Local notices and incidents from Decatur area
David Robertson, 6, will enter University Hospital in Birmingham for corrective heart surgery Thursday. Tula Jean Terry at Freed-Hardeman College earned an Associate in Arts degree in Business Administration. Local officials report drunkenness arrests, a prohibition violation, six building permits, police call at Pittman Tractor, and ten city court docket cases. Runaway Sandra Hansen and companion sought in Chicago area. Nine dogs remain at City Animal Shelter. Weekend visitors and Cotillion Club attendance noted. See DIARY On Page 2.
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David Robertson
Reece Robertson
6Th Ave
University Hospital
Birmingham
Tula Jean Terry
J. E. Terry
State St
Decatur
Freed-Hardeman College
Henderson, Tenn
Ann Wheat
University of Alabama
Sam Wheat
Luke Leatherberry
Mobile
Fred Powell
Socialists Press U.S. Troop Withdrawal Over Girard Case
In Tokyo June 15 Socialist protesters urged the United States to pull all troops from Japan over the Girard manslaughter case. About 3,000 members in Hibiya Park demanded scrapping the U.S. Japan security treaty and turning over Army specialist William Girard to Japan for trial. They linked the shooting of Mrs Naka Sakai to American military presence and criticized U.S. interventions in Japanese jurisdiction.
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Forrest Edwards
Tokyo
William S. Girard
Japan
Socialist Party
Nobusuke Kish
Hibiya Park
Kishi
Washigton
U.S
Girard
Ottawa
Washington
United States
Somagahara
Nixon May Team With Knowland In Rights Fight
Vice President Nixon and Sen. Knowland are reported ready to join in pressing for Senate action on a civil rights bill that the House is about to pass. The two Republicans, potential 1960 rivals, aim to move the bill promptly to the Senate floor to credit the winner with passing civil rights legislation.
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Washington
Nixon
Sen
Knowland
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Humphrey To Lead Finance Hearing On Eisenhower Policy
Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee prepared Tuesday to quiz Secretary of the Treasury Hum phrey as the chief architect and spokesman for the administration’s monetary policies during a mid year investigation. The session opens with Humphrey as the lead-off witness.
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Joe Hall
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Thirteen Unclaimed Hiway Victims Interred in Common Grave
In Fayetteville North Carolina a Negro cemetery laid to rest 13 unclaimed migrant crop workers killed in a June 6 two truck collision on U S 20. Ministers led prayers as a bulldozer covered the coffins under a hot sun. Tom Junior Mackey of Brevard identified four unidentified victims among the 41 aboard the truck.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Jesus
U.S
Tom Junior Mackey
Brevard
Mackey
Cooley Urges Leadership on New Cotton Program
Chairman Cooley of the House agriculture committee told the Agriculture Department to show leadership in developing a new cotton program. He said more people want a proposal now and urged faster departmental recommendations on bills before Congress and a department plan if one exists.
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Washington
Cooley
D-Nc
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Congress
Johnson Vetoes Bipartisan Team To Back Stassen
President Johnson vetoed a State Department plan to send a bipartisan panel of Senate advisers to assist Harold Stassen in London. He said senators should not be absent during Senate adjournment and if they go after adjournment they would serve only as observers.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
London
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Secretary of State
Dulles
Harold Stassen
Johnson
Cottage Meetings Precede City Youth Crusade Here
A cottage prayer meeting is set for Monday at 8 p.m. at Patsy Harvey’s home 1212 Grant St SE to prepare for the city wide Youth Crusade For Christ. Rev Otis Golden of Trinity Baptist Church will lead. Transportation help available by calling Jack Freeman. Final practice for the youth choir is today at 2 p m at Central Baptist Church with altos needed. The crusade runs Thursday to Saturday at 7 30 p m at the Decatur National Guard Armory conducted by Rev Junior Hill Hartselle Jack Freeman Decatur Lowell Vann Cullman.
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Crusade For Christ
Patsy Harvey
Grant St
Otis Golden
Trinity Baptist Church
Jack Freeman
Decatur National Guard
Central Baptist Church
Freeman
Junior Hill
Hartselle
Decatur
Lowell Vann
Cullman
Weather and river reading near Keller Memorial Bridge
Tennessee River reading yesterday morning at Keller Memorial Bridge was 21.72 feet, up .21 feet in 24 hours, sea level reading 556.02. Temperature at 5:30 p.m. yesterday was 89. Forecast calls for partly cloudy hot humid weather with isolated thundershowers late afternoon, southerly winds 8 to 15 mph, high near 92.
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Decatur
Keller Memorial Bridge
Alabama lawmakers push cotton control bills amid acreage concerns
During a committee hearing on cotton bills Rep Cooley suggested the panel might draft its own measure using strong points from congress proposals. He stressed one certainty we must control acreage. Reps Jones and Huddleston of Alabama backed identical bills from the nine member Alabama House delegation, noting Alabama faced a 15 percent greater cut in cotton acreage allotments than the national average.
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Cooley
Jones
Huddleston
Alabama
House
Benson
Aid Bill May Get Fast House Trip
Two senior Foreign Affairs Committee members said the 57 25 Senate approval of President Eisenhower's foreign aid bill should speed its passage in the House. They expect the House committee to finish its work on the 3 637 000 000 bill by the Fourth of July.
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Lewis Gulick Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Rep
Vorys
Ohio
Carnahen
Fourteen Dead in Massive St Louis Floods Across Missouri and Illinois
A torrent described as the heaviest in 87 years dumped 8.74 inches in St Louis and up to 10 inches in Illinois towns. At least fourteen people were dead with fourteen missing and 3,500 evacuated as Belleville East St Louis Alton Caseyville Wanda and other areas faced record flooding and rescues.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Illinois
Belleville
Lemay
Beaufort
Ala
Here
Cay
Albers
Ill
James E. Dullea
East St. Louis
Mississippi River
George Kampelmann
Alice Bandy
Benjamin
Winifred
Herbert
Harold
Phyllis Ann Bandy
Alton
Caseyville
Wood River
Wanda
National Guard
Hartselle maid earns top in county Maid of Cotton contest
In Decatur High School stadium Morgan County crowned Miss Sarah Ann Thompson 20 as county Maid of Cotton with alternate Rhona Howell 20. The event kicked off Cotton Week with 2,500 attendees, dress review, and Opry stars Lonzo and Oscar, praising the county program and promotion.
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Morgan
Hartselle
Sarah Ann Thompson
Morgan County
Rhona Howell
Alabama
Sandra Kelley
Huntsville
Birmingham
Eric Howell
Decatur
Alabama Maid of Cotton
J. A. Beaty
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
E. H. “Ham” Wilson
Alabama Chamber of Commerce
Lee Hartselle
Two More Tots Hit By Autos In Decatur
Two children were struck by cars on Friday bringing the week’s toll to three in eight days. The city has three traffic fatalities so far this year in Decatur and 25 people were injured in city wrecks during the first five months of 1957. Cindy Higginbotham three and Gary Wayne Sams four were injured. Cindy is in Decatur General Hospital with a lung injury.
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Decatur
Cindy Higginbotham
Ira J. Higginbotham
Dr. SE
Gary
Gas find touted at wildcat well near Speake in Alabama
An investor says prospects look very good for oil at a wildcat well south of Speake Alabama where gas with strong pressure was reported at 964 feet. Drilling continues toward 1600 feet for the Trenton formation as a major oil company tests findings.
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Moulton
Here
Sheffield
Shirley Smith
Alabama
Geological Survey of Alabama
Goyer
Hartselle
City P O Personnel Elected To Offices With State Groups
Charles Neely and R M Campbell of the Decatur post office were named Saturday to state postal employe group offices. Neely was elected vice president of the Alabama Federation of Post Office Clerks in Montgomery. Campbell was elected secretary treasurer of the Alabama Association of Postal Supervisors.
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Charles Neely
R. M. Campbell
Decatur
Neely
Alabama Federation of Post Office Clerks
Montgomery
Campbell
Alabama Assn. of
Missile development would continue despite H-bomb ban
Secretary of Defense Wilson said in Quantico on June 15 that he does not believe an international agreement to ban nuclear weapons tests would stop the development of long range ballistic missiles. He was asked if the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile capable of carrying a hydrogen warhead could be completed if testing were halted, and he replied that it would, without discussing technical details.
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Quantico
Wilson
Folsom Backs Trade School’s Money Drive
Gov. James E. Folsom reportedly will support legislation for a $750,000 capital outlay for the Tennessee Valley State Trade School in Decatur. County and city officials and at least two Chambers of Commerce urged passage, noting the school trains students from nine counties and has a large enrollment near 1,000.
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James E. Folsom
Tennessee Valley State Trade School
Chambers of Commerce
Carlton Kelley
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Folsom
P. W. Robson
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Robson
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