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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1956
Page
10
The article notes ongoing talk on legislative reapportionment with a focus on congressional roles. It cites Carl Elliott, the seventh Alabama district representative, who used the congressional recess to engage 35,000 constituents across 160 speeches, traveling 20,000 miles in his self described vacation.
After eight years the Byrd community in Marion County secured the top prize in the Alabama Rural Community Improvement Program. Congratulations to the residents, who are seen as a model for rural Alabama in 1956. The Kiplinger Letter notes population trends with Florida leading growth and California remaining a population leader.
G C McRae of Decatur, president of the Alabama Independent Automobile Dealers, says tax laws make Alabama the easiest state to obtain a stolen car license tag and that proving ownership is harder here than elsewhere. He urges remedial legislation including a title and licensing law, to aid law enforcement, dealers, and motorists, and asks the legislature to consider it in a special session.
Farm Commissioner A W Todd and Decatur pair Maynard Layman Kermit Tucker travel to Washington for a conference with Secretary Ezra T Benson on Alabama cotton acreage. They seek factual presentation to urge changes in Department regulations to aid small farmers and balance western allotments with southern needs.
The Washington Merry Go Round notes Gracie Prost of Idaho is urged by friends to dress as an Egyptian and invite Bulgania and Khrushchev to visit Moscow Idaho. The piece compares Aswan dam costs to Hell's Canyon and criticizes Eisenhower for backing a small private dam over a large public project. Western lawmakers push a stronger Nile dam stance. Southern lawmakers oppose Nile irrigation for Egyptian cotton.
The piece notes Sunnyt Weeks and Len Hall clashing with Fred and Josh Lee over Civil Aeronautics Board appointments. Josh Lee, long a champion of small airlines, faced renewal battles in the Senate after Weeks and Hall removed him from the board.
Practical guide to building durable friendships citing common sense kindness and reciprocity. Five tips include not overstepping, noticing good traits, helping willingly, staying fair, and sharing confidences to keep relation balanced and evolving.
Barak Mattingly and Arthur Mueller pressed for Lee’s return to the Civil Aeronautics Board while Len Hall insisted on a Democrat successor. Other aviation leaders like Bob Six and Jack Floberg joined GOP allies in backing Lee, citing party balance. Hall opposed Minetti, despite Eisenhower’s appointment, amid Brooklyn political ties and Roy Cohn’s influence.
The administration has dismissed multiple ex-senators appointed by prior presidents to various commissions as terms expired. Notable figures include A. O. Stanley of Kentucky, George McGill of Kansas, Jim Mead of New York, and Josh Lee of Oklahoma. Eight Democratic posts remain unfilled by design.
Civil defense volunteers ferry food and medicines on foot across three miles of a mud slide to aid 250 to 300 marooned Bull Creek residents. The convoy reaches the slide from the wrecked highway west of U S Highway 101 in northern California, turning the operation into a grueling pack job.
The United States funds many international bodies including the ILO, which Sokolsky criticizes as ineffective and open to Soviet propaganda. He cites Soviet seating and the lack of private employers in Russia, arguing that the ILO’s structure cannot unify universal labor standards while political blocs shape its policy.
Victor Riesel reports White Citizens Councils aim to split labor and aid Southern anti union forces in the 1956 race. AFL-CIO leaders warn councils infiltrate unions and threaten integration actions. The piece notes potential big financial shifts as labor races to counter the campaign, with Browder Dubinsky Hillman linked to Soviet ties and a broader fight over ILO funding. The column references Eastland and national labor leaders preparing to deploy funds to organize in the South.
Washington Republican Powell says he has the votes to add a segregation restriction to a federal school aid bill. He plans to force the issue on the House floor with Republican backing. House leaders expect a construction funds bill for states and districts within about a week to 10 days, but Senate chances are doubtful.
ALTADENA Calif Rescued music student Gail McCaughey daughter of Mr and Mrs was missing four days after leaving home In Rubio Canyon a sheriff helicopter spotted her sleeping 50 feet from a mine shaft Deputies hiked in found her unsteady but alive She said she had eaten nothing since leaving home her ballet slippers were gone and her feet hurt at St Luke s Hospital Dr J H Nash reported the recovery and condition
Massachusetts Governor Herter asks for a 200 million dollar highway bond issue financed by a sixth cent gasoline tax. The proposal aims to complete last year’s unfinished items and shapes the 1956 program including unemployment compensation reform and creation of a Massachusetts port authority in Greater Boston.
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