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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1956
Page
1
Community and Mine and Local Notices
Mr and Mrs R J Blankenship host guests this week Mr and Mrs Kuel Rhodes and son Jimmy from Ft Lauderdale Florida A record of a stolen record player at D W Yeager 618 Sherman St Police records show Three new building permits total 12900 for Pearl Milton 101 Vine St NW 500 and M L Barter Jr 1905 Harrison St SE 11900 six rooms and bath frame house A charge of g after warning appeared on the city recorder court docket this morning Dr Nell Ket and family visit See DIARY on Page 2 and Edison Johns obituary note Harold Jeffrey Johns son of the deceased recuperating after a Farmerville La visit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Milton
Vine St. NW
M. L. Barter, Jr
Harrison St. SE
Eisenhower State of Health Sparks GOP Hopes for 1952
President Eisenhower remains in Walter Reed Army Hospital after intestinal surgery with no word on re election plans. Sen Bricker Ohio commented he expects an announcement around his hospital exit while Vice President Nixon reports no political discussion and expresses readiness to bear the burdens of the presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Sen
Bricker
Ohio
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Nixon
GOP
Greek Doctors Begin Three Day Strike in Athens
About 4,500 doctors in Athens and suburbs started a three day strike citing government failure to solve problems and demands for higher salaries. The union limited admissions to urgent cases with minimal care for patients already under treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Courtland Baby Drowns In Tub
A 16 month old Courtland child died after falling into a wash tub with water at the family home east of Courtland. The boy was found submerged and efforts to revive him failed. Funeral plans set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the home with burial in Courtland Cemetery. He is survived by four brothers and both parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courtland
Here
Joe Anthony Terry
I. Q. Terry
Terry
Rock View
Highway 20
Joe
Dillard
Tn Funeral Co
Decatur
Dessel
James Dell
Charles Henry
Ricky Lavan
Joe Terry
Theron Alexander
Grady Letson
Charles Givens
Floyd Alexander
Donny Terry
Democratic investigators allege influence in 43 million nickel plant expansion
Howse investigators claim political and private influence in a government nickel plant expansion valued at 43 million dollars. Republicans on the Government Operations Committee rejected the charges with a blanket denial and accused Democrats of suppressing evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Democratic Howse
Government Operations Committee
Eisenhower signs four bills after White House session
President Eisenhower, recuperating from surgery, spent about an hour in White House talks with Sherman Adams and signed four bills passed by Congress. An item aimed at Moscow and Tito referenced strong Western world ties. In Moscow, Khrushchev and Tito told 80,000 at Dynamo Stadium that their alliance remains unbreakable. In the U.S. Steel talks, the union halted joint discussions with the Big Three claiming progress stalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED Creagh
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Sherman Adams
Congress
Moscow
Tito
Eee Dae
mThe
Dynamo Stadium
ICI Strike Costs Reach 40 Million After 7 Weeks
Birmingham dispatch reports a seven week ICI stoppage at U S Steels Tennessee Coal and Iron division. The strike paralyzes 25 000 workers and 264 transportation staff, halting furnaces and mills. Estimated losses near 40 million with 5 000 related employers facing layoffs as 500 000 tons of steel are withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
U.S. Steel
Birmingham Mills
Tennessee Coal and Iron Division
Ee Cae
TCI
United Steel Workers of America
USW
Democrats back extra 1.16 billion for long range bombers
Two Democratic senators voiced confidence the Senate will approve an additional 1.16 billion dollars for long range bombers and related Air Force needs. The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced the defense money bill by a 13 to 12 vote, amid debates over defense spending as Eisenhower pushes for U S air power. Senator Chavez said approval is expected while Senator Russell defended the armed services panel’s handling of the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
U.S
Russia
Sen
Chavez
D-Nm
Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Weather and River Summary for Decatur Area
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge stood 20.54 feet this morning with a rise noted. Yesterday's high hit 90 degrees and low 69 with 8 to 10:30 a.m. readings near 82 to 87. Scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers expected today with highs near 89 and a low around 68. tomorrow's high about 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Sani Dnaticeiesines Reiaay
Montgomery Negro Boycott Leader Withdraws Charges
In Montgomery a biweekly church meeting accepted Rev. A. J. Fields's apology after he dropped misconduct charges against leaders of the Negro bus boycott. Fields said no evidence supported his claims amid longtime dissatisfaction that led to his removal from Bell Street Baptist Church by a 40 to 0 vote with abstentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
A. J. Fields
Field
Martin Luther King Jr
MIA
Fields
Bell St. Baptist Church
Worthington Plant Shut Down By Walkout
A Worthington air conditioner plant in Guntersville Alabama shut production after United Steelworkers AFL-CIO members walked off the job over a contract dispute. Pickets lined the 8th Street entrance as negotiations stalled on a so called security and checkoff provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Steelworkers of America
Afl-Cio
Worthington
8Th St
USW
Maurice Allen
District 36
Birmingham
Allen
Revel Surrenders After Grilling Over 1954 Crime Wave
Revel, a fugitive linked to wide open gambling in Phenix City, turned himself in after two hours of questioning. He faces 55 state charges and a federal tax indictment with appearances set for October in Russell County Circuit Court and September in U S District Court Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phenix
Ala
Clarence C
Revel
U. S. District Court
Birmingham
Russell
Miami
Fila
Albert L. Patterson
Patterson
Alabama
Phenix City
Two Tots Starve In N Y Tenement
Bodies of a 2-year-old girl and an 8-month-old boy were found in an East Side tenement after their mother, Anastasia Velez, was placed in a psychiatric ward eight days earlier. A social worker discovered the grisly scene while checking on the family. The mother, 32, was arrested after forcing a tavern window and is believed to have no known relatives. She has been at Bellevue Hospital since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East Side
Anastasia Velez
Bellevue Hospital
Marvin Lutenberg
Welfare Department
Lost Alabama girl Winni found after blackberry outing near Fort McClellan
Neighbors searched late into the night after Winni Phil lips, eight, wandered from home while picking blackberries with two An niston women. Helicopters from the Civil Air Patrol and law enforcement located her five miles away, scratched but unharmed, and she was returned to her family as military drills resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Air Patrol
Winni
Fort McClellan
Pelham Range
31St Division
National Guard
Winnl
Italian Communist Togliatti Signals Independence From Moscow
In Rome L Unita hints Palmiro Togliatti is asserting Italian communism independence from Moscow similar to Tito in 1948. A startling interview portrays Togliatti as openly critical of Soviet leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
L'Unita
Palmiro Togliatti
Moscow
Tito
Togliatti
Ap non-Com
Decatur Council Agrees to 25000 Right of Way Cost
Mayor H R Summer was authorized to accept a State Highway Dept plan to build a bridge across the Tennessee River on U S 31 with the city paying up to 25000 for right of way. R Spence Hicks was named to head the city utilities board, replacing Barrett Shelton who moved out of the city. The project hinges on acquiring right of way from Walnut Street to the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Summer
Decatur City Council
State Highway Dept
Tennessee River
R. Spence. Hicks
Hicks Chevrolet Co
City Utilities Board
Hicks
Barrett C. Shelton
Summer
Herman Nelson
U.S. 31
Decatur
Walnut St
Nba
TVA
Nelson
Council
Also Mentioned on This Page
Deana Diane
R. J. Blankenship
6Th Ave
Kuel Rhodes
Jimmy
Ft. Kauderdale
D. W. Yeager
Sherman St
City Recorder’s Court
Nett
Ee Wamsley
Mrs
Nell Ket
Jackson St
Mencia Gace
Farmerville
Paul King
Edison Johns
Harold Jeffery Johns
Buckley
Steelwork Union
U. S., Steel, Bethlehem and
Republic
ICI
Guntersville
Albert Fuller
Arch Ferrell
St. Garrett
M. Lamar Murphy
Circuit
James H. Caldwell
Atty
John Patterson
N.Y
Wini
Highway Patrol
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office
By Cullene Morgan
Algiers
Algeria
Theen
Guidee Ee
Paris
By Ken Reynolds
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