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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1958
Page
2
London report says Jodrell Bank failed to detect Sputnik 1 in its predicted orbit. Prof Alfred Lovell warns the satellite may vanish unseen as observers note insufficient sky coverage and Russia expects end of orbit early this month. Sputnik II remains in a longer lasting, higher orbit with months to go.
Loyalist forces clash with rebels as jets strike from Maracay toward Caracas. President Perez Jimenez condemns the uprising as disorganized and warns airmen to surrender or be slaughtered. Diplomatic sources say the presidential palace was bombed and Caracas strafed amid rebel sorties. The Venezuelan air force fields about 200 planes and the army numbers around 10 000 with eight infantry brigades.
A hospital list shows newborn Pamela Kay Adams born to Mrs. Mary G. Hunter and infant daughter. Mrs. Mary Jane Swanner, Mrs. Albert R. Barran and infant son. and admissions William P. Hubbard Ernest Branum and Little David Paul Woodall with Decatur and Uptown Trailer entries.
The Baugh Wiley Smith Clinic lists patients and dismissals including Mrs Burel Norris of 410 Ave SW and Mrs Lee Cagle in Athens. Also named are J C E Gibson Trinity 1 Clarence Landrum Hartselle and others with addresses in Decatur Madison and Frances Johnson Trinity 1.
Loyd Wade and Elbert Hall associated with the Nungester Clinic located at 1211 5th Ave SE Somerville.
Admission lists Frances Jones of Moulton. Dismissals include Mrs. H. F. Peeples of 220 Somerville Road SE and Mrs. Garland Ward of 1313 9th Avenue SE.
Mrs. Julian Coffman and infant daughter Athens. Mrs. Bobby Higgins and infant son Athens. H. Jack Littrell Jr Athens. Glenn Williams Athens 8. Mrs. M. P. Derning and infant son Athens. Mrs. Lewis Hogan and infant son Capshaw. Mrs. Robert McCurry and infant son Anderson 1. Mrs. William Allison and infant son Athens 1. Mrs. George Smith and infant daughter Athens 8.
Mr and Mrs L A Hamby of 1023 6th Ave SE welcomed a son today at Decatur General Hospital.
Mrs. A. G. Campbell Sr. of Childrersburg and formerly of Decatur died in Sylacauga Hospital about 5 a m. Funeral arrangements will be announced. Surviving husband A G Campbell Sr. and son A G Campbell Jr. along with three Decatur sisters. A native of Decatur she lived there most of life before moving to Sylacauga eight years ago. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church in Decatur.
Marvin Lynn Ward 48 longtime manager of W. J. Elmore’s five and ten store in Athens died at 8 45 p m at his home 409 N Jefferson St Funeral services will be Friday at First Methodist Church with Rev E L McFee officiating Burial follows at City cemetery McConnell Service Funeral Home in charge Survivors include his wife Gladys B Ward a son Gary Lynn Ward and two brothers R C Ward Columbus Ga and J P Ward Alexander City Ala He was active in Lions Club scouting and charity drives
The Johnson subcommittee weighs dissolving the Joint Chiefs of Staff to form a unified planning group with three or four star officers. Suggestions trace to Hoover and Rockefeller reports and Lt Gen Gavin. Critics fear loss of service loyalty and one branch domination, as Chairman Russell opposes a single department.
William Neal Hatton files a civil action in Morgan County Court against Robert Mills doing business as Mills Motors Universal CIT Credit Corp and Service Fire Insurance Co of New York seeking damages. Thomas C Pettus represents the plaintiff.
Athens Alabama city council discussed buying a new fire truck with prices submitted at a recent meeting but took no action. The panel approved extending a six inch water main to Jacobs Heater Corp north of the city at an estimated cost of 6000 dollars to provide fire protection to the city building. Authority to keep electric service with the Tennessee Valley Authority was also granted.
Market notes show cotton inch middling at 34.50 with Decatur joan at 32.79 and cottonseed at 25 000 ton. Prices for grains and livestock span multiple regions including Moultrie Thomasville Tifton and Jacksonville with mixed hogs and cattle ranges and farm versus plant milk rates. In country sale held Wednesday in South ve South. aor
Markets at a glance show higher in bonds and commodities with mixed results in grains. Cotton and soybeans rise on improved demand while hogs and cattle move lower. top prices noted for hogs at 19 dollars and cattle around 5.50.
New York stock market starts 1958 with gains across many key sectors as volumes run around 1.9 million shares. Industrials lead with 1 to 2 point climbs for U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel and GM while defenses and chemicals rise. Goodyear Union Carbide drop and Zenith slashes losses as oils and rubbers show uneven results.
In New York cotton futures traded irregularly with late afternoon prices showing gains of 70 cents a bale yet settling 25 cents below the prior close. March 35.89, May 36.05, and July 35.88.
AP reports good demand for grain futures in Chicago with prices higher on the Board. Wheat up about 1 percent for March at 2.19. Corn mixed, oats up 4 to 5 percent for March, rye up around 1 percent, soybeans up about 1 percent, lard lower per hundred pounds for January.
Alabama broilers and fryers show balanced supplies with fair to good demand. Prices paid up to 10:30 a.m. for 2%4-3% pound birds in North Alabama farms and plants. North and Central Alabama listings show prices from 17 to 18 cents f.o.b. Georgia reports supplies in good balance with fair demand and price ranges for broilers and hens at farms and plants, including 17-18 cents f.o.b. for broilers and 20-21 for heavy birds.
Birmingham AP reports egg markets show steady demand with ample supplies for wholesale grades. Prices paid delivered remain close to previous quotes as markets in Birmingham balance case totals with modest pricing shifts.
The Tennessee Valley Authority reports that in the year ending June 30 it bought 20 375 000 tons of coal from Alabama Illinois Indiana East Kentucky West Kentucky Tennessee Virginia and West Virginia to power its steam plants. Railroads carried most of the 9 384 000 tons shipped with other modes including all barge and truck. TVA also notes fertilizer production and phosphorus research have boosted farming and that its phosphorus methods influenced about half of private furnaces built in the last decade.
President Eisenhower leaves Gettysburg at 9 51 a m to drive to Washington to finish the new federal budget and the State of the Union message. He plans to return to Gettysburg for the weekend after meetings with the Cabinet and the Civil Rights Commission.
Dillard W. Thaxton 87 of Town Creek died at 7 a m at his home. Funeral set for Saturday at 2 p m at Town Creek Methodist Church with Brown Funeral Co of Decatur directing. Burial in Decatur City Cemetery. body at church an hour before services. Survived by widow Bertie Thaxton seven daughters seven sons a stepdaughter two stepsons a sister and a brother and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Cattle offerings light with generally good demand. 870 lb steers 21.50, stock steers 19.00-23.50, vealers 27.00-31.00, prime 32.00. Hogs slow with 190-240 lb barrows and gilts 18.50-19. Sows scarce. Sheep 25. Thom asville Ga AP reports 3700 received at packing plants.
Firemen rescued 20 tenants from a Southside apartment fire in Birmingham. One resident, Mrs. Fred Cain, suffered severe lacerations to an arm and cuts on both hands while escaping through a window.
Alan Franklin Dawson resigned as Town Creek night police officer effective yesterday. Charles Smith of Moulton assumed duties last night. Smith formerly served as a deputy with Lawrence County Sheriff Franklin Smith. Dawson resides in Courtland, Alabama.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had nine children. One son Edward VII eventually ascended to the British throne after her reign.
Harold E. Brown resigned as assistant Hamilton County district attorney general after admitting he passed $1000 to Judge Raulston Schoolfield yet said any payoff was unknown to him. Brown said he was asked to resign per a letter from Dist. Atty. Gen. W. Corry Smith amid testimony before the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee in Washington. He had been appointed in March 1956 and planned to return to general law practice.
A House Banking and Currency subcommittee in Washington will hear testimony from Mobile Mayor Joseph N. Langan and E. Reid of the Alabama League of Municipalities. Representative Albert Rains says the hearing examines national urban housing and slum clearance programs with many municipal officials invited.
Brown told the committee he accepted $1000 from bondsman Sam C. Jones who testified he got it from Galloway. Brown said he then gave the money to Schoolfield believing it would aid the judge's 1954 Democratic governor nomination bid. He called himself an innocent carrier.
In Warm Springs Georgia the Polio Hall of Fame honors 17 figures from polio history including Jonas Salk and Franklin D Roosevelt. A bronze bust ceremony marks the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis 20th anniversary with about 300 doctors and dignitaries present.
Six year old David Fleming Jr. survived a four hour operation to replace a diseased heart artery with a donor artery. Doctors said his heart functioned on completion and he was recovering, with 48 hours seen as the critical period. The boy asked for a haircut as he left the oxygen tent and was alert and cheerful.
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