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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1958

Page

3

Nightlife Notes From Reykjavik And New York

Earl Wilson reports from Reykjavik about meeting Pan Am stewardess Jeanne Novack in Iceland and recalling a party with the Marchesa Gerini and George Sea bury. He also moves to New York gossip about television deals, star sightings, and showbiz shifts including Tic Tac Dough and The Price is Right.

Reykjavik Cee Novak Scale University of Michigan Kim Novak Jeanne Novack Iceland Jeanne Slugger Georgeous Cookie N.Y Goodson T»dman CBS John Daly Mickey Rooney NBC Proctor & Gamble Harvey Stone Mt. Sinai Doctors Hospital Jim Farley Ernest Cuneo Vincent

New Law Firm Forming Here

Calvin Gilchrist and Murphree join with Joe Calvin and Circuit Judge elect James Bloodworth to form a merged firm. Bloodworth will leave practice upon taking the judgeship January 19, 1959, with the group moving to the Mutual Savings Building on the second floor.

Calvin Gilchrist

Camp Hillcrest In Full Swing Opens 1958 Session

Camp Hillcrest in Tennessee Valley opens its first 1958 session on June 22 with a week for Brownie Fly Up Scouts and full registration for regular sessions. An extra session July 27 to Aug 8 was added. a pool completed this year gains from the cookie sale across the council. Several Decatur and Courtland girls are listed as registered.

Tennessee Valley Girl Scout Hillcrest Eugenia Darby Decatur Camp Hillcrest Susan B. Hardwick Lynn Louise Jackson Gloria Jean Mack Dorothy Rogers Ann Howard Fenn Barbara Pearson Elizabeth Russell Terry Carden Cathy Congdon Karen Hughes Linda Norwood Joan Odom Patricia Woodall Eloise Holt Belle Chenault Susan DeWitt Margaret Hirshfeld Carolyn Hudson Frances Coburn Courtland

Nickerson Restored to Command in Caribbean Field

Col. John C. Nickerson is slated to become ordnance officer of the Caribbean command with HQ in the Panama Canal Zone next Tuesday. He will regain a full security clearance revoked after his conviction and shift from missile program duties to a minor position in a yearlong Canal Zone assignment inspecting construction work.

Washington (P John C. Nickerson Army Nickerson Caribbean Panama Canal Zone Canal Zone

Hoover Defends FBI Against Gestapo Charge

FBI director J Edgar Hoover rebutted claims that the bureau operates like a Gestapo calling the record of American law enforcement a democratic achievement. He cited a July Law Enforcement Bulletin editorial and rejected Cyrus S Eaton's TV remarks labeling the FBI as snooping and creeping up on people. The piece follows Eaton's attack and Hoover's response. The Soviet population is about 193 million.

Washington FBI J. Edgar Hoover Law Enforcement Bulletin Hoover Cleveland Cyrus S. Eaton Adolf Hitler

Texas Republic to U.S. state timeline

Texas existed as an independent republic from 1836 to 1845 before joining the United States, marking its transition from sovereign nation to statehood.

Texas Republic United States

Cow escapes through hay stair to freedom in cellar

Hugh Nance reports his cow Bossy fell into a wash house cellar after the floor gave way. He stacked hay bales in a stairlike incline to the hole, enabling Bossy to climb out to safety. Also notes the Ross Ice Shelf near Little America in Antarctica moves about four feet daily and spans roughly the size of California.

Ross Ice Shelf Little America Antarctica California

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