Weekend Tragedies In Alabama Claim Ten Lives
A string of accident deaths and a fatal fire claim ten lives across Alabama over the weekend. Mechanics Sylvia Barron Gossett 18 dies under a car. 47 year old Edward B Miller dies carrying his daughter. Mary Anne 8 dies from pistol incident after taking weapon from home. Mountain Brook woman Sylvia Barron Jackson suffocates in apartment fire. Two others killed in a Selma area wreck. victims include Jacqueline Law and Wester Kidd along with several others in Cullman Adger and Robertsdale. Jerry Kennedy 14 wounded fatally while hunting in Albertville.
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Ing
Gaden
Mountain Brook
Godsfather
Sylvia Barron
Gossett
Edward B. Miller
Mary Anne
Harold E. Jackson
Jerry Kennedy
Albertville
Selma
Ala
Jackqueline Law
Baton Rouge
Wester Kidd
Greensboro
John Wesley Collier
Cullman
Collins Wilkey
Adger
Thomas Ellis Ard
Robertsdale
Eisenhower doctrine reviews widen partisan debate in Senate
Senators Johnson Wiley and Sparkman weighed in on Eisenhower proposals to fill the Middle East power vacuum. Nixon summarized a report on Hungarian refugees urging no ceiling on admissions. A foreign aid plan totaling 4.4 billion dollars and a 3.14 billion military request for the new year were discussed as Congress eyed standby troop authority for Formosa.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen
Wiley
Wisconsin
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Sparkman
D-Ala
Middle East
Coii
Nixon
Congress
John B. Hollister
Wilson
Formosa
State Department
Sev
Markets Report Shows Mixed Prices Across Commodities
The market notes middling cotton at 83.00 and Decstar Joan at 33. Milk Grade A fetches 6.10 per hundred. red milk 9.25 per hundred. New wheat stands at 7.10, No. 2 Oste r at 2.45. Livestock ranges include 300-800 lb steers and heifers 13.50-17.50, utility cows 10.00-32.00, and prime cuts 15.90-29.50. Bulk wales No 1 2 3 at 190-200 to butchers 16.50-16.75.
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Bulk Wales
Stocks rise and fall as 1957 market opens mixed
In early New York trading the stock market showed a mixed tendency with pivotal issues fluctuating fractionally. Some shipbuilding names gained on reports of three year demand, while Bethlehem and U S Steel dipped after brief advances as tax loss selling eased.
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New York
Bath Iron Works
Wall
Poultry Prices Mixed in North Alabama Markets
North Alabama broiler and market offerings show mixed price trends at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Some declines noted in select items, with overall supply described as barely adequate for light type options. Heavy type birds quoted at 20 to 32 cents a pound at plants, with farm prices around 13 to 20 cents, reflecting varied market conditions.
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Birmingham
North Alabama Broiler and —Arket Enty. Ae
Saan
Egg market report with mixed lots and sparse prices
The note lists wholesale egg categories with limited prices for whites and colors and several size descriptions. It indicates markets nearby have too few prices to report and mentions standards for various egg sizes and qualities.
Nashville Livestock Prices Mixed on Week's Progress
Cattle runs around 600 head with slow demand and steady to higher bids. Heifers and cows show moderate gains while canners and cutters bring 7.50 to 11.08 per hundredweight. Hogs near 1000 head sell weak to 3 lower with No 1 and 2 bars around 17.00 to 17.30. Some 400-600 lb hogs bring 13.00-14.00. A few sheep noted with limited sale. Slaughter prices noted, as market coverage ends for the week with several lots unsold.
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Nashville
Uae
St. Slaughter
Eden May Cancel Visit To Russia
London The Evening Standard reports Prime Minister Eden is likely to cancel a spring trip to the Soviet Union due to the Kremlin's hardening stance toward the West and Communist satellites. Eden has not made a formal decision but cancellation appears nearly certain if he stays with the conditional invitation.
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London
The
Evening Standard
Eden
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Selwyn Lloyd
Russia
Bulgenin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Mritain
Lloyd
Lord Beaverbrook
No. 10
Downing St
Deeds Record Items of Daily Property Transfers
A long list of deeds shows transfers between individuals and firms with prices from $1 to $23,000, including D. S. Hursto to Mary K. Crumley for $15,000 and Decatur Land Co. Ltd. to F. M. Sittason Jr. for $13,100, among many others. Names such as Lois Holloway, Hilman Mendoga, James McCutcheon, and J. Wilhite appear alongside various recipient parties and sums.
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Deeds Lois B. Holloway
Hilman L. Mendoga
D. S. Hursto
Mary K. Crumley
D. M. Hutcheson, Sr
James Lois McCutcheon
Robert A. Huskey
J. W. Wardlow
William C. Simpson
James R. Bolan
Albert Junior Anderson
Marvin B. Dinsmore
Macon N. Hardwick
Mrs. Mary Hardwick Succumbs To Illness
Mrs. Mary Jane Hardwick of Decatur dies at Decatur Rest Home after long illness. Widow of Charles G. Hardwick and a Baptist Church member, funeral arrangements pending announced by Peck Funeral Home in Hartselle.
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Mary Hardwick
Mary Jane Hardwick
Decatur
Peck Funeral Home
Hartselle
Hungarian Industry Struggles Back To Partial Production
Budapest reports partial reopening at the Csepel Island steel works after a 100 day shutdown. Coal and power shortages constrain remaining industry while government reorganization aims to ease shortages. crowds of shoppers queued amid inflation fears as authorities faced unrest and police intervention.
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Budapest
Csepel Island
MTI
Janos Kadar
Raco
Kadar
Stalin Avenue
Egypt Seizes Suez Bases as Britain Loses Key Rights
Egypt acts to seize five large British supply bases at the Suez Canal zone and expel British civilian staff, citing aggression. The move ends British rights to base reentry and follows Egypt’s denunciation of the 1954 Anglo Egyptian agreement, which previously allowed limited British presence amid Western defense planning.
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Suez Canal Zone
Nasser
Russia
Turkey
Middle East
Asia
Europe
Ito
U. N
Egypt
Britain
Egyptian State Council
U.S
Canal Zone
Abu Sultan
Fanara
Nefishi
Tel el Kebir
Suez
Car Owner Charged In Monday Wreck
Kenneth Moore of 1034 4th Ave SE faces disorderly conduct charges after a Monday night three vehicle crash on Highway 20 near Lakeside High School. Moore was in a car driven by Garland Tucker, a Navy member from 914 16th Ave SE, who fled the scene and is being sought for charges as police report heavy drinking caused the collision with a truck and a 1956 Dodge.
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Kenneth. Moore
4Th Ave
Lakeside High School
Moore
Garland Tucker
16Th Ave
Tucker
U.S. Navy
California
Mercury
Gullatte Announces Run for Alabama Governor Next Year
Selma insurance man Winston Gullatte, who finished last in a seven-candidate field in 1954, declared his intention to run again in the state’s governor’s race next year. He says his campaign will be serious this time and aims to challenge the field.
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Selma
Ala
Alabama
Winston Gullatte
Hospital dismissals and admissions in Decatur area
Dismissals include Mrs J P Bedenbaugh Tanner Mrs Paul B Sanders and infant daughter 1608 Beech St Little Mary Virginia Gilbert Tanner 1 Baby Teresa Irene Hope 303 8th Ave SW Admissions list Baby Debbie Sue Lowery 641% E Iton St alter F Fairbanks 320 MW est McCulloch 710 Sth Ave rs Edith Seibert Hartselle 2.
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Paul B. Sanders
Beech St
Little Mary
Virginia Gilbert
Tanner
Teresa Irene Hope
8Th Ave
Debbie Sue Lowery
E. Iton
Alter
Fairbanks
McCulloch
Ave
Edith Seibert
Hartselle
Bank St hospital and residents listed
Bank Street hospital entries list Mrs. Jack McQuinn of 912 8th Street SE Betty Sue Sapp from Decatur H W Prayter of 1606 Chestnut Cynthia Gibson of Athens Walter R Noble of 1110 13th Avenue.
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Bank ST. Hospital
Jack McQuinn
8Th St
Betty Sue Sapp
Decatur
H. W. Prayter
Chestnut
Cynthia Gibson
Athens
Walter R. Noble
13Th Ave
New Year Deaths Near Record but Fall Short
Traffic deaths over the New Year weekend approached the 407 break point, with delayed counts showing 405 fatalities. The toll includes 70 fires and 109 other accidents, totaling 584. The Nations Safety Council credited drivers and law enforcement for beating its 490 forecast and urged continued vigilance into 1957.
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Associated Press
The
Nations Safety Council
District Adds Six '57 Babes On First Day
New year births fill four county area. Jeni Lynn Chambers at Athens Limestone Hospital is first baby of 1957 in Morgan Limestone Lawrence and Cullman counties. Records show multiple births at Hartselle and Cullman County Hospital with families named. Some hospitals reported no births on New Year Day.
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Jeni Lynn Chambers
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Morgan, Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman
Morgan County
Kenneth Lindsey
Wth Ave
Jeannie Diane Lindsey
Hartselle Hospital
Lindsey
Alabama Brick and Tile Co
Limestone County
Edward Smith
Athens 2
Smith
van Eaton
Hartselle 2
Cullman County Hospital
Norman Reasonover
J. R. Grubbs
Hanceville
Robert Daly
Athens
Decatur General Hospital
Bank St. Hospital
Baugh- Wiley Clinic
Black-Chandler Hospital
Hartselle
Lawrence County Hospital
Moulton
Shireman Funeral Planned at Holland Gin Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Juanita W. Shireman 43 who died Tuesday at 5 55 p m of a heart attack in Athens are set for Thursday at 1 30 p m at Holland Gin Methodist Church Officiating will be the Rev Grady Reyer Interment will be in Cylone Cemetery McConnell Service Home will direct The survivor list includes husband Fred Shireman two daughters Patsy Jane Hardin and Jo Ann Hardin a son Freddy Shireman a sister Mrs R O Moore and two brothers Hubert Wales of Washington DC and Howard Wales of Elkmont Illinois all of Athens
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Athens
Juanita W. Shireman
Athens 1
Holland Gin Methodist Church
Grady Reyer
McConnell
Cylone Cemetery
Baby bed fire reported at 601 Ferry Street home
Fire crews responded at 9 22 a m to a fire in a baby bed at the residence of J D McPherson 601 Ferry Street They reported no injuries. An overparking charge was the only case on the city recorder court docket this morning.
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J. D. McPherson
Ferry St
City Recorder’s Court
Man of Year Nisei Nominations Open in Decatur
Nomination forms for Decatur Young Man of the Year are in the hands of civic and veterans leaders and local pastors. Oscar Piclett JC chair urges prompt return. deadline Jan 15. Winner to be announced at the Jaycee Distinguished Service Award dinner Jan 22.
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Decatur
Oscar Piclett
Chamber of Commerce Project
Jaycee Organizatin
Jaycee
Funeral for Herbert P Thornton in Athens
Funeral services for Herbert Presley Thornton 22 are set at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Athens 4. He died at home after illness and will be buried in Harvest Cemetery Lauderdale County with McConnell Service Funeral Home handling arrangements. Survived by parents Paul and wife and four sisters Evelyn Jeanette Annette and Leda. Pallbearers are his cousins. Turkey's 1955-56 military aid totaled 200 million dollars.
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Athens
Herbert Presley Thornton
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church
Thornton
Almon Terry
T. N. Kitchens
Harvest
Lauderdale County
McConnell Service Funeral Home
Paul H. Thornton
Evelyn
Jeanette
Annette
Leda Thornton
Athens 4
Marriage and Divorce Rates Rising in Morgan County 1956
Morgan County records show higher marriage licenses and divorces in 1956. Probate Judge’s Office issued 250 marriage licenses, while Register in Chancery granted 188 divorces, up from 1955 figures. Monthly breakdown lists counts from January to December, highlighting peak in August.
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Morgan County
Chancery
Ces
India's First Quintuplets Born in Tamil Nadu Village
In Madras an Indian servant woman near Tiruvannamalai gave birth to five girls, the first recorded quintuplets in India. The mother, 29, and newborns weighed 3 to 4 pounds at birth. the father is unemployed, the family has three other daughters, and aid funds have been raised locally. Doctors say the quints are doing fine.
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Madras
India
Pondicherry
Waiman
Tiruvannamalai
Muriah Corneille
Eisenhower Re Election Support Manages Senate Row
Solons backed President Eisenhower for re election while some Democrats sought to strip him of major committee posts. Rayburn told reporters there would be no retaliatory action against the New York Negro member.
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Eisenhower
Rayburn
New York
Emerson Family Notices From Elkmont Area
Obituary notice lists Gerald Wayne Emerson David Franklin Emerson and John Dwight Emerson of Elkmont with mother Mrs. Katie Lou Sheppard of Belle Mina. Siblings Georgie Emerson Willie Emerson Lewis Emerson reside in Elkmont Athens Belle Mina with extended kin Mrs Lillie Mae Barnes Veto Mrs Mamie Russell Lewisburg Tenn and Mrs Mary Holder Cullman.
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le Emerson
Gerald Wayne Emerson
David Franklin Emerson
John Dwight Emerson
Elkmont
Katie Lou Sheppard
Belle Mina
Georgie Emerson
Willie Emerson
Athens
Lewis Emerson
Lillie Mae Barnes
Veto
Mamie Russell
Lewisburg
Tenn
Mary Holder
Cullman
Overheated Boiler Causes Belk Hudson Store Fire
A boiler overheated at the Belk Hudson Co store on 214 Second Ave SE caused a small blaze. A steam pipe from the furnace to the manager's office on a balcony at the left rear of the first floor burned and smoked the office, with minor damage between floors.
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Inira
Belk-Hudson Co
Second Ave
Classified notice collage with mixed ads and phone numbers
A jumble of ads shows sales offers for a 1954 Chevrolet and various rentals and goods. Listings include five puppies to rehome, store space for rent with fixtures, and a furnished efficiency. Multiple business names and phone numbers appear alongside items like pork cure, straw, lesson books, and a found beagle with contact number.
New Years Day Three Car Crash injures Decatur resident
One person suffered a cut lip in a three car collision at the intersection of 4th Ave and Gordon Dr. The accident involved a 1955 Chevrolet driven by Mrs. Bumpus a Chrysler driven by Harry C Hooper and an Oldsmobile driven by Mrs. Addie T Taylor. Vehicles were northbound on 4th Ave and police reported no charges. The incident was the only accident reported in Decatur on New Years Day.
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4Th Ave
Gordon Dr
Decatur
Howard Bumpus
Oak St
Decatur General Hospital
Addie T. Taylor
Tanner
Oldsmobile
Chrysler
Chevrolet
Ansagi
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