Naval Reserve grads and local notes from Decatur area
Oscar D. Chunn and 399 other Naval Reserve ensigns graduated at Newport Rhode Island after 16 weeks of indoctrination. Four arrests Friday included assault and battery burglary and public drunkenness. U S S Polaris crew include Cordis Brannan and Festus Young. Local visits to Ralston Purina lab at Gray Summit noted. Church vacation Bible school starts Monday at Grant Street Church.
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Oscar D. Chunn
Loise Chunn
Decature
Naval Reserve
Naval Base
Newport
R.I
Church of Christ
Grant St
Fugitive Pampinella Identified After Speeding Fine
Justice of the Peace B F Wear tells how a man arrested for speeding as Pampinella turned out to be the FBI sought arm ed robber Nick Montes. Montes paid the $18 75 speeding fine in one dollar bills at 5 30 am Tuesday. the judge later recognized the case from a newspaper photo.
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Justice of the Peace
B. F
Decatur Highway Patrol
L. M. Williams
E. B. Watts
Nick Montos
FBI
Montos
Decatur
Montes
James Pampinella
W. B. Little
Williams
Watts
Sgt. Little
B. F. Wear
Morgan County
Nick Montes
Speeder
Pampinella
Judge Wear
Bandit
Notorious outlaw Montos seen in Alabama again
Reports say Nick George Montos, a top FBI wanted criminal, was spotted in several Alabama locations. Police raced to a Birmingham scene near the Municipal Airport but found no trace. A Dothan sighting and earlier Decatur lead failed to confirm him.
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Birmingham
Will-O-Wisp
Nick George Montos
Alabama
Montos
Desperado
FBI
Montes
Dothan
Decatur
Ala
Con
False lead spurs Wheeler Dam area search for fugitive
Police and highway patrolmen sweep fishing camps near Wheeler Dam after a tip linked a two tone blue 1953 Gadillas with Illinois plates 701 323 to fugitive Nick Mentos. The lead proved false. Montes Pampinella claimed a sick son.
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Ben Rapport
Lawrence County
W. B. Little
Wheeler Dam
Nick Mentos
Illinois
Desperado
FBI
Montes
Decatur
U.S. Highway 31
E. B. Watts
L. M. Williams
Son III Montes
James R. Pamppinella
Pampinella
Two Americans Sentenced by Soviet Court for Espionage
Pravda reports two men identified as Vladimir Galai and Juri Khramtzev were sentenced to 25 years in the Soviet Supreme Court. The article claims they were smuggled into Murmansk with Norwegian help after defecting from the Soviet military and undergoing spy training in Vienna and East Berlin before being recruited by American intelligence.
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Moscow
Supreme Court of the
Soviet Union
Pravda
Communist Party
Murmansk
Vladimir Constanovich Galai
Juri Alexandrovich Khramtzev
Galai
Austria
Vienna
Lawrence O. Johnson
Khramtzev
East Berlin
Gregory Vasilev
Norway
Knowland urges end to Geneva talks and indochina independence
Senator Knowland calls for halting Geneva negotiations and suggests the Associated States of Indochina declare independence if France pursues a peace at any price. He warns the talks have shown the Soviet Union and China seek French surrender and urges UN help to resist a Communist takeover.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Laos
United Nations
Free Nations of
Indochina
Republic of Korea
Free Nations
Weather and River Reading At Keller Memorial Bridge
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge stood at 21.36 feet Saturday morning, down 0.04 feet in 24 hours. TVA reports a Saturday high of 92 degrees at 1 p.m. Partly cloudy and hot today with a high near 92.
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Decatur
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Break In Suspect Sent to Juvenile Court
A 14 year old Hartselle resident was charged with burglary after breaking into Hollo way's Store west of Hartselle Thursday night and stealing $28. Deputies recovered $11 and the youth said he lost the rest. He was released on $300 bond after arrest at home Friday morning. Investigators included Sheriff John McCutcheon Chief Deputy Harold Abercrombie and Hartselle Police Chief M L Loon ey.
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Hartselle
Holloway
John McCutcheon
McCutcheon
Harold Abercrombie
M. L. Looney
L. P. Darnell
Fight for Larry Terry Aid to Pay Vanderbilt Treatment
Decatur residents seek funds for 7 year old Larry Eugene Terry diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease. Physicians at Vanderbilt Hospital say permanent cure unlikely, needing three weeks of treatment costing 700 to 800 dollars. The Larry Terry Fund at The Decatur Daily will collect and disburse contributions to cover care.
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Larry Eugene Terry
Decatur
Vanderbilt Hospital
Nashville
Larry
Vanderbilt
Lacy Terry
Tower Avenue
J. O. Morgan
Aldridge Grove Church
Larry Terry
Decatur Daily
Board Stands By Howell Ouster
Lawrence County Board of Education stands by its decision to fire principal Kirk Howell on negligence charges. An attorney general opinion says the firing was final, with no option to rescind. a new action would be needed to rehire him.
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J. Kirk Howell
Lawrence County High School
Howell
Lawrence County Board of Education
Board of Education
Lawrence County
C. G. Horton
The
Daily
Kirk Howell
Horton
Prin- See
France Seeks New Premier After Laniel Defeat
Paris June 12 Premier Jo seph Laniel failed to win confidence 306-293 as the National Assembly rejected him and his seven party coalition over Indochina and the European Defense Community. Laniel resigned and President Rene Coty delayed acceptance until a new premier is found amid Geneva Indochina talks confusion.
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Paris
Joseph Laniel
National Assembly
European Defense Community
France
Rene Coty
Laniel
Geneva
Indochina
Assembly
Eden Molotov talk ends inconclusive at Geneva
In Geneva June 12 Anthony Eden and Vyacheslav Molotov met at Molotov's villa for an hour to discuss kill-or-cure remedies for the deadlock at the Indochina conference. A British spokesman called the session inconclusive as Western powers fear a break up of the conference next week amid Paris cabinet troubles.
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Geneva
Anthony Eden
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Indochina
Molotov
Paris
Tardy Action Could Mean Loss Of N Indochina
U S officials fear Indochina crisis could worsen as Geneva peace talks stall. Dulles urges quick Geneva conclusion while Communist forces press in Hanoi area amid French leadership weakness and rising bids for victory.
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Indochina
John M. Hightower
Washington
U.S
Geneva
Hanoi
Dulles
Walter Bedell Smith
Kidnaping Charge Filed in Phoenix Case
Daniel J. Marsin, 41, described as short and swarthy, was charged with kidnapping after being identified by Evelyn Ann Smith as the man who abducted her and obtained a $75,000 ransom. Marsin, an unemployed welder with a wife and two children, was seized near a ranch house after Mrs. Smith was released unharmed in the Superstition Mountains Thursday night. See MAN on Page 2.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Daniel J. Marsin
Evelyn Ann Smith
Marsin
McCarthy Says He Won't Be a Rubber Stamp for Eisenhower
Milwaukee June 12 Sen. McCarthy Wisconsin said he would support President Eisenhower if he ran today but would not be a rubber stamp for the Republican party. He told a cheering audience he must serve his state and duty, even if it involves clashing with party lines. He dismissed claims he seeks a fight and said Eisenhower is a good friend, denying broader conflict.
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Milwaukee
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Eisenhoo Ower
Eisenhower
J.C. Penney Manager To Leave Position After 31 Years
Harry Higdon, longtime Decatur businessman and city council member, will retire as manager of the J C Penney store on July 1 after 31 years with the company. He arrived in Decatur 28 years ago and has led the local store for 25 years.
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Harry Higdon
J. C. Penney
Decatur
Higdon
Penney
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Holly Pond
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U.S.S. Polaris
Far East
Bill R. Evans
Connie
Mattie Evans
Mobile
Points
Mississippi
Harry S. Dunn
L. A. Peckman
J. S. Davis
Ralston Purina
Gray Summit
South
St. Louis
Buckley
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Howell Ouster
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