Six building permits issued by city clerk today
Six building permits were issued yesterday by the city clerk's office. Ellis T. Baggs received a permit for a seven room two and a half bath home at 2336 Meadow brook Rd SE valued at 20000 dollars. J E Thrasher Jr at 410 6th Ave SW got 900 dollars for adding a bedroom. Methodist Conference was granted 35000 dollars to build four four unit apartments at Ferry and Walnut NE. Louise Anglea at 1603 Buena Vista Circle SE received 500 dollars for a carport. James W Donaldson at 1902 12th St SE got 800 dollars for a carport and storage room. First Christian Church at 802 Gordon Dr SE got 5825 dollars for room and bath and redecorating the parsonage.
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Ellis T. Baggs
Meadowbrook Rd
J. E. Thrasher, Jr
6Th Ave
Methodist Conference
Ferry and
Walnut Sts
Louise Anglea
Buena Vista Circle
James W. Donaldson
12Th St
First Christian Church
Gordon Dr. SE
Bessemer Officer Fatally Wounded During Moonshine Arrest
Lipscomb Police Sgt. James B. Clark, 44, was pronounced dead at Bessemer General Hospital from a .38 caliber gunshot wound after radioing he pursued a car into Bessemer. An arrest warrant was issued for Caliph Washington, 17, believed armed with Clark s pistol.
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Bessemer
Ala
Lipscomb
James B. Clark
Bessemer General Hospital
Caliph Washington
Clark
Thurman Avery
Birmingham
Avery
Lessemer
Southern senators to vote on rights bill next week
Southern Democratic senators tentatively agreed to a midweek vote on taking up the civil rights bill. Sen. Russell of Georgia said details would be worked out with Republican Leader Knowland of California and Democratic Leader Johnson of Texas. Johnson hoped agreement by all sides for a vote, with about 20 additional speakers possible.
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Washington
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Knowland
Calif
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Johnson
Dispute Over Clinton Riots Pictures Roils Court
In Knoxville Tennessee a federal trial over alleged criminal contempt centers on Time and Life magazine photographs of Clinton segregation disturbances. Defense lawyer Grover S. McLeod accuses magazines of slanting images to degrade defendants including 15 Tennesseans and John Kasper while photographer A Y Owen testifies he works for Time and Life prompting objections from U S Attorney John C Crawford Jr. and a judge’s sustained ruling.
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Relman Morin
Knoxville
Tenn
U. S. District Court Today
Time
Life Magazine
Clinton
Grover S. McLeod
Birmingham Ala
Oklahoma City
Time and Life
McLeod
U. S
John C. Crawford Jr
Robert L. Taylor
Deadline Near for Folsom to Rule on Tuskegee Bill
Montgomery dispatch reports Gov. James E Folsom faces a today deadline to sign veto or let the Tuskegee city limits bill become law. The measure drawn by Sen Sam Engelhardt would redraw borders, sparking a Negro boycott of white merchants in Macon County seat. If vetoed, majorities in both houses could override.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Tuskegee
Sam Englehardt
Macon County
Folsom
Charles G. Gomillion
Negro Tuskegee Civic Assn
Engelhardt
The
Alabama Assn. of
Citizens’ Councils
Macon
Bullock, Lee, Tallapoosa
Elmore
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee Veterans Administration Hospital
Judge rebukes Senate subcommittee. reverses Peck contempt
Federal Judge Luther W. Youngdahl criticizes the Senate Internal Security subcommittee for labeling individuals as subversive. He reverses the contempt of Congress conviction of Seymour Peck, a New York Times contributor, ruling the subcommittee violated Peck’s privacy and free association rights. Peck had refused to disclose past Communist ties, stressing his split from the movement in 1949 and arguing prior associations were negligible.
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Washington
Federal Dist
Luther W. Youngdahl
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Seymour Péck
New York
Peck
Supreme Court
John T. Watkins
Tee
Youngdahl
Oungdahi
Cha. S. Court of Aphe
Watkins
Do Not Disturb Signs Sent to Senators in Civil Rights Session
Do not disturb signs were distributed to senators for overnight sessions in the civil rights battle. Instructions accompany the signs authorizing their placement on inner office doors to prevent janitors from disturbing senators during late night work.
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Washington
Senator Johnson aims for vote on civil rights bill this week
Senate debates the civil rights bill with President Johnson hoping for a vote by Tuesday or Wednesday. Johnson expects a 2 to 1 majority to call up the measure as he denies delaying tactics and presses for action. Russell spoke to reporters as the discussion continued.
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Senate
Johnson
Russell
Khrushchev Seeks Peaceful Marriage of Systems
Khrushchev proposed a marriage of convenience between Communist and capitalist worlds to avert war at a Prague reception. He said capitalists do not like the Communist system, but added I like it, and urged competing peacefully. He also asserted Yugoslavia as a loyal socialist member.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Nikita Khrushchev
Yugoslavia
Soviet Communist Party
Hradcany
Rud-Chunny
Bohemia
Antonin Zapotocky
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Pauline Mitchell Released On Bond
Pauline Mitchell and her husband Jeff Mitchell were charged in the death of John Wesley Smith. Pauline Mitchell posted a $2,000 bond and was released from Morgan County jail after noon. she had previously been denied bond. Smith’s body was found on the Tennessee River south bank. A preliminary hearing was held before Judge W H Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Mitchel
Morgan County
Jeff Mitchell
John Wesley Smith
Mitchell
Smith
Tennessee River
W. H. Long
Weather and River Report For Decatur Area
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning 20.80 feet up 0.7 feet in 24 hours. Sea level reading 555.10. Yesterday's high 93 and low 62. At 11 30 this morning 90. Forecast sunny and hot today and Saturday. Fair and warm tonight. Winds easterly 5 to 10 mph diminishing at night. High today 93 low tonight 70 high Saturday 94.
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Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Five Day Outlook for Alabama Temperatures
Extended Alabama forecast shows temperatures about 34 degrees above normal with normal minima 69 to 76 and maxima 87 to 95. Minor daily changes expected. Precipitation light to none with scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers mainly near the coast.
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Alabama
Valley Industry Scouts Cruise for River Sites
A 24 person cruise along the Tennessee River toured industrial sites in the Valley area. Participants from Decatur and eight upper valley towns examined sites from Decatur to north of Spring Creek with officials from the State Chamber of Commerce and Southern Railways aboard. Mayors and civic leaders promoted a neighbor policy among Alabama border towns during the river trip.
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State Chamber of Commerce
State Planning Board
Southern Railways
Decatur Boat Harbor
Tennessee River
Upper Valley
Decatur
Tri- Cities
Huntsville
Leighton
Town Creek
Courtland
Moulton
Hillsboro
W. J. Williams
I. B. Schmidt
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Willioms
Alabama
Ingalls Shipyard and Union Sign Three Year Pact
Ingalls Shipbuilding and the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers signed a three year labor agreement covering Decatur yard workers. The pact maintains the yard’s no strike record and includes yearly wage increases, extra holidays, company life and health insurance contributions, with this year's raise retroactive to May 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Afl-Cio
Ingalls
Decatur
Imaginary A-bomb Dramatizes Birmingham Drill
Birmingham residents witnessed a simulated A-bomb strike during Operation Alert a nationwide civil defense exercise. The scenario imagined 100 000 tons of TNT causing massive destruction as part of the drill designed to test mobilization and response.
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Birmingham
Law seeks to curb racial integration lawsuits in Montgomery
State Senate introduced legislation by Sen Sam Engelhardt of Macon County to limit lawsuits over school desegregation. In New York Rep Adam Clayton Powell said the civil rights bill trajectory suggested Nixon could win the presidency in 1960 as the fight shifts to Republicans. Powell warned Nixon’s path may be unstoppable with current momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
State Senate
Sam Engelhardt
Macon County
New York
Adam Clayton Powell
D-Ny
Nixon
Powell
Make Believe Bomber Menaces Decatur Area
An enemy bomber is headed toward Decatur as Civil Defense units prepare for a simulated attack under Operation Alert 1957. Morgan Civil Defense Director Howard Proctor says the exercise tests local facilities and response plans with nine Alabama target areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Smith
Decatur
City Hall
Alabama
Morgan Civil Defense
Howard Proctor
Girard Ruling Tests Ike With Congress Over Foreign Trials
The Supreme Court decision in the Girard case challenges President Eisenhower by boosting moves in Congress to bar foreign trials for GIs. Bow’s amendment proposes ending such trials, risking a veto on aid legislation if added. Girard's manslaughter case against Army Specialist 3 C William S. Girard proceeds in Japan with Judge Juzo Kawachi setting August 26 as trial start.
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Lewis Gulick
Washington
The
Supreme Court
Girard
Eisenhower
Congress
Administration
Shen
3.C
William S. Girard
Juzo Kawachi
Capitol Hill
Rep
Bow
Ohio
Eisenhow
House
Leo Allen
Rules Committee
New Law Cuts Down FHA Home Down Payments
President Eisenhower signed a housing bill authorizing lower down payments on FHA insured homes and releasing 1.99 billion for housing programs, though he warned of serious defects and urged repeal of some provisions. The measure would permit minimum down payments as low as 3 percent on the first 10 thousand, 15 percent on 10 to 16 thousand, and 30 percent above that.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
National Assn. of Home Builders
FHA
Florence Starts Inland Docks Program On Alabama Rivers
Florence begins construction for the first inland docks as part of a state program to boost industry. Bids for Huntsville docks close July 24 and Decatur lands are being purchased by July 26. The project aims to reopen coal mines and aid various industries along the Tennessee and Warrior rivers.
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Birmingham
Florence
Knox L. McRae
State Docks
McRae
Birmings
Alabama Waterways
MacRae
Huntsville
Decatur
Tennessee River
America
Lynn’s Park
Warrior River
Reuben L. Newton
Walker County
Newton
Lynn
Pars
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
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Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Charles Adams
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