Fisherman Rescued After Five Days Afloat Off Monterey
Jack Coats, 32, of Eureka, survived five days adrift in a disabled 36-foot salmon trailer after his battery failed and fog closed in off Arena Cove. He used two matches and a flare to signal the destroyer George Anderson, which towed him to port as a Coast Guard cutter arrived.
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Monterey
Calif
Pacific
Jack Coats
Eureka
Coats
George Anderson
Gojoc
Andersen
Coast Guard
Arena Cove
San Francisco
Jordan Faces Breach Among Arab States Over Subsidy
King Hussein's rift with Nasser threatens Egypt's share of the 36 million dollar Arab subsidy for Jordan after breaking the Britains defense pact. Syria balks while Saudi Arabia stands by. Saudi and Egypt pledged 14 million each, Syria 8 million, Iraq seen likely to aid. The U S has paid Hussein half of its 10 million dollar pledge.
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Hussein
Nasser
Egypt
Jordan
Britain
Syria
King Saud
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
United States
Man Captured After Wild Auto Chase Near Cullman
Kenneth Helms 23 of Guntersville is jailed in Cullman County after a weekend chase that damaged three vehicles. Deputy W L Tucker and Police Chief Garland Chapman say he fled from his car to his father’s home near Pentecost Church northeast of Cullman around 11 p.m. Friday and was arrested when he returned to the car about an hour later. Police began the pursuit at about 7 p.m. as Helms sideswiped three cars then escaped on dusty back roads.
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Cullman
Guntersville
Cullman County
Kenneth Helms
W. L. Tucker
Helms
Pentecost Church
Here
Tucker
Garland Chapman
Wanted Ads Chronicle A Mixed Batch Of Local Notices
Classified scraps include stray goats near New Moulton Road, a missing Pekingese named Chee Chee from 514 Walnut St, a mayoral notice, a furnished bachelor apartment for rent, a four room furniture sale, used tires and rods, part time work offering 150.50 weekly, a Brownie Holiday camera lost with accessories, laundry ironing help, and a reconditioned piano for sale or trade.
Market snapshot with milk cattle hogs prices
Milk rate A six ten per hundred and manufactured milk three oh five per hundred. Cattle runs total around one thousand with mixed steers at nineteen to twenty dollars and utility stock twelve to fourteen fifty. Hogs seen at nineteen dollars for 190 to 240 pound bulk lots as prior week trends noted.
Stocks Edge Higher As Copper Dips And Steel Gains Lift Markets
New York stocks opened higher with fractional gains across many issues while copper prices fell in world markets. Steel shares gained on prospects of increased automotive demand, with notable movers including Bethlehem Steel, Lukens Steel, Chrysler, Boeing, United Aircraft, Texas Co, Standard Oil New Jersey, Sinclair, American Cyanamid, Allied Chemical, Union Carbide, and Du Pont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bethlehem and Lukens Steel
Chrysler
Boeing
United Aircraft
Texas Co
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Sinclair
American Cyanamid
Allied Chemical
Union Carbide
du Pont
Anaconda
Kennecotta
Southern Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Douglas Aircraft
Ford
Consolidated
North Alabama Broiler Prices Hold Steady Amid Adequate Supplies
Atlanta reports broilers or fryers trading around normal with fair to good demand. Prices paid reach up to 21 cents at farms and plants for various weights, with ample to increased supplies and steady volume noted through the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
North Alabama
Atlanta
Ignaence Sandorel
Egg price report from Birmingham market
Market bulletin notes eggs advancing at 10 30 a m Monday with wholesale fractions. Birmingham deliveries show extras minimum 60 per whites large 33 35 mixed sizes 32 to 44, medium 28 44 30 standards 28 42 29 nearby locally produced minimum 80 per whites large 35 37 medium 29 32 small 20 24.
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Pemce
Birmingham
Nashville Livestock Market Reports Mixed Cattle and Hogs
Cattle steady to mixed with steer and heifer prices showing broad ranges. Good to choice 500-600 lb steers 18.00-21.00, odd lows around 17.00, 700-900 lb cows weaker at 12.50-15.00. Hogs steady to lower with 190-240 lb numbers around 19.50-20.00 and 350-550 lb sows 14.00-15.50.
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Nashville
Yenn
USDA
Southerners push changes to bill amid Senate tactics
House moves to strike a section letting the attorney general go direct to federal court and to require written consent from any aggrieved person before acting. They seek a name-by-name vote on a jury trial amendment, defeated by teller count. Senate tactics pair Nixon and Knowland to place the bill on the calendar without Judiciary Committee control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Nixon
Knowland
California
Judiciary Committee
Hospital Dismissals and Admissions Listed By City
The notice catalogs hospital dismissals and admissions across multiple towns. Names include W H Moses Danville Howard Walker Moulton Clyde C Goodlett Moulton Linda Jean Randolph Town Creek and many others with addresses and accompanying details such as infant births and specific streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Moses
Danville
Howard Walker
Moulton
Clyde C. Goodlett
Linda Jean Randolph
Town Creek
Wayne Robbins
Jeanette Anderton
Robert Smith
Courtland
Little Sherry Bond
Trinity
Norman Christian
Chicago
Ill
Births Report From Decatur Area Hospitals
A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. David Staggs of Decatur at Bank St. Hospital on Saturday. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Keenum of Trinity on Sunday at Bank St. Hospital. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brazelton of 415 5th Ave SW at Decatur General Hospital on Saturday. Louis A. Singleton of Hartselle 2 born at Decatur General Hospital on Sunday. A son to Mr. and Mrs. Sybert M. McAllister of 1027 Johnston St. at Decatur General Hospital this morning. A son to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rieger of 518 Somerville Rd. at Decatur General Hospital this morning. A son to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Holmes of 1118 10th Ave SE at Baugh Wiley Clinic on Saturday. A son to Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Patterson of 222 Clara Ave at Baugh Wiley Clinic on Sunday. A son to Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Hall of Decatur 1 at Baugh Wiley Clinic this morning.
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David Staggs
Decatur
Bank St. Hospital
Arthur Keenum
Trinity
Donald Brazelton
5Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Louis A. Singleton
Hartselle
Sybert M. McAllister
Johnston St
W. E. Rieger
Somerville Rd
Elmer Holmes
10Th Ave
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Buddy Patterson
Clara Ave
Cullman Truck Driver Hurt By Rock Flung From Mower
James C. Wyne a Cullman truck driver was knocked unconscious when a rock hurled by a city mower 80 feet into his cab at North Birmingham city park. He was taken to a nearby hospital with condition not immediately known.
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Cullman
Rock
Birmingham
James C. Wyne
City of
Wynn
Lightning Kills Three At Scranton Country Club
A thunderbolt struck during a rain storm drove golfers and caddies to a tree on the Scranton Country Club Course. Three men died Os of the group, while another golfer and two caddies were injured. The golf clubs acted as conductors according to the deputy coroner. Names: Dr Horace D Birchard Frederick DeWilde and John W Whitmore.
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Scranton
Scranton Country Club
Horace D. Birchard
Frederick DeWilde
Clark’s Summit
Pine Brooke Iron Works
Dunmore
John W. Whitmore
Western push for full Soviet plan acceptance heats British politics
Western delegates gather before a disarmament subcommittee including the United States Britain France Canada and the Soviet Union.The new Soviet proposal shifts British opinion as Labour lider Hugh Gaitskell urges testing the Russians not the bombs urging the West to call the Russians hand.
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United States
Britain
France
Canada
Soviet Union
Labor Party
Newcastle
Hugh Gaitskell
Police Charged 1 After 5 Wrecks Over Weekend
Police report one charge for driving without a license among five minor accidents over the weekend. Richard D. Williams 28 of 111 Cain St NE was cited after a collision at Wells and Cain streets involving a 1955 Ford pickup. Other incidents include a parked Buick damaged at Neal's Superette and several fender benders on 12th, 6th, and 11th Avenues with drivers Betty Allen Paul Darmer Dana Holt Elaine Roberts Curtis Sanders Dorothy Smith named in various collisions.
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Richard D. Williams
Cain St
Williams
Pearce & Gresham Co
Charles C. Hagood
Town Creek 1
Wells and
Cain Sts
Danville Rd
Betty B. Allen
Austinville Rd
Paul H. Darmer
Beech St
Rank
G. A. Corneil
11Th Ave
12Th Ave
Gordon Dr
6Th Ave
Elaine W. Roberts
Hartseller
Dana Holt
Line St
Curtis Sanders
Decatur 3
Dorothy M. Smith
Decatur
11Th St
Funeral for Robert A. Glass Held Tuesday
The funeral for Robert A. Glass, shot to death last Thursday at his Sykes Street residence, was held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from Weyman Chapel AME Church with Rev. W. E. Whetstone officiating. Burial followed at Sykes Cemetery. survivors include wife Priscilla Glass, Decatur. mother Mattie Robinson, stepfather Carl Robinson, three brothers James Lee Glass Denver, William H. Glass Quantico, Melvin O. Glass Decatur. grandmothers Vina Wills Decatur and Kate Glass Hartselle. aunt Susie Heron Louisville. uncles Spencer Glass and Leroy Glass, both of Hartselle, among others. Sitka was Alaska’s capital before U.S. purchase. Juneau is now the capital.
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Robert A. Glass
Sykes Street
Weyman Chapel
Church St
Sykes Cemetery
Reynolds
W. E. Whetstone
Priscilla Glass
Decatur
Mattie Robinson
Carl Robinson
James Lee Glass
Denver
Colo
William H. Glass
Quantico
Melvin O. Glass
Vina Wills
Kate Glass
Slums workers threaten violence after capital flood
Half the workers from Port au Prince slums faced threats of renewed violence last night as a cloudburst flooded the capital’s streets two to three feet deep. Workers and peasants in rural areas threatened a general strike to end the multiple provisional governments that have followed the current military junta over the past six months.
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Port Au Prince
Explosion Destroys Home After Gas Escape In Phelan Area
Mrs Samples complained of gas escaping from a pipeline connection near a house on Fourth Ave East in the Phelan community. The interior burned as firefighters arrived. two children not at home were with a grandmother. The Howard boy was trapped but rescued. a mattress shielded the girl from flames and debris.
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Chapman
Samples
DuBose
Cullman
W. G. Jackson
Phelan
T. M. Webb
Fourth Ave
Hannah Funeral Today In Athens
Funeral services for W. C. Hannah 81 of Tanner to be held at McConnell Service Funeral Home Chapel at 3 p m. He died Sunday at his daughter’s home. Surviving are eight daughters and six sons with 29 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Interment in Athens City Cemetery.
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Athens
W. C. Hannah
Tanner
McConnell Service Funeral Home
Hannah
Henry Newton
Giles County
Tenn
Limestone County
Tanner Methodist Church
T. N. Kittchen
G. M. By
J. B. Mullins
Tuscumbia
Ed C. Hannah
Clyde Hannah
Gurley
Price Hannah
Theo Hannah
M. K. Hannah
Addie Moses
Waxahachie
Tex
Five Vehicle Wreck Injures Driver on Third Avenue SE
A 61-year-old driver, Lakin Louis Lambert, said to have blacked out, caused a five car crash at 7 14 a m in the 700 block of Third Ave SE. Lambert was treated for head injuries at Decatur General Hospital. Other involved: James Terre Tisdall 28 Elder Clyde White 31 Jeo Walker Deloacher 57 Keith Olive Burkette 66. No charges were filed.
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Third Ave. SE
Lakin Louis Lambert
4Th Ave
Decatur General Hospital
Lambert
Third Ave
Chevrolet
James Terre! Tisdall
Clyde White
Willys
Jeo. Walker Deloacher
Keith Olive Burkette
Lamber
Burkette
Deloacher
Tisdall Auto
Tisdall
New Lawyers Claim Democratic Aims By Californians Leaders
California high court heard that the group aimed to work within the democratic process while prosecutors portrayed 14 as leaders in a highly organized conspiracy with disciplined members. William Schneiderman led the faction. several members were ordered retrials or freed.
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High Court
Philip R. Monahan
Justice Department
William Schneiderman
San Francisco
California
Communist Party
Schneiderman
Philip M. Connelly
Los Angeles
People’s World
Henry Steinberg
Rose Chernin Kusnitz
State Security Review
Albert Jason Lima
Oakland East Bay Party
Frank Carlson
Los Angeles County Party Defense Committee
Ben Dobus
County Lawmen Report Busy Weekend In Three Counties
Limestone County reports 17 arrests including three juveniles on second degree burglary warrants and cases of public drunkenness driving violations and alcohol offenses. Lawrence County logged 15 arrests for public drunkenness concealed weapon and license violations. Cullman County recorded about 25 misdemeanor arrests over the weekend.
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Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman
Two Vehicle Crashes Near Decatur Do Not Injure Drivers
Two two car collisions occurred near Decatur with no injuries. At 4 15 p m a 1953 Chevrolet driven by Howald Price Howard of Decatur 2 collided with a 1950 Chevrolet driven by Charles Marion Whitten of Somerville 1 on Alabama Highway 67 eight miles east of Decatur causing about 100 dollars damage to each car. At 5 55 p m a 1950 Buick driven by Sherman Lee Jackson of New Orleans and a 1951 Chevrolet driven by Jim M Terry of Decatur 2 collided two miles west of Decatur on Alabama Highway 20 with damages estimated at 200 for the Buick and 150 for the Chevrolet.
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Decatur
Howald Price Howard
Decatur 2
Charles Marion Whitten
Somerville 1
Alabama Highway 67
Highway Patrol
Sherman Lee Jackson
New Orleans
Jim M. Terry
Buick
Volunteer Hospital Club to Meet Tonight in Grant Street Home
The District One Tuberculosis Sanatorium volunteer service club meets at 7 30 p.m. in Mrs. Paul Clark’s home at 1204 Grant St. The first meeting of the year urges strong attendance.
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Volunteer Hospital Service Club
District One Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Paul Clark
Grant St
No Decision In Brenda Davis Case
Criminal circuit court opened at the county courthouse with a jury in the Brenda Davis versus Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. case remaining unable to reach a verdict. Testimony continued in the Bill Law case charged with possessing and manufacturing whiskey.
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Brenda Davis
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co
Bill Law
More Than 20 Killed In Lebanon Voting Clash
In Mizra, a gun battle at a Maronite church during Lebanon’s second round voting left more than 20 dead and 30 wounded as rivals of a Parliament candidate fought amid clan feuds. Army units were deployed to quell the violence. government candidates led in several contests and pro Western policy supporters solidified a bloc in the 66 seat parliament.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Sami Solh
Mizivra
Mount Lebanon
South
Nations ratify to fuel agency pool for atomic aid
The text says eighteen nations must ratify a treaty for an international pool to operate atomic fuels. At least three ratifiers must be from the United States, Russia, Britain, France and Canada. Russia and seven smaller governments have completed ratification so far.
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United States
Russia
Agency
Britain
France
Canada
Mother Of Decatur Resident Dies In Tennessee Rites Planned
Funeral services for Mrs. Callie Elizabeth Poff 91 Lynnville Tennessee widow of Louis Poff are set for Tuesday in Lynnville She died Sunday at her daughter Mrs W D McNeese home in Lynnville She leaves two daughters Mrs McNeese and Mrs A J Hewitt of Decatur three sons Roy Poff Horace Poff of Decatur and Willie Poff of Fort Myers Florida Interment will be in Lynnwood Cemetery.
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Callie Elizabeth Poff
Lynnville
Tenn
Louis Poff
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Redstone Pike
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Decatur 1
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Highway 20
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Saya
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5Th St
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Chemstrand Corp
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Soday
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Mooresville
Decatur General Hostal
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