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11 Jun 1957
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Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1957
Page
1
Vacation Bible School sign disturbed at Central Baptist Church
City records list 11 docket items including five overparking charges and several traffic offenses. A 1955 Buick struck a parked truck on Vine Street, light damage reported, while the truck sustained no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Baptist Church
City Recorder
Fay M. Murphree
Decatur
Beatrice Foods
Vine St
President Back At Work Ready For 'A Few Steaks'
President Eisenhower returned to the White House desk after a stomach ailment and quipped about getting at a few steaks. He signed a massive appropriations bill, requested a supplemental increase for Senate restaurant expenses, and met with White House aides as he resumed duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
State
Justice Departments
Congress
Senate
Decatur Housing Authority to Build 200 New Low rent Units
U S Public Housing Administration approved a loan for 200 additional low rent units in Decatur. Total development cost listed at 2 541 925 with potential 90 percent loan to the housing authority. Announcement relayed by senators Hill Sparkman and Rep Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Public Housing Administration
Decatur Housing Authority
PHA
Housing Authority
Decatur Daily
Sens. Hill and Sparkman
Bob Jones
French Riots Shut Down Algiers After Bombing Deaths
Gangs of French students rioted through Algiers smashing windows. A general strike called by student and veterans groups closed shops and banks and only a few trolley cars remained. Ambulances ferried injured as authorities could not yet provide a casualty count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Atlas missile test firing poised near Cocoa Beach
Late bulletins report a flurry of activity around the Air Force missile test center four miles north of Cocoa Beach Florida suggesting preparations for a heralded Atlas missile test firing. In Birmingham Dr John A Fincher head of the biology department and assistant to the president of Howard College was named dean of the Baptist School. In Montgomery Lt Gov Ernest Vandiver urged Southerners to reassert their fundamental rights the right to be unequal and the right to pick their own associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cocoa Beach
Fla
Air Force Missile Test Center
Here
Birmingham
John A. Fincher
Howard College
Baptist School
Montgomery
Georgia
Ernest Vandiver
South
Mayor Curtails Elliott Authority In City Streets Note
Mayor Knox L. Mc Rae issues an executive order restricting Street Superintendent Joe S. Elliott from placing purchases for Decatur beyond $50, excluding routine fuel and essential materials for street work. Police Chief Pack Self delivered the order at 3:30 p.m. The memo limits purchases for concrete sand gravel crushed stone and related building materials unless allied to official street work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pack Self
Joe S. Elliott
City of
Decatur
Twelve Die in Rocky Ford Train Collision
A west of Vroman Colorado crash killed 12 of 18 Mexican farm workers aboard a truck. Driver Sylvester Licano of Rocky Ford is among the dead. Bodies lay along the railroad right of way as an eastbound 56 car Santa Fe freight struck the vehicle at a farm road crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Ford
Colo
Vroman
Sylvester Licano
Jack Leen
KBNZ
la Junta
Lee
GI Soldier's Sweetheart Pleads For Forgiveness At Japanese Family
Haru Sueyama kneels at the Sakai home and grave in SOMAGAHARA pleading for forgiveness after the death of Mrs. Naka Sakai. The U S soldier William Girard, from Ottawa Illinois, is charged with enticement and murder on a firing range. The family回应 expresses anger while legal action unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somagahara
Japan
GI William Girard
Haru
Candy) Sueyama
Naka Sakai
Ottawa
Girard
Sakai
Candy
Kayoko
William S. Girard
Ill
Tokyo
Girard Lawyers Seek Writ Over Japanese Trial.
In Washington the Girard case argues a writ to prevent Army Specialist 3.C. Girard from being tried in Japan for the killing of a Japanese woman. Defense claims federal courts have authority to intervene. government says no. A packed courtroom heard arguments on habeas corpus to bring Girard home for hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William S. Girard
Earl J. Carroll
Army
3.C
Japan
U.S
Stall Tactics Again Tie Up Legislature
In Montgomery the House and Senate faced renewed filibuster tactics as members used the Journal reading to stall. The stoppage aimed to avoid a vote on forcing the rules committee to report out a bill requiring competitive bidding for asphalt plant mix used in road paving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
House
Senate
Ernest Vandiver
Georgia
Administration House
Administration-Controlled
Rules Committee
Dulles insists on allied unity before disarmament talks
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States will not rush disarmament with the Soviet Union at the cost of allied relations. He allowed informal talks with Russia on some points but stressed that negotiations are not only U S Russia talks and that Britain and France must approve direct talks. Stassen’s return delays London talks and hints at private Stassen Zorin contacts amid allied complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dulles
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
Harold Stassem
Stessen
London
Britain
France
Stassen
Valerian Zorin
U.S
Stassen-Zorin
Job Trend Shows Higher Employment Across 137 Firms
Employment in 137 local firms rose from January to April with 6,936 workers in January and 7,079 in April. Manufacturing plants gained 125, nonmanufacturing added 18, plus 181 new May job applications at the Decatur office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Still
Alabama Employment Service Office
Decatur
Something New At Downtown Intersections Cotton Week Promotes Local Cotton
Bales of cotton displayed at eight downtown intersections to promote Cotton Week draw calls about a missing bale joke, with bales located at Grant Second Ave Johnston Second Ave Moulton Second Ave Lee Second Ave Vine Bank Lafayette Bank Church Bank and near the post office. Sixteen maid contestants enter the county Maid of Cotton contest to culminate Cotton Week Friday night at Decatur High School stadium. The event is sponsored by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce agriculture committee with invitations to join the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant St
Second Ave
Johnston St
Moulton St
Lee St
Vine St
Bank St
Lafayette St
Church St
Decatur High School
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Agriculture Committee of the
Chamber
Nickerson Lawyers Press Court Appeal For Army Files
Defense attorneys for Col John C. Nickerson at Redstone Arsenal threaten a Supreme Court appeal if the Army does not supply specific documents needed for his general court martial defense. Robert K. Bell, one of Nickersons lawyers, said the request must be answered soon or higher tribunals may be sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
John C. Nickerson
Supreme Court
Robert K. Bell
Redstone Arsenal
Army
Weather and River Update for Decatur Area
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 21.62 feet, a rise of 0.02 feet in 24 hours, sea level 555.92. Yesterdays high 74, low 68. At 10:30 this morning 82. Rain 0.02 inches in 24 hours. Forecast partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers mainly afternoon and evening. High today 83, low 67, high Wednesday 85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Southern Foes Uncertain On Civil Rights Move
The House nears the civil rights amendment stage as Southern opponents debate stalling or pressuring a quick vote. The bill, backed by the administration, would let the attorney general seek federal injunctions for rights violations, while Southerners push for jury trials in contempt cases. passage depends on Northern Democrats and Republicans, with a rough need of 70 Republicans and 10 Southern Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
Canadians Oust New Deal Party After Long Rule
Canadians delivered a dramatic national election upset with the Liberal party led by Louis St Laurent ousted after 22 years. Conservatives under John Diefenbaker gained a strong showing though not an outright majority, winning about 39 percent of the vote and 110 seats to the Liberals 103 in a 265 seat House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Canada
New Deal
Louis St. Laurent
Liberal Party
Conservative
John Diefenbaker
House of Commons
Liberals
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