United States Cedes Philippine Base Ownership
Manila reports a joint U S and Philippine statement confirming full sovereignty of the Philippines over all U S military bases. Vice President Nixon, in Manila for independence anniversary events, notes transfer of title to Clark Air Force Base and Sangley and Subic naval installations, with minor posts as well.
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Manila
United States
Philippines
U. S
Richard Ixon
Presi
Dent Eisenhower
Clark Air Force Base
Sangley
Subic
Ramon Magsaysay
Nixon
Pearce and Gresham Win Two Redstone Contracts
Army Engineers announce seven contracts totaling nearly two million dollars for Alabama and Georgia projects. About 1.5 million covers four Redstone Arsenal traction jobs in Huntsville Alabama as part of a large expansion. Pearce and Gresham Co Decatur received two of the four contracts. The remaining $176,109 contract funds a basic hydraulic and electric shop of 10 300 square feet.
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Mobile
Army Engineers
Alabama
Georgia
Redstone
Huntsville
Ala
Pearce and Gresham Co
Decatur
Aean
Navy Invades Western Europe on Training Cruise
Led by battleships Iowa and New Jersey a 20-ship convoy with 8 000 sailors began a week long invasion style training cruise in Western Europe. The operation marked a simulated assault with heavy fleet participation from the United States Navy.
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Europe
Portsmouth
England
Iowa
New Jersey
Poem as Will Bequest Echoes Odd Provisions
In Montgomery Alabama Robert S Stanford a piano tuner left a two stanza poem as part of his will bequeathing undisclosed estate to his widow The probated document states the lines grant the widow control of all property both personal and real and even mention selling trading or managing the dog and its fleas with no bond required and the speaker jokes about waking the corpse.
July Becomes Morgan County’s Peak Month for Marriage
Probate Judge T C Almon’s records show July, not June, leads Morgan County in marriage licenses. Over the past year 47 couples wed in July and 33 in August, with 111 licenses issued so far this year, suggesting more than 200 by year end. In 1951 200 couples wed. leap year 1952 had 213. 1956 saw 304 amid broad social changes. The judge notes stricter laws, more employed women, and the urge to marry remain decisive.
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T. C. Almon
Morgan County
Almon
Cyprus Eoka apologizes for bomb death of American diplomat
Eoka, the Cypriot underground group, apologized for the June 16 killing of U.S. vice consul Keen P. Boteler in Nicosia and said the diplomat's death was tragic. The attack, which wounded two other Americans, followed curfew measures and amid ongoing violence on the island during the British colonial withdrawal.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Eoka
Greece
A G
U. S
Keen P. Boteler
Boteler
Washington, D.C
Koma Yialou
Karpas
Wis
Cadet Gasaway Completes Six Weeks Training
Cadet James W. Gasaway son of Mr and Mrs James A Gasaway of Decatur completed six weeks of training at Fort Gordon Georgia He is a 1954 graduate of Florence State College His hometown is listed as 508 Tenth Avenue Southeast in Decatur The item notes area men in service and references a Washington treaty ceremony at Bremerton Washington with figures tied to Kitsap County and Chief Kitsap
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Fort Gordon
James W. Gasaway
James A. Gasaway
Tenth Avenue
Southeast
Decatur
Washington
Bremerton
Wash
Hahd-Skus
Point No Point
Kitsap County
Olympic Peninsula
Point Nooint
William Kitsap
Kitsap
David Prince
Chettamoka
Radio and TV Logs Show Mixed Late Programs
A fragmentary radio television log lists late sign offs and program blocks from morning to evening. Entries include names like Dave and Arsene, with shows such as Today and Feather Your Nest, plus sports and film notes in a dated broadcast schedule.
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Dave
Doss
Arsenez Francis
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