First Step Taken In Youth Fitness Program
In Annapolis American leaders meeting to boost youth fitness urged creation of a President’s Council on Youth Fitness to coordinate 35 federal agencies. A citizen advisory committee will be named to raise national awareness of physical and recreational activity. Eisenhower pledged follow through and Nixon called for continued effort. Prominent figures from sports medicine and education formed the conference.
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Annapolis
Eisenhower
Council On
Citizens
Naval Academy
Nixon
Lumber Co and Union Condemned by Alabama Fact-Finders
A three-man governor's fact-finding panel condemned W. T. Smith Lumber Co. for seeking to destroy the International Woodworkers of America through a violent 11 month strike at Chapman and Greenville Alabama. Two members urged arbitration, while one minority accused both sides of wrongdoing and urged a peaceful settlement.
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Montgomery
Chapman
Greenville
Ala
W. T. Smith Lumber Co
International Woodworkers of America
Butler County
Joel Robinson
Jasper
Jim Battles
Birmingham
E. E. Hale
Alabama Forest Products Assn
James E. Folsom
Calumet & Hecla Sets Canada Subsidiary in London Ontario
Calumet & Hecla announces a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary Calumet & Hecla of Canada Ltd to be located in London Ontario with a $7.25 million investment. A 60 acre site will host a seamless non ferrrous tube mill with land, buildings and equipment costs totaling over $6 million and construction to finish before year end 1957. The plant will employ local residents and be directed by Wolverine Tube with officers including Endicott R. Lovell and H. Y. Bassett among others.
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Canada
Endicott
Canada Vulcanizer and Equipment Co. Ltd
Calumet & Hecla, Inc
London
Wolverine Tube
Endicott R
Western Writers Draft Get Well Gift for Eisenhower
The Western Writers of America plan to present 50 to 60 autographed books to President Eisenhower as a nonpolitical gesture during the 1950s election year. Bill Gulick led the drive while Coates Anderson agreed to deliver the gift in Santa Fe New Mexico.
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Santa FE
N.M
Western Writers of America
Eisenhower
Bill Gulick
Walla Walla
Genee
the Associa
New Mexico
Coates Andrasen
Family Reunion For W C Taylors At Wheeler Dam
Members of the W C Taylor family held a Father’s Day reunion at Wheeler Dam picnic grounds. A basket dinner was served with many relatives from Town Creek and beyond, including the Taylors, Cartees, Bryants, Nortons, Maners, Taylors of Chicago, Scott, and others. Visitors included Roy Jeffreys of Wolf Springs.
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Town Creek
W. C. Taylor
Wheeler Dam
Taylor
Lester Taylor
Thresa
Milton
Willie Cartee
Roger
Grady Bryant
Wayne
Brenda
Larry
Sheila
Harold Nicholson
Maylon Norton
Chicago
Kyle Taylor
Diana
Rayburn Maner
Curtis Taylor
Woodrow
Wesley
Charles
Richie
Garry Lee
Carl Cartee
Stevie
Jerone
Alfred Dunn
Phylis
David
Decatur
Cordis Scott
Lamar
Connie Sue
Ellen
Florence
Carruth Benji, Jr
Judy
Sheffield
Roy Jeffreys
Wolf Springs
Pity the Taxpayer and a Crane Crashes into a House
In Roanoke a 9 year old questions why two bed sheets are paid for by taxpayers. In Jacksonville a crane slips as a magnolia tree is removed, crashing through a house. A hospital report notes a Saturday morning admission.
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Roanoke
Jacksonville
Fila
Walter Rivers
Rivers
Tito Denies Arm in Arm With Russia Quote
Tito rejects claims he said Yugoslavia and Russia would march arm in arm into the future. He argues the remark referred to wartime partnership and does not predict a future alliance with the Soviet Union. The denial follows a Moscow speech in which he backed Soviet positions while urging Western ties.
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Tito
John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Russia
Yugoslavia
U.S
Charles E. Bohlen
Moscow
State Department
Bohlen
Pravda
West
Long Heart Operation Opens New Vistas for Alabama Girl
In Orange New Jersey Janice Gordon a 15 year old from Phenix City Alabama had a seven hour heart operation. Doctors closed a tube that failed to close at birth restoring hope for a normal life. Her mother Eunice Gordon praised the life saving sound of her recovered heart. The girl plans slumber parties and eventual return to school after weeks of convalescence. Gloria and Karen are her sisters and George her father works as a civil service electrical foreman in the Azores.
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Orange
N. J
Janice Gordon
Phenix City
Ala
Eunice Gordon
Orange Memorial Hospital
Janice
Azores
George
Civil Service
Adrian M. Sabety
UN General Assembly Debate Touches Reunification and China
A report notes debate over German reunification and a call to admit Communist China to the United Nations. The remarks reflect Cold War era diplomacy and ongoing questions of international legitimacy and membership.
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Vine St
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H. E. Heath
Western Electric
Hawthorne
Decatur Fence CO
6Th Ave. N.E
General Electric
C&h
T. S. Bowling
Hillsboro 1
Bank St. Hospital
China
of the United Nations
Shumakes
Just
Berkline
Lawson Sectional
Bank Street
North St
College St
Magnolia St
Park St
Woodland St
13Th Ave
14Th Ave
Loring St
16Th Ave
18Th Ave
20Th Ave
21St Ave
Decatur Electric Department
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