Elementary piano recital at Central Methodist Church
Mrs Roy S Hendrix will present her piano pupils in a recital Saturday at 7 30 p m at Central Methodist Church Public is invited The program centers on The Circus Mr and Mrs Roy W Hendrix and children Sandra David and a will return to Mobile after ten days with relatives Workers of West Side Baptist Church and children invited to Preparation Day parade and picnic on Saturday at 9 a m Also notes on Shrine Baseball game and visits to Decatur and Memphis See DIARY on Page 2
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Roy S. Hendrix
Central Methodist Church
Roy W. Hendrix
Sandra
David
Mobile
Roy Lt. Hendrix
West Side Baptist Church
Roy I. Hendrix
Birmingham
Deirder Kare Ot Hendrix
Decatur
Britain Faces Prolonged Rail Strike Amid Wage Dispute
Britain’s enginemen press for higher pay to keep a long held differential over less skilled railway workers. The nationalized rail system is under a commission. Parcel collections by truck services are suspended for the week. Midlands engineering firms warn of layoffs if the rail strike drags on. A nationwide pattern shows several factories entering its 18th day without a settlement in sight.
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The
Commission
Britain
Midlands
Weather and River Readings at Keller Memorial Bridge
Tennessee River reading this morning was 21.44 feet with a 12 foot fall in 24 hours. Rainfall totaled .07 inches by 8 a.m. High yesterday reached 82 at 2 p.m. and 64 at 6 a.m. Expect cool with scattered showers today and tonight, and Saturday with highs around 75 to 77 and lows near 56.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Folsom Bid To Control Docks Gains House Backing
The House approved a bill 56 to 37 to abolish the state docks board and return control to Gov. James E. Folsom. The plan creates a 12 member advisory board to work with the docks director, with Senate confirmation added for the governor’s appointees. Rep. Louie Brannon urged caution over rapid changes affecting docks administration.
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Montgomery
House of Representatives
State Docks Board
James E. Folsom
Mobile
House
Senate
Louie Brannon
Baldwin County
Program's Successes Failures Magnified Says Scheele Report
President Eisenhower signed a law boosting postal worker salaries by 6 percent retroactive to March 1 and a 2 percent increase six months later. The Public Health Service released a long review of the polio vaccine program noting accelerated development and the need for safer manufacturing standards. Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele said advances and setbacks were magnified by rapid progress and warned of continued efforts to produce safer biologics for virus diseases.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
New York Times
Eisenhower
Tan Pal
IEE
Hobby
New Trial Requested For George Everett
An attorney for convicted rape slayer George Lowell Everett filed a motion for a new trial in Panama City Florida. The grounds claim one juror had been committed to a mental hospital. Circuit Judge E Clay Lewis Jr. noted no hearing date was set yet.
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Panama City
Fila
George Lowell Everett
E. Clay Lewis Jr
Everett
Lewis
Puzzler’s $250 Bonanzagram Jackpot Raised
Reader contest increases prize to 250 dollars with a 275 dollar target if no matching entry arrives. Deadline for winner notification is Monday at 5 p.m. Entries must be postcard submissions by midnight if mailed.
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Katie
Two $50,000 damage suits filed after fatal highway crash
A May 5 highway wreck eight miles east of Courtland on Highway 20 killed 35 year old Decatur man and injured three others. Frank Langley 41 and Horace Knight 41, both injured, sue Shackleford for $50,000 each. Knight suffered chest brain injuries and a fractured hip. Sittason 60 remains hospitalized. Investigating patrolmen say truck was on the wrong side of the road.
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Moulton
Decatur
Hillsboro
Courtland
Highway 20
Langley
4Th Ave
Fred M. Sittason
7Th Ave. N.W
Knight
Loring St
Colbert Steam Plant
Tuscumbia
Shackleford
Eee Eee Knight
Sittason
Decatur General Hospital
Decatur Days Off With Bang
Rain dampens opening Decatur Days events but sponsors plan an extra big day tomorrow. Feho Valley Boys perform on Second Ave after store closings. if canceled a Bank St dance is set for tomorrow night. Second Ave closures listed Johnston to Jackson and Bank St Vine to Church streets with shopping bonuses declared by participating stores.
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Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
Feho Valley Boys
Second Ave
Bank St
Johnston
Jackson St
Vine
Church
Vogel Set Back In Bid To Gain Reins To TVA
In Washington the House Appropriations Committee stripped the TVA funding bill of a $100,000 contingency fund for a special management committee to improve TVA efficiency. Herbert D. Vogel, TVA board chairman, had proposed the fund as part of the bid to gain tighter control over TVA operations.
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Vogel
TVA
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Cannon
D-Mo
Tennessee Valley Authority
Herbert D. Vogel
House Appropriations Panel Approves Warrior Lock Dam Funding
The House Appropriations Committee approved a $4,100,000 budget for continuing work on the Warrior Lock and Dam near Eutaw Alabama for the next year. It also earmarked part of $3,600,000 in advance planning funds for two Alabama engineering surveys.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
New Warrior
Eutaw
Ala
Alabama
Management group to report to chairman on policy
The document directs the Budget Bureau that the management group report directly to the chairman and grants authority for him to act as an executive officer implementing broad policies approved by the See Vogel on Page 2.
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Budget Bureau
VOGEL
Hat Maker Faces Senate Probe Over Navy Contract
The Senate Investigations Subcommittee questioned Lev about a $2,000 check and a $2.5 million plastics venture tied to a May 1953 award for seven million white sailor hats for the armed forces. Mrs Hort and her husband testified on the deal and possible motives behind the payment.
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Husbafid
Senate Investigations
Mella Hart
Lev
Subco
Hort
Nehru and Russians Toast Each Other as Peacemakers
In Moscow premier Nehru and Soviet leader Bulganin hailed themselves as champions of peace and urged global followship. The two leaders spoke at a joint event praising cooperation among India, Russia and Red China to ease international tensions.
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Moscow
Russia
India
Nehru
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Red
China
Goodyear Cited For Bond Buying
Goodyear Decatur Mills received a Treasury citation for outstanding promotion of U S Savings Bonds through the Payroll Savings Plan. Curtis D Adkins accepted the award for the company with W K Wilder receiving the honor from the Treasury secretary. Ed Leigh McMillan noted Alabama Savings Bonds support. See GOODYEAR on Page 2.
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Goodyear Decatur Mills
Treasury
U. S
Curtis D. Adkins
Savings Bonds
Alabama
W. K. Wilder
United States Savings
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Ed Leigh McMillan
Alamo
Tom Bingham
Morgan County Savings Bonds
C. H. Stallings
Clapp Pushes TVA Financing Plan For Higher Rates
Former TVA critic Senator Clapp breaks silence on TVA funding strategy urging adoption of the board majority’s financing plan at the earliest moment to ensure maximum efficiency for national and Tennessee Valley interests.
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TVA
Senate
Dixon- Yates
Clapp
Tennessee Valley
Invita
Severe weather bulletin warns of possible tornadoes near Birmingham
The U S Weather Bureau warned of possible tornadoes this afternoon or tonight in east central Alabama in a severe weather bulletin issued at 1 10 p m The affected area lies almost due east of Birmingham.
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Birmingham
U.S. Weather Bureau
Alabama
Appropriations Committee Backs TVA Power Fight
Washington The House Appropriations Committee set the stage for a major battle over the Dixon-Yates power project by sending a bill to the House floor for debate. The measure approves 1.276 billion dollars to finance federal power agencies for the coming fiscal year, rejecting the administration's request for 6. million more.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Dixon Yates plans power line to TVA system link
A proposed project would build a high voltage line from the Dixon Yates plant at West Memphis Arkansas to the Tennessee Valley Authority power grid. The effort would allocate funds to construct a new TVA plant to supply power to a region the Dixon Yates group intends to serve, noted under APPROPRIATIONS on Page 2.
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Dixon-Yates
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Valley Authority Power System
TVA
Dixon- Yates Group
Circuit Court Delays Ruling in 10,000 Dollar Suit
Morgan County Circuit Court recessed yesterday until Monday after trial in the $10,000 damage suit James E. Sims v. Riley Summer Decatur. A verdict may be for Summer. Presiding Judge S A Lynne issued attachments for 49 witnesses, each paying 2.500 to cover costs. Grand Jury continued investigations and may report Monday.
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Morgan County
James E. Sims
Riley Summer
Decatur
Summer
S. A. Lynne
Sims
Circuit Court Grand Jury
Monay
Governor Kennon vetoes 33 million dollar school fund
Baton Rouge La Gov Kennon vetoed a 33 percent four million dollar matching fund aimed at building schools to preserve racial separation. In his message he said signing the bill would harm education construction efforts and questioned the bill’s impact on education in Louisiana.
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Baton Rouge
Kennon
Louisiana
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Lobondai Congo Belge
W. H. Long
Judge Long
Milton D. Little
Memphis
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Buckley
P. D
George Everett
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Inspector Black
Pau Sa
Hat Maker
Probers
Kremlin
Iarheral Nehru
Spasky
V. M. Molotov
Goodyear
Nashville Rally
Bulletin
Appropriations Committee
Hugh
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