Three Arrests Reported by Morgan County Sheriff
Morgan County sheriff's forces arrested three individuals yesterday on charges including no driver's license public drunkenness and reckless driving. Ida Williamson Circle of East End Methodist Church meetup scheduled at 7 30 p m at the church annex. Mattie King Circle plans buffet supper at the East End annex Saturday at 6 30 p m proceeds to church. Mrs Howard Head returns home from Ochsner Foundation Hospital New Orleans for recovery at 451 Jackson St.
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Morgan County Sheriff's Forces
Ida Williamson
Circle of
East End
Mattie King
Howard Head
Ochsner Foundation Hospital
New Orleans
Jackson St
Hospitals Blast of Dismissals and Admissions List
Hospital notices list dismissals and admissions across multiple facilities including Hillsboro Athens and Decatur with names and simple addresses. Notables include Mrs Waylon Naylor and infant son in Hillsboro and Mrs Elvis Patterson and baby boy in Athens. Other entries name patients and guardians with limited details across Lawrence County and Decatur General Hospital.
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Bank S&t. Hospital
Waylon Naylor
Hillsboro
James D. Moore
Danville
Roy Griffin
6Th Ave
C.W. Owens
Birth Announcement for Hood's Daughter
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hood announce the birth of a daughter. The couple resides in Mou?ee ee cee. the birth adds a new family member to their household.
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Mrs
Edwin Hood
Danville Girls Take Co ed Sunday School Trip to Florida
Margie and Althea Looney, daughters of F W Looney of Danville 2, travelled with the Norwood Methodist Church Co ed Sunday School class to Florida over the weekend. Stanley A Veatch of Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville was named national director of the National Association of Cost Accountants for a one year term. Veatch has held leadership roles in the North Alabama chapter since 1952 and now serves as chapter president. In Hartselle, Red Cross efforts during the Morgan County tornado will be featured in Farm and Ranch Magazine, with George Barnett of the magazine gathering material.
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Danville
Margie
Althea Looney
F. W. Looney
Danville 2
Norwood Methodist Church
Birmingham
Florida
Huntsville
Stanley A. Veatch
Redstone Arsenal
National Association of Cost Accountants
Arthur B. Gunnarson
Direc
Tor
Veatch
North Alabama
Hartselle
American Red Cross
Morgan County
Farm and Ranth
George Barnett
City Considering Hearing on Zoning Change for Ministers Home
City planning commission recommended a public hearing for rezoning two blocks in West Decatur from Residence A to Residence C. The move would allow a four unit building on 7th Ave SW to house retired Methodist ministers, with council expected to set the hearing date.
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City Planning Commission
West Decatur
Planning Board
S. M. Regal
C. W. Nelson
Garth Heights
Danville Rd
North Alabama Methodist Conference
7Th Ave
First Ward School
Moulton St
Third St
5Th
6Th
7Th
8Th
Hagood Funeral Set Thursday At Tanner Church
Funeral services for Henry W. Hagood 75 are scheduled for Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Tanner Church of Christ in Athens. Pastor George Williams Clifford Buchanan and Ira Thompson will officiate. Mr. Hagood died at 6 40 this morning at Baugh Wiley Clinic. He is survived by his wife Eula two daughters Lillian and Mabel four sons Oliver Ivan Harold and Walter 14 grandchildren one great granddaughter three brothers and one sister. Interment will be in Athens City Cemetery with McConnell Service Funeral Home in charge.
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Athens
Henry W. Hagood
Tanner
Tanner Church of Christ
George Williams
Clifford Buchanan
Ira Thompson
Hagood
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Athens City Cemetery
McConnell Service Funeral Home
Eula Hagood
Lillian
Mabel Hagood
Oliver Hagood
Chicago
Ivan Hagood
Barton
Fla
Harold Hagood
Walter Hagood
North Pekin
Ill
Willie
Jesse Hagood
Tommy Hagood
Truman
Ark
Betty Clanton
Kennett
Kentucky Firm Lowest Bid for Limestone Road Project
Montgomery Kentucky firm Waters Construction Co. won the low bid to crush aggregate for the Huntsville Ardmore Road project at $272 814. The State Highway Dept announced bids from twenty other road and bridge contracts totaling $3 764 065.
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Montgomery
Elizabethtown
Huntsville-Ardmore
State Highway Dept
Waters Construction Co
Keeble Girl Born at Decatur General Hospital
A daughter was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Keeble of 2018 13th Street SE at Decatur General Hospital. James E. Evans of 112 Danville Road reported the birth at the same hospital.
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James E. Evans
Danville Rd
Decatur General Hospital
J. W. Keeble
13Th St
Mayor issues bid requirement order for city purchases
The mayor decreed that no equipment may be leased rented bought or hired without three bids and council approval in a regular session. The order targets street department purchases with exceptions for routine items and established prices.
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Fiveeman Council
Roy Odom
Rutledge Thomas
C. E. Poole
Charles N. Harvey
Johnnie Aycock
John A. Caddell
Joe Pettey
McRae
Aycock
Poole
Odom
Harvey
Thomas
Elliott
Decatur
Mrs. W. A. Freeman Dies at 71 Rites Pending
Mrs. W. A. Freeman 71 of Cullman dies at Cullman Hospital. Funeral services at Bet hesadia Church conducted by Rev. Charles Hill with time to be announced. Survived by five sons Carter Dewey Harold Jerald and Stilk in Waters 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Cullman
W. A. Freeman
Bethsadia Church
Charles Hill
Mass Service
Freeman
Cullman Hospital
Carter
Dewey
Harold
Jerald
Stilkin Waters
Market prices for cotton milk calves and hogs reported
Cotton prices steady at 33.00 for December and 33.24 for Decatur joan, cottonseed 840.00 per ton, Milk Grade A 6.10 per hundred, manufactured milk 3.10, other dairy rates. Calves steady to 50 lower, choice to prime 19.50-22.00. Hogs 850 head, barrows and gilts mostly steady to weak, bulk No 1 180-240 lb at 19.00.
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Decatur Joan
Corp
Yellow Corp
Market Advances as Eisenhower Recovers Boosts Wall Street
Stocks rose at the opening as President Eisenhower, back at his desk after a stomach upset, drew investor focus. Oils steels and motors led gains with many blue chips advancing one point or more amid a brisk morning session on changes in major indices.
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New York
Eisenhower
Wall Street
Poultry market steady in Birmingham and Atlanta
AP reports North Alabama broiler and North Georgia live market conditions show steady trading and adequate supplies. Demand remains generally good with modest price points at farms and plants, while receipts and offerings vary by weight and category across the two regions.
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Birmingham
North Alabama
Atlanta
North Georgia
Birmingham Egg Markets Show Mixed Colors Prices Vary
Birmingham reports egg market activity with demand improving and adequate supplies. Prices paid delivered vary by size and grade with mixed colors around 31 to 32 cents for large, 28 to 29 for medium, and 20 to 21 for small. nearby locally produced whites are mostly medium to large with prices 27 to 31 cents and 21 cents for small.
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Birmingham
Cattle and livestock receipts noted at Alabama and Nashville sales
Business in livestock receipts shows steady to weak trend across cattle, cows, bulls, calves, and sheep. Nashville reports 350 cattle with varied prices including steers and heifers from 14.00 to 21.00, calves around 1398-1505, and sheep with lambs and ewes in the 20.50 to 23.50 range. Alabama sales list mixed grades and gilt prices around 18.50 to 19.50 with hogs and barrows daily ranges.
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Albany
Enemas
Jackson
U.S
South
Ope
Nashville
Cotton futures slip amid scattered October trading
In New York cotton futures moved modestly as prices for October contracts drifted. Early figures show declines with nearby options around 34.56 for December while broader sessions indicated mixed afternoon activity and modest gains elsewhere.
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New York
Italians Search For New Premier
President Giovanni Gronchi began consultations with party leaders after the resignation of Adone Zoli who left over a minority government backed by Fascist votes. Giuseppe Pella, a former premier, is among potential contenders as the Christian Democrats seek a caretaker government ahead of next spring elections.
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Rome
Giovanni Gronchi
Italy
Gronchi
Adone Zoli
Giuseppe Pella
Center
Athens Eyes $145000 Bond for New Metal Plant
Athens moves to issue bonds up to 145000 for a metal fabricating plant proposed as a branch of a larger 900000 operation. The plant would cost about 500000 with 75 to 150 jobs set, but final figures remain unsettled. The Athens Limestone Development Committee led by Hershel Littrell has negotiated for months. the plant type and site remain undisclosed. The president of the firm is due in Athens tomorrow. Local officials requested withholding full details to avoid issues at the home plant. The council also approved four street lights in Christopher subdivision, planned July protest over 40000 in assessments on 19 streets, and authorized a 50 ad for the Jaycee Boat Regatta.
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Athens-Limestone Development Committee
Hershel Littrell
Athens
Christopher
Electric
Sister Ramsey Rites Set for Wednesday at Sacred Heart
Sister Mary Aloysia Ramsey O S B 70 of Sacred Heart Convent to be rites Wednesday at 9 a m in Sacred Heart Convent Chapel. She served 55 years in religion after joining in 1923 and taught at Sacred Heart School Cullman and Grade School Brookside. Surviving sisters include M Anastasia and Mrs Josephine Kerman and Mrs Ansel a English Birmingham. brothers Charles Ramsey Gary and John Ramsey Independence Kansas. Interment in Convent Cemetery.
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Cullman
Mary Aloysia Ramsey
O.S.B
Sacred Heart Convent
Aloysia
Sacred Heart
Brookside
M. Anastasia
Benedictine Sisters of
Josephine Kerman
Ansela English
Birmingham
Charles Ramsey
Gary
St. John
President Eisenhower Eats Light Meals as Recovery Grows
President Eisenhower’s stomach upset improved with milk toast prune cereal and broth. White House physicians reported a comfortable night, normal vitals, and no relapse, though no engagements were scheduled as he recuperates. He dictated work from his office and joked with a cameraman, eyeing a return to partial duties soon.
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Eisenhower
White House
Thomas Craven Sr
Ann Whitman
Howard M. Snyder
James ©. Hagerty
Hagerty
Scoggins Rites Today At Austinville Baptist Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Mae Scoggins 34 Decatur were held at the Austinville Baptist Church. The Decatur 3 resident died Monday after a long illness at a niece's home Mrs. Aubrey H Siniard. The Rev. Jack Jones and Rev. W W Coffey officiated. Interment followed Moss Chapel Cemetery by Brown Funeral Co. Mrs. Scoggins survived by husband M B Scoggins five children Patricia Gail Michael Dale twins Mary Pearl Amelia Geraldine and Artie Joe Roy and other relatives.
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Amelia Geraldine Scoggins
Artie Joe Roy
Soldier’s Family Mourns at Mother’s Grave in Quiet Field
A bereaved family reenacts a solemn ritual near a wheat and barley field grave. Saku pours water on the fresh mound as Candy and her daughters kneel and beg forgiveness after a box of Japanese cakes arrives from Miss Sue yama.
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Sueyama
Saku
Candy
Canadians chase power amid minority parliament
The Commons operates on seat counts rather than national vote. The Socialists with 24 seats and Social Credit with 19 refused to join a coalition. They would support a Conservative program though not expect Diefenbaker to govern long with minority help. He vows to boost old age pensions while cutting taxes.
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Socialist Party
Social Credit Party
Diefenbaker
Unemployment Claims and Hiring Figures In State Study
The report lists 207 individuals referred to employers and 153 hired. It notes 301 new unemployment insurance claims filed, with 142 filed against employers outside this state.
Arctic disarmament zone discussed amid London talks
The United States may require unanimous agreement from all involved nations for any first-stage disarmament plan in Europe. Dulles cited procedural difficulties in shaping a zone proposal.
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London
United States
Dulles
Johnson Helps Push Authorization Bill For Aid Program
Senate support grows as Sen Lyndon B Johnson and Sen William Knowland back a 3.64 billion authorization for aid. Committee trims administration requests by 227 million, but Johnson remains hopeful for Senate approval without further cuts.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
William F. Knowland
California
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Nominations sent for Alabama postmasters
President Fisentower sent to the Senate the nominations for postmaster of Grady Alice Huat and Harry Dempsey Jr. of Jacksonville. A wildcat strike at Cone Mills Dwight Division idle 2,000 workers as Textile Workers Union officials seek a return to work after a dispute with a department overseer.
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Washington
Fisentower
Senate
Alice H. Huat
Grady
Ala
Harry Dempsey Jr
Jacksonville
Gadsden
Wildcat
Cone Mills
Dwight
Textile Workers Union of America
Cottingham Infant To Be Buried Today
Graveside services for Clifford Ray Cottingham one day old son of Mr and Mrs C C Cottingham Decatur were to be held at Clardy Cemetery in Lawrence County. Clifford Ray died Monday at Bank St Hospital.
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Clifford Ray Cottingham
C. C. Cottingham
Clardy Cemetery
Lawrence County
Clifford Ray
Bank St. Hospital
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Decatur Curb Market
Carl Bradley
Sycamore
Co. G. Bynum, Decatur 3
Athens Limestone Hospital
Thomas Christopher
B. R. Lawrence
15Th Ave
Martha Ann King
Michael Johnson
Annie Mae Lyle
7Th St
Lawrence County Hospital
Moulton
Talmer L. Burney
Town Creek
Roy B. Reeves, Jr
Ford Hill
Camey McVay
Little Della Mae Terrell
Clyde C. Goodlett
Little Marshall Owens
Windell McKelvey
Little Joan Bradford
Russellville
Marcile Pitt
Trinity
Henry Posey
Jack Wesley Anglea
Buena Vista Circle
Ralph C. Hill
Lassie Houston Craig
4Th Ave
Oler Barnett
Wallace B. Farr
Sth Ave
Margaret Utler
Gum St
Billon
Joe Hartse
L. V. Miller
W. Main St
K. Goode
Randy Harold Smith
Decatur 2
Mary Catherine Phillips
C G. Parker
3Rd Ave
Jack Smith
Decatur Daily
By Jack Smith
Tanner Church
Kentucky
Limestone
Fair Isle
Scotland
Decatur Markets
Alleghany
Allis
Baker
T&t
Cop Armour Armst
Ck Atchison At
C Line
Ad Refin
Babcock Calum & H Cater Trac
Celanese
Ches & Ohio Krysier
Coca Cola Cola Palm Eversharp
Fin Firestone
P&l F’most Dairies
Elec
Mills
Ga Pac
Glidden New York
Oks
Goodrich
Ear Ba Gull
Kaleoe al
Resge Kress Ub Lehman Las
WS Oy
Age & Ft
Loew' He
Henley
Seabal RR
Mit Sars Roeb Ca
Sinclair
Skelly OU
Gug Sou Co
St Brand Alls Ltd OU NJ
Swift
Texas Co
20Th
Cen Fox
UN Carbide
Untertau
US Steel
Warner Pie
West UN Tel
Westy A Bk
Westy Elec
Woolworth
Orth
Eugene Levin
Ramsey
Tery
Moss Service Funeral Home
Scoggins
Austinville Baptist Church
Alice Mae Scoggins
AP News
Cottingham
Quebec
Dad
Beck
Paul Davis
Chas. G. Hardwick
Std St
Texas
G. A. Hubbard
Lyons Hotel
W. R. Ray
Cain St. Decorur
H. Leon Reeves
Luton
Semmes
Vecotur
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