Messmore Visit Ties Decatur to Nampa Kin
Mr and Mrs Virgil Messmore of Decatur now reside in Nampa Idaho visiting sisters and brothers in law Mrs M O Dobson and Mrs W M Griffin and other relatives Mrs Messmore is the former Mary Ryan. An annual meeting and officer election of Mary Lou Dancy Chapter No 320 Order of the Eastern Star will be held Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. at the Decatur Masonic Temple with a 6 15 p.m. covered dish supper preceding the regular session. Vacation Bible School at Somerville Church of God starts June 20 and runs through June 25 with daily sessions 9 to 11 30 a.m. Registration is June 18 from 9 to 11 a.m. Mrs R C Sharp.
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Virgil Messmore
Decatur
Nampa
Idaho
M. O. Dobson
W. M. Griffin
Messmore
Mary Ryan
Mary Lou Dancy
Order of the Eastern Star
Decatur Masonic Temple
Masonic Dining Hall
Somerville Church of God
R. C. Sharp
Salk Disagrees With PHS Vaccine Standards
Dr. Jonas E. Salk challenges new federal production rules for the polio vaccine arguing they may force strict adherence to original procedures. He notes earlier issues with some commercial vaccine lots but stops short of direct criticism of the Public Health Service in a telegram to Surgeon General Scheele.
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Washington
Jonas E. Salk
U.S. Public Health Service
Leonard A. Scheele
Pittsburgh
Salk
Morgan County Allocates Share for Union Gravel Ridge Road
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control authorized Chairman Sim Howell to set the county share of the Union Gravel Ridge Road at the contract stage. Total project cost is estimated at 176000 dollars with 74000 dollars from federal funds and 101200 dollars from county and state, including 60600 dollars from Morgan County. The road will run about five miles from Highway 33 east of 33 and 67 to Winton via Union and Gravel Ridge. The board also ordered the sale of a county railroad tank car for 700 dollars.
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Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Sim Howell
Montgomery
Howell
Morgan County
Union
Gravel Ridge
Winton
Gory Weekend Toll in Alabama Kills 14
AP reports a deadly Alabama weekend with two auto crash fatalities near Jemison a drowning in Birmingham and a boating accident near Sylacauga. Victims include Willie Brown Stokes Jr. 30 and Richard Brown 55 and the Baird family one adult and a child survived the outboard boat overturn.
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Associated Press
Willie Brown Stokes Jr
Richard Brown
Birmingham
F. Baird
Hlf. Bair Jr
Sylacauga
Baird Boy
Adenauer Lands For U S Talks
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer arrived in Washington for high level talks. He stated that a close partnership with free nations supports reunification prospects and will meet President Eisenhower tomorrow. He is to receive an honorary Harvard degree later in the week.
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Washington
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Adenauer
Herbert Hoover Jr
Heinz Krekeler
Herbert Blankenhorn
Germany
NATO
Eisenhower
Harvard University
Grandma And Uranium Endure Final Leg Of Hike
In Spokane Washington on the final leg of a trek from Kennewick a trio camps 25 miles from Grandma Walker a college graduate and Shakespeare fan who left Kennewick eight days ago with Uranium and Buck the herding dog.
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Grandma
Uranium
Spokane
Wash
Kennewick
Highway Patrol
Count Ice Ooo
Grandma Walker
Buck
Auto plants idle as UAW strikes hit GM facilities
More than a score of General Motors plants were closed as CIO United Auto Workers strike over local issues halted production. About 50,000 workers were idle, with lines at Flint Michigan plants, Chicago facilities, Kansas City sites, and other locations. Local issues centered on seniority and pay negotiations amid a new contract dispute.
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General Motors Corp
CIO United Auto Workers
UAW
Flint
Mich
Chevrolet
Fisher Body No. 2
Chicago
Buick Engine
Fisher Body
Electro-Motive
Kansas City
West Miflin
Brunswick N.J
Cote
Doraville
Fuller Attorney Raps Conviction
Albert Fuller faces a new trial bid as his attorneys label the murder verdict a judicial abortion. Roderick Beddow argues for rehearing before Judge J Russell McElroy after defense affidavits cite new evidence. Prosecution counters with affidavits from two Columbus taxicab drivers James R Taylor and Bill Littleton. Fuller, sentenced to life, was not present in court.
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Birmingham
Albert Fuller
A. L. Patterson
Roderick Beddow
J. Russell McElroy
James R. Taylor
Bill Littleton
Columbus
Patterson
Fuller
Why All The Fuss He Gobbled A Dozen Snails
PORTHCAWL Wales George Loughlin a 40 year old news stand operator faced trouble after boasting about eating a dozen snails at his club. A fellow member brought a dozen snails and urged him to eat them provoking concern among club members.
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Porthcawl
Wales
George Loughlin
George
House Faces First Real Dixon Yates Power Debate
Washington lawmakers brace for a sharp clash over the Dixon Yates power issue as leadership on both sides predicts a close vote after the House Appropriations Committee previously rejected a related proposal. The clash signals a pivotal moment in energy policy battles shaping the session.
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Washington
Dixon-Yates
Mayors Offer to Finance TVA Headquarters Move
Florence and Sheffield mayors wired TVA chairman Herbert D. Vogel offering to finance moving costs for transferring TVA headquarters from Knoxville to Muscle Shoals. Vogel estimated the move could cost about 350000 dollars to relocate 500 families, though TVA law places headquarters at Muscle Shoals while current offices stay in Knoxville.
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Florence
Sheffield
TVA
Herbert D. Vogel
Knoxville
Tenn
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Vogel
Dixon-Yates Power Line Funding Request Report
A note references a request for 6 percent of a million dollars to finance a transmission line to feed Dixon-Yates power into the Tennessee Valley Authority system. The item is noted as appearing in the House on Page 2.
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Dixon-Yates Power
Tennessee Valley Authority
HOUSE
Cemeteries Show Two Sides Of The West At Fort Stanton
HAL BOYLE visits Fort Stanton New Mexico cemeteries the larger newer ground with mariners and Graf Spee sailors and a smaller older burial site from 1855. He notes stark contrasts between manicured eastern plots and rugged frontier graves with faded crosses and buried sailors.
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Aaer Graf
Police Raid Episcopal Palace After Peron Riot
Federal police raided the Episcopal Palace of Argentina early today and arrested 430 men who had taken refuge there after clashes between Catholic worshippers and Peron backers in Buenos Aires. The siege followed street fighting around the Metropolitan Cathedral in Plaza de Mayo as tear gas and foam dispersed the mob. Primate Santiago Cardinal Capello was absent due to illness, while Judge Carlos Gentile accompanied officers.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Metropolitan Cathedral
Plaza de Mayo
Episcopal Palace
Santiago Luis Cardinal Capello
San Isidro
Carlos A. Gentile
Decatur and Moulton P O Clerks Elect Leaders
B F Teal of Decatur elected president of the Alabama Federation of Post Office Clerks at Mobile meeting. Ruth Crow of Moulton named a vice president. Other officers named include Alton G. Land Gilbertown E L Livingston Mobile Wayland M Hyde Bessemer Edward Beasley Montgomery and E P Keenum Gadsden as vice presidents Dane T Rosser Anniston secretary treasurer and H K Lynam Birmingham editor and legislative representative. Teal succeeds James E Sanders of Jasper.
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B. F. Teal
Decatur
Alabama Federation of Post Office Clerks
Mobile
Ruth Crow
Moulton
Alton G. Land
Gilbertown
E. L. Livingston
Wayland M. Hyde
Bessemer
Edward Beasley
Montgomery
E. P. Keenum
Gadsden
Dane T. Rosser
Anniston
H. K. Lynam
Birmingham
Teal
James E. Sanders
Jasper
Reds Agree To July 18 Big Four Meeting in Geneva
The Soviet government today accepted the Western powers proposal to open a top level Big Four meeting in Geneva on July 18. Moscow also charged the United States with trying to set up preconditions to handicap the conference in notes delivered to the US Britain and France.
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Moscow
Geneva
Foreign Ministry
U.S
State Dulles
United States
Britain
France
Mass Funeral Planned Today for 19 Persons
Mass funeral services are set in Le Mans for 19 victims of the 24 hour race disaster. The toll rose to 79 with two more deaths among the injured as Pierre de Silver Mercedes Benz collided with a sports car, sending debris into the crowd behind an earthen barrier. The endurance classic drew thousands to the track 100 miles southwest of Paris and concluded Sunday despite Saturday's accident.
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LE Mans
France
Edgar Faure
Pierre de Silver
Mercedes- Benz
Paris
Area Officers Report Busy Weekend With 12 Arrests
Sheriff Jimmie Collier and his deputies arrested 12 people over the weekend including Curtis Crow for gun assault, Aubrey Case on rape warrant, and Jason Smith on multiple charges. Police court docket lists 14 cases with fines for assault and battery, prohibition violations, and drunkenness. several traffic offenses and disorderly conduct also noted. One detainee held for investigation. Details on the rape warrant unavailable.
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Jimmie Collier
Recorder’s Court
Curtis Crow
Jason Smith
Aubrey Case
Lawrence County
William Rice
Lola Amerson
Robert Kelley
Weather and River Update for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge reported 21.10 feet with a 0.2 foot drop in 24 hours. Sunday high reached 75 at 3 p.m.. early morning low 58 at 4 a.m.. 72 at 1 a.m. today. Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies today tonight and Tuesday with a slight warm trend before cooling again tonight. Highs around 79 today, 55 tonight, and 79 Tuesday.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Reuther Wins GM Wage Pact Mirroring Ford Agreement
Detroit CIO United Auto Workers wins a three year GM contract matching Ford with employer paid unemployment benefits, union shop, pay and pension gains. The deal cut after 37 hundred hours of bargaining and brief walkouts, aims for labor peace and covers about 35 000 GM employees. Walter Reuther hails the pact as a beachhead for broader industry gains.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Ford
Walter Reuther
UAW
Tel i
Reuther
Harlow H. Curtice
Curtice
Man Jailed For Shot Fired At Mother-In-Law Home
Jason Smith 30 of Morgan City was jailed after being charged with three offenses including peace proceedings malicious injury to property and assault for allegedly driving by his mother in law Letha Hornbuckle home and firing a shot that struck a porch post and the house. He was arrested near Huntsville by the Highway Patrol and faces separate bonds of 300 dollars for peace proceedings and 500 dollars for each other offense.
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Jason Smith
Morgan City
Morgan County
Letha Hornbuckle
Smith
Huntsville
Highway Patrol
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Decatur Highway
Clancy Lumber Co
Bor
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Okehs
Buckley
John J. Mullen
CIO Steelworkers’ Union
Clairton
Mullen
Communist Party
Alabama
THE
D-Y
House Appropriations Committee
North Hollywood
Calif
Alice Low
Lawrence Welk
Joseph M. Cannon
North
Frank “Lynch
Don Sheldon
Beverly Hills
Lon
Aragon Ballroom
Ocean Park
Cannon
Police Crime Laboratory
Miss Lon
Lawmen
Hal Boyle
Fort Stanton
N. M
Pershing
Peron
Federal
Decatur, Moulton
P.O. Clerks
Reds
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