Southern Bell official defends Grant Street microwave tower
Decatur District Manager J L Fambrough writes to Public Forum defending the Grant Street microwave tower. He argues zoning allowed the structure, cites cost savings from locating in a business district, and notes ongoing investment of millions to expand North Alabama dispatch and national defense communications, including links to Redstone Arsenal and network TV potential.
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Grant Street
Decatur
Southern Bell
Telephone Company
North Alabama
Redstone Arsenal
J. L. Fambrough
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Federal injunction freezes Atlas Insurance assets
A federal bankruptcy referee Leon J Hopper issued a injunction freezing assets of Atlas Insurance Co Inc and names Alabama General Shares Inc Alabama General Insurance Co and Redstone Securities Inc The action follows a petition by Continental Union Insurance Co alleging control of Atlas through fraudulent transfers with Consolidated American Industries Inc which filed for bankruptcy last month led by its president State Senator Garet Van Antwerp II
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Montgomery
Leon J. Hopper
Atlas Insurance Co., Inc
Hopper
Alabama General Shares, Inc
Alabama, General Insurance Co
Redstone Securities Inc
Continental Union Insurance Co
Atlas
Consolidated American Industries, Inc
Consolidated American
Garet van Antwerp II
Red China Frees Two American Jesuit Priests
Two American Jesuit missionaries, Father Charles J. McCarthy and Father John A. Houle, were released from four years of imprisonment and house arrest in Shanghai. They planned to move toward Hong Kong within about ten days as travel facilities permit. Their release reduces the American detainee count in Communist China to six, with others still held in Shanghai and Peiping-Tientsin.
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Hong Kong
China
Charles J. McCarthy
San Francisco
John Alexander
Glendale
Calu
Shanghai
Father McCarthy
Father Houle
Communist China
Peiping-Tientsin
Placed Among All But Top Salary Grades
A text fragment notes players in all but the three top salary grades. It outlines distribution of salaries, suggesting a tiered pay scale with elite earners excluded from the uppermost three brackets. Further details are unclear from the snippet.
Egypt Auctions Farouk Treasures in Abdin Palace Sale
In Cairo the government auctioned off ex king Farouk possessions in the Abdin Palace selling items from his personal grooming kit to diamond necklaces and emerald rings alongside art objects and silverware.
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Cairo
Egypt
Farouk
Abdin
Atlas President Named in Petition In Continental Case
The petition lists Atlas as president and Continental states it owns 110,000 shares of Consolidated American.
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Atlas
Continental
Consolidated American
TVA Employees Get Pay Hike
Knoxville officials announce a 5.1 percent salary raise for about 6,000 TVA white collar employees effective June 30. Aubrey Wagner, TVA general manager, stated the action reflects the agency’s fiscal plan and benefits workers across the agency.
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Knoxville. Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Aubrey Wagner
TVA
Science and medicine careers for future generations
W W Bauer outlines the link between national resources, health, and public services and urges young people to pursue science and medicine. He cites salary, scholarships, fairs, tours, and mentoring to encourage early interest, with emphasis on science education and women’s participation.
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American Medical Association
Journalists condemn camera seizure outside federal grand jury
W C Shoemaker of the Jackson Daily News had his camera seized after taking a photo of Hodding Carter as he left the federal grand jury room. Editors Frederick Sullens and Carter denounced the act as a flagrant breach of press freedom.
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Jackson
Miss.p
U.S
Mississippi Press Assn
Delmus Harden
Itawamba Times
Mississippi Group
Ttorney
W. C. Shoemaker
Jackson Daily News
Hodding Carter
Greenville
Federal Grand Jury
Grand
Frederick Sullens
Carter
Delta Democrat-Times
Seiz
Jade Harden
Sullens
Counterrevolutionary Charges Suspected in 1953 Arrest
The article notes arrests on June 15 1953 on what appears to be the standard charge of counterrevolutionary activities and spying, implying a political crackdown during that period. The piece centers on the individuals detained and the broad context of political repression.
Bus Driver Faints Trigger London Fatal Crowd Crash
London crowd disaster on Oxford Street leaves eight dead and seven more injured. Canadian woman Nina Murray dies in hospital. Driver, 63, is believed to have fainted at the wheel before the double decker mounted the curb and struck shoppers.
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London
Nina Murray
Ealy Oxford Street
Saratoga Carrier Powered to Drive 100 Passenger Trains
The U S Navy aircraft carrier Saratoga has enough power to push more than 100 passenger locomotives at full speed, illustrating its immense propulsion capability and engineering scale.
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Saratoga
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Red China
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M. D
New York City
Advisory Committee
Science Teacher
National Science Teachers Association
Colomer aLsceer
Morgan County
Wool and Dacron
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Tru-Val
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Marshal
Pitts Chiropractic Clinic
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