Record of varied court cases and local notices in Decatur
The morning docket lists 13 cases with charges including parking in an alley overparking driving while intoxicated no license disorderly conduct resisting arrest improper tag and reckless driving. Local police report a head injury case at the hospital after a bench fall. Additional items note deaths visits visits by NASCAR official Bruner and relatives and a forgery warrant in Morgan County jail. A Rising Sun Lodge meeting is scheduled and Deborah Morgan was discharged from Hartselle Hospital after a throat infection.
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Recorder’s Court
Morgan County
Sheriff's Office
Florence
E. B. Peterson
Peterson
Decatur
Deborah Morgan
Sidney Morgan
8Th Ave
Hartselle Hospital
Deborah
Eisenhower Sees Early Signs of Business Improvement
President Eisenhower told Republican state chairmen at a breakfast meeting that clear signs point to improving business conditions. He also stressed the need to maintain national security and solvency.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Lawrence Aims Improve Old 24 Highway Renovation Planned
Lawrence County and Morgan County announce a joint plan to renovate old Highway 24 from Moulton to the Morgan County line. The project includes removing a dangerous curve, resurfacing with two inch road mix, and widening by two feet at an estimated cost of 90,000 dollars. Completion targeted for late summer with state share funding.
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Moulton
Lawrence Board of Revenue
C. C. McWhorter
Morgan County
Lawrence
Morgan
Paul Collier
Lawrence-Morgan Line
Decatur
McWhorter
Lawrence County
Garcia Winds Up Bid For U S Aid To Philippines
Philippine President Carlos P Garcia wraps up his state visit to Washington seeking major U S economic assistance. He speaks at the National Press Club and meets with Dulles and congressional leaders. A farewell dinner with Eisenhowers is planned at the Philippine Embassy. Total aid requested remains undisclosed.
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Washington
Carlos P. Garcia
U.S
National Press Club
Dulles
Republicans Back Adams but Split Over His Conduct
Congress Republicans approved Eisenhower’s decision to retain Sherman Adams as chief aide but expressed clear unhappiness with the choice. GOP leaders and state chairs split on Adams’s future, while Democrats prepare to frame the issue in elections and Butler questions the President’s conduct. Adams defended his actions, noting no improper aim and pledging prudence. Eisenhower said he needs him and respects his integrity.
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Bernard Goldfine
Washington
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
GOP
Ray Bliss
Ohio
New York
Paul M. Butler
Adams
Boston
Butler
Goldfine
House
Senate
Congress
Eisen
Repubs
Goldfine Files Promise More Goldfine Files Promise More
Rep. Oren Harris said investigators have new information from records of Bernard Goldfine as they probe possible favorable FTC and SEC treatment. He would not disclose details. The subcommittee retrieved some records via subpoena from Mildred Paperman and plans to resume hearings next week.
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Washington
Oren Harris
D-Ark
House
Bernard Goldfine
Harris
Goldfine
Boston
Sherman Adams
Federal Trade Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Arkansas Democrat
White House
Adams
Eisenhower
FTC
Mildred Paperman
British Advise Nationals Leave Troubled Lebanon
The Foreign Office announced that nearly 3,000 British subjects and their families should depart Lebanon. The guidance extends to wives and families of British diplomats and British subjects working in the country.
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Lebanon
London
Foreign Office
New Soviet Tough Lines Shake U S Diplomatic View
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles reevaluate U S Soviet ties as Khru shchev adopts tougher policy. State Dept experts lack complete facts and note recent Soviet ambassador recalls to Moscow fuel speculation of new summit moves or Western trade shifts.
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Washington
Eisenhower
State Dulles
State Department
United States
Moscow
Khrushchev
Dag Hammarskjold Arrives in Beirut For Peace Mission
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold landed in Beirut from London and New York amid Lebanon's 41 days of fighting. Lebanese hope his mediation can end the rebellion against pro Western President Camille Chamoun as rebel leaders promise a truce.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.N
Dag Hammerskjold
London
New York
Middle East
Camille Chamoun
Hammarskjold
DAG
Part time preacher arrested in elder father abuse case
In Stayton Oregon police arrested Daniel George Cole 60 after witnesses saw him kicking his 88 year old father Eugene W. Cole. The elder Cole was kept inside a triangular fenced enclosure with a two strand electric fence and was treated for injuries described as fair.
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Stayton
Ore
Charles Thornton
Daniel George Cole
Cole
Eugene W. Cole
Thornton
Scientist Missing Six Years Reappears As Horse Groom
Albert Clark Reed, a Caltech scientist who vanished six years ago after bidding his wife and son farewell, was found in California using the alias Alfred C. Reese. He had worked at Phoenix freight firms and California horse tracks, then explained he felt hazy and confused when he left, now awaiting reunion with family.
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California
Inglewood
Calif
Albert Clark Reed
California Institute of Technology
Goodby
FBI
San Bernardino
Florence
Mercy
Hollywood
Phoenix
Alfred C. Reese
Austinville Girl Drowns In Pool At All States
Jane Russell 22 of Decatur drowned in the All States Tourist Court pool near U S High way 31 S Austinville. She was the second drowning in four days at the facility. The group included Elaine Dunlap from Decatur and E D Ferguson of Huntsville who were invited to swim with registered guest Don McNeal.
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All States
U.S. Highway 31
Jane Russell
Decature
Onis Russell
Cedar Lake Rd
Russell’s
Austinville
Ratliff Hardwick
Miss Russell
Don McNeal
Huntsville
McNeal
Elaine Dunlap
Decatur 3
E. D. Ferguson
Lee Austinville
Macmillan Puts Cyprus Partnership Plan Forward
Prime Minister Macmillan unveils a seven year Cyprus plan seeking Greek and Turkish government participation in island administration. He calls it a venture in partnership and links violence cessation with easing emergency rules and possible return of exiled Archbishop Makarios.
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London
Macmillan
Cyprus
House of Commons
Makarios
Greece
Macmillian
Night Sky Notes June 24 Moon Phases and Mars Brightness
Decatur observers report the sky at 5:35 a.m. and 8:04 p.m. with moonset at 10:35 p.m. First Quarter on June 24. Mars rises in the east at 1:49 a.m., nearly as bright as Arcturus and Vega, and is expected to outshine them in a few months.
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Mars
Arcturus
Vega
Weather and River Update for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning stood at 21.85 feet with a 0.09 foot drop in 24 hours. Sea level reading 556.15 feet. Yesterday's high 91, low 68. 10:45 a.m. today 81. Rainfall 10 inches from 4 p.m. yesterday to 8 a.m. today. Forecast partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers mainly this afternoon and tonight. Winds light southerly, gusts to 25 mph near showers. High today 87, tonight 71, high Friday 92.
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Decatur
Tenessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Thunshowers
Senate Likely Rejects Tax Cuts to Extend Rates
The Senate appears poised to reject all tax cutting efforts and pass a bill extending current corporation and major excise tax rates for another year, sending the measure to President Eisenhower before June 30. A proposal to drop the 3 percent freight tax and 10 percent travel levy failed to gain ground.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Pat McNamara
D-Midh
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ii
Sen
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Police Seek Truck To Haul Loot From Shoplifter
Memphis police needed a five ton truck Wednesday to transport the merchandise recovered from a shoplifting incident to headquarters. The haul included eight fur coats, three of which belonged to Mrs Saddy Mae Draper a 29 year old Black woman charged with grand larceny.
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Memphis, Tenn
Saddy Mae Draper
Effort Seen To Clip Wings Of Red Boss
AP report notes a split in the Soviet Communist leadership as Khrushchev faces a tough Central Committee meeting in Moscow. Anti-Khrushchev forces gain ground amid reforms angering bureaucrats. A summit in the United States and Red China’s stance influence the crisis.
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Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Red China
Communist Party
Moscow
Stalin
Khrushchev
Peiping
Florida integrates graduate schools in landmark order
Federal Judge Dozier Devane ordered integration of University of Florida graduate schools at Tallahassee, prompting moves in Florida politics. Governor Leroy Collins predicted compliance with the order while Senator Randolph proposed a special session to block it. The ruling targets the college of law and the medical school and could affect all four-year graduate programs.
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Tallahassee
Fla
University of Ida
U. S
Leroy
Randolph
Collins
Dozier Devane
Florida
Miami
Board of Control
Florida State University
Devane
College of Law
School of Medicine
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Paris
Tenn
Mrs. Vaughn
Mrs. Gray
Nascar
National Assn
Johnny Bruner
Mary
Daytona Beach
Winston- Salem
N.C
W. E. Call
J. H
W. H. Stevens
Bank Street Hospital
Helen Sanders
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Rising Sun Lodge No
Masonic Hall
Buckley
Garcia
Philippines
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