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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1956
Page
1
Attending the funeral of the late Joe Goldman, former Decatur missionaries of the Sudan, interior See DIARY on Page 2. A recent fire department report notes a distinct incident yesterday at 3 10 p m on edge aeave 27cm south avenue se with no casualties or property loss.
Washington reports lawmakers propose major shifts in the legislature. A constitutional plan would create 67 counties with fulltime state senators and increase the House from 106 to about 145. President Eisenhower plans a farm program aiming at price stabilization via disposal and expanded crop surplus use.
Paris Premier Edgar Faure forecast a likely coalition government from center blocs led by Faure and Mendes France after elections. He warned results show a more divided National Assembly but believed unity among center parties could form an effective government. Faure argued the election law misrepresented Communist strength. The Assembly totals 627 seats with 544 filled. overseas results pending.
Alabama officials and cotton industry leaders from the Tennessee Valley prepare to present facts and figures to Secretary Benson in Washington. A. W. Todd along with Maynard Layman and Kermit N. Tucker depart Pryor Field by private plane at 8:00 am to argue for stronger farm units and relief measures for cotton growers. The gathering aims to assemble expert input from production, ginning, sale, and manufacture sectors, with Benson expected to meet them at 10 am EST Monday.
A front page editorial in a tabloid once backing Eden and the Conservatives accuses him of indecision on foreign policy and inflation. It warns that if he fails to tackle inflation the prime minister and leadership are at risk and hints party members want him to quit.
A brief ceremony marks Little America No 5 dedication. The base site offers expansive views of Ross Sea ice to the east south and west and Kainan Bay to the north, helping explain the choice of location. Seventy six Seabees volunteering to spend winter there are expected to benefit psychologically from the scenery.
A large fire on 11th Ave at noon produced thick black smoke visible citywide. A shed containing used tires burned after a grass fire in a vacant lot behind L. E. McCullough Grocery at 1102 Moulton St. W. was sparked. firefighters regained control by 12:15 pm.
Washington reports about five million workers will receive automatic pay raises in 1956, with boosts ranging from 6 to 11 cents per hour and up to 25 cents under higher minimum wage rules. Contracts spanning two to five years cover these increases, affecting at least 20 million workers under long-term deals, with broader gains likely in smaller bargaining groups. The rises are expected to boost purchasing power mid-year and may counter inflationary pressures in the economy.
Proposals to study Alabama school finances were debated in the House. One plan would form a 27 member panel drawn from private industry business and labor to report findings next session in 1957. The measure failed to gain immediate vote after a 49-32 rule-suspension defeat.
Campbell says the Cullman school board will discuss options as the legislature and governor work out a plan to keep schools running nine months. Principals of county schools meet this afternoon with no specific fiscal details, but a call is expected within a month to decide on extending or shortening the term.
Officers identified Rosell Richardson, 42, as the pedestrian killed after a man in a truck ran into his path from behind railroad cars on a siding. The crash details remain under investigation in Mobile.
Wayne B Jennings of Athens has accumulated cockleburs by the bushel while pursuing a patent for a Cocklebur Gun. He also holds a patent for Jet-Golf, a pneumatic club game. He plans to find cocklebur uses, expand gun power without losing accuracy, and markets his inventions as novelty and practical amusements. Jennings, Decatur native, moved to Athens six years ago, runs an insurance and realty business, and displays strong interest from locals.
Residents of Byrd in Marion County win the $500 grand prize and $300 first prize in the district Alabama Rural Community Improvement program. The awards were announced at a banquet sponsored by Liberty National Life Insurance Co and the Alabama State Chamber of Commerce extension service. Other district winners named.
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 16.12 feet this morning, up 0.02 in 24 hours, sea level at 550.42 feet. Yesterday's high 58, low 32. This morning 8:30 a.m. reading 39, by 11:15 a.m. today rising toward a high today and low tonight 30. Legal waterfowl shooting times listed: Thursday 6:27 a.m. to 4:20 p.m., Friday 6:27 a.m. to 4:21 p.m.
U. S. Dist. Judge Robert L. Taylor scheduled to admit high schools with the start of the term in Knoxville Tennessee. The late wire bulletin notes official actions affecting local schools and term dates.
An army bomb disposal expert said a small silver two inch object found aboard a TWA plane with 32 aboard in Columbus Ohio was an incendiary device loaded for detonation. Pilot Lyle Ryan found it in an aisle and kept it until Wheeling where police and the FBI took charge. Preliminary powder tests showed a high flame burn.
Ralph John Hammond 29 died when his car left the road about 20 miles east of Florence near Anderson. He worked at a Shef field plant and was returning home after a midnight shift. His body was found by fox hunters. highway patrol cited undetermined cause.
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