State Docks Struggle With Persistent Losses
The Alabama state owned docks report ongoing deficits through May 1958 with net earnings for five months showing substantial year to year drops. Despite rising gross receipts from April to May, deficits at the grain elevator and bulk handling plant push total losses beyond 77 million for the year. The dock director cites cash shortages delaying a planned million dollar home on property and notes funds used for ship berths while waterways projects expand at Floida Decatur and Huntsville on the Tennessee River.
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Mobile
Alabama
Sons
Knox
McRae
Cae
Flo. Decatur
Huntsville
Tennessee River
Public Forum Letters From Readers Printed
The Decatur Daily invites letters from readers and prints only signed pieces or those under a nom de plume. Senders must provide full name and address to the editor. the editor may return unsigned scripts.
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Decatur Daily
Questions for Morgan County on Trinity District schooling
A reader named James F. Bates of Decatur asks Morgan County residents four questions about Trinity District pupils attending Austinville schools. He questions sponsorship, county and state education boards, pupil mileage, and whether the Trinity site yielded a fair price for the Austinville School.
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Decatur Daily
Decatur
Ala
Morgan County
Trinity
Austinville
James F. Bates
Rt. 3
Hoffa Confirms Alliance Plan Into Transportation Unity Effort
Hoffa signs up Paul Hall of the AFLCIO Seafarers International Union and lines up most AFL CIO Maritime Trades for a August launch of a Permanent Conference on Transportation Unity. Bridges’ International Shoremen’s Aid may be invited as temp chair Hoffa underwrites expenses amid GOP criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hall
Aflcio
Seafarers International Union
Hall
Hoffa
Aflcio Maritime Trades Department
Curran
Harry Bridges
International Shoremen
Bridges
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
Senate Rackets Committee
Menance
Jimmy Hoffa
Har. Bridges
For Sale Items Mixed Listing From Frayed Ad Copy
A ragged sale notice lists a 14 foot fiberglass runabout with canopy and a 30 horsepower engine, plus a three bedroom home with two ceramic tile baths. It references a French suburb and mentions old school names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cens Coll Litford
Revival to Be Led by Visiting Evangelist in Hillsboro
Hillsboro carries a revival with visiting evangelist Rev. LeRoy McClendon addressing the community. Hillsboro’s pastor is Rev. LeRoy McClendon guiding the program.
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Hillsboro
LeRoy McClendon
Hartselle Sub District to Meet at Forest O Pel Church
Hartselle Sub District plans a meeting Monday night at 7 30 DST at Forest O Pel Church. Lebanon will run the program with Jane Powell, publicity chairman, announcing the details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Forest Opel
Lebanon
Jane Powell
Kiwanis clubs plan anniversary meeting in Guntersville
Ten members of the Guntersville Alabama Kiwanis Club will meet with the Hartselle Kiwanis Club next week to mark the first anniversary of the Guntersville club which sponsored its establishment.
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Hartselle
Hanspeter
Guntersville
Ala
Local Docket Lists Three Arrests in Hartselle Area
Police docket lists Mobededs Tad Deness and a reckless driving charge near Hartselle. In Huntsville Neel Br John Arban from Fifth Street Church will deliver morning and evening messages at Grove Baptist Church on Sunday.
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Hartselle
Neel
John Arban
Fifth Street Church
Huntsville
Our Grove Baptist Church
First Methodist Names Librarian for Athens Library
The Athens commission on education named Mrs. Joy Mitchell as librarian for a new library to be set up at the First Methodist Church.
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Athens
Athens Officials to Visit Washington on Legislative Talks
Athens Mayor Arthur Stewart and Alderman Gordon Cope will travel to Washington to discuss pending national legislation affecting the city. The trip aims to advance local interests and meet with congressional delegates.
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Athens
Arthur Stewart
Gordon Copeland
Washington
Eee
Cullman County to Begin July School Census
Cullman County and city school personnel will conduct the annual census in July under Alabama law. City Superintendent L W Yates and County Superintendent W H Ziegenein lead the effort. Dr Frank Rose of the University of Alabama to install Rev John W Williams as pastor at First Christian Church on July 9 with a social hour afterward. The Williams family recently moved from Dothan and will present his first sermon here.
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Cullman
Alabama
L. W. Yates
Frank Rose
University of Alabama
John W. Williams
First Christian Church
Khrushchev and Dulles Debate Surprise Attack Prevention
Khrushchev proposed NATO measures to prevent surprise attack and said negotiations could shape a heads of government meeting. Dulles called some ideas unacceptable though he did not specify which points. other officials noted several issues.
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Khrushchev
Dulles
Danville Carriers Win Safety Awards
Danville three rural mail carriers at Danville Post Office received National Safety Council Safe Driver Awards for a combined 37 years of accident free driving. Recipients Raymond Compton two years John T Bryant seven years and James L Teague 28 years were praised by Postmaster W R Pope as models of careful and skillful driving.
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Danville
W. R. Pope
National Safety Council
Raymond Compton
John T. Bryant
James L. Teague
Pope
Northwest Morgan County school site clash heats up
Citizens and education officials argued over Trinity versus Austinville as the site for a new Northwest Morgan County high school. A petition urged Morgan County Board of Education to conduct an impartial survey and keep the school near the district center.
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L. B. Shaneyfelt
Pleasant Valley
Flint
Gorman Braswell
Danville
Austinville
Tom Bates
Basham
Austin Self
Macedonia
Guy Jones
Charles B. Mitchell
Bennett Hicks
Chapel Hill
G. M. Russell
Pleasant Hill
Coney Cockrell
Moulton Heights
Gill Johnson
Summit
Cockrell
State Dept. of Education
Northwest
Morgan County
Alabama
Commissioner of Public Schools
Board of Education
Trinity
State Department of Education
New Moulton Highway
Moulton
Morgan-Lawrence
Bates
Jewel McWhorter
State
A. R. Meadows
Lester Wooten
Decatur- Moulton
Trinity Rd
Decatur-Moulton
Meadows
Wooten
Meulton Rd
McWhorter
State Dept
Reporter Describes Near Drowning Rescue in Virginia Beach
A Virginia Beach writer recounts a near drowning after a cramp pulled him under during a beach swim. Stranded at sea, he cried for help until a stranger named Lindsay swam to assist and save him, vanishing afterward with no details about his rescuer.
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Paul Duke
Virginia Beach
Lindsay
Funeral services for Mrs Betty Clardy
Funeral services for Betty Sue Clardy, 76, of 204 Canal St NE, are set for Saturday at 10 in Chapel with Rev. Robert Heaps officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn Cemetery. Brown Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Clardy died Thursday about 11:45 a.m.
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Betty Sue Clardy
Canal St. NE
Robert Heaps
Roselawn
Brown
Clardy
Mrs Lillian Daniel Daniel Dies at 80 in Decatur
Mrs. Lillian Staten Daniel 80 died Thursday at 3 20 p m at the home of her daughter Mrs B L Ryan on Bee Line Highway S The body returns to the residence this afternoon and will lie in state Sunday from 2 to 3 p m at Central Methodist Church services to be held there with Dr Otis Kirby Cemetery Brown Funeral Co of Decatur directing Surviving include four daughters Mrs Clinton E Scott of Atlanta Mrs B L Ryan Decatur Mrs Homer King Graham N C Mrs A J Robinson Tupelo Miss one son A W Daniel Nashville one sister Mrs John Robinson Trinity three brothers W T Staten Corinth Miss A B Staten Florence and J E Staten Dearborn Mich five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren
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Lillian Staten Daniel
B. L. Ryan
Bee Line Highway S
Central Methodist Church
Otis Kirby
Roselawn
Brown Funeral Co
Decatur
Clinton E. Scott
Atlanta
Homer King
Graham
N. C
A. J. Robinson
Tupelo
Miss
A. W. Daniel
Nashville
John Robinson
Trinity
W. T. Staten
Corinth
A. B. Staten
Florence
J. E. Staten
Dearborn
Mich
Funeral rites set for Albert J Barbee in Decatur
Albert Jackson Barbee 68 of Sandlin Road SE dies after being struck by a car at Highway 31 and Corsbie Street. Funeral Sunday at Fairview Baptist Church with burial in City cemetery. Survivors include widow Lona Alice Barbee four sons James Barbee and siblings. pallbearers named.
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Albert Jackson Barbee
Sandlin Rd
Fairview Baptist Church
Covell Keenum
Brown
Lona Alice Barbee
Allen
Little Rock
Ark
Carswell
Decatur
Albert J., Jr
Eglin Air Base
Fla
Sidney Barbee
James Barbee
Dallas
Tex
Jessie Alexander
Cornie McGowan
Mt. Pleasant
Eliza Boyd
Denton
William Hubbard
Bill Skipworth
Roy Alvis
Curtis Speakman
Archie Shrader
Buddy Shrader
Barbee
Clarence P. Aday
Hartseller
Corsbie
Decatur General Hospital
Arthur T. Little of Moulton dies at 77 after heart attack
Arthur Thomas Little 77 of Moulton died Thursday evening after a heart attack while riding in a car on New Moulton Road near Decatur. Brown Funeral Co ambulance rushed him to Bank Street Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Elliott Funeral Home handling arrangements. He was a retired farmer and lifelong Lawrence County resident.
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Moulton
Arthur Thomas Little
Moulton 2
New Moulton Rd
Decatur
Brown Funeral Co
Bank Street Hospital
Bermuda Islands Population Note
Bermuda comprises 360 islands with 20 inhabited, outlining the archipelago and settlement pattern.
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Bermuda
Operation Red Bug Scratches Six At Birmingham
Six men were arrested in a gambling raid at a Ridge Road house near Birmingham. They were released on $1000 bonds each on federal gambling charge as agents seized cash lottery slips and four cars. The men, Jesse Johnson, Van L. Arthur, T. Y. Gustin, Ephearam Lowe, Sam Florella and Sidney Wehey, appeared before Judge H. H. Grooms and face further proceedings before Mrs. Louise Charlton for operating without gambling stamps.
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Birmingham
Red Bug
U.S
Ridge Road
H. H. Grooms
Louise Charlton
Jesse Johnson
van L. Arthur
T. Y. Gustin
Ephearam Lowe
Sam Florella
Sidney Wehey
Grooms
Charlton
Names linked to gifts in congressional probe emerge
The press secretary notes Miss Sherman and Mary Ryan were among those listed as recipients. Eugene T. Kinnaly says he received only select foods while Goldfine’s aides and Tex McCrary aided preparations for testimony and TV appearances.
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James C. Hagerty
Sherman
Franceerg
Subcommittee
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Mary Ryan
House Commerce Committee
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
New Hampshire
Goldfine
Eugene T. Kinnaly
McCormack
Kinnaly
Tex McCrary
New York
McCrary
Washington
Roger Robb
Robb
Fourth No Picnic For 12 Local Boys
Morgan County youths ages 16 to 20 faced burglary indictments after probation hearings. Judge Powell sentenced 12 youths to 30 days in Morgan County jail with potential long term probation if cooperative, allowing them to spend Independence Day at home before reporting tomorrow.
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Morgan County
Powell
County Leaders In Farm Bureau To Train At API
Morgan County Farm Bureau leaders will attend the annual state training school at Auburn August 3 to 6, with Alabama Farm Bureau Federation staff on the faculty. Courses cover organization strengthening and solving commodity and community problems, aiming to equip leaders. Counties are urged to include young people in their delegation.
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Morgan County Farm Bureau
Auburn
H. A. Bullard
R. L. Griffin
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
FBF
Collision injures woman in Grant Street intersection
Mrs. Joe Elliott of 851 Sherman St SE was slightly hurt when the car she rode in collided with another vehicle at the Grant Street SE and 10th Avenue intersection Thursday afternoon. The Hill and Skidmore autos were involved. Elliott was a passenger in the Ruby Hill car.
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Joe Elliott
Sherman St. SE
Grant St. SE
10Th Ave
Ruby Hill
Prospect Dr
Marvin Skidmore
Decatur 2
Elliott
Hill
Monthly traffic violations rise with speeding and stops
The report shows 389 violations last month up from 370, with high counts for area mufflers, following too close, improper tags, and attempting to retain licenses by fraud. Sgt. Little cites speeding and stop signs as the main killers and notes concern over pedestrians in congested areas.
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W. B. Little
Highway Patrol
Hospitals Admission and Dismissals List
Admission Perry Caudle Madison. Dismissals Royal Henderson Lacey's Spring. Miss Martha Ann Barber Falkville P O Box 11. Mrs James Ferguson 1801 Somerville Rd SE Decatur. Martria McGee Somerville. Oral Limley Decatur.
Local Residents Listed in Public Notices
A list of names and addresses appears for various residents and associates across several Alabama towns including Athens Decatur Mooresville Trinity Danville Hartselle and Mooreville. The entries cover multiple individuals with titles Mrs Miss and Mr and include street addresses and P O boxes.
Athens Limestone Hospital Dismissals and Admissions
Dismissals list includes Judy Irene Hall and others from Athens along with infants and spouses. Admissions note Mrs Bennett Springer and infant son and several Athens residents welcomed with new arrivals.
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Athens-Limestone Hospital
Judy Irene Hall
Athens
Charles Pack
James Griffin
E. H. Sexton
Betty Mullins
Toney
H. L. Morris
Elkmont
Dora Mae Griggs
Bennett Springer
William Clark
Gerald Smith
Richard Kennedy
Births Report from Decatur General Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bradley, Danville 1, welcome a son born Thursday at Baugh-Wiley-Smith Clinic. Mr. and Mrs. Merit M. Martin, Hartsel 1, have a daughter born today at 5 30 a.m. at Decatur General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. James R. Seibert, 1414 15th Ave SE, welcome a daughter born today at 3 33 a.m. at Decatur General Hospital.
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Carl Bradley
Danville
Baugh- Wiley-Smith Clinic
Merit M. Martin
Hartsele
Decatur General Hospital
James R. Seibert
15Th Ave
Fake letter claims American pilot plans atomic drop near England
U S labels a Soviet sent letter as fake stating a supposed American pilot in England would drop a nuclear bomb near the coast and seek refuge in the Soviet Union. Tass forwarded it to Ambassador Malik who passed it to Britain, while Washington calls it another ir responsible Soviet air flight bluff amid UN charges.
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London
United States
England
Soviet Union
Tass
Jacob Malik
Foreign Office
Washington
State Department
U. N. Security Council
English
U. S
Britain
UN Report Cites Interference Claims Over Beiruts Rebel Aid
Malik asserts interference was only part of it while a Beirut spokesman disputes Hammarskjold and says the UAR supplied rebels with 36 000 automatic weapons. He adds 3 000 Egyptians Syrians and Palestinian Arabs fought in rebel ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malik
Beirut
Hammarskjold
U.A.R
Markets Report from Farm Prices and Commodities
Cotton inch middling 34.50. Decatur Milk Grade A 6.33 per hundred. Manufactured milk 3.00 per hundred for four per cent. Food 65. 40. No. 2 Yellow Ear Corn 1.34. No. 2 White Ear 1.45. No. 2 White Shelled 1.55. No. 2 Yellow Shelled 1.40. No. 2 Mixed Ear 1.24. No. 2 Mixed Shelled 1.30. Soybeans No. 1 2.10. No. 2 Oats .72. No. 2 Mile 2.00. Milling Wheat 1.70. Poultry Wheat 1.30. No. 2 Barley .90. Cattle Good heifer yearlings 2.25. Standard heifers 20.00-22.00. Commercial 22.50. Stockers 20.00. Wealers 50. U. S. 1-3 195-225 Ib barrows 23.75-24.00. Sows 18.50- Sheep 150. Good and choice lambs 22.00-24.00. Utility and good 16.00-20.00. Slaughter ewes 3.00-7.00.
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Decatur
U. S
Decatur Livestock Report Cattle Hogs Slaughter Calves Prices
Trade active with demand good. Compared to last Thursday slaughter cows up to 50 cents, steers and heifers up to 25 cents. Feeder and stocker calves show gains with vealers 25.50 to 27.75 and 4-H calves up to 3100.37.50. barrows and gilts 23.75 with lows 18.75 to 19.50.
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Alabama
U. S. Departments of Agriculture
U.S
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American Legion
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Howard Henry
Curtis Stewart
Thurman Guthrie
Herman Reid
Ralph Bland
Leonard Reinhardt
W. W. Phillips
NATO
Betty Clardy
Lillian Daniel
Albert J. Barbee
Arthur T. Little
B‘ham
Farm Bureau
API
Sheriff's Office
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Ervin ‘Ausley
P.O
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Gordon Dr
Harry W. Hamme
Summerlane
Thomas H. Riley
Grant St
Earl Reynolds
5Th Ave
W. J. Roy
Beech St
Ted Richard Coker
Larry Keith Campbell
P.O. Box
Shirley Faye Wood
Mooresville
Auston K. Lee
Line
St. NE
Ray McLemore
Lawrence P. Terry
Enolam Blvd
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James Ernest Wade
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