Christmas visits and local notices fill Decatur diary
The Rev. and Mrs. Eubanks and daughters visited relatives in Mobile then planned return to Nashville. The Apes Club hosts a New Year Eve party at the Holland residence, with gatherings at Pan-Am station 9 PM. City court docket includes four cases disorderly conduct gaming and prohibition. Building permits issued for porch additions and house rebuilds. Morgan County principals to meet for a January agenda. County polio shots planned. meetings set for January at electric building. Decatur fire crews battled a grass fire on 8th Ave SW. false alarm at Lafayette St NW. Rain total through Dec 27 reached 3.97 inches per TVA. Visits to Columbus, Birmingham, Athens and Huntsville noted, with Christmas dinners and family gatherings. See DIARY On Page 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Apes Club
Grady Holland
Nick Davis
Athens
Ala
Pan-Am
Highway 31
Anti-Westernism Dominates Afro Asian Talks At Cairo Conference
Delegates at the African Asian Conference shaped resolutions to widen attacks on the West with Israel as a new target. A Palestine subcommittee drafted a resolution accusing Israel of being an American British and French base and urged return of Palestinian refugees. A separate committee draft denounced nuclear tests and foreign bases. One Cypriot leader objected, insisting governments support self determination but not the Greek Cypriot campaign at the UN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelo Natale Cairo
Israel
Palestine Subcommittee
Nongovernmental Conference
Savaizides
Britain
U.N
Gordon Persons Withdraws From Governor Race
Former Governor Gordon Persons has suffered a light stroke and will not run for governor in the upcoming campaign. His wife and Dr. E J Kocour of Montgomery confirm the condition and indicate speech impairment but general rest and satisfactory recovery. Persons served as governor from 1951 to 1955 and previously suffered a heart attack in December 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Gordon Persons
Gordon
Persons
Watch Out Jerry Here Comes Tom With 99 Buddies
Danville mail carrier James Teague praised a The Decatur Daily ad calling for 100 cats as Ad of the Year. He asked to stop the ad after receiving his quota of cats while planning to use cats to clear rats in his farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Tom
Danville
James Teague
Decatur Daily
Farmer’s Exchange
Decatur Lawyers Plan Second Meeting Over Territory
City of Decatur hires Harris and Harris as extra counsel in a dispute with Joe Wheeler EMC over suburban territorial jurisdiction. Julian Harris and Decatur City Attorney Cadell will meet in Huntsville Monday with Co-Op attorneys to seek a settlement ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Decatur
Harris & Harris
Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation
Julian Harris
John A. Caddell
Huntsville
Power Co-Op
Rocket City
C. E. Shaver
Evans Dunn
Birmingham
J. E. Swidler
Knoxville
Decatur 19
Diseases Cut 1957 Cotton Crop by 12 Percent
Memphis report from the National Cotton Council says diseases reduced the 1957 cotton crop by about 12 percent. Adverse weather aided losses through seed disease and boll rot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
National Cotton Council
Mystery Picture Sparks Wild Guesses in Daily Readers column
Readers proposed varied identifications for an enlarged image shown in The Decatur Daily. Entries ranged from a cigarette filter tip to a rocket blast, Venus, a moon photo, a sponge, a virus, a bread slice position, and a germ culture, with several names listed as authors of the guesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur 1
Nell Houston
Perry Hinds
Austinville Rd
Venus
Reid Byers, Jr
Stratford Rd
Redstone
Jimmy Aston, Jr
Hank Linkeath
Patricia Driver
7Th Ave
David Owens
9Th Ave
Aeepaenton
Cc. H. Poe
U S Lawmakers Prepare for Long Acron Year Session
The 85th Congress opens January 7 for a long busy session likely to run past July with frequent recesses. All 435 House seats and 32 Senate seats will be up for election, shaping a campaign driven year in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
85Th Congress
Senate
Shelton Urges UF Attendance at Morgan County Meeting
Barrett C. Shelton president urges strong turnout for the Morgan County United Fund annual meeting at the city electric auditorium Monday at 2:30 pm. All contributors are welcome as 20 new directors are elected and the 60 member unit will elect officers for the new year starting January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
United Fund
Barrett C. Shelton
Morgan County United Fund
City Electric Auditorium
Ed Stone
Alvis Briscoe
Night Sky Updates From Decatur On Planet Positions
On Monday December 30 the Sun rises at 6 55 a m and sets at 4 47 p m The moon rises after midnight and will be full on January 5 Venus in Capricornus appears nearly stationary about 35 million miles from Earth tonight The unseen stars shift to Sagittarius as viewed from Decatur tonight
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Sagittarius
Venus
Capricornus
Weather and river readings for Decatur area
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge Saturday morning stood at 16.93 feet with a 0.03 rise in 24 hours and sea level reading 551.23 feet. Forecast is sunny and cool today, tonight fair and not quite cold, northerly winds 5-10 mph. Monday outlook partly cloudy and warmer. today high around 52. Waterfowl shooting times Tuesday from 6:26 a.m. to 4:16 p.m.
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Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Accused Judge Stays On Bench Amid Inquiry
The Tennessee Bar Assn. governing body asked Chattanooga Judge Raulston Schoolfield to step down until charges are resolved. The central council noted if the charges are true the judge should be impeached, otherwise he deserves to clear his name. The council also suggested the Hamilton County district attorney general and staff be allowed to withdraw from any investigation. Assistant DA Harold E. Brown admitted accepting 1000 from a bondsman but framed it as a campaign contribution.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Bar Assn
Chattanooga
Raulston Schoolfield
Association
Central Council
Senate
Judicial Council
Hamilton County
Asst. Dist. Atty
Harold E. Brown
Schoolfield
U S Not Now Militarily Weak Assures Hagerty
White House spokesman James C Hagerty defended the nations defense status stating the United States is not weak at present and future policy will be outlined in President Eisenhowers State of the Union address on January 9. He noted Gaither committee leaks and refused to release the report while signaling no current danger and declining to discuss long term prospects.
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Frances Lewine
Gettysburg
United States
White House
Eisenhower
Congress
James C. Hagerty
Gaither Committee
Gaither
Hagerty
Marion Folsom
U.S
Russia Announces New Soviet Nuclear Test in Siberia
The Atomic Energy Commission reports Russia conducted a new nuclear explosion on December 28 at the usual Soviet test site in Siberia. It marks the first test since October 10 of the same year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Soviet Union
Siberia
Russias hydroelectric push outruns US said to surge in power
Senator Murray reports Russia powers four giant hydro plants surpassing Grand Coulee and linking Volga stations across Siberia. He condemns Eisenhower for blocking Hells Canyon dam and warns the US is losing ground in river development crucial to economic and military strength.
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Russia
Grand Coulee
Columbia River
Washington
United States
Senator Murray
Hells Canyon
Snake River
America
Murray
Senate
Federal Power Commission
Volga
Moscow
Siberia
Eisenhower
Kuibishev
Volga River
Stalingrad
Bratsker
Angara
Kraznoyarsk
Yenisei
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Moon Messengers on Earth From Lunar Tektites
Astronomers report tektites on Earth likely originated from moon impacts. New calculations by Carlos Varsavsky and Harvard observers suggest meteor blasts hurled moon fragments to Earth, found across Australia, Texas, the Philippines, and elsewhere.
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Earth
Moon
Carlos M. Varsavsky
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Harvard College Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
American Astronomical Society
American Assay For the Advancement of Science
Varsawsky
Australia
Texas
Philippines
Magazine Selects E. P. Garrett Man of the Year in U S Agriculture
Edmond Peter Garrett of Belle Mina Alabama, farmer and manager of the Tennessee Valley Cooperatives, named Man of the Year for services to agriculture in Alabama by The Progressive Farmer. He is the third North Alabamian chosen from the state, with others including T. J. Cottingham and Fred Stewart. Garrett, Auburn graduate, runs a 1600 acre Limestone County farm with two sons assisting. The Progressive Farmer highlights his leadership in uniting farmers to improve their work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond Peter Garrett
Belle Mina
Ala
Tennessee Valley Cooperatives, Inc
Alabama
Progressive Farmer
Garrett
T. J. Cottingham
The
State National Bank
Fred Stewart
Calvin C. Murray
University of Georgia College of Agriculture
Georgia
J. Wayne Reitz
University of Florida
Florida
Auburn
Limestone County
E.P. Garrett, Jr
James H. Garrett
Tennessee
Edmond P. Garrett
Eleven Victims From Pocahontas Mine Disaster
Eleven canvas-draped bodies were carried from the Pocahontas Fuel Co. mine at dawn. A 30-man team of federal state and company investigators entered the disaster area 500 feet below ground as 14 survivors were brought to safety near midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amonate
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Virginia
West Virginia
Pocahontas
Marling Amkemy
U.S. Bureau of Mines
West Virginia Bureau of Mines
United Mine Workers
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Diane
Eubanks
Eubank
S. M. Johnson
Mobile
City Recorder’s Court
J. J. Saint
13Th Ave
Mary Ida Jones
Lafayette St. NW
Luther A. Morris
Fifth Ave
City Electric
Morgan-Limestone
Alabama Archaeological Society
North Alabama Coin Club
8Th Ave
Decatur Boys’ Club
Second Ave
Frank Wade
Boys’ Club of America
Tennessee Valley Authority
T. A. Nowell
Columbus
Paul W. Bryant
Johnny
Mr. Bryant
J. T. Bryant
6Th Ave
Clinton Ezelle
Helen Gawreluk
William E. Tiller
Maurice Tiler
Employment Office
Howard Hovis
5Th Ave
Army
Ballistic Missile Agency
Redstone Arsenal
Shemmer
85Th
Defense Department Lready
Shelton
Russ
Drew Pearson
Cain
Sen
James Murray
Montana
Senate Interior Committee
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E. P. Garrett
U.S. Agriculture
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