Lawmakers Split On How To Raise School Revenue In Alabama
In Montgomery lawmakers face a shrinking window to fund public schools with revenue schemes. Failing to align on a $34 million tax package, many doubt passage of income tax changes or constitutional amendments. Rep. C J Goodwyn promotes a graduated tax on adjusted gross income, potentially broadening the base and tapping corporations, with estimates of $16 million from individuals and similar from business taxes.
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Montgomery
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Rep
C. J.goodwyn
Ways and Means Committee
Goodwyn
State Revenue Department
O Mahoney Attacks Iron Curtain Tone in Dixon Yates Row
Sen. O Mahoney accuses the Eisenhower administration of secrecy and behind closed doors methods in the Dixon Yates private power contract. He labels the episode a subsidy scheme and condemns Sherman Adams for defying a subcommittee appearance.
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Washington
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Eisenhower
Dixon-Yates
Judiciary
CBS
Capitol Cloakroom
Tennessee Valley Authority
Memphis
TVA
O’mahoney
Dixon- Yates
Sherman Adams
SEC
United States
Amusements Today Listings Include Five Theaters
Princess features Hit The Deck with Tony Martin and Jane Powell at 1 3 5 7 9 25. ROXY presents The Keystone Kops with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello at 1 40 3 40 5 40 7 40 9 40. Sunset shows Dragnet with Jack Webb at 7 30 and 9 45. From Here To Eternity stars Lancaster Montgomery Cliff at 7 30 9 50. Hatfield offers West of Zanzibar at 7 30 9 30. Starvue presents Dragnet with Jack Webb at 7 30 9 30.
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Princess
Tony Martin
Jane Powell
ROXY
Keystone Kops
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Ranch
Meropelig
Lancaster
Montgomery Cliff
Dismissals List From St Hospitals Names and Addresses Included
A brief hospital dismissal notice lists several individuals with residence details including Melvin Maze, Mrs Vernon Hood and infant, Mrs Harold Terry, Mrs Minnie Lee Terry, and admissions for Mrs Joe Briggs, Mrs Sherrill Moore, Mrs R Q Carter, and Mrs Clark Lentz. The truncated item mentions Hospital St and College St addresses in Hartselle and Hillsboro.
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Joe Briggs
7Th Ave
Sherrill Moore
McGaugh St
Hartselle
R. Q. Carter
9Th Ave
Clark Lentz
Trinity
Local Births and Registrations in Hartselle and Nearby
The Hartselle hospital lists individuals including Frank Smith and Mrs Sue Humphrey of Hartselle, baby Diane Moore of Danville, and Frances McClure of Somerville. Also named are Mrs W B Darnel of Valhermosa Springs and Mrs Frank Russell of Hartselle with others in Falkville Falkville Hart selle and Falkville.
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Hartselle Hospital
Frank Smith
Hartselle
Sue Humphrey
Diane Moore
Danville
W. B. Darnel
Valhermosa Springs
Frank Russell
Clarence Lee
Falkville
Frances McClure
Somerville
Austin Couch
George W. Hamilton
M. H. Byoom
Obituary Notices From Athens Limestone Hospital
Mrs. W. D. Hodges of Athens Mrs. Willie Turner and infant son Elkmont Mrs. Ozro Flanagan of Athens 6 Mrs. Edward Lamar of Athens 1.
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Athens Limestone Hospital
W. D. Hodges
Athens
Willie Turner
Elkmont
Ozro Flanagan
Edward Lamar
Local Obituaries and Residences Listed for Decatur Area
Decatur General Hospital lists residents including Mrs. Bobby Clark at 611 Austin St and Mrs. James Champion. Also noted are Sam C. Thompson at 916 17th Ave and Mrs. J. T. Vinson at 1019 6th Ave. Other entries include Mrs. Malcolm Young in Decatur and Mrs. Narcie Owen at Cornelian Court Apt. Master Rubin Teague at 927 1 2 4th Ave SE.
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Decatur General Hospital
Bobby Clark
Austin St
James Champion
Decatur
Malcolm Young
Narcie Owen
Cornelian Court
Apt
Luna McKelvey
E. Gordon Drive
Rubin Teague
4Th Ave
Lawmen Probe Woman Death After Fall From Car
In Laurel Mississippi a 28 year old Ovett resident Mrs Doris Graham fell jumped or was pushed from a moving car near here and died upon arrival at a hospital. A coroner jury recessed until Monday while District Attorney Grover Doggett continues the investigation amid mystery surrounding the case. Russell Graham husband of the victim told officers he and his wife had been to Hattiesburg and were returning home when she fell from the car. he was not at all satisfied with the story.
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Laurel
Miss
Ovett
Doris Graham
Grover Doggett
Graham
Russell Graham
Hattiesburg
Native Of Elkmont Dies In Mississippi
Graveside services for Leon A. Gray Sr. of Maben Mississippi will be Sunday at p.m. at New Garden Cemetery east of Elkmont. Gray was a native of Elkmont.
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Elkmont
Mississippi
Leon A. Gray
Maben
New Garden Cemetery
Gray
Notmale Glimpses Of Local Life Chronicle
A fragment list of 1951 and 1953 vehicles collide at 6th Ave and 9th St SE at 1 20 p m. Front end damage to a Damon Blackwell driven Chevrolet truck and right side damage to James Bean’s Chevrolet. Police report six docketed cases in Recorder's Court including disorderly conduct and violations of prohibition. Also notes weddings, habeas corpus action, court pleadings, thefts, hospitalizations, and a fire alarm incident with no fire.
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6Th Ave
9Th St. SE
Euel Thompson
Damon Blackwell
Somerville 1
James E. Bean
East West talks fail to bridge major Cold War divide
The Big Four outlined a path toward reduced tension with a plan for a parallel talk on German unity and disarmament. West Germany would join NATO while Russia seeks later unification and a European security pact. Disagreements persist on nuclear weapons, East Europe, and Formosa.
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NATO
Russia
West Germany
Warsaw
Germany
East
Europe
Eden
Far East
China
United Nations
Peiping
Formosa
Eisenhower arrival greeted by GOP leaders at Dulles
Senator Knowland and Millikin expected to meet Eisenhower on his arrival at Washington National Airport tomorrow morning. Aides doubt Bridges will attend. Other signers supporting the president include Aiken Flanders Allott Beall her Bennett Watkins Bush Purtell Case Dirksen Duff Martin Potter Saltonstall Smith Thyé Ruchel and 19 GOP senators. Predicting that Eisenhower
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Knowland
Millikin
Eisenhower
Washington National Airport
Bridges
Case
Aiken and Flanders
Vermont
Allott
Colorado
Beall
Maryland
Her
Ohio
Bennett and Watkins
Utah
Bush and Purtell
Connecticut
South Dakota
Dirksen
Illinois
Duff
Pennsylvania
Martin
Iowa
Potter
Michigan
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Smith
New Jersey
Thyé
Minnesota
Ruchel
California
Obituary: Elkmont Man Dies After Illness at Home
Elkmont man died in Maben Friday at 5 p.m. at his residence after an illness. Survivors include three sons Leon Gray Jr Auburn Kenneth Gray Maben Miss Wesley Scott Gray Athens Ohio. two grandchildren. one half brother Wade Gray Tuscaloosa.
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Elkmont
Maben
Leon Gray, Jr
Auburn
Kenneth Gray
Miss
Wesley Scott Gray
Athens
Ohio
Wade Gray
Tuscaloosa
Hull’s 1933 1944 Career and World War II Impact
The article profiles Cordell Hull highlighting nearly 12 years out of office due to illness from 1933 to 1944 after 22 years in the House and 2 in the Senate. It notes prior roles as circuit judge and Tennessee legislator, his 1921 1924 Democratic chairmanship, and his push for a bipartisan foreign policy. It credits him with founding the United Nations, the Good Neighbor policy, reciprocal trade, and moral standards, and recalls his distinctive appearance and blunt humor, including the Pearl Harbor period cuss-out of Japanese diplomats.
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House
Senate
Tennessee
United Nations
Roosevelt
Hull
Tennessee Mountains
Davey Crockett
Cussin
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Want Ads Get Results Warm Welcome From Geneva Visit
A passage notes a "warm welcome" for the Want Ads Get Results and praises the sincerity of American peace efforts shown by the President during his Geneva actions. The quote highlights the day's positive reception of U S diplomacy.
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Geneva
Cullman Trainman Dies in Wrecker Accident
Birmingham resident Odie A. Webb 64 died about 7 05 p m Saturday two miles south of Cullman while riding a railroad wrecker. Webb was found near the 12th Street crossing by a girl and reportedly fell from the wrecker as L E Dean turned around. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Moss Service Funeral Home.
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Cullman
Birmingham
Odie A. Webb
Webb
40Th St
Grady Moss
Cullman County
Moss
12Th St
G. T. Brown
L. E. Dean
Dean
Brown
Moss Service Funeral Home
Khrushchev faces pressure as Stalin-era rivals loom
The piece notes rising Soviet pressure and Khrushchev's need to answer to Malenkov and the Soviet leadership after a cautious Geneva posture. It compares Khrushchev’s slower climb to power with Stalin’s purge timeline, warning time is short as age and defection risk grow.
Births Report from Decatur and Nearby Hospitals
A string of birth notices lists newborn daughters and sons to families in Decatur and surrounding areas. Names include Champion, Clark, Carter, Biggs, Miller, Holmes, Turner, and Toone with birth locations at General Hospital Bank Street Clinic Hartsville Hospital and Athens Lime. Dates span Saturday Friday and Thursday with no ages given.
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James Champion
Decatur 2
Geneva conference ends with call for disarmament progress and peace
Soviet Premier Bulganin and Western leaders hailed the Geneva summit as a new stage in East West relations. They urged UN Disarmament talks to study proposals including Eisenhower’s blueprint swap plan and to reduce barriers to free communication and trade. Bulganin criticized not addressing Formosa and seating Red China at the UN.
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United Nations
New York
U. N
Russia
League of Nations
Geneva
Red China
Suspected first degree murder after prison stabbing
Sheriff reports Robinson may face an additional first degree murder charge in a prison camp stabbing over 50 cents. He says the knife was found beside a road where he worked and that Amerson and Robinson argued in the recreation room. Amerson died after being stabbed then moved toward a bathroom.
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Gree
Robinson
Amerson
Camp
Waldrop
Markets Update on Cottonseed Milk and Calves Prices
Market notes show cottonseed at 60.00 per ton and Grade A milk at 6.10 per cwt. Manufactured milk and indirect price movements are described. Calves priced to dealers at 18.50, with 200-240 lb calves at 16.25-16.50.
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Decatur Wan
Southern Association Openers Tie as Birmingham Edges Little Rock
Little Rock and Birmingham split the series with scores 7 to 1 and 3 to 3. Pitchers Taylor Tully Minor and Gabler Depalo Neeman were listed in the box, while James Claunch of Elkmont was identified for a hospital transfer.
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Southern Association
Little Rock
Birmingham
Taylor
Tully
Minor
Gabler
Depalo
Neeman
Gillespie Funeral Slated For Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Gillespie 69 are set for Monday at 2 p.m. in Brown Funeral Home Chapel with Rev J K Rodgers officiating. She died Friday at 1 p.m. at her home in Somerville. Survived by four daughters and three sons and two brothers listed.
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Mary Gillespie
Brown Funeral Home
J. K. Rodgers
Somerville
Sanders
Hartford
Mich
Lawson
Decatur
Austin
Azores Islands
Allen Jordan
Hobbs
Demo Chairman Attacks Eisenhower Dixon Yates Deal
Knoxville July 3 Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler links the Eisenhower Dixon Yates deal to a private enterprise administration favoring select interests. He accuses the administration of back stage cover ups and bank benefits from loan boosts, calling the effort a mop up of a broader TVA and public power program attack. He cites Kefauver and stresses opposition to private control of public enterprise.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Paul M. Butler
TVA
Butler
Knox County
Eisenhower
Yates
Tennessee Valley Authority
Dixon-Yates
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
Free Enterprise Administration
Dixons
Dixon- Yates
Teachers Tern in Alabama Schools Reflecting Training
The article lists several Decatur area teachers with college credentials and summer study. Mary Collier and Joy Hale prepare high school faculty while Edith Wels leaves Gordon Bible School replacement roles for Hazel Breland. Various staff changes include seventh grade at Riverside and first grade assignments across Wal te r Jackson and West Decatur schools.
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Walter Jackson School
E. A. Sammons
Harriet Godfrey
Collier
Peabody
Otis Kirby
Marvin Howell
West Decatur
Howell
California
Kirby
Decatur
Virginia Hughes
Riverside School
Hughes
de Green
Miss Penn
Illinois Normal University
Bessie L. Howard
Jackson
Pallbearers Named for Dublin Man's funeral
N M Vinson Jordan of Dublin Texas leaves 17 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed: Harry Shinglebar Holden Taylor Irwin Hagood Taft Landers Dee Gillespie Winfield Curbow. Interment planned in City Cemetery with Brown directing.
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N.M
Vinson Jordan
Dublin
Tex
Harry Shinglebar
Holden Taylor
Irwin Hagood
Taft Landers
Dee Gillespie
Winfield Curbow
City Cemetery
Brown Directing
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Sunset — Dragnet
Jack Webb
Starvue
Courtland Highway
Dragnet
Sam C. Thompson
17Th Ave
J. T. Vinson
Police Recorder’s Court
Odie Cavnar
Veterans Hospital
Margaret Sims
Clifford*Sims
Nashville
Smitty Carter
R. W. Sims
Clarence Sims
Melvin Sims
Macon
Wayne Sims
Oxford
James Eaton
Joe Beams
Boyd Drake
Yvonne Barrett
West End Church of Christ
W. H. Long
Robert Lowell Hopkins
Newton Powell
Moulton
Lawrence
County Circuit Court
Heatea
Mrs. A. L. Holmes
Lewisburg, Tenn
Janet George
B. F. Goodrich
Paul Draper
Delano Park
Edward Richards
Tower St
John Collier
Priceville
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Cain St. NE
Floyd Elkins
James Roland
Sherman St
Ford
Tennis Wade
Olive St
Long Beach
Calif
Sweden
Hillevi Rombin
U.S.A
Carlene King Johnson
Rutland
England
Margaret Rowe
Ceylon
Maureen Hingert
el Salvador
Maribel Ags Rieta
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Malenkov
Stalin
Lenin
Trotsky
Jem
European Security
Alice Huntley
Los Angeles
National Secretaries Association
Chattanooga
J. H. Kindelberger
North American Aviation, Inc
Stone Hospital
James Claunch
Athens-Limestone Hospital
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