Ford dealer sales manager to attend merchandising school
Wendell H. Coleman Jr., sales manager at Semmes Motor Sales in Decatur, a Ford dealership, has been chosen to attend Ford Motor Company's merchandising school in Dearborn, Michigan. He will start classes January 9 and is reported improving at home of his son Murray Dodd, 502 West Moulton Street. Four cases appeared on the city recorder's court docket this morning, including speeding and other charges.
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Wendell H. Coleman, Jr
Semmes Motor Sales
Decatur
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
Mich
C. H. O’donohue
Memphis
Coleman
Murray Dodd
West Moulton St
City Recorder’s Court
State Of Union Message In Brief
State of the Union outlines peace and strong economy with near 400 billion dollar GDP and high employment. It notes a shift in Soviet tactics toward division and enticement, urges readiness. Calls for balanced budgets, flexible defense, and targeted farm aid including river storage and Arkansas projects with federal cooperation.
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State of Union
Middle East
Free Nations
Senators Deny Targeting The New York Times
Washington The Senate Internal Security subcommittee questioned another Times employee while rebutting the paper’s claim it is not under investigation. The only witness named before today’s session was Otto Albertson with aides not disclosing his job. The Times editorial charged Eastland with focusing the inquiry on the paper.
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Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
New York Times Today
Otto Albertson
the Times
Eastland
New York Times
Sen. Eastland
D-Miss
Without Some Changes Valley Cotton Producers Face Ruin
A meeting in Decatur led Alabama and Tennessee Valley cotton farmers to warn Secretary Benson that current crop controls will drive Valley producers out of business within two years. They cited Alabama's 7.3 percent and Valley 10 percent reductions versus a 4 percent national drop, arguing base year adjustments and acreage cuts will shrink Valley cotton further by end of 1958, threatening livelihoods and regional harvests.
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Benson
Alabama
H. M. Layman
Decatur
John Sewell
Ey Tom Bowles
Charles Rutdee
Hartselle
John Davis
Gutlten Gheuions
Bob Walker
Washington
Tennessee Valley
Proaaron
House Approves Lee Petition For Cotton Acreage Cuts
The Alabama House approved a resolution by Rep. W. J. Lee urging drastic cotton acreage reductions of up to 25 percent. Signed by 68 members, the measure argues Alabama farmers face inequities, noting cotton is the state’s economic mainstay and calls for action expected to move in the Senate Friday.
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Senate
Lawrence County
W. J
Alabama
House
Tennessee Valley
Prince Tells Plan To Marry Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier of Monaco plans to wed Grace Kelly after a palace notice confirmed the engagement. Kelly, 26, and Rainier, 32, were connected during a Riviera film release and are courting while he visits the United States. The engagement was announced in Monaco and Philadelphia by Miss Kelly’s parents.
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Grace Kelly
Monte Carlo
Prince Rainier
Monaco
Hollywood
Miss Kelly
John B. Kelly
Philadelphia
Riviera
United States
Mystery Device Found On Plane Proves Harmless
In Pittsburgh after an hour of anxiety Army bomb disposal officers confirmed a small object aboard a TWA plane was a soldering iron heat element used by mechanics. Civil Aeronautics Authority chief Lewis Rinebold said it appeared harmless unless forcefully misused, likely dropped by a Chicago mechanic during repairs before the flight to Washington.
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Pittsburgh
Army
TWA
Lewis Rinebold
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Chicago
Washington
Firing Inquiry Probes Adams Ouster Of CAA Chief Lee
A Senate Commerce subcommittee opened questioning into the removal of Civil Aeronautics Administrator Frederick B. Lee. Chair Sen. Monroney said he would ask Lee about his talks with Adams and a resignation letter Lee submitted after demands from Weeks and Rothschild. Lee had gone to the White House, citing a costly impractical study.
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Senate Commerce
Civil Aeronautics
Frederick B. Lee
Sherman Adams
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Lee
Adams
Secretary of Commerce
Louis Rothschild
CAA
Commerce Department
White House
Constitution Outmoded Says Historian in Alabama Hearing
Historian Dr. Malcolm C. McMillan told Alabama lawmakers the 1901 Constitution is outmoded since its drafting and should be revised. He noted it largely mirrors the 1875 document, with changes only to voting rules after Reconstruction, and urged a constitutional convention to address reapportionment and modern needs.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Malcolm C. McMillan
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
James E. Folsom
McMillan
Farm program suit modeled for GOP panel
Washington reports the administration’s farm plan was tailored for Senate Agriculture Committee members. Secretary Benson met with senators yesterday and was to discuss proposals Eisenhower would ask Congress to consider in a special message. He planned further talks with Ellender and Aiken before flying to Key West to brief the President.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Benson
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Ellender
D-La
Aiken
Key West
Fla
Weather and River Update for Decatur Tennessee
Decatur and vicinity reports the Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge at 16.32 feet this morning up 0.20 in 24 hours with sea level at 550.62 feet. High yesterday was 55 and low 25 with 8:30 am today at 41 and 1 am at 55. Forecast calls for fair warmer days and nights with today’s high 63 and Friday 73. Legal waterfowl shooting times set Friday 6:27 am to 4:21 pm and Saturday 6:27 am to 4:22 pm.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Alaska Democrats To Pick Delegates Weekend Convention
Washington dispatch reports Alaska Democrats will convene January 7-8 to select the first delegates for the 1956 nominating conventions. The territorial Democratic delegation will be six votes for Chicago, while the Republican delegation to San Francisco will be decided at an Oklahoma convention on February 6. The article notes a primary method delegate would be structured for 1952.
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Washington
Alaska
Chicago
San Francisco
Oklahoma
Reid Byers Named Manager of Ingalls Decatur Yard
Reid S Byers from Uniontown Pa arrives to take duties as new manager of the Decatur yard of Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp He replaces J B Kopp who becomes assistant to Robert C Palmer VP in charge of operations Kopp will oversee operations of Ingalls Iron Works in Decatur Birmingham and Verona Pa and plans to move his family to Birmingham after 30 to 60 days Byers has nine years in barge construction and comes to Ingalls from Hillman Lee REID op Page 3
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Reid S. Byers
Uniontown
Decatur Yare
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
J. B. Kopp
Robert C. Palmer
Robert I. Ingalls, Jr
Kopp
Ingalls Iron Works
Decatur Yard
Birmingham
Verona
Decatur
Byers
Ingalls
Hillman Lee Reid
Jet hits trailers four die in UK crash
In Ilchester England a Sea Venom fighter bomber crashed into residential trailers, killing the pilot and observer. Four people including a woman and her baby died. another woman and a six month old child were injured. The site lies about 125 miles west of London.
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Ilchester
England
Fleet Air Arm
Uchester
London
Eisenhower urges bi commission on civil rights probe
President Eisenhower urged Congress to create a bipartisan commission to investigate alleged civil rights violations in the South. He called it disturbing that Negro citizens face voting and economic pressures, recommending timely findings for early consideration.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
South
Bright Promise In U S Future Says President
President Eisenhower told Congress the budget will balance this year and next, and tax cuts require no risk of returning to deficits. He called Russia a threat, urged expanded foreign aid, and proposed a series of programs including highway funding, farm legislation, school building, slum clearance, and a bipartisan civil rights commission to curb voting discrimination. He urged civil rights progress and equal judgment of individuals.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Russia
Nat Red Guns Continue Duel Over Quemoy and Matsu
In Formosa the Nationalists and Communist China traded heavy artillery from Quemoy and Matsu as U S officials Quarles and Radford arrived for talks. The Nationalist Defense Ministry reported renewed shelling by the Reds and heavy responses by Nationalist batteries. The visits by the U S leaders were described as routine.
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Formosa
Quemoy Island
U.S
Donald A. Quarles
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Ministry
Quemoy
Matsu Islands
Little Quemoy
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