Weekend arrests implicate multiple Morgan County offenses
Morgan County sheriff forces netted thirty four arrests in a weekend with charges including public drunkenness twenty eight violations of prohibition law two and obscene language investigation driving while intoxicated and probation failure one each. Fire and police reports note a mattress fire at Percy Aldridge home a cut arm at Decatur General Hospital and a theft of an eighty five dollar gold wrist watch from Mrs. Blackwell. The Decatur city council schedules a regular meeting and city court docket shows ten cases with drivers licenses, DWI, disorderly conduct and reckless driving.
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Half Hundred Killed During Haiti Riofing
Violent rainstorms hit Port au Prince causing rioting and looting after the army ousted Provisional President Daniel Fignole. At least 50 dead and 200 injured, with the death toll possibly rising beyond 100 as crowds clash with troops and mobs burn and loot. Military junta urges normal operation of services and food supply.
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Flash Flood Death Toll Hits St Louis Area
Floods from Missouri and Illinois rains leave 19 dead and cause millions in damage. Belleville reports 13.75 inches of rain and a ruptured 74 inch main cutting water to about 15 000 homes and businesses while St Louis records 8.72 inches in 13 hours forcing 3 500 to evacuate as power and phone service return gradually.
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Florence State Student Drowns
Multiple Alabama traffic deaths over the weekend claim six lives. Florence State Teachers College student George Stanford, 22, drowns in the Tennessee River near Florence as coast guard reports the body not yet recovered. Other victims include Willie Armsteda 15 of Florence and Charles Dunn 17 of Oakman in vehicle crashes. Debbie Senn 26 of Columbus and Harold Caldwell 14 of Fort Payne die in separate crashes. Carl Sharp 26 of Scottsboro and Pete Rush 40 of Blue Mountain also perish in collisions or related incidents.
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West Talks Proposal Alters Nuclear Test Talks
Western delegates met behind closed doors to plan a response to the Soviet Union’s surprise call for internationally controlled ending of nuclear weapon tests. The Russian plan would allow international inspection teams in the USSR and in the United States Britain and the Pacific, potentially boosting Moscow’s influence in five power U.N. disarmament talks in London.
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House to push civil rights bill amid Southern opposition
The House meets today to pass President Eisenhower's civil rights bill after a Friday 199-167 vote defeated Southern attempts to modify it. A bipartisan push aims to outpace a Senate filibuster and move the measure forward, despite Southern efforts to force jury-trial provisions and additional amendments.
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Alabama Oil and Gas Laws to Amend for State Production
A legislative committee urges extensive changes to Alabama oil and gas laws to position the state as a major producer. The report cites high dry-hole ratios, costly subsurface formations, and calls for field wide pooling, a full time state supervisor, and administrative revisions. Producing areas include Cedar Creek, Hamilton, Gilbertown, Citronelle, and more.
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Compton Refrigeration Worker Attacked and Strikers Picket
An employee of Rowland Compton Refrigeration Co at 921 4th Ave SE, A. B. Townson, about 50, was attacked by two men on his way home for lunch. He suffered head knots and a arm scratch after bats were used. Townson fought back and could not identify the assailants. Meanwhile a strike at the Compton company has reached ten weeks with some workers at Red Stone Arsenal and in the Tri Cities area, while others remain on the picket line in front of the plant.
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Senate Opens Atomic Energy Debate in U N Pact Vote
The Senate begins debate on U S membership in a new 80 nation International Atomic Energy Agency. Eisenhower faces a likely victory as opposition fades after Foreign Relations Committee hearings and a favorable interpretation allowing quit option with Senate consent.
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North Alabama Nears First Oil Field From Wildcat Well
In Jasper, Alabama, drillers report 59 barrels daily from a wildcat in the Thatch Community, Walker County, nearly ready to hit 100 barrels with pins. Oil returns from 1726 feet with seven feet of limestone perforated, no salt water found. The Texala Drilling Co and Joe L. Moore & Co own the well, with mineral rights held by local banks and Chase National Bank. Alabama already has four oil fields in the southwest.
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Weather and River Conditions in Decatur Area
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 21.31 feet with a 0.41 feet drop in 48 hours. High yesterday reached 95 degrees, low 76. At 10:45 a.m. today the temperature was 86. Forecast calls for partly cloudy hot weather with widely scattered thundershowers this afternoon or evening, then mostly fair and warm tonight. Southeast winds 5-10 mph. High today around 95, low tonight 73, high Tuesday 95.
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Three Cullman Blast Victims Remain Critical
Three victims of a Cullman explosion remained on the critical list at a Birmingham hospital at noon. a fourth victim in Cullman Hospital was in good condition. The blast tore through a frame dwelling around 2 30 am when Mrs Margaret Samples woke to light a cigarette. The roof collapsed and walls blew out injuring four others. Edward Earl Howard 15 Bobby Howard 18, and Jimmy Hicks 16 were taken to University Hospital in Birmingham. Bobby Howard is a girl. She was listed in good condition and rested well.
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Father’s Day Gun Rampage Shocks Muse Youth
Ten year old Joe Coleman of Muse near Canonsburg opened fire with a .38 and a .25 caliber pistol on Father’s Day 1957. He terrorized the Washington County mining town for two hours, pinned his father behind a telephone pole, then was captured by three men and taken to Washington Hospital in an emotional state. He had been under psychiatric care for a year and will be turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Muse
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Trick No Ure
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New Trials For Nine Ordered By High Court
The Supreme Court voided five Communist party leaders convictions for plans to violently topple the U.S. government and ordered new trials for nine California Communist officials convicted on the same charges under the Smith Act. Justices Black and Douglas dissented on full release. Justice Harlan led the majority.
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Jordan Closes Cairo Embassy Amid Arab Rift
Jordan moves to close its embassy in Cairo deepening tensions with Egypt and the Syrian‑aligned bloc. Foreign Minister Samir Rifai says political relations remain intact as staff are recalled, while Cairo weighs its response.
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House civil rights bill advances amid trial provision fight
Unnumbered Southerners pushed for a toned-down jury trial clause but lost ground as the House moved toward likely passage of the civil rights bill. Proceedings targeted a late decision and expected final votes.
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