WBRC-TV Plans Shared Antenna with AETC in Birmingham
WBRC Inc and the Alabama Educational Television Commission seek FCC approval to build a joint 789 foot tower on Red Mountain near the current WBRC structure. The $ several hundred thousand project would boost coverage in Birmingham and expand WBIQ Channel 10 reach to towns including Tuscaloosa Jasper Talladega Sylacauga Cullman Florence Decatur Huntsville and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birminghamp
Wbrc-Tv
Alabama Educational Television Commission
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Wbrc, Inc
AETC
Wbrc TV
WBIQ
Channel 10
Birmingham
Wbrc - TV
Red Mountain
Tuscaloosa
Jasper
Talladega
Sylacauga
Cullman
Florence
Decatur
Huntsville
Mt. Cheaha
Andalusia
Vinemont Continued From Page 1
Investigating the accident were Highway Patrolmen J C Clements and W G Chunn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Clemmons
W. G. Chunn
Patrol warns drivers amid holiday travel surge
Sgt. Little warned that many driving while intoxicated and reckless driving cases have been noted and that anyone who drinks and drives will receive little sympathy from the Patrol. Traffic volume has been heavy recently and is expected to peak again tonight and tomorrow as families travel for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little
Ozark Rails Again Clear After Derailment Wreck
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad traffic resumed after crews replaced broken rails from a freight train derailment that derailed 33 cars near Ozark Alabama. Two injured men, William Hanks and Johnny Williamson, were treated with Hanks in satisfactory condition despite losing both legs.
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Ozark
Ala
Atlantic Coast Line
William Hanks
Mount Airey
N.C
Johnny Williamson
Tuscaloosa
Dale County Hospital
Local Births Reported From Decatur General and Clinics
Mr and Mrs John Thomas Worthey Sheridan Apts report a daughter born yesterday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Gordon Mummert 2119 San Antonio St San Angelo Tex welcomed a son yesterday at Decatur General Hospital. A daughter was born yesterday to Mr and Mrs William Carrell 1229 19th Ave SE at Nungester Clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thomas Worthey
Sheridan Apts
Decatur General Hospital
Gordon Mummert
San Antonio St
San Angelo
Tex
William Carrell
19Th Ave
Nungester Clinic
World agriculture output up 17 percent since 1948 52
World agricultural production in 1956 57 is estimated at about 17 per cent higher than the 1948 52 average. Plymouth radio heater priced for quick sale at $295. Phone fi 3 8608. FOR SALE 1952 House Trailer 26 Fraig Seconesen at Decatur Troi Court Denison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Fraig Seconesen
Decatur Troi Court
Way
Denison
Market Prices Mixed Across Grains Livestock and Poultry
Market summary lists No. 2 White Ear Corn at 1 44, No. 2 White Shelled Corn 1 40, No. Mixed Ear Corn 1 14, No. 2 Mixed Shelled Corn 1 20, Soybeans 2 28, No. 2 Oats 70c, No. 2 Milk 1 90 per 100, Milling Wheat 2 00. Poultry prices include broilers at farm 15 cents and at plant 16 cents, hens 20–25 cents, roosters 12 cents. Cattle and calves show 806 listed with cows 1650–1750, calves 22.50–30.00, hogs No. 1–3 185–240 lb at 18.25–18.75, larger sows 13.00–14.00.
Stocks Mixed On Christmas Eve Trading As Market Edges Higher
New York exchanges showed a mixed session with gains and losses measured in fractions to about one point. North American Aviation led after an Air Force order for a new chemical bomber boosted its stock, while Boeing recovered some losses but lagged on order doubts. Motors steels rubbers and airlines softened. rails oils and chemicals varied. gains appeared in United Aircraft Westinghouse Zenith Standard Oil New Jersey International Nickel and Johns Manville with several firms easing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
North American Aviation
Air Force
Boeing
Ford
Kennecott
du Pont
Union Carbide
Eastern Air Lines
United Aircraft
Westinghouse Electric
Zenith
Standard Oil
New Jersey
International Nickel
Johnsmanville
Eisenhower and Dulles Call for Sacrifices for Peace
The conference and NATO talks stress readiness to reduce world tensions and a need for sacrifices by Americans to back disarmament. Officials cite Soviet behavior as unreliable while urging continued unity among allied nations and a firm stand on missile bases in NATO.
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NATO
Moscow
U. N
Eisenhower Dulles
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Eisenhower
Dulles
Free World
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Congress
Rayburn
Ruchel
R-Calif
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Yuletide
White House
Holidays Delay Daddy's Trial in Grace Case
In federal court Judge Alexander Holtzoff recessed the trial for Christmas after three days of testimony in the case of Louvenia Royster who seeks support from Bishop C. M. Grace. Royster, 57, alleges they married in 1923 and had a child, Grace arriving to court in a black Cadillac with a gold cross. sister Mamma Jones testified to the marriage in 1923 and cohabitation in the 1920s. The trial resumes January 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
C. M
Grace
Alexander Holtzoff
Federal District Court
Louvenia Royster
Royster
Mamie Jones
Waycross
Sanford
Fla
Inertial guidance and the race for space age noses
A survey of inertial guidance using gyroscopes outlines the MIT reveal led by Dr. Draper and Dr. Wrigley. It notes AVCO Manufacturing Corp work in Everett on shock tube testing and a blunt rounded cone with a breakneck needle to shatter the sound barrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Charles S. Draper
Walter Wrigley
Avco Manufacturing Corp
Everett
Mass
AVCO
Air Force
Martin Co
Baltimore
Massachusetts
Arthur Kantrowitz
Kantrowitz
Antarctic Size and Elevation Facts Summary
Antarctica covers about 512 million square miles with an average height around 9 200 feet above sea level at the South Pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antarctica
Homeowner Holds Off Wreckers With Pistol In Kansas City
Mrs. Ray Bezoni stood off police, wreckers and movers with a .32 revolver for 15 minutes as a Jackson County Circuit Court writ forced condemnation of her two story brick home east of downtown. Deputies edged in and disarmed her. her husband tried for a second gun. The $7,000 house had funds on deposit for two months. The Bezonis moved in with a daughter as the wreckers began demolishing the dwelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ray Bezoni
Shuster
Bezoni
Missouri Highway Department
Bezonis
Wreckers
Two Floridians Get Jail Terms
Pensacola men Frank J. Gentry and John Filo Hinrichs were sentenced to extended terms after pleading guilty to assault with intent to murder for an attempted robbery of elderly real estate agent John M. Boland. The pair, captured at a Mobile officer’s home, received consecutive sentences totaling 40 years for Hinrichs and 31 years for Gentry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Mobile
Ala
Frank J. Gentry
John Filo Hinrichs
Ernest E. Mason
Court of Records
Hinrichs
John M. Boland
Boland
John Price
Price
Keep Peace On Highways Urges Lyerly
Public Safety Director Bill Lyerly urged motorists to keep peace on Alabama highways during Christmas Eve. He warned of crowded roads and advised driving within speed limits, avoiding risky moves, signaling early, yielding when needed, not crossing the yellow line, and not driving after drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Public Safety
Bill Lyerly
Alabama
Lyerly
Hopewell Church Presents The Christmas Reunion Play
Hopewell Baptist Church and Rev. Floyd Parker present a community program tonight featuring the play The Christmas Reunion along with a Christmas tree and Santa Claus. Public invited. Town Creek police docket shows one case this week for running a red light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopewell
Hopewell Baptist Church
Floyd Parker
Santa Claus
Town Creek
Ala
Christmas Across the World 1947 Us Servicemen Share Holiday Cheer
Thousands of pilgrims await Holy Land ceremonies as U S service members abroad spread Christmas goodwill. At the South Pole the IGY crew welcomed visiting newsmen with artificial flowers while Randolph sailors sent turkey and gifts to Italian cadets. In Germany Korea and Gaza officials and troops organized dinners parties and religious observances amid wartime recovery.
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Palestine
Holy Land
Jesus
United States
Weather Bureau
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
International Geophysical Year
South Pole
McMurdo Sound
U.S
Randolph
Mediterranean
Naples
Turkey
Germany
America
Taegu
Korea
Bob Hope
Japan
Okinawa
Jayne Mansfield
Jerry Colonna
Jayne
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
U.N
Dag Hammerskjold
Gaza
Radio Free Europe
Britain
Algeria
Algiers
Rites for Mrs. Caroline Whitmire Held Thursday
Mrs Caroline Elizabeth Whitmire 83 died at 11 45 last night at her son C Whitmire 435 E Moulton St She was mother of former Decatur police chief J B Whitmire Charter member of Memorial Drive Methodist Church native of Giles County Tennessee Funeral services set for Thursday at Brown s Chapel 3 30 pm Rev Charles P Adams burial in city cemetery Pallbearers will be grandsons Survivors include two daughters Mrs John H Moore Pulaski Tennessee Mrs Edward Crager Chicago three sons J B Sr C S and C B Jr all of Decatur ten grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren a half brother J E Walls Prospect 1 Tennessee and a half sister Mrs John S Graves Prospect 1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Elizabeth Mire
Whitmire
John H. Moore
Pulaski
Tenn
Edward Crager
Chicago
J. B. Sr
C. S
C. B. Jr
Decatur
J. E. Walls
Prospect 1
John S. Graves
Christmas Visits And Rides Highlight Decatur Holidays
Mrs Myrtle McArthur arrived from Miami to spend the holidays with Mrs Gussie Bell and relatives and will travel to Memphis after. The Thomas Steeles of Athens plan Christmas with Mr and Mrs A M Peck in Decatur. The Ninth Street Methodist Church will host Christmas Day services with special music from both choirs and a French horn solo by Aaron de Graffenreid. Hospital reports note Mrs Myrtle Hargrove remains critically injured from a train collision while John Houser is listed better and Marvin Clemons, gunshot wound patient, is in fair condition. Mr and Mrs Thomas Dodson holidaying in Oak Ridge Tennessee with Mrs Dodson's sister. Mrs J M Philpot and sister travel to Atlanta to visit Philpot's son Joe and then Montgomery to see Dr Frank N Philpot. Mrs Charles Cottingham and daughters from Kalamazoo visit Hillsboro and Decatur over the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle McArthur
Decatur
Miami
Gussie Bell
Memphis
Thomas Smith
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Larry Hinken
M. L. Turner
Aaron de Graffenreid
Myrtle Hargrove
J. M. Philpot
4Th Ave
E. T. Martin
Gadsden
Atlanta
Floods and Famine Strain Java Amid Evacuations
Reports from Jakarta describe floods in Central and West Java with villages in Madjalengka and Kebuman regencies affected. No deaths but 15 houses collapsed and hundreds of rice acres damaged. Central Java suffers famine across 32 districts due to crop failures and disrupted interisland shipping from KPM line issues. Evacuees include 627 Dutch nationals and families aboard the Waterman heading to Singapore and then Holland.
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Jakartap
West Java
Jakarta
Madjalengka
Kebuman
Central Java
Semarang
Java
Interisland
KPM
Waterman
Singapore
Holland
Lucia Day Celebration Opens Sweden's Season
December 13 marks the start of Sweden’s Christmas season with Lucia Day. The ceremony honors St. Lucia martyred in 304 AD, with a girl chosen as Lucia visiting the sick and leading processions and banquets as her handmaids attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucia
Sweden
Lucy
Syracuse
Make Holiday Candle From Scrap Pieces
Odds and ends of partly burned candles can be melted and remolded into a long burning Christmas candle. Use an ice cream carton or oatmeal container as a mold and plain cord for the wick. Suspend the wick with a pencil as the wax sets, then remove the carton for a ready table candle. Burn safely as a potential fire hazard remains.
Hospitals Admit and Discharge List Shows Local Drifts
Admissions include James A. Fowler Eva 1 Wanda Gayle Turney Somerville Grace Ann White Trinity 1. Dismissals feature Mrs. Lee Cagle Athens and Mrs. Alfred Dunn and infant daughter at 304 12th Ave NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Ann White
Trinity
Lee Cagle
Athens
Alfred Dunn
12Th Ave
Local Notices Listing Names and Addresses in Hartselle Area
Irvin Key of Hartselle 2 Mrs. Richard Penn and infant son at 1322 8th Ave SE Billy G Levens of 1602 Tower St Coynis Owens of Box 57 Hillsboro listed in public notice segment with residency details and contact points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Key
Hartselle
Richard Penn
8Th Ave
Billy G. Levens
Tower St
Coynis Owens
Hillsboro
Making Snow for Evergreen Branches
Grandmother's method to create snow for holiday decorations remains economical. Mix soap chips in a little water, beat to a thick foam, and apply to needles and stems. Let dry to reveal a winter woodland scene.
Decatur Hospital Notices Births and Residents Listed
Decatur General Hospital lists residents and newborns including Mrs. R L Laughlin and infant at 240 Jackson St SE. Mrs. Victor Waddell at 1006 16th Ave SE. Baby Stephen Dean Sivley. Joseph A Hafford at 1705 10th. Edward W Collier at 511 NE Line St. Mrs. Z T Perry at 618 Johnston St SE. James Walter Watt at 2791 Sherwood Dr Mobile. Mrs. Phillip Hughes and infant at 1515 Riverview. Lemuel Floyd Elkins at 1628 Eno lam Blvd SE. Cynthia Rene Abbott in Decatur.
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Decatur General Hospital
R. L. Laughlin
Infant Son
Jackson St
Victor Waddell
16Th Ave
Stephen Dean Sivley
Trinity I
Joseph A. Hafford
10Th Ave
Edward W. Collier
Z. T. Perry
Johnston St
James
Walter Watt
Sherwood Dr
Mobile
Phillip Hughes
Riverview
Lemuel Floyd Elkins
Enolam Blvd
Cynthia Rene Abbott
Decatur
World Holiday Cheer Amid War and Amnesty Sparks
Reports from Morocco say Spanish planes bombed a rebel fort near Ifni. Cuba endured 15 bombings in 48 hours raising fears of upheaval during holidays. Cyprus released 100 political prisoners for Christmas amnesty. Queen Elizabeth II prepares a televised Christmas Day address after a carol service. London and other cities see heavy traffic as shoppers crowd festive streets. New York says 750000 cars will be on area roads tonight.
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Ifni
Cuba
Havana
Cyprus
Elizabeth I
Royal Lodge
Sandringham
London
The
Automobile Club of
New York
Names Listed at Athens Limestone Hospital Event
A group of individuals associated with Athens Limestone Hospital appear in a reader listing. The names include Richard Powers Montgomery Sidney Dewayne Campbell Athens Wayne Orndorff Montgomery David Twark Montgomery Victoria Crutcher Athens Mrs Grady Moss Athens Brenda Fay Smith Athens Mrs Arthur Self and son Athens Sandra Sledge Athens Mrs J T Hogan Athens Dr Richard T Wood Athens Mrs Clifton Thomas and baby daughter Athens Mrs James D King and baby boy Athens Mrs David Norman and baby boy Athens Velma Stewart Tanner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens-Limestone
Richard Powers
Montgomery
Sidney Dewayne Campbell
Athens
Wayne Orndorff
David Twark
Victoria Crutcher
Grady Moss
Brenda Fay Smith
Arthur Self
Sandra Sledge
J. T. Hogan
Richard T. Wood
Clifton Thomas
James D. King
David Norman
Velma Stewart
Tanner
Sick Crews Halt New York Trains On Christmas Eve
Long Island Rail Road faced major service cuts as 185 trainmen called in sick over a dispute with the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen about Christmas Eve schedules. About half the normal workforce stayed home, halting several central and southern lines and many Manhattan to Long Island services. The NMB mediated, and union officials warned a strike would be unauthorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Long Island
Manhattan
Brotherhood of Railroad
National Mediation Board
Navy radar plane missing off Hawaii in Pacific search
A Barbers Point based four engine patrol aircraft with 24 crew members and 18 enlisted aboard disappeared after takeoff from Oahu. The search involved Navy Air Force and Coast Guard units with reports of life raft sightings and radio contacts. One crewman, Richard D. Warner, was later found in Honolulu, and authorities prepared to release names as rescue operations continued.
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Navy
Honolulu
Richard D. Warner
Liberty
Air Force
Coast Guard
Barbers Point
Oahu
Hawaiian
Military Air Transport Service
Pacific
Midway
Hawaii
West Coast
Financial Struggles Grow Over Boy’s Hospital Bills
Nurses have raised over 5500 dollars while Riall spends his own property after insurance funds ran out. Social Security and a WWII pension for Billy Pat’s father are insufficient. doctors and hospital have not been paid. A cemetery plot and a portion of funeral costs are prepaid. Rep. Brooks Hays advised Billy Pat cannot be admitted to the Veterans Administration Hospital due to medical criteria. The family contemplates three more weeks of care before further steps. Also noting Florida beginning commercial production of fitch nuts, once imported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riall
Billy Pat
Rial
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
Veterans. Administration
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Eeeweenenneene
Santa
Dennis the Menace
CMON
Daas
Piantee
Cid
Thomas Steeles
A. M. Peck
Phil Baugh
Nashville
Mrs
W. P. Baugh
Sherman St
Thomas Dodson
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Mrs. Dodson
Terry Thompson
Charles Cottingham
Kalamazoo, Mich
Bank Street Hospital
N.Y
Florida
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