Eisenhower backs Adams amid Goldfine inquiry
The White House will not fire Sherman Adams and will not comment on whether industrialist Bernard Goldfine gave Adams a $700 coat. Adams rejected requests for a news conference and said he did not pressure federal agencies for Goldfine. Democratic critics urge action, while Hagerty says Adams’ usefulness remains intact and no firing is planned.
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Peter F. Mack Jr
D-Ill
Mack
Fine
Morgan Moulder
D-Mo
Plymouth
Mayflower Hotel
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Sivley Family Reunion June 22 at Woodall's picnic ground
The Eighth annual Sivley family reunion is set for June 22 at Woodall's picnic ground on Old Moulton Rd. Attendees are asked to bring basket lunches to share at 2 p.m. DST. The notice also lists related community events and local notices from Decatur area churches and groups.
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Sivley
Woodall’s
Old Moulton Rd
Lebanon Rebels Vow Fight On Despite U N Intervention
Lebanese rebel leaders vow to continue the fight against pro Western President Camille Chamoun despite a UN Security Council intervention. They demand arms ban by the United States Britain France Turkey Iraq and Jordan to end the five week crisis. Rebels accuse United Arab Republic forces from Syria of aiding the government.
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Lebanon
Camille Chamoun
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U.N
Security Council
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United Arab Republic
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France
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Weather and river reading from Keller Memorial Bridge
Tennessee River reading this morning was 21.65 feet with a 0.08 foot drop in 24 hours. Sea level reading 555.95 feet. Yesterday's high 100 degrees at 5:30 p.m.. low 70 at 6 a.m. Today 11:05 a.m. reading shows a % degree. Forecast sunny and hot today and Saturday with fair tonight. High today around 97 and tonight 72 with high Saturday.
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Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Friday the 13th Fails to Scare This Outfit
A Chicago non superstitious group meets for the first time since seven months ago. The session runs 5 13 p m to 7 13 p m with members under umbrellas in groups of 13. They break 13 mirrors walk under ladders and pet a black colt mascot.
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Phooey
Harriman Labels Faubus Quisling at Little Rock Ceremony
Governor Averell Harriman called Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus a quisling at a ceremony honoring the nine Negro students who enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock. He compared Faubus to Vidkun Quisling, the Norwegian traitor.
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Averell Harriman
Arkansas
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Little Rock
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Vidkun Quisling
Hot Time in Ole Town Sees 98 Degree Heat Tour
Decatur temperatures climbed to the 100 degree mark yesterday at 5 30 pm for the second time this year and a third 100 degree reading loomed near noon today. The forecast shows highs near 97 today with a low around 72. The week saw multiple 90s including Sunday and Monday with several days in the mid to upper 90s.
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Ole Town
Decatur
Mercury
Thirteens Drop Up At Birthday Party For Town Creek Boy
Town Creek observes David Malcolm Streater turning 13 on a Friday the 13th birthday. The Hazlewood High School student attended summer school and his classmates hosted a party after class this morning with 13 attendees. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Malcolm Streater of the city.
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Trinity 1
Chemstrand Corp
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Dock S. Hurst
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Chemstrand
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Town Creek
David Malcolm Streater
David
Hazlewood High School
Malcolm Streater
Robinson's Used Store Ad Offers Cheaper Home Goods
Soft sell notice promotes Mixon used appliances and furniture at Robinson's Used Store with abundant stock and low prices for home items.
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Soft Sell Mixon
Robinson’s
Paratroopers Enforce First 100 Percent Cyprus Curfew
British paratroopers enforce a total curfew in Nicosia to halt Greek Turkish clashes as rioting widens. Eleven Cypriots have died since Saturday. a 300 Greek mob raid on a Turkish village ended with gunfire, three Greeks killed, nine wounded.
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McClellan Warns Against Overloading Labor Bill
Senate debate over the labor control bill features 22 changes by the Labor Committee and 44 new amendments. McClellan warns that piling in controversial provisions could kill the bill while Goldwater calls for tighter union controls. Kennedy opposes only one amendment, defeated 47 to 38.
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R-Ariz
McClellan
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Sen
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Eisenhower
GOP
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Eisenhower calls for federal aviation agency
President Eisenhower urged Congress to create a unified federal aviation agency to prevent air collisions in the jet age. The Senate is already holding hearings on Sen. Mike Monroney's bill proposing a single civil and military air traffic control system.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Federal Aviation Agency
Senate
A. S
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Lovesick Airman Makes Brief Stop Before Disappearing
Donald Keeton 19 year old airman from Keesler AFB Biloxi disappeared after a brief ground stop near Greggton Texas following a rent plane pickup in Gulfport Mississippi. He had asked for gas and headed southwest and was last seen near Monroe Louisiana, with pursuers losing track in northern Louisiana.
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Gulfport
Louisiana
Monroe
Outlook Camp For Most U.S. Rain Sweeps East
Rain beat a hard tattoo on a wide eastern region from Nebraska to New York. The wet area stretched from the Great Lakes to the Ohio River Valley, casting a damp tone across many communities.
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Nebraska
New York State
Great Lakes
Ohio River Valley
Senate expected pass defense bill in similar form
Senate leaders predicted passage of a defense reorganization bill largely like the House version. The measure would increase the secretary of defense powers over unified combat commands and bolster the Joint Chiefs of Staff, despite House Democrats defeating several Eisenhower backed amendments.
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Everett Dies In Electric Chair For Oklahoma Slaying
RAIFORD Florida AP George Lowell Everett the murderer who willed his eyes to a blind recipient died in the electric chair after guards strapped him in and the switch was thrown. His eyes were to be donated to an eye bank in New York and shipped after death. Everett claimed no good deeds but wished to perform one before dying. He was sentenced for the murder of Lou Ellen Jones in Oklahoma, who was stabbed raped and strangled in her apartment.
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Raiford
Fla
George Lowell Everett
Everett
New York
Lou Ellen Jones
That's Earl Brother Laughs and Local Tales Spark
A humorous column notes folks seeking descendants and mentions a cheeky definition of a chemise dress as a sack full of goodies. A friend abroad buys a foreign sports car, a Buick convertible, prompting lighthearted laughs and Earl Wilson's column inside.
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Europe
Earl Wilson
Grass Fires Still Flare Across River Bank Area
Since Tuesday the fire department has made at least seven trips to the river bank area to combat a series of grass fires. Major hotspots were near Decatur Grain Co op, Decatur Box and Basket Co, and Pure Oil Co along the rail line. A spray mix of 50 percent sodium chlorate and 50 percent calcium chlorite with three parts water was applied Monday from a tank car. Officials speculate heat from the sun reacting with the chemical sparked the dry grass fires.
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River Bank
Decatur Grain Co-op
Decatur Box and Basket Co
Pure Oil Co
De Gaulle proposes stronger executive power in France
Paris AP reports Premier de Gaulle outlined constitutional changes to empower the president to dismiss premiers and dissolve Parliament. Ministers disclosed the plan after a private briefing and a referendum is planned for this fall to push the program to the people.
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de Gaulle
Thor missile launch marks second success in days
Cape Canaveral reports an Air Force Thor IRBM blasting into the sky in a fiery display. It follows a June 5 first tactical launch, highlighting rapid testing progress. Meanwhile the Senate approved a compromise bill granting a 10 percent pay raise for civil servants and government employees by voice vote.
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Thor
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