Constitutional Convention Debate Shapes Supreme Court Fate
The state seeks an advisory opinion from the seven justices on whether delegates to a convention could be limited to legislative reads or would have unrestricted power to rewrite the Constitution. Folsom stays flexible on reapportionment while Congress argues for broad rewrite if delegates gain autonomy. lawmakers weigh changes to Section 284 that bars altering representation by convention.
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State Supreme Court
Folsom
Boswell
House
Senate
Karl Harrison
Shelby County
State wide recreation funding eyed with motel tax split
Lawmakers discuss a up to 15 million dollar plan with 90 percent for statewide recreation development and 10 percent for advertising or bail, opposing similar bills diverting motel hotel tax returns from recreation. Rep Dement cites TVA park sites in Limestone, including seven acres at Brown's Ferry Road, 8000 acres at Elk River mouth, Cow Rat at River Mills, and Stewart's Ferry areas.
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Dement
TVA
Brown's Ferry Road
Tennesse River
Elk River
River Mills
Stewart's Ferry
Amusements Today Showings and Times
Listings for Princess The Far Horizons with Fred MacMurray and Chariton Hes ton at 1 14 3 16 5 18 7 20 9 20. Roxy presents Hell's Rider Cameron and Joan at 1 30 3 30 5 30 7 30 9 30. Sunset shows Conquest of Cochise in west Raat and Ranch 1 28. Hartselle screens The Last Time I Sew Paris with Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson at 7 30 and 0 56. Cece Way Seven Angry Men stars Massey and Debra Paget at 7 30 9.
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Ranch
Hartselle
Paris
Elizabeth Taylor
van Johnson
Cece
Oe Way
Massey
Debra Paget
Dixon Yates fight rages over TVA power policy
Jones said the Dixon Yates issue dominated Capitol Hill from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The public power battle extends beyond TVA with strong Committee backing for Dixon-Yates opponents. He warned the public has temporarily lost but still believes Dixon Yates power will not be fed into the TVA system.
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TVA
Jones
Capitol
Dixon-Yates
USTVA
I N
The
Public Power
Dixon- Yates
Tennessee Opponent Testifies on 1.3 Billion Appropriations Bill
Housed in Tennessee the opponent testified before the Appropriations public works subcommittee on a 1.3 billion dollar bill including TVA funds. The House struck 6 million for a Fulton Tennessee transmission line and kept funds for a TVA steam plant as the main alternative to private power. The vote left 6 million in TVA operating budget and raised questions about authority for the Dixon Yates power line.
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Tennessee
Appropriations Public Works
TVA
House
Fulton
Tenn
Congress
Phillips
Bank Robbery: Man Demands Cash in Cedar Rapids
A gunman robs a Cedar Rapids bank on June 18 taking $11,700. The suspect, described as Hadiey with a wire, declares he hates to do it but says the world is in a bad shape and people cannot make a living. Local authorities investigate and search for the offender.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Hadiey
Wire
Community Notes and Visits In Decatur Area
Local social items list visits and travels of residents including Louise Stinson visiting in Silverhill Mobile and New Orleans. Birth announced for A H Travis and wife in Ft Lauderdale. Church Vacation Bible School at Antioch Methodist open to all children sponsored by the Woman's Society of Christian Service. Various travels, hospital notices, and club meetings noted among Decatur residents and nearby areas.
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Mrs
Louise Stinson
Silverhill
Mobile
New Orleans
Antioch Methodist Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Local Notices Include Visits and Church Revival Plans
Mrs M A Owens visited neighbors near Fairfield and Enon while others called on her Sunday afternoon. Sherrill, a nurse, opened a Rest Home on April 30. Rev Otis E Kirby will preach revival at West Side Methodist Cullman with meetings daily. Sheriff reports six names and Saturday details. travel notes mention William A Stone and Jeanne Stone.
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M. A. Owens
Sherrill
Decatur
Franklin County
Joe Wheeler
Otis E. Kirby
North Alabama
the Methodist Church
West Side Methodist Church
Cullman
Bethlehem
Bremen
Hie Methodist Church
Youth gets five to ten years for fatal shot from window
Richard Kluckhohn, son of Harvard faculty members, convicted of involuntary manslaughter in a Wake County case. A 5 to 10 year sentence was imposed for the fatal hotel window shooting. The jury deliberated about four hours.
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Raleigh
Richard Kluckhohn
Harvard
Wake County Superior Court
Clawson L. Williams
Manning
Local Church Notes in Lawrence County
Sunday services at the Lawrence County church featured Rev Cross in the pulpit morning and evening. visits by families from Decatur Huntsville Detroit and Courtland plus local friends mark a busy weekend with meals and fellowship. Mrs Ulric Speake underwent surgery in Birmingham last week.
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Cross
Thompson
Uric Wallace
Decatur
Hattie Hogan
Gract
Wallace Hogan
Mae Kelsoe
Clifton Kelsoe
Geraldine
Lynda Hill
Courtland
Calvin White
Leonard Vernon
Detroit
W. R. Kelsoe
Luther Roberts
Jim Rushing
Irven Stover
Fletcher Kirby
Haleyville
Tootsie Brown
James R. Hill
Lawrence Patterson
Huntsville
Robert Layman
John Speake
Charles Speake
Bertha Wiley
Euall Lowery
Marshall Singleton
J. E. Stephenson
Hazel McCaghren
Helen Ruth Roan
John McCaghren
Ulric Speake
Birmingham
Peron consolidates power as security crackdown spreads
Peron names headquarters in the Army Ministry with three armed forces chiefs present. The crackdown bars gatherings, boosts patrols over key sites, and includes federal police and gendarmes. In a 48 minute address he defends himself against church charges and addresses alleged revolt leaders named by pro Peron papers.
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Peron
Army
Noticias Graficas
la Epoca
Anibal O. Olivieri
Benjamin Gargiulo Ce
Samuel Toranzo Calder
Gariulo
Olivieri
Toranzo Calderon
Food stores ordered to stay open half day Sunday for feeding population
Labor and Commerce ministries ordered half-day Sunday hours to ensure food supply as wholesale markets show plenty of stock. City faces milk fruit and vegetable shortages due to disrupted distribution amid the revolt aftermath. 360 killed and nearly 1,000 wounded prompted mourning while flags fly at half staff and officials report arrests and safety moves for clergy and nuns.
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Labor Confederation
Argentina
Russia
Een Rl Gor Ay Gan
Navy
Oe Radical Party
Declan Men
Peron
Ind
Boy Reunited With Mother After Georgia Abduction Case
Five year old Phillip Gray, found in Walker County Georgia after being abandoned by a teen near Lafayette, was reunited with his mother Betty Gray of Bessemer Alabama. Police from three states continue to search for the missing sister and monitor the case. Phillip had stayed with Officer Tom Burns since his discovery.
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Lafayette
Phillip Gray
Alabama
Betty Gray
Bessemer
Ala
Phillip
Little Phillip
Tom Burns
General Bolling Addresses WAC Grads at Ft McClellan
Lt Gen A R Bolling Third Army commander urged loyalty and courage as he spoke at the first advanced course graduation at the new Women's Army Corps Center Ft McClellan. Twenty two week program graduates and eighteen basic officers received certificates. Col Irene O Galloway WAC director presented the diplomas. Lt Alice V Peters received a commendation ribbon with medal.
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Wacs
WAC
Irene O. Galloway
Alice V. Peters
14Th Army
World leaders to meet after New York talks
Foreign Secretary Harold MacMillan and French Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay arrive by air after two days of meetings in New York. Eisenhower plans to deliver a U N address tonight declaring a sense of responsibility. Hammarskjold heads to San Francisco and a Western minister says Western nations go to Geneva with open minds seeking proof of Russia goodwill measures.
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Harold MacMillan
Antoine Pinay
New York
Eisenhower
Ing
U. N
Hammarskjold
San Francisco
Geneva
Russia
State resolution on disabilities shifts focus to savings
A state resolution argues that emphasis on actual disabilities is limited as the main focus is the money saved by cutting Sinahoy ane Set a, suggesting budgetary concerns drive policy over care needs.
Hospital Dismissals and Admissions Listing
Dismissals include Mrs. Billy Carpenter and infant son Town Creek 3 Mrs. Billy Monk West Court Mrs. Marvin Nuby Hartselle 3 T F Kirkpartick 607 Grant St Jodie Letsong Courtland 1 Decatur General Hospital Mrs. Orville Arnett 911 5th Ave SE Mrs. W E Sherman 917 Ferry St Mrs Pearl Estes 403 4th Ave SW Admissions Mrs Thomas W Holland Decatur Baby Michael Morgan Decatur 1
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Bank ST. Hospital
Billy Carpenter
Town Creek
Billy Monk
West Court
Marvin Nuby
Hartselle
T. F. Kirkpartick
Grant St. Jodie Letsong Courtland
Decatur General Hospital
Orville Arnett
5Th Ave
W. E. Sherman
Ferry St
Pearl Estes
4Th Ave
Thomas W. Holland
Decatur
Local Names Referenced in Obituary Snippet
Mrs G W Johnson of Danville Mrs Mary Hastings of Athens and Mrs Gurley Johnson at 1224 Grant along with Mrs C F Ferguson of Ardmore Tenn are listed in a partial obituary or social notice.
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G. W. Johnson
Danville
Mary Hastings
Athens
En Gurley Johnson
Grant
C. F. Ferguson
Ardmore, Tenn
Athens limestone hospital notes and family names
Mrs Billy Davis and her infant son from Rogersville are listed along with J M Morgan of Athens and Mrs James Black of Athens. Baby Mary Ann Lovell is also noted as connected to Athens.
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Athens-Limestone Hospital
Billy’ Davis
Rogersville
J. M. Morgan
Athens
James Black
Mary Ann Lovell
Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Fred Field
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Field of Decatur at Decatur General Hospital on Saturday.
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Donald Keil
Somerville Rd
Nungester Clinic Hospital
Fred Field
Decatur 2
Decatur General Hospital
Alabama Grads Win Fulbright Scholarships Abroad
Alabama Polytechnic Institute and University of Alabama graduates win two Fulbright scholarships for study abroad for 1955 56. Carolyn Faulk Auburn English literature at Exeter England and Robert Brown Tuscaloosa German studies at Kiel Germany receive funding from the State Fulbright Committee led by Nicholas S McGowin.
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Alabama Polytechnic Institute
University of Alabama
Carolyn Sue Faulk
Auburn
University College of the Southwest
Exeter
England
Robert Dixon Brown Jr
Joan
University of Kiel
Germany
Miss Faulk
Ross Circle
Brown
First Ave
Tuscaloosa
Nicholas S. McGowin
U.S
Five Former U N Soldiers Barred From Meeting
Five former U N soldiers listed with addresses in Washington Georgia Belgium and Italy were not at a gathering where Peiping announced a decision on repatriation. Peiping quoted a Red Cross spokesman saying they could come or not and reporters could interview them at their hotel.
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Jacksonville
Tex
Otho G. Bell
Rt. 5
Olympia
Wash
William Cowart
Benton St
Dalton
Roger Devriendt
Westviaanderen
Belgium
Louis Verdyck
Antwerp
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Rain and warmth sweep across the United States
The Associated Press reports scattered rain from the upper Mississippi Valley to Florida and the Carolinas with sunny spells in the interior. Midday temps ranged from the 60s to 90s, higher in the Southeast and New England, with notable readings in cities like Chicago 89 and Caribou 89.
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Slate and Wallace in Limestone County court cases
Ex-Limestone County Solicitor Thomas G. Steele will help Circuit Solicitor George Johnson in the Slate and Wallace cases. Indictments returned against two Chatom men for robbery in the first degree and attempted robbery. Civil juries awarded damages of $430 to William Curry and $425 to Price W. Tyler in separate suits.
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L. F. Marlow
John Wright
Wallace Sein
Noble Russell
Wallace
Limestone County
Thomas G. Steele
Circuit
George Johnson
Morgan County
Ralph Slate
Marvin Woods
William Stewart
Jim McDonald
William Curry
Tennessee Valley Potel
Price W. Tyler
Ragland Brothers
Flames sweep Selma school blaze hits cafeteria auditorium
A midnight fire swept through the Selma school combining cafeteria auditorium and mill school last night. All city fire stations and Craig Air Force Base fire department were called. No damage estimate was set by City School Superintendent W E Snuggs.
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Mar
Craig Air Force Base
W.E. Snuggs
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