Seniors from Decatur and Cullman Earn Degrees in Boston Trip
About 2 400 high school seniors traveled to Boston with Decatur and Cullman students among them. Elizabeth Peckman earned a Master of Fine Arts in Drama and Whiteside earned a Master of Arts in Microbiology at the Graduate School. Teachers report one name missing from the perfect attendance list.
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Gordon-Bibb
Judge Notes Rise in Teenage Crime in Morgan Court
In Morgan this morning a judge addressed the summer term of County Circuit Court noting a tremendous rise in teenage crime. The remarks were delivered in the courtroom as proceedings began.
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Rebels on Run as Diem Army Presses Hoa Hao
Saigon government sources report hundreds of Hoa Hao rebels surrender under Ngo Dinh Diem’s army. An offensive against Gen Tran Van Soai’s private force concentrates 20 000 government troops versus about 5 000 rebels. Casualties total around 8 killed and 50 wounded with continued fighting. Lam Thanh Nguyen’s 2 500 Hoa Hao troops were folded into the national army.
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British Strikers Turn Down Eden Plea To Return
Britain faces a nine day old railway strike as Prime Minister Eden urged workers to return to their posts. Union leaders accuse him of misrepresenting facts and vow no favor to his appeal. Dockers plan talks after 20 000 walkout disrupting seven ports and affecting listed ships.
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Limestone Man Fatally Injured In Ax Attack Near Athens
An Athens area incident on Elkmont Road left a man with a five inch skull fracture after an attack with the blunt end of an ax. Warrant issued for McSherry by John Marlin and Mason Holt. McSherry jailed. motive tied to a shotgun claim. Case not prosecuted.
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Whatley to Lead Belk Store in Decatur
R E Whatley assumes Belk management duties in Decatur as Pendley faces federal warrants for bank robbery ties. Pendley, captured after law officers surrounded a nightclub waitress’s apartment, faces charges in Jacksonville and Birmingham. Don E Schoeneman in Bismarck. See nation-wide on page 2.
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Birmingham
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Don E. Schoeneman
Bismarck
Faulty vaccine ties to Idaho polio deaths under review
Boise Idaho reports a polio outbreak with its sixth death of the year. Dr Louis P Gebhardt a University of Utah physician and bacteriologist led tests suggesting a very small amount of live virus in samples of a vaccine. Full report pending from the National Institutes of Health before conclusions.
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University of Utah
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National Institutes of Health
Katie Waiting For That $225 Claim Check
An item notes a $225 claim check awaiting a lucky recipient with the correct claim check. Readers are told to submit by Tuesday at 5 p.m. with an extra day this time, while the answer deadline remains unchanged.
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Katie
Alabama to Vote on North South Super Highway Plan
Rep Albert Brewer predicts a vote tomorrow on the proposed north south super highway through Alabama. Debate centered on land displacements and tolls with opposition warning of tourist traffic. Brewer cites Kentucky and Florida plans and argues tourists will not detour.
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Eisenhower Attends West Point Memorial for 1915 Class
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower attend West Point ceremonies honoring the academy dead on the 11th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. He tours the West Point Museum after arriving from Washington for the reunion and tomorrow's commencement. Maj. Gen. Henry C. Hodges Jr., oldest living graduate, leads alumni in laying a wreath at Sylvanus Thayer Monument.
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Sylvanus Thayer
Henry C. Hodges Jr
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Move To Convert U S Foreign Aid Gifts To Loans
Rep Vorys urges converting foreign aid to loans with at least half of 165 million dollars for development to backward nations. He seeks strings on 40 percent of aid to Yugoslavia after Tito Kremlin talks, aligning with Hoover Commission views on repayment obligation. Senate opposed major changes.
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Japan Korea Talk Eases Tensions Over North Korea
Tokyo reports reduced strain as cabinet members assure Korean diplomats Japan will not sign any official agreement with North Korea. In Seoul, about 30000 South Korean students protested anti Japanese signs while President Rhee allegedly threatened to sever ties over a North Korea fishing rights document.
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Syngman Rhee
Mitchell condemns Red Labor forced labor at ILO meeting
Geneva Switzerland U S Secretary of Labor James P Mitchell denounced Communist forced labor as an atrocity and urged the International Labor Organization to act. Opening the 38th ILO conference he called for a permanent body with inspection powers to root out forced labor worldwide.
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Peetee
Weather and River Update for Decatur and Vicinity Tennessee
The Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge stands 21.76 feet, up .07 in 24 hours. Sunday high reached 89 degrees at 3 pm, low 72 at 4 am, current 8 am reading 80. Forecast calls for partly cloudy to cloudy skies today through Tuesday with scattered afternoon and evening showers. highs near 84, 4
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Baccalaureate Speaker Urges DHS Graduates Toward Human Engineering
Dr. Clifton J. Allen told Decatur High School seniors that life is what they make it and graduation marks a beginning. He urged embracing a noble dream through appreciating, improving, and giving one’s life, and calling for service to God and man in a world needing change.
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Ann Morton
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Selma Veteran Heads State DAV Auxiliary Leader
John A. Brown Sr. of Selma was elected state commander of the Alabama Disabled Veterans for the coming term, succeeding Estelle Morrow of Decatur as DAV auxiliary head at the state convention closing session. He followed H. Neil Taylor of Russellville. Delegates urged removing the term veteran from crime news wording.
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John A. Brown Sr
Selma
Alabama
Estelle Morrow
Decatur
DAV
H. Neil Taylor
Russellville
Former Courtland Resident Killed In Arkansas Crash
A former Courtland resident Mrs Day Terry 28 was killed in an early Sunday crash near Lake Village Arkansas. Her husband Hugh Terry and their two children were hospitalized with non life threatening injuries. Survivors include her parents Mr and Mrs Ed Martin Courtland a sister Mrs Marlene Bradford and a brother Lelton Martin.
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Texas
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Decatur
Brown
Ed Martin
Marlene Bradford
Lelton Martin
Hobby And Scheele Report On Vaccine To Nation
Surgeon General Leonard A Scheele will address the nation by TV and radio tomorrow night about the Salk polio vaccine situation. A Welfare Department spokesman said they will explain the situation clearly to the American public. The inoculation program has been delayed to allow new tests of vaccine supplies.
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Eee Welfare Hobby
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Welfare Department
Ford and UAW Reach Historic Guaranteed Wage Pact
Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers announced a historic guaranteed wage plan and other terms ending recent walkouts that idled 68,000 of Ford’s 140,000 workers. Walter Reuther hailed the package as the largest in American industry and pressed GM to settle soon as its contract nears expiry.
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Report Cards Go Out Tuesday
Decatur schools will issue report cards to all students at regular school time Tuesday. Superintendent Walter Jackson says teachers will be in classrooms all day Tuesday and until noon Wednesday for parent questions. After Wednesday noon teachers won’t be available. Summer school at Decatur High opens Monday with classes in demand subjects only.
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