Kremlin Upheaval Tightens World Communist Struggle
AP analysis describes Khrushchev’s Kremlin shakeup as deepening the crisis of world communism and threatening the Soviet led movement. It notes possible purges, internal paralysis, and tensions with Yugoslavia while raising questions about future paths to socialism and regional Stalinist resistance.
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William L. Ryan
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Union
Khrushchev
Georgi Malenkov
Vyacheslav Molotov
Lazar Kaganovich
Dmitri Shepilov
Tito
Yugoslavia
Russia
Legal test on segregation decrees opens in Knoxville
In Knoxville on Monday a major case over federal judicial power to enforce segregation decrees advances. About a dozen top Dixie lawyers join 16 pro segregationists accused of violating a federal injunction as the trial tests if a Southern jury can convict in a civil rights action. GA LA TX attorneys general planned to aid the defense, with only office representatives present.
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Roger Greene
Knoxville
Tenn
The
South
Dixie
U.S
Congress
Justice Department
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
Baton Rouge
M. P. F. Gremillion
Gremillion
Eugene V. Cook
City issues four building permits and harbor closure notice
The city clerk issued four building permits Friday and Saturday to L A Strain Jr C E White Jr Byrd T Thompson and H J Bowers for a six room frame house a side porch a carport and storage and a garage. Wilson Lock will be closed to navigation for essential repairs July 18 and July 22 from 7 a m to 7 p m. A service station owner reported $18 04 stolen with no leads. Local births marriages and church events are summarized, with community notices and a call for Legion posts to attend a meeting.
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L. A. Strain, Jr
12Th Ave
Cypress St
Byrd T. Thompson
Birch St
H. J. Bowers
Wilson Lock
Freddie Godbee
6Th Ave. SE
Holiday Deaths Roughly Mirror Normal Weekend Toll
The Associated Press reports that holiday accident deaths stay near typical summer levels with 270 traffic deaths since Wednesday 6 p.m. 147 drownings and 70 other accident fatalities bring the total to 487. The NSC had estimated 353 traffic deaths for the period, suggesting the current toll may be well below the 491 traffic deaths recorded during the 1950 Independence Day holiday.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Mooresville Woman Annie Richardson Richardson Dies at 71
Graveside services for Mrs Annie Peebles Richardson, 71, Mooresville resident, are set for 4 PM at Decatur City Cemetery. She died Saturday at 6 AM at The Oaks in Mooresville after a brief illness. She was a Mooresville native, daughter of John H. and Elizabeth Withers Peebles, and linked to early Mooresville settlers. She belonged to Church of Christ and to Colonial Dames and Daughters of Colonial Governors and Daughter of the Crown.
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Annie Peebles Richardson
Mooresville
Decatur City
Samuel Withers
Church of Christ of
Richardson
Colonial Dames
Daughters of Colonial Governors
Daughter of the Crown
Sparkman Urges Farm Relief in Senate Hearing
Sen. John Sparkman of Alabama told the Senate Agriculture Committee that farm conditions are dire, with net income down about one third over a decade and costs up. He cited Alabama cotton losses from 1953 to 1957 and urged a relief program to prevent further farm attrition and stabilize rural livelihoods.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen
John Sparkman
Alabama
Sen. Sparkman
Congress
South
Sparkman
Watch Dog Loses Harness To Thief
A Fourth Ave resident J A Cowan reports a red leather dog harness stolen from his dog in the front yard at 1220 12 4th Ave SE. Police puzzled by theft from a watch dog as they investigate the unusual incident.
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Fourth Ave
J. A. Cowan
4Th Ave
Rights Fight May Hold Up Other Programs
Senator Knowland said President Eisenhower expects civil rights legislation fight to delay administration actions for eight weeks or more. He noted the White House discussed this with him as he planned to move the House-passed civil rights bill to the Senate. Senator Russell pledged exhaustive debate and a long fight aimed at amending or killing the measure, warning of possible unrest.
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Knowland
Eisenhower
Senate
White House
House
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
City Cops Pass Out Nineteen Charges For Speeding
A police speed crackdown in the city yields eight wrecks and 19 speeding charges. The city recorder's court docket lists 21 cases, mostly traffic, with entries including running a stop sign and running a red light.
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City Recorder’s
Redstone Eyes New Missiles Says Magazine
TheMissiles and Rockets magazine reports the Army is developing a 2000 mile range Big B and a 750 mile Little B ballistic missiles. The Army's Redstone Arsenal programs push ahead despite Defense Secretary Wilson's 200 mile range limit.
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Says Magazine
Washington
Army
Wilson
Air Force
Ballistic Missile Agency
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Walter G. Carter Dies At Greeneville Tennessee
Walter G. Carter 73 retired real estate broker died Saturday morning at 8 30 o clock in Greeneville hospital after a week long illness from a heart condition. Funeral services will be Monday at 4 PM at St James Episcopal Church with burial in Greeneville Cemetery. Survived by wife and two daughters Mrs J W Wyker Jr and Mrs Philip Shanks of Decatur who have been at his bedside.
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Walter G. Carter
Greeneville, Tenn
Carter
St. James Episcopal Church
Greeneville
J. W. Wyker, Jr
Philip Shanks
Decatur
Tennessee River Reading and Weather Summary at Keller Memorial
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial shows 21.50 feet after a 0.25 foot rise in 24 hours. Sea level reading 555.80 feet. Friday high 90 at 2 pm, low 66 at 5 am Saturday, noon 82. Forecast calls for fair and mild today and tonight with high near 89.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial
Monday Hearings Set in Girard Case Before Supreme Court
Washington July 6 Both sides prepared for Monday arguments before the Supreme Court in the case of GI William S. Girard. Four hours of debate will split evenly between Justice Department lawyers and Girard’s defense on whether he should be tried in a Japanese court or a U.S. Army court-martial. The government appeals a district court ruling barring transfer to Japan, while Girard’s lawyers cross-appeal for his return to the United States. Girard is now confined at Cap. Whittington in Japan.
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Supreme Court
William S. Girard
Justice Department
Illinois
Tokyo
Girard
Cap. Whittington
Japan
The Daily Today Schedule and Section Index
The Daily Today lists comics on B8 and B9, radio and TV on B-7, classifieds on B-8 and B-9, society notes on pages 8 to 3, crossword on B-9, sports on A-10 and A-11, editorials on A4, and movies on A6 and A7.
New Homes Start in Decatur Lead June Building Permits
More than half of 48 city permits issued in June were for new residences totaling 27 units worth 330 750 dollars. Prices ranged from 3 000 to 20 000. Other permits for additions repairs and renovations added 42 275 dollars. June construction reached 573 025 dollars and first half 1957 totals stood at 3 322 480, over half of the 6 million outlook for Decatur.
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Decatur
14-Year-Old Injured In Cullman Smashup
A head-on crash on Widner Road east of Cullman injured 14-year-old Garland Floyd Hudgins, resident of Arab, after a 1951 Mercury driven by William Dewey Stocks of Guntersville collided with a 1949 Ford driven by Robert Dewayne Hudgins of Arab. Hudgins suffered a fractured left shoulder and was treated at Arab Hospital. he was charged with driving without a license and driving on the wrong side of the road.
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Cullman
Here
Widner
W. M. Brown
William Dewey Stocks
Guntersville 3
Robert Dewayne
Hudgins
Garland Floyd Hudgins
Arab Hospital
Folsom Signals Winter Session On Legislature
Gov. James E. Folsom hints at keeping the legislature in session all winter to pursue reapportionment. A key administration aide says he would recall lawmakers 90 days after this session adjourns, aiming to break Black Belt control with two Senate reapportionment bills and a purchasing act, though passage seems unlikely this session.
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Rex Thomas Montgomery
James E. Folsom
House
Senate
Capitol
Folsom
Morgan County Schools Set Opening Dates for 1957-58 Term
Repairs on several school buildings near completion as Lester Wooten announces opening dates. Most county schools start August 26 with Hartselle Austinville Flint Moulton Heights and Collins beginning September 5. Early starters end term after four weeks for cotton picking. teachers attend an august 23 institute and a September 23 24 workshop at Hartselle.
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Morgan County
Lester Wooten
Hartselle
Austinville
Flint
Moulton Heights
Collins
Alabama Fourth of July weekend toll rises to nine deaths
The long Fourth of July weekend in Alabama has claimed at least nine lives, with three traffic fatalities. No victims were from the Decatur district.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Decatur
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