Community revival and local notices mingle in brief
A revival starts Sunday at Oak Forest Methodist with two services 11 a.m. and an 8 p.m. St Ann's Catholic Church plans an 8 p.m. ringing. Recent arrivals at The Cloister Sea Island Ga include Mr and Mrs G T Semmes. Police docket lists five cases this morning. Sheriff reports two arrests yesterday for non support and parole violation. Permit to add a garage at 217th Ave SW for 500 dollars issued to Harvey Montgomery. Mrs Howard Craft and children visit Birmingham then return home in Decatur. R L Bridges 1116 6th Ave SE slated Sunday at 2 p.m. in Arkansas. Bridges' relatives attend. See diary on page 2.
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Harvey Montgomery
R. L. Bridges
6Th Ave
Arkansas
Mr. Bridges
Otis Waller
Roy Bridges
Decatur
American Motors Reject CIO Demand in Detroit
American Motors Corp. said it will not accept a pattern plus contract as demanded by the CIO United Auto Workers. Edward Cushman, vice president, said the union seeks the General Motors and Ford terms plus fringe benefits. The company also rejected GM and Ford layoff pay plans.
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Detroit
American Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Edward L. Cushman
Vice Press
General Motors
Ford
American
Dulles in Paris to Shape Big Four Geneva Talks
U S Secretary of State Dulles arrived in Paris to finalize Western strategy for the Geneva talks. He planned meetings with French and British ministers and a Saturday session with NATO partners to outline policy as Khrushchev and Zhukov reportedly join Bulganin in Geneva. Bastille Day remarks framed liberty equality fraternity in the context of collective security. Dulles then proceeded to See DULLES on Page 2.
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Paris
U. S
State Dulles
Antoine Pinay
Harold Macmillan
Geneva
North Atlantic Council
NATO
Nikita Khrushchev
Georgi Zhukov
Bulganin
Dulles
France
North Atlantic Council of 15 Nations
Federal Republic of
Germany
Vienna
Austria
Bonanzagrams Deadline Warning From Katie Kash
About 15 to 20 readers submitted Bonanzagrams late or with improper presentation. Disqualifications include missing name, posting solutions face down, using glue, or sealing the card in an envelope. Katie and helpers urge proper mailing to avoid losing a chance in the Trow’s issue.
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Katie
Explosion at Struck Plant Hurts Watchman
Explosions rocked a plant early today with the first blast at 2 a.m. causing about 100000 dollars in damage and injuring a night watchman mildly. A second blast at 5 a.m. occurred as a worker prepared to light a boiler. police later found dynamite in the second boiler and evacuated twelve workers.
Fumbles But No Subversion Seen In Peress Case
The Senate Investigations subcommittee finds errors and delays in Maj. Irving Peress case but finds no Communist involvement. It accuses the Army of concealing facts and faulty procedures though one member dissenting cites no evidence of subversion.
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Peress
Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Irving Peress
Army
le. Sener
Pentagon
New York
Department of the Army
Congress
Sen
Bender
Ohio
McCarthy
R-Wis
Subcommittee
Weather and River Report for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 20.78 feet with a 58 foot 24 hour rise. Sea level reading 555.08 feet. Yesterday's high 9 percent at 2 p.m. Low this morning 74 at 5. Temperature 8 a.m. today 80. Rainfall 0.2 inches yesterday. 11 inches river reading at 8 a.m. Forecast cloudy with scattered thundershowers this afternoon tonight and Friday. High today 88 low tonight 70 high Friday 88.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Eisenhower balks at defense money bill provision
President Eisenhower warned Congress he would veto the defense appropriations bill if required by a provision granting either chamber veto power over Defense Department divestment decisions. He called the provision unconstitutional and said the executive would ignore it unless a court ordered compliance.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Senate
House Appropriations Committees
Defense Department
Shorn Reserve Bill To Senate Debates
Washington reports the reserve bill moves to the Senate with the Armed Services Committee backing a plan that delays compulsory drills until late 1957 and limits training to men serving 30 days after passage. The House had allowed immediate compulsory training for post Korean armistice entrants. The Senate panel rejected mandatory training for most and proposed bonuses to volunteers in two years.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Bank Street Announces Bargain Days For Area Shoppers
Bank Street merchants invite customers to a weekend of values with Bank Street Bargain Days. Stores will operate during regular hours offering special deals with no strings attached. See today's Daily for the advertising starting on page 19.
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Bank Street
Sterchi's Opens Enlarged Furniture Store in City
Sterchi's enlarged furniture showroom at Second Ave opens Friday at 9 am with 27,000 square feet across three floors now displaying modern styles bedding dining and carpeting. Special events and $2,000 in prizes run through Saturday with music souvenirs and treats for all.
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Sterchi’s
Second Ave
Sterchi's
Buttrey’s
Oka
33 Missing After Veracruz Ship Sinking In Gulf Search
Veracru z Mexico a storm soug hours after sailing from Veracruz 31 survivors and two bodies recovered from the 145 ton La Flecha. Another ship Geo logist Geologist sank after collision near Trinidad. 19 missing and one body recovered.
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Veracruz
Mexico
Gulf
la Fiecha
Caribbean
Trinidad
Progreso
Yucatan Peninsula
Coast Guard
Plan Would Hike Levy On Incomes To 6 Per Cent
After recommending a vast new tax program for Alabama schools last night, the House Ways and Means Committee will take up the problem of teacher salaries today. Working long into the night, the tax-writing group approved revenue measures estimated to bring in nearly 34 million dollars.
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Montgomery
Alabama
House
Ways and Means
Iick
James E. Folsom
Alabama panel backs incentive pay for teachers
The House Ways and Means Committee approved an incentive salary plan boosting average teacher pay by 600 dollars yearly plus sick leave. Beginning teachers would earn 1858 dollars, with top earners at 3660 dollars, under an allotment system. A 100 million dollar school bond plan was proposed to finance building needs with county matching.
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Montgomery
House
Ways and Means
Cullman Escapee Still At Large
Cullman County sheriff reported one of two Black escapees from a local work gang remained at large this morning. Ernest Persons, 22, was captured yesterday. Charles Johnson of Bessemer had not been retaken. Both inmates escaped from the prison camp east of Cullman while working at Old Burnt Bridge in the ArkalDelphia Hanceville area. Persons, jailed from Montgomery County July 20, 1953 for burglary under a 12 year sentence, escaped at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Johnson escaped about 5 p.m. the same day.
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Cullman
Cullman County
Charles Johnson
Bessemer
Ernest Persons
Charlie Boschung
Old Burnt Bridge
Arkadelphia-Hanceville
Montgomery County
Johnson
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Tougues Gallery
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New Air Force Academy
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