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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1956
Page
2
Niigata authorities report 114 dead in a New Year stampede during a shrine visit. About 36,000 worshipers gathered as drums bells and priestly rites marked the new year. A stairway crowd surge toppled many on a platform, causing a deadly crush while rice cakes were hurled as symbols of luck.
Governor Folsom drives a special session starting noon tomorrow focused on a constitutional rewrite and legislative reapportionment. He seeks a convention to rewrite Alabama’s basic law and a full review of executive legislative and judicial provisions while warning of another session if bills stall.
TCI Reports 55 Big Year. The Tennessee Coal and Iron division of U S Steel in Birmingham said 1955 was one of its best years with sales and production at high levels. The president noted strong demand for steel in the South and predicted a robust 1956, with wages totaling nearly 143 million dollars and high average hourly pay for workers.
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Dave Rutherford of Town Creek 38 at county hospital on Thursday A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Es Ingram of 114 Church Street at Baugh Wiley Clinic on Saturday
Amusements Princess and other titles list showtimes for several cinemas including ROXY SUNSET BOWLINE and HATFIELD Athens with casts such as Jeanne Crain Bert Lahr Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Charlton Heston Aldo Ray James Stewart Ruth Roman Claudette Colbert Barry Sullivan and Texas Lady. Screenings include 1:15 3:15 5:15 7:15 9:15 and later 6:30 8:30 plus 6:45 9:00 and 1:35 to 9:20 time slots.
A list of hospital admissions and associated street addresses includes Billy Weems 1805 7th St SE Warren Dunnavant 1019 8th Ave SE Paula Lamon 208 4th Ave SW Mrs J C Willingham 808 13th Gregory Moore 903 11th St W S Turner Jr 224 12 11th Ave NW J M Pierce 419 8th Ave SW Diane Morgan 525 Carridale St.
Master Gary Cheatham son of Mr and Mrs H E Cheatham of Decatur Ezra White of Elkmont Mrs Arthur Seamons of Decatur Mrs Junior Hooper of Huntsville J D Blankenship of Hartselle Ronnie Dean Bynum son of Mr and Mrs Howard Bynum of Tulsa Oklahoma
A hospital notices list several patients and former patients dismissed or discharged. Entries include Mrs L E Hitson 3933 38th St Birmingham Mrs Horace Allfrey Athens 1 Robert L Thompson 1507 Sherman St F William Koster 815 Sherman Mrs Grady Morgan Hartelle 1 Will Montgomery 431 E Moulton St Mrs Annie Vinson 814 Sycamore St J L Schnabel 912 4th Ave SE Mrs Pruitt Ward 408 4th Ave sw James E Mahathy Decatur 3
Mrs Winston Brackeen and infant son Athens eight. Mrs O E Richardson and infant son Rogersville. Master Pete Johnson Athens. Master Harry Allen Huber Athens eight. Miss Betty Ferrell Athens seven. Mrs J M Smith Athens. Haskel Griffin Athens two. Mrs Harold Smith Athens four. Mrs Harold Legg Athens seven.
A list from Lawrence County Hospital includes Melba Bundrick Courtland Rhonda Rice Florence Bernice Harris Crane Moulton Ray Hatton Town Creek Lillie Pearl Mahathy Decatur Randall Brice Curry Moulton Audrey Dodd Watkins Moulton Jones Moulton C D Cowart Moulton Lemar Gray Moulton Martha C Miller Danville Pauline P Rutherford Town Creek Billie Mitchell Moulton Alton Parker Moulton.
At the Berkeley Hotel a New Year’s Eve party turned awkward when actress Anita Ekberg’s velvet gown split open. She hurried to an ante room, holding the dress as onlookers watched a moment of wardrobe malfunction. A female observer recounted the incident.
In Sherman Oaks 21 year old babysitter Shirley I Baerwaldt at the home of film producer Charles E Skinner confronted two men wearing yellow gloves who broke a door guard chain and entered. She retrieved a .22 rifle from a gun rack and warned them off saying she would shoot if they did not leave. The intruders fled.
Graveside services were held Sunday at Wallace Cemetery in the Ripley Community for Jerry Wayne Guess nine month old son of Clifford and Mrs Guess of Athens 2. He died Saturday afternoon at Athens Limestone Hospital. Survived by parents three sisters Patricia Ann Joyce Ann and Wanda Gale one brother Larry Wayne and grandparents Russell Guess and E E Lawrence. Interment directed by McConnell Service Funeral Home.
Mobile area records a 1955 industrial boom totaling 139 million dollars in new plants and expansions. Gov. Folsom cites Alabama statewide growth near 390 million, with Mobile dominating over a third. Major projects include International Paper news print mill, Scott Paper expansion, Marathon pulp mill, and Container Corp. of America investment. Brookley Air Force Base growth and Mobile Bay channel deepening accompany inland waterways funding. Population rises to an estimated 267,000. residential building keeps pace.
Ten Democratic senators urged an early Senate inquiry into the 12 week Westinghouse Electric strike. They argued the public interest requires resolution and cited the failure of bargaining after weeks of talks. The group named Senators Douglas Murray Lehman Humphrey Neely Morse McNamara Kilgore Mansfield O Mahoney. They noted governors of Pennsylvania New York and Maryland and others favor arbitration, which the company rejected.
Elmer Tiedemann, 43, of Chicago, was found hanging from the handle of his car on a bridge approach in Brewton, Alabama. He had about $230 on him and a note addressed to a Chicago woman was found in the car. The death was ruled a suicide by the acting coroner.
Members of the Priceville High School graduating class of 1955 gathered at John David Thompson's home for a reunion. All but four attended, including Pryor Gilchrist, Ann Burns, Martha and Norma Collier, Gladys Summerford, Guy Thompson, Arlo Sharp, Patsy Parker, John Thompson, Joyce Hagood, Ronnie Livingston, Maxie Blankenship, Billy Hagood, and others with guests Mrs. Don Grantland, Mrs. Maxie Blankenship, and Lamar Butler. The group voted to make the event annual, with the next reunion set for December 22 at Patsy Parker's home.
The report notes the four day period would have surpassed 407 as a toll total, marking a record for the New Year holiday. Officials anticipate continued activity as the celebration extends.
Mills Motor Co. on 2nd Ave was robbed last night for the second time in a week. A 1951 Plymouth was taken but later returned to the lot. nothing else was disturbed. Also noted, L L Oldham of Phillips Petroleum will attend a national sales conference in Bartlesville with 45 Atlanta division employees. Mr and Mrs John Harbin and sons visit Orlando for holidays with Mrs Harbin’s parents. A grass fire at 12th Ave and 2nd St SW caused no reported loss.
Market notes show Decatur cottonseed at 42.00 per ton. Calves steerage to prime at 25.50 to 28.56. Utility and commercial steers 12.00 to 16.50. Utility and commercial cows 8.75 to 10.50. Hogs 180 to 230 pounds priced at 11.00 per hundredweight.
In Tokyo the Emperor and Empress Nagako greeted 158970 people during a New Year pilgrimage inside the Imperial Palace walls. Cameras clicked by the hundreds at all nine appearances as the royal couple posed for history.
The text notes the weekend of 1952 53 and recalls last year's two day New Year holidays causing 296 traffic deaths, highlighting the high toll of holiday travel and safety concerns.
George Long chairs Byrd driven finance group as the session nears with speculation that early income tax reductions may be delayed. The administration plans a cautious stance while defense spending and new Cold War tensions push lawmakers toward restraint, though many remain committed to tax relief.
Elyen Athens arrived 11 55 p m Saturday. Bank St Hospital Decatur reported no new arrivals for 1956 at press time. Decatur General Hospital last arrival 2 16 p m Saturday the infant son of Mr and Mrs Wiley Bullard 1010 7th Ave SE last arrival for 1955 none for 1956 yet. Baugh Wiley Clinic Decatur also reported no arrivals New Year with last arrival the infant son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Teague Falkville at 12 30 a m Saturday.
President Luis Battle Berres of Uruguay was challenged to a duel by Washington Guadalupe editor of El Nacional after a dispute with Accion. El Nacional accused Berres of shielding private interests while Accion published a signed column rebutting the charge as an insult to him.
London January 2 Agatha Christie Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Bing named in the Queens New Year honors list Fonteyn named Dame Commander of the British Empire equivalent to knighthood Harry Hopman Australia Davis Cup team manager also awarded CBE Barons named Col John Jacob Astor Sir Francis Ever shed and Sir Frederick Godber among those elevated to baron etc
Funeral services for Anthony A. Bavar a former Cullman resident who died in Indiana will be held Wednesday at 9 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery Moss Service Funeral Home directs. He is survived by two sons Joseph and John Bavar Cullman a sister Mrs Nellie Moore and a brother Lowe Bavar. The body lay at the home of Mrs Margaret Ever 312 miles south of Cullman Section Line Rd until service time.
Morgan County sheriff’s deputies investigated a break in at Mack’s store east of Hartselle. Thieves entered from the rear between Sunday evening and 5:30 am Monday, stealing cigarettes gloves pocket knives cheese meat shotgun shells flashlights lighters candy and cakes. A cherry-topped cake was found with the cherries eaten.
Thomas Earl Neal of Echelsville died when his truck side swiped another near Reform. Ruby G. Harelson, 35, perished in a two car crash south of the Conecuh Escambia line on U S 31. her husband S. Sgt. Joseph M. Harelson was injured. Henry E. Grant, 26, a Selma fireman, killed in a fire that caused about $500000 damage to the old river harbor area. Knox Keith Wesson, 22, of Dora died from suffocation in Sumeston jail fire. another prisoner hospitalized. H. L. Thompson of Anniston killed in a Brookside Pell City crash. An Anniston man died when his car ran off US 78 near Pell City and overturned. the wreck occurred three miles east of Pell City. officer B. W. Tucker noted the vehicle was traveling fast.
A local incident reports four parked cars damaged on the east side of 5th Avenue. The vehicles include a 1951 Plymouth owned by H. H. Anders, a 1948 Plymouth at Hartseller, a 1949 Plymouth owned by Mrs. Dorothy Edmondson, and a 1951 Ford owned by Coleman White of Birmingham. Ant and Bryant were present at the police station. Bryant was out of town during the accident. Officers William D. Collier and Eugene Slater investigated.
A six hour blaze yesterday destroyed the Russian embassy in Ottawa. City officials said the fire escalated after embassy staff initially hindered firefighters entering the three story brick building. Over 100 firefighters fought the flames as embassy officials complained about inadequate equipment slow response and poor directions.
Funeral services for Robert E. Rusk a former Cullman resident of Greenville Tennessee were held this afternoon at Mt Vernon West Church after he died Saturday from a cerebral hemorrhage. He is survived by his wife Edna three sons Clovis Gerald and Jimmy Rusk a daughter Wilma Jean Rusk two step-daughters Helen and Carolyn Potter and three brothers Lowe R E and D C Rusk. Moss Service Funeral Home directed the rites.
Death announced for Mrs Henrietta Bell who died Sunday night at 402 Cherry St W Reynolds to announce funeral details.
Over pumping of wells in Florida has caused sea water intrusion as far as eight miles inland in some areas, raising concerns about groundwater safety and agricultural impacts.
Washington Senator McCarthy says he will seek halting funds for two probes led by Senators Hennings and Johnston, criticizing their methods as a disservice while noting the budgets of regular and special committees must be approved. He argues the investigations wreck what remains of the security program and harms those fighting Communists.
In the first general election of November 1953 Sudan’s Parliament backed by plebiscite a move toward independence. Premier El Azhari rejected the British Egyptian accord declaring imminent independence in mid December with a unanimous parliamentary vote and both Britain and Egypt signaled recognition.
Funeral services for James H. Landers 53 of Decatur will be Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Ninth Street Methodist Church. He died this morning at Bank Street Hospital after a week’s illness. Landers, formerly with Sterchi Bros. Store for 16 years, operated an electrical contracting business. Body at residence 1208 6th Ave. SE until 2 p.m. Tuesday, then at church for lie in state before service conducted by Rev. H. L. Tidwell and Rev. John Phares. Survived by widow Gladys, one son Bill, sister Mrs. C. L. Grantland Louisville, Ky., brothers F. S. Landers Sheffield and E. H. Landers Decatur, and several relatives. Pallbearers: Paul Sanders, Harold Hull, Quincy Nelson, Clifton Poole, Bobby Anders, Robert Nabors. Interment Roselawn Cemetery. Brown Funeral in charge.
The article notes that golden eagles may reach substantial lifespans in the wild, though precise maximum ages are not specified. It discusses evidence suggesting individuals can live for many years, highlighting the species’ longevity in natural conditions.
Classified notice seeking purchase of a used meat slicer and scales. Call 2730 for responses.
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