State Department Denies Berlin Deal Rumor
The State Department rejected a London Telegraph report that the U S and Britain would trade recognition of East Germany for permanent Berlin rights. Secretary Rusk said such a claim is false and that policy remains unchanged while discussions with allies continue.
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Washington
Xate Department
London
U. S
East Germany
Berlin
State Department
Lincoln White
Dean Rusk
Rusk
United States
Britain
London Daily Telegraph
Discoverer 25 Sends Satellite Into Polar Orbit
At Vandenberg Air Force Base California the Discoverer 25 rocket reached polar orbit Friday night, 1 hour 45 minutes after launch. The launch aims to improve the series 82 percent failure record of prior missions.
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Vandenberg Air. Force Base
Calif
Poet Robert Frost Undergoes Minor Surgery in Hanover
Poet Robert Frost aged 86, noted for his role in Kennedy's inauguration, underwent minor surgery at Dartmouth College infirmary in Hanover and was reported in very good condition.
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Hanover
N.H
Robert Frost
Kennedy
Dartmouth College
Gagarin praises Shepard for avoiding Korea service
Soviet space hero Maj. Yuri A. Gagarin wrote in Pravda that he prefers US spaceman Alan B. Shepard Jr. to Shepard’s colleagues because Shepard did not fight in Korea. Shepard, a Navy commander, has worked mainly as a test pilot or flight instructor since World War II.
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Moscow
Yuri A. Gagarin
Pravda
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
Korea
Navy
Local Hospital Admissions List
Admissions include Mrs Hattie Mae Cornelious of Hartselle and Mrs Samuel F Hosey of Decatur. Other names appear with addresses in Athens Decatur Madison and Decatur areas. Infant sons noted for Mrs Edward L Lennard and Mrs J W McCutcheon.
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Melvin T
Cloverdale Court
Athens
Hattie Mae Cornelious
Hartselle
Samuel F. Hosey
Decatur
Dismissals Noted For Local Residents
Mrs Gent Flowers of Falkville and Mrs Nancy Shurden of 703 Spragins Street SW appear in a notice. Dismissals include Mrs Atlee Hoff of 636 Sherman and Mrs Dorothy Edmundson of 809 3rd Avenue SE.
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Gent Flowers
Falkville
Nancy Shurden
Spragins St
Atlee Hoff
Sherman
Dorothy Edmundson
3Rd Ave
Bank Street Robert Gutherie Address Notice
Community notice listing Robert Gutherie at 1103 St. Ave SE on Bank Street with no further details provided.
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Robert Gutherie
St. Ave. SE
Second Ave
Holly St
Decatur, Ala
Oil Prepared For Ship Strike
Oil companies keep tankers running as unions avoid strike. Five major firms Egsoso, Mobil, Sun, Atlantic, and Standard Oil of California operate ships with nonstriking crews. Gulf, Texaco, Cities Service, Shell, Sinclair, and American tankers affected. Chase Manhattan Bank reports June 1 stock picture.
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New York
Eg«so
Socecny Mobil
Sun, Atlantic
Standard Oil Co
California
Gulf
Texaco
Cities Service
Shell
Sinclair
American
Chase Manhattan Bank of
New York City
Moonshine Deaths In Two Day Drink Spree
Police reported Robert Dewitt Anderson of Rossville Ga died in an old pumphouse after drinking moonshine and diluted paint thinner with a companion. Ivan Brady 48 of Chattanooga was hospitalized blind and critically ill after the spree. Brady, released last week for drunkenness, said the pair began drinking cheap corn liquor and thinner on Wednesday.
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Chattanooga
Robert Dewitt Anderson
Rossville
Ivan Brady
Dick Hutsell
Brady
Hamilton County
Bufffy
Anderson
Three Guilty In County Court In Morgan County
Morgan County Court disposed of 17 cases in a Friday session. Seven were continued and three were moved to the jury docket, including Zandora Alexander Annie Mae Townsend and Erby Sharpley on prohibition charges.
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Morgan County Court
O. B. Sanders
Theron Green
Welch King
Joe A. McCutcheon
J. B. Womack
Zandora Alexander
Annie Mae Townsend
French Port Braced for 2200 Teen Rockers Visit
Calais, France, readies for a passenger ship due Sunday carrying 2,200 British teen age rock n roll dancers, about a dozen orchestras and 15 vocalists. Organizers have purchased $30,000 in insurance for the weekend excursion.
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Calais
France
Shurden Couple Welcome Daughter in Friday Birth
Mr and Mrs Walter Shurden of 703 Spragins announce the birth of a daughter on Friday.
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Walter Shurden
Spragins
Freedom Riders face clashes at airport and bus station
February protests spread as Freedom Riders rally at a state capital airport restaurant and Ocala bus station. Seven riders confront two white men. three jailed including Rev Leslie Smith and Herbert Collender. Police arrest 28 in Louisville stand in. 20 Negroes blocked entry at a Columbia park.
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Ocala
Leslie Smith
Albany
N.Y
Herbert A. Collender
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
United Auto Workers
Mahwah
N.J
James O'Conner
Barnard College
New York City
Freedom Riders
Jacksonville
Louisville
Columbia
S. C
Limestone County Flood Aid Discussed At Ward Meeting
In Limestone County, ward leaders and residents discussed relief options after 2.66 inches of rain caused widespread flooding. John Milton Owsley of the FHA office in Athens described emergency loans at 3 percent for eligible residents, as Jack Harper of the Soil Conservation Committee noted the watershed program. Maynard Layman called the flood area one of the worst seen in south Limestone County. About 8,000 acres were flooded across several creeks.
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John Milton Owsley
FHA
Athens
Jack Harper
Soil Conservation Committee
Limestone County
Maynard Layman
Decatur Daily
Janice Rule on Broadway and Hollywood Ties
Janice Rule discussed her career from Cincinnati to Broadway and Hollywood, recalling MGM days with Peter Lawford and anecdotes about Mitch Miller and Tall tales of weight and voice. She stars as Lysistrata in The Happiest Girl in the World and endures energy pills backstage with an oxygen tank planned for summer use.
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New York
Janice Rule
Jimmy Durante
Bob Hope
Garry Moore
John Huston
Janice
Peter Lawford
MGM
Hollywood
Wilson Janice
Broadway
Lysistrata
Cincinnati
Charles
Prescott
Ariz
Czechoslovakia Extends Long Term Loan to Mali
The CTK news agency reports Czechoslovakia has granted a long term loan to the Mali Republic. The amount is not announced. The loan signals growing financial assistance from Eastern bloc countries to West Africa.
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Mali
Prague
Czechoslovakia
CTK
Kid McCoy Place Raided and Padlocked in Alabama
Shelby County Sheriff C. P. Walker padlocked a house tied to a raid months earlier by state and county officers with Gov. Patterson. A hearing led to an injunction closing two houses on the property, one in Shades Ridge Holding Corp. and another owned by T. Y. Gustin of Birmingham. The April 5 raid involved Patterson, Floyd Mann and Ed Azar along with other officials.
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Columbiana
Ala
Shelby County
C. P. Walker
John Patterson
Kid McCoy
Shades Ridge Holding Corp
T. Y. Gustin
Birmingham
Patterson
Floyd Mann
ABC
Ed Azar
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