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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1955
Page
7
Quince Eddens, head of the city electric department, reports a theft of a single shoe and one sock from under his carport at 1422 10th Ave SE. He suspects a dog may have carried them off, though losing just one shoe and sock provokes his ire.
Sen. Hubert Humphrey asked the State Department for a report on why Israeli athletes did not compete in the Mediterranean Games in Barcelona. He cited Arab pressure on Spain and called the omission a bad example of sportsmanship and a reminder of Middle East tensions.
Final rites for Robert Rager 22 of Athens will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church. Rager, a U S Army serviceman, drowned in Worms Germany on July 5. Body arrived in Athens Saturday escorted by Pfc. Carl Jungman. Survivors include his parents a sister a brother and his grandmother.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sophia Vassar Blair 76 of 305 South Clinton St will be Sunday at 2 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs William Johnston in Athens She lived in Capshaw years ago moved to Athens 16 years ago She died Friday at 4 20 p m in Athens Limestone Hospital Survived by daughters Mrs Roy Bradford Decatur Mrs William Johnston Athens son Macon Blair Bruceton Tenn four grandchildren and three brothers W
Washington reporters note a growing furore over Secretary Talbott link to Mulligan & Co. A Senate Investigations subcommittee orders a full public hearing with four Democrats backing the move and three Republicans abstaining. Talbott defends his actions as clean and not improper. The panel corrects testimony about renewal talks with RCA and cites a memo from Air Force General Counsel John A. Johnson.
Six New York Girl Scouts depart for an international encampment of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides to be held on Tjellholmen island near Oslo from August 8 to 13. The party is led by Mrs. Francina Kennedy of Opelika Alabama and travels aboard the liner United States.
A. Vassar and J. N. Vassar Cap shaw John Vassar Athens and two sisters Mrs Betty Cole Capshaw Mrs Tiney Cole Young Huntsville plus many nephews and nieces. McConnell Service Funeral Home directs interment in City Cemetery with active pallbearers Gene Vassar Garland Vassar Leamon Vassar Bert Cole Buford Vassar Milas Vassar and honorary pallbearers Dr A D Powers M A Pylant Lawrence Johnston R L Bradford Clyde Weldon Marion Mitchell R L Christopher Harry Taft Edward Goodrich W Van Gilbert S F Hardin.
Francis H. Inge of Mobile is elected president of the Alabama Bar Association, elevating from first vice president and succeeding Judge Walter B. Jones. Other officers include Maj. Gen. John D. Higgins, a Birmingham reserve officer, Probate Judge John B. Scott of Montgomery as secretary treasurer, and Inge’s background as University of Alabama law graduate and former U.S. district attorney in Mobile. Loyd Wright of the American Bar Assn. spoke on criminal justice responsibilities.
In Russellville Franklin County judge W H Quillen rebuked jurors after they acquitted Horace Wilson on illegal liquor charges. He said jurors have a right to their opinions but noted several liquor cases this week where evidence warranted conviction yet led to verdicts of innocent.
Press Association members from Alabama and guests enjoyed Mobile Bay's Eastern Shore while hearing pleas for freedom of the press. Tampa Tribune editor M. Newton and Thomaston Times editor Leon Smith spotlighted the session, criticizing tightening federal restrictions and urging vigorous defense of constitutional information rights.
Geneva July 23 Mamie Eisenhower as first lady at the Geneva White House while a 23-year-old Italian maid Toni acts as unofficial second lady around the Villa Creux de Genthod. Toni manages affairs, improvises a language with Filipino staff, and often directs daily tasks as President Eisenhower and Andre Firmenich travel.
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