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05 Feb 1957
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Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1957
Page
1
Local Items Include Court Docket and Community Notices
Truman K Daniel and Cecil Jackson discussed plant training at Rohm & Haas with Carlton Kelley of the Tennessee Valley State Trade School. Six city court cases listed including overparking and intoxicated on public street. Local wreck involved a 1950 Ford pickup and a 1947 Chevrolet. Community groups meet with talks on mental health and church events. Diary note directs readers to Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman K. Daniel
Rohm & Haas
Redstone Arsenal Research Division
Cecil Jackson
Carlton Kelley
Tennessee Valley State Trade School
City Recorder’s Court
6Th Ave
Hogan Gulf Service Station
R. D. Richardson
20Th Ave
State of
Alabama
Raymond S. Terry
White Supremacy Cell in Philadelphia May Be Investigated
Democratic Rep. Earl Chudoff urged the Department of Justice to probe the organization of a white supremacy cell in Philadelphia after learning that the Seaboard White Citizens Council set up headquarters on North 87th Street in the Olney district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Department of Justice
Earl Chudoff
Seaboard White Citizens Council
Tth Street
Olney
Dulles Hopes Israel Respects UN Gaza Withdrawal
Secretary of State Dulles urged Israel to comply with the United Nations resolution calling for withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba. He argued a country born of the UN would respect the opinion it helped create and noted the U.S. would not be diverted from a stance on the Soviet threat. He denied plans to resign and suggested the crisis story should wait for historians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dulles
Israel
United Nations
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
U.N
United States
Soviet Union
Ile
Russia
Middle East
Congress
Howling Winds Catch Vessels Off England
Rescue ships and planes hunted stricken vessels as winds reached 110 miles per hour around Britain. A submarine and frigate aided rescue efforts while search planes fought the gale despite poor distress signal identification. In Scotland and Ireland the storm caused outages and two deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Atlantic
Scotland
Ireland
Scottish
Edinburgh
Area High Waters Decline As New Rain Threat Looms
Flood observations show the Tennessee River falling from 23.61 to 23.32 feet at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning with two additional barges passing yesterday. Forecasters warn of scattered showers tonight and Wednesday, but officials say the flood danger may have passed for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Tennessee
Morgan County
Decatur
Civil Defense
Lawrence
Limestone
Morgan Counties
Elk River
Limestone County
Flint Creek
Morgan
Big Nance Creek
Courtland
Lawrence County
Davidson Heads Decatur Rotary for Ensuing Year
Davidson named president of Decatur Rotary Club for the coming year at a Monday meeting. Pete Henderson becomes vice president, Bill Jenkins secretary, Walker Darrah treasurer. New directors include Avery Taylor Jerry Comer Bud Bryan Roy Sudhoff and retiring president Tom White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson Davidson
Decatur Rotary Club
Pete Henderson
Bill Jenkins
Walker Darrah
Avery Taylor
Jerry Comer
Bud Bryan
Roy Sudhoff
Tom White
Lee Davidson
Weather and River Report for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning 23 40 up .8 foot in 24 hours. Sea level reading 557.70. High yesterday 61, low 50. At 7 30 this morning 58, 10 30 a.m. 66. Rainfall .05 inches in 24 hours ending 8 a.m. today. Forecast partly cloudy with showers or thundershowers today tonight and Wednesday. Cooler today. Winds 10 15 mph. High today 60, low tonight 53, high Wednesday 60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Keller Bridge
Nickerson Relieved Over Security Laxity at Redstone Arsenal
Third Army Headquarters announced Col. John Nickerson Jr. has been relieved at Redstone Arsenal Huntsville Alabama and charged with laxity concerning security and safeguarding of military information. Teamsters Union head Dave Beck sought for questioning in a Senate labor rackets inquiry was reported in Nassau en route to Europe amid AFL CIO winter meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Third Army
John Nickerson Jr
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Miami Beach
Fla
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Senate
Nassau
Eupe
Beck
Budget hearings reveal 500 percent pension welfare request
Officials disclosed a requested rise of 500 percent or more in appropriations for old age pensions and other welfare programs as hearings opened for the 1951 Legislature in Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Eisenhower names Nixon to lead U S delegation to Gold Coast ceremonies
President Eisenhower designates Vice President Richard Nixon to head the United States delegation attending March 3 to March 10 ceremonies marking Britain's grant of independence to the Gold Coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
U.S
Britain
Athens School Board Accepts Low Bid For Junior High
Athens City Board of Education plans to accept Chambers Lumber Co. bid of 476000 for a new junior high school in Athens. The project includes 15 classrooms labs a library offices and an auditorium seating 1250. Construction is slated to begin as soon as possible after contract signing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Newman
PTA
Neel Woman Gunshot Victim
Funeral services are set for Vera Roberts Johnson 34 in Hartselle. She died from a shotgun wound at Hartselle Hospital after being found by her father in the Neel Community home. Coroner Lewis C. Brown investigates as survivors include Gayle and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Vera Roberts Johnson
Johnson Chapel
Bryce Sons
Johnson
Brown
Gayle
W. E. Roberts
Jack Wright
Danville
Neel
Your Income Tax No 8 The Test Part Series
The article appears as a fragmented educational note on income tax practice. It mentions a test and part of a series but lacks clear names, dates, or locations.
TV Tower Collapse Kills Four Workers in Nashville
Four men died and a fifth was injured when a 1,262 foot broadcasting tower under construction for WSM TV collapsed in a heavily populated Nashville area. Victims were Donald Ward Kinnan 25 Tucson Arizona George Presser 33 Union City Tennessee Ray H Maxwell 33 Jacksonville Florida Lee Kirshner 30 California. Officials cite new T-1 alloy and ruled out jet wind theories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Wsm-Tv
Ygionetruc
Mus
Donald Ward Kinnan
Tucson
Ariz
George Presser
Union City
Ray H Maxwell
Jacksonville
Fla
Lee Kirshner
California
Harold O'Neal
Boonehill
N.Y
O'Neal
Mystery Patient In Moscow Ties To Ex Deputy Premier
Moscow reports on a patient treated in secrecy in the capital linked to Vyacheslav A. Malyshev a Soviet minister of machine building and former deputy premier. Censors delay identifying the patient while a West German doctor was summoned for treatment. Malyshev, 54, received the Order of Lenin on December 16 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Vyacheslav A. Malyshev
Hansa
Schulten Malyshev
Experts seek cause for Bishop mine blast that killed 37
A gas explosion at the Bishop coal mine near the Virginia West Virginia line killed 37 miners and trapped others. Federal and state investigators plus Pocahontas Fuel Co officials began an on site probe as rescue teams cleared the mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Virginia-West Virginia
West Frankfort
Kadar vows merciless crackdown on any new revolt
Budap est Hungary Premier Janos Kadar warned that a planned March uprising would be met with merciless liquidation. In Salgotarjan he said those who oppose democracy will be crushed. The regime announced arrests of 145 people tied to the October revolt as students returned to Budapest University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Stassen
GOP
White House
Congress
Nixon
Christian Herter
Massachusetts
Rep. Simpson
Pennsylvania
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Rep. Scherer
Ohio
H. Meade Alcorn Jr
Herter
Budapest
Hungary
Janos Kadar
Salgotarjan
Budapest University
Kadar
Budapest Radio
Ie ‘Ae
Silanoi
Imre Kiss
Hoover Hoover Warner Echoes on Budget and Debt Warnings
Sen Chase Smith warns that the national budget and rising debt threaten economic disaster. Former President Hoover notes signs of an impending crisis, while Humphrey’s tax and spend plan is discussed amid calls for careful cuts and fiscal restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Herbert Hoover
Chase Smith
Maine
Hoover
Humphrey
Eee Eee Ries W
Pla Congress
Oe Penditarea
Ti Aatel
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Mercury
Valley Motor Inc
First Ave
Central Labor Union of
Carpenter’s Hall
E. Moulton St
Courthouse Annex
United States Selective Service System
LaDessa Nash
Howard Verner
Doyle Roberts
Lima
Zula Mae Verner Collert
Howard
Bill Verner
Collert
Paul Verner
Frank Verner
Ind
Women of the Moose
Moose
Moulton St
Flint
Parent-Teacher Association
Kyle Rigsby
Brian Egan
St. Bernard College
Cullman Kiwanis Club
All Steak Cafe
Buckley
England
Davidson
Decatur and Vicinity
Heart Fund
County Board of Revenue and Control
Why Not
Sest
Morgan County Heart Fund
Decatur Country Club
Guy Roberts
Morgan County Board of Revenue
R. L. Nelson
Richmond Ransom
Somerville
Clyde Maples
T. V. Day
Flint City
Garth Kimbrel
Trinity
Knox McRae
Paul Collier
Newton Powell
Price Bryant
Athens School Board
THE
Associated Press
Hoover Warner
America
Ken Reynolds
Ryan
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