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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1958
Page
7
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce offers a free vehicle inspection starting Monday for all cars at the traffic safety check lane on Gordon Dr between Second and Fourth Aves. from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. through Friday. Inspectors will review brakes lights and overall mechanical condition of each vehicle.
A notice warns AAA members not to forfeit or lose current services and benefits, stressing continued access through ongoing AAA membership. It emphasizes preserving coverage, discounts, and roadside assistance available to members.
A lane will inspect lights steering exhaust tires glass wipers mirrors and horn with at least three mechanics on duty per shift. New car dealer members of the Decatur Hartselle Auto Dealers Association provide staff and tires are checked by five local tire dealers. Cars passing receive a safety checked sticker under a voluntary program run by the Chamber’s traffic and safety committee chaired by Joe De Castro with James Roberts directing lane operations.
Montgomery June 7 AP The Alabama public officials directory for next year will list at least 10 men who led Phenix City vice cleanup. Former Gov. Gordon Persons, who sent in National Guard troops under martial law after A. L. Patterson’s murder, is largely absent. Patterson’s son Atty. Gen. John Patterson has won the Democratic nomination for governor. Mac Donald Gallion succeeds him as attorney general. Judges Walter B. Jones and J. Kert Fuller and ex-solicitor Arch Ferrell were renominated. Prosecution staffers George C. Johnson and Conrad Fowler won elections. Fowler becomes Shelby County probate judge. James H. Caldwell lost renomination. Maury Smith remains deputy solicitor. National Guard officers Elwood Rutledge and Alton Turner were nominated for state senate seats. Ray Acton and W. G. Hawkins were defeated. Sheriff Lamar Murphy was renominated. John Allen heads the state criminal investigation division. Joe Smelley heads the highway patrol. Bernard Sykes and Jack Warren returned to prior posts.
Army missile chief Dr Wernher von Braun warned at a memorial dinner that the United States lags behind the Soviet Union in missiles and space research. He urged rapid civilian agency action, saying the Defense Department must carry the ball until a civilian space agency is operating.
Readers note tensions and exchanges as the Nations conference hosts discussions in five languages including French and English. Delegates from Stee and Cates participate in multilingual sessions exploring cultural cooperation and policy alignment.
Prices on the New York Cotton Exchange fell this week with losses of 75 cents to 2.25 a bale. The October contract led declines as forecasts of good crops and favorable weather dampened demand and investors took profits. USDA acreage data indicated 4.933 million acres pledged to the soil bank as of May 16 with little change expected in total 1958 allotments. Exports for the week were about 93 thousand bales, and season totals reached around 4.951 million bales through June 3.
State Senator Joe Calvin John Caddell and Barrett C Shelton will attend a Birmingham ceremony Monday where the deed for land for a future University of Alabama Medical Center will be delivered. Calvin led a bill to provide 4 12 million dollars for the project, approved as Amendment 4 in last December's constitutional amendments vote. Caddell and Shelton sit on the University Hospital advisory board and Caddell serves on the UA board of trustees. A check for 2 654 990 will be delivered and the deed will be accepted to finalize the program.
A full scale replica of the Vanguard satellite, the U.S. man-made moon, is displayed at the Hay a Planetarium in New York, drawing visitors curious about space exploration. The exhibit highlights the satellite’s shape and purpose in early space research.
William K. Steelman 52 of 91% 4th Ave SE died Saturday after a heart attack at his home around 3:45 am He died later at Decatur General Hospital Funeral services were incomplete pending arrival of relatives Brown Funeral Co of Decatur is in charge He is survived by a widow a daughter two sons his mother five brothers two sisters seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews
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