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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1955
Page
1
The column records moves visits and travel among Decatur and nearby areas. Individuals include Miss Betty Giles in Atlanta and Mr. Kotcher visiting New Jersey with parents arriving July 17 from Saigon. Others note hospital recoveries, teachers at UF, painting contracts, and church ground breaking events.
A three state alert was issued for recapture of four convict gospel singers who escaped Kilby Prison in Alabama after an appearance in Linden. Orville Gray of Searcy Arkansas, 27, notable for turning down parole to keep the group together, was named among the escapees. FBI and prison officials coordinated to arrange outside appearances where possible.
Washington July 9 supporters and opponents expect the House to pass a plan boosting highway user taxes by about one billion dollars a year to fund a new road program. Key lawmakers note the plan gains support and could reach the House floor next week.
Government troops strike at Pathet Laos northern forces amid heavy fighting in Laos as North Viet Nam presses from the east. London voices concern as regional tensions rise over the Geneva pact and Laos leaders dispute legitimacy with Souvanna Vong challenging the king Sisavang Vong.
The Chamber of Commerce highway and roads committee will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday in the conference room of the Security Mutual Building. Attendees include Mayor H. R. Summer, Sim Howell, Morgan County revenue and control chair, and City Gas Department directors. The focus is the lane highway from the city limits to beyond Chemstrand.
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge measured 71.24 feet with a 0.6 foot drop in 24 hours. See level at 555.54 feet. High temperature Friday reached 88 at 10 am with 74 on Saturday morning. Friday 8 am 90 degrees and 11 am 90. High 94 by afternoon. Expect hot, humid conditions with scattered showers. Today's high forecast at 95 degrees.
Sen Russell of Georgia wins Republican support in his clash with the Pentagon over requiring service veterans to remain in active reserve. Sen Case of South Dakota backs Russell, arguing Congress must set citizen army terms and that trained reserve is the citizen army.
Alabama lawmakers clash over a bill to preserve segregation by letting local boards assign students by ability and character. The measure, pushed by Sen. Sam Engelhardt, faces House delays while supporters warn time is short and opponents cite court decisions.
Paratroopers from the 508th Arrive at Ashiya Air Base in western Japan aboard Globemaster transports for Operation Gyroscope. About 430 soldiers landed by morning with a tent city rising near Kyushu base. Five planes had landed, with 43 more to follow in the next days as units rotate through.
A reader named Billy Smith of Moulton is urged to confirm a missing Bonanzagram entry after a late claim check deadline. Katie explains the process, asks to review files, and warns that unresolved entries may affect a $375 prize on the new puzzle.
A 70 year old Ensley woman, Mrs. Ethel Morton Wilson, was in serious condition at Decatur General Hospital after her 1955 Studebaker crashed into a bridge on Highway 20 west of Courtland. Passenger Arnold Woodham of Florence was treated and released with forehead lacerations.
Frank Mitchell Beverly a cafe manager and fugitive from an Alabama embezzlement sentence was arrested last night at a Los Angeles cafe. He admitted the identity and said he served two years of a five year sentence after escaping a road camp near Birmingham in 1947. He claimed to have been an Ashton hotel clerk when $200 was embezzled.
Senator Kefauver charged Eisenhower policy aims to dismantle TVA and cites a September 1953 Wenzell report as the first hint of a plan to have a private corporation build and feed power into TVA lines. The Dixon Yates proposal involved AEC as middleman and a 107 million dollar plant at West Memphis Arkansas to supply power for atomic installations.
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