Independence Day Births and Local Notices
Since 1947 nine children were born on Independence Day with listed names addresses and years. Police report a 1957 Chevrolet damaged by an unknown car and Emmery Bolden of Chattanooga as owner. Major notices include jail escape Wesley R. Tippett and prohibitions fines for two violators with bonds.
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Marshall Mackey Riggs
5Th Ave
Brenda Kullman
Danville Rd
Greer Winford Alexander
Courtland
Charles Albert Wilson, Jr
8Th St
James Alan Golden
Prospect Dr
Douglas Stovall Graham
10Th Ave
Roy Alvin Chandler, Jr
Deccature
William Benson Isom
Gerald Wayne Albano
Cleveland Ave
John Gobel Isom
Cullman
Emmery Bolden
Chattanooga
South May Pass First Chances At Filibuster
Southern leaders signal they may skip a full filibuster if a modified version of the civil rights bill gains support. Senate Republican Knowland plans to move to take up the measure, while opponents led by Senator Russell press to alter its provisions before debate. The fight centers on federal enforcement of voting rights and potential injunction powers without jury trials.
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Washington
House
Senate
Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Ervin
D-Nc
U S Debt Rises Further After June Reporting
The national debt at June end stood at 270.53 billion dollars with about three billion more borrowed since then. Treasury data show year end deposits and withdrawals totaling 81.87 and 79.18 billion respectively, with a fiscal 1957 surplus likely near one billion dollars pending final accounting in mid July.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Humphrey
Trea
United States Pushes Foolproof Nuclear Test Ban Inspection
U S disarmament official Harold E. Stassen told the U N disarmament subcommittee that a foolproof inspection system is needed before suspending nuclear tests. He proposed a 10 month halt tied to a limited disarmament treaty with inspections stationed in the United States Britain Russia and the Pacific to police the ban. Russia offered no comment while top Soviet reaction was awaited from Moscow.
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London
United States
Russia
U.N. Disarmament
U.S
West
Valerian A. Zorin
Stassen
Moscow
Britain
Pacific
Courtland Race Real Challenge
Courtland hosts a demanding racing event for small-bodied sports cars with engines humming a whine as drivers tackle a no bank track at speeds over 150 mph. The article highlights the skill required for sustained control and precision on the tight course.
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Courtland
America
Local clubs to run booths at Courtland Base races
Moulton and Decatur Jaycees and Decatur Auxiliary will man drink booths and hamburger stands during the Courtland Air Base races this year. They also plan comfort stations for spectators for the full day of racing.
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Moulton
Decatur Jaycees
Decatur
Courtland Air Base
Concrete circuit set for Sunday races in Courtland
Three point two miles of concrete track with seven tight turns and three curves will test the skill of top South drivers. Sunday events sponsored by the Moulton and Decatur Jaycees feature a drivers meeting at 10 a.m. and races like the two held in 1955 and 1956. full schedule appears on Page 2.
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Moulton and Decatur Jaycees
Courtland
Army to Close Nerve Gas Plant in Muscle Shoals
MEMPHIS The Army nerve gas facility at Muscle Shoals Alabama will shut down this month affecting about 250 workers who have already been notified. The plant known as the Phosphatic Development Works manufactures Agent GB a nerve gas component. An Army spokesman said the plant will be placed in law away after current orders are fulfilled.
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Memphis
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Washin
Phosphathe
Army
Moulton Officer Becomes Courtland Chief of Police
William Norris Hagood, a Moulton police officer for one year, has accepted the post as chief of police in Courtland and will assume duties Monday. The appointment followed Frank Terry, local pool room operator, declining the job after involvement with Harris.
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Courtland
William Norris Hagood
Moulton
Hagood
Eoumelh Hameak Bane Tees
Frank Terry
Terry
Harris
Weather and River Update for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 21.03 feet, up .08 in 24 hours. Sea level reading 555.33 feet. Forecast calls for mostly sunny hot conditions today and tonight, with Friday partly cloudy hot and possible scattered thundershowers. Winds light to southerly 5 to 10 mph. Highs near 92 today and 91 Friday, lows around 70.
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Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Americans Start Holiday Weekend
The nation marks the 181st independence anniversary with parades picnics sports events and fireworks. About 45 million vehicles are on the move as Americans seek sun and fun at resorts while the National Safety Council urges highway caution and hopes fatalities stay low. President Eisenhower is at his Gettysburg farm after flying there from Washington. In Japan American families enjoy a quiet Fourth of July.
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National Safety Council
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Washington
Japan
Tokyo
U.S
Douglas MacArthur II
South Korea
Patterson seeks overrule in 101275 court battle over Lee-Hi Camp
Alabama Attorney General John Patterson asks Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones to overrule demurrers in a 101,275 suit against State Conservation Director W. H. Drinkard, Finance Director Fuller Kimbrell, Comptroller John Graves, two insurers, and J. W. Gwin Jr. Construction. He claims the Lee Hi State Park funds were spent illegally without competitive bids. Drinkard calls it a misunderstanding of the bid law amid recent legislative changes.
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Montgomery
W—Alty
John Patterson
Patterson
Walter B. Jones
W. H. Drinkard
Fuller Kimbrell
John Graves
American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co
Columbia Casualty Co
J. W. Gwin Jr., Inc
Lee- Hi
Limestone County
Drinkard
Anti Aircraft Gunman Held
In Miami Florida William Henry Bird 38 was arrested by the Dade County Criminal Bureau of Investigation on suspicion of assault to commit a felony after firing three shots at a low flying mosquito spray plane. Passenger John M Rawley 40 Coral Gables was hospitalized with an injured left eye. Rawley a former Navy fighter pilot served in World War II and Korea. Bird said he did not intend to hit the plane and believed it was buzzing the neighborhood not a spray plane.
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Miami
Fla
Dade County Criminal Bureau of Investigation
William Henry Bird
John M. Rawley
Coral Gables
Rawley
Investigative
Bird
Holiday Starts Quiet In Decatur Traffic Wise
The July 4th holiday began without accidents in Decatur as of press time. Nineteen cases appeared on the city recorder's court docket, representing eight charges, half of which were traffic related.
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Decatur
City Recorder’s
Bus Overturns in Fog Injuring Twenty in South Carolina
A Queen City Trailways bus en route from Augusta to Fayetteville overturned in early morning fog near Orangeburg South Carolina injuring twenty. Five were hospitalized. Driver Lawrence R Meissner 44 Fayetteville said he swerved to avoid a mule and another car. The bus carried 25 passengers. Names of injured include Minnie Lee Reynolds Noreen Giles Mary Cox Frances Inman and Dorothy Davis. A wrecker was summoned but spectators rolled the bus back on its wheels and it continued.
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Orangeburg
S.C. W
Queen
Highway Patrol
K. F. Readdy
Orangeburg Regional Hospital
Minnie Lee Reynolds
Macon
Noreen Giles
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mary. Cox
Oak Grove
Frances Inman
Dorothy Davis
Sumter
S.C
North Carolina Highway Patrol
Charlotte
N.C
Traffic Deaths Rise on Fourth Holiday Period
By midmorning on the Fourth of July holiday, 24 traffic deaths had been tallied with 15 total and 5 drownings. The NSC projects 535 deaths by the end of the 102 hour weekend, possibly setting a new record.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
NSC
Council
Khrushchev Wins Kremlin Shakeup Over Stalin Faction
Nikita Khrushchev and his policy line prevail in the biggest Kremlin upheaval since the 1930s. The Central Committee ousted diehard Stalinist opponents in a sweeping leadership reshuffle expanding the Presidium from 10 to 15 and signaling a move toward peace and coexistence with Yugoslavia and the West. Molotov is singled out as the major casualty amid warnings against dissent.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Communist Party
Communist Party Central Committee
Khrushchev
Yugoslavia
West
Moscow Radio
Pravda
Central Committee
V. M. Molotov
Stalin
Eisenhower Urges Prompt Aid for School Construction
President Eisenhower urged the House to promptly approve federal aid for school construction. Vice President Nixon, addressing the National Education Association, said the bill has a better than even chance in this Congress but little chance in the Senate before adjournment. Eisenhower called the education need vital and urged emergency federal assistance with limited, time-bound control.
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Philadelphia
Eisenhower
House
Nixon
National Education Assn
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
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City Recorder’s Court
Sammy Mosely
Sterrs St
Anna Mae Townsend
Maple St. SE
6Th Ave. SE
Louise Anglea
8Th Ave. SE
6Th Ave
McCulloch’s Grocery
W. Moulton St
John B. Wilson
Rochester, Minn
Wilson
Mayo Clinic
Charles Elliotts
Mr. Terry
George Terry
8Th Ave
First Federal Savings and Loan Assn
First Fed- House
Grant
Herman Woodall
Sandra
Miss Ann Walker
Florida
William Larry Moses
W. B. Moses
7Th Ave
Black-Chandler Hospital
Hartselle
Aubry Houston
Mobile
John Chadwick
Buckley
Harold E. Stassen
Yester
Courtland Race
Real Challenge
Decatur and Vicinity
Alex Daisy
Crystal Springs
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Daisy
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Lee-Hi
Brenda
C. J. Kullman
Morgan County
Curley Roberts
Pudgy Red Boss
Diehard
Bob Molotov
Malenkov
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