Rhee's Warning Returns to Threat of War in Korea
The Geneva talks appear doomed and Syngman Rhee threatens to wage war again if a Korea settlement fails. Rhee commands about 20 divisions plus 650,000 U S backed troops in the South, while North Korea and Chinese forces loom across a 150 mile front. U S and U N forces hold a fragile armistice amid rebuilt Communist airfields and uncertain Korean leadership.
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Washington
Syngman Rhee
Geneva
Korea
Indochina
Rhee
North
South Korea
United States
United Nations
U. S
U. N
No Man’s Land
Demilitarized Zone
Armistice Commission
Commission
U.S
Gallego Given Death Penalty In Mississippi Slaying
Gerald Albert Gallego 26 was sentenced to die by electrocution for the May 27 slaying of Ocean Springs police officer Ernest Floyd Beauger. A Circuit Court jury convicted after 25 minutes deliberation. Gallego also faced charges for a $1,000 bank robbery in Mobile and was linked to the gun used in the shooting.
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Pascagoula
Miss
Gerald Albert Gallego
Ocean Springs
California
Ernest Floyd Beauger
Leslie Grant
Gallego
Frank Hammong Jr
Jackson County
Leo Byrd
Beaugez
Moss Point
Beauger
American National Bank & Trust Co
Mobile
Alabama
Nelson E. Grubbs
Carl Wilson
Daisy Stoddard
Hawthorne
Calif
San Quentin State
Mississippi
Cobweb Artist Mrs. Clopton Delights Huntsville Audience
Huntsville artist Mrs. J B Clopton, famed nationwide for cobweb paintings, spoke before Decatur Kiwanis members at the Hotel Lyons as part of an inter club gathering. She described starting at age 11, two years of experiments, using brown grass spider webs and simple paints, and noted her growing fame.
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J. B. Clopton
Huntsville
Decatur Kiwanians
Clopton
Huntsville Kiwanis Club
Hotel
Lyons
Frank Troup
Bill Wight
Leon Clancy
Clancy Lumber Co
William Eyster
Thompson Kelly
Philip Mason
Tom Jones
George Brown
Brown
Clop
Heat wave lasts with 101 degree peak across Alabama
The Alabama heat wave continued with a 101 degree high in Dothan. Other top readings included Evergreen 98 and Montgomery and Tuscaloosa at 97. Selma reached 96 and Mobile 95, with no relief visible.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Dothan
Evergreen
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
Selma
Mobile
U S Mills Process 9 12 Million Bales of Cotton
U S mills processed 9 12 million bales of cotton in the 1952 53 season marking a substantial output level for the period.
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U.S. Mills
Artist Mrs Clapton on World’s Fair booth tours and radio
The article notes Mrs Clapton has a booth at the World’s Fair and has made three trips to New York and one to California where she appeared on radio and television programs. She estimates three months are needed to complete a painting for which she earns from 25 to 75 dollars.
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New York
California
Clapton
Heart Attacks May Be Caused by Accidents
A 1954 King Features Syndicate health column explains that physical injury can trigger coronary events by stressing the chest and heart. It cites steering wheel injuries as a common cause and notes electrocardiograms help confirm heart damage.
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King
Young Democrats to Hold Birmingham Convention in July
The Alabama Young Democrats meet in Birmingham July 8 to 10, 1954, per Jefferson County official. Chairman Charles T. Emmett Jr. says the event moved from Dothan, with former U S Senator Claude Pepper of Florida slated to speak.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Jefferson County
Charles T. Emmett Jr
Jefferson Group
Dothan
U.S
Claude Pepper
Florida
Local People News From Lawrence County and Nearby
Mrs Charles Speake and Mrs Bertha Wiley improve from illness. J W Dutton has been ill. Bill Wiley and Paul Wiley families visited Mrs Bertha Wiley Sunday. Barbara Johnson now works in Decatur. Rev Bill Redding and Anthony of Courtland area visited the Speake family Sunday. Infant son of Rev Enos Cross dismissed from Decatur General Hospital and at home. Loyd Jarrett family visited Robert Chenault and Barbara. Harold Pope and son from New Jersey visited Ada Pope. Clayton Hill family and daughters Donna of Birmingham visited Hattie Hill. James A Spence is in Oak Ridge for an assignment.
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Bertha Wiley
J. W. Dutton
Bill Wiley
Paul Wiley
Barbara Johnson
Decatur
Bill Redding
Anthony
Near Courtland
Charles
Enos Cross
Decatur General Hospital
Loyd Jarrett
East of Hartselle
Robert Chenault
Barbara
Harold Pope
New Jersey
Ada Pope
Clayton Hill
Donna
Birmingham
Hattie Hill
James A. Spence
Oak Ridge
McCaghren Family News From Red Hill Community
Friends report Mrs. Otis Gentry improving after surgery in Birmingham. Mrs. J W McCaghren and others visit relatives in Austinville and Enon Baptist Church plans home-coming on Sunday June 20. M A Owens remains unimproved. The McCaghren family also gathered to chop cotton for the church.
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Otis Gentry
Birmingham
J. W. McCaghren
P. L. McCaghren
D. C. McCaghren
Austinville
Charlie Keenum Sr
Jimmy
Charlie Keenum Jr
Mertie Hensley
Roy Hembree
Coy
Carl Gene
Jessie Merline
Wanda
Dayton McCaghren
Elmer McCaghren
Dorothy
Mae McCormick
Kenneth
John Collins
Hubert McCaghren
Charlie Jones
Richard
Doyle Johnson
M. A. Owens
Enon Baptist Church
J. W. Mc.Caghren
Jessie
Jerome
Erney Fergu
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Ox Time
Newsweek
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Dalton Roberts
Trevecca College
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Richey
Son
Connecticut
Kiwanis
Mercury
Herman iv
Lawrence County
Red Hill
Jessie McCaghren
H. Leon Reeves
Ave
N. W
Motorola
Admiral Radio-Phono Combination
Admiral Radio-Phono Combination TV
Stromberg-Carlson Radio
Zenith Radio-Phono
Radio Shack
Lefe Hone
Belk-Marson CO
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Archdale
Archdales
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Panama
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