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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1955

Page

3

Screen Veteran Clark Gable Weds Kay Spreckels in Nevada

Clark Gable 54 and Kay Williams Spreckels 37 were married in a surprise double ring ceremony at the home of Justice of the Peace Walter Fisher in Minden Nevada. This marked Gable fifth marriage and Spreckels third, following a romance long treated by gossip columns. Attending were Mr and Mrs Albert Menasco of St Helena California and Mrs Elizabeth Nessar of Los Angeles.

Minden Nev Clark Gable Kay Williams Spreckels California Adolph Spreckels Jr Gable Miss Williams Justice of the Peace Walter Fisher Albert Menasco St. Helena Calif Elizabeth Nessar Los Angeles

Bennett to lead youth meeting at Shoal Creek Church

Harold Bennett, a Howard College student, will evangelize at a Shoal Creek Baptist Church Youth Meeting in July 1724 with services nightly at 7 30 pm. Willie Riley Jr. is youth leader and Jimmie Bennett will lead songs. Rev Bunyan Wallace invites public.

Harold Bennett Shoal Creek Baptist Church Bennett Howard College Birmingham Willie Riley, Jr Jimmie Bennett Bunyan Wallace Shoal Creek Lacey’s Spring J. S. Bartee Karl Hough Otis Kirby Decatur North Alabama The Methodist Church Ila Bell Bartee Hough Velma McCutcheon E. B. McGahee Cotaco-Lacey

Kidnapping and Murder Shocks Sioux City Family

Two year old Donna Sue Smith was taken from her crib in Sioux City Iowa and found murdered after a window net was removed. Police questioned a man in what authorities call a routine arrest as they hunt a slender shirted intruder seen fleeing with a bundle. Neighbor witnesses and a pursuing officer describe a tense chase as details emerge.

Donna Sue Smith Sioux City James Davis Aes Donna Davis House

Tragic Disappearance After Quiet Night in Suburban Duplex

Neighbors recount a calm evening as Donna is tucked in and a hedge is crossed minutes after bedtime. Mrs. Davis alarms the household when a scream echoes, and a missing screen precedes discovery of the crib empty save for a teddy bear and rubber doll.

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