Multiple community meetings and events listed in Decatur area
North Alabama Shrine No 7 meets at 7 30 pm at the Masonic Temple. The 1953 Austinville High School class reunion is Sunday at 4 30 pm at Woodall s Barbecue. Chamber of Commerce recreation committee meets at 7 30 pm at St John s Parish House. Redus Collier chairs. Vacation Bible School at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church opens June 8 runs to June 12 8 am to 11 am. Atlas Finance Co appoints McCann Erickson as ad agency. Charles H White Atlas manager. Holbert 23 of Moulton Heights recovering after a snakebite with possible home release. Decatur Fire Department answered two calls in 24 hours First Federal Savings & Loan 225 Grant St SE reported a short in a light fixture. no loss. Mattress fire 622 Vine St NW slight loss. Belleview Baptist Church VBS June 8 11 30 am. Grace Baptist Church VBS June 8 4 14 ages 4 14 closing program June 19 7 30 pm. Sheriff's arrests include two drunks two non support and one peace issue. See Diary On Page 2.
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Decatur
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Grant St. SE
Vine St. NW
State Senate Fails Night Deer Car Confiscation Bill
In Montgomery the State Senate killed a bill by Sen. E. O. Eddins to let game wardens confiscate cars of hunters at night. The measure failed to pass before adjournment, with opposition led by Sen. Dennis Porter who warned it could frame innocent motorists and hinder conviction chances. The session also saw a tag-license proposal and lingering loan bills amid committee activity.
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Montgomery
State Senate
E. O. Eddins
Marengo County
House
Eddins
Senate
Dennis Porter
Washington County
Porter
Sens
Roland Cooper
Wilcox
Carl Golson
Lowndes
Soviet Sub Spotted South of Iceland by U S Forces
The Navy reports sighting a Soviet submarine on May 29 about 150 to 200 miles south of Iceland. The sub was seen on the surface by the U S submarine Grenadier and a Navy patrol plane during area exercises. The location is in a zone commonly used in Atlantic operations.
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Washington
Iceland
U.S
Grenadier
Atlantic
Barents
Mother Found Dead In Pool Of Blood In Dothan
A 29 year old mother, Lamarr Dillard, was found dead in a bathroom at her Dothan home. An autopsy was ordered to determine the cause of death after her three children discovered the body. The husband is stationed in Korea.
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Dothan
Ala
Atlanta Schools Ordered to End Racial Segregation Delay
Federal Judge Frank A. Hooper ruled Atlanta schools cannot remain racially segregated but will not order immediate integration. He suggested municipal authorities be given time to work out an integration plan and noted that under current law any integration could force school closings. A 45 minute recess followed the tentative order as attorneys discuss.
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Atlanta
Frank A. Hooper
Hooper
Sloan
Georgia District Court
Hearing Set for Earl Long Mental Health Review
Probate Judge Hugh Gibson scheduled a sanity hearing for Earl K. Long on June 16 to determine care in the best interests of the mentally ill governor. Long had begun mental treatment at John Sealy Hospital after a secret trip from Louisiana, with his wife filing to seek commitment for up to 90 days.
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Galveston
Tex
Hugh Gibson
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Gibson
Long
John Sealy Hospital
Grudge Sparks Ecuadorian Revolt Amid Martial Law
In Ecuador a personal feud between recruit Pablo Antonio Garcia and Captain Gaio Quevado escalated into the nation’s worst disturbance in years. After Garcia killed the captain and then died by suicide, mobs torched the officers club, dragged the captain’s body, and violence spread as martial law was declared to save the republic.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Camilo Ponce
Republic
Porto Viejo
Pablo Antonio Garcia
Gaio Quevado
Three Dogs Attack Newspaper Youth in Troy
A 10-year newspaper route boy, Stan O Neal, was attacked by three dogs weighing 75 to 86 pounds each while delivering papers in Troy Alabama. He was knocked from his bicycle but escaped and received minor bites and scratches from a German police dog a boxer and a mixed breed. Police advised owners to confine the dogs for two weeks for a rabies check.
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Troy
Ala
Stan O'Neal
Curtis Bull
Young O'Neal
Strauss Debate Opens On Strauss Nomination To Commerce Secretary
The Senate prepared to begin debate on Lewis L. Strauss for commerce secretary. Party lines formed after Commerce Committee reports split 9-8 in favor of confirmation. Strauss, ex-Atomic Energy Commission chairman, has faced a heated confirmation fight begun with Eisenhower. A vote was not expected before the following week.
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Washington
Senate
Lewis L. Strauss
Senate Commerce Committee
Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Eisen
Hower
Richard M. Nixon
William Langer
R-Nd
Langer
Somoza declares Nicaragua crisis nearly over
President Luis Somoza said his 2000-man army has the situation under control and that the OAS decision to study the crisis prevents intervention. He called rebels and exile groups “crazy adventurers” as they flee into Costa Rica seeking support and a march on Managua.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Luis Somoza
Organization of American States
OAS
Somoza
Washington
Cuba
Costa Rica
San Jose
Decatur Skies Update for Saturday and Sunday
The report lists sunrise and sunset times for Decatur with sunset at 6:58 p.m. on Saturday and 6:59 p.m. on Sunday. It notes moon events including moonset at 7:07 p.m. on Saturday and 7:54 p.m. on Sunday and shows the First Quarter approaching on June 13.
Tennessee River reading near Keller Bridge drops slightly
River level at Keller Memorial Bridge reads 21.50 feet this morning, down .19 feet in 24 hours, from sea level 555.80 feet. TVA lake stages Guntersville 595.1 Wilson 507.2 feet. Yesterday's high 82 at 1:30 p.m. Lows 62 at 3:30 a.m. today. Temp 68 at 9:45 a.m. Rainfall 1.3 inches since night. southeasterly winds 7 to 14 mph. High today 84, low 64, high Saturday 85.
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Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Guntersville
Wilson
Adenauer Reverses Plan and Stays as Chancellor
Bonn West Germany. 83 year old Chancellor Adenauer reversed his decision to move to the largely ceremonial presidency and will remain in office. He called an emergency parliament meeting to announce the surprise decision amid party divisions over successor choices.
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Bonn
Germany
Adenauer
West Germany
Christian Democrat Party
Franz Etzel
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
United States
Washington
Christian Democrats
Will Rasner
Grieved Father Offers His Help
Anatol Holt a 31 year old Penn mathematics instructor writes an open letter to Philadelphia offering assistance to the 15 year old honor student who confessed the slaying of his 3 year old daughter. Holt shares his tormented grief in the Philadelphia Bulletin in a dawn geared plea to residents.
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Philadelphia
People of Philadelphia
Anatol Holt
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Bulletin
People of
Holt
City studying bids on city owned cars for sale
The City Commission received five bids on city owned cars advertised for sale and will decide later which will be sold. Bidders included L A Warren on several Fords Chevrolets and a Mercury, L E Moody on a Ford Tudor and a 1957 Chevrolet, K A Davis on a 1957 Chevrolet, John H Patterson on a 1958 Buick, and Doris C Smith on a 1957 Mercury. Thirteen cars were offered under a purchase maintenance plan with dealers to supply departmental needs.
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L. A. Warren
L. E. Moody
K. A. Davis
John H. Patterson
Doris C. Smith
Ford
Chevrolet
Mercury
Buick
Pontiac
Decatur
Western Allies May Keep Berlin Military Garrisons
Geneva report says Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko hinted Moscow may concede Western rights to maintain garrisons in West Berlin indefinitely. Western ministers pressed for free access guarantees and rejected demilitarized free city terms while assessing Moscow's hints on commissions and East German representation.
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Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
West Berlin
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Berlin
Gromyko
West Germany
Eee
Wemaee Tiolociaia
Nikita Khrushchev
West
Bern
Moscow
East Germany
Starkweather Date Is Asked
Nebraska Attorney General C. S. Beck asked the Nebraska Supreme Court to set a new date for the execution of condemned killer Charles Starkweather. A decision was expected before the day’s end as federal courts halted Starkweather’s case after the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals refused a habeas corpus hearing.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Atty
C. S. Beck
Nebraska Supreme Court
Charles Starkweather
Starkweather
8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
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Boat Harbor
Decatur Boat Harbor
Billy Smith
Keller Bridge
Daily T
North Alabama
Order of White Shrine of Jerusalem
Masonic Temple
Austinville High School
Woodall
Chamber of Commerce
St John’s Episcopal Church
Redus Collier
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Robert Snodgrass
Atlas Finance Co
Marschalk and Pratt
McCann- Erickson
Charles H. White
Atlas
Winford Holbert
Moulton Heights
Baugh-Wiley-Smith
Holbert
Macedonia
Flint Creek
Vacation Bible School
Belleview Baptist Church
Old Moulton Rd
Razzie Suggs
Grace Baptist Church
Christ
Administration
See
John Chadwick
Dr. Spock
B. M. Atkinson, Jr
Whitney Darrow, Jr
The
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U. S
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