Community events highlight Athens church visit and local notices
Local items note Pastor H M Richards and the King's Herald Quartet at Athens Seventh-day Adventist Church with radio broadcasting history. Also covered are residents visiting, veterans hospital stays, a Judson College student summering with parents, cemetery decoration plans, an auction for Valhermosa Springs Church, illness updates, travel to California, a court docket, and a Hartselle Rotary Club address by the county school superintendent.
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H. M
Richards
J. ©. Iverson
King's Herald
Athens Seventh-day Adventist Church
Voice of Prophecy
Mrs. Martin Faces Chair in Alabama Poison Case
Rhonda Belle Martin, 49, convicted of poisoning her fourth husband Claude C. Martin with arsenic in Coffee. The jury sentenced her to be executed. she faces automatic appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court.
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Montgomery
Alabama Supreme Court
Rhonda Belle Martin
Claude C. Martin
Ronald C. Martin
Veterans’ Hospital
FBI Pours Over Recovered Loot From Brink's Robbery
FBI agents in Boston examine recovered currency linked to the 1950 Brink's robbery. About 1.219 million dollars in plastic bags and 1955 dated newspapers were found behind a construction firm office wall. Two men were arrested for questioning as investigators pursue fingerprints and grand jury action.
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Boston
FBI
South End
Suffolk County Grand Jury
Senate Subcommittee Signals Subpoena of Murray Chotiner Records
The Senate Investigations subcommittee confirmed it is prepared to subpoena bank and business records of Murray M. Chotiner, Vice President Nixon's 1952 campaign manager. Chotiner, a Beverly Hills lawyer, faced charges tied to the panel's probe of clients with government dealings, described as a potential fishing expedition.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Murray M. Chotiner
Nixon
Chotiner
Beverly Hills
British pot wiped out in clashes in southern Arabia
Reports from Cairo describe a British force wiped out and about 30 British led native troops killed in clashes with Arab tribesmen in southern Arabia.
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Cairo
Egypt
Arabia
California Democrats choose Stevenson or Kefauver in primary
California Democrats vote today in the final ballot box clash between Adlai Stevenson and Senator Estes Kefauver for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Associated Press
California
Adlai Stevenson
Sen
Eestes Kefauver
Birmingham Officials Won't Change Bus Segregation Rules
Two Birmingham city commissioners stated no changes will be made to Birmingham's bus segregation laws following a ruling against Montgomery's ordinance. The decision frames local transit policy and signals continued adherence to current practices.
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Birmingham
Montgomery
Council Sets Polling Places for Sept 17 Municipal Vote
Decatur city council designated polling sites for the September 17 election to elect a mayor and five aldermen. Most locations align with county designations. two boxes move to Mike Goidel's drug store and Holland Woodard Stone Gravel Trucking on Church Street. Mayor H. R. Summer will issue the formal call 60 to 40 days before the vote, with candidates due 30 days prior.
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Decatur
Mike Goidel
Sth Ave
Holland & Woodard Stone Gravel & Trucking Co
Church St
Grant St
Ayor H. R. Summer
Tim
Weather and River Reading Report for Decatur Area
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge stood 21.27 feet this morning, down 0.3 feet in 24 hours. Sea level 555.57, yesterday's high 79, overnight low not stated. Forecast calls for partly cloudy today and tomorrow with a warmer trend. Highs near 83 today, 66 Wednesday. lows around 60 tonight and 66 on Wednesday.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Readoe
Three-Man Panel Rules Bus Segregation Unconstitutional
A three judge federal panel in Montgomery Alabama ruled city bus segregation unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment but delayed a formal order. The decision was 2-1 with Judge Lynne dissenting. Attorneys were given two weeks to submit arguments on entering the judgment and possible stay pending Supreme Court review.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Richard T. Rives
Sth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Middle District of
Seybourn Lynne
Northern District of
Supreme Court
Intes
Fourth
Richmond
Columbia
S.C
Court of Appeals
Tito and Soviets Begin Reconciliation Talks in Moscow
In Moscow Yugoslav President Tito opened formal negotiations with Soviet leaders to complete reconciliation between Tito’s version of communism and the Kremlin’s post Stalin line. Yugoslav officials indicate Tito hopes to renew ties with the West after his 1948 expulsion from the Soviet bloc.
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Moscow
Tito
Soviet Union
Kremlin
West
Stalin
Soviet Bloc
DHS seniors hear challenge at Decatur High School
Frank Stewart of the State Department of Education told the 1956 Decatur High School graduating class to be intelligent creative conscientious and religious. Principal W H Jenkins introduced the speaker as diplomas were awarded to about 160 seniors. Elizabeth Sivley was named outstanding senior and received a $50 savings bond and a DAR certificate.
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Frank Stewart
State Department of Education
Montgomery
Decatur High School
W. H. Jenkins
H. R. Leeman
Elizabeth Sivley
DAR
Catur Rotary Club
Alabama
America
Stewarte
Burma Premier U Nu Steps Down
U Nu resigned as Burma's prime minister after eight years to devote himself to reorganizing the Socialist Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League. He will be succeeded by U Ba Swe, former defense minister and AFPFL vice president.
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Rangoon
Burma
U Nu
People’s Freedom League
U Ba Swe
AFPFL
Aung San
Britain
Alberta lawmaker blamed for murder of family and self
Royal Canadian Mounted Police report that Alberta legislator John E. Clark killed his wife, four children, and two men at his farm home before killing himself. Assistant Commissioner Curleigh confirmed a multiple murder and suicide. Clark, 41, represented Stettler since 1952 and had suffered nervous breakdowns.
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Erskine
Alta
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Alberta
John E. Clar
G. M. Curleigh
Mounted
Clark
Stettler
Benson Refuses to Bank Poor or Ruined Crops
Agriculture officials rule 1956 soil bank payments only on the portion of crops eliminated by the program. Farmers may plow under immature crops but receive payment only for the estimated production removed. Benson stressed one dollar of surplus reduction for every dollar paid out, limiting earlier interpretations. He warned against using the program for drought relief or flood aid.
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Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Benson
Beaver Dam
Wis
Putting Cold War in Focus Analyst Sees No Immediate National Fear
Editor notes analyze the Cold War as of today. William L. Ryan reports interviews with Washington insiders. He argues Americans have about ten years before Moscow aims for final phase to erase democracy.
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William L. Ryan
Washington
Moscow
Calls Huddle On Air Program Faces Funding Cut
WASRINGTON President urged Foreign Affairs Committee to rescind a proposed cut. GOP leader Martin said White House officials fear the program would be badly crippled if the cut stands. The administration seeks 4.9 billion dollars in foreign aid for the coming fiscal year starting July 1.
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Wasringtor
Foreign Affairs Committee
House
GOP
Martin
Massachusetts
White House
Four Laning Work Planned on Wilson Street Project
The Alabama highway department announced bids for Wilson Street four laning and a railroad overpass. Floyd S Milford Contracting Co of Birmingham bid 509 058 for road work while M H Rowell of Guin bid 66 155 50 for the railroad overpass. Construction targets are 200 working days for the road and 100 for the bridge with work planned to start by July 1 pending federal approval.
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Wilson Street
Way Department
Montgomery
Floyd §S. Milford Contracting Co
Birmingham
M. H. Rowell
Guin
Ala
Highway Department
Burgreen Contracting Co
Decatur
Athens
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Wilson St
Randolph To Address State County Agents
Walter Randolph, president of the Alabama Farm Bureau Federation, was to address delegates at the Alabama county agents convention in Huntsville. Lt. Gen. Lewis A. See, director of the state industrial despi Lee, highlighted Alabama’s waterways to industry and agriculture.
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Huntsville
Walter Randolph
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Alabama
Lewis A. See
Underground Plant Planned Near Huntsville on Green Mountain
American Machine and Foundry seeks options on 2 675 acres on Green Mountain limestone rise south of Huntsville for an underground manufacturing complex near Redstone Arsenal. The Green Mountain site lies about 35 to 40 miles east of Decatur and near Lacey's Spring across the Tennessee River.
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Huntsville
Redstone Arsenal
America
Green Mountain
American Machine and Foundry
Decatur
Tennessee River
Morgan
Lacey’s Spring
American Machine plans site use for Green Mountain project
Morehead Patterson of American Machine says further engineering is needed before final site plans. The firm has studied underground projects abroad, notably Sweden, while Hanger Silas Meson Co. joined a geological survey of the Green Mountain location. The site, 1,400 feet elevation on the Tennessee River ten miles south of Huntsville, is considered ideal for construction stone formation.
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American Machine
United States
Morehead Patterson
Sweden
Arnold Hanger
Hanger- Silas Meson Co
Green Mountain
Tennessee River
Huntsville
Personal Income Up By 2 Billion In April
The Free Department reports April personal income at an annual rate of 317 billion dollars, up nearly two billion from March and second straight monthly rise. April disposable income shows a $4 billion increase from $14.1 trillion in March to $14.6 trillion.
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Washington
Free Department
Fry
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W.H. Winton
Etna Grady
Lola Cudlip
M. C. Hightower
Tanner
Veterans Hosen
Carolyn Wyatt
Judson College
Marion, Ala
Mrs
Roy Wyatt
G. E. Bowden, Jr
Lebanon Cemetery
Danville
Lebanon Methodist Church
D. R. Jarrett
Lebanon Church of God
Valhermosa Springs Christian Church
Valhermosa
Missionary Society of the Church
Pat Clark
6Th Ave
Ray Rogers
Leeds
N. C. Braly
William Mabry
Japan
Oy Recorder’s
Morgan County
Lester Wooten
Hartselle
Buckley
Mrs. Martin
Brink
Council
U.S
DHS
John & Clark
U.S.S.R
Ses
U.S. Okehs
Randolph
Mountain
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