Athens Council Hears Petitions From Neighborhoods and Workers
The Athens city council approved two petitions including a disputed signers list for area incorporation and heard a request to add 10 acres west of the Negro cemetery for graves. The panel agreed to study the cemetery space issue and to standardize two weeks vacation for all city workers, including the street department.
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Athens
Ing
Edgar Meadows
Jackson
Elmer Vinson
Meadows
Limestone
J. M. Dement
Maxie Aller
Robert Caldwell
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Across Alabama Facilities
Patient entries list admissions at St Hospital Clifton Knight 1603 Grant Martell H Hospits infant son and Athens residents Mrs Alvie Manane Mrs Lloyd Stone John Joe Martin Mrs Henry Hurst Mrs Robert Lemay Mrs Don Horton and infant daughter Madison and Alab Labbands. Decatur General Hospital shows dismissals including Mrs Howard Childers and infant son 1211 20th Ave SE Mrs James Hightower Isbell Bobby Joe Ransom Connie Sue Evans and others. Baugh Wiley Clinic names Rev Jimmy Rodgers A D Merchant Mrs John Locke and Mrs W O Morrow with multiple Huntsville Somerville and Hartselle addresses.
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Alia
Births in Decatur Honor New Arrivals
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Harold Black at Baugh Wiley Clinic this morning in Decatur. A son to Mr and Mrs Marvin Wilson of 2015 Somerville Rd at Decatur General Hospital Monday. A son to Mr and Mrs Elide White of 220 Ferry St NE at Decatur General Hospital Monday. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Robert 305th Ave NW at
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Harold Black
Decatur 3
Baugh Wiley Clinic
Marvin Wilson
Somerville Rd
Decatur General Hospital
Elide White
Ferry St
Robert
Princess 20 000 Leagues Under The Sea At Roxy And More
Amusements today list shows Princess 20 000 Leagues Under The Sea starring Kirk Douglas and James Mason with showings at 1 25 4 00 6 35 and 9 10. Also at ROXY House Ida Lupino Corner with multiple showtimes and Sunset Smoke Signal Piper Laurie with Dana Laarer at 7 30. Ranch Hartselle 6 Bridges To Cross stars Julie Adams Tony Curtis with 1 30 and 9 38. Hatfield Athens The Adventures of Hajji Baba features John Derek Elaine Stewart at 7 30 and 9 30. Starvue Courtland Highway Ricochet Romance with Marjorie Main Chill Wills at 7 30 and 9 30.
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Kirk Douglas
James Mason
Hartselle
Julie Adams
Tony Curtis
Hatfield
Athens
Hajji Baba
John Derek
Elaine Stewart
Marjorie Main
Chill Wills
Ivan's Rise and Soviet Power Struggle After Stalin
An analysis of the post Stalin era in the USSR, highlighting Ivan's growing voice in policy, Malenkov's fluctuating leadership, the emphasis on heavy industry, and the military's cautious influence as the collective leadership treads toward broader concessions. The piece previews a future crossroads for Communism.
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Khrushchev
Ivan
Ussr
Stalin
Georgi Malenkov
Malenkov
Union
U.S.S.R
Mal
Kremlin
Athens Opens City Bridge Led by Mayor Vinson
Athens officials including Mayor Elmer Vinson opened the city bridge engineered by J. M. Holt, former county board of revenue chairman. City workers and council members attended the morning ceremony marking the formal opening.
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Athens
Elmer Vinson
J. M. Holt
County Board of Revenue
Walker Jr. Succeeds With Birth at Hartselle Hospital
Decatur General Hospital reports a son born Monday to Mr. and Mrs. A F Wal Ker Jr of Hartselle. The birth occurred Saturday at Hartselle Hospital.
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Decatur General Hospital
A. F. Walker, Jr
Hartselle
Hartselle Hospital
Market prices for corn wheat and cattle report
Markets list corn ears at 1.40 per unit and white corn varieties. Milling wheat quoted at 1.90 per unit. Cattle prices include steer and cow classifications with calves priced around 17.75 to 18.00 per hundredweight for 180 to 240 pound calves.
Early stock gains lift markets. GM quoted at 124 1/4
The market opened up with gains around two points and multiple one point advances in steel, motor, and rail stocks. General Motors opened at 124 1/4 with 2,000 shares traded and edged higher, while overall activity cooled to a moderate pace. North Alabama live poultry market steady with mixed prices for different weights and delivery terms in Alabama and Georgia.
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New York
General Motors
Atlanta
Birmingham Market Report Shows Steady Te and Mode Prices
Birmingham AP notes market steady for Te and mode with supplies and rates. Prices paid fob Birmingham for 24 hours ending 10:30 a.m. reflect wholesale grades. large extra min 60 percent A quality 38-41 and medium extra min 60.
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Birmingham
Livestock Prices Mixed Across Classes in Local Sale
Cattle sale shows 867 lb lot fed with small non ree end 21.75 and com aoe 13.50 18.00. Good and low choice light yearlings 17.00 19.50. Utility cows 10.00 12.50, canners 7.00 10.50. Bulls 12.50 14.50. Lambs 22.00 range, around 110 head at 22.00. Cull to choice ewes noted.
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Lot
Cotton futures fall on liquidation in July market
New York cotton futures slid as near term July contracts faced heavy liquidation. By late afternoon the July contract traded around 33.73 and the December near 34.21, with prices mostly unchanged to 70 cents per bale lower than the prior close.
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New York
Recorder's Court Sees Lighter Weekday Docket
Two cases for reverse parking were docketed in police recorder's court today, lighter than the weekend tally of 20. Violations included possession of whiskey and beer at two homes, with fines of 100 dollars and 10 dollars costs for Margaret Smith and Dan Burleson. Other docketed cases involve disorderly conduct and related offenses.
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Recorder’s Court
Margaret Smith
Dan Burleson
Old Negro
Smith
Burleson
Dixon Yates power project halted by White House delay
The Eisenhower administration postponed a hearing on the Dixon Yates financing and cancelled the private 107 million dollar plant at West Memphis Arkansas. Senate critics praised the move and Senator Gore accused the President of misusing the AEC in a probe likely to shape the 1956 campaign.
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White House
Executive Branch
Dixon-Yates
Dixon- Yates
West Memphis
Ark
Memphis
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Atomic Energy Commission
Fulton, Tenn
Congress
Fulton
Eisenhower
AEC
Dixon-Yates Utility Group
Dixon- Yates Power
Brownell
Senate
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
County Officials Support Salary Raises Amid Revenue Shifts
Leaders including Calvin, Gilchrist, and Brewer defend proposed raises for Courthouse officials to align with neighboring counties and reflect duties. They note state funds cover election costs and that raises apply only to those elected for the next term, arguing better service for the public.
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Calvin
Gilchrist
Brewer
Multi-charge list from a local arrest report
An arrest list shows charges including two counts of drinking while intoxicated two counts of intoxication on a public street overparking discharging firearms in the city driving without a license and speeding.
Three Damage Suits Filed Over Motorcycle Car Collision
Three damage suits totaling 125000 filed against Annie Hawk Crawford and Crawford in Circuit Clerk Harrison Hill's office. Plaintiffs Mary Jeanette Stinson Alton E Thrasher and Harvey Stinson seek 100000 20000 and 5000 respectively alleging Crawford turned left without signaling causing the motorcycle to hit the car on Highway 67 eight miles east of Highway 33. Stinson seeks damages for his daughter's injuries and costs while Thrasher and Stinson seek compensation for their own injuries and expenses. Albert Brewer attorney for all plaintiffs.
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Annie Hawk Crawford
Crawford
Harrison Hill
Mary Jeanette Stinson
Alton E
Dean) Thrasher
Harvey Stinson
Miss Stinson
Thrasher
Stinson
Albert Brewer
Geneva Summit Backers Rally Around Presidency
U S lawmakers express strong backing for President Eisenhower and the Geneva summit with bipartisan support. Dulles and Eisenhower cancel news conferences, while Senate and House figures size up the diplomacy as a path away from atomic war.
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Geneva
White House
State Dulles
Eisenhower
White House House
Sen
Wiley
Wisconsin
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George
Rep
Dodd
D-Conn
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
House
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Dulles
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Knowland
California
Knowland
Europe
Asia
Woodpecker forages on ground fruit and air in the West
The Lewis woodpecker of the western United States feeds by catching on the ground or in the air and by digging insects from fruit rather than tree trunks and branches.
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Lewis
United States
Justices Split Over Constitutional Amendment for Reapportionment
Chief Justice J Ed Livingston and Justices Lawson Goodwyn dissent on amending the Alabama Constitution to allow non population based reapportionment. Merrell Simpson Mayfield Stakely from Montgomery and North Alabama justices join in the broader argument about Declaration of Rights Sections 2 and 36 and the people’s sovereign power to alter or repeal constitutional provisions.
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J. “Ed Livingston
Thomas S. Lawson
John L. Goodwyn
Pelham J. Merreill
Robert T. Simpson
James J. Mayfield
Davis F. Stakely
North
Stakely
Montgomery
Western treaty aims seek German demilitarization and buffer zones
The text outlines postwar boundaries with East Germany demilitarized and possibly parts of West Germany as a buffer. It notes a proposal for the Soviet army to leave Poland Hungary and Romania in return for Allied forces withdrawing to defined German areas. It also mentions arms limits under NATO and Warsaw Pact and a potential worldwide disarmament program.
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East Germany
West Germany
Poland
Hungary
Romania
Germany
NATO
Warsaw
Morgan County Man Transferred From Atlanta Prison
Pearl Collier 31, a Negro, was returned to Morgan County jail from Federal Prison in Atlanta to be sent to the Alabama State penitentiary for one year and one day for burglary. He was indicted in November 1948 for breaking into a service station run by Louis Blizzard. Collier pleaded guilty March 20, 1952. probation was denied after a hearing scheduled for April 16, 1952. An alias writ of arrest was issued January 9, 1953 and October 18, 1954. It was later learned he was serving a term in Atlanta.
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Pearl Collier
Morgan County
Atlanta
Alabama
Collier
Louis Blizzard
High Temperature Records Hit Decatur in Rapid Rise
Yesterday Decatur posted a 97 degree high at 2 p.m., the warmest of the year. The readings followed a 96 degree Sunday and a 95 degree Saturday, confirming a string of record heat in the area.
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Decatur
Judge Grants 30 Day Delay In Garth Case
Athens Alabama Circuit Judge Newton Powell grants 30 days for the Garth versus Birmingham Trust National Bank case to amend the bill. Mrs. Garth seeks to dissolve a trust created by her late father LC Hightower and divide about 3 million dollars among herself and six children. The dissolution was approved previously but overturned and the case remanded by the Alabama Supreme Court.
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Athens
Newton Powell
Ethel Mae Garth
Birmingham Trust National Bank
Toll From Highways 6 Dead In 55
A 70 year old woman injured when her car hit a bridge on highway 20 Friday night died Sunday at Decatur General hospital. It marked the sixth traffic fatality in Lawrence County that year. Mrs Ethel Morton Wilson was critically hurt Friday near Courtland after her car struck an overhead bridge. Passenger Arnold Woodham, 36, Florence, reported lights blinded her, causing a swerve into the concrete and injuries to Woodham. The Studebaker was nearly a total loss.
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Ensley
Decatur General Hospital
Lawrence County
Ethel Morton Wilson
Courtland
Arnold Woodham
Florence
Wilson
Woodham
Studebaker
State Asks Bids for Elk River Mill Bridge Project
Athens Alabama Highway Department sets July 20 bid opening for a new Elk River bridge in Elk River Mills after the old span collapsed under a crane load. The replacement length is expected to be just over 500 feet. A second bid is sought for a bridge over Anderson Creek in Limestone County.
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Athens
Alabama Highway Dept
Elk River
Elk River Mills
Anderson Creek
Limestone County
Williams Employees Lose Pants Theft at Auto Parts Store
Police report details theft at Williams Auto Parts on Teas ee Ave NE where Forrest Holloway and E J Briscoe saw three pairs of pants and three shirts left on a trash can. Two blue pants and one dark grey pair vanished along with a two tone 1949 era blue and gray jacket property of Billy Armstrong. Police investigate.
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Williams Auto Parts
Teas Eee Ave
Forrest E. Holloway
Ave. NW
E. J. Briscoe
Williams
Billy Armstrong
Moulton 3
All In Day's Work But Oh Brother
A woman was arrested on vagancy on a warrant from her husband and placed in Morgan County jail. He and another woman were arrested on adultery charges. he agreed to drop his charges if she dropped hers. All were released. WANT ADS GET RESULTS.
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Morgan County
Fire, hitchhiking escape, and permit notices in local briefs
Fire crews responded to two incidents including a nine hundred block street call and a truck fire on Trinity and Courtland Road with slight losses. Police interviewed Richard Lee Freeman after a hitchhiking incident at Church Street and 6th Avenue. Permits were issued for a six room house at 906th Street SE and an addition of two rooms at 11th Street SE.
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217Th Ave
Trinity and
Courtland Road
New Market
Watson
Collier
6Th Ave
Church St
Richard Lee Freeman
Chattastooga
Hudson
Freeman
Hipps Standard Station
Huntsville
906Th St. SE
M. S. Lyle
Robin Thomas
11Th St. SE
Mrs. Emmie Isbell Funeral Rites Planned
Funeral services for 65 year old Mrs. Emmie Isbell of Hartselle are set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Cedar Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Guy Sivley presiding. She died Monday night at her home. Survivors include her husband J A Isbell four sons and a daughter plus three sisters. Pallbearers listed as Elbert Sellers John Hardin Buster Speegie L A Sanders Toney Ward and Leonard Speegle.
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Hartselle
Emmie Isbell
Cedar Creek Baptist Church
Guy Sivley
Isbell
J. A. Isbell
Jerry Ramey
Toledo
Ohio
Dewey Crow
Falkville
Bennie Crow
Funeral services planned for Martha Griffin in Hartselle
Miss Martha Griffin 84 a lifelong Six Mile resident died Monday at 1 pm in Hartselle Hospital after a heart attack. Services were set for 2:20 pm at Blue Springs Baptist Church with Rev E N Chandler officiating. Interment by Peck Funeral Home. Survived by brother W G Griffin Birmingham and numerous nieces. pallbearers listed as Cooper Bennie Griffin Billy Maxwell and C D Griffin.
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Hartselle
Martha Griffin
Six Mile
Somerville
Blue Springs Baptist Church
Miss Griffin
Hartselle Hospital
W. G. Griffin
Birmingham
E. N. Chandler
Peck Funeral Home
Pallben
Cooper
Bfin
Bennie Griffin
Billy Maxwell
C. D. Griffin
Governor Weatherby Invited to Auburn Kentucky Game
Kentucky Governor Lawrence Weatherby received a personal invitation from Alabama Governor James E. Folsom to attend the Auburn versus Kentucky football game in Birmingham on October 8. Folsom urged Weatherby to extend the invitation to the other good people of Kentucky following Birmingham Mayor James W. Morgan’s letter.
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Birmingham
Lawrence Weatherby
Kentucky
James E. Folsom
Alabama
James W. Morgan
Folsom
Weatherby
For Rent Adverts for Apartments and Rooms
Multiple short rental notices describe 3 room and bath upstairs unfurnished with electric heat at 216 Cain St. 4 room apartment with private entrance at 806 Wadsworth St. finished front bedroom with adjoining bath and separate entrance at 809 6th Ave E. Contact numbers 216 Cain St, 249M, and 2348-W.
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Cain St
Wadsworth St
6Th Ave
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