Evacuation of Tachens Under U S 7th Fleet Fire
The Tachens evacuation sped forward under U S 7th Fleet protection as carrier planes were fired on by Red antiaircraft guns. 30 000 Nationalist soldiers and civilians were being pulled from the islands with Marines assisting. Adm Pride urged speed while Lt Gen Liu reported no withdrawal orders from Chiang Kai-shek.
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Taipei
Formosa
U.S
7Th Fleet
Tachens
Tachen
Liu Lien-yi
Chiang Kai-shek
Jim Becker
Adm
Alfred M. Pride
Gecatur's Nore Glimpses About Your Community
A brief community update Spotlighting local events and notable happenings in the area. Readers get a snapshot of upcoming dates, public meetings, and programs shaping the neighborhood life.
Johnston Street loading zone discontinued by city police
The 200 block of Johnston Street loading zone was shut down after drivers parked there, preventing trucks from loading and unloading. Police Chief J B Whitmire is home ill with flu but improving. St Ann School groundbreaking in Decatur postponed by rain and rescheduled for next Sunday at 1 a m. Mrs Lester P Branum travels to Washington DC for a week with her brother. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Johnston St
J. B. Whitmire
St. Ann School
Decatur
Lester P. Branum
Washington, D.C
Harry Rice
Pinay Seeks Second Term as French Premier
Paris conservative Antoine Pinay, 63, aims to form France 21st postwar government after agreeing to push for a second term as premier. He hopes his list of ministers is ready by Thursday and seeks to regain power after a 9 1/2 month stint in 1952. He faces confidence votes and has long opposed Mendes France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Antoine Pinay
France
Sace
Pierre de France
Pinay
Republican
Mendes-France
Safecrackers Hit Florence in Weekend Market Burglary
Burglars smashed a Nabors Super Market safe in Florence during the weekend and stole Saturday night receipts estimated at 2900 to 3000 dollars. It marks the eighth break in a string of similar burglaries in the Muscle Shoals area, with total loot around 30000 dollars.
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Florence
Ala
Nabors Super Market
Muscle Shoals
U S and Allies Seek Ways to Ease Asia Crisis
In Washington President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles met with British and New Zealand envoys to explore possible new moves to ease tensions in Asia. Talks referenced a potential unwritten cease-fire and a U N peace observation mission to Formosa and the Persadores to monitor aggression, with diplomats urging diplomacy to have a chance.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Britain
New Zealand
Formosa
State Dulles
White House
Dulles
State Department
Sir Leslie
Knox Munro
U.N
Roger Makins
London
New York Times
United States
Pescadores
Far East
Munro
Makins
Anthony Eden
Prowler Enters Decatur Church
A prowler entered the First Church of Christ Scientist at Johnston Street and 6th Avenue between 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and Sunday morning, lifting $1 from a desk drawer, tracking mud on the carpet, and removing a cabinet door. Entry was gained by breaking a rear door pane and unlocking it from inside. Lt. Pack Self noted no evidence linking other local break-ins to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ Scientist
Johnston St
6Th Ave
Pack Self
Somerville Road
Decatur High
Folsom Names Three to Limestone Jury Commission
Gov. James E. Folsom named a new Limestone County jury commission to serve four years. Jim Ed Legg of north of Athens joins holdovers A N Bumpus and Dock McMunn, with duties to fill the jury box with qualified citizens. House Rep. J M Dement and Sen. M C Grisham had submitted nine Limestone voters for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Limestone County
James E. Folsom
Persons
Jim Ed Legg
A. N. Bumpus
Dock McMunn
J. M. Dement
M. C. Grisham
Cullman Grand Jury Begins Deliberations
A Cullman Circuit Court Grand Jury, selected this morning and charged by Presiding Judge Newton Powell, is now in session. Foreman A F Mann leads a panel including O C Green Malcolm H Rape L C Hudson Hugh Wilford Gibbs F H Clos Jr W C Talley Purvin Wilhite Homer D Moore Hershel Waldrop Maurice N Creel J W Smith H J Craft W N Burkard Earlie Benefield W E Eddleman Hoyt Grimes and Enoch Berry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
Circuit Court
Newton Powell
A. F. McMann
O. C. Green
Malcolm H. Rape
L. C. Hudson
Hugh Wilford Gibbs
F. H. Clos, Jr
W. C. Talley
Purvin Wilhite
Homer D. Moore
Hershel Waldrop
Maurice N. Creel
J. W. Smith
H. J. Craft
Chiang Defends Tachen Pullback as Counterattack Prep
Chiang Kai-shek said the evacuation of Tachen Island troops is a positive step toward counterattack against the Communists, not a retreat. He called the move painful but necessary as Taichung mainland forces focus on consolidating Formosa Penghu Kinmen Matsu and other islands to insure eventual victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Chiang Kai-shek
Tachen Island
Chiang
Taiwan
Formosa
Penghu
Pescadores
Kinmen
Quemoy
Matsu
Yikiangshan
Folsom's Roads Face Rough Week
MONTGOMERY A Senate session faces a push to overhaul Gov. James E. Folsom's road program as three House-passed bills move forward. A public hearing is set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. before the Senate finance and taxation committee. Local bills also occupy the agenda as lawmakers reconvene in special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Senate
House
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
Trio Questioned In Theft Series In Falkville area arrests
Three men tied to a rash of recent thefts in Falkville and Danville Road area were jailed in Morgan County after a Saturday night arrest in Austinville. Edward McCluskey of Austinvilles held the trio at gun point until deputies arrived. A fourth man kept elsewhere was released. McCluskey planned to press warrants today. About 20 Danville area families affected.
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Falkville
Danville Rd
Austinville
Neel
Morgan County
Edward McCluskey
McCluskey
Danville
Conant Sees U S Embassy in West Germany Soon
U S Commissioner to Germany James Bryant Conant says his office may be raised to embassy status, possibly naming him the first postwar U S ambassador to West Germany. He arrived in Boston en route to Washington for budget talks and expects West German ratification of Paris treaties enabling NATO armed participation within months.
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Boston
U. S
Germany
James Bryant Conant
United States
West Germany
Conant
Harvard University
Washington
City Fathers to Meet in Busy Council Session Tonight
Morgan County faces four actions at tonight's city council meeting. A vote on funds for the Federal Surplus Food program, authority for a four lane Wilson Street extension with railroad overpass, street name changes for Bank Street Lee Street and 2nd Avenue to Broadway, and a rezoning proposal for land near See CITY on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
State Highway Department
Wilson St
Bank St
Chemstrand
Southern Railroad
Bank and Lee St
2Nd Ave
Broadway
See City
Robbers Tunnel Bank Safe In London Heist
Robbers tunneled into a bank near the Houses of Parliament over the weekend and fled with 42000 after blasting open a safe. Scotland Yard swarmed the St James Street Martin’s Bank basement to find a two foot hole and a shattered safe.
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London
Scotland Yard
St. James Street
Martin's Bank
Egypt's Neutral Alliance Fails to Unite Arab World
Cairo reports that Egypt's bid to forge a neutralist bloc among eight Arab League states and block Western military aid in the Middle East ended without success as leaders concluded their talks last night.
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Cairo
Egypt
Egypt to Withdraw From Arab Pact if Iraq-Turkey Treaty Signed
Cairo announces Egypt will pull out of the Arab Security Pact the day Iraq signs a mutual defense treaty with Turkey. At the same time Egypt will sign a new pact with other Arab states promising not to join Turkish or any foreign alliance.
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Cairo
Egypt
Maj
Salah Salem
Iraq
Turkey
Arab conference ends without final communique amid Egypt protests
Fragmentary report notes a 16 day defense conference halted by Egypt as it opposed a projected Iraq Turkey alliance. Indications suggest other Arab states, besides Iraq, may lean toward joining Turkey and indirectly Western powers, with See Egypt's on Page 2.
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Egypt
Turkey
Iraq
Sabre pilots recount battles with Mig fighters off Reds coast
Two U S jet pilots Lt Charles E Salmon and Capt George F Williams Jr described a five minute air clash with eight MiGs off the North Korean coast. They claimed both MiGs were shot down, with no damage to the Sabres or RB45 reconnaissance plane. They reported the MiGs showed no identifiable markings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Sea
Korea
U.S. Air Force
Reds Coast
Tokyo
Charles E. Salmon
Port Jervis
N.Y
George F. Williams Jr
Austin
Tex
Williams
Osan
Salmon
Cold snap heads toward area after weekend rain
A 14 degree night and a plunge toward subzero wind chills are forecast as rain ends. Decatur and surrounding Morgan and nearby counties saw two and a half inches of rainfall over Saturday and Sunday, swelling creeks and raising the Tennessee River level about a foot and a half. Fields showed standing water, with low areas flooded, yet North Alabama avoided broader flooding seen further south. The weatherman predicts clear and cold conditions Tuesday with no rain.
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Decatur
Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Cullman
Tennessee
North
Alabama
Flooded Alabama rivers rise as rain floods banks
Rivers and smaller streams in Alabama swelled by over four inches of rain, causing a drowning in Boxer Creek near Fayette. The Weather Bureau warned farmers to move livestock to high ground as moderate floods loom on the Coosa and Cahaba Rivers and the Warrior River nears a crest above flood stage.
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Birmingham
Alabama
U.S. Weather Bureau
Montgomery
Coosa
Cahaba
Warrior
Tuscaloosa
Robert Carl Berry
Boxer Creek
Fayette
J. Thomas Veary
Weather and River Update From Decatur Vicinity
The Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge rose 1.06 feet in 24 hours to 17.38. High Sunday reached 52 degrees at 1 PM. this morning’s low was 40 at 4 AM, with 40 at 8 AM. TVA substation records 2.48 inches of rain over Saturday and Sunday. Forecast: clearing this afternoon, then clear and cold tonight and Tuesday. High today about 53, low tonight around 26, high Tuesday near 47.
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Decatur
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Formosa Skirmish Near Tachens Involves Carrier Jets
U S carrier aircraft flew over small islands north of the Tachens as Red Chinese anti aircraft guns opened fire during China’s withdrawal of about 15 000 troops and 15 000 civilians under the U S seventh fleet protection American pilot said the fire was close but no damage was reported no Russian built MIG air challenge appeared.
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Associated Press
U.S
Tachens
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Red
Dulles Faces U S Questions On Tachen Evacuation
Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee prepared questions for Secretary of State Dulles today concerning U S participation in the evacuation of Tachens and potential new cease fire moves.
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Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Dulles
U. S
United Nations debate on new Security Council moves stalls
United Nations delegates awaited U S ideas for new Security Council measures as Council President Victor A Belaude of Peru said weekend talks produced no clear agreement on the next step.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
U. N
U. S
Security Council
Council
Victor A. Belaude
Peru
Churchill calls final secret session amid cease-fire hints
Prime Minister Churchill convened Commonwealth premiers for a final secret session on For mosa as reports suggest Russia joined Britain and India in quiet moves to urge Nationalists and Reds toward a face saving unwritten cease-fire.
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London
Churchill
Formosa
Russia
Britain
India
Rabbit Hunt Ends Up As Goat Hunt Arrests
Four Franklin county boys were jailed in Moulton on a charge of malicious injury to animals after abandoning a rabbit hunt to shoot two goats near the Lawrence Franklin county line. Officers found the dead goats in a truck. one youth fled but was captured. Two paid fines and two were released on bond.
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Moulton
Franklin County
Lawrence
State Educators To Talk Crisis In Alabama
The Alabama Education Association delegates gather in Montgomery for a two day meeting to discuss the growing crisis in public schools due to rising enrollment and insufficient building facilities. About 350 delegates from 17 000 members are expected. A legislative committee report cites the increasing crisis and calls for more revenue to fund school programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Assembly of Delegates
Alabama Education Assn
AEA
Assembly
Alabama
Laura Gaines Sprott
Troy Aea
Sixteen Home Building Permits Granted Here In One Day
On Saturday the city clerk issued sixteen building permits totaling about $154000 for thirteen homes on 9th Street SE and two on nearby avenues to B Frank Crenault and a garage to C B Fairbanks at 1629 Tower SE. January total reached $140569 as of year start. since Jan 1 1955 twenty four homes have begun in the Decatur area.
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9Th St
9Th Ave
7Th Ave
B. Frank Chenault
C. B. Fairbanks
Tower St
Decatur
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