Decatur Puts Up a Fight And Car Thefts Noted
A Decatur man William Allen 28 was cut while trying to break up a knife fight at the corner of Sycamore and Vine Streets. A 1949 Buick stolen from 727 Sykes St NW was recovered by police. Market items for sale Saturday include fryers beans tomatoes cakes pies and flowers. Community notices cover military moves visits illnesses travel and local events with names and places across Decatur Hartselle and Pulaski.
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Decatur
Decatur General Hospital
William Allen
Maple St
Allen
Sycamore
Vine Streets
Sykes St
Ernest Bowman
Kentucky
Zhukov Charges Ousted Russians With Treachery
Soviet army accuses four former Kremlin leaders Khrushchev Kaganovich Molotov Malenkov Shepilov of treachery threatening the Soviet Union’s defenses. Red Star reports new, harsher charges against Kaganovich and notes rallies nationwide supporting party unity.
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Roy Essoyan
Moscow
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Red Star
Soviet Defense Ministry
Georgi Zhukov
Lazer Kaganovich
Army
Navy
Nikita Khrushchev
Kaganovich
V. M. Molotov
Georgi Malenkov
Dmitri Shepilov
Nikifor T. Kalchenko
Urainian
U.S.S
R. Ka
Cullman Child Hurt In Tractor Mishap
Cullman ten year old Robert Nuynniley son of Mr and Mrs C N Nunnley Welcome Church community was reported in serious condition at Cullman Hospital after a tractor accident this morning. He was riding with his father when the tractor hit a bump and threw him, the machine running over him causing serious chest injuries. He was transported by Moss Service ambulance.
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Cullman
Robert Nuynniley
C. N. Nunnley
Welcome Church
Cullman Hospital
Robert
Ild
Moss Servic Ambulance
Racers Hit Town and Await Sunday Run
COURTLAND The first two cars and their drivers arrive for the Courtland Sports Car Races to be held Sunday on the old Air Base runway. Chuck and Audrey Saffell with a red 2.9 liter Millia Miglia Ferrari from Huntsville face C. K. Thompson of Birmingham and his D-Model Jaguar, backed by his son Hal. Thompson’s Jag is faster, but Thompson is less familiar with the car than Saffell is with his Ferrari. The D-Jag No. 7 and Ferrari No. 29 are among several buzz-bombs watched by an expected 8 000 to 10 000 spectators, with five races planned before coverage on Page 2.
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Courtland
Air Base
Chuck
Audrey Saffell
Huntsville
C. K. Thompson
Birmingham
Jaguar
C. K
Hal Thompson
Saffell
Thompson
Ferrari
Decatur and Moulton Jaycees
Verbal Storm Brews In Wake Of Hurricane Audrey
Senator Russell Long criticized the Weather Bureau after Hurricane Audrey hit Cameron Parish killing about 700 people and creating a 20 foot tidal surge. He toured the devastation and demanded answers on when the bureau knew the hurricane would strike and what action followed.
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James McLean Cameron
Louisiana
Russell Long
D-La
Weather Bureau
Audrey
Long
Cameron Parish
C. B. Carter
Heavy Rains Hit Nation's Breadbasket Warns of Fewer Bushels
Heavy harvest rains slash outputs in Kansas Texas and Oklahoma with Kansas possibly 50 million bushels below last year. Fields resemble rice paddies as 15 inch totals, hail and wind ruin crops. Some losses are total and recovery requires at least ten days of dry weather for harvest. The weather may trigger higher wheat prices though effects remain uncertain.
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Leo
Kansas City
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Amateur Radio Club Names New Officers
Officers of the Decatur Amateur Radio Club were elected at a regular meeting this week. Fred Powell will serve as president, G E Stephens as vice president, Johnnie Long as secretary, and C E Uptain as treasurer for a six month term. The club plans to assist in the Courtland sports car races Sunday by providing power and a public address system.
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Decatur Amateur Radio Club
Fred Powell
G. E. Stephens
Johnnie Long
C. E. Uptain
Courtland
Labor cleanup fizzles after summer heat
Labor's corruption cleanup promised under Senate Rackets Committee has stalled. After Teamsters boss Dave Beck was ousted three months ago, the Ethical Practices Committee has only held initial hearings. Probes into the Teamsters and Bakery Workers unions paused as unions await internal action. The AFL-CIO has yet to act on subsequent Senate committee recommendations.
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Norman Walker
Washington
Senate
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Federation
Ethical Practices Committee
Bakery Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Senate Mulls Amendments to House Civil Rights Bill
Senator Knowland signals openness to amendments to soften the House civil rights bill as Southern Democrats plan to block and filibuster. Russell of Georgia vows to defeat the measure, while Douglas of Illinois defends the House terms and warns against retreat.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Eisenhower
Senate
Dixie
Russell
D-Ga
House
Douglas
D-Ill
City Traffic Record Clean For July 4th
Decatur and Morgan County enjoyed a safe fourth of July with an accident free day across Morgan Limestone Lawrence and Cullman Counties. Sheriff Jimmie Collier reported three arrests for liquor law violations public drunkenness one for assault and battery one for safekeeping and one for no drivers license. City records show a docket of speeding disorderly conduct and running a stop sign and no drivers license among July traffic cases.
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Decatur
Morgan County
Highway Patrol
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman
Jimmie Collier
Recorder’s Court
Long Weekend Traffic Toll Rises as Deaths Alarm Experts
The four day Independence Day holiday toll climbs with 152 traffic deaths, 94 drownings, and 28 other accidents for 274 total. National Safety Council President Ned H Dearborn urges drivers to double care to curb fatalities. The 102 hour period runs from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday.
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Associated Press
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
July 4 Claims Four In Alabama
The Associated Press reports Alabama marked July Fourth with four fatalities. Two highway deaths occurred amid high speeds near Alexander City and in a separate private-property drowning incident. A child, Linda Carroll Turner, age six, was killed behind a neighbor’s home when a car backed out. Authorities say highway accidents stemmed from speeds near 90 mph.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Linda Carol Turner
Linda
Gadsden
Highway Patrol
Alexander City
Talla- Lee
Weather and River Report for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge reads 21.25 feet with a 0.22 foot rise in 24 hours and sea level at 555.55 feet. Yesterday's high was 92 at 3 p.m. and low 72 at 3 a.m. today. Today’s 10:40 a.m. temperature is 86. Forecast calls for partly cloudy hot conditions with isolated thundershowers, easing tonight. Saturday should be mostly sunny with continued heat relief and light northerly winds.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Sheriff Probes Cold Footed Rustlers Case in Morgan County
Morgan County deputies chase leads in cattle thefts after a white faced cow and a black and white calf are found dead near Highway 36 by Cotaco Creek. The cow’s missing hindquarter and evidence suggest rustlers dumped the carcasses elsewhere before their act. The owner remains unknown. deputies urge missing livestock owners to contact the sheriff.
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Morgan County Sheriff's Forces
Highway 36
Cotaco Creek
Richard Hyde
Cot Tiee Peetiptty
Troops Survive Big Atomic Test Near Nevada Site
At the Atomic Test Site in Nevada a massive explosion rattled Marines 5,700 yards from ground zero as dust and ash swept their trench lines. Brig. Gen. Harvey Tschrigi said the blast felt like an earthquake with rough conditions and some cave-ins, one Marine briefly buried but rescued unharmed. The AEC said the test matched or exceeded earlier yields but possibly fell just below the largest previous detonation.
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Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Associated Press
Harvey Tschrigi
Marine Brigade
Tschrigi
Theodore Sturgion
St. Louis
AEC
Nee Verona
British Open Champion Locke Distances Field at St Andrews
Bobby Locke of South Africa won the British Open Golf Championship at St Andrews, posting rounds of 68 and 70 to finish the 72-hole event at 279. Americans Cary Middlecoff and Frank Stranahan came in at 289 and 291.
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ST. Andrews
Scotland
Bobby Locke
South Africa
Cary Middlecoff
Frank Stranahan
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James Maze
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W. M. Pettit
el Paso
Tex
W. G. Pettit
Hartselle 3
Norman
Bruce Edward Worley
Clarence Worley, Jr
Pulaski
Tenn
Bank St. Hospital
Carrie Smith
Paris
Dave Gooch
Lewis C. Brown
Brown Funeral Co
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Louis W. Jones
Hartseller
Joe T. Jones
Johnston St
Hartselle Hospital
Dewey Lott
Detroit
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Guy Jones
Spike Jones
Wmsl-Tv
Buckley
Zhukov
Andrew Fortuna
Center
President Wilson
San Francisco
Amateur Radio Club
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By Jack Bell
John Ano
Trenton
N.J
Fort MacArthur
By Jack Lefler
London
Moscow Radio
Mikhail Pervukhin
Maxim Saburov
Pervukhin
Soviet Communist Party
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Saburov
Harold E. Stassen
U.S
Joseph C. McGarraghy
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