Tuskegee limits to shrink exclude Tuskegee Institute
A proposal to trim Tuskegee city limits would remove all areas including Tuskegee Institute. Gov. Folsom aides floated a $19 million road bond plan to support interstate development with a federal match of 2 to 1. The Senate ended a filibuster to back two minor offense reform bills, now sent to the governor. In Jefferson County a dealer paid a $100 fine for unsafe refrigerator access to children. In Calhoun County, 14 year old Bernice Joyce Murray died when her car left a road east of Anniston.
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Sam Engelharet
Macon County
Tuskegee
Tuskegee Institute
Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Montgomery P
State Senate
House
Senate
Anniston
Alabama Highway Patrol
Bernice Joyce Murray
Oxford
Ala
Calhoun County
Wheat truck stalled on railroad tracks collides with passenger train
In SPEIGNER Alabama a Draper Prison pickup loaded with wheat stalled on the Louisville and Nashville tracks yesterday and was struck by the Hummingbird passenger train. Henry Thomas Oliver 26 a Jefferson County inmate reported the truck choked out as the train neared. Oliver jumped clear.
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Speigner
Ala
Draper Prison
Draper
Burr Reeves
Henry Thomas Oliver
Jefferson County
Oliver
Alabama post office clerks open 31st annual convention
About 100 Alabama postal clerks begin their 31st annual convention in Montgomery. The event will close tomorrow after elections for new officers. Alton G. Land of Gilbertown presided at the opening meeting and Mrs. J. R. Snyder of Montgomery led the auxiliary session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Alabama
Alton G. Land
Gilbertown
Alabama Federation of Post Office Clerks
J. R. Snyder
Five Players Fined for Yankees White Sox Free-for-All
American League President Will Harridge fined five players a total of 650 dollars for their roles in yesterday’s free-for-all brawl between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox.
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Chicago
American League
Will Harridge
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Alabama banks see 6 percent rise in debits last May
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta reported that major trade centers in Alabama experienced gains in bank debits last May, with Alabama reporting banks up 6 percent compared to the same period last year.
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Atlanta
Alabama
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Alabama Ku Klux Klan splits into new group
The Birmingham News reports Alabama’s largest Klan faction has fractured with cross burnings at two Sylacauga churches. The U S Klans of Georgia loses many members to the new Alabama Ku Klux Klan Inc.
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Birmingham
Birmingham News Today
Alabama
Sylacauga, Ala
U.S. Klans of Georgia
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Alabama Ku Klux Klan, Inc
Citronelle Reports 90th Oil Producer
Citronelle Alabama reports its 90th oil well in the Citronelle Field flowing eight barrels of excellent 45 gravity oil an hour after test. General American Oil Co Guilderson Beatty No. 1 8 T Stage on the northwest flank yields oil from upper Rodessa Sands at 10 778 to 10 932 feet with 200 to 300 psi after a sand fracture. The field opened in August 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citronelle
Ala
General American Oil Co.Guilderson-Beatty
For Sale Classified Fragments Mixed Items
Fragmented ad notes a mix of items for sale including a lot suitable for multiple dwelling, food items, and household goods. The writer lists telephone contact and several price figures for window air conditioners and a new two bedroom house.
Market snippets on grain and mix prices steady
The market lists prices for various grains and mixes with minor shifts. Prices include ASM per hone rec cellk at 2.05 and yellow maize No 2 at 1.27, with other grades around 76 to 100 dollars per hundred and mild early movements in barrows and gilte.
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Barrows and
Gilte Steady
Wall Street Treads Narrow Path as Market Hums
New York stocks held a slim gain as trading opened with mixed results across sectors. Oil, steel, rail and chemical shares showed uneven moves while motors firms edged higher. Ford rose to 56 4 9 on light volume. GM little changed. Chrysler rose modestly amid demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Motors
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Wall Street
Youngstown Sheet
Boeing
du Pont
Westinghouse Electric
Revlon
New York Central
Standard Oil
New Jersey
International Paper
Republic Steel
Goodrich
United Aircraft
American Smelting
Royal Dutch
Getty Oil
Poultry prices and demand in North Alabama and Atlanta
AP dispatch reports North Alabama markets steady to unsettled with adequate live poultry supplies and fair to good demand through Friday morning. In Atlanta, broilers and fryers show ample offerings, fair to good demand, and prices mainly steady with light hen and heavy type reports varying at farms and plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
North Alabama
F.c
Atlanta
Egg price report from Birmingham with mixed quality quotes
AP reports 24 hour Birmingham egg prices ending Friday 10 30 am. Wholesale grades up about a cent with adequate supplies and fair to good demand. Minimum quality levels quoted for whites and colored eggs vary by size and grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Rally
Livestock Prices Steady to Weak Across Nashville Market
AP dispatch from Nashville reports cattle and hogs trading with calves and gilts showing mixed to weak in price versus Thursday's averages. Six head lot at 200 lb sold around 20.00, barrows and gilts in larger lots bringing 19.55, with sheep and slaughter lambs near 85 to 100 pounds at 24.00 and utility to good ewes around 6.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Cattie
enJarge
Austinville School District Advances Union Hill Tax Vote
The board of education moves to seek voter approval for a five and one half mill ad valorem tax for Union Hill School building projects, under Amendment 16. Union Hill trustees requested the election, while new principals and staff assignments are announced for several local schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Morgan County Board of Revenue
Union Hill
Wolf's
Union Hill School
Alabama
Russell Harkness
Leasant Hill
Austinville
Bertram Morris
Massey
Lorene D. Bryant
Louise Harrison
Moulton Heights
Carrol Gene Humphries
Trinity
Gene Rutledge
Danville
Olivia Bass Hester
Morgan County High
Sarah Pickens
Hartselle
Anne Weinman
Lucile Nicholson
Moulton Heights Negro School
John Cowans
Lacey
Spring
Smith
Austinville High
Will Wise's Rites Sunday
Funeral services for Will L. Wise 44 of 1527 Sherman St. are set for Sunday at 2 30 p m at Brown Funeral Home Chapel. Wise died Thursday after a heart attack en route to Decatur General Hospital. Survivors include his wife Corrine Wise a daughter Wanda Wise a son Mack Wise two brothers and three sisters. Pallbearers named Clyde Jackson David Darwin W E Shaddix Earl Benfield Dennis Jett Howard Finchum.
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Will L. Wise
Sherman St
Brown Funeral Home
Wise
Redstone Arsenal
Decatur General Hospital
Jimmie Rodgers
Harold Wright
Brown Funeral Co
Corrine Wise
Wanda Wise
Mack Wise
Hardeman Wise
Mobile
C. B. Wise
Hartselle
C. B. Cathcart
Decatur
M. C. White
Oakland
Calif
Elton Compton
Moulton
Royce Bridges
Clyde Jackson
David Darwin
W. E. Shaddix
Earl Benfield
Dennis Jett
Howard Finchum
Local Births Report at Decatur General and Clinics
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Leonard at Decatur General Hospital on Thursday. A son joined Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Hamilton at Decatur General Hospital on Thursday. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Willard Gray at Decatur 3 on Thursday. A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Towe at Baugh Wiley Clinic on Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Leonard
Jackson St
Decatur General Hospital
Loyd Hamilton
Sth Ave
Willard Gray
Decatur
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
C. J. Towe
Baugh Wiley Clinic
Washington Receives Honorary Degree From Brown University
President George Washington was awarded an honorary degree in 1790 by Brown University in Rhode Island marking a notable academic recognition for the new nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Brown University
Rhode Island
Filibuster Cranks On As Alabama Purchase Bill Probes
Senate proceedings stagger as a long filibuster blocks a vote on a state purchasing measure. House leaders push a rival bid bill while lawmakers clash over narcotics penalties and local measures. Rodents of dispute linger over calendars and the fate of bills as filibuster tactics unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Senate
House
Pat Boyd
Pike County
Boyd
Rules Committee
State Highway Department
Fourteen A board probes worst ever Army crash at Fort Campbell
An inquiry opened into a severe accident on a Tennessee section of the Ft Campbell reservation killing and injuring soldiers from the 727th Airborne Infantry. Survivors recall a truck traveling faster than the 25 mph gravel limit as helicopters and ambulances rushed to the scene near Piney Fork Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Ft. Campbell
727Th Airborne Infantry
Bastogne
Ronald J. Curtis
Kalamazoo, Mich
Curtis
Post Headquarters
Piney Fork
326Th Engineer Battalion
Hospital admissions and discharges listed for Athens Madison and nearby towns
A compiled hospital notice lists admissions and dismissals at Bank Street Hospital and Decatur General Hospital, including Mrs Hagan Black and baby in Athens, Mrs Paul Presswell and baby in Athens, and several patients across Madison Moulton Town Creek and Danville. Discharges include Guin Holland, Mrs Arthur Teague, and Joe May among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagan Black
Athens
George T. Williamson
Paul Presswell
Raymond Bennett
Gordon Swint
Madison
Carolyn Lauderdale
Toney
Bank ST. Hospital
Guin Holland
9Th St
Decatur General Hospital
Arthur Teague
Moulton
I. E. Cooper
8Th Ave
O. C. Weaver
Line St
Winford Vinson
Joe May
Webster Trailer Court
James R. Owens
Somerville
Lawrence County Hospital
Fifteen Days Left In Drive To Curb Polio
Morgan County Chapter of the National Foundation urges residents under 40 to get polio shots during June. Ages 20 to 39 with funds may visit their physician for a paid dose. free shots offered at the Morgan County Health Office Mondays and Tuesdays 1 30 to 4 30. Federal free shots available for under 20 and pregnant women. Take advantage before years of suffering may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
State Poultrymen Elect New Officers
Charles Miller Jr of Piedmont was elected president of the Alabama Poultry Industry Assn. He previously served as vice president and has been active since the group was founded five years ago. Merlin Bryant of Brundidge becomes vice president. The board will name an executive secretary later this month. Separately, the Alabama Poultry Producers Assn. elected Wallace Harrelson of Crossville as president H. H. Rudd of Coker as vice president and Euel Wright of Oneonta as secretary.
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Birminghham
Charles Miller Jr
Piedmont
Alabama Poultry Industry Assn
Miller
Merlin Bryant
Brundidge
Alabama Poultry Producers Assn
Wallace Harrelson
Crossville
H. H.rudd
Coker
Euel Wright
Oneonta
Funeral services set for Mrs. Lucy B. Jackson
Mrs. Lucy B. Jackson of Hillsboro 2 dies Thursday afternoon at her home. Funeral services Monday at 1 p.m. at Ebenezer C M E Church in Lawrence County with Rev. Willie Snopes and Rev. E L Watkins officiating. Interment Elliott Cemetery directed by Reynolds Funeral Home. Survived by three daughters Berta Walker Laura Jackson Novella Perkins a son Willie R. Jackson seven grandchildren 13 great grandchildren and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy B. Jackson
Hillsboro
Ebenezer C.M.E
Highway 20
Lawrence County
Cotton Week Events Highlight Decatur County Activities
Three out of town judges will judge at 1 30 p m in the Hotel Lyons ballroom. A dinner follows at 6 p m for contestants and committee chairs. Lonzo and Oscar will entertain at the auditorium of Decatur High School if it rains. Crowning of the cotton maid closes the cotton week program with remarks by Robert E Love and sponsor notes from Luther Roberts and L T Wagnon.
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Old Bank
Hotel Lyons
L. T. Wagnon
Lucille Hawkins
Ed Price
Chamber of Commerce
Joe McCullers
Louis Blizzard
Decatur High School
Lonzo
Oscar
Grand Ole Opry
Robert E. Love
National Cotton Council
Luther Roberts
Cotton Week
Agriculture Committee
Chamber
Lester Smith
Emerson Whatley
Emmette Barron
Luke Pryor
Fred S. Hunt, Jr
George LaBoon
H. R. Leeman
Harold Michelson
Comner Ezell
Daren Easter
Officials in Washington see progress in arms control talks
After Stassen conferences, officials described the Soviet reaction to a US plan for a limited arms control start as encouraging. Stassen privately discussed the plan with Soviet disarmament delegate Valerian Zorin. Moscow signaled openness to international inspectors on Soviet territory as part of an early arms control agreement to end the nuclear arms race.
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Washington
Stassen
Russia
U. S
Valerian Zorin
Atlas Atlas Success In Most Ways With One Defect
Orlando Sentinel reports the Atlas missile had one major defect after a Tuesday Cape Canaveral launch. One of two Atlas engines failed prompting intentional destruction of the rocket. The launch showed a near two mile ascent, then dips and an explosion.
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Atlas
Orlando
Fla
Orlando Sentinel
Cape Canaveral
The
Sentinel
Rocketdyne Division
North American Aviation Co
Convair Cop
General Dynamics Corp
San Diego
Calif
Moscow
Raging Blizzard Maroons Five At Pike's Peak Summit
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo A raging blizzard blocked the highway and stranded five men in the Pike s Peak Summit House with foot deep snow and strong winds.
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Pike’s Peak
Colorado Springs
Colo
Pike’s Peak Summit House
U S Plans To Train 4 000 Moonwatchers
A small airplane will tow a flashlight over two proposed moonwatch stations to simulate a satellite orbit path. If successful the plane-towed light will train more than 4 000 moonwatchers nationwide to locate and track any man made satellite at dawn or dusk.
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Washington W
United States
Prohibition violator Powell forfeit bond in city court
Leila Powell a white woman forfeited a $100 bond in city court on a prohibition charge. Carrie May Gamble reported a break in at 3 am after hearing someone leave her Newcomb Street home. nothing missing. A coupon error misdated a Tastee promotion. correct date July 1 1957.
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Leila Powell
Carrie May Gamble
Newcomb St
Civil rights bill faces Senate delay amid House debate
Backers expect the jury trial amendment to fail as the House passes a civil rights bill in one form while the Senate Judiciary Committee stalls. An amendment broadening the civil rights commission was adopted. attempts to add a right to work provision failed. Dr. Martin Luther King announces a campaign to mobilize three million Southern Negro voters for 1958 as President Nixon is urged to lend support.
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House
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hoffman
R-Mich
Civil Rights Commission
Rep. Alger
Rtex
Rep. Forand
D-R
Forand
Alger
South
Martin Luther King
Montgomery
Ala
Nixon
President backs freer trade rights for Britain and Japan
President Eisenhower said nations like Great Britain and Japan must be allowed freer trade to make a living. He spoke informally at the White House to a world trade group and did not specify Britain’s China policy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Great Britain
Japan
White House
Britain
China
Sitka Once Alaska Capital Before Purchase
Sitka served as Alaska’s capital during the Russian era before the United States acquired the territory. Today Juneau is the capital of Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sitka
Alaska
United States
Russia
Juneau
Girard Denies Army Pressure During Japan Court Inquiry
Army specialist 21 year old Girard, to be tried in Japanese courts for shooting a Japanese woman, denies Pentagon pressure. He appeared with Brig Gen Decker and Maj Levin at Camp Whittington Japan and said he was not being forced by the Far East Command or the Army. He told his brother the call meant restrictions rather than coercion.
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Camp Whittington
Japan
William
Girard
Pentagon
U. S. Army
Charles Decker
Stanley Levin
Army Far East Command
United States
Far East Command
Giraed
Levin
Washington
Willams
Las Maj. Levin
Whittington
Egypt and Jordan Sever Ties Amid Arab Military Rift
Nasser faces growing isolation as Jordan expels the Egyptian military attach and recalls its ambassador. The move follows Egypt’s expulsions in Iraq, Libya, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, threatening the joint Arab military command once led by Cairo. Syria’s stance appears uneasy as ties with Egypt strain.
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Syria
Nasser
Joran
Jordan
Saud
Hussein
Egypt
Amman
Iraq
Libya
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Joint
Arab Military Command
Yemen
Collision Involving Dump Truck In Wrong Lane
Investigating Patrolman M P Braswell said two trucks in the wrong lane collided on the road. The dump truck heading south struck the other vehicle’s right side. The injured man was taken to Decatur Clinic by Patrolman Braswell and later transferred to Decatur General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Braswell
Decatur Clinic
Braswell
Decatur General Hospital
Decaturville Shooting Tied to Fence Incident
Glass was shot after Wiggins cursed him during a fence confrontation. Wiggins was located at 9 p.m. but had not given a statement today. Officers Sgt. W C Hunter and Patrolman C J Martin responded to the Glass residence last night as Sgt. C M Kennedy continues the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiggins
Glass
Henderson Funeral Today At Valley Springs Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Mildred Henderson age 43 were scheduled for 2 p.m. at Valley Springs Church in Cullman with burial at the adjoining cemetery. She died at 11:35 p.m. in Cullman. Survived by husband Elmer, son Edward, four grandchildren, parents Oscar Weather and Della Land, and sister Sue Berryhill.
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Cullman
Mildred Henderson
Valley Springs Church
Moss Service Funeral Home
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Ipuer
Blue Haven Swimming Pool
Florence State Teachers College
Peabody College
U.S. Navy
Clara Ave
Decatur High
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E. L. Roberts
Etowah
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Roberts
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Judiciary Committee
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Girls State
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Tallapoosa County
Athens Limestone Hospital
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Ardmore
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Sherman Crow
James R. Flannagin
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Hershel G. Copeland
W. H. Moses
Ford Hill
Raymond Montgomery
R. S. Tollison
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Little Wayne Blankenship
U.S
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St. Louis, Mo
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