Decatur Area News Briefs On Weather And Local Life
Weather outlook for the day calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with gentle to moderate westerly winds along the coast. Mrs. J P Morrow underwent surgery at Jefferson Hillman hospital in Birmingham yesterday. Billy Bradford, seaman apprentice USNR, is undergoing a two week reserve training course at Great Lakes. Floyd and Mrs Hendrix take over Cornelian Court hotel dining room. Moose Lodge sponsors Game Night at 8 pm tonight. Mrs Woodrow Jones and son Ronnie and Mrs Lawrence Williams plan a Chicago vacation with relatives. A power circuit fuse disrupted Daily production for about 15 minutes. Cash Burleson visits Birmingham. Jervis family weekend in Tupelo. Bill Lindsay travels to New York on business Saturday. Sherman forces arrested one on bond forfeiture and held another on insanity count. Admits to Decatur General hospital: Mrs John Robinson, Morris Black. Mrs Lilly Hames admitted. C D Justice discharged. Admitted to Baugh Wiley clinic: Mrs T J Waldrip, Melvin Whisenant, Mrs R J McCarley, Harry Hanserd, Mrs J C Bell. Mrs Loriie Gray noted as hospitalized. See DIARY on Page 2.
9 192 Cars Stopped In License Check
Highway patrolmen stopped 9 192 cars in the Homewood area yesterday and arrested 168 drivers who lacked licenses. The drive was the third such check in Birmingham over the past two weeks, with patrolmen saying about one arrest per 50 cars stopped.
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Keystone State Delegates Meet Eisenhower at Gettysburg Farm
Pennsylvania's 70 GOP delegates met Gen. Dwight Eisenhower at his Gettysburg farm with Taft planning a later conference. Eisenhower aimed to win support through questions and policy pitches, while Taft targeted Delaware and Maryland delegations as the convention nears.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Dwight Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
New York
Taft
Delaware
Wilmington
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Virginia
Maryland
Chicago
Eisenhower
Michigan
Theodore Mce Keldin
McKeldin
John Fine
Arthur Summerfield
Beaten Nurse Found In woods near Charleston
Mary E. Drake a 34 year old nurse from Birmingham Alabama and Johnson City Tenn was found unconscious in a clump of woods near Charleston Tenn after being beaten suspected hitchhiker with blackjack She suffered seven fractured ribs a broken jaw a torn ear and a brain injury in serious condition Her purse ring and a model car were missing The incident involved Bradley County Sheriff French Alford and State Highway Patrol while a tip cited a hit in Knox County
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Charleston
Tenn
Bradley County
French Alford
Mary E. Drake
Birmingham
Ala
Johnson City
State Highway Patrol
Drake Debeg
Knox
Troops Issue Returns in Senate Debate on Europe Force
Senate debate revives the troops for Europe issue with a push to require congressional consent before sending troops abroad. Sen. Hickenlooper advocates a reservation in peace treaty approvals with West Germany. Gen. J. Lawton Collins testifies as hearings aim to close next week and move treaties to the floor before July 7. The Seaway debate continues with dim odds for action this session. House recess follows a busy day approving administration measures.
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Europe
Senate
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
West Germany
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Collins
Two Stills Taken In Lawrence Raid
ABC reports agents Herman Sandlin and Carlos Nelson with Lawrence county officers seized two illicit stills near Danville Hampshire area totaling 3,000 gallons mash capacity. One rig contained 2,000 gallons and 15 gallons of fuel oil found at the site. Law enforcement described the operation as destroyed equipment and liquor production shutdown.
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ABC
Herman Sandlin
Carlos Nelson
Lawrence County
Danville
Lawrence
5th Division Smacks Reds on Korean Front
U S 45th Division troops repelled a Chinese Red battalion on a T shaped hill mass on the Korean western front aided by fighter bombers tanks and armor.
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Seoul
U. S
NAM SAYS UN CANNOT DICTATE AT PANMUNJOM
North Korea’s Gen Nam Il declares the United Nations cannot dictate terms on the battlefield or at the conference amid a brief no progress session at Panmunjom. He remains firm on blocking an armistice and prisoner exchanges during the stalled Korean truce talks.
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United Nations
Nam I
Panmunjom
Nam
Artillery Barrages Push Chinese From Chorwon Hill
Troops of the 180th and 179th Regiments blasted the Chinese from the second knob of the commanding hill west of Chorwon using heavy artillery and mortar barrages. The See 45TH on Page 2.
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Chorwon
Uniform Rate For Gas Upheld By FPC Order
The FPC denied a rehearing by Alabama Tennessee Natural Gas Co and kept a uniform 31.5 cents per 1000 cu ft straight rate for municipalities. A two part rate would add bookkeeping and seasonal red ink. appeal to federal court possible. The prior rate was 16.5 cents per used and $3 per 1000 in max demand, raised temporarily during construction.
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Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Company
Florence
Decatur
Gas Department
FPC
Alabama- Tennessee
Robbery at Atchley Home Near Winton Stolen Items
Morgan County deputies seek suspects after burglars struck the Lucille Atchley residence two miles north of Winton just before sundown. A cooking set valued at 50 dollars a coat worth 10 dollars and a bed spread worth 13 dollars were taken.
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Morgan County
Lucille Atchley
Winton
Wilbur Abercrombie
Atchley
Russians Free One German as Berlin Sees New Decree
Soviet forces freed one German kidnapped from West Berlin while keeping two West Berlin newspaper men in custody despite British protests. A young West Berlin woman was arrested, marking the first use of a new Communist decree extending frontier controls to Berlin.
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West Berlin
Iron Curtain
Merrill Backed for TVA Board by Utah Democrat
Rep Granger recommends Eugene E Merrill of Salt Lake City for a vacant Tennessee Valley Authority director post. The $15 000 annual three member board seat requires presidential appointment and Senate confirmation. Merrill, then with the Defense Production Administration, is praised as a competent engineer by Granger and Utah party officials.
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Utah
Eugene E. Merrill
Salt Lake City
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Merrill
Defense Production Administration
Calvin W. Rawlings
Democratic
Democratic State Committee
Frank A. Waring
California
Sen. McKellar
D-Tenn
Water Mishaps Claim 12 Lives in Week of Heat
Three more drownings were reported in Alabama during the heat wave, raising the weekly water mishap death toll to twelve. Victims include an 18 month old Luverne boy, a 15 year old Brookwood boy, and a 63 year old Jonestown man. Authorities note the Tuscaloosa area saw its third drowning in a week.
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Alabama
Brookwood
Tuscaloosa County
Leon Chism
Bing
Tuscaloosa
F. J
Nurse Earle Dennison Faces Grand Jury In Arsenic Deaths
In Wetumpka on June 13 a special grand jury weighs charges against 24 year old nurse Earle Dennison accused of arsenic deaths of her two nieces. Prosecutor Set Lester Holley stated the case is under review by the panel.
Murray Cites Four Obstacles to Steel Strike Settlement
President Philip Murray told a CIO USW strategy session that four issues block final settlement of the 12 day old steel strike. He named a management clause seniority incentive pay and the union shop while denying the labor dispute is only about the union shop. He cited a Wage Stabilization Board recommendation for a 26 cent raise and the strike as a political football.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO United Steelworkers
Murray
CIO
USW
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Steel
U. S. Steel Corporation
Police Car Tangles With Old Chevrolet On West Vine
A minor collision on West Vine Street involved a 1949 Chevrolet and a 1952 Chevrolet as a police officer’s car was tapped while pulling out of a parking space. Driver Keith Olive Burkette, 106 East, faced slight damage to both vehicles. Officer T. L. Hill, 309 Seventh Avenue West, was driving the police car. The incident occurred around an unspecified time yesterday.
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Keith Olive Burkette
T. L. Hill
Seventh Avenue
Burkette
Boatner Says Worst Is Over On Koje Island Prisoner Restraint
Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner announced on Koje Island that 80,000 anti UN war prisoners showed reduced resistance today as three compounds surrendered and 21 anti Communist inmates from compound 85 were handed over. He warned of possible future incidents but prepared plans to cope. Nine men were hospitalized with injuries, with some prisoners recounting starvation and brutal treatment.
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Robert B. Tuckman
Koje Island
Haydon L. Boatner
United Nations Authority
Boatner
Koje
Walter M. Redden
Anniston
Ala
Redden
Lee Boatner
Driver Fined On Four Counts In City Court
Edward Roberson of Moulton 3 was fined 291 dollars on four charges for a pickup incident on Sherman Street at Sixth Avenue. He faced driving while intoxicated for 100 dollars, violating the prohibition law for 110 dollars, driving without a license for 28 dollars, and leaving the scene of an accident for 53 dollars. His two companions were fined 25 dollars each for disorderly conduct. The other vehicle involved was a 1950 Chevrolet driven by Elbert Estes Fletcher.
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Sherman Street
Sixth Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Third Street
Danville
Edward Roberson
Moulton 3
Roberson
Elbert Estes Fletcher
Sherman St
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