Fire destroys seven room home in Austinville
A severe blaze at the Prentiss Clark residence in Austinville caused an estimated 75000 dollars in damage. The seven room house was a total loss after starting at 1051 p.m. in the garage and spreading to the home aided by wind. Fire officials could not determine an exact cause though lightning is suspected. The family was absent at the time and seven firefighters fought the flames amid wind and a brief downpour.
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Prentiss Clark
Austinville
Marvin Rankin
Rankin
Jim Roberson
Roberson
Edgil group heads to New York City for European tour
Mrs. Thomas D. Edgil left today for New York City and from there the group will tour six European countries. Mayor H. R. Summer has returned from a two weeks visit to Hot Springs Arkansas. Judge B F Wear Sr is reported recovering after a fall at his home Sunday.
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Thomas D. Edgil
New York City
H. R. Summer
Hot Springs
Ark
B.F. Wear
Deadline Nears For Answer To 325 Jackpot
Jackpot rises to 350 if no claimant appears by noon. Reporter Katie Kash notes the deadline and urges participation amid July 4 celebrations and brief chaotic humor.
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Katie Kash
Dennis the Menace
Aestereers
Katie
Johnson Illness Seen Not Halting Congress Work
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson suffered a serious heart attack but doctors said his condition was stabilized and he remained in a cheerful mood. Officials noted his absence was not expected to derail Eisenhower's program as Congress aims for adjournment this month.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Congress
Johnson
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Eisenhower
Sen
Clements
D-Ky
Lee Johnson
Lawrence County Law Reports Busy Weekend
Lawrence officials report a busy weekend with 22 arrests including Percy Campbell after a vehicle search on Highway 33 yielded 100 gallons of whiskey in a 1948 Ford. Campbell and Albert T. Smith of Chattanooga were jailed. other arrests covered driving while intoxicated and public drunkenness among 16 additional cases.
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Moulton
Nee Ee
Atarman
Percy Campbell
Franklin Smith
Campbell
Highway 33
Wren
Speake
Lawrence
Albert T. Smith
Chattanooga
Tenn
Marine Sergeant Charged In Death Of His Young Son
In Albany Georgia Marine sergeant James R Brawley Sr is charged with murder in the death of his year old son James Jr after he says he struck the child during an attempt to teach him to walk He allegedly slapped him caused a fall and later threw him down on June 18 before the boy died at Turner Air Force Base hospital.
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Albany, Ga
James R. Brawley
James Jr
Dougherty County
James Faircloth
Faircloth
Brawley
Turner Air Force Base Hospital
Area Accidents Minor Thus Far
North Alabama district reported few highway incidents during the July 4 weekend. In Morgan County a 30 year old woman from Hartselle received bruises when her parked car was hit on Highway 31 near Hartselle. Damages were under 50 dollars.
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North Alabama
Highway Patrol
Morgan
Lawrence
Culliian
Limestone
Hartselle
Margaret P. Weaver
Shotgun Victim Sammy Freeman Buried in Jasper
Funeral services were held Sunday for Sammy D. Freeman 28 of Jasper at New Hope in Walker County. Freeman killed Friday at 6 45 p m from shotgun wounds allegedly inflicted by Dock Freeman Dale Dayton and Dave his parents and four sisters. He was a World War II veteran. Interment by Moss Service Funeral Home.
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Cullman
Sammy D. Freeman
Jasper 1
New Hope
Walker County
Freeman
Dock Freeman
Dale
Dayton
Dave
Gertis Swafford
Powder Puff Flier Crashes In Field Near Spur
Ruth Nitzen making her first attempt in the national Powder Puff Air Derby crashed in an open field near Spur Texas. She was uninjured. Engine trouble forced the crash landing. The damaged plane was towed to Spur Municipal airport and Mrs Nitzen drove to Lubbock 72 miles away.
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Spur
Tex
Ruth Nitzen
Here
Bear Said To Have Snatched Two-Year-Old Tot In Montana
In Libby Montana a 2 year old girl Ida May Curtis disappeared from a family tent after a bear sighting. Over 250 heavily armed men searched Kootenai Forest aided by bloodhounds from Libby as authorities questioned the Curtis family visiting from Deer Lodge.
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Bear
Tot
Montana
Libby
Mont
Kootenai
Lincoln County
Ole Fagerbert
Ida May Curtis
Mortimer E. Curtis
Deer Lodge
Fagerbert
Fagerberg
Curtis
Alabama Holiday Toll Rise Reported in State Traffic Toll
Alabama's July death toll rose to 11 today as the highway traffic toll increased to nine. Two others drowned. James Mitchell, 22, airman on leave from Denver, killed in a two car collision near Roanoke. D. Gene Little, 18, Paint Rock, died in Birmingham hospital of injuries from Saturday night. State Patrol sought to curb speed as director predicted 12 deaths during the holiday period. See ALABAMA on Page 2.
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PRESS
Alabama
James Mitchell
Denver
Roanoke
Ala
Mitchell
Wedowee
Gene Little
Paint Rock
Birmingham
Huntsville
State Patrol
Bill Lyerly
The
Highway Patrol
Eldina Hollingsworth
Panney
Herman R. James
Craig Air
Jemison
Nellie Mae Williams
Tennile
Brundidge
Tobie Thurman
Camden
Spanish Fort
Leslie E. Buerger
Mobile
U.S
Attalla
Theo M. Luker
Ashville
St. Clair County
State 4-H Camp Opens Tuesday At Auburn
The 35th annual State 4-H Camp opens Tuesday evening on the Alabama Polytechnic Institute campus in Auburn and runs through Saturday morning. Activities include leadership training projection finals officer elections and recreation directed by API extension personnel with every county represented by at least five club members and agents.
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Auburn
Alabama
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
API
Cullman
Billy Joe Brown
Allen Fox
Annette Gibbs
Fred Harbison
Yvonne Meyer
Marie Peinhardt
Glenda Plunkett
Perry West
Lawrence County
Marcitta Campbell
Laveral Latham
Billy Lee
Annette Little
Elaine Little
Sammy McClendon
Elizabeth Ann Reed
Douglas Terry
Hubert Weems
Limestone County
Jeanette Barksdale
George Douthit
Jerry L. Easter
Houston Lindsey
Mary Helen Locke
Nancy Carolyn McGee
Lillian Robinson
Peggy Rodman
James Thomas
Sylvia Turner
Morgan County
Cecil Brown
Martha Collier
Skipper Drinkard
Tommie Dunlap
Max Skidmore
Nina Summerford
Marcia Yates
Husky airman admits killings in Dickinson Texas
Ellis Lavhon Jr., 26, an Altus airman held on three murder charges, claimed fear of capture for being AWOL drove him to shoot Ruby McPherson 42, her mother Zola Norman 63, and her son George 12 in their Dickinson home after hitchhiking desde Beaumont. He was flown to Texas after Mexico extradition denial.
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Ee Tex
el Ae Teas
Ruby McPherson
Zola Norman
George
Dickinson
Tex
Here
Ellis Euclid Lavwhon Jr
Japan
Nogales
Mexico
Mrex McPherson
Air Force
Altus
Ark
Texas
Landon
Archie Alexander Jr
McPherson
Beaumont
Sulphur
John
Jack
Air Police
Lauhon
Dauphin Island Bridge Opens Transforming Island Life
Dauphin Island Alabama opens its first bridge linking to Cedar Point as crowds flood the four mile span over Mobile Bay. Three thousand cars cross the new route in two days while a new playground along Ft Gaines and Gulf beaches attracts visitors. Travelers previously used boats and planes to reach the island.
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Dauphin Island
Ala
Mobile Bay
Ft. Gaines
Cedar Point
Mobile
Nat Thunderjets and MIGs clash over Formosa
Four Communist MIGs attacked Nationalist Thunderjets north of Matsu Island about 100 miles north of Formosa. One MIG was heavily damaged while the others fled after the 100 minute engagement. Nationalist Air Force headquarters reported all Nationalist planes returned safely.
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Taipei
Formosa
Matsu Island
Cloudburst Hits Decatur Damages Wall and Cars
A brief but heavy cloudburst saturated Decatur causing 35 feet of a 3.5 foot high wall behind City Hall to wash out. Concrete blocks damaged two police cars, a 1954 Chevrolet and a 1953 Plymouth, denting fenders and doors as temperatures lingered in the 90s with a high of 93. The storm cooled the city briefly around 10 PM.
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City Hall
J. B. Whitmire
Decatur
TVA
Weather and River Readings Decatur Area Tennessee River
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge early today stood 20.44 feet above the river gauge with sea level at 554.74 feet. Yesterday's high was 93 degrees and this morning's low 78. At 8 am the temperature was 82. Rainfall on Sunday totaled 0.57 inch. Forecast calls for partly cloudy and warmer today tonight and Tuesday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Today's high near 95 and Tuesday's high near 96 with low 68 tonight.
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Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Rene Inch
Bridge Collapse Kills Two as Crowd Plunges Into River
A 150 foot footbridge on the Cherokee Indian Reservation broke from its moorings near Cherokee North Carolina, hurling 50 to 60 people into the Oconaluftee River. Two women died en route to hospital and 40 were injured 18 admitted to Sylva and Bryson City hospitals.
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Cherokee
N.C
Oconaluftee River
Sylva
Bryson City
Henry T. Haile Jr
Daisy
Tenn
Lawrence Rainwater
Atlanta
Sylva Hospital
Osley Bird Saunoke
The
Hiway Slaughter At Fourth Of July Toll
The National Safety Council pleads for a halt to highway deaths as Independence Day weekend tolls rise. By 10 am 504 died in traffic and related incidents with 217 on highways, including 147 drownings and 80 other causes.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned Dearborn
HIWAY
Reds Show Off Flashy New Jet
Russia unveiled its newest air force capabilities on Air Force Day in Moscow. A crowd of about 100000 watched 48 supersonic single jet fighters lead a display including a new twin engined jet transport, 50 twin jet fighters, bombers, and helicopters.
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Moscow
Russia
Tushino
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Buckley
U.S. Congress
Weekend Heart Attack
Lawrence Law Reports
Moss Service Funeral Home
Husky
Migs
Decatur and Vicinity
Saunooke
Stanley Johnson
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