Community diary notes and upcoming events
Social items list travels to Atlanta for a Gift Show by Mr. and Mrs. Ed White Jr and relatives from Decatur. Katherine Hoppers returns from Tuscaloosa after teaching at the University of Alabama Children’s School. Church circle meetings and gospel services are scheduled. Water department reports 6,600 customers capacity eight million gallons daily. Family visitors from Knoxville to Williams address.
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Ed White, Jr
Atlanta
Katherine Hoppers
Tuscaloosa
Children’s School
University of Alabama
George Says Aid Slash Too Deep
Senator George of Georgia objects to the House cutting foreign aid by 628 million dollars and vows to restore part of the cut. He denounces halving a 200 million dollar Asian economic development fund and urges approval of the full amount for longer term projects.
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Washington
Sen
George
D-Ga
House
Geroge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Prayers Of Nation Rally For Ike At Big 4 Talks
Prayers from diverse faiths followed President Eisenhower across the Atlantic for world peace as churches and synagogues urged support for the Geneva conference. Clergy responded to a call for a mighty force of prayers with services in New York and elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Atlantic
James A. Pike
St. John the Divine
Episcopal
New York
World Council of Churches
National Council of the Churches of Christ
U.S.A
Maurice Goldblatt
Indianapolis
Protestant Council of
City of
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Portland
Maine
Emanu-El
Nathan A. Perrlman
Israel
Council of Nations
Area Lawmakers Cool To Idea Of Drastic Income Tax Boost
Alabama lawmakers react coolly to a proposed six percent income tax hike to fund teacher salaries. Morgan County officials and lawmakers like Bob Gilchrist and Albert Brewer oppose the drastic tax package, seeking alternative methods to raise about 30 million dollars. Senator Calvin declines comment while criticizing the plan as unfair, and Governor Folsom is blamed for pushing a public vote route.
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Morgan County
Alabama
Bob Gilchrist
Hartselle
Albert Brewer
Decatur
House
Ways and Means
Gilchrist
Brewer
Gram
Joe Calvin
Calvin
Ways and Means Committee
Goodwyns School Tax Plan Gaining Favor in Legislature
In Montgomery on July 16 Gov Folsom's plan gains legislative traction while Rep C J Goodwyn introduces a constitutional amendment for an adjusted gross income levy. Analysts estimate the proposed tax could raise 10 to 12 million annually, conflicting with the House Ways and Means panel's proposal to raise the existing income tax rate to fund schools.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
C. J. Goodwyn
Revenue Department
Goodwyn
Russell Hungerford
Departmet
House
Ways and Means
Saturday Fourth Straight July Day Of Local Showers
Decatur endured a fourth straight July day of showers with intermittent, brief rains that soaked the ground. The TVA logged up to 0.23 inches by 3:30 p.m. as yesterday's forecast still called for more rain.
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Decatur
Turday
TVA
Soviet Farmers Arriving Monday in Iowa for 2-Week Visit
A 13 member Soviet agricultural delegation arrives Monday for a two-week stay in Iowa. They will stay in hotels and are to be hosted in Iowan homes while a chartered bus tour showcases Iowa’s corn hog economy and community life. The exchange aims to boost Russian farm production as part of broader U S S R initiatives. A parallel 12 member American agriculturalists delegation is visiting Russia.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather and river reading near Keller Memorial Bridge
Saturday morning river reading on the Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge was 21.35 feet, up .14 in 24 hours, sea level 551.65 feet. Rainfall at 3:30 pm was .23 inches. Forecast calls for partly cloudy, warm and humid conditions with widely scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. high near 88 degrees.
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Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Allies Together To Change Red's On German Unity
United States Britain and France win support at Geneva for a united Germany linked to the Atlantic Alliance. NATO ministers from twelve nations back the goal of a free, united Germany under West alliance, with Moscow’s neutralization rejected. The large issue remains deadlocked as talks near the Geneva summit.
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John M. Hightower
Paris
United States
Britain
France
Geneva
Russia
Mo Iain of Ciescany
Wess
Soutency
Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
NATO
Germany
Atlantic Alliance
West Germany
Energa
Nikolai Bulganin
Eisenhower
Eden
Faure
Decatur mother and daughter foil burglary. teen held
Mrs. Hubert Lynch and her daughter Bonnie returned home to a bullet hole in the floor and an empty .45 casing. Sutton, 17, was captured after a chase. police recovered a second pistol and the revolver used in the incident. Sutton faces charges at Morgan County jail.
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Hubert Lynch
Bonnie
Somerville Road
Guy H. Sutton, Jr
Decatur
Morgan County
Mrs. Lynch
Sutton
16Th Ave
Smith
Terry
Lynch Home
J. T. Broadrick
Pack Self
Lynch
Bonnie Lynch
Somerville Rd
Hot Wire Fatality Near Athens Claims Limestone Woman
Athens, a Limestone County woman, Mrs. Bessie Jane Crouch, 47, died of accidental electrocution at her home on Brown's Ferry Road Saturday at 7:30 a.m. She helped her husband Will place tin on a smokehouse when a 110 volt fence wire shocked her as she handed him tin. He heard a weak noise and found her collapsing on the fence.
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Athens
Bessie Jane Crouch
Brown’s Ferry
Crouch
Will
Buddy Evans
Limestone County
Reshuffling Seats Boost Seen in Legislature Fight
In Montgomery July 16 the State Supreme Court loosened paths to reapportionment, signaling a possible increase in momentum for redrawing House and Senate seats. Black Belt lawmakers defend the shift, while a constitutional amendment may alter Section 284 restricting changes to legislative representation by population.
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Montgomery
State Supree Court
Senate
Folsom
Supeme Court
Supreme Court
Pilot Who Saved Paratroopers Gets DFC in South
Captain Theodore S. Roosevelt distant relative of the presidents received the Distinguished Service Cross for safely bringing a Globemaster plane and 79 paratroopers after two engines failed over the Pacific. Roosevelt and seven crewmen were greeted by an honor guard and band at Donaldson Air Force Base in Greenville South Carolina.
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Greenville
S. C
Theodore S. Roosevelt
Teddy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pacific Ocean
Roosevelt
Donaldson Air Force Base
Domestic Cotton Prices Take Dip
New York July 16 Prices of cotton in the domestic market closed off sharply last week after a long period of movement within a narrow range. At Friday's close, active futures contracts on the market showed a notable decline.
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New York
Senators discuss CCC cotton release plan at Raleigh hotel
Five senators met secretly at the Hotel Raleigh to hear James A. McConnell say the Commodity Credit Corporation would release all surplus cotton onto the world market within five to six days. The timing aims for Aug 1955 to Aug 1956 and could push world prices lower, worsening conditions for American cotton farmers facing already depressed prices.
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Drew Pearson Washington
Raleigh
James A. McConnell
Agricultural Stabilization Division
McConnell
Commodity Credit Corporation
C.C.C
Cotton Exchange Dips From Week Earlier Trading
New York Cotton Exchange quotations show a loss of 30 to 63 points from a week ago with movements ranging from a decline of five to an advance of ten points. Page 2 contains domestic market context.
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New York Cotton Exchange
Mindszenty Free Of Red Shackles
Vienna reports that Josef Cardinal Mindszenty was released temporarily from prison and placed in quarters in a church building by order of Hungary. The 63 year old prelate has served years of a life term for treason, amid aging and ill health.
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Vienna
Austria
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Budapest
Mindszenty
Red People’s Court
Counties Back Plan for Federal Court in Decatur
Limestone Lawrence and Cullman bar associations endorse Rep Bob Jones bill to create a Federal Court in Decatur. Morgan County Bar Association leader Jimmy Bloodworth says neighboring bars approve the move and federal judges would sit in court one. The aim is to save time and money for courts and users in the four county area. Closest federal courts currently are Huntsville Florence and Birmingham.
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Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman
Alabama
Bob Jones
Decatur
Jimmy N. Bloodworth
Morgan County Bar Association
Morgan Bar
Bloodworth
Bill
Judiciary Committee
United States
House of Representatives
Congress
H. H. Grooms
Seybourn H. Lynne
Lae
Huntsville
Florence
Birmingham
Leaders From East and West Reach Geneva for Big Four Talks
President Eisenhower and other top leaders arrived in Geneva for a pivotal six day conference aimed at easing the cold war. Eden Faure Bulganin and Adenauer voiced cautious optimism as leaders converge to discuss peace and reconciliation in Europe.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Geneva
Eisenhower
Europe
United States
Columbine III
America
United
Maj. John Een Oe
Sean
Max Petitpierre
Iceland
Eden
Faure
Bulganin
Moscow
London
Paris
Organization of Peace
Bundestag
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
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Ninth Street
Methodist Church
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11Th Ave
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Elvege Cagle
Ee Neel
Jack Kennedy
Seat Sachet
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Mr. Eubank
Hoyt Bonner
Mr. Bonner
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Knoxville
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