Local notices and closures from Morgan County and area
Local government and civic items include the State Dept of Veterans Affairs office closing Thursday and Friday for Independence Day in Morgan County Courthouse. Other notes mention plans for an Alabama Hosiery Mills reunion, student recognitions at Howard College, a church revival, and shrine meetings. Medical and obituary notes, plus a heart surgery update for David Robertson, are listed alongside community announcements and scheduling changes.
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State Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Morgan County
Western talks hinge on Soviet response to trial ban proposal
London reports say Western delegates awaited Moscow reaction to the U S plan for a 19 month test ban on atomic and hydrogen weapons. Harold Stassen outlined conditions for joint Soviet Western production halts and a limited disarmament treaty. Valerian Zorin welcomed the move and Stassen called the 10 month halt a trial.
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London
U.S
Moscow
U.N
Valerian Zorin
Stassen
Weather and River Report for Decatur Area
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge rose 43 feet in 24 hours to 20.95 feet with sea level at 575.77. Yesterday's high reached 77 and low 64. Today at 8 AM the temp was 76 rising to 81 by 11 AM. Rainfall in the last 24 hours totaled 0.30 inches. Forecast calls for mostly sunny hot weather with isolated afternoon thundershowers. Tonight will be warm with a low around 66 and a high of 89 today and 66 tonight, with a high of 89 expected Thursday.
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Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Five Day Forecast Temperatures 2-4 Degrees Above Normal
The Alabama forecast shows temperatures 2 to 4 degrees above normal across the period. Warm conditions persist with mild nights and daytime highs trending up gradually through the workweek.
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Alabama
Man Most Likely To Succeed At Killing Self
A Chicago sketch cites a 25 to 44 year old man as the typical traffic fatality during the Independence Day holiday period. The National Safety Council estimates 45 million vehicles will travel nationwide and 535 Americans will die in crashes from 6 p.m. tonight to midnight Sunday, surpassing the 1950 four day record of 491.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
NSC
Patrol Braces For Big Weekend
The Alabama Highway Patrol initiates an all-out effort for the July 4 weekend. About 15,000 pamphlets and car stickers reading Slow Down and Live will be distributed. Beginning tomorrow patrolmen in the district will operate on 12 hour shifts through Sunday to curb traffic accidents.
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Highway Patrol
W. B. Little
Abe Parrish
James Berryman
Chicago
Ill
Alabama Highway Patrol
Spt
Sgt. Little
Montgomery Leaders Back Tuskegee Negro Boycott Support
Montgomery leaders endorse the Tuskegee Negroes refusal to trade with white merchants in protest of a law aimed at suppressing Black voting. A spokesman denied an organized boycott is in progress while warning that forged Negroes may act to violate the anti boycott statute. The Montgomery Association claimed 50,000 Black residents back the struggle.
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Henry Bradsher
Tuskegee
Ala
Montgomery
Ment
Montgomery Association
Washington Chapel
A.M.E
Eisenhower Opposes Civil Rights Referendum Proposal
President Eisenhower said the civil rights bill should not be put to a public referendum. He questioned constitutional provisions for such a vote and noted the matter should be handled by responsible government officials. He also doubted how the bill’s wording could be presented on a ballot.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Ular
Bank Sues Duncan For 1 250 000 Over Cotton Receipts Fraud
A New York bank sues W. J. Duncan Jr. of Decatur Alabama in U S District Court for 1 250 000 alleging he borrowed against nonexistent cotton securing 8232 warehouse receipts while only a fraction of the pledged stock existed. Duncan previously pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and was fined 2000 and placed on probation.
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Birmingham
New York
Decatur
Ala
U.S. District Court
Chase Manhattan Bank
W. J. Duncan Jr
Alabama
Duncan
U.S
H. Hobart Grooms
Chase Manhattan
Morgan County National Bank of Decatur
State National Bank of Decatur
Alabama Agriculture
A. W. Todd
Todd
State of Alabama
George Miller
Courtland Auto Races to Feature Twenty Seven Car Types
Courtland hosts Sunday auto races at 10 30 a m with at least 27 types of sports cars from 18 manufacturers across the United States and Europe. Forty nine male drivers and 13 women have filed applications from across several states for the event runways at the old Courtland Air Base.
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Courtland
United States
England
Italy
France
Germany
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Florida
Ilinois
Indiana
Tennessee
Decatur and Moulton Chambers of Commerce
Sports Car Club of America, Inc
Courtland Air Base
Three Accidents Mar Traffic Plans Here
Three accidents reported in the city yesterday amid a strict traffic enforcement program. Fifteen cases appeared before the city recorder's court, mostly traffic offenses, on Tuesday.
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City Recorder’s Court
Daren Easter Elected Morgan County Tuberculosis President
Daren Easter was elected president of the Morgan County Tuberculosis Association at the annual meeting in City Electric Auditorium on Tuesday afternoon. Mere dith Woodall was named vice president, J. W. Darrah treasurer, and Miss Ruby Sandlin chaired the session. The group discussed the Christmas Seal sale and approved a $600 donation for drugs plus $175 for an X ray program for Morgan County School seniors.
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Daren Easter
Morgan County Tuberculosis Assn
City Electric Auditorium
Meredith Woodall
J. W. Darrah
Ruby Sandlin
Barrett Shelton
Morgan County Assn
Shelton
Morgan County
R. Murphree
Morgan Cetyl Gea
Daren
Back From The Dead Airman Flies To Rejoin Family
Lt. David Steeves of Trumbull reappears alive after being listed dead by the Air Force. He parachuted from a jet that exploded over California's Sierra Mountains and is en route to New York to join his parents and wife Rita. The family had held hope since his crash at Craig Air Force Base and Selma, Alabama, where they lived.
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Trumbull, Conn
Air Force
New York
David Steeves
Trumbull
California
Sierra Mountains
Rita
Steeves
Selma
Ala
Craig Air Force Base
Connecticut
Tug of war over defense funds splits Senate and House
A Senate 74 to 0 vote approved a defense funding bill totaling about 971.5 million more than the House version, nearing the president and defense secretary's request. The bill raises funds for all three services, with ongoing pressure from both parties to modify the final total in a forthcoming conference.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Wilson
Senate Trons Committee
House Conference Committee
Air Force
Navy
Secretary of Defense
Truman and Folsom to attend Truman Library dedication
Two political figures, former President Harry S. Truman and Alabama Governor James E. Folsom, will meet Saturday at the dedication of the Truman Library in Independence Missouri. In Washington, retired Air Force General Orval R. Cook, president of the Aircraft Industries Assn, commented on defense siting at Huntsville Alabama.
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Montgomery
Harry S. Truman
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Truman
Independence
Washington
Orval R. Cook
The
Aircraft Industries Assn
AIA
Govand
Redstone
Huntsville
Ala
Iran Earthquake Death Toll Climbs as 3000 Missing
Rescue teams found 400 victims in Tighband and Sanghal, raising the death toll to 750 and leaving more than 3,000 missing. The disaster spans a 500 mile arc across the Elburz range toward the Caspian Sea with 100 villages wiped out and 1,500 seriously injured. Shah Pahlavi ordered wide relief for up to 50 000 square miles as roads and communications collapsed.
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Tehran
Iran
Tighband
Sanghal
Elburz
Caspian Sea
Sea
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Switzerland
Soraya
Soviet Union
Ruling On M Rae Seen By Monday
A formal opinion on whether Mayor Knox L McRae can serve as both director of state docks and Decatur chief executive will likely be issued Monday or Tuesday. Assistant AG Gallion said the ruling is under study in Patterson's office. McRae offered to serve without pay as mayor if legal.
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Knox L. McRae
State Docks
Decatur
MacDonald Gallion
Gallion
McRae
John Patterson
City Hall
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Marcus
Margaret) Long
James
Betty) Eaton
Burford Hough
Jimmie Warren
Tommie Lou Herron
Falls College
Nashville
Tom Herron
Pvt
Lewis Wynn
Camp Gordon, Ga
Hartselle 2
Dancy’s Chapel
Lawrence County
Royce Sims
Karl Randall
Midway Church of Christ
New Moulton Highway
Hershel Patton
North Alabama
Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
Masonic Temple
Mary Martin
Bill
David Robertson
Reece Robertson
University Hospital
Jesse Jones
Jones Grocery
6Th Ave
Jessie Jones
Lowell Vann
Cullman
Howard College
Vann
Floyd Lawson
Ryvchley
Aseball
Decatur and Vicinity
Bank
Sanes
Dworshak
Congress
Ellicien
National Guard
M'Rae
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