U.S. Ends Fiscal Year In Black With Surplus Expected
The 1956 federal year closes with a projected two billion dollar surplus, the first in four years. Officials anticipate a balanced budget for 1957, despite rising spending, and plan to use the surplus to reduce the national debt estimated around 272.5 billion dollars by year end. Tax cuts unlikely unless surplus grows to 3 to 4 billion.
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William 0
Warn
Washington
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Humphrey
Mysterious deaths linked to rice diets in Hawaii study
Dr. Larsen reports 120 Hawaii cases over 20 years with few Caucasian or Japanese deaths. Autopsies show rice stuffed stomachs and half cooked rice swelling with water. He notes similar foundering patterns in cattle and mentions POWs forced to eat half cooked rice before death.
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Hawaii
Larsen
Burma
Logan Woodard Rites Today At Salem Church
Funeral services for Logan Newton Woodard 61, Lester 1, will be held this afternoon at 2 30 at Salem Methodist Church in Athens. The Rev Wayne Driver will conduct. He died Saturday at 12 50 p m at his home. Survived by wife Elsie, daughter Eva Bridges, four sons James Edward Logan Dr Dean and Billy Gene Woodard of Lesters. Interment Legg Cemetery directed by McConnell Service Funeral Home.
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Athens
Logan Newton Woodard
Lester
Salem Methodist Church
Wayne Driver
Woodard
Elsie Woodard
Eva Bridges
James Edward Logan
Dean
Billy Gene Woodard
Lester’ S
Legg Cemetery
McConnell ‘Service Funeral Home
Princess Conquest of Space at PV theater
Walter Brooke and Eric Fleming lead a double feature with space epic Conquest of Space at PV. Showtimes include 1:34 3:31 5:28 7:25 9:22 as part of the evening program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Brooke
Eric Fleming
Community notes quick hits from Decatur area
Local items include the Crawford family moving to Birmingham to join IBM in February. City officials report court cases on gaming and disorderly conduct plus a vacancy filled by Dora Sanders in the superintendent role. Community updates cover travel, illness recoveries, fires, vacations, a death in Arlington, Star Lodge meeting practice, and Hillsboro Church Vacation Bible School dates.
Public Housing Authority to Sign 4089 New Low Rent Homes
The Public Housing Administration announced 39 housing authorities in 17 states and Puerto Rico will sign contracts for 4,089 new low rent homes. Projects by state list Alabama towns Abbeville Linden Ragland with 40 50 and 20 units and costs of 490324 569370 and 220938 respectively.
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Washington
Public Housing Administration
States
Puerto Rico
PHA
Alabama
Abbeville
Linden
Ragland
Industrial Development Conference Set Aug 7
An Alabama Industrial Development Conference is planned for August 7 at Mound State Park near Tuscaloosa. Business, industry and civic leaders with public officials from the Sixth Congressional District will participate in the event.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Mound State Park
Tuscaloosa
Sixth
Mississippi GOP In Seating War
Mississippi Republicans clash over seating at the Republican National Convention with two rival delegations. Nine of 21 delegates replied to AP questions mailed June 19 about representation. The dispute pits a group led by Perry Howard against an all white slate led by E O Spencer, who backed Eisenhower in 1952.
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Birmingham
Associated Press
Mississippi
San Francisco
Perry Howard
Washington
Jackson
Miss
E. O. Spencer
Spencer
Citizens For Eisenhower
London disarmament talks stall amid rival plans
Nutting notes the long secret subcommittee talks in London among delegates from the United States Britain France Canada and the Soviet Union fail to produce agreement as Russia proposes troop cuts to 10 million for three powers and 650 000 for Britain and France but Western delegates say no move on nuclear weapon end production.
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London
Nutting
United States
Britain
France
Canada
Soviet Union
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
China
Gromyko
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Arkady A. Sobolev
Disarmament Commission
Jules Moch
Defense
Paul Martin
United States weighs Poland aid amid Poznan unrest
The U S offer to work with the International Red Cross highlights Poland’s political crisis sparked by Poznan rioting. Officials say Poznan reflects broader Communist Eastern Europe tensions as Soviet control drains output and curtails freedoms across satellite states.
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International Red Cross
Poland
Poznan
United States
Russia
State Department
Europe
Tallahassee Buses to Halt Service Amid boycott
Tallahassee Public bus system for 40 000 residents will suspend operations at midnight due to a month long boycott by Negro riders. City commission and Negro Inter-Civic Council leaders failed to agree on settlement proposals after failed negotiations.
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Tallahassee
Fla
City Commission
Negro Inter-Civic Council
Morgan County Trustees Elected Amid Segregation Note
Morgan County trustees for 21 white and six Negro schools were named by the county board of education. Trustees will serve four year terms starting Monday. Three whites and three Negro schools failed to nominate or elect due to limited patron participation. The board will direct Massey School to hold an election later. Three Negro schools will not have trustees until elections deemed appropriate. List of elected trustees includes names from Hartselle Danville Decatur and other locales.
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Morgan County
County Board of Education
Lester E. Wooten
Massey
Wooten
Masey School
Morgan County Training School
Midway
Moulton Heights Junior High
County Superintendent of Education
C. E. McHight
Cedar St
Herman Roberts
State Ave
Paul Woodall
Spring Ave
Austinville
Cecil Adcock
John D. Hallman
Newell Walker
Hartselle
Collins
Gains Burden
G. W. Johnson
James Lynn
Somerville
Cotaco
Farris Pickens
James Teague
Danville
Lewis Sims
Eugene Holmes
Eva
Ernest Patton
Falkville
Roland Ryan
Neil Aycock
Tom Drinkard
Thomas Thompson
T. V. Day
Charles Knowlton
Decatur
Ted Poole
Flint
Earl Dobbs
Omri Holmes
W. D. Shaddix
Gum Pond
Grady Long
C. L. Orr
Hugh Penn
Jim Bartee
Charles Dean
Joemer Lacey
Lacey
Hubert
Gilbert Kinney
Ira Oden
Wrence Cove
William Lindsey
Horace Roberts
Orval Tanner
Morgan County High
Elvege Cagle
Freeman Free
Curtis Shelton
Moulton Heights
Johnny Hill
Odis Morris
Leon Wallace
Neel
R. E. Atkins
R. H. Fuller
Dismissals and Admissions at St Hospital Athens
Dismissals listed for Marion Bailey at 407 W Washington St Athens Billy Reed Trinity Virgil Lively 704 4th Ave SE. admissions include E F McCreless Town Creek 3 Mrs O B Neill Falkville 1 John Barnes 321 8th Ave NW Mrs Wimbreth Melton 1015 6th Ave SE Mrs Carrie Melton 1016 6th Mrs L R Ferguson Toney 2 John Will Burleson Summer town Tenn 2.
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Bank ST. Hospital
Marion Bailey
Washington St
Athens
Billy Reed
Trinity
Virgil Lively
4Th Ave
E. F. McCreless
Town Creek
O. B. Neill
Falkville
John Barnes
8Th Ave
Wimbreth Melton
6Th Ave
Carrie Melton
L. R. Ferguson
Toney
John Will Burleson
Summertown
Tenn
Baugh Wiley Clinic Admission Of Mrs Johnson And Infant
Mrs W C Johnson and her infant daughter admitted at 1039 E Moulton Street. Additional entry notes Mrs Floyd Smith of Ardmore Tennessee.
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Baugh-Wiley Clinic
W. C. Johnson
E. Moulton St
Floyd Smith
Ardmore
Tenn
D C General Hospital Dismissals List Local Names
Master John Thomas and Larry White of Moulton join a list of discharged patients. Mrs. Clifford Campbell and infant son at 1016 9th Ave SE are noted. Other discharged include Mrs. John Collier Decatur 2 and B F Jones Decatur 1. Names span Decatur Moulton Hartselle Rogersville Courtland Athens and Courtland addresses.
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Decatur General Hospital
John Thomas
Larry White
Moulton
Clifford Campbell
9Th Ave
John Collier
Decatur
B. F. Jones
Neal Stedham
Marilyn Meskill
Prospect Drive
Newell Yarbrough
Buena Vista Circle
Quinton Smith
Hartselle
Dismissals Listed From Athens-Limestone Hospital
A hospital notice lists patients and dismissals including Mrs. Alice McAn, Athens. Mrs. Stark Collier, Birmingham. Stark Collier, Birmingham. Miss Jennifer Christopher, Athens. Mrs. I A Putnam, Toney. Mrs. Jameson Wallace, Athens. Mrs. Bessie Holmes, Athens. Mrs. J H Vinson, Lester. Mrs. Della Elizabeth Bullington, Athens. Mrs. George Putnam and baby boy, Elkntant. Mrs. Effie Black, Athens.
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Athens-Limestone Hospital
Alice McAnn
Athens
Stark Collier
Birmingham
Jennifer Christopher
I. A. Putnam
Toney 2
Jameson Wallace
Bessie Holmes
J. H. Vinson
Lester
Della Elizabeth Bullington
George Putnam
Elkntant
Effie Black
Dismissals At Lawrence County Hospital Listed
The notice names Mrs. E. D. Peoplegg and infant son of Moulton Mrs. Foree Long of Danville Little Sherry Colburn Jimmie Lee Horton of Courtland Town Creek Mrs. G. C. Sheats of Trinity Mrs. Ruby Watson of Danville and William G. Littrell of Moulton among those dismissed from the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County Hospital
E. D. Peoplegg
Moulton
Foree Long
Danville
Little Sherry Colburn
Courtland
Jimmie Lee Horton
Town Creek
G. C. Sheats
Trinity
Ruby Watson
William G. Littrell
City Businesses to Close for July 4th Holiday
A majority of local merchants favor closing Wednesday and Thursday for the Fourth of July observance. Local banks will close Wednesday and reopen Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Signs Bill Gives School Opportunity To Children Of Dead Vets
President Eisenhower signed a bill funding higher education for children of servicemen who died in World War II or Korean service. The act provides 110 dollars monthly for full time students with reductions for part time study at colleges vocational schools or other programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
New ton and Sheats welcome newborns this week
A son was born to Mr and Mrs J P New ton in Town Creek 2 at Baugh Wiley Clinic on Saturday. A daughter arrived for Mr and Mrs G C Sheats in Trinity 1 at Lawrence County Hospital on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.P. Newton
Town Creek
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
G. C. Sheats
Trinity
Lawrence County Hospital
Unrest in Poznan Amid Reports of Red Rule Strain
Reports say artillery outbreaks spread to other cities and a major rebellion threatened Red rule though officials in Poznan claimed calm. They cited 38 killed and 270 wounded while unofficial reports described rebels in the city core and outskirts. foreign observers noted sporadic artillery and police escorts through patrols.
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Red
Poznan
Warsaw
Nei Cadian
Lucien Delain
Maedon
France
Rescue planes search vast Arizona desert routes
Giant and Winslow in Arizona received no reports on the planes. Sheriff offices and the highway patrol were alerted to locate the craft. The Painted Desert is sparsely inhabited with wide roads and rugged terrain around the 12,000-foot San Francisco peaks shrouded in clouds.
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Winslow
Ariz
Arizona
Highway Patrol
United States
San Francisco
West Hartselle Baptist Church Dedication Today
Dedication services at West Hartselle Baptist Church begin at 11 a.m. with Rev. George Bagley delivering the dedicatory sermon. Loyd Rogers and Kyle Johnson lay the cornerstone. a luncheon follows at noon and a worship service at 1:30 p.m. The building committee includes Rogers, Harry Wiggins, James Hampton, and B D Wright.
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Hartselle
West Hartselle Baptist Church
George Bagley
Alabama Baptist
W. J. Johnson
Southside Baptist Church
Decatur
Loyd Rogers
Kyle Johnson
Harry Wiggins
James Hampton
B. D. Wright
Harold Wright
Eisenhower Leaves Hospital After Three Weeks In Gettysburg
President Eisenhower, three weeks after a major intestinal operation, appeared weaker yet cheerful as he waved to about 75 supporters from a car near his 500 acre Maryland farm. He has lost some russet color, walks slowly, and weighs 163 pounds, while officials say weight gain is starting. No clear word on a 1956 run, Hagerty saying he will inform when appropriate.
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Colorado
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Gettysburg
Hagerty
White House
Presidents Limousine Halt Triggers Quiet Alarm
The Eisenhower motorcade stopped on a highway en route to Gettysburg causing momentary unease among reporters and Secret Service agents. The halt was due to a loose rubber washer intended to dampen upholstery noise. once removed, the convoy continued toward the president's farm home.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Secret Service
Church Group Gathers Funds for Aged Home in Alabama
The Episcopal Foundation of Jefferson County reports $315,000 in contributions for the new Episcopal Home for the Aged, with pledges likely pushing the total past the $325,000 goal. Plans include site selection and a federal Hill-Burton Act grant to reach $750,000 for construction and equipment. The facility will be Alabama’s first of its kind.
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Birmingham
Episcopal Foundation
Jefferson County
Episcopal For
Episcopal Home For
Alabama
Decatur Jaycees Nominate Maid Contestant Miss Margaret Ryan
Miss Margaret Ann Ryan, 23, daughter of Mr and Mrs Truman Ryan of Eva, is to be the official Decatur Jaycee contestant in the county Maid of Cotton contest. She is a Eva High School and Huntingdon College graduate with Snead Junior College credits, a 93.4 overall average, and studies library science at Florence State Teachers College. She stands five five, weighs 127 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes, and she is a seamstress who makes her own clothes.
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Margaret Ann Ryan
Truman Ryan
Eva
Decatur Jaycee
Chamber of Commerce
Eva High School
Huntingdon College
Montgomery
Snead Junior College
Boaz
Fairview School
Cullman County
Ryan
Florence State Teachers College
Snead College
Methodist
Huntingdon
Wandering Bear Evades Hunters Across County
A bear wandered from a vacant lot into a honeysuckle thicket and resisted capture. After being struck and chased with dogs, Warden Mack Smith urged the crowd to spare the animal, which later appeared near Trinity and Finley Island, then moved to Foxes Creek and Mallard Creek while wardens tracked it. The public was urged to avoid killing the bear. officials listed include Billy Kelly Jack Tanner Loyd Hays Cotton Lay Mack Smith and Leo Martin.
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Mack Smith
Smith
Trinity
Finley Island
Lonnie Lamon
Lamon
Foxes Creek
Mallard Creek
Billy Kelly
Jack Tanner
Loyd Hays
Cotton Lay
Leo Martin
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Rites Monday At Moss Chapel For Mrs A A Joiner
Funeral services for Mrs. A. A. Joiner 73 of Welts Road will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Moss Service Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Rev. Andrew Coltharp. She died Friday at Cullman Hospital. Survived by two sons Ervin Joiner and Elbert Joiner two daughters Mrs Cliff Oswalt and Mrs Otmar C Miller four brothers Jesse Haynes W K Haynes W L Haynes and F M Haynes. Interment in City Cemetery directed by Moss Service.
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Cullman
A. A. Joiner
Welts Rd
Andrew Coltharp
Moss Service Funeral Home Chapel
Joiner
Cullman Hospital
Ervin Joiner
Clafton
Elbert Joiner
Hollywood
Fla
Cliff Oswalt
Tuskegee
Otmar C. Miller
Wilmette
Jesse Haynes
Boaz
W. K. Haynes
Texas
W. L
F. M. Haynes
Atlanta
City Cemetery
Moss Service
Joe's Imported Foods Opens New Cheese Meats Line
French rye and pumpernickel bread available Tuesday through Wednesday evenings. A new shipment of Lebanon Bologna Kosher meats and assorted cheeses arrives. Store at 1412 6th Ave SE invites customers to visit.
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Lebanon
Joe's
6Th Ave
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Walt Disney
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Decatur High School
International Business Machine Co
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Joe Pettey
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Jackson St
Gatlinburg, Tenn
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16Th Ave
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Rainey’s
Grant St
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Douglas
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Hoyt Bonner
Hunter's Beauty Shop
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Ed Uptain
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Panama City
Leon Martin
William Smith
C. V. Mizell
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Arlington
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Nettie Dunlap
H. B. Norwood
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Ena Kenton
Clio Levin
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Why Not Care
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Ne Pryor
EB. J. Teague
Cedar Lake
Tommie Bush
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Sylvester McComb
Lacey's
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J P. Rodgers
Talucah
Leadus
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Richard Smith
Allen Wiggins
Mt. Nebo
Oklet Chatman
J. B. Robinson
Andrew Winton
Valdermosa Springs
Howard Emmerson
W. V. Garner
Arthur Gill
James Romine
Rogersville
Rickey Cathcart
Locust St
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Arthur Lewis
Eva Fowler
Aubrey Schoff
Johnson St
Cullman Holiday
West Hartselle
Royal Arch Masons
C. B. Kenton
Decatur Masonic Temple
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Sam W. Kay
James R. Vaughan
King
Freeman C. Free
D. L. Allen
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Lee Thornton
William Glenn
William Grad Smith
Royal Arch
Eddie R. Glenn
Owen S. Pace
Charlie McGill
William Lakey
Sentinel
Elmer Lindsey
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