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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1957
Page
1
Grass fire reports no loss in 1200 block North St
Firemen found no property damage after a grass fire in the 1200 block of North Street at 1 20 p m yesterday. Local notices list community events and social visits across Decatur and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North St
Eisenhower presses civil rights plan amid Senate maneuvering
President Eisenhower pushes his civil rights program as Senate groups negotiate rules to curb filibusters. Anderson leads a Northern Western coalition seeking to reform debate limits while Douglas warns of unintended consequences. Southern Democrats vow full discussion under current rules. Humphrey predicts a passable bill with White House pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Milton Kelly
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
White House
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
Russell
D-Ga
Anderson
Humphrey
D-Minn
Administration
Justice Department
Sparkman
D-Ala
Eisenhower outlines mid east policy to solons
President Eisenhower presents a new Middle East plan to block Soviet expansion to congressional leaders and invites House and Senate chiefs to a White House briefing. He signals a possible special message to Congress on opening day and hearings by the Foreign Relations Committee next week. The plan seeks emergency authority to use U S forces to shield Red threatened countries from Gibraltar to the Arabian Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Scal
Washington
Eisenhower
Middle East
Ic House
Senate
White House
Congress
Administration
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gibraltar
Arabian Sea
Quaker City Salutes New Year With 1957 Mummers Parade
Philadelphia crowds line Broad Street for the 57th annual Mummers parade featuring comic fancy and string units. Prizes totaling 52000 are awarded by the city as floats and costumed groups perform to Oh Dem Golden Slippers and Four Leaf Clover while women are traditionally excluded from marching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Broad Street
Stan
City Hall
Eden
Three Trainmen Missing In Martinsburg Wreck
In Martinsburg West Virginia three crewmen were missing and believed dead after two Baltimore and Ohio freight trains collided head on on a single track spur near the city. One crewman was critically injured others bruised or cut. The dead were not identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W.va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Alabama Death Toll Hits Seven In Holiday Week
The New Year traffic toll in Alabama reached seven with three fatalities from Friday 6 p.m. to Tuesday midnight CST. Sylvia Barron Gossett an 18 year old mechanic was killed when a car fell on him while he worked under it at an Alabama City cab lot. A Gadsden family tragedy claimed a father Edward B Miller 47 and his eight year old daughter Mary Anne Miller after gunfire and collapse at their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Alabama
Sylvia Barron Gossett
Gossett
Gadsden Rt. 1
Gadsden
Mary -Anne Miller
Edward B. Miller
Miller
Etowah Gadsden County
Democratic Executive Committee
CD Chief Urges A-Bomb Shelters
San Francisco report shows Civil Defense chief Val Peterson urging 30 billion dollars for additional air raid shelters. He warned that without shelters, a 90 percent loss of life could occur in an atomic intercontinental missiles scenario, though he cited peace as the ultimate aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
America
Val Peterson
Peterson
California
Unsteady Peace Greets New Year
The world welcomed 1957 with mixed peace and tension as New Year celebrations varied. In Hungary the populace faced a curfew and unrest while the United States saw rising traffic deaths and a brisk Times Square crowd of about 450000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United States
Japan
Hungary
Revolm
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Dulles
Times Square
New York
Washington, D. C
Hollywood
David
Tex
Weather and River Readings At Keller Memorial Bridge
Decatur Tennessee area reports river at 16.66 feet with a 0.09 foot rise in 24 hours. Sea level reading 550.09 feet. Yesterday’s high 66 and low 34. Today’s 8 AM 40 rising to 44 at 10 AM. Forecast clears to partly cloudy and cooler. Northerly winds 10 to 18 mph today, tonight 8 to 15 mph. High 44, low 25, Wednesday high 48. Legal waterfowl shooting times Wednesday 6:26 AM to 4:18 PM and Thursday 6:26 AM to 4:19 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Racial unrest sparks dynamite blasts in Alabama areas
Violence erupts as dynamite destroys a Negro family home in East Birmingham on New Year’s Eve injuring 12 year old Arthur Lee Flowers and blowing out a wall. Earlier Christmas night another blast damaged Rev. F. L. Shuttlesworth’s residence with minor injuries to two children and a visitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Alabama
Birmingham
C. H. Pitts
Arthur Lee Flowers
Otis Flowers
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Alabama Christian Movement For Human Rights
Lee Racial
Pro Gridsman Severely Cut During Party
W Paul Carr, 25, San Francisco 49ers linebacker, was stabbed three times at a New Year’s Eve party with University of Houston players. A close friend and former UH running back disarmed the attacker, James Richard Chambless, 25, an ex convict jailed after the incident. Witnesses say Chambless attacked Carr after coming to the UH gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Paul Carr
Husky
San Francisco 49Ers
University of Houston Grid
Carr
University of Houston
Chambers
James Richard Chambless
Chambless
Police Fight Wave of False Bomb Threats in New York
Police battled a surge of fake bomb calls hampering the search for New York’s elusive Mad Bomber. One real bomb discovery followed a library find, with four hoax calls today. authorities warn of up to three years’ imprisonment for hoaxers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Public
Paramount Theater
Times Square
Stephen ¥. Kennedy
Dallas
Tex
Kansas City
Redstone Payroll Tops $60,000,000
Redstone Arsenal 1956 payroll rose to 60.1 million dollars, up from 39.96 million in 1955, with total employment increasing by about 3,500 to 12,000. The majority, 46 million, went to Army Ballistic Missile Agency and Ordnance Guided Missile School staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Redstone Arsenal
Arsenal
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Ordnance Guided Missile School
Redstone
Nation Reaches Tragic Traffic Toll Milestone
The combined New Year and Christmas traffic tolls surpassed 1,000 for the first time in U S history while weekend deaths totaled 413 at 10 a m Tuesday with 30 fire and other incidents. A National Safety Council official called the early counts encouraging but noted final figures remain uncertain as the period ends at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
National Safety
Texan Gentility Blowout Showcases Hollywood With Flair
Wealthiest oil operator David Feldman hosts a luxe party in Romanoff's Crown Room to prove Texans can rival gentility. Guests from oil, film and retail arrive in extravagant costumes including Clark Gable as Rhett Butler, highlighting a glam social highlight of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Tex) Feldman
Hollywood
Feldman
Jane
Romanoff
Crown Room
Ton
Byeheee Ton
Clark Gable
Rhett Butler
Six Algerians fatally injured in Paris cafe attack
A violent incident in Paris left six Algerians dead and eight others wounded at two Algerian owned cafes. Police said attackers fired bullets during an early morning assault and a car chase may follow. A woman was among the dead and several others injured.
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Paris
New Rae Olah
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