Morgan County Community Notices and Local Events
Community groups schedule events at Cave Springs Baptist Church and Gilliam Spring Church. Morgan County sheriff's force reports three arrests for alcohol and public drunkenness. Local religious services feature Rev A H Nabors and plan youth meetings. Public invited to games at the D A V Home. Local residents visit Memphis and Daytona Beach during recent trips.
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Morgan County Baptist Woman's Missionary Union
Cave Springs Baptist Church
Association
Fennell Garnett
Morgan County Sheriff's Forces
Gilliam Spring Church
Arab
Jodie NeSmith
Powell Lacey Quartet
Montgomery case ties to Grand Jury in love letters
A grocery store employee and a woman faced bind over to the Grand Jury charged with trying to kill the woman's husband. The case reflects a volatile personal dispute prompting a criminal inquiry.
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Montgomery
Senate House conferees seal foreign aid authorization accord
Conferees agreed on a 34 128 283 370 foreign aid authorization bill while the House moves to keep actual appropriations about 500 million dollars below the authorized total.
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Washington
Senate House
House
Blame Fight Over Federal Aid to Education in House
Republicans and Democrats clashed over a bill to authorize 1.6 billion dollars in federal school construction grants while denying aid to states that segregate by race. The House killed the measure 224 to 194 after a day of reversals, with Democrats blaming Republicans and Southern Democrats over accountability and a poll of public sentiment for fall elections. An amendment by Rep. Powell to deny aid to noncompliant states passed 225 to 192 amid a heated dispute.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Rep
Powell
Dny
Supreme Court
Repubs
Efforts To KO NAACP In State Continue Monday
A Montgomery circuit court hearing is set Monday on the states request for detailed Alabama operations of the NAACP. The action aims to outlaw the NAACP in Alabama, following an injunction issued June 1 by Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones. The state seeks lists of all Alabama NAACP members and state contributors to the organization.
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Montgomery
Alabama
National Assn
Atty
John Patterson
NAACP
Walter B. Jones
Jones
Patterson
Burglars Rob Two Insurance Offices In Lunch Hour
City police sought suspects after burglaries at Life of Georgia Insurance Co. and Bankers Life and Casualty Insurance Co. yielded about 1382 dollars in cash and checks. Losses included 400 dollars in cash and 900 dollars in checks at one site and 70 dollars 14 cents in cash plus 12 dollars 06 cents in a check at the other. Officer Whitmire urged citizens to report information. Police noted the timing was between noon and 1 pm yesterday.
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Jack Smith
The
Life of Georgia Insurance Co
East Mouton St
Bankers Life and Casualty Insurance Co
J. B. Whitmire
Whitmire
Steel Items Put On Freeze
The government froze certain critical steel items to assure the defense program amid a six day steel strike. Federal mediators met with both sides and returned to Washington to study issues and be in touch with United Steelworkers and the steel industry early next week.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
United Steelworkers
Hosiery Plant For Sale Lease In Alabama
The Mojud Company plans to sell or lease its Alabama Hosiery Mill after the Chester H Roth Co closed the site. Local officials have pressed for a buyer or operator, while Thomas D Johnson of North Alabama Associates travels to New York to discuss disposition with Mojud. The Wall Street Journal notes a dismissed suit and a new contract for sale of Mojud hosiery business and inventory to Roth as of March 23 1956.
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Wall Street Journal
Mojud Co., Inc
Alabama
Chester H. Roth Co
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Roy Fite
North Alabama Associates
Thomas D. Johnson
New York
Mojnd
The
Chester H. Roth Co., Inc
Mojud
Roth
West problem: Can Red peace talk be genuine
AP News analyst James Marlow reviews how Communist strategies shifted from violent revolution to parliamentary participation. The piece traces pivots from Lenin to Stalin and notes patterns that may guide the West in judging new Soviet diplomacy.
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Washington
Marx
Engels
Lenin
Stalin
Communist International
Comintern
Moscow
Red
Russia
Nudes Removed From Official Republican Program Cover
Three bronze nude figures were dropped from the GOP convention cover in San Francisco. A portrait of President Eisenhower will replace them, with a photo of the Cow Palace where the convention opens August 20, following Mayor George Christopher and GOP official Edmund O’Brien. Christopher had criticized the Rodin sculpture titled Les Tres Hombres, linked to Dante’s Inferno, and said it did not present a healthy image for the party.
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San. Francisco
Eisenhower
Cown Palace
George Christopher
Edmund O’brien
GOP Arrangements Committee
Christopher
Auguste
Rodin
Gate of Hell
Triangle Case Hearings Set
Preliminary hearings were scheduled in City Court for a 21 year old grocery store boss involved with love letters and a 29 year old married woman. They are charged with conspiracy to murder her husband and the youth faces burglary and grand larceny at his store. Detectives arrested him with a rifle aimed at John Herbert Allen, who survived.
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Montgomery
E. P. Brown
John Herbert Allen
Allen
Gordon E. Brown
Clare Allen
Capt. Brown
Brown
Capt.Brown
Triangle
Lawrence Grand Jury Expected to Continue Probe
Lawrence County Grand Jury returned to session to pursue an investigation into possible misuse of county equipment and irregularities in recent primary elections. The body, previously adjourned for a July holiday break, is under strict nondisclosure rules as it resumes work under Judge S. A. Lynne.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Grand Jury
Public Accounts
Lawrence County Board of Revenue
S. A. Lynne
Eighth District Circuit
Board of Revenue
Lawrence
United States Reviews Aid Egypt Dam Offer
The United States will re examine its plan to help Egypt build the Aswan Dam amid concerns over Nasser's anti Western and pro Soviet stance. Foreign aid grants for the project are re allocated pending Congress approval and the aid review. Britain and the World Bank backed initial funding and loan pledges are noted as alongside potential extra currency assistance.
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Washington
United States
Egypt
Nile River
State Department
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Aswan
Congress
Nasser
Russia
Britain
World Bank
Weather and River View of Decatur Area
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning stood at 21.26 feet with a 24 hour rise of .30 feet. Sea level reading 555.66. Yesterday's high 92 and low 70. At 11 am today the river gauges showed 86 degrees in air with a forecast of partly cloudy hot and humid conditions and scattered thundershowers. High today 94 and tonight 67 with a high on Saturday not specified.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Western Diplomats Predict Tito Third Force Campaign
Western diplomats say Yugoslavia and President Tito plan a neutral third force between East and West. Talks with India and Egypt on Brioni island in mid July may outline peaceful active coexistence and mediation aims. Western observers expect a Bam Brioni statement urging US acceptance of Communist China at the UN.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Yugoslavia
Tito
Belgrade
Moscow-Washington Pole
India
Egypt
Adriatic
Brioni
Reds Fear New Uprising in Poznan
A West German businessman returning from Poznan reports heavy armed patrols and strict guard measures in the city. He says youths are dispersed by police and rebel-hunting Polish army units sweep villages within 30 miles of Poznan.
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Berlin W
Poland
Poznan
West Berlin
Pea shooter scandal sparks UK row over size and quality
London reports a row after Maj John W Rayner accuses peashooter makers of selling too small guns for British peas. Industry leaders defend pea quality and call for standardization between toy makers and growers citing calibers and imports.
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London
John Christian Rayner
John
Maj
John W. Rayner
British War Office
Maurice Batchelor
Britain
Batchelor
Assn
Mas. Rayner
Kidnapper Calls Parents In Weinberger Baby Case
A man believed to be the kidnapper of 34 day old Peter Weinberger telephoned the family to say the baby was alive and well. Morris Weinberger said he was ready to meet a ransom demand and that the caller would be watching today’s papers. The note had demanded $2000. Police pursue safety while considering private options. The infant was taken from a carriage near the Weinberger home in Westbury Long Island.
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Westbury
N. Y
Peter Weinberger
Morris Weinberger
Weinberger
Wrother
Leng Island
New Lee Caller
Bryant Asks Korea Fund Short on County Quota
Bryant, Morgan county tax collector and finance chair for the Korean 4 H Friendship project, reports a $211.70 county quota but only $35 has been raised. The shipment to Korean 4 H clubs includes farm implements sewing machines livestock and other items to aid the program. Contributions may be sent by check or cash to Mr. Bryant at the address provided.
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Price Bryant
Morgan County
Alabama
Bryant
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