Local notices and community updates in Decatur area
The State Dept of Revenue reports all Alabama income tax forms available 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at the courthouse annex corner Cain and Line. J Curtis Campbell of Athens is seriously ill at St. Thomas Hospital Nashville in room 445. Firefighters responded to a truck fire on Sixth Ave SE with no loss. A cast of 30 is sought for Decatur Little Theater production Witness For The Prosecution with tryouts Monday and Tuesday at City Electric Auditoriums. Tennessee Valley Girl Scout board meets Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Florence. dues payable. City Electric Building hosts several meetings and clubs through January. Malcolm C. Grisham charged with failing to yield in a two-vehicle collision on Eighth Ave SE and Prospect Dr. See diary on Page 2. Frigidaire washer ad at Robinson’s on Second Avenue.
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State Dept. of Revenue
Cain and
Line Streets
Alabama
Curtis Campbell
Athens
St. Thomas Hospital
Nashville
James Evans
C. Co. Gary
Eva Milton
Chicago
Decatur Little Theaters
Small City
Electric Auditorium
City
Les Kulberg
Southern crop values fall 18 percent in 1957 report
A Department of Agriculture analysis shows 10 Southern states saw crop values drop from 4 089 billion in 1956 to 3 354 billion in 1957, an 18 percent decline led by cotton. Overall national crop values fell 7 percent, with soil bank payments totaling 125 million in the South helping cushion losses.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
South
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
United States
Macmillan Proposes a Nonaggression Pact in Broadcast
British Prime Minister Macmillan urged a possible East West nonaggression pact in a nationwide broadcast. He said Britain is ready to negotiate within or outside the United Nations to test Russia s sincerity and hinted at a future summit if prospects improve.
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London
Macmillan
Soviet Union
Britain
United Nations
Russia
Lee Macmillan
Chrysler Secures Major Missile Contracts From Army
The Army awarded Chrysler Corp. 52 million dollars in missile contracts including 30 million for Jupiter 1 500 mile range missiles to be built at Chrysler's Warren Michigan plant. A 21 8 million dollar contract covers Redstone 200 mile range missiles with long lead components and ground support equipment. The deals were signed in Detroit on December 31 and include 11 million dollars spent in the past six months.
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Washington
Jan
Army
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Flont
Warren
Mich
Redstone
Detroit
Jury Will Probe Danville Wreck
The Morgan County grand jury will decide whether charges are filed against Frank Cooper driver of a two horse wagon in a crash five miles south of Danville that killed James E. Asherbranner 21 Ad dison 1 and William Hampton 40 Decatur Negro. The accident occurred Thursday night when Cooper’s wagon struck the other car head on.
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Morgan County
Grand Jury
Highway Patrol
W. B. Little
James E. Asherbranner
Addison 1
William Hampton
Decatur
Danville
Frank Cooper
Asherbranner
Cooper
Sgt. Little
Decatur Skies January 4 Evening Star and Moon Phases
The Decatur sky report lists times for Sok uane at 6 56 a m and 4 52 p m with a moonrise at 6 14 p m and Last Quarter on Jan 12 Venus setting at 6 58 p m. It notes Venus will move westward and exit the evening sky in the coming weeks returning as a morning star in February. All times are Central Standard.
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Venus
All Times Central
Tennessee River reading and forecast near Keller Memorial
River stage at Keller Memorial Bridge Saturday morning stood at 16.52 feet, down .40 in 24 hours, sea level reading 550.82 feet. High Friday 44, low 24. Saturday noon reading unknown, 36 degrees noted, outlook calls for increasing cloudiness and little temperature change. Tonight cloudy and warmer with occasional rain. winds light to variable becoming easterly 8 to 12 mph. Monday outlook: cloudy with rain. high around 48.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Airline facts go before CAB in Atlanta Mon
Decatur fights for air service after 12 years of effort and three years on file with the Civil Aeronautics Board. James N. Bloodworth outlines projected passenger counts and Decatur’s growing economy as testimony is heard in Atlanta with Southern Airways and Trans Texas Airways seeking routes.
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Decatur
Civil Aeronautics Board
Paul N. Pfeiffer
CAB
James N. Bloodworth
Atlanta
Southern Airways
Trans-Texas Airways
Memphis
Newsvile
Bloodworth
Bob Hines
Hines
Chemstrand
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Trans-Texas
Macmillan proposal on Russia pact prompts cautious U S view
London broadcast says a nonaggression pact might help but U S officials show little enthusiasm and offer no official comment. In Birmingham a 47 year old man escaped death when his car hit a power pole, causing a fire and blackout nearby.
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Washington
U.S
Harold Macmillan
Russia
Macmillan
London
State Department
Birmingham
Nelson Bryant
Irondale
Fire damages eight room house on 19th Ave SE
Weekend blaze started by an oil heater tore through an eight room frame house at 801 19th Ave SE. Owner John Humphrey also runs Humphrey's Grocery. One apartment housed Mrs Ethel Dugger her mother and three children who escaped with the 76 year old mother needing assistance. Fire left furniture smoke and water damaged while residents fled in time.
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19Th Ave
John Humphrey
Humphrey’s Grocery
16Th Ave. SE
Ethel Dugger
Rights Of Way For Highway To Bridge Cleared
Rights of way for the highway to the proposed new bridge across the Tennessee River paralleling the Keller Memorial Bridge have been secured. The Decatur Housing Authority said four city blocks from Lafayette Street to the river are now owned and ready for transfer to the State Highway Department after investigations in Montgomery on Tuesday. Land valued around one hundred thousand dollars plus city and housing authority plots may total around one hundred fifty thousand dollars for the approach area. Completion of purchases clears the way for a bridge contract and further title transfers to the State.
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Tennessee River
Charlie Parker
Decatur Housing Authority
Lafayette St
H. R. Summer
Housing Authority Board
Montgomery
Canesia
St.8th Ave
State Highway Dept
Housing Authority
Walnut St
Lafayette
Herman Nelson
State Highway Department
See
Two Brothers die as TV antenna touches power line
Cullman Alabama two Goodwin brothers William Bill Goodwin 25 and Charles Goodwin Jr 27 were electrocuted installing a tall aluminum TV antenna that contacted a 7200 volt line in the Good Hope community. Brother Steve Goodwin is hospitalized with minor burns and their mother Mrs Charles Goodwin Sr suffered hand burns.
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Cullman
Ala
William
Bill” Goodwin
Charles Goodwin
Hanceville
Good Hope
Steve Goodwin
Dillman Hospital
Goodwin
White City
Grady Moss
Charles
Steve
Three killed in Fort Rucker car crash identified
At Fort Rucker Alabama the bodies of Specialist Mack R. Gilmore 24 his wife of Abbeville Alabama Specialist John W. Campbell 29 and Mrs J D Thomas about 40 of Enterprise Alabama were recovered from a car that plunged 30 feet into a stream last night. The wreckage was found by nine policemen at about 8 30 a m. The PIO said Mrs Thomas is survived by a husband and three children. Her body was identified by Enterprise police.
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Fort Rucker
Ala
Abbeville
John W. Campbell
Memphis
Campaign urges polio shots for Morgan County youths
Citizens in the Know promotes two free drives to inoculate all residents under 20 against polio with Salk vaccine. The first starts tomorrow, a second opens February 3, aiming to prevent Infantile Paralysis across Morgan County with strong local support from health officials and families including polio survivor Gwendolyn Lott.
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Morgan County
Morgan
L. R. Murphree
Allen Rooks
National Polio Foundation
Lester Wooten
Ruary
Gwendolyn
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Ertee WG
Aeeter
Sixth Ave
Tennessee Valley Girl Scout Board
Girl Scout
Florence
City Electric
Morgan-Limestone
The
Alabama Archaeological Society
Little Theatre
North Alabama Coin Club
Malcolm C. Grisham
Eighth Ave
Doris P. Bowling
Grisham
Prospect Dr
Alex Terry
J. E. Case
Robinson's
Second Avenue
Civil Rights Commission
New
Eisenhower
Labor
Theodore M. Hesburgh
University of Notre Dame
John S. Battle
Charlottesville
Doyle E. Carlton
Tampa
Fla
Robert G. Storey
Southern Methodist University Law School
John A. Hannah
Michigan State University
Sherman Adams
James N. Lott
GWENDOLYN_ LOTT
DR. L. R. Murphres
DR. Allen Rooks
Gwendolyn Lott
Tim Baker
James Odom
DR. McCoy Pitt
H. R. Leeman
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