Decatur aims to ease housing with new chamber program
Ten apartments and two houses are offered by local Decatur property owners on day one of a Chamber of Commerce housing aid program for Redstone Arsenal workers. A city council adjourned meeting is set for 2 PM to vote on three ordinances and a proposed City Electric Dept. contract. A county court will hear a child custody case led by Judge W H Long.
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Chamber of Commerce
Redstone Arsenal
Decatur City Council
City Hall
City Electric Dept
W. H. Long
City and State Get Time To Appeal Segregation Ban
Montgomery officials have nine days to appeal a Federal Court ruling upholding bus segregation ban or see enforcement halted. A 3 judge panel extended an injunction for 10 days to allow appeal decisions. Negro lawyers won the case during Montgomery’s bus boycott and weigh next steps as Supreme Court reconsideration looms.
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Alabama
U. S. Supreme Court
Richard T. Rives
Circuit Court of Appeals
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Worthington strike continues at Decatur plant
Worthington workers at the Decatur plant held a second day of picketing at the 8th Street entrance. E R Maddock says most supervisory and clerical staff cross the line, while United Steelworkers official Maurice Allen notes the union seeks contract changes and mediators may return by week end. About 381 workers are represented.
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E. R. Maddock
Decatur Works
Worthington Corp
8Th St
Maurice Allen
United Steelworkers of America
District 36
Birmingham
Allen
USW
Aflcio
Maddock
Fairfield council restricts parade to civic groups
Fairfield council denied KKK permission to parade and burn a cross citing state law and local policy. The decision limits civic event parades to Fairfield civic organizations in the Birmingham suburb.
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Fairfield
Birmingham
U.S. Keeps Yugoslavia Aid Amid Red Ties Report
The Eisenhower administration will continue economic and some military aid to Yugoslavia totaling about 65 million dollars for the year ending June 30. Yugoslavia has also received 71.2 million dollars of surplus U S farm commodities. Officials say Tito has not engaged in a secret military agreement with the Russians despite closer Moscow ties.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Moscow
State Department
U. S
Tito
Georgi Zhukov
Russia
Zhukov
U. S S
Charles E. Bohlen
Stalingrad
Soviet Union
Pong Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Soviets Begin Pullout of 33,500 Troops from East Germany
In Brandenburg Soviet forces started withdrawing 33 500 troops from East Germany with full propaganda. They paraded factory workers and officers, inviting Western Allied observers to witness the ceremony as the withdrawal proceeded.
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Germany
East Germany
Body of missing Hartselle boy found dead
The body of 14 year old James Herbert Thad Johnson was found by his uncle near Hartselle. Morgan County Coroner Brown ruled the death accidental, saying a rifle shot to the left eye occurred when the boy stumbled while probing heavy brush. Searches by family, National Guard, and others followed his disappearance after he left to buy cartridges for frog hunting.
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L. G. Hudson
Frank Johnson
James Herbert Johnson
Morgan County
Pinky Brown
Brown
Billy Smith
Topestas Ot
James Herbert Thad Johnson
Tabernacle Road
Lewis C
Pinky) Brown
Tives
Petain Street
Shoal Creek
Irvin Johnson
Hartselle National Guard
Dee Proctor
Jimmy
Fisherman and County Official Drowns Near Dauphin Island
mobile County commissioner C H Tip Jackson drowned early today when swept into the swift Mississippi Sound near Dauphin Island. He became entangled in a casting net and was pulled under water after the net was thrown from a boat channel. Rescuers pulled him from the water after a 20 minute struggle but efforts to revive him failed. The drowning was witnessed by Mrs Jackson and others aboard.
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Tip) Jackson
Het
Mobile
Mississippi Sound
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Island Bridge
Weather and River Update for Decatur and Vicinity
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 20.76 feet with a rise of .22 feet in 24 hours. Sea level reading 555.06. High temperature yesterday was 84, low overnight 70. At 8:15 am the temperature was 72, 16 o'clock reading 85. Rainfall 13 inches in the 24 hours to today. Forecast: partly cloudy today, tonight, and Thursday with widely scattered after noon thundershowers.
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Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
At & A.m
FHA Boss Resigns Amid Scandal Talk
Robert B McLeaish resigns as head of the Farmers Home Administration amid Senate investigations into heavy drinking and high jinks among agency officials. A Montana party and a Texas firm contract loss amid alleged improper influence are cited. Hagerty announced the resignation. Benson was seen leaving a meeting glum.
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Robert B
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McLeaish
Montana
Texas Insurance
James C. Hagerty
Iratton
Agriculture Department
Eoeen
Lightning claim Holly Pond man in Brooklynn area
A 29 year old Holly Pond man James Bernard Pitts was killed by lightning Tuesday at 3 pm while sheltering at his Brooklynn Community home. His eight year old brother Douglas was nearby and unconscious for about 20 minutes. Artificial respiration failed and the Moss Service Funeral Home plans were being made for the family.
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Holly Pond
James Bernard Pitts
Brooklyn
Baileyton
Pitts
Douglas
James
Power Company
Moss Service Funeral Home
Boy Loses Family in Venezuelan Airliner Crash
A 10-year-old boy named Javred Rane survived the crash of a Venezuelan airliner that killed his father Daniel Rane his mother Beverly Rane his sister Lynne Rane and his brother Martin Rane.
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Was & Er
Javred Rane
Daniel
Beverly
San Lynne
Martin
Athens Election System Faces Constitutional Cloud
Athens Alabama debates change from single election to runoff for mayor and council. City attorney warns the enabling law may violate the Alabama constitution. A special council meeting considers asking the Democratic executive committee to call a primary with a runoff. Deadline for announcing the election is August 8.
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Athens
Limestone County
Ae Aaa
W.W. Malone, Jr
Ala
Democratic
Cattlemen Backed by Farm Groups in Tax Fight
In Montgomery three state farm groups pledged support to the Alabama Cattlemen's Association in a likely legal clash with the Revenue Department over ad valorem tax assessments on cattle. The Alabama Farm Bureau Federation, Alabama Stockyard Operators’ Assn. and Alabama Milk Producers Assn. backed the cattlemen as they challenge the census based tax increase. A test case is expected in Montgomery County with leaders Walter Randolph, W I Red Bowman, and J P Henry speaking for the groups.
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Alabama Cattlemen’s Assn
State Revenue Department
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Alabama Stockyard Operators’ Assn
Alabama Milk Producers Assn
Revenue Department
Montgomery County
Walter Randolph
Farm Bureau
W. I
Red) Bowman
J. P. Henry
World’s Worst Regular Airline Flight Disaster Crashes In Flames
A Venezuelan super-airliner in distress with engine trouble burst into flame above the Atlantic and crashed 32 miles east of Asbury Park New Jersey. Seventy four passengers perished in the early morning crash. Among the victims were American travelers including two California children, George Louis Witter and Dorothy Ann Witter, classical pianists en route to South America.
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Atlantic
Asbury Park
N.J
U.S
Venezuela
South America
California
George Louis Witter
Dorothy Ann Witter
George Witter
Los Angeles County
Ruperto Rodriguez
Maracaibo
Espandon
An Nee Or Company
Eisenhower Pineau urge prompt solution to Algerian issue
Eisenhower held a hospital room talk with French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau. Pineau said Eisenhower seeks a prompt solution to the French Algerian problem. Other items note Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller marriage plans and global defense talks.
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Eisenhower
Christian Pineau
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