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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1958
Page
4
Gubernatorial race bulges with new contenders
After former governor Gordon Persons quit due to ill health, a growing list of candidates emerged. Albert Boutwell Earl Harrison Earl McGowin Joe Starnes and George Hawkins join the field, signaling a wide open contest. More entrants may yet join as the race continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Persons
Persons
Albert Boutwell
Earl Harrison
Earl McGowin
Joe Starnes
George Hawkins
Farmers weigh forming drainage district over Crowdabout Creek
In Massey community farmers met to decide on creating a drainage district to tame Crowdabout Creek. They consider asking federal aid to control the land-damaging waterway, hoping for better farming conditions and a vote soon to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massey
Morgan
Lawrence
Cullman
Congress Faces Historic Sputnik Challenge and Broad Agenda
The piece argues Congress will confront major legislation this session amid a large peacetime budget and widespread items from TVA reform to farm policy. It cautions unity is vital as debates over atomic energy, civil rights, education funding, and tax reform unfold, with politics generally paused in wartime-like moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
TVA
Bob Jones
Rep. Jones
Russia
Khrushchev’s Private Conference Ambition with Eisenhower
A speculative look at Khrushchev seeking a private summit with Eisenhower to carve up the world, with Churchillian caveats on constitutional limits. The piece contrasts Soviet top-down control with American democratic checks, noting public opinion shifts and the potential fate of Eisenhower if 1958 trends favor Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khruschev
Eisenhower
United States
Soviet Russia
Stalin
Hitler
Khrushchhev
United Nations
NATO
SEATO
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Consideration for Others by Arlie B Davidson
A piece urging readers to cultivate consideration in daily conduct. It argues that consideration can be learned and shows six practical guidelines. It emphasizes persuasive dialogue, respectful orders, allowing differing opinions, kind refusals, respecting personal affairs, and treating others as you wish to be treated.
Precautions Kept H Bomb Safe In Flight And On Ground
The piece explains that hydrogen bombs are not ready to drop and are stored in two separate plane sections to prevent accidental detonation. Crew training includes assembling the bomb only over ocean or desert areas, with safeguards to avoid civilian risk should an accident occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North Africa
U.S
Atdh
Guatemala
Cruz
Offbeat Vicar Settles Quarrel and Humorous Banter
A country parish vicar reconciles two elderly women after years of feud, hosting a meeting under his roof where they shake hands. Lighter vignettes follow, including jokes about wealth, family quirks, and a mismatched surgeon’s sponge mishap. Santa Claus towns and a wry closing about personal charm appear amid anecdotes.
Gaillard Moves to Take Reform Plan to People
Premier Gaillard plans a constitutional reform drive to the people via referendum if needed to grant the executive branch more power and stability. He eyes an electoral overhaul to bring deputies closer to voters as his cabinet faces Assembly opposition and a midmonth Parliament proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Dynan
Paris
Felix Gaillard
Gaillard
France
Gillard
Assembly
Council of the Republic
Senate
Tennessee Name Derives From Cherokee Village Tanasi
The article notes Tennessee's name origin from the Cherokee Tanasi village and cites a Winnipeg Free Press notice seeking a private home board and room for a non smoker noon drinker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Tennessee
Tanasi
Winnipeg Free Press
Eisenhower to outline steps to outpace Russia in State of the Union
In his State of the Union speech President Eisenhower will urge a big defense and missile funding increase. The timing reflects anxiety over Soviet progress and two recent reports calling for heightened effort to match or surpass Russia. The message is only the start. follow through with concrete proposals will determine its impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salazar
Eisenhower
Congress
Capitol Hill
Tom Burke
Ohio
Cleveland Athletic Club
Sinclair Weeks
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Texas
Lyndon Johnson
Bill Knowland
California
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Johnson
White House
Voices of America
Benson Farm
House Committee On
Paul Douglas
Rep
Albert Rains
Illinois
Gov. George Leader
Pennsylvania
Robert Wagner
New York
David Lawrence
Pittsburgh
Anthony Celebrezze
Cleveland
Norris Poulson
Los Angeles
Brooklyn Dodgers
Missile-Laney
Washington
State of the Union
H. Rowan Gaither Jr
Gaither
Senate
Lyndon
Democrats
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc
Ax murder charge filed in Alabama woman self defense claim
Margaret Evelyn Baldwin 23 surrendered and signed a statement saying she used an ax in self defense when Cecil Baldwin, about 25, threatened her with a table fork. Deputies report she struck him on the head and chopped at his legs. he died at a local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Margaret Evelyn Baldwin
Tommy Landers
Cecil Baldwin
J. H. Duke
W.J. Walker
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