Treaty Is Still Seen In Danger
President Eisenhower's goodwill visit to Japan was canceled amid Communist violence threats. The U S Japanese defense treaty remains in danger as mobs push to topple Kishi’s government and void the pact before Sunday. Kishi blames leftists and vows to resist dissolution while seeking public order and unity.
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Tokyo
Eisenhower
Japan
Nobusuke Kishi
Kishi
Manila
United States
Decatur clubs and community events headlined for tonight
Officers and standing committee chairs of the Decatur Business and Professional Women's Club meet at Mrs Dorothy Woodall's Old Moulton Road home for a 6 30 p m covered dish supper and to plan the year. Morgan County Ground Water Study chief Chester Dodson discusses water's role in health and industry on Town Hall Report at 7 30 p m over WMSL TV.
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Decatur Business and Professional Women's Club
Dorothy H. Woodall
Old Moulton Road
Chester L. Dodson
Morgan County
Town Hall
Wmsl-Tv
goats barred on railroad right of way in Lexington
H M Prather argued goats clear trash along the railroad right of way behind his home but the Lexington City Board of Adjustment ruled against keeping livestock on the property.
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Lexington
City Board of Adjustment
H. M. Prather
Prather
Lose Yourself for Christ Find Life Through Dedication
The Bible verse does not demand literal death for all Christians but a total self surrender. True discipleship requires denying self and taking up the cross, not half hearted faith. Commitment brings meaning as one loses self in Christ and finds life through dedicated service.
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Christ
Jesus
Eisenhower pledges instant defense of Philippines
President Eisenhower vowed to defend the Philippines instantly against any attack during his Manila visit. He left aboard a U S Navy launch after a triumphant tour and signed a final communique with President Garcia pledging immediate repulsion of any assault. Filipino officials hailed the pledge as a major gain and urged clear defense commitments and a warning to Peiping.
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John Scali
Manila
Eisenhower
United States
Philippines
Japan
Carlos P. Garcia
China
U. S
Peiping
White House
James C. Hagerty
St. Paul
Formosa
Hagerty
File Penetrates Head Of Louise Jones in Decatur
Louise Jones a 28 year old Negro from Decatur awoke in her home at 916 Bank St NE behind Sykes Funeral Home and found a 10 inch file wedged in her forehead after an midnight assault. Percy Vinson 48 of Madison Street was arrested on a charge of assault with intent to murder.
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Louise Jones
Decatur
Louise
Bank St. NE
Sykes Funeral Home
Percy Vinson
Madison Street
Bank Street
Ray
Student Hurt In Car Train Collision
An Auburn University student from Gadsden Alabama escaped serious injury when his car was struck by a Southern Railway freight train at 8 30 a m in Greenbrier. Donald T Canderd ay 21 was treated at Decatur General Hospital in fair condition for facial ear and right leg lacerations. Also taken was five year old Rendy Keenum daughter of James Keenum who was nearby and bruised but not seriously hurt. The train had departed Stevenson Alabama en route to Sheffield and was traveling west while the car was traveling north. The car was destroyed with only the front end intact. See STUDENT on Page 2.
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Greenbrier
Auburn University
Gadsden
Ala
Southern Railway
Decatur General Hospital
Donald T. Canerday
Sam L. Canderday
Rendy Keenum
James Keenum
Earl Bradford
Stevenson
Sheffield
Canerday
Mass Strike Wave in U S Missile Industry Shrinks
In Florida 300 Convair machinists end a nine day strike at Cap Canaveral while 17 000 Douglas workers return to the Long Beach plant. 10 000 Lockheed workers stay out at California sites including Sunnyvale. 26 000 Convair workers remain negotiating as 18 000 Douglas workers threaten to strike.
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Los Angeles
Douglas
Long Beach
Calif
Florida
Convair
Cap Canaveral
International Assn
Lockheed
California
Sunnyvale
Santa Monica
United Auto Workers
Saturn Passes All Its Tests in Huntsville Space Program
In Huntsville AP reports Saturn booster tests proceed with von Braun saying nine static tests completed successfully. Next test series to August and full flight planned for 1961 at Cape Canaveral. Saturn-1 and a third booster under assembly aim to lift heavy payloads with early 1960s flight schedule.
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Space Cennee
von Braun
Seat Consolete Sater
Seat Consolete Sater Coeesed In 1964 and von Braun
Action Seen As Defeat For U S In Tokyo Setback
AP dispatch analyzes U S humiliation from the Tokyo summit collapse and Khrushchev attacks. It contrasts Paris breakdown with Tokyo disaster, warning that canceling Eisenhower's trip could undermine anti-Communist alliances and Western resolve.
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Washington
United States
Paris
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Tokyo
U. S
Nobusuke Kishi
Far East
Khrushchev
Decatur Skies Friday Evening Astronomy Notes
The report lists sunset at 7:03 p.m. and sunrise at 4:35 a.m. with moonrise at 1:11 a.m. A new moon arrives June 23. Regulus is visible in the west at 8:58 p.m. Jupiter rises at 7:50 p.m. Saturn at 8:46 p.m. Mars follows the Moon.
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Regulus
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Weather and River Reading from Keller Memorial Bridge
Tennessee River reading this morning at Keller Memorial Bridge was 21.24 feet up .03 in 24 hours. Other TVA lake stages listed include Pickwick 414.4 Guntersville 594.9 Whitesburg 556.0 Wilson 507.1. High yesterday reached and 65 degree low. Today expect partly cloudy and hot with scattered afternoon thunder showers. Winds southerly 3 to 16 mph.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
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Noah M. Leonard
Birmingham
Tom Lewis
Decatur Toastmaster’s Club
Cornelian Court Hotel
Bill Cook
Jack Jones
Paul Hendry
Jerry O'Mahony
Alvin Lyle, Jr
B. R. Waller
Magolia St
Rising Sun Lodge
Athens
Lucy’s
Limestone County
Limestone- Madison County Line
Tommy King
Frigidaire Et Robinson’s
U.S
Red China
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
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Free World
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