Revival services at Jones Chapel Baptist Church
Revival services at Jones Chapel Baptist Church begin Sunday and run all week led by Rev. G. W. Helms with brother Rev. Grady Helms assisting in Gadsden. Public invited to attend. Major and Mrs. James K. Polk and son Mickey visit from Marysville and Fort Dix await Germany assignment as Mrs. Polk and Mickey stay for port call. Mrs. Clyde Reeves returns home after Block hospital stay. The Lake Junaluska NC Conference runs July 20 26. Diocese? See Page 2.
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Jones Chapel Baptist Church
G. W. Helms
Grady Helms
Gadsden
Major
James K. Polk
Mickey
Marysville
Calif
L. H. Pearson
Pensacola
L. T. Gifford
Major Polk
Ft. Dixy N. J
Germany
GOC Plans Set In This County
The Air Force expands the Ground Observer Corps nationwide and Alabama starts immediate recruiting in every county. Deputy Alabama Civil Defense head Paul Brunson and Major Jack Stryker met county leaders to organize posts as 700 observers are sought across Alabama with a target to be ready by November 1.
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United States Air Force
Ground Observer Corps
Department of Civil Defense
Alabama
Paul Brunson
Civil Defense
Jack M. Stryker
Howard Proctor
Norman Albright
R. H
Macon County debates firing teachers over integration move
State Senator Engelhardt said Macon County boards would fire any Negro teacher who supports integration. A petition for integrated schools was presented in Tuskegee, with no board action yet. The issue arose during a Senate Education Committee hearing on a measure to allow local boards to dismiss teachers by unanimous vote.
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Montgomery
Sam Engelhardt
Macon County
His County
Supreme Court
Tuskegee
C. A. Pruitt
Engelhardt
Pruitt
B. L. Balch
Senate Education Committee
Albert Davis
Pickens County
Alabama
Davis
Macon
Tuskegee Institute
House of Representatives
Max Luther Dies of Gunshot Near Oaklawn Farm Road
Max Luther aged 46 died from a bullet to the temple beside his car on a farm road near Oaklawn about a mile north of here. Coroner Jimmy L. Giles said the cotton buyer apparently shot himself. a target pistol with four cartridges was found, only one fired recently. Luther came 20 years ago from Albertville and headed Max Luther Cotton Co. He was also a horse breeder and exhibitor. He is survived by his widow Mildred Smith Luther a daughter Jeanne and a son Max Jr. Funeral services at 4 p.m. tomorrow at the Episcopal Church of the Nativity.
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Oaklawn
Katie Finds Likely Looking Bonanzagrams
A Texas audience awaits a Friday drawing as 80 hopeful entries pile up. Letters from Mrs. W C Bice of Austinville and several Trinity and Athens residents show promising but differing answers for the Bible quiz bonanza.
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Katie
W. C. Bice
Austinville
Bice
Fred Lamon
Trinity
J. C. Parker
Lorena Southard
Athens
C. L. Holt
Chemstrand Expands Pensacola Nylon Plant Output
The Chemstrand Corporation increases Pensacola Florida nylon plant capacity to 88 million pounds per year, announced by president Henry H. Bitler after a board meeting. This marks the second capacity rise since operation began in December 1953, with an earlier 58 million per year boost to be ready in 1956. Chemstrand is jointly owned by American Viscose Corp and Monsanto Chemical Co.
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New York
Chemstrand Corporation
Pensacola
Fla
Henry H. Bitler
Bitler
Chemstrand
United States
American Viscose Corp
Monsanto Chemical Co
One of World’s Richest Men Gulbenkian Dies in Portugal
Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian, famed oil magnate and one of the world’s richest men, died in Lisbon at 86 from a kidney ailment after a long illness. He shunned publicity and lived quietly in the Hotel Aviz.
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Lisbqn
Portugal
Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian
Gulbenkian
Aviz
Senate Commerce Committee approves two atomic ships
The Senate Commerce Committee approved two bills authorizing atomic powered merchant ships one aligned with President Eisenhower's peace ship concept and the other a rival Democratic plan.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Eisenhower
Birmingham Southern appoints Snavely as chancellor
Dr. Guy E. Snavely, former AA C Colleges president and former executive director, was appointed chancellor and acting president of Birmingham Southern College.
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Birmingham
Guy E. Snavely
The
American Assn. of Colleges
Birmingham- Southern College
White House Role Queried in Dixon Yates Bond Hearing
A Senate judiciary subcommittee sought to learn today what role the White House played in a temporary suspension of a Dixon Yates bond hearing before the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Hamilton W. Faron
Washington W
Senate Judiciary
White House
Dixon-Yates
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Committee Accepting Donations for Storm-Damaged Cedar Plains Church
Three men were chosen to collect funds for rebuilding Cedar Plains Church, demolished by a tornado on April 24. They are A Morris Hart seller in Sherrill, John Your England of Falkville, and Wolvering i in Decatur contactable via England. Revival services are planned the first Sunday in August led by Rev W O Henderson of Four Oaks NC. donations can be mailed to any committee member.
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Cedar Plains Church
Price Bryant
Sherrill
Hartseller
A. Morris
Hartselle 1
John Your
Buck
England
Falkville
Wolvering i
Decatur
W. O. Henderson
Four Oaks
N.C
Bryant
Molotov Seeks Positive Publicity With Cowboy Hat
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov told an American delegate at the summit that he aims to generate mass publicity for himself as he ages. He recalled Wyoming last month when he wore a 10 gallon hat and asked whether it was good publicity. The exchange centered on image and reception, not policy.
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Eddy Gilmore
Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Mello
United States
Molotov
Wyoming
Soviet Union
Jury Indicts CIO Auto Union in 1954 Campaign Finance
A federal grand jury indicted the CIO United Auto Workers Union for violating the federal corrupt practices act by using union funds to back political activities in the 1954 congressional race. The case ties to the McNamara defeat of Senator Ferguson with union ties observed in a union radio program probe.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Patrick V. McNamara
UAW
U.S
Homer Ferguson
Car Sought as Contraband in Beer Case
A bill of complaint filed in Bryan McAfee's office names Gurney Houston and his 1955 Oldsmobile accused of transporting 20 gallons of beer. The request asks the court to declare the car contraband and forfeit it to the State of Alabama. The filing is on the relation of Circuit Solicitor George Johnson and County Solicitor Ralph Slate.
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Bill
Bryan McAfee
Gurney Houston
Houston
Alabama
George Johnson
Ralph Slate
Knotty issues at Geneva summit with Big Four talks
The Big Four returned to foreign ministers to resolve European security and German unification as the summit stalled on both issues. President Eisenhower urged unity and noted Soviet desire for world peace while aides drafted disarmament plans and top officials joined from Paris for potential talks.
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Geneva
Germany
Eisenhower
Viet
Russia
Georgi K. Zhukov
Arthur Radford
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Alfred M. Gruenther
Europe
Paris
Robert Anderson
U. S
Lev Faces New Bribe Count in Uniform Caps Case
Senate investigators urged the Justice Department and the IRS to study a hearing transcript with fresh bribery accusations against Harry Lev of Chicago. Lev could not recall the disposition of $20 000 withdrawn in 1953 while insisting no bribe payments were made to win government contracts. The subcommittee seeks possible graft evidence tied to Lev s Mid City Uniform Cap Co and other uniform suppliers.
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Washington
Senate
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Service
Harry Lev
Chicago
Lev
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McClellan
D-Ark
Reserve Duty May Be Forced
Senate and House conferees reached tentative approval on a reserve bill that would compel reserve service for all men entering active military duty after enactment. The bill sets six years as the minimum period of service for all Americans of draft age, including active duty and reserve time.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate House
Weather and River Reading in Decatur Area
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge registered 20.3 percent this morning, up 215 feet in 24 hours. Yesterday’s high hit 91 at 3 pm. 5 am low 78. 8 am 82. 11 am 91. Forecast calls for partly cloudy hot humid conditions with scattered afternoon thundershowers. highs 95, lows 73.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Rioters Berate Saigon Hotel as Perle Mesta Trapped
Thousands of rioters sacked Saigon's Majestic Hotel during a peaceful 30 000 strong demonstration against the first anniversary of the armistice. Mrs Perle Mesta was trapped in a second floor suite for an hour and a half but out talked rioters who attacked her door with axes. Police arrested 30 Communist Vietminh agents as the riot damaged interiors.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Perle Mesta
U.S
Luxembourg
Majestic
Washington
Viet Nam
Mesta
Jean Anderson
Lester R. Pridgen
New York
Perle
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Otis E. Kirby
Lake Junaluska, M. C
Saylor
Ava
Business Women's Federation of Morgan County Baptist Churches
Hartselle
Business Women’s Circle
Harrison Hill
Gordon Dr
GOC
Buckley
Max Luther
Huntsville
Episcopal Church of the Nativity
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Edward McMunn
1343Rd Engineering Bn
Bulletins
Stone Bottom
Gilmore
Jury
CIO Auto Union
Capmaker
Nikolai Bulganin
Edgar Faure
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
United Nations
Bulganin
Thomas W. Mann Jr
Miami
Sebring
Beverly
Bottom
Lake Placid
Mann
Perle Qut
S. Viet Nam
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