Eisenhower Plans Seven-Stop Aerial Drought Tour
President Eisenhower will fly to Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Arizona Colorado and Kansas for a drought survey January 13 to 15. He will meet farmers ranchers and officials in Wichita before returning to Washington. General Alfred Gruenther received the Distinguished Service Medal Oak Leaf Cluster.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Augusta
Eisenhower
Midwest
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
Kansas
Augusta National Golf Club
Washington
Alfred M. Gruenther
Allied Forces i Europe
White House
Gruenther
San Angelo
Tex
Goodfellow Air Force Base
West Woodward
Okla
Clovis
N. M
Tucson
Illness Takes Farm Leader
Wilbur Kelley, 44, superintendent of the Black Belt Experiment Station at Marion Junction, died after a lengthy illness. A native of Evergreen, he led the station for six years and was honored by The Dallas County Farm Bureau last October for transforming Black Belt farms from a row crop system to a row crop livestock economy. Survivors include his widow and four children.
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Selma
Wilbur Kelley
Marion Junction
Kelley
Evergreen
Dallas County Farm Bureau
SAC Planes Use Tank Car Load Of Gas Each Four Minutes
Strategic Air Command reported 1956 activity showing SAC planes consuming over a tank car load of petroleum products every four minutes equals 2,709 gallons per minute. The review notes SAC aircraft flew over 1 million hours in simulated combat missions, completed more than 150,000 air refueling hookups, and possibly recorded a new low for accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Global Air Force
Alabama reports third highest 1956 industrial progress
In 1956 Alabama posted the third highest rate of industrial progress and a high general economy, with 376.3 million dollars in new investment. Existing industries planned 197.5 million in expansions and 76.9 million in new plants, plus utilities investing 101.9 million. Adams notes per capita income rose 17 percent from 1952 to 1956 and county wide capital investment will boost jobs across 49 counties and 75 cities.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Roland Adams
State Chamber of Commerce
Adams
State Chamber
South
Europe’s New Year Revelry Becomes Merrier Yet Costlier
European cities report solid bookings for New Year despite higher costs and shortages. Moscow installs the tallest 60 foot tree, dinners in Paris reach 13800 francs, and Oslo Rome Vienna and Berlin show elevated prices and busy reservations amid Hungary’s repression shadow.
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Watson Sims
London
Europe
Soviet Union
Hungary
Russia
Moscow
Sports Palace
Paris
Stockholm
Rome
Oslo
Vienna
Austria
Gstaad
St. Moritz
West Berlin
East Berlin
District Diary Notes From Decatur Daily Readers
District Diary contributions to District Diary may be addressed to Jack Smith in care of The Decatur Daily. Local mentions place Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Warren in Palatka Florida visiting her parents Raymon and Sadler. Kelso and Warren families were guests of Roy A. Warren in Moulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Smith
Decatur Daily
Moulton
Thomas B. Warren
Palatka
Fla
Raymon Sadler
Lyle O. Kelso
Roy A. Warren
Walt Disney’s Live Action Western Film News
Disney expands into live action with Westward Ho The Wagons! a CinemaScope Technicolor epic from Buena Vista. The saga stars Fess Parker Kathleen Crowley and Jeff York tracing the Oregon Trail with landmarks echoed in the film and noting 300 000 to 450 000 settlers historically along the route from Independence Missouri to the Columbia River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Disney
Disney
Buena Vista
Fess Parker
Kathleen Crowley
Jeff York
Oregon Trail
Independence
Missouri
Columbia River
The Adventures of Sadie at Bowline Theatre
A cynical journalist, a ship stoker, and an economics professor are stranded with a sultry woman on a desert island. The film The Adventures of Sadie stars Joan Collins in the title role and opens at Bowline Theatre for a Midnight Show Monday night.
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Sadie
Bowline Theatre
Joan Collins
Miss Collins
Hollywood
Twentieth Century-Fox
Polygamy Tolerated by Few Chiefs in British Togoland
In British Togoland Africa polygamy is described as regal but not widely practiced with only a few women chiefs noted.
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Togoland
Africa
Leighton Teens Arrested In Grand Larceny Case
Lawrence County sheriff records show two Leighton youths A G Borden aged 17 and R L Tucker aged 15 were arrested on grand larceny charges after Colbert County officers served a warrant. They are accused of stealing scrap metal.
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Moulton
Lawrence County Sheriff's Office
Leighton
A. G. Borden
R. L. Tucker
Colbert County
Lawrence
Mrs. L. E. Cox Returns to Florence After Tanner Visit
Mrs. L. E. Cox has returned to Florence following a visit with her family in Tanner.
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Tanner
Tanner Crutchfield Family Guests at Holiday Visit
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Crutchfield and daughter Caro lyn of Columbia South Carolina were guests of Mrs Crutchfield's parents Mr and Mrs Bob Kelly during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanner
Gilbert Crutchfield
Carolyn
Columbia, S. C
Ill Airman Pettey ill with influenza visiting Trinity kin
Trinity area report notes Airman Bob Pettey of Chanute AFB Ill is ill with influenza while visiting his parents in Trinity His mother is a patient at Black Chandler Hospital Hartsville following surgery this week State Director James W Jimmie Jones announces the fourcounty district will supply 31 registrants in January toward Alabama 425 men quota The counties Morgan Cullman Lawrence and Limestone are listed with 14 8 4 and 5 registrants respectively All January registrants will go to the Army and those under 22 may not be called except volunteers
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Trinity
Bob Pettey
Chanute Afb
Ill
Loyd Pettey
Black Chandler Hospital
Hartselle
James W
Jimmie) Jones
Alabama
Morgan
Cullman
Lawrence
Limestone
Jones
Army
Cotton Futures Generally Firm on Week of Trading
Cotton futures on the New York Cotton Exchange showed firmness for the holiday shortened week. The nearby March contract closed unchanged while later deliveries rose 40 to 75 cents per bale, aided by price fixing, short covering, and activity in distant months. Local buying benefited from a stronger government consumption report for November and steady loan entries for the week ending December 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Openly extravagant wedding scene tops Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz film
The article details a lavish on screen wedding in Forever Darling with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Production chief Jerry Thorpe notes the expense include three wedding cakes two gowns and stand ins for flowers. Ball worries about damaging the $2000 white tulle dress during filming.
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Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Roxy Theatre
James Mason
Louis Calhern
Jerry Thorpe
Calhern
Thorpe
Jack Benny
Joan
Papa Production
Segregation tops Alabama news in 1956
Editors pick the Autherine Lucy case and the Montgomery bus boycott as first place stories. Other top items include school desegregation efforts, the 1956 presidential vote in Alabama’s three largest counties, Gov Folsom’s political defeat, the reapportionment referendum failure, Fred Gray’s draft case, the Nat King Cole attack in Birmingham, and the April Birmingham tornado.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Alabama Daily
Autherine Lucy
University of Alabama
Montgomery
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
James E. Folsom
Charles W. McKay Jr
Fred Gray
Nat (King) Cole
Birmingham
Folsom
Funct
National Assn
Advancement of
Colored People
Montgomery Bus
Lucy
Miami Hotels and Union End 20 Month Strike
Miami Beach officials say the 20 month strike at luxury hotels ends with a 10 year basic agreement. About 50 to 66 operators in the 180 member Miami Beach Hotel Association will sign, providing for no strike, job security and grievance procedures.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Hong Kong Port Noted For Size And Dual Entrances
The important British port of Hong Kong on the southeast coast of China covers ten square miles and features both an east and west entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
China
Carvings at Register Cliff Landmark Document Pioneers
Register Cliff a sandstone outcrop near Guernsey Wyoming bears names carved by early settlers. The site serves as a national monument marking pioneer exploration and settlement in the region.
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Gurnesy
Wyo
Solons Blame Military For Not Preparing Men
Washington reports that Senate investigations subcommittee blamed the military for failing to prepare American troops for capture in the Korean War. It denounced inhuman treatment of prisoners but said brainwashing did not occur. It noted 76 percent of Army prisoners collaborated under pressure and 15 percent were active collaborators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Senate
Panama Canal Seen Vulnerable to Attack at Sea
Washington reports the Panama Canal faces greater risk of sabotage than Suez due to its locks and waterways. Soviet ships are returning via Panama with 15 fishing steamers planned to transit in the coming month as officials note standard security checks but acknowledge dangers from covert or open attacks. A nuclear device could be hidden in cargo or attached to hulls, with detection limited to visual inspection. Damaging Gatun Lake could take from weeks to years to refill, depending on rainfall.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Atlantic - Pacific Waterway
Suez Canal
Suez
Egypt
Siberian
Russia
Panama
Canal
Congressional Committee
Gatun
Newman Heads UA Temporarily
Acting president to lead the University of Alabama until a permanent successor is chosen. James H. Newman, 48, dean of administration and longtime administrator, was named by the board of trustees to serve during the interim period. Carmichael resigns Tuesday to take an international higher education assignment in English speaking countries. They will first travel to Bombay for a centennial Indian university celebration. Newman is a Lafayette Alabama native, married to Dixie Ann Jones with two children.
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Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
O. C. Carmichael
James H. Newman
Newman
University Board of Trustees
Navy
University of Virginia
Alabama
Carmichael
Bombay
India
Lafayette
Ala
Dixie Ann Jones
Pell City
Ann
James
Negro Leader Warned of Threat in Bus Desegregation Quarrel
In Tallahassee Rev. J Metz Rollins, a key figure in the Negro Inter Civic Council, said a anonymous telephone caller threatened his life after leaders canceled planned integrated bus rides near a crowd at the central transfer station. He planned to ride again Monday despite the threat and a tentative truce. City and transit officials avoided comment amid a federal court injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
J. Metz Rollins
Negro Inter Civic Council
Florida
Rollins
FBI
Cities Transit
Marquesas Islands Overview Inhabitation and Geology
The Marquesas form an eleven island volcanic group in the South Pacific with six islands permanently inhabited. The archipelago features rugged terrain and active geological history shaping its settlements and local culture.
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Marquesas
South Pacific
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