his daughter, his father and stepmother, a brother, two sisters, and several uncles and aunts.
Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi rejected a Socialist claim that arming the Japanese air force with U S Sidewinder missiles would turn Japan into an American missile base He argued the weapons are for modernizing Japan and were requested by Tokyo The U S Japan Security Committee had said missiles would be supplied to meet that request
Robert Lee Sharp aged 58 died at his home 1615 Jackson Street Sunday morning. He is survived by a daughter Mrs Lee Carroll Florence Alabama three sons J R Kirk and Raph two sisters Miss Nina and others. Services are scheduled for Tuesday.
A Saturday night hayride turned deadly when an old model car rammed the straw trailer carrying teens. Joe Martinez, 23, of Seguin, was killed. seven of 27 injured remained hospitalized, including driver Frank Arenas, 23, of San Antonio. The trailer toppled into a water ditch and a chaperone had a foot amputated. The group were dependents of Ft. Sam Houston personnel.
An Atlantic Coast Line freight train derailed near Ozark Alabama. Crews cleared 33 derailed cars overnight and expected track repair today. Two Montgomery boarded men William Hanks and Johnny Williamson were injured. Hanks lost a leg and underwent amputation. Williamson was in fair condition. Fire crews battled a gasoline and butane gas fire with help from Ft Rucker and local departments.
Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Southside Baptist Church with Rev W J Johnson and Rev Sid Berry officiating. Burial follows in Fellowship Cemetery near Brooksville. Brown of Decatur directs. Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
In his Christmas address from Vatican City, Pope Pius XII urged halting the arms race to avoid disaster and endangering the earth. He endorsed Western disarmament ideas, defended self defense, and called for international harmony with checks and balanced armaments under global oversight.
Master Sgt. Berardo and his son Sgt. Charles Berardo have served in the U S Army together since 1948 with Charles recording nine years of service and the father thirty nine.
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