22 Feb 1957
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1957
Page
1
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Roland Compton reported a burglary at his 304 6th Ave NW home with glass breakage and $12 cash taken. Decatur High School Band will perform at 8 PM featuring Entry of the Gladiators and The Presidents March among pieces. Various church services and community notices follow, including births, hospital admissions, and local court activity.
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles expressed regret Israel has not yet withdrawn troops from Egyptian areas but said the door is not closed to further talks. Ben-Gurion told parliament Israel would not leave Gaza and Aqaba Gulf under current terms.
In Jerusalem, minor party leaders urge Israel to keep troops in the Gaza Strip and on the Gulf of Aqaba coast. Ben-Gurion vows to pull out invasion forces if U.N. troops or Egypt are not restricted, while opposing factions threaten to leave the coalition over further withdrawals.
Luther Leon White, 23, a Phoenix area native, was sentenced to six years in prison in the circuit court here after being found guilty of arson for burning the F. W. Ridgeway store three miles west of Athens about a year ago. White testified he slept through the fire and claimed his wife wanted him jailed. No notice of appeal was recorded this morning.
Morgan County holds the state's third largest March Selective Service quota as the county draft board awaits official notification of a deferred case induction. Once confirmed the county will place men into 1-A or postponement categories, enabling draft eligibility. The statewide call totals 14 000 men with Jefferson 63 and Mobile 24. other quotas include Cullman 6 Lawrence 3 Limestone 4.
In Saigon President Ngo Dinh Diem narrowly escaped an assassin's bullet during a speech at a fair opening. A government minister was seriously wounded as the pistol was deflected by a bystander.
An unmanned Matador missile, 3044 feet long with a 27.9 foot wingspan and high speed, escaped control from Holloman Air Development Center and vanished after about an hour of fuel. Officials halted the search as costs outweighed the missile's value. no explosive warhead was aboard.
The Morgan County Board of Education voted last night to borrow 25000 dollars to aid emergency needs for Hartselle schools. The funds will build a band room at Morgan County High and a cafeteria at Hartselle Elementary, financed by bonds paid from district three mill tax revenue. A mass meeting at Plainview School is planned to decide if Plainview students should stay in local schools or transfer to Hartselle in coming years.
Decatur board plans weekend meeting at Decatur High to choose site for a new junior high addition and decide whether the Sizemore Architect Firm will continue after the architect's death. Bonds totaling 500 000 are to be sold March 7 with 165 000 already sold as preliminary plans for Walter Jackson and West Decatur schools proceed.
At last night's meeting the City Board of Education in Decatur considered Wesley Thompson for the assistant coach job at Decatur High School. He was not hired because no teaching vacancy exists in his qualified subject area industrial arts.
A small Beech Bonanza plane en route from Muscle Shoals Alabama to St. Joseph Missouri crashed in an orchard northwest of Savannah Missouri. The single occupant pilot Holmes is identified only by surname. The wreckage was found after the plane had been missing since last night.
River level at TVA terminal Building was 551.08 feet with an 80 foot drop in 24 hours. Yesterday high 58, low 34. Today at 7 30 a.m. 46, 11 a.m. 54. Forecast mild with increasing clouds tonight and Saturday with showers and occasional rain. Turning colder Saturday. Southeasterly winds 15 to 18 mph turning southwesterly tonight. High today about 63, low 38, high Saturday about 44.
Alabama Attorney General John Patterson urged closing a legal hole that allows highway resurfacing without competitive bids. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that road maintenance was not defined as a public improvement in 1947, prompting Patterson to call for bid requirements to lower costs. He noted purchase orders used by the highway department for asphalt mix, while Gov. Folsom stressed state money stewardship.
The Arab bloc at the United Nations boosts sanctions pressure over Israel's refusal to pull troops from Gaza and the Gulf of Aqaba. U.S. officials cite talks but reject further delays. Israel vows to oppose any coercive move while Dulles and Eisenhower push for freedom of shipping and U.N. forces in the Gaza Strip. Abba Eban heads to Washington with new instructions amid ongoing diplomacy.
London reports a fresh crisis in the British American alliance as U S tacit approval of possible U N sanctions against Israel sparks internal dissent in Britain Prime Minister Harold Macmillan faces a Parliamentary revolt over sanctions action meeting Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd and cabinet are summoned to discuss the issue The government leans toward Arab policy and withdrawal from Egypt while seeking to preserve the alliance
Stockholders in Decatur and surrounding area are urged to attend the 30th annual meeting of Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co. in the Mutual Building on Bank Street. The session opens at 2 PM with the board of directors to be elected and the year’s activities reviewed in the president Melvin Hutson’s report.
The 14th annual Cullman Chamber of Commerce meeting opens at 6 30 p m with the public bid reading for a new poultry processing plant at city hall The Alabama Poultry Enterprises project finances and plans are outlined with Forest Ingram and Fay Fechtel as owners Barrett C Lane of The Decatur Daily will be guest speaker Mayor J W Arnold and Mrs Besa Morrow named as Man and Woman of the Year Officers W R Griffin vice president R B Moyer treasurer and Mrs Melvin executive secretary announced
Charges dropped against Eugene Charliel and Donald Lee after an agreement between state and defense attorneys. Judge Eugene Lee had said he would dismiss charges from the Montgomery County Grand Jury, which indicted four men over recent bombings. hearings set for May.
Governor James E. Folsom delays the execution of Clarence Johnson, 57, under death sentence, granting a 14 day reprieve while he studies the clemency plea. Johnson, a Camden sawmill foreman and part time loan company collector, awaits further action.
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