Bark Beetle Attack Pines Across Alabama
Alabama foresters report many bark beetle species harming pines in woodlands damaged by fire, wind, or improper cutting. Beetles like the black turpentine, southern pine engraver, and southern pine beetle target stumps or saplings and can attack healthy trees after nearby infestations grow. Control focuses on forest management and a targeted spray of lindane and DDT around affected trees.
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W. A. Ruffin
Auburn
Ala
Alabama
Woman Claims Alabama Convict Kidnapped Her
Mrs Ollie Mitchum Manis 33 says James Monroe Evans 27 forced her to ride from Dallas to Montgomery with him and an unidentified man. FBI reports Evans paroled convict arrested on a federal kidnapping warrant after being identified by a prison photo.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Dallas
Tex
Ollie Mitchum Manis
James Monroe Evans
Evans
Prattmont
Manis
Earthquake Shakes Formosa Tolling Coast Cities
A tremor of varying intensity struck Formosa early today causing minor damage. No casualties were reported. The quake rattled Hu alien and Shinko on the east coast, with frightened residents rushing into the streets, and was also felt in Taipei.
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Formosa
Taipei
Hualien
Shinko
Parole Violation Tied to Man in Dallas Cafe
Fred Hallford of the Mobile FBI says Evans, serving a five year Montgomery grand larceny sentence, violated parole issued June 17 while working as a grill man in a Dallas cafe. Hallford notes Evans claimed Mrs. Manis accompanied him voluntarily.
Wife Leads Interference For Hubby In Runaway Vehicle
In Winsted Connecticut a five ton truck with four show horses raced down a main street at eighty mph as its driver John L. McFaum shouted for his wife Kathryn to pull back. She kept pace and warned other drivers while traffic dodged. The truck ran three red lights and narrowly passed a bicycle rider before McFaum halted the vehicle outside town after the transmission failed. The horses valued at more than fifteen thousand dollars were unharmed though two helpers were shaken. Police praised the couple for nerve and skill and no charges were filed.
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Winsted, Conn
John L. McFaum
Winsted Main Street
McFaum
Ipswich
Mass
Lakeville
Waldo Heath
McFaumn
Newspapers Over Country Praise Geneva Meeting
Editorial excerpts from major papers praise the Geneva conference noting brighter prospects for peace and creditting President Eisenhower with leadership and goodwill. The Washington Post Times Herald calls the result a milestone in world peace while The New York Times lauds moral clarity and sincere effort toward harmony.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Washington Post
Times-Herald
Eisenhower
New York Times
Broadway Producer Margo Jones Dies in Dallas
Dallas theater innovator Margo Jones died after kidney disease linked to inhalation fumes. She popularized theater in the round with Theater ’47, launched in Dallas after Rockefeller grant work, and helped stage Inherit the Wind with Paul Muni as associate producer. She co directed Glass Menagerie with Eddie Dowling to acclaim.
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Dallas
Margo Jones
Paul Muni
New York
Eddie Dowling
Tennessee Williams
Glass Menagerie
New York Drama Critics Circle
Miss Jones
Rockfeller Foundation
Arena Theaters
GM reports record employee and payroll totals
General Motors announced record U S employment and a payroll totaling 1 563 million for the first six months of the year. The average weekly earnings rose to 103 09 and the work week to 43 5 hours amid a 25 decline in defense work and unauthorized strikes in some U S plants. The figures precede GM s formal quarterly report to stockholders.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
U. S
CIO
United Auto Workers
Harlow H. Curtice
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
Broadcasting Schedule Fragments From Local Radio Ledger
A jumbled OCR of daily radio and TV listings outlines a dense schedule with programs like Gospel Jubilee Alabama Farmers Time and News segments. The text also mentions music hours, dramas, talk shows, and religious programming across stations, with several unclear entries and garbled names.
Two Held After College Youth Beaten To Death
Newport Beach Calif police report two men jailed after the fatal beating of Irving Richard Perrett 21 a Clare mont College student from Los Angeles The suspects Robert H Leverne 33 a San Gabriel building contractor and William D Smith 29 a Costa Mesa salesman were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter They claimed Perrett peeked into the window of their vacation apartment and a fight broke out with Leverne saying I didn t mean to kill him I just wanted to give him a good clobbering Perrett died in a hospital as his parents visited the area
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Newport Beach
Calif
Irving Richard Perrett
Los Angeles
Claremont
Robert H. Leverne
San Gabriel
William D. Smith
Costa Mesa
Perrett
Leverne
Smith
Couples Rescued After Night Adrift in Delaware Bay
Two couples, James W. Bennett and Marion of New Castle, and Chance T. Keene and Lillian of Kirkwood, were rescued from a 14 foot rowboat after a storm left them adrift in Delaware Bay. One man was unconscious. Keene collapsed in the night. all four were treated at Kent General Hospital in Dover.
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Lewes
Del
Delaware Bay
Kent General Hospital
Dover
James W. Bennett
Marion
New Castle
Chance T. Keene
Lillian
Kirkwood
Pickering Beach
Coast Guard
Keene
Labor Department Rules Nothing Bad About Beard
New York State Labor Department rules there is nothing inherently repulsive about a Van Dyke beard. Unemployment benefits will be paid to a hotel pool attendant fired for growing a beard and refusing to shave. The decision reversed a prior ineligibility ruling.
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New York
State Labor Department
World Leaders Meet in Geneva Aims to Reduce War Risk
The press lauds the Geneva talks as a step toward better world conditions and eased tensions. The Big Four met and spoke candidly, with hope that further dialogue will not be in vain. Eisenhower’s performance is praised as calming and constructive.
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Chicago Sun Times
New York Herald Tribune
Boston Globe
Eisenhower
Geneva
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Hubby
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Asy
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Decater
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