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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1957
Page
4
Lt Col Paul V. Liles, 40, Birmingham-born, who was convicted of making radio broadcasts for the Reds while a Korean prisoner, wins the right to remain in the Army after a strong fight. The piece notes courage in choosing to stay in service despite critics.
Morgan County residents are urged to vaccinate under forty against polio after the Salk vaccine is distributed through the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis. Free shots are available at the health department for youths under twenty and expectant mothers, with paid options through doctors.
A Joliet area baseball backstop once dedicated to Lidice victims stands amid cigarette butts and waste paper. The local scene contrasts with the wartime tribute to 173 Czechs murdered by the Nazis, remembered by Willkie, Roosevelt, and a Czech refugee as a symbol of freedom.
Brooklynite and Russia's deputy foreign minister Mikoyan stayed at the Ambassador Krantz Hotel in Vienna as Mrs. Kelly, in Austria to study the Hungarian refugee problem, entered a tiny hotel elevator at the same moment. Mikoyan was in the city on a Kremlin mission to win favor with the Austrians.
Daily motivational note urging patience with self and circumstances. Encourages living in the present to build a better tomorrow and express one’s better self for immediate satisfaction and future benefit.
The Save The Stove party arrived as hotel staff asked Mrs. Kelly to clear an elevator for Soviet leader Mikoyan. She apologized, then directed the elevator operator to take her to the third floor while Mikoyan walked up the stairs with a Brooklyn congresswoman aboard.
At the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda Maryland a dispute arose when Dr Francis Arnold a dentist with the Institute of Dental Research seized a petition circulated by government scientists and medical experts calling for limits on H Bomb tests Director James A Shannon supported confiscation citing government property and time. He later suggested returning the petition if circulation was limited to homes.
Eisenhower gives Harold Stassen authority to limit tests while seeking a partial cure with the Russians. Khrushchev reportedly tightens Kremlin control as Johnson presses for larger budget cuts during Senate-House negotiations.
The author argues McCall’s data on Russia misleads readers. He explains the USSR’s diversity, calls the Communist Party a narrow ruling elite, and notes Moscow’s claim contrasts with true Marxist aims of a withering state. He critiques the magazine’s 40 year anniversary framing.
Ahern’s dialogue on communists in Russia hints at broader Cold War themes. The piece critiques editors who overemphasize opinions over facts while noting occasional value of an informed opinion in 1957.
The interview with Robert Rossen covers his view that success breeds risk aversion, his work as writer director producer on All the King's Men and Island in the Sun, and his philosophy of filming on location. He discusses environment, objectivity, and his admiration for George Stevens and Jimmy Cagney, plus favorite early classics.
As the 1957 Alabama legislative session enters its fifth week in Montgomery, clerks prepare for rapid journal reading while lawmakers await progress. The Senate continues a 130-page judicial reform plan amid a filibuster by Sen. Albert Davis, blocking action since May 24. The House readies to advance bills by reading journals, delaying Senate bills. 15 House measures await Senate action. The Senate approved one local bill last Friday and sent it to Gov. James E. Folsom, with no major controversial measures decided in either chamber yet.
YORK England Dr Alfred W F Blunt Anglican bishop who exposed King Edward VIII affair with Wallis Simpson died at 77 on the eve of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's 20th wedding anniversary. His Bradford speech in 1936 is credited with triggering the abdication crisis and the Windsor memoirs call the Bradford bomb shell. He said the king needed God's grace to fulfill his duty and urged awareness of religious duties. Edward abdicated months later and wed Mrs Simpson.
Officers arrested five men near a Negro residence in Oakville after a dice game was halted by police. Sheriff Franklin Smith said the men faced gaming charges. two remained jailed while three posted $300 bonds. The incident occurred late yesterday with four dice and $11.40 found at the scene.
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