Local events and crimes fill Decatur diary page
A Mary Lou Dancy Chapter meeting is set for Tuesday at 7 30 in the Masonic Temple. Robbie Smith, a Decatur High senior, is fair in the Baugh Wiley Smith Clinic with a virus infection. City Clerk Joe Pettey returns to work after illness. The Austinville PTA meets at 7 with Jack Wood as guest speaker. United Daughters of the Confederacy meet Thursday at 2 with Judge Newton B Powell as guest. Police report thefts and 14 weekend arrests for public drunkenness.
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Mary Lou Dancy Chapter No
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Robbie Smith
College St. SE
Baugh-Wiley-Smith
Robbie
George Smith
Decatur High School
Austinville
PTA
Jack Wood
Decatur Iron and Steel Co
Joe Wheeler
United Daughters of Confederacy
Harold Watkins
Grant St
Frank Whisenant
Mmss
Florence Smith
Newton B. Powell
Air Force to shrink to under 90 wings with missiles included
The Air Force plans a multi year downsizing to fewer than 90 wings, cutting bomber forces as more efficient missiles enter service. Budget terms show a modest fall from 105 wings to 102 by end of 1960, with missile squadrons forming part of the future force.
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Washington
Air Force
Congress
Rethinking a Devoted Friend and Faith Guide
A young woman has guided you toward God but you doubt your love for her. Consider whether romantic love has confused you, and seek honest discernment through prayer. If she has provided spiritual leadership, value that over a glamorous romance, and trust Proverbs 3:6 to direct your path.
Probe Of Hagerty Sought By Schwartz
Washington AP The man behind last year’s Sherman Adams case Dr Bernard Schwartz a former House investigator asks Congress to probe White House press secretary James C Hagerty Schwartz a NYU law professor charges Hagerty influenced a TV case in political terms Hagerty denies the accusation saying Schwartz misinformed or lying The book The Professor and the Commissions parts were released Saturday The probe links a Albany Schenectady NY television station with FCC decisions and notes Adams resignation and Mack’s firing from the FCC
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Washington
Sherman Adams
Congress
White House
James C. Hagerty
Bernard Schwartz
House
Haggerty
Hagerty
Schwartz
New York University
Legislative Oversight Subcommittee
Investiga
Adams
Eisenhower
Richard A. Mack
Federal Communications Commissioner
Albany-Schenectady
New York
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Cuban Executions Rise to 289 in Unofficial Count
In Havana crowds learned Cuba’s unofficial death toll reached 289 after a former army captain was executed by firing squad in Santa Clara Las Villas province. Fidel Castro and Manuel Urrutia planned a funeral cortege to Havana for 19 revolutionaries buried together. bodies were moved from Oriente province for the services.
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Havana
Cuba
Santa Clara
Las Vi Nas
Fidel Castro
Manuel Urrutia
Castro
Oriente
Typewriter sale draws thirty callers in Daily Want Ads
A Royal Deluxe Portable typewriter ad in the Daily Want Ads drew about 30 calls before it was stopped after two days. The seller notes readers want to buy items and encourages listing more offerings for sale.
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New
Abolish GOP Sneaks Into Senate Row
In a fleeting moment with no Republicans present Senator Russell Long proposes abolishing the Republican party. Minutes later Everett Dirksen signals a similar move against the Democrats, but Hubert Humphrey interrupts with an objection.
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Washington
Russell Long
Dla
Senate
Congress
Everett Dirksen
R-Ill
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Five Children Perish In Fire In Philadelphia
In southwest Philadelphia a pre dawn blaze killed five children Marion 7 Joyce 6 Linda 5 Major Jr 4 Robert 2 of Mr and Mrs Major Long Sr The mother Fannie 26 and her son Richard 10 escaped along with Mrs Plummer who tried to rescue them all. The fire left the house damaged and smoke inhalation treatment given to survivors.
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Philadelphia
Mildred Plummer
Major Long
Marion
Joyce
Linda
Major Jr
Robert
Plummer
Draftsman Held For Bigamy in Reno Marriages
Brian Wahlken a 22 year old draftsman jailed in San Jose on a bigamy case. He admits marrying Rachel Belasco in Reno while still married to Jenny, 24. Each wife believed him faithful as both pregnancies emerge. he planned a divorce from Jenny and faces charges.
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San Jose
Calif
Brian Wahlken
Wahlken
Mountain View
Rachel Belasco
Reno
Jenny
Rachel
A. J. Belasco
Ten injured in East Morgan auto crash near Morgan City
A head on collision 1.2 miles north of Morgan City on U S Highway 231 at 4 p.m. Sunday sent ten people to Arab Hospital. Names include Marie G Kelley Roger Dale Kelley James Edward Kelley and others with bruises fractures and internal injuries. Conditions range good to fair. weather was rainy and slick.
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Morgan City
Morgan County
C. T. Barnett
Arab Hospital
Marie G. Kelley
Huntsville
Roger Dale Kelley
James Edward Kelley
Jerry Wayne Kelley
Kelley
Thomas Cecil Guger
Fair
Lavella May Guger
Guger
Good
Radford Leon Phillips
Shelby Phillips
Phillips
Dorothy Ray Jones
Sylacauga 4
Ala
Charles Lee Jones
Instrument Panel Of Plane Studied After East River Crash
Investigators focused on the cockpit of the American Airlines plane that crashed into the East River near La Guardia Field killing 65 and leaving 32 bodies still missing. The nose and cockpit were recovered with the cockpit clock still running, and the pilot Capt Alfred De Witt 59 of Decatur Michigan was recovered.
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New York
American Airlines
East River
Civil Aeronautics Board
la Guardia Field
Alfred de Witt
Decatur
Mich
Cyprus Pact Nears Final Draft Amid Turkish Veto Clarity
In Zurich Greece and Turkey near a draft constitution for an independent Cyprus with a Turkish veto on foreign relations and internal security. The plan grants NATO control of bases on the island and commits no part to join Greece or Turkey, with further talks possible after Prime Ministers Karamanlis and Menderes meet with Macmillan.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mediterranean
Constantine Karamanlis
Fatin Rustue Zorlu
Evening Astronomical Notes for Decatur
The text notes sunset at 5 26 p m and moonset at 8 28 p m with first quarter on Feb 15. It places Leo in the eastern sky at moonset, describing the sickle shape of brighter stars curved toward the Twins.
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Leo
Weather and River Notes for Decatur Area
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 16.39 feet with a 0.15 foot drop in 24 hours. Sea level reading 550.69 feet. Sunday high 55 degrees at 12:30 PM, night low 51 at 6 PM. Today foresees clouds mild with rain and scattered thundershowers. Winds southeast 8 to 15 mph. Outlook: little change Wednesday with highs near 60 and 62 on Tuesday.
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Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Administration aims to adjourn Legislature and push road bond
Administration leaders seek a three day session this week to enact a 60 million dollar road bond into law and finalize a voter registration records bill. Sen Vaughan Hill Robison of Montgomery cautioned timetable depends on how many local bills remain to be introduced this week.
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Montgomery
House
Senate
Vaughan Hill Robison
Third Party Held Possible In South
Sen. Herman Talmadge says a third party movement could form in the South if Democrats and Republicans clash over a “bayonet rule with a vengeance.” He also cautions against immediate adoption of a local school control constitutional amendment and predicts major 1960 presidential contenders in a Kennedy Stevenson Johnson lineup.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Talmadge
John Kennedy
Massachusetts
Adlai Stevenson
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Stevenson
Kennedy
Western allies unify on Berlin access procedures with Dulles
Secretary of State Dulles said Western Allies generally agree on procedures if the Soviet Union uses physical means to block access to West Berlin. He reiterated willingness to negotiate a broader settlement and reported unity from talks in London Paris and Bonn. Eisenhower to receive the report.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Soviet Union
Berlin
Dulles
London
Paris
Bonn
West Berlin
Britain
France
West Germany
Paul-Henri Spaak
NATO
Eisenhower
Tee
U.S.S.R
West
Endurance Flight Duo Land After 64 Days Aloft
Robert Timm and John Cook closed a record endurance flight of 64 days 22 hours 21 minutes in a light single engine plane. They were refueled daily from a desert road by a 90 mph pickup truck and enjoyed hot meals aloft. They said they enjoyed the experience but do not plan a repeat attempt.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Robert Timm
John Cook
Jim Heth
Bill Burkhart
Dallas
Timm
Cook
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