Doctor Berson to Speak at Morgan County Medical Society Meeting
Dr Robert Berson University vice president and dean of Alabama Medical School will address Morgan County Medical Society tonight at 7 at All States Tourist Cafe. Mrs William E Jernigan and daughters Rosemarie and Laura of Brewton are visiting relatives in Hartselle.
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Robert Berson
Medical School of Alabama
Morgan County Medical Society
All-States
William E. Jernigan
Rosemarie
Laura
Brewton
Ala
Forest Anders
Hartselle
South Viet Nam Rebels Declare Policy Shift
In Saigon the National Revolutionary Committee of South Viet Nam announced a policy shift to address ongoing unrest. The statement signaled potential changes in governance and security measures as the country faces internal pressure and external scrutiny.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
The
National Revolutionary Committee of
South
Rioting prisoners take hostages at Washington State Prison
Five hostages were taken during a prison riot at Washington State Prison near Walla Walla where inmates numbered about 1700. Initial reports from the state patrol indicated most inmates involved. details remained scarce. In Montgomery, Tom Car was reassigned as chief criminal investigator for the state department of Carlisle, while Joe Smelley continued as chief investigator.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Washington State Prison
Washington State Patrol
Montgomery
Tom Car Highway Patrol
State Department of
Carlisle
Uniformed Patrol
Joe Smelley
Folsom seeks job for brother in state agency
Gov. James E. Folsom announced his wish to assign his brother Fred to the post of assistant state director of industrial relations. In Decatur, James Woodruff, a Negro man, remains hospitalized after a Ferry Street incident, undergoing surgery at Decatur General Hospital around 12:40 p.m.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Fred
James Woodruff
Market St. NE
Decatur General Hospital
Ferry St
Alabama Holiday Traffic Toll Stays At Ten
State totals show ten deaths on the Fourth of July weekend with fourteen fatalities including accident victims, drownings, and a lightning fatality in Birmingham. The Alabama Highway Patrol under Public Safety Director Bill Lyerly pressed a safety drive, distributing literature and patrolling roads.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Matthew Lee Jones
Birmingham
Bill Lyerly
Alabama Highway Patrol
Lyerly
Swiftee
Mobile
Daryll Fortner
Earl
Highway Patrol
D. Gene Little
Paint Rock
Huntsville
Sien Eldina Hollingsworth
Pansey
Herman E. James
Craig Air Force Base
Jemison
Nellie Mae Williams
Leslie E. Buerger
Spanish Fort
Theo M. Luker
Wanda Goble
Boat Route 3
Frank Milligan
Attalla
Ashville
Luker
Dry
Samuel Buford Brewer
Red Bay
Bill Rousseau
Grandmother Beaten to Death Near Birmingham
Deputy Sheriff Tom Ellison said a 42 year old Cordova woman Estel Liverly was found dead beside a road 15 miles northwest of Birmingham after being seen at a filling station four hours earlier. She died at a Birmingham hospital from a head wound after an emergency operation. Ellison sought one or two suspects.
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Birmingham
Tom Ellison
Ellison
Estel Lively
Cordova
Ala
Liverly
E. G. Short
Short
Bonanzagram Worth $350 Goes Beggin
This Bonanzagram offers a $350 prize and a deadline for postmarked entries. Katie Kash notes readers must submit a single hand drawn entry per family member and ensure legible names.
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Bonanzagram
Katie Kash
Red Boss Seeks Serious Talks at Geneva Summit
Khrushchev said Russia wants an honest basis for Geneva talks and can wait if the West refuses to negotiate seriously. He spoke at a Fourth of July embassy party with Bulganin and other top officials, promising to approach negotiations as equals and without crippled economy terms.
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Red Boss
Geneva
Moscow
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Khrushchev
U.S
Walter N. Ww
United States
Nikolai Bulganin
Third Man Charged For Possessing Still
Herbert Dotson, 26, released on 750 dollar bond from Morgan County Jail on a charge of possessing a still or similar apparatus. Sheriff Jimmie Collier’s forces arrested him yesterday as the third man linked to a 1500 gallon still north of Trinity on the river, destroyed June 16. Earlier arrests include Billy Joe Sherrill, 20, and Billy Joe Jones, 21, who were charged with possessing a still and manufacturing prohibited liquors. both are out on 750 dollar bonds.
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Herbert Dotson
Morgan County
Dotson
Jimmie Collier
Trinity
Billy Joe Sherrill
Billy Joe Jones
Weather and River Report for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge stood 20.82 feet this morning with a 38 foot rise in 24 hours. Sea level reading 555.12. High yesterday around 95 and 72 at 2 PM yesterday, 80 this morning, 90 at the a.m. reading. Warm today tonight and Wednesday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers.
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Decatur
Keller Memorial Bridge
Sparkman Warns Of Russian Jet Strength Forcing Air Force Cuts
Sen. Sparkman told Alabama Legionnaires in Huntsville that the Defense Department admitted Russia leads in jet fighters and light bombers. He accused Eisenhower officials of ignoring experts to shrink Air Force plans in 1953 and that cuts were only restored in 1954. He urged declassification of Moscow show photographs to reveal true strength.
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Huntsville
Sen
Sparkman
D-Ala
Defense Department
Free World
Eisenhower
Air Force
Russia
Moscow
Alabama American Legion
Neighbors Offer Memphis A Lift Plan for Local Plant
Lauderdale County Court unanimously approves forming a West Tennessee alliance to use TVA electricity to build a steam generating plant in Fulton. C C Calcutt, of Dyer County, proposes Memphis join with nearby counties to form a corporation for the Fulton site, with a committee appointed to contact other counties.
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Plis
Lauderdale County Court
Cas
West Tennessee Alliance of
TVA
C. C. Calcutt
Dyer County
Calcutt
Memphis
West Tennessee
Fulton, Tenn
Dixon-Yates
Lauderdale Court
Presont
Fulton
Alabama lawmakers near pivotal school funding decisions in 1955
Alabama legislators at mid point of 1955 session face tax and segregation issues affecting schools. House Ways and Means aims to finance two years of funding with record state funds, likely via new taxes. Gov Folsom and education leaders push sales tax exemptions removal and income tax credit changes, while opposition seeks alternative revenue sources.
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Alabama
Montgomery
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
James E. Folsom
Administration
Sim Thomas
Barbour County
Emory Solomon
Henry
Pat Boyd
Pike
Man Charged With Stabbing Near Lacey's Spring
A man identified as Chatman may face attempted murder charges after allegedly stabbing Walter Vandiver in the Lacey's Spring Whitesburg area Saturday. Vandiver, 45, was injured in Huntsville with back and leg wounds. Deputies later brought Vandiver’s wife, Mrs. Walter Vandiver, to Morgan County Courthouse to swear out the warrant. Chatman denies the charge. Sheriff Collier noted limited details and no local phone service in the area.
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Lacey’s Spring
Whitesburg Fortion
Walter E. Vandiver
Vandiver
Huntsville
Collier
Chatman
Morgan County
Child Feared Victim Of Bear Found Safe After 22 Hours
The 2 year old Ida Mae Curtis was found unharmed in a wooden hollow about 300 yards from her disappearance site south of Libby Montana. Sheriff Frost said she had no injuries and appeared frightened but unscathed after a day and night alone in the Kootenai National Forest. Two hundred fifty searchers with bloodhounds aided the effort, the girl wearing only a shirt shorts and shoes.
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Libby
Mont
Ida Mae Curtis
Here
Mortimer Curtis
Ray Frost
Lincoln County
Ida Mae
Kootenai National Forest
Falkville Adds Second Water Well to Prevent Shortages
Falkville officials announce a second well has been tested and approved for tying into the city system. The 97 foot well shows 83 feet of water and was tested with Decatur and Montgomery authorities. The council also plans new water meters and reports Mrs. C E House as town clerk replacing Mrs Ola Gibson who resigned to move to Hartselle.
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Falkville
Hitt Lumber Co
Decatur
Montgomery
C. E. House
Ola Gibson
Gibson
Hartselle
House
Dixon Yates funds seen with bipartisan Senate support
Senate leaders expect a vote to appropriate six million dollars for a transmission line to the Dixon Yates power plant while withholding funds if Memphis backs its own plant. Knowland predicts bi partisan backing as controversy eases since the president calls for a restudy and possible cancellation of the contract.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Dixon-Yates
TVA
Senate Appropriations Committee
Memphis
Eisenhower
Dixon - Yates
Appropriations Committee
Lee Much
Peron Accuses Enemies of Sedition in Broadcast
President Juan D. Peron claimed in a radio address that foes who failed to assassinate him during the June 16 revolution are spreading rumors to spark sedition by telephone. He urged opposition parties to reach agreement and named accomplices in the failed revolt that left hundreds dead.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Sueaeers
Rene Ie Aementan
Hiway Slaughter Toll Hits 393 Over Holiday Period
Traffic deaths for the Fourth of July holiday period reached a record 393 with 239 drownings and 141 other accidents in 78 hours. The overall toll, including all accident types, totaled 773, surpassing prior records and far ahead of last year’s three day period. President Ned H Dearborn called the toll a needless price of fun. See HIWAY on Page 2.
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National Safety Council
District of Columbia
Safety Council
U N Demands Reds Fess Up At Panmunjom
U N Command accuses the communists of repeated armistice violations and demands a strict accounting of combat material admitted into Korea. Major General Harlan C Parks, senior U N member, calls Reds insincere and dishonest. Parks then bars Allied reporters from a Communist press conference at Panmunjom.
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Murray Fromson Panmunjom
U.N. Command
Korea
Harlan C. Parks
U.N
Military Armistice Commission
Parks
Lee Sang Cho
UNC
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