Local hobby groups meet for aviation and photography
The first meeting of the local Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Assn. is set for 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Cornelian Court Hotel dining room. The Decatur Camera Club gathers at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Chemstrand Corp. photo lab with a 7:25 p.m. group arrival at Guard Headquarters.
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Experimental Aircraft Assn
Cornelian Court Hotel
Decatur Camera Club
Chemstrand Corp
Guard
A Reader's Call to Commit to Church Life
A reader questions frequent church hopping and a rebuke for it. The advisor argues against celibate dissent, cites Hebrews on assembling together, and urges contributing time energy and money to a church. They warn that constant nonparticipation harms church work and fellowship.
H-Plant Blast Rocks Britain
A conventional explosive unload incident at Aldermaston caused two deaths and one injury. The British Atomic Energy Commission confirmed no radioactivity risk to staff or the public, though the blast damaged a nearby building and shook the village of Aldermaston, near London.
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Aldermaston
Woodley Thomas
British Atomic Energy Commission
Britain
P Aldermaston
London
Dies Here at 88 W E Crawford Decatur Postmaster
William E. Crawford 88 longtime Decatur postmaster and eighth district Democratic official died at his home after an extended illness. He served on Decatur City Council four years and was active in Elks, Scottish Rite, Shrine and Zamora Temple. Funeral set at Brown Funeral Home with Rev W K Stephenson officiating. Burial in City Cemetery. Survivors include wife Ella Skeggs Crawford son William Skeggs Crawford and three sisters. No flowers.
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William E. Crawford
Decatur
Cain St
Crawford
Elks Lodge
Rising Sun Lodge
Alabama
Zamora Temple
Mystic Shrine
Birmingham
DeBardeleben Coal Co
Brown Funeral Home
W. K. Stephenson
Ella Skeggs Crawford
William Skeggs Crawford
A. D. Rochester
Oscar Phillips
Annie Crawford
Garner Pride
Comer Ezell
Russell Lynn
Norman Harris
J. D. Collins
Elmer Loyd
Sasons
Shriners
Probe Seen Into Unions By Senate Labor Panel
Washington AP The Senate Labor Management Committee will launch a broad probe of labor unions tactics and political spending. It will examine flower funds used for sick and deceased members and whether laws bar unions from political involvement. The panel faces Democratic and Republican tensions over unions like the UAW backing Democrats.
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Washington
Senate Labor Management Committee
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
General Marshall Resting Comfortably But Serious
Gen. George C. Marshall, 78, was resting comfortably though still in serious condition today. The update came from Marshall's physician, Col. George M. Powell.
Mexico Strikes Pause Rail Service as Workers Dismissal Threat
Mexican rail labor dispute slows two thirds of the system with 9145 miles idle. Some trains resume after government order, while union leader Deme tio Vallejo vows federal court action. Troops guard yards as two minor incidents occur along route.
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Jimmie S. Payne
Mexico City
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Demetrio Vallejo
Vallejo
Benjamin Mendez
Guadalajara
Veracruz
Ciudad Juarez
Nuevo Laredo
Night Sky Friday February 27 in Decatur
The forecast lists sunset at 5 04 p.m. and sunrise at 6 20 a.m. The moon is tonight at 10 45 p.m. Last Quarter on March 1. Visible planets Venus low in the west at 7 15 p.m. Mars high in the west at 9 09 p.m. Saturn low in the southeast at 4 32 a.m. Jupiter due south at 5 16 a.m. Prominent star ius due south at 8 04 p.m.
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Starius
Venus
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Weather and River Update for Decatur Area
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 16.57 feet up 0.06 in 24 hours. Readings place sea level at 550.87 feet. Temperatures ranged from a high of 58 yesterday to a low of 34 this morning with 51 at 10 25 am. Forecast calls for partly cloudy warm conditions today tonight and Friday with northeasterly winds becoming southeasterly. Highs near 65 and lows around 41.
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Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Early Cotton Acreage Transfer Urged by Southeastern States
Alabama and other Southeastern state representatives urged early approval of a bill allowing transfer of cotton acreage allotments within a county. Gov. Patterson supported the measure as Agriculture Department officials warned it could raise production and intensify the cotton surplus. The Senate agriculture subcommittee hearing highlighted potential consolidation and lower costs for farmers.
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Washington
Alabama
John Patterson
Agriculture Department
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Solon Says Land Case To Grand Jury
Freshman legislator Rep. Charles S. Trimmier of Mobile urged five public officials to appear before the county Grand Jury over a land condemnation case. He claimed the case has serious implications of corruption within Gov. Patterson's administration and reiterated his earlier Montgomery House speech that drew an 86 to 2 censure vote.
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Mobile
Charles S. Trimmier
John Patterson
Wala-Tv
Montgomery
Paris Fashion Reverts to Normal Lines in New Creations
Paris reports final proof that fashion returns to normal as first pictures of spring Paris creations reveal the natural line. Designers discard sacks and exaggerated silhouettes in favor of a normal waistline with longer skirts that still cover the kneecap.
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Paris
Sound bedding values at Robinsons on 2nd Ave
Advertisement notes honest money saving prices for bedding at Robinsons located on 2nd Avenue with emphasis on value and affordability.
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Robinton’s
2Nd Ave
Looming Veto on Large Federal Housing Bill
House Democrats push a $2.075 billion federal housing bill surpassing Eisenhower plans despite Republican veto warnings. Banking Committee approved the measure amid budget dispute. Rules Committee to decide next. Senate already moves toward a $2.66 billion housing grants and loans bill.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
GOP
Senate
Berlin Crisis Fears Mount
Washington officials fear a dangerous Berlin crisis could unfold this spring as Khrushchev signals risky moves. They hope for a foreign ministers meeting in late April or early May to avert escalation.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Khrushchev
Moscow
Drinkard Stays At Oak Park
E L Drinkard Jr keeps his concession at Oak Mountain State Park despite no utilities after Conservation Director Claude D Kelley cancels a five year lake concession Drinkard continues to occupy state housing and considers a court injunction.
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Birmingham
E. L. Drinkard Jr
Oak Mountain State Park
Claude D. Kelley
Drinkard
Shelby County
Kelley
W. H. Drinkard
E. B. Moore
James Folsom
Tuscaloosa
Conservation Department
Demos Seek Method To Halt Federal Rise In Gas Tax
In Washington Democrats seek ways to fund the 41,000 mile national superhighway system without raising the federal gasoline tax. Senate Public Roads Committee will hear witnesses Bertram D. Tallamy and John Allen as it weighs progress and funding.
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Demos
Washington
Pat McNamara
Dmich
Senate Public Roads Committee
Bertram D. Tallamy
John Allen
Secretary of Commerce For Transportation
Bureau of Public Roads
Talks with Khrushchev Ended Without Concession
The Macmillan Khrushchev talks closed with neither side budging an inch amid a chilly mood in Moscow. A formal communique was to be drafted Monday while Western rights in Berlin remained a sensitive point.
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Kiev
Ukraine
Freshmen Senators Back U.S. Berlin Stance After White House Talk
After a White House breakfast with President Eisenhower three new Republican senators Kenneth Keating Hugh Scott and Winston Prouty said the United States is ready to meet any Berlin crisis. They declined to share details, noting it would be inappropriate to do so. The remarks follow Eisenhowers claim of no inch given to preserve Western Allies rights in Berlin as the Soviet Union sets a May 27 deadline.
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Eisenhower
United States
Berlin
White House
Kenneth Keating
New York
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Winston L. Prouty
Vermont
Soviet Union
West Berlin
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