Stevenson dominates California primary race amid Democratic push
Adlai E. Stevenson swept California with about 62 percent of the Democratic vote, amassing 259 delegates to Kefauver's 166 as California, Montana, and South Dakota primaries shaped the race. Eisenhower led Stevenson 585,986 to 592,409 in Democrats’ look, while Kefauver conceded defeat and pledged to support Democratic goals.
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Jack Bell
San Francisco
Adlai_ E. Stevenson
California
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Montana
South Dakota
Stevenson
Kefauver
Illinois
Eisenhower
GOP
Sin
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Bouceaie
Richard Richards
Los Angeles
New York
Averell Harriman
Community clubs and graduates in Decatur news
Pleasant Hill Home Demonstration Club meets Thursday at 9 a.m. at Mrs. Luer's for sewing kits for 4 H friendship boxes to Korea. Virgil F. Holland of Decatur earns a PhD in chemistry from the University of South Carolina for a thesis on activity coefficients of electrolytes. Local hearings scheduled June 12 at the Morgan County Electric Auditorium on red cross and Boy Scouts requests. Lt Barrett Shelton Jr to be released from the Air Force and visit the Far West after his James Connally Station stay. Penny theft from National Guard Armory and nighttime gasoline theft reported in Decatur. see DIARY on Page 2.
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Pleasant Hill
Virgil F. Holland
Decatur
University of South Carolina
Carl Hoyer
The
Morgan Announced
City Electric
Morgan County Red Cross
Boy’s Club of
Boy Scouts of the
Tennessee Valley Council
Barrett C. Shelton, Jr
Air Force
James Connally Air Force Base
Waco
Texas
Coos
Tom
Versity
Alabama
School of Business Administration
Southern Cotton Oil to Merge Cullman and Decatur Mills
Southern Cotton Oil Co plans to abolish the Cullman oil mill by August 31 with 30 to 40 workers. Key staff and equipment will move to Decatur, where a 50-person operation under T. M. Harvey will continue, aided by modernization to cut overhead.
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Southern Cotton Oil
Cullman
Decatur
Southern Cotton Oil Co
J. S. Long
Long
Southern Oil
Sheffield
Huntsville
Holly St
T. M. Harvey
Southern
Winston
Marshall
Jasper
Cullman Mill
Why My Dad Is The Best Dad In The World Contest
The Decatur Daily invites letters answering why dads are the best. Prizes: $100 for first, $25 for second. Entries must be postmarked by June 12 and may be published June 17. Submit to Father’s Day Editor at The Decatur Daily, Decatur Alabama.
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Decatur Daily
Ieee
Father's Oy
Daily
Decatur
Ala
Former Senator Hiram Bingham Dies at 80 in Washington
Hiram Bingham, former Republican senator from Connecticut, died at Doctors Hospital after a six week illness at age 80. He held roles as scholar explorer author aviator and businessman and served nine years in the Senate during the Coolidge and Hoover administrations. He chaired the Loyalty Review Board in 1951 and remained active in public life into his later years.
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Washington
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
Doctors Hospital
Bingham
Truman Administration
Loyalty Review Board
U. S
Coolidge
Hoover
Senate
Weather and River Readings At Decatur
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning stood at 21.24 feet, down 0.3 feet in 24 hours. Sea level reading shows 555.54 feet. Temperature around 79 degrees at 10:30 a.m with warm conditions and a high near 87 degrees expected.
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Keller Memorial Bridge
Making The Best Of Bad Situation CASEY Case of Collision
Fred Collins of West Plains Missouri recounted a crash west of Casey where two cars hit his vehicle at about 35 miles per hour. The drivers, George C. Lee of Stillwater Oklahoma and Mon H Ta of West Lafayette Indiana, allegedly offered Collins a 1941 used car after the incident.
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Casey, al
Fred Collins
West Plains
Casey Viehe Slioe
George C. Lee
Stillwater
Okla
Mon H. Ta
West Lafayette
CMHR Replacing Banned NAACP in Alabama
In Birmingham supporters tout a new group CMHR to replace the outlawed NAACP in Alabama. Sponsors say the organization favors gradualism to end segregation as the old NAACP faces suppression.
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CMHR
NAACP
Birmingham
Alabama
Big Steel Labor Begin Wage Talks
New York reports wage negotiations begin between major steel firms and labor unions as talks open with focus on wages and benefits. Union leaders push for better pay amid rising inflation while industry negotiators seek concessions to manage costs.
Madison Politico Challenged After Narrow Runoff Defeat
Swatford contests the District 2 board member nomination of Edward L. Jones after a three vote runoff defeat in Huntsville Norman Swatford seeks to overturn the election result amid the first voting machine runoffs in the county.
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Huntsville
Norman
Swatfford
Pindeng Son Board of County Commissioners
Swatford
Edward L. Jones
Negroes Seek Injunction Over Montgomery Bus Segregation
Montgomery activists led by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr expect a Federal Court injunction against city and Alabama bus segregation after a 2-1 ruling deemed the laws unconstitutional. Lawyers warned of possible appeals to the Supreme Court as the Alabama Public Service Commission seeks to delay.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Martin Luther, King Jr
Alabama Public Service Commission
U.S. Supreme Court
Father of four among Decatur HI graduates
William B. Moses 1147th Ave NW received a sheep skin at Decatur High School graduation while balancing work and family. A forty-year-old husband of Virginia Brady and father of four resumed schooling after leaving at 16, completed in three years while working the 3 to 11 p.m. shift at Alabama Hosiery Mills until job loss May 3. He plans college study if a job is found. the Moses family expects a fifth child. The graduating class contributed over 300 to Moses and family.
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Moses Gongra
William B. Moses
Ave
Patricia Anne
Larry
Moses
Randy
Paula
7Th Ave
Decatur
Alabama Hosiery Mills
Virginia Brady
United States Armed—Forces
Soviet weakness lies in consumer economy says Ryan
William L. Ryan argues in AP foreign analysis that the Soviet Union's strength in arms and industry masks a consumer economy in trouble. He notes a brain drain and education shortages despite vast population and warns of imbalances in peacetime priorities versus Western progress.
Alabama to receive 34 million in new program funding
Alabama motorists officials announced last night that the state will gain about 34 million dollars in a 13 year program with annual funding rising to 50 million dollars per year. W Bancroft Timmons AMA secretary spoke at a civic club.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Alabama Motorists Assn
W. Bancroft Timmons
AMA
Alabama Woman Sentenced to Death in Husband's Murder
Circuit Judge Eugene Carter formally sentences Rhonda Belle Martin to die in the electric chair for the murder of her husband. The death date is set for Friday, and the judge suspends the sentence briefly after announcing it.
Mind-Cardinal Mind- Mind-Action referenced by 1 Quotidiano
Rome based Catholic Action organ cites a reliable source to report on Josef Cardinal Mind- The newspaper 1 Quotidiano attributes the information to a trusted insider.
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Rome
Josef Cardinal
1 Quotidiano
Calls For Review As Tito Returns To Russian Fold
President Eisenhower in Washington declines to intervene in the Republican primary while promising a mass media campaign. He did not rule out campaigning more vigorously this fall and kept to newspaper, television and radio outreach as he faces calls for review as Tito aligns with Russia.
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Tito
L. Arrowsmith
Washington
House
Eisenhower
Tes
Lawrence Post To Ex-Lawmaker Named County Garage Supt
Lawrence County officials appoint J B Moulton Richardson to lead the county garage pipe shop and paint shop. Richardson started June 1 with a 4200 dollar annual salary as chairman C C McWhorter sets future increases to 5500 dollars next term.
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Moulton
J. B
Richardson
C. C. McWhorter
Lawrence County
Board of Revenue
McWhorter
Morgan and
Lawrence Counties
Leo Roberson
Alabama
Lawrence
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