Madison Negro Dies Here From Knife Wounds
Ollie Lee Cartwright died at Decatur General Hospital from a stab wound received in the Swancott area near the Morgan Madison County line about 1 30 a m Saturday. Sheriff’s deputies and Decatur Police investigated with officers interviewing a witness. The article notes a confrontation at a house prior to the wound.
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Madison
Madison County
Ollie Lee Cartwright
Decatur General Hospital
Madison County Sheriff's Office
Swancott
Morgan-Madison County
Searence
Auto Victim's Funeral Today
Funeral services for James Robert Towry, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Benton Towry, will be at Fifth Street Baptist Church in Huntsville with burial in Maple Hill. The collision occurred when Henry R. Reyer, 36, Ardmore, struck the youth as he ran from behind a car on old U.S. 31. Towry family, including siblings George 16 and Nancy 14, had recently moved near Community Baptist Church and the Rev. Towry’s pastoral post.
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Ardmore
Mees
Fifth Street Baptist Church
Huntsville
Maple Hill
James Robert
Benton Towry
Henry R. Reyer
Ardmore 2
Towrys
Walter Faulkner
Young Towry
U.S 31
Reyer
Community Baptist Church
Towry
Sputnik II Nearing Earth Slows Orbit, Tass Says
Tass reports Sputnik II weighing 144 tons is dropping closer to Earth. Satellite orbit period has shortened to 105.3 minutes with its rocket carrier at 103.8 minutes. Initial May 15 report on Sputnik III listed a 106 minute circuit. Atmosphere braking reduces each orbit, indicating descent.
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Moscow
Russia
Tass
Funeral survivors noted in obituary details
The notice lists survivors beyond the parents and a brother and sister, including grandparents Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Daniel and Mrs. A. N. Towry.
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B. L. Daniel
A. N. Towry
Survivors Tell Of Ditching In Mid Pacific
Three Air Force Globemaster crewmen recount a mid Pacific emergency landing that saved seven of nine aboard before the right wing sank. Captain Jonathan W. Brown Flight Engineer James M. Phillips and S. Sergeant James P. van Derre survived 12 hours at sea after signaling a rescue plane and being hoisted to the Boxer.
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Robert Tuckman
Honolulu
Air Force Globemaster
mid-Pacific
Jonathan W. Brown
Travis Afb
Calif
James M. Phillips
Vacavaille
James P. van Derre
San Rafael
Boxer
Air Force
Navy
76Th Air-Sea Rescue Squadron
Gerald J. Bona
Vacaville
Charles E. Entrekin
Atlantic City
N.J
Thomas Pasco
Fairfield
Charles Spears
Elsie
E. Spears
Ironton
Ohio
C.P.C. Roy~ Robinson Jr
Coast Guard
Robinson
Tampa
Fla
Portsmouth
Teen leaps from key bridge into Potomac and loses bet
Richard Zimmerman of Arlington Va. jumped 150 feet into the Potomac River and swam to shore. He won a $20 bet but was charged with disorderly conduct by police on the riverbank after the stunt.
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Easy Come
Easy GO
Washington
Key Bridge
Potomac River
Richard Zimmerman
Arlington
Man found stabbed near car after party ends
Cardle said he left Cartwright in their car during a party and found him lying on the ground bleeding from a stab wound upon returning. He reported several men were outside the house when he left Cartwright.
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Cardle
Cartwright
Belgium Honors Herbert Hoover on Hoover Day
Belgium declared Hoover Day in gratitude to Herbert Hoover for relief roles in World War I and postwar famine aid in World War II. Premier Gaston Eyskens lauded the 83 year old former president for his lasting place in Belgian hearts.
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Brussels
Belgium
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Eisenhower
Societe Generale Bank
Commission For Relief
Truman
France
Gaston Eyskens
Knife Victim in Fair Condition After Stabbing
Alfonzo Cooper, 36, of Decatur, was reported in fair condition at Decatur General Hospital after being stabbed on the street about 10:45 p.m. Friday. Patrolmen Matthew Childers and Donald Childers investigated and said the blade pierced the front right shoulder. they noted a wound on the chest would have been fatal. Cooper, 626 Vine St., claimed he did not know the assailant.
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Alfonzo Cooper
Decatur
Decatur General Hospital
Cooper
Matthew Childers
Donald Childers
Vine St
Faulkner and Stewart end publishing partnership
Faulkner and Bill Stewart dissolve their Southwest Alabama Publishing Co partnership. Faulkner buys Stewart's Baldwin Times stake and WBCA radio, while Stewart takes over Faulkner's Monroe Journal and WMFC. The Baldwin Times Bay Minette and Monroeville papers and the WMFC station are affected.
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Monroeville
Ala
Jimmy Faulkner
Bill Stewart
Southwest Alabama Publishing Co
Baldwin Times
Bay Minette
Monroe Journal
WMFC
Faulkner
Stewart
WBCA
Buchholz Moore Lead U S Junior Tennis Sweep at Wimbledon
Earl Buchholz of St. Louis and Sally Moore of Bakersfield earned the United States a clean sweep in junior events at Wimbledon. Buchholz, 17, beat P. J. Lal of India 6-1 6-3. Moore defeated Denmark’s Pat Balling 6-0 7-5 and Russia’s Anna Dmitrieva 6-2 6-4 to win the girls title.
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Wimbledon
England
Earl Buchholz
St. Louis
Sally Moore
Bakersfield
Calif
United States
Buchholz
P. J. Lal
India
Miss Moore
Pat’ Balling
Denmark
Anna Dmitrieva
Russia
One Dies One Lives In Collision Of Jets
Two Air Force jets collided overhead near Evergreen Alabama. A pilot died after parachuting from his aircraft and a second airman, Capt. R. G. Tapia, survived and was hospitalized. The body of the other pilot was found on the ground.
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Evergreen
Ala
Air
Here
The
Highway Patrol
R. G. Tapia
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China
Madras
W.t.grant
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Helen F. Brecht
Col Power
Col Brecht
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James Towry
Sputnik
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