Local notices and community updates from Decatur and Montgomery
Marion S. Bingham discharged from Jackson-Pinton Hospital in Montgomery and recovering at home. Fred Stewart to retire June 30 after 41 years in North Alabama. Belle Mina Experiment Station meeting honors him at 2 PM. Amateur Radio Club meets 7 30 tonight at Red Cross conference room. James A. Matthews returns to Decatur after earning B S in chemistry at A P I. Mrs Jim English ill at Austinville Flint Road. Mrs Frank N Philpot returns to Montgomery after visiting relatives. Decatur Moose Lodge fish supper at Moose Home tonight 6 30. Moose wives urged to attend as charter for Women of the Moose planned. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Belle Mina Experiment Station
Fred Stewart
Stewart
North
Alabama
Amateur Radio Club
Red Cross
Frank N. Philpot
Montgomery
Jim English
Austinville
Flint Road
Decatur
Moose Lodge
Moose Home
Moose
Crops in Alabama Suffer From Drought Across State
Central and South Alabama farmers report withering corn and staple crops due to low soil moisture. Wiregrass area in Southeast Alabama hit hardest with only 9.55 inches of rain this year, far below the 25 year average. Peanut and truck crops decline, cattle pastures dry, and dairies supplement feed as growers seek rainfall.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Geneva
M. M. Woodham
Geneva County
Montgomery County
Lem Edmonson
Edmondson
Agreement Sought On TVA Funds Amid Conference Effort
A Senate House conference committee to reach a compromise on TVA funding met briefly and planned a second session for 1:30 p.m. EDT. The Senate proposed 129.582 million dollars for the TVA for the coming fiscal year, 26 million more than the House approval, as part of the independent offices bill. Both chambers must approve the final compromise.
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Washington
Senate
House
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Independent Offices
Sen. Saltonstall
R-Mass
Churchill and Eisenhower to Confer on Asia Defense
British Prime Minister Churchill will meet President Eisenhower in ten days to discuss Southeast Asia defense against communism. Secretary Dulles and British Foreign Secretary Eden will join informal talks. Alternatives to a European Defense Community may be considered during the discussions.
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Washington
Britain
Churchill
Eisenhower
Dulles
Southeast Asia
Eden
London
Sir John Harding
Imperial General Staff
Harding
Hoffman Family To Repay Funds
Former Governor Harold G. Hoffman faces sixteen misconduct charges after his death. Accused of falsifying state deposits totaling 1.2 million dollars tied to unemployment funds and political campaigns. Three division employees suspended, one resigned, hearings set for August 16.
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Trenton
N.J
Harold G. Hoffman
Robert B. Meyner
Hoffman
New Jersey
Meyner
Grover C. Richman
South Amboy Trust Co
Richman
Banking and Insurance
Warren Gaffney
Dismissals and School Future At Morgan County Plainview
Morgan County Plainview faces two major questions as the board meeting tonight could decide principal C O Bone’s fate. Bone protests his dismissal citing tenure while facing charges over wiring and lumber hazards. the board may also decide whether the school remains a nine grade junior high or becomes a six grade grammar school.
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Morgan County
Plainview
C. O. Bone
County Board of Education
Bone
Lester Wooten
Wooten
Ross Ford
Morgan County High School
Hartselle
The
Daily Today
Ford
Red Bay
J. B. War
Guatemala Army Demands Stand By Guatemalan Officers Question
Eighty army officers delivered a questionnaire to President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman seeking a satisfactory answer about Communist influences and demanded a reply by week’s end. Private advices from Guatemala City reported the move. See GUATEMALA on Page 2.
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Sam Summerlin
Egucigalpa
Honduras
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Washington
Guatemala
Consider Freeing Yanks From Chinese Prisons
Geneva reports say China will consider early release of American prisoners with good behavior after a third U S China meeting. About 83 Americans remain imprisoned or denied visas on the mainland. Peiping will review individual conduct to decide on commutations or release.
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Geneva
Red
China
United States
U.S
U. Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Peiping
Fund for Boy Mounting Fast
A letter from Athens asks for public help to support seven year old Larry Eugene Terry of Decatur in his fight against Hodgkins Disease. The Daily will collect funds for his three weeks of treatment at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville Tennessee aiming for about eight hundred dollars.
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Little Larry Terry
Decatur
Little Larry
Larry
Athens
Larry Eugene Terry
Vanderbilt Hospital
Nashville
Tenn
the Daily
Daily
Friends
Herman Free
W. H. Champier
N. Owens
Pettusville Church of Christ
Birdie
Herman Bentley
J. B. Adams
Brownie McDowra
W. B. Neher
W. A. Hooper Huffman
N. E. Culps
Ardmore
Hartselle
C. F. Latham
Landersville
R. J. Massey
Belle Mina
L. O. Barfield
L. A. Montgomery
Louis Montgomery
Goodyear Decatur Mills
Uneasy Quiet On Labor Scene Could Break Any Time
Washington June 15 Major contract talks loom in steel rubber telephone electrical manufacturing and maritime sectors with unions and management preparing for possible strikes. Coal mines under John L Lewis show restraint as exports falter and demand softens. Featherbedding debate continues amid job security concerns and slower wage gains. Pays rises average 5 to 8 cents an hour.
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Norman Walker
Associated Press
Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Army No Longer Coddling Reds, Carr Believes
Francis P. Carr testified that the Army is not coddling communists though he said Secretary Stevens and Army Counselor Adams tried to prevent exposure of loyalists. Carr, staff director for McCarthy investigations, argued loyalty boards would not fear proper inquiry and called their actions improper yet saw no clear security threat. See ARMY on Page 2.
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Army
Carr
Washington
Francis P. Carr
Stevens
John G. Adams
Sen. McCarthy
Joseph N. Welch
McCarthy Army
Welch
McCarthy
Army Loyalty Board
Sen. Dirksen
R-Iii
Dirksen
Congressional
Korea
Truman
Adams
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
City Planning Board weighs outside zoning study reach
Decatur officials discussed extending zoning study to the three mile limit beyond the city. Chairman Quince Ed dens noted the long, complex process and potential housing and port planning needs for future growth. The board cited abattoirs and state planning projects as factors in shaping the study.
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City Planning Board
Quince Eddens
Eddens
Decatur
Abatoirs
Mendes Frances Slightly Favored to Form French Cabinet
Paris faces fresh turmoil as Premier-Designate Pierre Mendes-France seeks approval for a new cabinet after Laniel’s resignation. His odds hinge on the fragmented Chamber split over the European Defense Community ratification, with MRPs push for quick debate while Gaullists oppose. URAS must back him.
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Pierre Mendes-France
France
Elysee Palace
Paris
Rene Coty
Joseph Laniel
Coty
Laniel
National Assembly
Indochina
Mendes-France
Ldniel
Catholic Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Union For Republican and Social Action
URAS
de Gaulle
Medical Assistant At Atmore Prison Dies By Own Hand
Atmore Alabama medical assistant J T Tidwell 52 at Atmore State Prison Farm apparently shot himself last night. He was found slumped over a 16 gauge shotgun in his bathroom after family heard the shot. Dr George T Perry said an autopsy would be performed by toxicologist Nelson Grubbs. Tidwell a Dixon Tennessee native and retired Naval medical technician served in the Navy until 1944. Survivors include his widow and two daughters Mary Hulbert of Jacksonville Florida and Mary Elizabeth Tidwell of Atmore.
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Atmore
Ala
George T. Perry
Escambia County
J. T. Tidwell
Atmore State
Tidwell
Naval Medical
Perry
Nelson Grubbs
Mobile
Weather and River Reading at Keller Memorial Bridge
The Tennessee River level reached 21.46 feet at Keller Memorial Bridge, up 0.12 feet in 24 hours. High yesterday was 95 degrees at 1 p.m., and eight o'clock this morning registered 80 degrees.
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Decature
Keller Memorial Bridge
FWA
Korea Peace Talks End in Breakup With Allies Declaring Useless
Sixteen United Nations backed Korean allies said seven weeks of negotiations failed and it would be useless to continue the talks. The plan backed by Nam Il and Chou En Lai called for foreign troops withdrawal and arms limits, with new all Korean commissions to manage peaceful development. Churchill’s Cabinet met in London to determine policy after the breakdown.
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Geneva
United Nations
Korea
Nam Il
Red China
Chou En-Lai
U.N
Ransom Money Found Buried in Arizona Kidnapping Case
$75,000 ransom money was recovered buried near the Superstition Mountains after a man’s work shirt hid the cash with a pistol on top. Police arrested Daniel J. Marsin, 41, at a ranch house about 100 yards away, as the suspect in Evelyn Ann Smith’s kidnapping. Marsin awaits a preliminary hearing as the FBI faces criticism over delayed suspect description.
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Phoenix
Arix
Evelyn Ann-Smith
Superstition Mountains
Daniel J. Marsin
FBI
Charles P. Thomas
Thomas
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Diane
Marion S. Bingham
Jackson-Pinton’ Hospital
Mr. Bingham
James A. Matthews
Chemistry
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Buckley
By John M. Hightower
William 8S. Lute
Division of Employment Security
Jean A. Chianese
William Frenchack
Eft
Cliff Factly
Elgin
Ill
Frenchack
Leroy Snow
Snow
Ponty
By Harvey Hudson
By Ken Reynolds
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