Collier Declared Party Nominee for Sheriff in Collier Case
The Morgan County Democratic Executive Committee ruled Jimmie Collier the party nominee for county sheriff after Sheriff John McCutcheon failed to prove grounds for contest. McCutcheon protested Collier’s late filing of campaign expenses, and a legal demurrer to test contest sufficiency was sustained. See McCutcheon on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Democratic Executive Committee
Rutledge Thomas
John McCutcheon
Jimmie Collier
Jeff B. Smith
James H. Butler
Huntsville
McCutcheon
Joe Calvin
Russell Lynne
Collier
Lynne
Morgan County Democratic Executive Committee
Gospel Singers At Spring Hill Church In Decatur
Tonight at 8 the Evening Star Gospel Singers and the Golden Star Jubilee Quartet perform in a musical program at Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Negro Church. Ewell Russell will lease and operate Valley Stock Yard land bought for a livestock barn near Decatur on the Moulton road. Valley Stock Yard Inc is incorporated for 50 000 with 35 000 paid in. Mrs Frank Poole, visiting Jackson Mississippi, improves at St Dominic Hospital Room 328.
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Evening Star Gospel Singers
Golden Star Jubilee Quartet
Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Negro Church
Ewell Russell
Valley Stock Yard, Inc
Decatur
New Moulton Road
Russell
Frank Poole
6Th Ave
Louis Poole
Jackson
Miss
St. Dominic Hospital
Poole
Ex Wyoming Gov Hunt commits suicide in Senate office
Former Wyoming governor and Kefauver committee member Lester Callaway Hunt, 61, shot himself in his Senate office over a kidney illness and died hours later. Police found multiple notes, with no stated motive. Close associates noted his low spirits about health and impending retirement next January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner L. Bridge
Washington
Sen
Lester Callaway Hunt
Wyoming
Kefauver
Clements
Hunt
Manatos
Cullman Woman And Daughter Return Home Safely
Elva Burk Richter and her 12 year old daughter Beverly Ann returned home after 48 hours away. Authorities feared foul play when they accepted a ride from a stranger Thursday morning near their Holly Pond Highway home. They were later located in Warrior and Red Bay and were to meet husband and father O A Richter at the family paint shop in Cullman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
Beverly Ann
Elva Burk Richter
Holly Pond
W. C. Waldrop
Decatur 2 Youth Bitten By Snake
Donald Miller 14 of Decatur sustained a snakebite on the left leg while seiving with his father in the White Springs area Saturday. He received emergency treatment at Nungester Clinic and was dismissed in good condition later that afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur 2
Donald Miller
Lonnie Miller
White Springs
Mr. Miller
Alabama Flour Mill
Solicitors To Subpoena Porter For August Grand Jury
Lawrence county circuit solicitor George C. Johnson and county solicitor Earle Proctor agreed Saturday to summon Lee Red Porter of Gadsden to appear before the August Lawrence county grand jury. Porter had informally charged irregularities in the June primary and named Lawrence county. The chairman of the Lawrence county Democratic executive committee urged the summons.
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George C. Johnson
Earle Proctor
Lawrence County
Lee
Red) Porter
Gadsden
Porter
Albert L. Patterson
Phenix City
Alabama
C. A. Young
Democratic Executive Committee
Grand Jury
Johnson
Athens
Proctor
Young
Daily
Decatur Daily
Decatur
Lawrence County Democratic
Anti-Communist Chiefs Claim Light Resistance Invasion
Anti-Communist leaders say they face feeble resistance as they push into Guatemala with about 5000 troops, claiming to have seized Puerto Barrios and San Jose while border guards retreat. Guatemala seeks UN action and Denies losses as reports of raids rise.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Guatemala
Liberation Army
Carlos Castillo Armas
Copan
Manuel Orellana Portillo
Orellana Portillo
Puerto Barrios
San Jose
Weather and River Reading Around Decatur
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge stood at 21.78 feet Saturday morning, up 0.5 feet in 24 hours. TVA substation reported a high of 84 degrees at 2 p.m. Fair and mild with little temperature change. high today is 87.
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Decatur
Tennessee River Reading
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
New Faces In French Cabinet Shakeup
Paris reports Premier Mendes France unveils a streamlined 16 minister and 13 secretary team to tackle France major problems. He keeps foreign affairs, aims Indochina peace in 30 days, replaces Georges Bidault, and breaks Popular Republican Movement hold on the ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pierre Mendes
Mendes-France
Laniel
Foreign Ministry
Mendes- France
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Birthday Cake For Little Fellow Is Ready For Him
Seven year old Larry Terry receives birthday gratitude and a fundraising plea as Hodgkin's Disease threatens his life. The Daily reports that about 800 is needed for treatments at Vanderbilt Hospital while readers have already contributed 748.46 to the Larry Terry Fund through local givers and church support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Eugene Terry
Vanderbilt Hospital
Larry
Lacey Terry
Tower Avenue
Decatur
Larry Terry
Nashville
The
Daily
the Daily
J. O. Morgan
Aldridge Grove Church
Randy
Terry
Effie Wood
Danville
Robert Hatchett
Elkmont
Gilbert G. White
Belle Mina
E. E. Douthit
Lynn
Ann Vinson
Tom L. Phillips
Bessie Murray
Hillsboro
Frank Ful- Lee
National Guard In Phenix City To Keep Peace
Alabama National Guardsmen were ordered into Phenix City to preserve order while police hunt the gunman who killed anti-vice attorney general candidate A. L. Patterson. Gov. Gordon Persons called in guards to prevent trouble amid high political tensions and offered a 5000 dollar reward. The town was declared off limits to Fort Benning soldiers as Maj. Gen. Joseph H. Harper enforced the measure. Chamber of Commerce manager Alton V. Foster resigned, saying he could no longer endure the unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phenix City
Ala
Alabama National Guardsmen
Alabama
Gordon Persons
Walter J. Hanna
A. L. Patterson
Ft. Benning
Joseph H. Harper
Persons
Phenix City in Turmoil After Patterson Assassination
Phenix City Alabama reels after the shooting of Albert L Patterson, the foe of the rackets and a rising candidate for Alabama attorney general. Soldiers from Fort Benning warned off local night spots as reform efforts by the Russell Betterment Association gain momentum.
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Demo Group Rules Collier Party
M Cutcheon
Demurrer
Jobmale
Buckley
Lawrence
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
United Nations Security Council
New York
Nicaragua
U. S. State Department
Honduran
el See
Geneva
Tennessee
Gladys Clark
Decatur Gas Dept
Wynelle Hall
Alabama Hosiery Mill
Sandra Neher
Richt
Mike
National Guard
Rex Thomas
Patterson
Georgia
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