Florida vacationers and local court docket items
Mr and Mrs James Eaton Mrs Effie Nash and Mrs Stella Flowers take a Florida vacation. Four cases on the city recorder court docket include two intoxicated charges and one each for speeding and no drivers license. Morgan sheriff’s forces arrested three on public drunkenness. Mrs Sarah Ross and Beverly Ross visit Florida. Ethel Nichols returns home after weekend visit with Elbert McCullough.
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James Eaton
Effie Nash
Stella Flowers
Florida
City Recorder’s Court
Morgan Sheriff's Forces
Ethel Nichols
Mrs
Elbert McCullough
Tragic drowning near Trinity pond prompts inquiry
A 12 year old boy died after slipping into a stock pond on the McBride farm half a mile west of Trinity while fishing. He was son of Mr and Mrs William Sales and was in the water about 20 minutes before rescuers arrived. Mayor Garth Kimbrel reported the incident. In London Pravda accuses Dulles of gross falsification over Stalin cult attack.
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Trinity
C. D
London
Pravda Today
UY _S
Dulles
Kremlin
Alabama enjoys one of safest Fourth of July holidays
Alabama reported a very safe Fourth of July with only one traffic fatality. The rest of the incidents included drownings, a possible river death, a ladder fall, and a person killed by a freight train. Sam Barns of Loachapoka, Alabama, is mentioned among the events.
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Alabama
Associated Press
Sam Barns
Loachapoka
Ala
No traffic accidents reported during July 4 holiday
State highway patrol and city police reported no traffic accidents during the July 4 holiday. Patrol said there were no calls from Morgan Lawrence Limestone and Cullman counties across the area.
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Highway Patrol
Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Cullman Counties
Alabama Tragedies Reported in Separate Incidents
A man was struck by a freight train near Auburn and died with severe injuries. Lois Rotton a 21 year old from Montgomery drowned in Lake Jordan at Wetumpka after rescuing her younger sister Betty Jean 12. Wetumpka firemen attempted CPR but did not revive Rotton.
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Auburn
Lois Rotton
Montgomery
Lake Jordan
Wetumpka
Miss Rotton
Betty Jean
Alabama
Holiday Traffic Deaths Likely Near 150 as Fourth of July Toll Rises
National Safety Council warns final Fourth of July traffic deaths may approach 150, well above Memorial Day totals. President Ned H Dearborn notes enforcement efforts yet grim toll persists with a fatal Fox Lake train accident injuring spectators watching fireworks.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Fox Lake
Ill
Chicago
Milwaukee Road
Weather and River Summary for Decatur Area
Bridge height stood at 21.05 feet with a 0.35 foot rise in 24 hours. Sea level reading 555.35 feet. Skies scattered. precipitation mainly afternoon. Day's high 95 with tonight's low around 68. Friday's high expected near 84.
Woman Celebrates 100th Birthday In Mississippi
Mrs Mollie Yeary of Halia Mississippi marks her 100th birthday this Saturday. A Gonzales Texas native she moved through Texas to Memphis and finally Buddlia where she and husband John Yeary ran a dairy until 1917. Despite a stroke 17 years ago she remains in fair health and reads the Bible with a magnifying glass each day.
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Halia
Mollie Yeary
Gonzales
Tex
Yeary
John Yeary
Memphis
Tenn
Buddlia
Train Hits Holiday Crowd Kills Three At Lake View
A Milwaukee Road passenger train struck spectators near Lake View during a Fourth of July fireworks display. Three people died and five were injured as about 80 to 100 spectators lined the track and up to 500 watched from Legion Field. Fireman Jim Tutz described seeing the train approach and discovering three bodies afterward.
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Fox
Lake, Til
Milwaukee Road
Northern Illinois
Legion
Jim Tutz
Tutz
Month Old Tot Held For Ransom
In Westbury New York a ransom attempt at the 10 am deadline failed to show immediate success for the kidnapping of four week old Peter Weinberger. Morris Weinberger the infant's father placed a brown envelope under a tree near the house as police and reporters watched.
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Westbury
N.Y
Peter Weinberger
Morris Weinberger
New York
Weinberger Patio
Weinberger
Nature Climaxes July 4 With Its Own Fireworks Here
A severe storm with ominous clouds high winds and lightning caused damage across Morgan and Lawrence Counties last night after a 96 degree record in Decatur Two lightning strikes burned a Landersville barn owned by Lee McCord and a Trinity Morgan County home owned by Bob Ferguson both destroyed by fire No serious damage reported in Cullman Limestone counties with rain and scattered reports of lightning earlier in the week First page note: storm lasted about 7 to 9 p m.
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Decatur
Morgan
Lawrence
Cullman County
Limestone County
Lawrence County
Landersville
Lee McCord
Trinity
Morgan County
Bob Ferguson
Ferguson Home Burns At Trinity
The R Ferguson residence in Trinity burned to the ground after a lightning strike around 7 00. A neighbor reported the seven room frame house suffered damage to the kitchen and living room with an estimated loss of 16000. The Decatur fire department faced a delay when its truck drowned en route to the scene amid storm lightning wind and hail.
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Trinity
Ferguson
Earth Church
Decatur Fire Department
City Business Tops 1956 Mid Year Growth In Decatur
City business in Decatur shows growth into mid year with six month reports from two utilities, the post office, and phone company. Postal receipts through June 27, 1956 exceed last year’s by nearly 6,000 dollars, with mail volume peaking at month end. Street paving and four new sub divisions bolster development as Easter trade rivals last Christmas.
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Decatur
Post Office
Telephone Company
Chamber of Commerce
Carol Smith
Smith
Daring plan to reach Grand Canyon crash site outlined
Two helicopter pilots and a climber planned to reach the main wreckage of a United Air Lines DC7 in the Grand Canyon after a collision with a TWA Constellation. Auten of Denver joins, with Spriggs and Proctor, to fly the climber to the scene less than a mile from the DC7 site.
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Grand Canyon
Colorado River
Cross
Grand. Canyon, Ariz
United Air Lines
TWA
Spriggs
Proctor
Allen Auten
Denver
Colorado Mountain Club
Disaster kills 100 in worst commercial aviation crash
Five days after the disaster, authorities confirmed one hundred people killed in the air crash. Helicopter pilots were Capt. Walter Spriggs of Smackover Arkansas and Chief Warrant Officer Howard Proctor of Kings Mountain North Carolina.
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Walter Spriggs
Smackover
Ark
Howard Proctor
Kings Mountain
N.C
Carnival Ride Tips Over Injuring 11 Children and 2 Adults
In Duxbury Massachusetts during a Fourth of July carnival at Train Field sponsored by the local American Legion post eleven children and two adults were injured when a chair swing ride toppled from a 30 foot central pole. Three children remained in serious condition at Jordan Hospital Plymouth. Police said the ride and about 20 others had been inspected and a full investigation was ordered.
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Duxbury
Mass
Train Field
American Legion Post
Jordan Hospital
Plymouth
Lawrence de Gersdorff
Jonathan Wilbur
Lincoln
Arthur T Lyman 3Rd
Dover
Young
Arthur Terassachusetts
Natural Resources
Cheryl Mulder
South Duxbury
Gillis Mulder
Cheryl
James T. O'Neil
GM to Face Anti-Trust Suit Over Bus Manufacturing
The Justice Department plans to file a civil anti trust suit in Federal Court for Eastern Michigan alleging General Motors Corp. illegally holds a monopolistic share of the U.S. bus market estimated at 70 to 80 percent. Assistant Attorney General Brownell announced the move, noting no political overtones and that the action targets all firms equally.
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Washington
Justice Dept
General Motors Corp
Detroit
Brownell
Michigan
NBC
Defense Wilson
Mediators Try To Spell Out Steel Issues
Joseph F. Finnegan head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and two aides arrived in Pittsburgh to explore points of difference in the steel strike involving United Steelworkers President David J Me and VA. Steel Corp. adviser John A. Stephens. Finnegan said no immediate resumption plans exist and he hopes to bring union and industry reps together quickly. He planned to return to Washington tonight.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service
Finnegan
United Steelworkers
David J. Me
John A. Stephens
VA. Steel Corp
New York
Robert H. Moore
Clyde M. Mills
Washington
Steel strike at a glance escalates with no talks
The fifth day of the steel strike shows no negotiations as the US mediators meet steelworkers leaders to push contract talks. A temporary defense orders freeze selected steel items. Widespread layoffs loom with 650000 strikers and 47000 allied workers facing furloughs as the economy stretches post holiday lull.
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Associated Press
United Steelworkers
Mind Change Sinks Racial Clause In School Aid Bill
Washington July 5 The House killed the antisegregation amendment to the 1.0 billion dollar school aid bill by a vote of 164 to 116. Rep Graham Barden withdrew as floor manager after denouncing the measure as obnoxious and objectionable and saying he would not assist its passage. The amendment, sponsored by Rep Adam Clayton Powell, aimed to bar federal funds to states that maintain school segregation.
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Washington
House
Graham Barden
D+ NC
Filcer
Barden
D-Pa
Adam Clayton Powell
New York City
Harlem
Key A
Mutual Savings Robbed of $176
Officials of Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co reported $176.08 missing after the investment department was broken into between 8 a.m. yesterday and 6:30 a.m. today. The thief forced open a stairway door and the door to the sixth floor office of vice-president and general counselor Robert Hutson. A desk drawer was pried open and a change box left with $8.00. Police are continuing the investigation.
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Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co
Robert Hutson
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North Alabama Shrine
Minnie Barnes
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