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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1955
Page
1
A hearing on a motion to dismiss a bill of complaint against the local Elks Lodge was postponed from 10 a m yesterday to 2 p m today. The report notes multiple local notices and upcoming meetings in the Tri Cities and surrounding communities.
City police on a routine Saturday raid at Athens jail found a large can of moonshine in a cell shared by four prisoners. The prisoners tied bars to access the whiskey and one man likened it to drawing water from a well. Police Chief Roy Beasley was absent during the incident but confirmed the report.
A bus returning from an excursion to Rivera was swept off a flood covered bridge by the Santa Lucia River at San Ramon, 37 miles from Montevideo. Twenty five aboard drowned and sixteen were rescued as heavy rains caused widespread damage across Uruguay.
The Alabama House moved a block of education funding bills to the front of the calendar, aiming to raise about 34 million dollars annually for schools. Gov. Folsom backs a package to raise the income tax to 6 percent, while trimming sales tax exemptions.
The CIO International Union of Electrical Workers begins bargaining with General Electric Co. demanding a full guaranteed annual wage plus a substantial raise and other benefits to replace the contract expiring Sept. 15. The union seeks one year of full pay for laid off workers funded partly by state unemployment and an employer fund of five percent payroll. The company previously called such proposals impractical in a consumer‑driven business.
A Democratic sponsored bill to expand Social Security for women and disabled workers seemed stalled for the year after passing the House 372 to 31. Senate support appears unlikely with key lawmakers reluctant to declare it dead this session.
President Eisenhower told reporters in Geneva that he feels pretty good so far about the Big Four conference. He spoke briefly after shopping for grandchildren near the American delegation hotel and then headed to another summit.
The Senate voted to provide free Salk polio vaccine for millions of children under 20 and pregnant women. The plan would let the government buy vaccine and distribute it through states and local communities, with the House Commerce Committee already approving a similar measure.
Boston reports the Teamsters Union and Associated Transport Inc. reached a wage agreement amid a major trucking industry work stoppage. The settlement ends a widespread stoppage affecting multiple firms and routes.
The Finance Committee agreed today to begin public hearings Friday on a bill passed by the House yesterday to liberalize the social security system. New Delhi Prime Minister Nehru said an international conference with Communist China attending would have to be held sometime after the Geneva summit talks to discuss Far Eastern issues. He did not specify when where or who would attend beyond the Chinese Reds.
Three teenage boys from Dundee Michigan Charles Banks 18 Jack Gibbs 17 and Lester Wilkerson 16 indicated they wish to plead guilty to burglary before indictment Judge Newton Powell ordered a probation report The trio admitted breaking into W R Simmons Standard Service Station and Waters Morris Sinclair Station on July 6 as police noted
Decatur debates a civic center use for the old armory as Huntsville and Decatur officials discuss a potential new armory site. Phenix City figures cited as cautionary example while Decatur plans site studies and city improvements.
Coral Gables Mrs Martha Blumenbach ends a three day hunger strike begun after her son Thomas Blumenbach 26 joined the U S Public Health Service in Savannah Ga. Her husband Earl says she is sick and will begin eating to regain health.
MacDonald Gallion state that the anti usury drive will be statewide not local. He told Rotary Club about 800 small loan firms in Alabama abusing laws and called the recent charges against three Montgomery firms a starting point. He noted possible future actions and cited Phenix City cleanup as context.
Entries for the Bonanzagram top prize of four hundred dollars are due this afternoon by 5 p.m. or by midnight if mailed. The contest notes March era and mentions Uncle Sam currency in green folding money ready to be claimed by the winner. Katie is said to possess the money and seeks a home for it.
Russellville attorney H. Neil Taylor was appointed by Gov. James E. Folsom to the 31st judicial circuit serving Colbert and Franklin counties. He will serve until the November 1956 general election, succeeding Judge Harold V. Hughston who resigned January 24.
Budget committee hearings began Monday as Morgan County formed the United Appeal. Four agencies were heard including the school lunch program welfare department Salvation Army and crippled children with Carl O Hoyer presiding. Ex officio members Barrett Shelton and Quincy Ed dens also attended. Hearings resumed in the afternoon with Girl Scouts TB Sanatorium Alabama Mental Health and Morgan County Red Cross slated to be heard.
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge was 20.21 feet, up 20 feet in 24 hours. Yesterday's high reached 90 degrees at 2 pm. low 74 at 5:30 am. At 8 am the temperature was 83, 90 observed at 11 am. Forecast calls for warm humid conditions with widely scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Highs around 92, lows near 71, and a high near 93 expected Wednesday.
At the Big Four summit President Eisenhower directly urged Soviet Defense Minister Georgi Zhukov to back NATO and support German unification. He also reassured Premier Bulganin that the United States would fight only if attacked. Western leaders prioritized German unification at the top of a four point Western agenda including European security disarmament and East West contact.
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