Memorial Day Mishaps Hit Record Toll Across States
Violent deaths over the Memorial Day holiday rose to a record 523 from traffic drownings and other mishaps. Traffic deaths reached at least 355, with 92 drownings and 76 miscellaneous accidents. Ned H. Dearborn of the Safety Council noted the toll might have been higher without state and local highway safety efforts.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
The
Safety Council
White House
Eisenhower
Local clubs schedule evening and morning meetings
The State Vocational Trade School Auxiliary meets on the campus at 7 30 p m tonight at Mrs Namon Florence home. Pleasant Hill Home Demonstration Club gathers Thursday at 9 a m in the school auditorium for a kitchen cleaning demonstration and all members are urged to attend. Morgan County Probate reports 11 marriage licenses issued in May, below divorces. Highway Patrol reports one driving while intoxicated arrest. sheriff’s office had no arrests yesterday. Mr and Mrs Harvey L Brown of Boise City Okla visit this week. See Diary on Page 2.
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State Vocational Trade School
Namon Florence
Pleasant Hill Home Demonstration Club
Morgan County
Memorial Day Weekend Sees Low Accidents in Four County District
Law rence Limestone Cullman and Morgan counties reported minimal crashes and no fatalities during Memorial Day weekend ending May 31. Sgt. W B Little cited two minor injuries to out of state visitors and noted widespread speeding as a factor. Radar installation is planned for July 1 after training.
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Alabama
Lawrence
Limestone
Cullman
Morgan Counties
W. B. Little
Little
Social Security Vote Aims to Expand Coverage and Benefits
Legislation drafted by the Ways and Means Committee and backed by President Eisenhower advances in the House with little opposition. It would extend Social Security to about 10 million people, raise maximum wage bases, boost monthly benefits, and require higher employer and worker contributions. Most changes take effect Jan 1 next year, with some benefits rising two months after enactment.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Weekend Toll in Alabama: 18 Killed Over Memorial Period
Alabama counted 18 deaths over the Memorial Holiday, including nine traffic fatalities and eight drownings. Edna Mae McCormick of San Diego was struck by the Crescent Limited near Theodore, while Gladys Lyda of Gadsden died in a truck crash in East Gadsden.
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Associated Press
Alabama
State Safety Council
Edna Mae McCormick
San Diego
Calif
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Streamliner
Crescent Limited
Theodore
Ala
Mobile County Sheriff’s Office
W. E. Ezell
Mobile
Theodore Station
Gladys Lyda
Gadsden
East Gadsden
Ferguson says McCarthy overreach risks presidential directives
Senator Ferguson of Michigan criticizes Senator McCarthy for urging federal workers to supply secret information even if it violates presidential directives. He sides with Knowland and Smith, notes the Executive Branch handles law enforcement, and cautions Congress should not invite all complaints. The President and administration would provide necessary information for proper investigations.
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Washington
Sen
Ferguson
Michigan
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
McCarthy
White House
Eisenhower
Knowland
California
Sen. Smith
New Jersey
Brownell
Congress
House
Four Children Lost in Druid Hill Park Tragedy
In Baltimore a 5 year old boy told police that his mother once had five children but now has four, explaining her absence during a 90 minute period in Druid Hill Park. Arnold White, one of five children, described the chaotic scene to a police matron.
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Baltimore
Arnold White
Druid Hill Park
Relatively Few Voting Today in Runoffs
A morning check of eight polling boxes shows lower turnout than in the May primary. Box totals include Shropshire's Store 83, Harmon's Store 80, Namie's Store 31, courthouse 37, Carnegie Library 24, city hall 46, Vaughan's Store 56, Lane's Grocery 35, with 103 absentee ballots versus 258 in the first primary.
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Shropshire’s
Harmon’s
Namie
Carnegie Library
City Hall
Alabama Democrats Nominate State and Local Runners
Early voting across Alabama showed light turnout in Birmingham and Montgomery, with Mobile reporting heavy balloting. The runoff focused on four statewide offices, one congressional seat, and 44 legislative posts, plus 13 State Democratic Executive Committee slots.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Montgomery
Mobile
Congress
Democratic Executive Committee
James E. Folsom
Weather and River Reading at Keller Bridge
The Tennessee River reading at the Keller Bridge this morning was 21.63 feet, up .12 feet in 24 hours. TVA Substation reports high yesterday at noon 93, eight o clock temperature 80, with partly cloudy skies and chances of scattered thundershowers today and tonight. Highs 90 today, 87 Wednesday. lows 70 tonight.
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Tennessee River
Keller Ral Bridge
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W. H. Moore
Here
Midwest
Kansas
Missouri
Fort Scott
Kan
Coldwater Lake
Coldwater
Mich
Norfolk
Neb
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Cohn Denies All Charges In McCarthy Hearings
Roy M. Cohn denied he threatened to wreck the Army or force Secretary Stevens from his post over Schine. He called Adams testimony ridiculous and untrue and said he did not seek Schine’s reassignment to New York. Cohn cited Carr as corroborating he never made such statements and noted Adams would not believe he threatened the Army.
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Washington
Roy M. Cohn
Army
Robert T. Stevens
David Schine
Cohn
John G. Adams
McCarthy
Schine
New York
Adams
Stevens
Ray H. Jenkins
Ft. Dix
Earl L. Ringler
Dix
Ringler
McCarthy Subcommittee
Joseph Miller
John Bruce Blount
Jenkins
Francis P. Carr
Carr
Chinese Communists See World Revolution By 1973
Washington reports a document attributed to Mao Tse tung outlines a Chinese Communist plan for world revolution. Senator Knowland inserted the document into the Congressional Record without revealing its source. The memo allegedly locations the strategy and suggests Moscow involvement.
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Mcmonguen
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Mao Tsetung
Moscow
Temperature Reaches 93 Here
Monday was the hottest day of the year with a noon reading of 93 in Decatur. The heat rose gradually over a week and surpassed last year's 93 but lagged behind 1953's 95 at 2 pm May 29.
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Ben Rapport
Decatur
Guard Plane Falls in Fog Killing Nine National Guard Troopers
A Minnesota National Guard plane crashed into a gravel pit near Duluth Airport in dense fog, killing nine troopers and injuring four, three critically. Residents heard the engines roar before the crash while Lt. Col. Ralph M. Jerome described the aircraft returning from a training flight.
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Duluth
Minn
Minnesota National Guard
Russell Westberg
Ralph M. Jerome
French Bush Valley Defense Slows Vietminh Move Toward Red River
In Indochina the French plan intensified defense in Chochen Valley as Vietminh forces allegedly mass near Dien Bien Phu. Reports say four divisions could strike the Black River area within four weeks while a fifth has reached a base northwest of Hanoi.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Chochen
Red River
Dien Bien Phu
Black River
Saigon
351St
Collision in City Involves Chevrolet and Dodge Truck
At 7 58 a m a 1953 Chevrolet driven by B H Kelso Birmingham collided at Moulton Street and 1st Avenue East with a 1946 Dodge truck driven by Herman Gray 420 11th Avenue SW Both vehicles were eastbound when the Dodge turned right Inspecting officers were Sgt C M Kennedy and W C Hunter.
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B. H. Kelso
Birmingham
Moulton St
1St Ave
Herman Gray
11Th Ave
Sgt
C. M. Kennedy
W. C. Hunter
Molotov Returns To Conference In Geneva
Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov flew back to Geneva after a two day return trip to Moscow for consultations. Three transport planes brought him and his party. A bulletproof limousine took Molotov to his villa as Western delegations assumed he reported to Malenkov and discussed future Indochina strategy.
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Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Molotov
Georgi M. Malenkov
Auto Crash Kills Two in Backwater River Plunge
Five persons were in a late model Oldsmobile that ran off U. S. highway 31 north of Decatur and into the Tennessee River backwater. Bessie Collier 38 and Mary Alice Vinson 8 died. Florence Fuqua 7 Louise Bailey 24 and William M. Taylor 23 survived. An air pocket in the submerged car saved Fuqua. Bystanders witnessed the accident as the car struck concrete posts and nosed into several feet of water.
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Phillip Kyle
Decatur
Tennessee River
Bessie Collier
Mary Alice Vinson
Decatur General Hospital
Florence Fuqua
Louise Bailey
William M. Taylor
Collier Woman
Vinson Child
Highway 31
Swan Lake Bridge
Taylor
Bailey
Clement Raps Hoover Group
Gov. Frank Clement attacked the Hoover Commission task force for prejudices against public power as hearings on water resources and power opened. Clement and other Southeastern officials testified, defending TVA while noting Hoover vetoes and shifts in federal policy.
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Chattanoogap
Frank Clement T
Hoover Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Clement
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Knoxville
George Dempster
Herbert Bingham
Tennessee Municipal League
Stanton E. Smith
Tennessee Federation of Labor
Louis’ Ecks
Florence Times
TVA
Herbert Hoover
Commission
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Highway Patrol
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Harvey L. Brown
Boise City
Oklo
Buckley
Sonny Houser
Ray Norris
United Sta
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Clement Raps
Hoover Group
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