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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1955
Page
3
A survey of 45 000 graduates finds about half of professional men and women have no wills. The piece argues wills protect a family by detailing property division taxes and costs, noting home made wills can be worse and lawyer fees for simple wills are nominal.
The Lawrence County Board of Education names J. E. Stephens, former Stevenson High School principal, as the new Lawrence County High School principal succeeding J. E. Howell who resigns after 18 years. Stephens comes from Jackson and Stevenson districts with 11 years coaching and degrees from the University of Alabama. He and his wife have four children and will move to Moulton by July 1. Howell resigns June 30 after a contentious end to his tenure.
Violent storms swept the Oklahoma City area and nearby Texas Oklahoma Kansas regions with wind gusts to 107 mph and 80 mph winds. Heavy rain fell in minutes and hail reached 1 1/2 inches. No injuries were reported and utilities faced infield disruption.
Panama City staff report three Dothan police officers who captured George Lowell Everett in January may yet receive a $1,000 reward if a retrial motion is resolved. Everett, convicted of first degree murder in the Oklahoma beauty queen case, faces execution and appeals. The victim, Mrs. Lou Ellen Jones, was killed in January. Everett admitted the slaying.
The North Alabama chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants in Decatur discussed four planned programs for 1955 56 with John R. Severin Jr as program director and speakers being lined up. R C Stribling reported meeting locations in Huntsville Decatur and the Tri-Cities. Final chapter standings will be announced at the International Cost Conference in New York next week.
The Alabama House Judiciary Committee postponed indefinitely two hospital and board of health bills after sponsors Rep. Emmett Oden and Rep. Lowell Gregory requested delay. The measure would have allowed the governor to name four external members to the health board, with four nominees from the current board, and would have made Gov. James E. Folsom an ex officio member.
The SEC ordered a resumption of the Dixon Yates power plant hearing in Washington after a Monday suspension. Examiner James Ewell will announce procedural decisions, with the case seeking long term financing chiefly through 30 year bonds and bank certificates.
Three year old Rose Marie Marazzo remained in critical condition after tumbling from a fifth floor window at a Long Island City apartment building. Police said she climbed onto a window ledge while her mother slept nearby. she landed in a grassy courtyard, suffering a broken leg and head injuries. The child, who acts as the eyes for her blind mother and partially blind father, is hospitalized as investigators review the incident.
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