District Quiet During Holidays Arrests Across Counties
District officers reported a quiet Christmas period with multiple arrests over the long weekend. Lawrence County tallied 19 arrests including eight for public drunkenness and various liquor, traffic, and hunting violations. Limestone County called the period unusually quiet with six arrests for public drunkenness and related offenses. Cullman County logged 12 misdemeanor charges, while Lauderdale and other districts reported minimal activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
Lauderdale County
Tom Waldge P
Cullman County
Fire hits Cave Springs home on Christmas Eve
A fire destroyed Rinzy Plunkett's farm home east of Cave Springs while the family ate lunch. The frame house belonged to Bill and Charles Collier and was rented to Plunkett. The family, now staying with Plunkett's brother, seeks clothing donations as insurance status remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priceville
Here
Cave Springs
Rinzy Plunkett
Bill
Charles Collier
Plunkett
Martin
Jess Walling Dies in Huntsville at 55
Jess Walling 55 died after a lengthy illness in Huntsville. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Laughlin Funeral Home. Survivors include relatives in Lacey's Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Jess Walling
Laughlin Funeral
Lacey’s
Coal Barge Shipment Moves 1600 Miles From Kentucky
A barge shipment carries coal from Kentucky to Florida covering about 1600 miles. The move underscores barge transport viability for bulk energy cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Florida
Princess Everything But The Truth at Amusement Today
Amusement Today previews showings for Princess Everything But The Truth starring Maureen O Hara John Forsythe and Tim Hovey with showtimes at 1 00 3 00 5 00 7 09 and 9 00. The listings also note other features including The McConnell Story Commanche Island In The Sky and Fastest Gun Alive among edited time slots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Maureen O'Hara
John Forsythe
Tim Hovey
Christmas theft hits Decatur area as bike vanishes
A green bicycle was stolen from a Santa Claus pickup near First Ave and Johnston St in Decatur Christmas Eve. Police were notified Monday at 1 30 p m. the bike remained missing by noon today. The incident follows community alerts about holiday thefts and local merchants discussing stamp distribution with the city council. The report also notes local residents attending a tea for Mr and Mrs Williams on their 50th anniversary and brief fire damage to Percy Campbell's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Birdyshaw
Mikie
Tower St
L. M. Williams
W. H. Williams
Phil Campbell
Percy Campbell
12Th Ave
Decatur Fire Dept
Decatur
Blige Gray
Tanner 1
First Ave
Johnston St
Bus Rampage Injures Six In Cleveland Stop
Police said after a Cleve land stop a man opened fire on a girl and wounded six people including Miss Alice Cavanaugh 37 of Cleveland and Larry Ebert 24 of Cleveland. The attacker’s body had no ID and fingerprints were being checked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Jamison
Newcastle
Miss Kartzke
Cleveland
Jamison
Udell Wintersoll
Chicago
Almerica
Alice Cavanaugh
Larry Ebert
Joseph Owens
Atco, Ga
Leo Vanderwell
Detroit
Mich
Richard Reinsberg
Pittsburgh
States report traffic deaths shifting to heavy tolls
The passage notes North Dakota reporting no accidental deaths while Maine and Wyoming reported no traffic fatalities. California leads with more than 70 deaths, with Illinois, Texas, Ohio, New York and Michigan also recording high tolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Maine
Wyoming
California
Illinois
Texas
Ohio
New York
Michigan
Reds Shake Up Economic Staff
The Soviet government reshuffled its top economic planning team after a party committee call for revisions to the five year plan. First Deputy Premier M. G. Pervukhin was named chief economic planner, replacing Maxim S. Saburov who has led planning for 20 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Communist Party Central Committee
M. G. Pervukhin
Maxim C. Saburov
Pervukhin
Central Committee
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Saburov
Decatur General Hospital Dismissals and Admissions List
Hospital records show dismissals for multiple patients and babies including Annie Elizabeth Nash and Douglas Farrell Latham. Several adults and children are listed with home addresses in Decatur and nearby towns. Admissions include Louis Knoblock, Mary Lovelady, James Dunn, and George Bowden among others, with homes on College Street, Beech Street, and surrounding avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur General Hospital
Annie Elizabeth Nash
Beech St
Henry H. Gregory
Danville
Louis Leon Knoblock
5Th Ave
Mary Lucrecis Lovelady
3Rd Ave
James Dewey Dunn
1632
Local Masters and Miss Price Named in Listings
A list of names and addresses appears for masters Keith Long Randy Lee Whitten and Jackie Ray Daniel along with Carolyn Price at Trinity and Huntsville, indicating a formal local roster or event participant set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy Lee Whitten
8Th Ave
Carolyn Price
Trinity
Jackie Ray Daniel
Huntsville
Bank St. Hospital Families Listed in Local Notice
A local notice lists residents from Decatur and nearby areas including Mrs. Bobby Joe White and her son at Decatur 2, Mrs. J. P. Cox and daughter at Vine Street NE, and other residents such as Mrs. Guy Terry Courtland Jeffery Lynn Bryant 1809 12th St SE, B. F. Jones Decatur 1, Mrs. James F. Hayes and son 1501 12 Jackson St, Miss Ella Mae McCaig Trinity 1, Mrs. Jack Lyle and daughter Thomas Terrace Apts, Carmen Reed 226 Grant St, Mrs. Inez Alle 511 Lamar St, Mrs. Coy Stinnett Decatur 1, and Mrs. R. C. Maner Atlanta Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank ST. Hospital
Bobby Joe White
Decatur
J. P. Cox
Vine St. NE
Guy Terry
Courtland
Jeffery Lynn Bryant
12Th St. SE
B. F. Jones
James F. Hayes
Jackson St
Ella Mae McCaig
Trinity
Jack Lyle
Thomas Terrace Apts
Carmen Reed
Grant St
Inez Alle
Births listed at Baugh-Wiley Clinic in local families
A daughter born today to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Johnson at Baugh-Wiley Clinic on Lafay ette Street. A son born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Otha Skipworth at Baugh-Wiley Clinic on 4th Avenue SE. A daughter born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Terry in Hartsel le r at Baugh-Wiley Clinic. A birth to Mr. and Mrs. Coy Stinnett at Banks Street Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Johnson
Lafayette St
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Otha Skipworth
4Th Ave
T. E. Terry
Hartseller
Buster Brown
19Th Ave
Coy Stinnett
Deccature
Banks St. Hospital
Boxing Day Storm Disrupts Britain Delays Travel Sports
London reports heavy snow on Boxing Day with drifts of six feet causing road and rail disruption across Scotland Wales and the English midlands. Six of seven horse races postponed or abandoned and many football matches called off. Birmingham records seven inches in 12 hours the heaviest in six years though Sedon sees only light powder that quickly melts.
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London
Britain
Scotland
Wales
English Midlands
Birmingham
England
Sedon
Markets Tighten With Mixed Grades and Steel Gains
Cotton prices listed with middling at 33.00 and futures near 33 24. Milk products shown at 6.10 per hundred for Grace A, 3.25 for manufactured. No 2 milling wheat 2.10, oats 78, corn 1.33, soybeans 2.45. Calves steady to higher, hogs 16.50 to 16.75. New York stocks rise on steel gains and oil demand amid Suez tensions. Bethlehem and Youngstown led with about two points, Gulf Oil and Royal Dutch higher, rail and motors mixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Joan
Yellow Corp
New York
Bethlehem
Youngstown
U.S. Steel
Republic Steel
Lukens Steel
Gulf Oil
Royal Dutch, Texas Co
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Noonstocks Greyhound
Hupp Cp
Alleghany
Centit Alleg L. Stl
Allis Chal
Kaiser al
Kresge
Baker
Kress
Lehman
Lowe's
Penney (Jc
Burl Ind
Pepsi Cola
Burr Bros
Pa. RR
Calum & H
Catér Trac
Phillip Mor
Celanese
Sika Ches & Ohio
Reading Co
Chrysler
Repub Stl
Coca Cola
Rexall Colg Palm
Safeway
St. Regis P
Schenley
Seab al RR
Sears Roeb
Sinclair
Crane
Skelly Oil
Crown Zell
Crue St
Sou Co
Cudah St. Brand
du Pont
Std Oil NJ
East Air L
Stud Pack
East Kodak
Swift
Eversha
Westy Elec
Glidden Woolworth
Goodrich
Goodyear
North Alabama broiler market firm with higher prices
North Alabama reports steady broiler markets with prices up 1 cent and generally adequate supplies. Demand remains good and weekly prices at farms and plants show small gains while weights shift smaller with more broilers under 3 pounds traded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
North Alabama
Atlanta
Broilers
f.C.b
Egg market prices in Birmingham steady and vary
AP reports Birmingham egg prices for the period ending 10:30 a m Wednesday with wholesale grades largely unchanged. Supplies ample and demand generally good. Whites large 35 to 37 cents, mixed colors large 35 to 44 cents, standards 33 cents, nearby whites large 36 cents, mediums 32 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Nashville Market Report Cattle Hogs and Lambs
Cattle bids rise for heavy steers over 800 lb by 50 to 100 cents from last week with light weights steady. Prices listed for 800-1100 lb steers 17.50 to 20.00, 500-800 lb stockers 14.00 to 18.00, cows 7.00 to 11.00, calves strong. Barrows and gilts up 50-75, sows steady. hogs 190-260 lb 17.00 to 17.25, 200-300 lb 16.75, 400+ lb 12.00 to 13.00. Sheep nominal with small 80 lb lambs at 18.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Cotton futures hold steady in quiet trading
In New York cotton futures remained steady with late afternoon prices up about one dollar per bale from the previous close. March at 40, May at 33.96, and July at 33.70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chemstrand Expands Nylon and Acrilan Growth Prospects
O'Neal notes Pensacola nylon plant is the world's largest integrated site and will expand to serve nylon tire cord and other uses. Acrilan sales rise as 1957 begins with record bookings and new 100 percent Acrilan carpets planned by Firth and Cabin Crafts, plus a Northern Ireland Acrilan plant under Chemstrand Limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Neal
Pensacola
Firth
Acrilan
O’neal
Northern Ireland
Chemstrand
Chemstrand Limited
Decatur
Indonesian Cabinet in Crisis Pushes Sukarno to Form New Regime
Sources from the Masjumi party report its ministers were urged to quit the government unless the cabinet resigns and Sukarno is asked to form a new regime, amid tensions over alignment with the West versus communist powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Soviet Union
Masjumi Party
Bandung
Sukarno
Teens Trigger False Alarm For Moulton Lawmen
Moulton police pursued two teenage escapees Monday night after a false alarm. Officers arrested two youths on a firecracker charge and jailed them briefly, then returned to release them. The teens hid in a jail cell, prompting a second search before being freed on Christmas Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Auto Collisions Reported at Rocks Bridge Draw
Burnice Stinnett 47 of 10 Johnston St SE drove a 1949 Plymouth with George Allen 34 of 722 Hircd St West. Left side of Stinnett car and right side of Allen car sustained damage. Officers W C Hunter and William D Collier investigated. A 1955 Pontiac driven by Ernest Beattie Jr 17 of Athens struck rear of a 1954 Plymouth stopped for the Tennessee River draw bridge. Plymouth driver George Murphy 30 of Athens 4 reported. both cars damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnice Stinnett
Johnston St. SE
George Allen
Hircd St. West
Stinnett
W. C. Hunter
William D. Collier
Ernest Beattie, Jr
Athens
Tennessee River
George Murphy
Athens 4
Editors pick top personalities of 1956 in various fields
The editors designate Nasser and Salk as leading figures, with Meany, Graham, Mindszenty, Larsen, Presley, and Churchill earning top honors in industry labor religion sports entertainment and literature. The selections reflect major events from the Arab nationalist wave to polio vaccine impact and World Series fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle East
Nasser
Soviet Union
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Jonas Salk
University of Pittsburgh
R Searcher
Meany
Billy Graham
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Don Larsen
Brooklyn
Johnny Podres
Yankees
Elvis Presley
Winston Churchill
Hungary Seeks 400 Million Grant To Rebuild Economy
Economists informed Kadar that the revolt disrupted Hungary's economy requires at least 400 million dollars in foreign aid to restore growth and stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kadar
Hungary
Official Shuttlesworth Leads Integration Effort
Official Shuttlesworth a pastor and Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights president pushes for bus integration. Multiple classified items note rental listings including 5 room apartment 607 Grant St heat water furnished and various furnished and unfurnished units with contact numbers. wants a live-in housekeeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shuttlesworth
Bethel Baptist Church
Alabama Christian Movement For Human Rights
Grant St
Z. P. Watkins
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Rites
Roxy
McConnell
John Wayne
Bowline
Tom Ewell
Dean Jones
Hatfield
Bob Hope
Eva Marie Saint
Starvue
Courtland Highway
Arizona
Skip Homier
Kristina Miller
Hartselle
Crain
Glenn Ford
R. C. Woodall
Sherman St
City Recorder’s Court
Frank Allen
U. S Army
Pvt
L. O. Roberson, Jr
Mr. Hope
Malcolm Walker
Hatton
Roberson
Ft. Benning
Walker
Fort Jackson
S. C
Reds
Walter Curry
Douglas Farrell Latham
Town Creek
Roy. Eugene Shedd
MasterKonnie Price Boutwell
Joel Parker
8Th St
Ellen Irene Sutherland
College St. David Thomas Shelton
20Th Ave
Foster P. Bailey
Wells St
Hubert. Woodall
Leona, Tenn
James M. Braswell
Decature
Henry Jones and Son
Sycamore St
Ruel Woodall
Sherman
Travis O'Neal Meares
Sue Letson
Hillsboro
Elbert McCulloch
William A. Horton
W. Frank Thompson
McNeill Apts
George E. Bowden
1830 College
Paul B. Sanders
Keith Long
7Th Ave. SE
Decatur Markets
Miami
Mexico
Central America
O'strand
Salk
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Co
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Joe Dunaway
Teague Appliances
E. Moulton St
Ferry St
W. Moulton St
Co Ave
Dr. SW
Omer Bates
7Th Ave
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