Athens Cyclist Hurt In Crash
Fourteen year old Bobby Lemay was admitted to Athens Limestone Hospital after his motorbike collided head on with a car on North Jefferson Street at 9 15. He may have a broken left foot and scrapes. The car driven by Mrs James Berrett had been stopping to turn into Ennis Service Station. Lemay was taken to the hospital by McConnells ambulance. Police investigated with Kenneth Cooper and others.
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Athens
Bobby Lemay
Athens-Limestone Hospital
Kenneth Cooper
Motorized Traffic Dept
Lemay
Jefferson St
James Berrett
Dupree Phillips
North Madison St
al Corder
T. E. Case
Cooper
Nine year old cyclist injured in Decatur crash
A nine year old girl, Janet Sue McKee, was struck on Somerville Rd SE by a 1957 Ford driven by Clarence R. Parr. She received facial bruises and was treated at Decatur General Hospital. Parr swerved to avoid the girl and lightly damaged a parked 1954 Ford.
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Decatur
Somerville Rd
Janet Sue McKee
Enolam Blvd
Decatur General Hospital
Clarence R. Parr
Parr
Buy of Year Not a Bargain
Eugene Hall pleaded guilty to grand larceny after a department store clerk misread a check date as its value, returning him 319.83 dollars in change from a 2.75 purchase. Circuit Judge Wallace Gibson sentenced him to one year probation and ordered partial restitution of 20 dollars monthly.
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Birmingham
Eugene Hall
Wallace Gibson
Hall
325-Pound Porpoise Sets Travel Record
Milton Santina drove a live 325-pound 7% foot porpoise by station wagon from Marathon Florida to Atlantic Beach North Carolina and claims it is the longest car trip by a porpoise lasting 25% hours and 1 026 miles.
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Atlantic Beach
N.C
Milton Santina
Marathon
Fla
Colorado Battles Grasshoppers in Bid for Federal Aid
Gov. Steve McNichols warned action against grasshopper hordes requires large scale federal assistance to protect Colorado's 110 million dollar eastern wheat crop and hay supply. He urged emergency funding, an agricultural conservation program grant, and state Legislation to cover up to 1.5 million dollars while launching range and roadside spraying programs.
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Gordon G. Gauss
Denver
Colorado
Steve McNichols
White House
McNichols
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department
MacNichols
Paul W. Swisher
Swisher
State Agriculture Department
Cheyenne Wells
Mark A. Watrous
Army Nears Activation of First Ballistic Missile Redstone
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP the Army moved closer to activating the nations first ballistic missile after another successful Redstone rocket launch The 63 foot Redstone the nations most advanced ballistic weapon has tested ahead of field readiness possibly by late next month It is designed as a mobile field artillery system with a range of about 250 miles Troops from the 40th Field Artillery Missile group fired the missile for the first time May 17 marking the start of its operational phase A modified Redstone also helped place two Explorer satellites into orbit as the Jupiter C first stage
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S
Army
40Th Field Artillery Missile Group
Alex City Girl Wins Girls State Governor Race
A Girls State runoff in Montgomery named Luanne Rodney of Alexander City as governor, defeating Huntsville’s Sara Ann Smith. Sara Dean Blake of Haleyville won lieutenant governor, with Gail Richardson of Eutaw, Callie Sue McIntosh of New Brockton, Olivia James of Russellville, and others elected to state offices.
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Montgomery
Alexander City
Luanne Rodney
Sara Ann Smith
Huntsville
Sara Dean Blake
Haleyville
Gail Richardson
Eutaw
Callie Sue McIntosh
New Brockton
Olivia James
Russellville
Agriculture and Industries
Jeremy Hilliard
Opelika
Public Service Commission
Janet Pierce
Kinston
Supreme Court
Sandra Kelley
Evergreen
Suzanne Johnson
Florence
Worn Bible of Soldier Returns After 15 Years
A pocket Bible once owned by Texas flier Bill J. Wheeler surfaces in Dortmund Germany after 15 years. Found in a German home in 1943 it traveled via Mrs Theodor Hillebrand to U S Army Chaplain Denes G Pappas and Capt Ben Price before reaching Wheeler's mother Mrs F W Wheeler of Easterly Texas. Maj Gen Chester E McCarthy will turn it over.
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Waco
Tex
Bill J. Wheeler
U.S
Theodor Hillebrand
Dort
Mund
Germany
Sgt. Wheeler
Dortmund
C. Denes G. Pappas
Ogden
Utah
Hillerbrand
Pappas
Ben Price
Paris
12Th Air Force
F. W. Wheeler
Easterly
Wheeler
Chester E. McCarthy
Victor McLaglen Son Is Divorced
Actress Veda Ann Borg 43 wins final decree of divorce from Andrew McLaglen 38 television director and son of actor Victor McLaglen after more than four years of litigation Their eight year marriage ended in 1954 with separate maintenance action and prior interlocutory decree headline notes Mexican divorce decree followed.
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Los Angeles
Veda Ann Borg
Andrew McLaglen
Victor McLaglen
McLaglen
Restaurant owner ordered 10000 matches. jury says overage his fault
Detroit case details Martin Eichelbaum who ordered 10000 books of matches but received 125000. The common pleas jury ruled the error was his and ordered payment for the surplus. Eichelbaum reportedly faces about 25 years of matches.
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Detroit
Martin Eichelbaum
Eichelbaum
Common Pleas
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2Nd Ave
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Flint Junior High School
Bob Schultz
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Dacron
S-M-L
Kahki
Red Fox
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Radio Shack
LaFayette and
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