Islanders call themselves the poisoned people
Marshall Islands residents on Rongelap and Utirik recount radiation fallout from the March 1 hydrogen bomb test. AP observer William J. Waugh details injuries, displacement, and a petition to the United Nations seeking stronger U S precautions and a halt to experiments.
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United Nations
William J. Waugh
Honolulu
Marshalls
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
Marshall Islanders
United States
Hawaii
Philippines
U.S
U. N
Bikini
Eniwetok
Rongelap
Decatur Red Raider Tim Baker Works at Fort McClellan
Tim Baker, star Decatur Red Raider football player, is employed this summer at Fort McClellan in Anniston. Dr John L Speakers attends a refresher course on children's dentistry at the Alabama Dental School in Birmingham this week. Mrs Nell Sparkman of Oullmar visited Mrs Percy Sharp in Decatur Tuesday. Three building permits were issued by the city clerk. Eugene Page to build a $500 garage at 918 7th Ave SE P A Ucci to construct a $10000 five room home on Morningside Cir R E Hardwick to add to the States Tourist Court for $4
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Tim Baker
Decatur Red Raider
Fort McClellan
Anniston
John L
Birmingham
The
Alabama Dental School
Eugene Page
7Th Ave
P. A. Ucci
Morningside Cir
R. E. Hardwick
U S Highway 31 Assn Meeting Called In Decatur
Ervin Jackson Birmingham president of the U S 31 Highway Association has called a meeting at Decatur on Monday June 21. The Cham ber of Commerce will host a 10 o clock business session followed by a dutch lunch at noon with members urged to attend.
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Ervin Jackson
Birmingham
U. S. 31 Highway Association
Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
Jackson
Unions Near Pact Against Raiding Memberships
A broad majority of AFL and CIO unions prepare to sign a no raid labor peace pact. AFL President Meany and CIO President Reuther push the plan as a step toward a possible merger of their federations. Opponents include Teamsters Carpenters and Steelworkers, with John L. Lewis cited as a historic divider in labor.
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Washington
AFL
CIO
George Meany
Walter Reuther
AFL Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
AFL Carpenters Union
CIO Steelworkers Union
David J. McDonald
Beck
McDonald
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Meany
Reuther
AFL Carpenters
Senate panel backs sale of TVA freight terminals
A Senate Public Works Subcommittee approved selling five TVA freight terminals to private interests. Four terminals in Decatur Guntersville Chattanooga and Knoxville are leased to private parties, while the Harriman coal terminal remains TVA operated. Sales will be at appraised value.
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Washington
Senate Public Works
Tennessee Valley Authority
Decatur
Guntersville
Ala
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Mobile Sheriff Won’t Contest After Primary Loss
Veteran Sheriff William H. Holcombe, 24 years in office, says he will not contest his defeat in the Democratic primary runoff on June 1 to Ray D. Bridges by 361 votes. He claims fraud and has given details to the County Grand Jury. judges ruled the panel cannot probe ballot boxes without evidence. Bridges calls for proper charges if fraud existed. the Grand Jury resumed routine cases and gave no clear sign on further action.
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Mobile
William H. Holcombe
Holcombe
Ray D. Bridges
Bridges
Trip Held After Still Is Raided by Hart County Officials
Three Hartselle residents aged 17 24 and 35 were held in Morgan County Jail after a Dry Creek Cove raid two miles west of Lacey's Spring. Officers seized a 100 gallon whiskey stash from a 1000 gallon mash capacity still. Suspects were nabbed near the still and near Plainview. one driver’s back seat was removed. Sheriff John McCutcheon Deputies J E Roberts Chester Hogan Hartelle Police Chief M L Looney and Officer L P Darnell led the operation.
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Hartselle
Morgan County
Dry Creek Cove
Lacey’s Spring
Plainview
John McCutcheon
J. E. Roberts
Chester Hogan
M. L. Looney
L. P. Darnell
Weather and River Report Decatur Area
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge stood at 21.50 feet, up 0.5 feet in 24 hours. High yesterday reached 92 degrees by 1 p.m. This morning’s temperature was 82 with clear to partly cloudy skies and continued warm, humid conditions reported by TVA Substation.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Florida Man Charged In Plot To Kill Three Dies At Home
Emmett Donnelly a 61 year old Lake Wales attorney linked to a plot to murder three wealthy individuals was found dead at his home with a shotgun at his side. Police say it appears suicide though the coroner has not ruled. He was found in underwear.
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Emmett Donnelly
Lake Wales
Fla
Donnelly
William Durden
Orlando
K. M. Mellick
Florida
Molotov Sets Up New Roadblocks in Indochina Talks
Western reaction to V M Molotov's Indochina peace terms speech grows mixed as U S Britain France and other delegates condemn it as destructive aggressive and provocative. Western leaders prepare formal replies at the next session.
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Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Indochina
Molotov
U. S
Overseas Duty Hint Collides With McCarthy Inquiry
Roy M. Cohn testified that Army Counselor John Adams signaled Schine’s overseas posting could depend on Adams’s view while denying he cared about the outcome. Adams claimed Cohn threatened to wreck the Army as Schine’s fate loomed, and Symington pressed for a broader probes into Wisconsin Senator McCarthy. The panel eyed a two week recess as Cohn prepared for National Guard training.
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Washington
Roy M. Cohn
Army
John G. Adams
Pvt. G. David Schine
McCarthy Subcommittee
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Army Loyalty Board
Cohn
Joseph N. Welch
Adams
Schine
Robert T. Stevens
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen
McCarthy
Symington
D-Mo
Senate
Wisconsin
Camp Kilmer
Night Blind Americans Taught How To Fight Chinese In Dark
Lt. Col. Walter J. Fellenz chairs the Army Infantry School Small Arms Committee at Fort Benning. He and a civilian team analyzed Korea firing effectiveness, noting 50 000 rounds per Chinese KIA, and compare Confederate tactics to modern weapons. He argues night vision differences and training gaps explain higher casualties in night combat. See full article Night Blind on Page 2.
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Bem Price Washington
Walter J. Fellenz
Army
Fort Benning, Ga
Korea
Battle of
Chickamauga
West Point
Fellenz
Charac
Occidental
Roosevelt And Condon Lead Democratic Nominees In California
California voters backed cross filing shift as party labels appeared on ballots. James Roosevelt won a congressional nomination in Los Angeles area while Robert L Condon secured renomination. Governor Goodwin Knight led GOP bids amid strong party-defined contests.
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San Francisco i
California
James Roosevelt
Congress
Los Angeles
Theodore
Ted) Owings
Robert L. Condon
Calif
Stephen Mitchell
John F. Baldwin Jr
Roosevelt
Condon
Atomic Energy Commission
Goodwin J. Knight
Richard P. Graves
Graves
Knight
Earl Warren
Samuel W. Yorty
Thomas H. Kuchel
Warren
Kuchel
Richard M. Nixon
Timmerman Wins South Carolina Governors Primary
Gov. George Bell Timmerman Jr., 42, won the Democratic primary with a 3 2 margin over Lester L. Bates in Columbia. He pledged to defend segregated schools despite the Supreme Court ruling against them, as Richards, Ashmore, Maybank, and others won renomination or easy reentries. Timmerman led 172,230 to 107,766 from 1,519 of 1,573 precincts.
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Columbia
S.C.P
George Bell Timmerman Jr
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Columbia Insurant
Lester L. Bates
Timmerman
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
James P. Richards
Robert T. Ashmore
Richards
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Burnet R. Maybank
House
Ernest F
Fritz) Hollings
Charleston
House of Representatives
Adj
James C. Dozier
Agriculture
J. Roy Jones
Bates
No One Hurt As Car And Tractor Collide
A 1952 Kaiser driven by James W. Harris of Guntersville struck a Farmall tractor driven by Laverne Tidwell of Cullman 16 miles south of Cullman on Alabama 69 at 7 30 p m. The crash caused $500 in damages to both vehicles. Patrolmen V E Ritchie and Lt Roy Bradford investigated.
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Highway Patrol
Cullman
James W. Harris
Guntersville
Laverne Tidwell
Cullman 1
V. E. Ritchie
Roy. Bradford
Montgomery Rejects Painting Examiners Licensing Board
The Montgomery City Commission rejected a union sponsored ordinance to create a Board of Painting Examiners to license painters. AFL Painters Union agent L. C. Hawkins claimed the board would keep unskilled scavengers out and protect professional painters.
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Montgomery
L. C. Hawkins
AFL Painters Union
Woman Convicted Of Running House Of Prostitution
In Birmingham Police Judge Ralph Parker convicted Mrs Thelma Ward and five others after a raid on her home. Ward was found guilty of operating a bawdy house and aiding prostitution, fined 59 dollars and given a suspended 180 day jail term. Several others were fined for visiting a house of ill fame. one man was acquitted. The trial spanned 13 hours.
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Birmingham
Ralph Parker
Thelma Ward
Pleadings Settled Ahead of Circuit Court Trials
Circuit Court with Judge Newton Powell to open next Monday as pleadings settle for cases slated for the weeks of June 14 and June 21. Morgan County grand jury also scheduled to convene that date.
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Circuit Court
Newton Powell
Morgan County Grand Jury
Drop In Jobless Not Expected Before Fall
President Eisenhower's economic adviser Dr. Arthur F. Burns forecast an early upturn in the economy driven by defense and business expansion spending. He said unemployment could reach about four million by July, with a fall decline as business activity rises, noting signs of leveling off and potential recovery in nonagricultural industry.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Arthur F. Burns
President
Burns
White House
Federal grain inspection office opens in Decatur
Harold Damsgard of Alabama Flour Mills notes the new federal grain inspection office in the Veterans Administration building begins operations under inspector T. J. Boyd from Mobile. The service will allow local producers to avoid sending samples to Nashville or Mobile and will inspect grain stored on farms under the price support program as well as products brought to Decatur. Several local mills and grain firms including O. J. Walls Grain Co Norris Grain Co Cargill Inc Alabama Flour Mills Decatur Grain Cooperative Tennessee Valley Cooperative and Lauderdale County Cooperative helped advance the service.
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Decatur
Federal
Harold Damsgard
Alabama Flour Mills
Veterans Administration
T. J. Boyd
Mobile
Tri-Cities
Guntersville
0. J. Walls Grain Co
Norris Grain Co
Cargill Inc
Decatur Grain Cooperative
Tennessee Valley Cooperative
Lauderdale County Cooperative
Florente
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Robert R. Kissling
Berkeley
Sanford Herrick
Kissling
Herrick
Rongelap Atoll
John Anjin
Ming
Nell Sparkman
Oullmar
Percy Sharp
Buckley
U.S. Highway 31 Assn
Senate Group Okays
Mobile Sheriff
Colin
Hearings
Morrie Landsberg
National Democratic Committee
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