Israeli Troops Blast Egyptians in Border Tension Talks
Israeli troops fire mortars at Egyptians while denying Israeli casualties. The border dispute dominated a Foreign Ministry meeting with Gen. Edson Burns and Dr. Walter Eyton as the UN truce team monitored Hammarskjold frontier peace proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Ministry
Edson L. M. Burns
United Nations Truce Team
Walter Eyton
Israel Foreign Ministry
Egypt
Israel
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Khrushchev Attacks West as He Defends Nuclear force
Khrushchev addressed 1,400 Supreme Soviet members criticizing Western policy and urging unity with the free nations. He claimed the Soviet H bomb tests show power beyond ordinary explosives and warned against efforts to raise tensions. He criticized the Baghdad Pact and Israel, urged Arab independence, and argued for a genuine European security system including the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khrushchev
Averell Harriman
New York
Supreme Soviet
India
Soviet Union
Khrushtchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Middle East
Turkey
Jordan
Israel
Germany
German Democratic Republic
West Germany
Europe
United States
Weekend Movie Showtimes at Local Theaters
The Kentuckian with Burt Lancaster at PUNT and Princess The Kentuckian showings at 1 3 5 7 9 28. Roxy hosts Hold Back Tomorrow with Cleo Moore John Agar and Cartoon Carnival with times 1 3 40 6 8 42. Sunset screens You're Never Too Young with Dean Martin Jerry Lewis at 6 45 and 9 00. Bowline offers Three Stripes In The Sun with Aldo Ray Phil Carey at 7 00 and 9 00. Ranch presents Francis In The Navy with Donald O Connor Martha Hyer at 6 45 and 9 00. Hatfield shows Rage At Dawn with Randolph Scott at 7 00 and 9 00. Starvue runs Kyber Patrol with Richard Egan Dawn Addams at 6 30 and 9 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ROXY
Cleo Moore
John Agar
Cartoon Carnival
Young
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Marine Pfc Little to Return for Ten Day Leave
Pfc Louis H. Little stationed with the U S Marines at Camp LeJeune North Carolina is expected home tonight for a ten day leave. Mrs Phil Pointer of 622 Canal St NE is reported ill at Decatur General Hospital today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis H. Little
U. S. Marines
Camp LeJeune
N.C
Phil Pointer
Canal St
Decatur General Hospital
Eisenhower Plays Golf During Recovery Visit
President Eisenhower, recovering from a heart attack, played about 30 golf balls at 50 to 80 yards with a nine iron during a stop. He greeted enlisted men and officers, posing for a sailor’s photo. Hagerty said Ike would likely return to Washington January 8 to finish the State of the Union and other messages. The doctors emphasize more outdoor exercise as the main goal of the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Washington
Congress
Strike activity rises in 1955 with longer stoppages
The Strike Bureau of Labor Statistics notes 26 work stoppages of 10,000+ workers in 1955, up from 18 in 1954, with the average idle period around 11 days versus 17 in the prior year. Wage disputes drove most of the 26 largest strikes, accounting for 19 cases.
Segregationist Coalition Plans Aggressive Campaign
Rep L Mendel Rivers introduced a resolution backing a federation that will organize a nationwide campaign to resist court decrees. J A Barr of New Orleans serves as interim chairman as the group created at a Jackson Mississippi meeting aims to coordinate Citizens Councils and similar groups across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Mendel Rivers
D-Sc
J. A. Barr
New Orleans
Federation
Jackson
Miss
Barr
Citizens Councils
Mississippi
States Rights Council of
Georgia
Committee For Individual Rights
Virginia
Khrushchev Defends Peace in Geneva Spirit Debate
Khrushchev challenged perceived Western aggression and urged restraint while praising Soviet steps to ease tension in 1955. He cited Porkkala, Austria, and force reductions, questioned U S actions, and rejected disarming while affirming eventual socialist triumph without aggression.
Durable Hiker May Try Again
Birmingham based durable hiker Carmichael Ceravolo announced plans to attempt another trek to Atlanta within 90 days after a 55 mile 23 hour hike to a point west of Anniston. A doctor friend warned of a rapid 150 pulse rate after the run as he carried 12 spare shoes and disputed time constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Carmel (Carmichael
Ceravolo
Atlanta
Homewood
Anniston
Hospital Dismissals and Admissions List
Hospital dismissals and new admissions listed for Mrs. Otto Carter and J. J. Putnam at various addresses. Admissions include Mrs. Malcolm Williams, Mrs. Minnie Terry, Billy Winton, Mrs. Windell Wallace, Miss Susan Williams, and Miss Martha Ann McLemore at named facilities in Athens Limestone area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank ST. Hospital
Otto Carter
16Th Ave
J. J. Putnam
Birch St
Malcolm Williams
Wilson
Minnie Terry
Chestnut St
Billy Winton
7Th St
Windell Wallace
Trinity 1
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Susan Williams
Athens
Martha Ann McLemore
Harvest
Local Names and Addresses Appear in Clinic and Hospital List
A scanned file lists multiple individuals with addresses and affiliations such as Baugh-Wiley Clinic Eva Oden and Decatur General Hospital residents including James Slaten Clyde McEntire and Mrs. C. E. Anthony. The fragment shows patient and clinic references across several streets and cities, indicating a directory-like notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur General Hospital
James Slaten
Carridale St
Clyde McEntire
Gordon Drive
C. E. Anthony
Fort Walton
Births Reported From Local Hospitals
A son born to Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Flack Jr. Somerville 2 at Baugh Wiley Clinic this morning. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Williams 213 NE Wilson Ave at Bank St Hospital this morning. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Winston Brackeen Athens 8 at Athens Limestone Hospital Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Flack, Jr
Somerville
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
Malcolm Williams
Wilson Ave
Bank St. Hospital
Winston Brackeen
Athens
Athens- Limestone Hospital
Motorist Overturns In Avoiding Collision Near Decatur
A Birmingham man driving a 1955 Pontiac of Charles C. Chapman 30 failed to collide with a 1954 Ford pickup driven by David M. Brown 61 who turned left into a stockyard entrance. Chapman escaped injury as his car overturned west of the city limits. Patrolmen Braswell and Ashcraft investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Birmingham
David M. Brown
Danville
Charles C. Chapman
Chapman
Brown
Valley Stockyard
M. P. Braswell
A. D. Ashcraft
Quints Seek Private Lives Amid Family Ties
Montreal cadre notes that the Dionne quintuplets say they love their family but want a life of their own. They stay away from home visiting in January and enjoying a private social life while their finances are managed by a trust official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Dionne Quintuplets
Callender
Oliva Dionne
Annette
Cecile
Marie
Yvonne
Dionne
Quints
Rural Alabama Yule Victims Less Than '54
Public Safety Director Bill Lyerly notes eight of twelve fatal rural crashes occurred under Highway Patrol jurisdiction during the Christmas period. Gov. Folsom urges extra caution as 1955 rural traffic deaths rise to 656 through December 26, with patrols and a courtesy check plan to curb holiday dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Bill Lyerly
Highway Patrol
Lyerly
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Local Transfers of Small Sums Noted in Daily Records
A sequence of private debts and settlements appears in the daily records listing multiple transfers. Names include Tennie Lee Crane, F M Benson, Mrs E G Hollimon, Edgar Eddy, Benzie Hollimon, Flora R Poole Vool, Robert E Posey, J C Brown, Joel C Taylor, Virgil Fortune Holland, Flora R Poole Voci, and H W Pearce with amounts ranging from 100 to 13000 dollars and dates not specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennie Lee Crane
Decatur Cemetery
Flora R. Poole Voci
H. W. Pearce
Rest Home Patients Enjoy Yule Season
Mrs. J. F. Phillips of Decatur and 17 fellow patients at Moore's Rest Home in Huntsville drew visitors away Monday and Tuesday as the facility closed for the holidays. Huntsville groups caroled, delivered fruit baskets, gifts, and treats. West Huntsville Baptist juniors decorated a tree outside while the Jaycees provided Santa and reindeer. Inside, two decorated trees plus a room tree per patient added to the festive season and memories for weeks ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Phillips
Decatur
Moore’s Rest Home
Huntsville
West Huntsville
Cool Colonel Averts Panic On Big Plane
A U S Army colonel calmed 41 passengers on a Pan American four engine airliner after an engine caught fire over Italy. Capt Allen D Reedy landed the craft in Rome and continued to Brussels and New York with most passengers. Col Andrew D Chaffin Jr of Tripoli was identified as the calm witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Allen D. Reedy
Tacoma
Wash
Pan American World Airways
Italy
Col
A. D. Chaffin Jr
Brussels
New York
Pan American
Chaffin
Tripoli
Asmara
Eritrea
U.S. Army
Andrew D. Chaffin Jr
Cullman Rites Friday For Mrs Harbison
Funeral services for Mrs Orpha Jane Hopkinson 85 will be held Friday at 2 pm from Shelton Grove Church with Rev. Harvey Edwards officiating Moss directing burial in Shelton Grove Cemetery She is survived by husband William Harbison three sons R L Raymond Harbison Eulis Harbison of Hanceville three daughters Nettie Delia Gordie Vedma Nadie Birdie Knight six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren plus a brother and two sisters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Harbison
Cullman
Delia Compton
Gordie Sapp
Hanceville
Vedma Mehann
Nadie Tucker
Birdie Knight
Giant Mystic Islands radio tower toppled for resort plan
A 763 foot Mystic Islands radio tower built in 1912 and once a top transmitter was toppled in six seconds to clear land for a resort development. About 800 tons of steel will be scrapped after workers severed cables and the center buckled into the marsh. The tower reportedly linked to Lusitania events in 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuckerton
N. J
Mystic Islands
Lusitania
U. S
Atlantic City
Long Range GOP Aid Plan Looms
Washington reports the Eisenhower administration plans to ask Congress for authority to commit the United States to a ten year program of economic aid to friendly nations. The sum per country would vary with project size, potentially between half a billion and a billion dollars, issued in annual installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Sen
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Grass fires Keep Decatur Firemen Busy All Day
No injuries or losses reported in three morning grass fires in Decatur amid dry weather. A Wil loughby Presbyterian Church manse at 608 9th St. SE burned in the afternoon, destroying books worth about 5 thousand dollars while a suit of clothes, TV, chair and two tables were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Davis St
Decatur Country Club
10Th Ave
11Th Ave
Willoughby Presbyterian Church
N. D. Crawford
9Th St. SE
Crawford
Babysitter Thief Sentenced In Two Home Break-ins
Louise Love Rogers, 26, of Decatur, pled guilty to entering two homes as a babysitter and stealing appliances. Judge S A Lynne sentenced her to three years on each of two grand larceny charges. probation denied. Items taken included an electric clock radios portable phonograph iron and more from Floyd Hennessee and Mrs Orval Davis homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Love Rogers
Decatur
Floyd Hennessee
Flint Rd
Orval Davis
5Th Ave. S.E
School funds show 87.2 percent to salaries in Alabama
State Superintendent Austin R. Meadows reports Alabama city and county school systems used 87.2 percent of total revenues last year for salaries. The figures reflect the distribution of funds across the state's educational districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
Austin R. Meadows
Corn stocks top one billion bustrels by Oct 1 1955
US corn inventories surpassed 1.0 billion bustrels as of October 1 1955, indicating a large carryover. The figure reflects nationwide stocks across farmers and traders amid crop-year movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Markets Show Narrow Moves Amid Quiet New York Start
Prices quoted include $3.20 per hundred for certain milk rates with direct rate just above 4 percent. No 2 yellow ear corn $1.18 and No 2 corn $1.07. Hog prices for 180-250 lb butchers at 11.50. Delaware & Hudson climbs 1-2 points on split proposal. other leaders rise or fall modestly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Delaware & Hudson
Bethlehem Steel
Consolidated Edison, Texas Co
Douglas Aircraft
Union Carbide
General Electric
Boeing
Allied Chemical
Southern Railway
Baltimore & Ohio
Standard Oil
Turkeys Market Quiet With Few Sales Reported
Market activity for turkeys is subdued with too few transactions to establish current prices. Analysts note limited buying and selling as demand remains low across the sector.
Livestock Prices Fluctuate at Fair Test Cattle Hogs
AP reports mixed cattle and hog quotes as fair test trends show loads and small lots. Steers around 18.00 with high good at 90 lb, yearlings 18.00, cows 10.00, calves 25, dealers active and higher. Hogs around 400 head with sales noted.
Tuscaloosa Names Hadley Assistant State Superintendent
Dr J B Hadley superintendent of Tuscaloosa city schools is named assistant state superintendent of education a post created in 1927 but vacant for years and now filled in Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
J. 8. Hadley
Tuscaloosa
Mop-Up Push Under Flood Wake Across California Oregon
Relief and reconstruction crews accelerate cleanup after devastating floods. Death toll rises to 40 in California and 12 in Oregon with 20 to 30 still missing in California and 3 in Oregon. Red Cross mobilizes 161 disaster workers, estimates five million dollars in rapid aid for affected families while Ellsworth Bunker visits Stockton, Santa Cruz, Yuba City, and Sacramento.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
Oregon
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Donner Summit
Sierra Nevada
Ellsworth Bunker
American Red Cross
Stockton
Ta Cruz
Yuba City
Sacramentos
Goodwin J. Knight
United States
Red Cross
Telephone service questioned for Cotaco–Hartselle area
A Decatur Bell official notes surveys from eight years ago and two years ago showing limited potential for a cooperative phone network in the Cotaco region. Residents split on service amid growth at Cotaco School while distance to Hartselle and line reach hinder technical feasibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REA
Decatur Bell
Daily
Cotaco
Cotaco School
Southern Bell
Hartselle
Cotaco-Valhermosa-Lacey's Springs
Beckettsays Mrs Steinfeldt Aids Seek Parents Reunion
A juvenile named Becker urged Mrs. Steinfeldt to continue the search for the girl's parents. Christmas proved hopeful as the child, reunited with her family, found all her gifts waiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becker
Wanted: Reliable middle aged woman for light housekeeping
A local notice seeks a dependable middle aged woman for light housekeeping five days weekly. References required. Call after 4 PM at 3423-R.
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Burt Lancaster
Bowline
Aldo Ray
Phil Carey
Francis
Donald O’connor
Martha Hyer
Starvue
Kyber Patrol
Richard Egan
Dawn Addams
NATO
Russia
Porkkala
Finland
Geneva
State Dulles
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Ira Oden
Eva
E. F. Griffith
N. E. Johns
7Th Ave
Troy Walls
8Th Ave
Arthur Bynum
James F. Roper
Donaldson
A.F.B
Ray D. Terry
B. A. Terry
Locust St
Donaldson Air Force Base
Greenvile
D.C
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Decatur High School
Midway
Sue Gillespie
Midway School
Lawrence County
Jay Gillespie
Decatur Markets
Loew's Atchison
Au Lou & Nash
Monson Chem Babcock
Mont Ward
Balt & Ohio
Beth Sti
Cater Trac
Penney (Jc
Ches & Ohio S40
Cal
P&l
Most Dairies
Gen Foods
West UN Tel
Westy A Bk Westa
Gen Pub Ut
Tuscaloosan
Meadows
Flood
6Th Ave. S.E
St. N.W
Florence
Matson A. Heath
Cedar Street
Talladega
Ala
Coentan
D. W
John McBride
N.W
Auto Furniture Real Estate
Ray Mitchell
PAR Value Loan CO. Mutual Savings Life
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