Elementary high school site debate centers on Trinity Morgan
Morgan County officials asked the State Department to survey potential sites for a new county high school after Austinville School sale. State Supt A R Meadows states Trinity was selected due to industrial growth along the Tennessee River new highways and rising river-area population. The department emphasizes site approval is needed regardless of local action and notes earlier surveys did not favor Trinity.
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State Department of Education
Trinity
Morgan County
A. R. Meadows
Meadows
Lester Wooten
Decatur Daily
Barrett C. Shelton Sr
Tennessee River
Decatur-Moulton
Austinville
Morgan County Board of Education
State Department
Wooten
Lee Meadows
Atomic Experts From East West Continue Talks
In Geneva the eight nation conference on detecting violations of a nuclear test ban opened its second session. US leader James B. Fisk and Soviet Yevgeni K. Fedorov said delegates would work on technical review methods and the placement of detection stations.
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Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
James B. Fisk
Yevgeni K. Fedorov
Governor Folsom Ends 20 day Europe Trip
Gov. James E. Folsom returned to Montgomery after a 20 day tour abroad and attendance at the World's Fair. He visited multiple European capitals and returned late last night to assume duties in Alabama.
Jaycees Plan All-Star Softball Benefit
The Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce plans an all-star softball event to raise funds for shoes for needy children. All-star teams from civic and city leagues will play leaders in their leagues at Legion Field at 7 p.m. on August 4. Proceeds from ticket sales support the shoe program run by Bob Denham and chair Spence Hicks urges widespread ticket purchases.
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Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
Legion Field
Spence Hicks
Jaycees
Bob Denham
Hicks
Explosion Heard in Albany Stirs Neighbor Uproar
A loud blast rattled Albany area on Tuesday. A caller to the Times Union questioned the event saying a jet plane may have broken the sound barrier. The woman demanded action about the barrier.
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Albany
N. Y
Times- Union
Goldfine denies impropriety in Adams gifts affair
Bernard Goldfine testifies before a House committee denying any improper influence from his gifts to Sherman Adams. He says his family received more from the Adamses than it gave and questions why others highlighted Adams’s favors, as a film of his statement plays ahead of his hearing.
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Washington
Bernard Goldfine
Sherman Adams
Adams
Boston
Aslies
Eisenhower
Goldfine
Gov. Adams
NBC
Congress
Mr. Adams
Decatur Skies July 3 Night Sky Highlights
In Decatur the sunset is 8 05 p m and sunrise 5 40 a m tomorrow Moonrise is 9 45 p m Last Quarter on July 8 Morning stars include Mars low in the east at 1 42 a m and Venus rising at 3 50 a m Venus in Taurus near the bright star Aldebaran as it moves toward its brightest phase.
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Mars
Venus
Taurus
Aldebaran
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge stood at 20.82 feet this morning, up .18 feet in 24 hours, with sea level at 555.12 feet. Yesterday’s high reached 98 degrees at 2 pm and a 60 degree low at 6 am. Today’s 10:45 am temperature was 88 degrees. Forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy, warm conditions today and tonight, with Thursday also warm and a chance of isolated afternoon thundershowers. Winds southeast 8-15 mph, diminishing at night. Highs near 89 today, 91 tomorrow. lows near 63 tonight.
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Decatur
Keller Memorial Bridge
Eisenhower Denounces House Action On Foreign Aid Cuts
President Eisenhower accused the House Appropriations Committee of reckless risk to national security by cutting foreign aid funds by nearly 600 million dollars. He urged restoration, saying reductions will have grave consequences in the free world and boost Communist imperialists.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House Appropriations Committee
Free World
Congress
Ike
Parker Explains Well St Redevelopment Plan
Parker, director of the Decatur Housing Authority, outlined the urban renewal program and its aim to rehabilitate downtown and blighted neighborhoods. He noted planned Well St redevelopment would affect 16.71 acres, include 57 families, and 64 houses with many substandard. The plan requires some difficult property acquisitions for a full area redevelopment and street changes, with general business zoning proposed.
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Well ST
Cain St
Decatur Housing
Charles Parker
Decatur Housing Authority
Parker
L & N Railroad
Davis St
Brown Funeral Home
Courthouse
Ferry St
Cherry
Cain Sts
Cain
Walnut Sts
Sixth Ave
Sixth
First traffic fatality of year in Decatur
Albert J. Barbee, 68, of Sandlin Road SE, died at Decatur General Hospital after being struck by a car driven by Clarence P. Aday while crossing Highway 31 at Corsbie Street. Barbee sustained head and chest injuries and died at 10 20 a m. He is identified as the citys first traffic fatality of the year. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Albert J. Barbee
Sandlin Rd
S.E
Decatur General Hospital
Lebanon Premier Sees Rebel Drive as Do-Or-Die Effort
President Camille Chamoun warned Lebanese rebels under Syrian command may launch a strong attack on Tripoli at any moment. He said if this assault and another from southeast of Beirut are beaten, the rebellion could collapse as a military movement.
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Camille Chamoun
Tripoli
Chamoun
Kamal Jumblatt
Saeb Salam
Basra
Rashid Karami
Abdul Magaed Rafini
Syria
Mobster Genovese Summoned To Senate Probe
New York mobster Vito Genovese and Cleveland businessman John Scalish were summoned by Senate investigators seeking details of an alleged upstate New York gangland conference. Rackets Committee chair Sen. John L. McClellan called Genovese one of the country’s top gangsters.
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Washington
New York
Vito Genovese
Cleveland
John Scalish
Senate
Upstate
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Rackets Committee
Genovese
Eisenhower accuses USSR of disrupting summit plans
President Eisenhower says the Soviet Union disrupted diplomatic preparations for a summit in letters to Nikita Khrushchev. Western leaders say negotiations have stalled but hope remains, with Khrushchev’s June 11 letter cited as the basis for the charge.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Britain
France
Khrushchev
White House
Moscow
U.S
Foreign Office
Still-Raiding Groundhog Arrest Delights Pens City
Two state agents from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board raided a 500 gallon moonshine still in Pens City Alabama and captured a drunk groundhog found at the center post. The animal was held until sobered up and then released.
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Pen City
Ala
Enoch Lindsey
L. L. Owens
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Get Other Prices Then Look at Robinsons on Second Avenue
A short shopper note urges checking alternative prices before purchase and to compare with Robinsons on Second Avenue as a recommended benchmark for good value.
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Robinson’s
Second Avenue
Council postpones vote on Well St redevelopment plan
An angry Decatur crowd pressed the city council to reject the Well St Slum Clearance and Urban Redevelopment Project. The council delayed formal action, scheduling a final decision for the July 15 meeting, after endorsing a motion to revisit the issue.
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Decatur
Decatur Housing Authority
Well St
Housing Authority
Rutledge Thomas
Charles Parker
Russell Lynne
Lynne
Alabama
GOP See August Homecoming Hope Gains Steam
Sen Styles Bridges said Republicans want Congress to wind up by August 2. Sen Mike Mansfield warned a quick adjournment is possible only if major legislation avoids delays. Key items include reciprocal trade, defense reorganization, foreign aid, housing and farm bills. The House must act on an omnibus farm bill and consider Social Security increases and debt-limit issues.
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Washington
Styles Bridges
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
Bridges
Republican Policy Committee
House
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