Wrecks Occur In 2 Days Here
Decatur police logged four traffic accidents over Friday and yesterday with no injuries or charges. A 1951 Oldsmobile and 1954 Ford pickup collided at Somerville Rd and Beach St at 12 45 pm Friday. drivers were Rayburn Ellis and James Trammell. A 1950 Buick struck a parked 1954 model in the 900 block of 16th Ave at 8 50 am Friday. driver J Garrison and owner Mrs. Jean Morrell. A 1941 Chevrolet backed from a driveway into a Decatur Transit bus on Third St NW at 8 50 am yesterday. driver John W McDowra and bus operator Vernis Gillespie. A 1947 Chevrolet hit a rear of a 1948 Plymouth on Sherman St at 9 56 am yesterday. driver John Peoples George and Silas Borden involved. Falkville revival services led by Rev Tilford Jenkins begin today at Falkville Baptist Church with services at 7 am and 7 30 pm through July 8.
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Decatur
Somerville Rd
Beach St
Rayburn H. Ellis
Sheridan Apts
James Trammell
Cherry Sr
Euel Thompson
Cpl
Seldon Hill
Magnolia St
Jean Morrell
Bristol
Carmen Taylor
Alex Terry
John W. McDowra
Third
St. NW
Third St. NW
Vernis Gillespie
Decatur 1
J. T. Broadrick
Doug Crabb
John Peoples George
Sherman St
Silas Eugene Borden
White St
E. C. Bowman
Population figures for Tokyo and Pennsylvania PTAs
The Tokyo metropolitan area is listed with 6 300 000 residents while Pennsylvania reports about 500 000 members in Parent Teacher Associations. The figures present a snapshot of civic participation across regions.
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Tokyo
Pennsylvania
Bees Attack Officers During Whisky Still Raid
State and county officers raided a wooded area near Jacksonville to destroy a 900 gallon illegal whisky still. A swarm of bees attacked the officers as they worked, with Deputy Sheriff H. B. Sands badly stung in the process.
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Jacksonville
Fla
H. B. Sands
New York City Elder Population Grows Since 1920
City records show 53,000 residents aged over 85 now, compared with 5,797 in 1920. The shift highlights dramatic aging and long-term demographic changes in New York City.
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New York City
Eisenhower market steadies amid 1956 political ups and downs
The 1956 stock market remained a bull market despite political and economic uncertainties. Ike’s illness and election talk influenced swings. Ford Motor stock offered publicly. GM plant closures and steel strike deadlines weighed on sentiment as the AP index hit new highs earlier in April.
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New York
Wall
Eisenhower
Washington
Ford Motor
Associated Press
General Motors
United States
Miss Ruth McCollum Named Nursing Director At Sanatorium
Ruth McCollum becomes director of nursing services at District One Tuberculosis Sanatorium announced by Dr. Arthur Calix. A Chicago native, she trained at Oak Park River Forest HS and Oberlin College, with extensive work at University of Michigan and Berea College Hospital.
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Ruth McCollum
District One
Arthur Calix
Chicago
Oak Park River Forrest Township High School
Oberlin College
University of Chicago
West Suburban Hospital
Oak Park
Ill
Miss McCollum
Berea College Hospital
Berea
University of Michigan
School of Nursing
Ida Belle Hassell
Dallas
Texas
Mrs Hassell Honored Before Leaving Sanatorium
After a stay at the Sanatorium Mrs Hassell was bid farewell by employees nurses staff and office force with gifts. The article notes the 16 billion dollar natural gas industry as the sixth largest in the United States and observes that adults with small children tend to have more colds.
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United States
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Falkville
Tilford Jenkins
Falkville and
Cullman
Falkville Baptist Church
Karl E. Seepe, Jr
First Baptist Church
Corinth
Miss
W. T. Lewis
Nebrig Plumbing CO
Otte Nebrig
Vienna
Dixie Belle
Monarch Super Markets
Somerville Road
Rosedale
Fleetwood Coffee
Moulton ST
Exchange Furniture
Pontiac
Chevrolet
NASH
BUICK
DODGE
Ford Tudor
Mercury
Oldsmobile
Hudson
Ford Forder
Wholesale Motor CO
E. Moulton St
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