Local Docket Includes Warrants, Injunctions and Arrests
Reports show James P. Dougherty improved at Kennedy Hospital Memphis while Alfonzo Cooper in Decatur remains in fair condition after a Friday stabbing. City officials released weather details for the region and County Judge W H Long’s digestive ailment improved. Visitors from Mobile stay with L M Black family. Mary Wright faces liquor nuisance charges. Building permits issued for Market and Gibbs Street warehouse. police seek Lloyd Tanner for forgery and Danville Road Animal Shelter lists pets for redemption.
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Alfonzo Cooper
Decatur
Site committee to visit Morgan County board meeting
A newly elected Site Committee, formed by Northwest School District residents opposing Trinity as the site for a new county high school, will meet the Morgan County board of education tomorrow night. The board will consider bids and other regular business, including bids on Austinville principal's home and Florette School.
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Trinity
Morgan County Board of Education
Austinville
Florette
Northwest
State Department of Education
Cambodian Envoy Fired For Beating Embassy Nursemaid
Cambodian Ambassador Sam Sary was expelled from London after beating a nursemaid at the embassy. The incident prompted a police complaint and sparked diplomatic repercussions.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Sam Sary
London
Hartselle Cop Arrested Over Wildcat Booze Drink Charge
Off duty Hartselle officer C L Pete Sanford 37 of Danville jailed on a charge of transporting wildcat liquor after five gallons were found in his car trunk. Bond set at 750 dollars as the city council suspends him likely permanently for conduct unbecoming an officer. Sanford claimed he found a five gallon can while driving and intended to turn it in. Authorities note Sanford, new to the Hartselle force, replaced a retiring officer.
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Hartselle
Richard Hyde
L. Pete Sanford
Danville
Morgan County
Sanford
Lawrence County
John A. Weaver
Decatur
Hyde
Wilbur Abercrombie
Milton Thomas
Lee Hartselle
Castro Rebels Hold 36 U.S. Citizens in Cuba
U S citizens and one Canadian remained in rebel camps near Guantanamo as negotiations for release proceed. Four U S civilians and one Canadian were moved to the naval base by helicopter, with prior releases of four Americans and a Canadian last week and three more on Saturday night.
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Guantanamo, Cuba
Fidel Castro
U.S
Fulgencio Batista
Guantanamo Naval Base
John N. Schissler
Montgomery
Ala
Navy Base
Castro
Congress Maps Heavy Schedule For August Adjournment
Congress returns from the 1958 holiday with a heavy agenda aiming for August 9 adjournment. Senate action includes five bills on atomic energy construction public works and minerals. The House plans broad measures on military construction small business marketing facilities science scholarships relief for low income areas and boat safety.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Defense Department
Jail a Happy Place for Foster Family
In Jefferson Georgia a jailed reunion brought Irene and James Foster and five of their seven children under one roof for the first time in two years. James faced possible execution delays while a former Cairo Illinois officer admitted killing Charlie Drake during a robbery. The family planned to stay at the jail as authorities consider bringing him back.
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Jefferson, Ga
James Fulton Foster
Foster
Jefferson Merchant
Irene
Greer
S. C
Cairo, Ill
South Carolina
Charlie Drake
James
John
Nine U S Airmen Freed After Soviet Armenia Incident
Moscow radio said nine man U S Air Force crew members forced down in Soviet Armenia on June 27 were handed to a U S military representative at Astara on the Soviet Iranian frontier. The list includes Col. Dale Brannon Maj Luther Lyles Maj Robert Crans Maj Bennie Shupe Capt James Kane Lt James Luther Sgt James Holman Airman Earl Reamer and Airman Peter Sabo. The C118 transport burned on the ground, cause unclear.
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London
Moscow
U.S
Armenia
Astara
U.S.S.R
Dale D. Brannon
Harry A. Brannon
Chardon
Ohio
Luther W. Lyles
Donna J. Lyles
Overseas
Carrie F. Lyles
Savoy
Tex
Robert E. Crans
Martha W. Crans
Macon
Roy Crans
Bennie A. Shupe
Majorie C. Shupe
Miami
Fla
James Shupe
James T. Kane
Rosemary McKenna
Farmingdale
N.Y
Margaret Kane
Lindenhurst
James N. Luther
Joan Luther
Charles N. Luther
Waseca
Minn
James. G. Holman
Mary M. Holman
James A. Holman
Vivian
Earl H. Reamer
Byron
von Reamer
St. Louis Park
Peter N. Sabo
John Sabo
Chicago
Weekend Toll Falls Short in Alabama Traffic Deaths
State police report seven road deaths during the 78 hour Fourth of July weekend in Alabama. Two drownings and an airplane collision raised the total to ten. Air Force 1st Lt Moseley L Putney Jr of Louisville died in the jet collision near Evergreen. another flyer survived.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Highway Patrol
Evergreen
Air Force
Moseley L. Putney Jr
Louisville
Birmingham
William Price
Dadeville
William Russell
Dade- See
Lebanon Links UAR to Rebels in New Claim
Premier Sami Solh presented a list of 50 captured Syrians and Lebanese rebels said to be smuggling arms into Lebanon. He argued the United Arab Republic trains rebels in Syria and urged the world to hold Nasser's bloc responsible for the eight week revolt and possible big Beirut battle.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Sami Solh
Nasser
United Arab Republic
U.A.R
Solh
Syria
Alabama Cotton Committee Opens Shop In Washington
An Alabama delegation moved to unite the Southeastern delegation behind the Alabama Legislative Cotton Study Committee report to Congress. They planned meetings with Rep. Bob Jones and Sen. John Sparkman and to align support behind a bold new approach to cotton legislation as a substitute for the Ellender bill.
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Washington
Alabama
Congress
Alabama Legislative Cotton Study Committee
Bob Jones
John Sparkman
The
agriculture @cpt
Maynard Layman
Decatur Daily
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ellender
Decatur Skies Tuesday July 8 Planet Visibility
Daily sky notes list sunset 8 04 p m and sunrise 5 42 a m. The Moon rises today at Apogee and visible planets Jupiter Saturn Mars Venus appear in patterned positions across the sky with times noted for best views.
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Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Venus
Tennessee River Reading At Keller Memorial Bridge
This morning the Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge stood at 20.42 feet, down 0.59 feet in 24 hours. Sea level elevation was 554.72 feet. Yesterday's high reached 94 degrees at 12:30 p.m., with a low of 69 degrees at 6 a.m. today. Expect partly cloudy to cloudy skies with warm, humid air and afternoon showers and possible thundershowers. Winds south-southeasterly 8 to 15 mph, gusting to 35 mph in storms. Highs around 91 today, lows near 70 tonight, and similar temperatures for Tuesday.
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Decatur
Keller Memorial Bridge
Soviets Refuse Original Letter Claiming Nuclear Threat
The Soviet Embassy in London has not yet handed over the original letter that claimed a U S pilot would drop a nuclear bomb near Britain. Officials call the letter a hoax and the Soviets produced only a photostatic copy. William Stanley Whales admitted he lied about writing the letter.
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London
U.S
British Isles
Foreign Office
William Stanley Whales
Royal Air Force
Mexico Elects Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Adolfo Lopez Mateos, 48, PRI labor minister, was elected president of Mexico in a quiet vote. The PRI claimed a landslide between 70 and 85 percent, defeating textile maker Luis Hector Alvarez. Congress also elected with PRI expected to hold a large majority. One fatality occurred in Ciudad Obregon amid election disputes. women voted for the first time in a presidential contest.
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Jack Rutledge
Mexico City
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Mexico
Party
of Revolutionary Institution
PRI
Lopez Mateos
Luis Hector Alvarez
Ciudad Obregon
United States
South America
Lopez Mateos Emerges as Mexico City Favorite for President
Six months after entering public view Adolfo Lopez Mateos rises as PRI front runner to succeed retiring President Ruiz Cortines. The 48 year old former labor secretary wins praise for labor dispute handling and campaign posters flood the country. Born in Atizapan de Zaragoza Lopez Mateos gains broad support in Mexico City and beyond. He is slated to become president on July 6, with Ruiz Cortines's backing and PRI guidance noted.
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Mexico City
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Mexico
Lopez Mateos
Party of Revolutionary Institutions
PRI
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Ruiz Cortines
Lo Lopez Mateos
Hin
Atizapan de Zaragoza
Aides charge burglary in Goldfine spy report context
Washington AP Bernard Goldfine aides allege his secretary’s hotel room was burglarized and a microphone placed to eavesdrop on aides’ conversations. Jack Lotto says bank records and papers were taken as the Adams Goldfine inquiry intensifies.
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Washington
Bernard Goldfine
Jack Lotto
Goldfine
Mildred Paperman
Lotto
House
Boston
White House
Sherman Adams
Adams-Goldfine
Baron I. Shacklette
Shacklette
Jack Anderson
Drew
U.S
Miss Paperman
Sheraton-Carlton
Spahn and Turley Named To Start All Star Mound
Bob Turley of the Yankees and Warren Spahn of the Braves were named starting pitchers for the 25th All Star game in Baltimore. Spahn at 37 sports a 10 5 record while Turley leads the majors with 12 victories and 3 defeats. Willie Mays was listed as the leadoff man by manager Fred Haney.
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Baltimore. Md
Bob Turley
New York Yankees
Warren Spahn
Milwaukee Braves
Spahn
Turley
Braves
Fred Haney
Milwaukee
Willie Mays
San Francisco
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