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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1955
Page
3
HAL BOYLE argues Americans now live with oversized medicine cabinets in every room, turning homes into makeshift clinics. He recalls past simple health routines, notes medicines clutter and misplacement risks, and warns about storing drugs in refrigerators and locating the right bottle during emergencies.
Circuit Judge Walter B Jones ordered Alabama to refund 22 655 to Plantation Pipe Line Co after ruling the Delaware corporation engaged in interstate commerce and not subject to the state's franchise tax. Alabama tax refunds covered 1952 protests as the company operates 483 miles of pipeline through the state.
George Lowell Everett's bid for a new trial was denied by Circuit Judge E. Clay Lewis Jr. The defense argued juror Henry Corbin was prejudiced and disqualified. An appeal may follow. Everett faces a death sentence for the January 1 murder of Mrs. Lou Ellen Jones in her Panama City home. The state says Corbin is sane now after a prior 30 day mental hospital stay.
Memorial Drive Church of Christ at 224 Memorial Dr NW launches a gospel meeting starting Sunday and running through July 12. Preacher Fred McClung of Oklahoma City will speak daily at 10:30 a.m. and 7:45 p.m with morning Bible talks at 8:15 a.m on WMSL 1400. Services are inside the house and under a tent on 8th Ave NW.
Pacific air moved east to Kansas and Iowa as cooler temperatures settled in the Dakotas Nebraska western Iowa and Minnesota but the eastern half of the nation stayed hot and humid. Thunderstorms accompanied the cooler air with thundershowers from northern Ohio to Pennsylvania and southern New York, while showers dotted the northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest.
The World Council of Churches urged member churches to pray for the Big Four summit in Geneva. General secretary Dr W A Visser t Hooft asked churches to gather on July 18, a Monday, or devote time on the preceding Sunday.
Members of the Etha Home Demonstration Club met in June to push for a community house and invited neighbors to join. President Mrs. Ralph Brock led the meeting with a meditation by Mrs. Lester Roden and hymn history by Mrs. Annie Johnston.
Four officials managing Prince Ranier III and princely funds were suspended as Monaco's Banking and Precious Metals Co. faced crisis measures. The government advanced 250 million francs to calm a potential run, placing the bank under National Council supervision with new management and auditors called in.
AFL bus workers struck the Niagara Frontier Transit System halting service for nearly a million people in the Buffalo area. Strikers demanded higher wages and benefits, rejecting appeals by Mayor Steven Pankow and a federal mediator for continued service during negotiations. Thousands of commuters found rides or walked.
Max Natapoff a 49 year old former Los Angeles county surveyor testified before the House Un American Activities subcommittee that he was fired two days after being subpoenaed. He named seven others as card carrying Communists in Los Angeles. The Civil Service Commission said Natapoff was dismissed for his Communist party identification. He refused to answer if he now or ever was a Communist.
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