New DAV Officers to Be Installed Thursday at 7:30
Service Officer Butler Hine says the Disabled American Veterans will install new officers including commander and chaplain at the DAV home Thursday evening. Cherry Street School PTA hosts a night of games at 7 in the school cafeteria to raise funds for beautifying the grounds with table prizes, a grand prize, and refreshments.
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DAV
Butler Hine
Sgt. At Arms
Parent Teacher Association
Cherry Street
Chiang Kai-shek Planes Hit Armed Ships Off Taishan Islands
Nationalist air force reports multiple strikes on armed junks and gunboats near Nanchishan and Taishan Islands. Two waves of raids claimed destruction of several vessels and significant damage to coastal installations, with no immediate clash at Nanchishan.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Nanchishan Island
Taishans
Nanchishan
Taishan Islands
Road Fees Due For Last Try
Proponents of a moderate road building program plan a final Senate bid to halt Gov. James E. Folsom's plan as the House has acted. Supporters seek a vote on a $50 million bond issue, hoping to require public approval.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Senate
House
Phenix City Vice Trial Evidence Spreads Across Night Spot
Birmingham reporters testified at Albert Fuller murder trial that Phenix City night spots continued gambling as officers raided the area. A witness also said Albert Fuller wore an empty pistol holster soon after A L Patterson was killed, noting the former Phenix City chief deputy sheriff appeared without his gun in public.
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Birmingham
Albert Fuller
A. L. Patterson
Phenix
Motive Hinted in Patterson Slaying Probe
Prosecutors seek motive in the June 18 slaying of A L Patterson after his nomination as Alabama attorney general. Fuller, a former chief deputy sheriff, is among three charged with murder. Reporters Joe Campbell and Richard Peacock described events at the Bama Club during the December 5 1953 raid.
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A. L. Patterson
Patterson
Alabama
Fuller
Joe Campbell
Richard Peacock
Birmingham News
Bama Club
Lee State
SEATO Conference Opens With Dual Arms and Economy Focus
Delegates at Bangkok assemble to discuss a joint Southeast Asia military force and economic aid to resist Communist influence. U S Secretary of State Dulles arrives from Manila and invokes Washington’s ideals of freedom as the eight-nation meeting opens tomorrow.
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Clen Clements
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Southeast Asia
Laos
China
Yunnan
Thailand
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Britain
France
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New Zealand
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Pakistan
U.S
Dulles
Manila
Washington
Faure Gathers Support in Bid to Form French Cabinet
France's Edgar Faure wins backing from two National Assembly factions to end an 18 day cabinet crisis. He begins selecting a cabinet and seeks Assembly approval tomorrow. Antoine Pinay is named as foreign minister in the tentative lineup.
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Paris
National Assembly
Edgar Faure
Charles de Gaulle
Faure
Radical Socialist Party
Antoine Pinay
Eisenhower urges $101 billion highway plan to avert atomic attack
President Eisenhower asks Congress to approve a 101 billion dollar highway program citing the need for a road network that allows rapid evacuation from target zones. He warns of deadly congestion in atomic warfare and cites savings from fewer accidents, lower costs, and growing travel needs.
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Herb Altschull
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Halleck Warns Veto to Block $20 Tax Cut Plan
Rep. Halleck said he would advise President Eisenhower to veto any tax bill that includes the Democratic proposal for a $20 per person income tax cut next January. He predicted Republicans would defeat the plan in a House floor vote set for Thursday. Senate opposition to further tax cuts remained likely as Budget balance concerns grew.
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Rep
Halleck
Ind
Eisenhower
J. Halleck
House
Arends
R-Ill
Senate
Byrd
D-Va
Finance Committee
Sen
George
D-Ga
Ways and Means
Midwest Governors Back Toll Roads for National Expressway Network
Five Midwestern governors urged toll roads as the quickest way to build a nationwide expressway system. Indiana Governor George N. Craig Nebraska’s Victor E. Anderson Ohio’s Frank Lausche Illinois’ William Stratton and Kentucky’s Lawrence Wetherby endorsed tolls as tax financed roads proved inadequate amid rising auto use. The regional conference drew 220 officials from 13 states and Washington, D.C. Alabama’s Richard Flowers echoed support. Craig said Alabama Gov. James E. Folsom also supported the program.
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Evansville
Ind
Eisenhower
George N. Craig
Indiana
Victor E. Anderson
Nebraska
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Lawrence Wetherby
Kentucky
Washington, D.C
Alabama
Richard M. Flowers
Midwest
Bangkok Prepares For SEATO Conference
Bangkok works to impress SEATO delegates as streets are tidied and traffic managed for the conference week. An official radio warning urged residents to stay indoors due to the event and another message banned naked children from street activity during the assembly.
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Bangkok
Thailand
SEATO
What Sort Of Man Was George Washington A Hero We Know Only As A Steel Engraving
Henry Boyle reflects on George Washington born 223 years ago and asks why the nation reveres him as a temple rather than a relatable father figure. He cites Artemus Ward and Robert Ingersoll noting Washington's public myth versus the private man. See WHAT on Page 2.
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George Washington
New York
American Republic
Daddy
Washington
Artemus Ward
Robert Ingersoll
Second A-Blast Jolts Las Vegas
Las Vegas woke before dawn to the George Shot atomic test, the 33rd detonation at the Nevada test site. Seventeen congressmen and 200 military observers watched from Yucca Flat, while the orange flash lit Los Angeles area. Two shocks were felt in Las Vegas with windows rattling but no damage reported.
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Nev
George
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Yucca Flat
Los Angeles
AEC
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Nevada Test Site
eleven year old behind the wheel shocks Texas drive scene
In Hunter Texas state patrol intercepts a boy 11 driving his father's car. Pedro Ta mayo claims his son Robert has never driven before, yet the boy says he learned by watching. The car was stopped radar trap with a shotgun, bread, apples and water loaded for a road trip to San Antonio.
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Austin
Tex
Pedro Tamayo
Hunter
San Antonio
Papa Pedro
Robert
St. Mary’s University
Don Breslin
State Milk Cost Out Suspended in Alabama
An Alabama Milk Control Board order for a cent a quart price reduction was suspended by Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones pending a court hearing. The five month drop would have started March 1. The judge granted dairymen’s request to block the move until the board's restated price schedules are reviewed for possible errors and records are turned over within 30 days.
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Montgomery
Alabama Milk Control Board
Alabama
Walter B. Jones
Milk Board
Jones
One Child Killed Four Hurt In Elba Two-Car Crash
A two car collision near Elba Alabama left one child dead and four other family members injured along with five adults. Highway Patrol described the crash four and a half miles west of Elba at the U S 84 and Alabama 86 intersection. Dallas Dannelley drove the striking car and George Luther Hall 38 of Elba Route 2 led the other vehicle.
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Elba
Ala
E. C. Fordham
U. S. Highway 84
Alabama 86
Dallas Dannelley
George Luther Hall
Sparkman Attacks GOP During Georgia Dinner Appearance
Senator Sparkman of Alabama, the 1952 Democratic vice presidential nominee, criticized Republican policies at a Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Rome Georgia. He called GOP promises rosy hoaxes and accused the administration of a trickle down approach, claiming bonds and interest rates harmed average families. He denounced the seven billion dollar school program and 101 billion road program as banker benefits, contrasting Eisenhower’s rhetoric with actual legislation.
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Rome
Sen
Sparkman
GOP
Truman
New York
Eisenhower
Weather and River Report Decatur and Vicinity
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge rose 0.69 feet in 24 hours to 17.43 feet. Yesterday’s high was 53 at 1 pm, low 37 at 6 am. today’s 8 am temperature 38. Rainfall at TVA Sub-Station fell from 83 inches yesterday to 24 inches at 4 pm and 1.25 inches this morning. Forecast calls for cloudy cool conditions with showers today, colder tonight, and clearing Wednesday. highs near 45 today and 44 Wednesday with lows around 28 tonight.
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Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Morgan County Funds for Food Program Raised by City Council
City Council approves a 100 dollar monthly increase to a 600 dollar county total for the Federal Surplus Food Program. Morgan County towns plus Decatur contribute to cover administrative distribution and handling costs totaling 1135 dollars. Council members Odom Moody and Higdon vote yes. Frasier and Rutledge Thomas vote no.
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Morgan County
Hartselle
Austinville
Trinity
Falkville
Roy Odom
Leonard Moody
Harry Higdon
Ned Frazier
Rutledge Thomas
Thomas
Decatur
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
H. R. Summer
Searchers Find 19 Crash Dead in Italy
Rescue crews in heavy snow pried into icy tombs recovering 29 victims of a Sabena DC6 crash on Mt Terminillo in central Italy. Nine days after the Feb 13 wreck four Americans were among the dead. The mother of Italy's 1953 beauty queen Marcella Mariani was at the scene.
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Italy
Mt. Terminillo
Apennines
Sabena Belgian Air Lines
Marcella Mariani
Liar Matusow Still Singing
Harvey Matusow testified before the Senate Internal Security subcommittee saying he offered to provide candidates with material to expose lies of McCarthyism. He did not state if any candidate accepted the offer or if it was compensated.
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Washington
Harvey Matusow
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Matusow
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