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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1958
Page
4
Alabama Sees Record Low Highway Deaths After New Year
Alabama ends the New Year period with no highway fatalities in the latest record, noted as an unprecedented stretch. Officials credit personal responsibility for highway safety and urge continued caution to maintain the trend throughout the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Record Growth in U S Births Surpasses Previous Year
The year ends with 4,318,000 births by December 31 and 98,000 more than last year. The data underscore ongoing demands for expanded schools and more teachers to accommodate the rising child population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
TVA profits soar with 1957 net income of 58 million
The Tennessee Valley Authority paid $240,100,000 into the federal treasury. 1957 was a banner year with power operations producing a net income of $58,100,000. Earnings from electricity sales kept a four percent return on the average net investment in power facilities over 24 years of TVA operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Tennessee Valley Authority
Washington
TVA
Federal Treasury
Redstone Arsenal Drives North Alabama Economy
Redstone Arsenal, the Army Ballistics Missile Agency, and the Ordnance Guided Missile School in Huntsville employ 16,000 people, 3,000 more than January 1956. Payroll will top $81 million, stabilizing the area and reducing farm losses by keeping workers local.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Alabama
Redstone Arsenal
Army Ballistics Missile Agency
Ordnance Guided Missile School
Huntsville
Redstone
Inland waterways show big tonnage gains nationwide
The American Waterways Operators report shows nine to 500 percent tonnage increases on 13 major inland waterways over nine years. The Tennessee River leads with 467 percent more ton miles and 340 percent more net tons, while the Warrior Tombigbee Waterway rises 215 percent in ton miles and 139 percent in net tons. The nationwide system gains 216 percent ton miles as Alabama eyes large scale development after the river docks amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
American Waterways Operators, Inc
Braxton B. Carr
AWO
Tennessee
Knoxville
Warrior-Tombigbee
Birmingham
Mobile
These Days E Sokolsky on Stace and the God Question
The article discusses Father Hugh Halton's excommunication at Princeton over W T Stace's Atlantic Monthly piece of Sept 1948. Stace argues religion is a human invention amid a science driven, purposeless universe, while Halton condemns this atheistic view as dangerous to Catholic students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Halton
Princeton
W. T. Stace
Atlantic Monthly
Stace
United States
Father Halton
God
Lao Tze
Schopenhauer
Professor Stace
Hell
Erebere Stace
Seirend
Causes of Unhappiness in Daily Life
A series of five conditions linked to unhappiness. Holding grudges and refusing forgiveness. Pervasive scornful attitude and bottled ill will. Dwelling on past or future troubles. Lacking worthwhile work to engage talents. Self centered living with minimal concern for others. END.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fae Saeneuane
Davidson
Eisenhower warned on science education delay and Russia scare
The piece argues President Eisenhower ignored early warnings about shortages of scientists and engineers starting in 1951 with a Ford Foundation backed council report. It notes delays in education reforms, Sputnik context, and shifts to new committees before action. It also covers social and political commentary of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower
Columbia University Advisers
Ford Foundation
National Manpower Council
Columbia
James D. Zellerbach
San Francisco
Manpower Council
Zellerbach
U. S
Italy
White House
Rowan Gaither
Gaither
United States
Russia
Congress
Hoffa Seeks Funds Via Labor's Minute Men Collection Agency
Hoffa plans a fund raising drive through Labor's Minute Men to replenish costs from bribery and wiretap trials. He faces mounting legal bills, with estimates of trial costs reaching hundreds of thousands of dollars and ongoing retrial expenses set for January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffa
Teamsters ‘Collection Agency
Philadelphia
Frisco
Labor
Minute Men
Jimmie
Midwest
Harold Gibbons
New Hoffa
Detroit
U.S
New York Court
Internal Revenue Service
Jim Hoffa
Teamsters Brotherhood
McClellan Committee
Special Tax Department
Tax Dept
Teamster
Gibbon
the Hall Syndicate, Inc
Christmas Guests and Family News From Lawrence County
Lawrence County notes list numerous Christmas visits among families in Hatton Florence Moulton and nearby towns. Jewel Wood wed Willard Newton at Mt Zion Baptist Church on Christmas Day. Harvey Landers hospitalized in Birmingham. Brunswick stew origin traced to Brunswick County Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Sandlin
Darriel Bruton
Wanda
Tuscumbia
Owen D. Sandlin
Florence
Warren Thrasher
J. C. Goodwin
Clarence Hagood
Vancille
Glover
Carbon Hill
P. E. Thompson
Freeman
Hartselle
J. H. Carroll
Hillsboro
Jim Anderton
Jeanette
R. E. Stephenson
Moulton
H. F. Stephenson
W. R. Taylor
Leona Jeffreys
Gabe Pool
Pool
Wolfe Springs
Lester Taylor
Jewel Wood
Willard Newton
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
James Lee Thompson
Jimmy
Talladega
Hill Carpenter
Clark Thompson
Montie
Floyd Stephenson
Russellville
James Rucker
Chicago
Curtis Rucker
Texas
Herman Rucker
Warren Sanderson
Herman
Sanderson
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Dee W. R. Shelton
Decatur
Associated Press
MAIL
Jesus
Amen
Dudley Strain
Lubbock
First Christian Church
E. Sokolsky
Man Against
Darkness
Mamie Eisenhower
Ezra Taft Benson
Jim Langley
Pakistan
New Delhi
Marian Anderson
Nehru
Miss Anderson
Langley
Europe
Sen
Joe Clark
Capone
LaGuardia
Newre
Tommy Jed Wises Legedaa
Oe Francisco
Roland V. Libonati
Illinois
Libonati
Martin Durkin
Secretary of Labor
FBI
al Capone
Broyles
Adlai Stevenson
Stratton
Adolph Sabath
James Bowler
Loop
Clark and
Polk
Adolph
Pearson
Lawrence County Hatton
Brunswick County
Virginia
H. Leon Reeves
Kurfees
North
Albertville
Athens
Collinsville
Cullman Falkville
Fort Payne
Haleyville
Oneonta
Scottsboro
Sheffield
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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