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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1955
Page
4
The Florence Herald notes a federal plan to spend twelve billion dollars on roads over fifteen years with tax increases billed as painless. An old man on a porch laments national chaos from crowded roads and speeding traffic driven by too many people in too many cars.
A group discusses cigarette pricing noting a 28 cent package with 14 cents tax, half the retail price, and suggesting further taxation. The men imply Alabama has reached a breaking point in cigarette taxation.
Former president Truman, in Chicago for a shriners convention, bluntly answered a reporter that he has no plan to run again. He said he is glad to be rid of the White House and that no man can fill that job, adding a note on humor needed for the presidency.
The piece notes long standing talk of county consolidation in Alabama. It cites Frank Dixon’s gubernatorial defeats and returns, and argues modern road systems cut travel time, yet opinions split on reducing 67 counties to fewer, with some suggesting half could suffice.
The budget hearings start this week for Morgan County's first United Appeal plan. Chairman Carl O Hoyer leads a committee including James N Bloodworth Allison Smith and Harold Michelson of Decatur plus B G Hall and Jimmie Davis of Hartselle. By August 1 findings and recommendations will be reported and preparations will start for the countywide appeal.
The Washington Merry Go Round notes Ike’s surprise Big Four gathering in Geneva, Eden’s push, and Eden’s worry over British elections. It profiles Anthony Eden, Sir Winston Churchill, and the Soviet leaders Bulganin and Khrushchev, highlighting holiday diplomacy, language barriers, and the aim to ease Cold War tensions.
The piece celebrates Arlie B. Davidson and his lifelong devotion to languages. It recounts how his love of study led him from poverty to Oxford, where he taught part time while expanding his knowledge, culminating in the fifty one volume Sacred Book of the East and establishing him as a leading philologist and orientalist. It argues enduring, nonmonetary rewards come from work done for love.
Two Decatur men a Courtland man and an Athens man are named among directors of a newly incorporated million dollar insurance company in Montgomery. The listing includes several of the state s top public officials and business leaders.
At a San Francisco UN meeting John Foster Dulles and Vyacheslav Molotov shared a rare humorous exchange. Molotov suggested inviting Senator McCarthy to see what a real Communist looks like, prompting Dulles to warn he might accept. Both ministers watch Bulganin and Eisenhower at Geneva.
Morgan State Rep Albert Brewer of Decatur plans a general bill to let the Decatur board of education choose between insuring its buildings with the State Insurance Fund or with local firms. He will ask the legislature to exempt Decatur from a state law requiring state-procured coverage. The move, at the board's request, aims to cut costs by allowing local insurers, arguing Decatur properties pose lower risk and thus lower rates.
The Methodist Church plans a two million dollar four year college in Alaska. Rev. P Gordon Gould said at a southwide missionary conference it will be the first four year church related college in the Alaskan area.
Over the past century more than four billion tons of freight have moved through the Saulte Ste. Marie locks on the Great Lakes marking a major trade milestone for the waterway.
W. T. Musgrove, a veteran Florence insurance executive, is named president. The board includes 17 directors with Alabama Public Service Commissioner Jimmy Hitchcock and Dothan Mayor J. T. Thrower. Directors from Decatur include Dr. Ray Ashwander and Frank Scroggins. Courtland planter D. L. Martin and Athens’ C. H. Jones also sit on the board.
Norman Vincent Peale describes a hotel meeting where he joins a manager in a quiet two person prayer to seek God’s guidance. The process leads to a moral clear answer about the right action and emphasizes not rushing decisions but seeking divine wisdom for high level choices. The piece underscores prayerful collaboration and disciplined decision making.
Police seek a green 1949 Studebaker believed to have struck a 1940 Ford at 4 07 p m Saturday at Highway 31 and 7th St Both cars were southbound on 6th Ave when the Studebaker rear ended the Ford and fled The Studebaker front end would show damage state police report
Four inmates escaped from an Escambia County Florida prison camp on July 4 and were pursued until capture. Jesse Emmons, 35, convicted last year in a case involving the death of Harry and David Baldwin of East Pensacola Heights, surrendered after officers surrounded his Brewton home.
Some scientists believe that lichen or similar plants could grow on Mars, a view attributed to statements by the National Geographic Society. The claim highlights potential bioindicator organisms for extraterrestrial ecosystems.
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