Man Climbs Bell Tower Drinks Gin During 90 Minute Suspension
In Cambridge Massachusetts Godfrey A Sherman Jr 26 dangled from a church bell tower for 90 minutes while drinking gin eating a sandwich and tossing coins to a crowd of about 2000 He was talked down by his brother a priest and emergency responders and then sent to Westboro State Hospital for evaluation.
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Cambridge
Mass
Godfrey A. Sherman Jr
Sherman
Henry J. Sherman
Joseph L. Collins
Patrick Fleming
Westboro State Hospital
Westboro
Porter's Wink Thwarts Queens Bank Robbery
A bank teller, Rose Wing, aided by a porter's wink, foiled a holdup at a Chemical Corn Exchange Bank branch in Queens. Robbers holding porter Arthur Hampton and head teller Peter Rufolo fled after the teller fled following the wink.
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New York
Queens
Rose Wing
Arthur Hampton
Peter Rufolo
Chemical Corn Exchange Bank
Rufalo
Hampton
Spanish Parents Seek Help For Daughter In Alabama
Mr and Mrs Galarte of Guatemala City spent an anxious night at Birmingham police headquarters seeking assistance to reach Montevallo Alabama, where their daughter attends Alabama College. They spoke only Spanish. Det J K Parmerly enlisted Kenneth England, a university trained truant officer, to arrange lodging and transport.
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Birmingham
Juan Galarte
Guatemala City
Montevallo
Ala
Alabama College
Det
J. K. Parmerly
Kenneth England
University of Mexico
England
Boll Weevils Needing Rain Threaten Cotton
A spot check of Alabama cotton fields shows boll weevils at an average of 135 per acre across 17 fields in six counties, up from about 15 per acre last year. Dr. F. Arant of the Agricultural Experiment Station warns that favorable rains could rapidly boost the infestation, as field surveys were conducted by Donald Tyus, U. S. Agriculture Department aide.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
Arant
The
Agricultural Experiment Station
Donald Tyus
U. S. Agriculture Department
Compolations And Bus Schedule For Montevallo
Compolations informed travelers their bus for Montevallo would depart this morning from the station.
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Montevallo
Eisenhower Adenauer Dulles Meet in Brussels on Germany Aid
President Eisenhower hosted Konrad Adenauer and Secretary Dulles in Brussels praising a quick recovery after an operation. They urged action to liberate 17 million Germans in the Eastern zone and denounced the Soviet partition of Germany. Adenauer, eyeing re election, valued the meeting's high spirits and U.S. support.
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Dulles
Germany
Eisenhower
Adenauer
Soviet Union
U. S.S
Stalin
Adenaur
Negro Admits He Shot And Robbed Non-Striking Man
Henry Simmons 26 confessed to robbing and shooting John B. Moseley a white non-striker en route to work at W. T. Smith Lumber Co. Simmons blocked a road near Greenville, demanded money at rifle point, yielding $22 of $73. He is jailed on robbery and assault charges. the year old lumber strike was not cited as motive.
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Greenville
Ala
W. T. Smith Lumber Co
Worth Thomas
Paul Hartley
Henry Simmons
John B. Moseley
Moseley
Simmons
Butler County
Thomas
Hartley
Meeting Today At TCI Request In Birmingham
Representatives of U S Steel Tennessee Coal and Iron Division and strik ing railroad workers convened at 9 a m CST at TCI to press for an early end to a seven week shutdown. Arthur Wiebel TCI president urged settlement through the Federal Mediation Service, noting 264 Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen members on strike and 18 000 unemployment claims filed by TCI workers. The USW reports mounting help requests as eviction notices and bills rise. the union guarantees essential purchases.
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Birmingham
Tennessee Coal and Iron Division
TCI
Arthur W.wiebel
Brotherhood of
Wiebel
Brotherhood
Pri
United Steel Workers Union
USW
Folsom appoints Boner to tax job in Alabama
Gov. James E. Folsom named Probate Judge G C Boner of Jefferson County as tax collector to fill the unexpired term of J W Hamilton who died of a heart attack on a Lake Purdy fishing trip. Boner also fills the probate judgeship vacancy temporarily, after defeating Tom C Garner successor earlier.
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Montgomery
G. C. Boner
Jefferson County
James E Folsom
J. W. Hamilton
Lake Purdy
Birmingham
Boner
Hamilton
Folsom
Guy W. Hanna
Tom C. Garner
Paul Meeks
Dispute Reopens Over River Boundary and Dam Plans
In Montgomery informal talks between Georgia Power Co and Alabama Public Service Commission resume a long standing clash over the Chat ta hoochee river boundary. Alabama seeks moving the line to mid river to aid development while Georgia argues the current line should stand. Georgia Power President Harllee Branch Jr. leads the company in pushing for a dam across the Chattahoochee north of Columbus. The APSC has been asked to deny the permit until terms of the boundary dispute are resolved.
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Montgomery
Georgia Power Co
Alabama Public Service Commission
Georgia Power
Harllee Branch Jr
Chattacos River
Columbus
APSC
Georgia
Chattahoochee
Alabama
Oorgia
Channa Sea Theee Line
Alabama Att
John Patterson
Hanna Named For Unexpired Term In May 29 Runoff
Hanna is nominated to fill the unexpired term in the May 29 Democratic primary runoff. She will serve until Meeks is elected in November.
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Hanna
Meeks
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Ag. Y
H. Ryan
Porter
B’ham Police
Derren
Oer
EE Ett
Robeson
Paul Robeson
Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Congress
Ray Mitchell
Johnny Mathers
Decatur
Berane
Rey Mitchell
Mgr
Mutual Savings
Corner Bank and Wine Sts
Bank
Dekalb
Limestone
Randolph
Chambers, Russell and
Lee Counties
Negro
Lawrence Anderson
Jimmy Lynch
Shreveport
Bill Reed
Anderson
Goidel
Stors
Belk
Belk-Hudson CO
Archdale
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