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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1956
Page
3
Black leaders press for desegregated seating and fare changes while the Montgomery bus line suffers a revenue drop. Officials report 22 cents per mile in revenue versus 40 to 44 cents in costs, noting a 31 percent mileage cut since the boycott began. A bi racial council failed to end the action and city measures urge harmony.
A Washington dispatch describes an emergency soil bank proposal to cut surpluses in corn wheat cotton and rice by up to 20 percent. Farmers who cooperate by reducing planted acres could take government certificates or receive stockpiled crops. The plan includes long term conservation with 350 million dollars in year one plus 250 million from the conservation program totaling 600 million for soil and water saving practices.
Athens merchants are divided on closing midweek as a half holiday. Businessmen favor maintaining the holiday, grocerymen doubt signings, and packing firms would service Athens Wednesdays if trips to Huntsville and Decatur are avoided. Nearby towns Moulton and Cullman plan to observe Thursday as a half-holiday.
The London Daily Mail revived a rumor that Communist and Nationalist China are conducting peace talks. The Nationalist government dismissed the claim, citing an independent Macao dispatch naming two middle-of-the-road Chinese professors as explorers of talks. Chiang Ching-kuo reportedly supports secret negotiations.
A partial OCR fragment reports a figure urging continued patronage of Montgomery buses amid an attempted boycott. Details are unclear from the fragment.
Lloyds says the conference aims to prep for a top level review of the Middle East crisis as Prime Minister Eden travels with him to Washington to meet President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles. Arab states Egypt Saudi Arabia Jordan and Israel bitterly oppose Britain s program, especially steps to widen the Baghdad defense alliance. A political row has erupted over Britain s export of arms to the region. Opposition Labour MPs accuse Eden of tilting toward Arab powers at Israel s expense. Britain also fears Soviet economic moves in the area.
U S building largest at the fair cost several hundred thousand dollars to build. The exhibition closed Sunday. The sources said also that Red exhibit hall to India if the government would accept it.
Secretary of Defense Wilson FCDA chief Val Peterson and Arthur S. Fleming oversee a plan to reassess civil defense. They propose federal state and local cooperation to organize defense around metropolitan self-help targets. Initial targets would be 14 zones with populations over a million.
The 480 foot freighter Oceanic Steamship Co style Menestheus, built 27 years ago, survived eight fires and multiple blasts since 1948. After a string of blazes from 1948 to 1953 and during dismantling, only keel and engine room remain as last flames broke out requiring two fire companies and two fire boats to control.
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