Austinville community meeting and city events
A Friday 7 30 p m meeting for residents on the present and future of Austinville recreation is announced. Flint streets paving is denied by Mayor Day who cites grading and graveling only. Rev Minar L Triplett will preach at 10 55 Sunday morning. A Moose Lodge safety meeting is set tonight at 7 30. A Moose dance follows Saturday 9 to midnight with the Moultonaires. See DIARY On Page 2.
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Austinville
Flint
T. V. Day
Minar L. Triplett
First Methodist Church
City Electric Auditorium
Decatur Moose Lodge 243
Moose Home
Moulton St
Moultonaires
Atomic Cannon Added To U S Okinawa Defense
The United States plans to land 280 mm atomic cannons on Okinawa to bolster Far East defences. The guns, capable of firing atomic or conventional shells, have ranges up to 30 miles with smaller shells. About 50 guns are believed in the U S Army, with six battalions already in Europe and a test fired two years ago at Nevada.
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Washington
Okinawa
Europe
Far East
Nevada Atomic Weapons Proving Ground
Senators Aiken Sparkman propose Soviet exchange visits
Senators Aiken and Sparkman urged reciprocal visits with the Soviet Union and inviting top Soviet leaders to the United States. They linked the idea to President Eisenhower and Geneva conference discussions and noted plans for broader cultural exchanges despite immigration fingerprinting rules.
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Washington
Aiken
Sparkman
Dfla
United States
Nixon
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita S. Krushchev
Britain
Dulles
Truman
Vinson
George
State Department
Frank T. Adams Service Friday
Frank Tondee Adams 88 died Wednesday night at Baugh-Wiley Clinic after a three day stay. Funeral Friday at Brown's Chapel at two with Rev. Minor Triplett. burial in city cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Survived by wife Mary, three daughters, two sisters, a grandson and great granddaughter. Born 1867 in Eatonton Georgia he led Adams Transfer Co and later managed Malone Swimming Pool. He lived at 314 Vine Street NE and belonged to the First Methodist church.
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Frank Tondee Adams
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Brown's Chapel
Minor Triplett
City Cemetery
Brown
W. F. Boswell, Jr
Crawford Reeves
al Henriques
Gerald Neher
Joe Elliott
Charles
Debbie Shackelford
Big Birmingham
Mr. Adams
Eatonton
Decatur
Adams Transfer Co
Malone
Vine Street
First Methodist Church
Talbott Admits to Making Mistakes
Talbott testified he was mistaken in some actions and will leave his partnership with Paul B Mulligan and Co effective next Sunday. The Senate Investigations subcommittee finished hearings without indicating an early report and will act without undue haste. The White House said no resignation has been received and dismissed as unfounded rumors.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington
Eisenhower
Harold E. Talbott
Air Force
Senate
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Talbott
McClellan
Subcommittee
New York
Paul B. Mulligan and Co
Pentagon
White House
Lee Talbott
Strother Rites Friday At 4 30 P M
Edward Wheeldon Strother 71 of 651 Grant street died Wednesday night at Decatur General Hospital after five weeks illness. Service Friday at Central Baptist church at 4 30 with Rev A B VanArsdale officiating. Burial in city cemetery. Survivors include wife Ella Strother daughter Mrs Walter LeCroix Jr granddaughter Sara Ellen LeCroix four sisters and one brother. He founded Twin City Bread Co with J F Smither in 1919 and later a real estate partnership. He served as deacon and church treasurer and was a Morgan County National Bank director.
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Edward Wheeldon Strother
Grant Street
Decatur General Hospital
Central Baptist Church
A. B. VanArsdale
Raymond Britain
E. W. McLeod
C. E. Poole
Irwin Craig
W. C. LeCroix
Graves Pettey
City Cemetery
Brown
Strother
Ella Strother
Walter LeCroix, Jr
Decatur
Sara Ellen LeCroix
B. E. Reynolds
Terra Haute
Ind
J. F. Smither
J. H. Smith
North Little Rock
Ark
H. E. Hicks
Washington, D.C
New Moulton Road
Morgan County National Bank
Compromise Foreign Aid Bill Heads to Senate
The House passed and sent to the Senate a compromise 2,703,341,750 foreign aid bill with about 560 million less in new funds than Eisenhower asked. The action was without a record vote or opposition. The Senate has yet to act. the total is 500 million less than the Senate originally voted.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Folsom Faces Tuesday Deadline on Segregation Bill
Governor James E. Folsom has until midnight Tuesday to sign veto or allow the school segregation measure to become law without his signature. The bill, approved 32-0 in the Senate, would give boards broad authority to assign pupils to schools. Weekend adjournment postponed executive action until Tuesday.
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Folsom
Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Senate
House
Weather and River Readings Near Keller Memorial Bridge
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 20.75 feet, up 42 feet in 24 hours. High temperature 95 at 2 PM, 86 at 8 AM, 94 at 11 AM, 77 this morning. Forecast partly cloudy, hot and humid with scattered thundershowers through Friday. high today projected at 96.
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Decatur and
Keller Memorial Bridge
NAACP Petitions Mobile Board to End School Segregation
The Mobile NAACP filed a 32 signatory petition urging integration of Negro students with whites in line with the U S Supreme Court ruling. The Mobile School Board said it would consider the request but issued no further statement. The accompanying letter urged not to be deterred by recent Alabama legislative actions seen as unconstitutional. Four Mobile NAACP officials signed the petition.
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Mobile
Alabama
National Assn. For Advancement of Core People
NAACP
Mobile School Board
U.S. Supreme Court
Macon
Mobile Board
Mobile Naacp
Ike Expresses Disappointment Over Rejection Of Road Plan
President Eisenhower voiced keen disappointment after the House rejected all new national highway legislation. He urged Congress to reconsider before adjourning, noting financing differences should not block critically needed roads. The House votes defeated his multibillion dollar plan and a Democratic pay as you go alternative.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Congress
House of Repre
Post House
James C. Hagerty
Ike
Bulgaria Admits Downing Plane Off Course Tragedy
Bulgaria admitted its antiaircraft guns shot down an El Al Constellation killing all 58 aboard. The craft, off course by about 100 miles, flew into Bulgarian air space near Petrich and was fired upon after warnings. 12 Americans died.
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London
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Telegraph Agency
Yugoslavia
Trin
Sofia
Londn
Vienna
Istanbul
Israel
Petrich
House of Commons
R. H. Turton
Herbert Morrison
Turton
Morrison
Mt. Orvilo
Salonika
Struma
Youth Admits Seven Break-Ins In Decatur
Decatur police say 22 year old Buddy Coburn admitted taking part in seven local burglaries over the past year. He signed statements linking break ins at Blackwood's Grocery McCullough's Shell Service Station Market Basket Grocery Peek Oldsmobile Gregg's Lincoln Mercury Slate's Market and the Pepsi Cola plant. He also confessed to attempting Namie's Grocery. Coburn, in Morgan County jail, faces multiple burglary charges with more possible.
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Lawrence Couffty
Decatur
Blackwood
Buddy Clayton Coburn
Morgan County
J. B. Whitmire
Daily This
Coburn
Uae
Chevrolet
Guus Dens
Ee Ae
Moulton
Whitmire
House Votes To Study Gas Bill
The House voted 272 to 153 to take up a bill freeing natural gas producers from federal controls. Supporters said it would boost gas supply and competition, while opponents warned of higher consumer costs and late-session timing.
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Washington
House
Harris
Senate
Rayburn
D-Tex
Delaney
D-Ny
Alabama Heat Waves Bring Dense Humidity Across State
Birmingham sees heavy showers flood streets and a 26 minute delay in a Birmingham New Orleans baseball game. Highs reach 99 in Tuscaloosa area while Gadsden 97 Aniston 96 Birmingham 95 Huntsville 94 Selma Childersburg Bessemer. Rainfall totals 45 inches reported by the weather bureau. Inland Lake in Blount County two feet below last year’s level.
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Birmingham
Alabama
West Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Gadsden
Anniston
Huntsville
Selma
Childersburg
Bessemer
Weather Bureau
Blount County
Alabama lawmakers take up bills on pricing and licensing
The legislature hears proposals to ban selling below cost to aid small grocers, regulate used car dealers with a state agency, and lower interest rates for small loans. Committees also review two soft drink taxes to fund schools and a 100 million dollar bond issue, with amendments pending.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Kyser Leonard
Talladega
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sen
Leonard
George Hawkins
Etowah
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Banking Committee
S Tate
Coosa County
Herman Vann
Madison
Ways and Means
Knowland Warns Keep Guard Up at Geneva Talks
Senator Knowland of California cautioned against letting down defenses amid friendly tones from Russian leaders at Geneva. He warned the Kremlin could win a victory without real deeds and urged vigilance while commending Eisenhower and Dulles for seeking peaceful options.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Kremlin
GOP
Senate
Miss Red Riding Hood
Eisenhower
Dulles
Geneva
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Buckley
Eden
Great Britain
Paoty
Frank T. Adams
Harold Talbott
Paul B. Mulligan & Co
Ed Strother
Catherine Mondollot
French Riviera
Juan-les-Pins
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