Community notices and church programs listed for weekend events
The page lists a sermon topic for Christian Science services, a Saturday apes club meeting at the American Legion, Mizpah Chapter hosting duties, and a Rising Sun Lodge 29 Masonic meeting. Visitors to the Tennessee Valley State Vocational Trade School are named. Dr. Roy Beaman begins a Hosia study at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church tonight and Sunday. Funeral for Robert N. Adkins reported. Army leave and a family illness noted. See diary on page 2.
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Apes Club
American Legion and Auxiliary
Bank St
Mizpah
Rising Sun Lodge No
Masonic Hall
Roy Beaman
New Orleans Theological Seminary
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Padgett C. Cope
Beaman
New Orleans
Sixteenth Avenue
Robert N. Adkins
Decatur
Memphis
Tenn
Adkins
Ella Milam
Fourth Ave
J. B. Jernigan
W. E. Boutwell
E. G. Milam
Danville
Shelby Adkins
GOPer Demands Inquiry Into Goldfine Hospitality Ties
Republican Rep. John Bennett urges a full review of Bernard Goldfine's contacts with federal officials over the past decade. He points to Eisenhower aide Sherman Adams who acknowledged gifts and favors from Goldfine and contact with two agencies. Pentagon data show over a quarter million dollars in Goldfine textile contracts since January 1953.
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Washington
House
Bernard Goldfine
John B. Bennett
Mich
Sherman) Adams
Adams
Eisenhower
Goldfine
Boston
Bostonian
Bennett
Pentagon
GOP
Safe Crackers Sought After Decatur Metal Burglary
Police investigate a Wednesday night burglary at Decatur Iron and Metal Co. $475 was stolen from a back-office safe that was pried open between 8:30 p.m. and 7 a.m. Loss is part of a second incident in six months. No watchman on duty Wednesday. prior robbery involved $600 and a pro pane torch.
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Decatur Iron and Metal Co
Austinville Rd
Ernest Bowman
Elzie Cantrell
Robert Whitt
Hagerty Free Vacation at Ponte Vedra Club Stirs Talk
President press secretary James C. Hagerty and wife took a five day stay at the Ponte Vedra Club near Jacksonville Beach in 1957 with golf lessons meals and lodging valued at 260.97. Club officials said Hagerty insisted on paying the full bill but the club refused while noting honored guests need not be billed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Jury Indicts 11 For Vote Fraud
An eleven member jury indicted individuals linked to alleged vote fraud. The case focuses on improper ballots and tampering with the electoral process. Proceedings detail charges and potential penalties as the investigation continues.
Eisenhower signs 10 percent raise for federal workers
A million white collar government employees receive a retroactive pay raise from January plus 250 million dollars in back pay. The measure, signed by President Eisenhower, will add 542 million dollars to the annual federal payroll and back pay starts distribution next month.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
Hammarskjold Talks Lebanon as Rebels Hold Quiet
U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold met Lebanese Premier Sami Solh in Beirut as rebels kept roadblocks and strongpoints manned but fire withheld. The quiet period follows his arrival from New York and aims to halt the rebellion seeking to oust Solh for a premier favoring Arab neutralism.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Dag Hammarskjold
Sami Solh
U.N
Hammarskjold
David
United Arab Republic
New York
Camil
Solh
U.A
Nasser
Recession? My Foot City Sales Tax Surges
New York City Controller Lawrence E. Gerosa reports that city three per cent sales tax receipts for the past 11 months are about 2.3 million dollars higher than the same period a year earlier. The tax is a key business indicator.
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New York
Lawrence E. Gerosa
Weather and River Report for Decatur Area
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge stood at 21.78 feet this morning, down .07 in 24 hours, sea level reading 556.08 feet. Temperatures peaked at 94 yesterday afternoon and 68 overnight. Today 82 degrees at 11:15 AM. Forecast: partly cloudy to cloudy and warm with scattered thundershowers. Saturday outlook more scattered thundershowers with highs near 89 and 7 for Saturday.
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Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Judge to rule on NAACP disqualification bid
A Montgomery judge will hear evidence today to decide if he should disqualify himself from a contempt hearing against the NAACP. The judge is accused of bias by Negro attorneys who seek delay. the contempt case may be postponed until next week. Atty. Gen. John Patterson, gubernatorial candidate, filed the complaint alleging NAACP violations of a court injunction.
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Montgomery
Ala
National Assn
Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Walter B. Jones
Jones
The
S Neacé
Atty
John Patterson
Alabama
Philippines Get New Dollar Aid
The United States pledges a new 75 million dollar line of credit for the Philippines plus 50 million dollars in development loan funds, to be subject to congressional action. The aid was announced after Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia's three day White House visit with President Eisenhower. Garcia seeks 350 million dollars in long term credits.
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Washington
United States
Philippines
Prison Hiway Orphan Tots in Kentucky Tragedy
In Owingsville Kentucky three Goodpaster children aged 12 11 and 19 months face tragedy as their father Espey Goodpaster begins a 10 year Kilby Prison term for allegedly aiding a Centreville Alabama druggist murder and their mother Nora Ellen dies in a car crash blamed on driver fatigue. The grandmother Mrs T H Duff reports the fatal accident occurred while Mrs Goodpaster slept at the wheel.
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Owingsville
Goodpaster
Kentucky
Espey Goodpaster
Kilby Prison
Ala
Centreville
Nora Ellen Goodpaster
T. H. Duff
11th hour bid to avoid prison from two ex Tru man aides
ST. LOUIS AP Chief Judge Archibald K Gardner expects a ruling by Saturday morning on a late plea by Matthew J Connelly and T Lamar Caudle to escape prison. Both were ordered to serve two years for conspiring to defraud the government in an income tax case and face surrender to begin terms.
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ST. Louis
Archibald K. Gardner
U.S. Court of Appeals
Matthew J. Connelly
T. Lamar Caudle
Penchant For Boat Riding Lands James King In Jail
James King 27 of Decatur is jailed in Limestone County on grand larceny charges after allegedly trying to take Walter Starkey Jr the boat from Decatur Boat Harbor Tuesday. King previously served probation after unlawfully using property with consent of owner July 1957. Starkey reported his Yellow Jacket boat with a 40 horsepower Mercury motor missing from the boathouse. police say King started the engine before arrest.
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James King
Athens
Decatur
Limestone County
Walter Starkey, Jr
Decatur Boat Harbor
King
Morgan County
W. P. Baugh
Ae River
B. Bartlett
Starkey
Bartlett
Harbor Office
J. H. Ledbetter
Official start of summer arrives Saturday in Decatur
In Decatur the summer solstice comes at 4 57 p m DST Saturday with the sun directly over the Pacific near Hawaii. The forecast calls for cloudy warm weather with scattered thundershowers and a high near 90 degrees as summer begins.
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South America
Decatur
Pacific Ocean
Turkish Cypriots Reject British Governance Plan
Turk ish Cypriot leaders rejected Britain's plan to jointly govern the island with Greece and Turkey. A Greek government source signaled rejection while Britain pressed ahead. Archbishop Makarios met Greek officials in Athens and pledged to send views to London as 30,000 British troops stood by amid deadly clashes totaling 17 lives this month.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Britain
Athens
Constantine Karamanlis
NATO
Greece
Makarios
Mediterranean
Hot Lead Sought as Thieves Enter McRae Cabin
Police seek information on thefts at Trinity Mountain summer cabin of Knox McRae while he is abroad for the World's Fair. Entry reported twice, with a one ton Dearborne air conditioner taken from its mounting window. Other losses include towels bedspreads blankets and a table radio. Contact police with any information.
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Knox McRae
Europe
Trinity Mountain
Pack Self
McRae
Dearborne
Robinson's Used Store Ad Offers Flash Bargains Today
Here today, gone tomorrow bargains don t last long at Robinson s Used Store. Retail ad copy promises quick deals and limited stock highlighting a fast shop event.
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Robinson’s
Senate Votes Erase Levies On Railroads
Senate action repeals the 3 percent freight tax and the 10 percent passenger levy, with 59-25 and 50-35 votes respectively. Proponents say the move would lower costs across the economy while critics warn of revenue losses and budget impact.
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Senate
Williard F. Knowland
California
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Anderson
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Knowland
Parole Granted for A. Smith in Decatur Homicide Case
Mrs Alma Smith once jailed for killing her husband Floyd Smith in Decatur Alabama in 1953 is paroled after under three years. She was among 18 prisoners released this week as 77 parole requests were denied and 22 previous paroles revoked.
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Montgomery
Alma Smith
Decatur
Ala
Floyd Smith
Smith
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Ra. A
Ae Eo Ee
Christian Science Services
Tennessee Valley State Vocational Trade School
Calvin M. Street
C. A. Harrison
Lester
DeWitt Hagan
Huntsville
Merle Ross
J. C. Johnson
Hartselle
Granville Turner
Toney
Talmadge W. Newby
Frank P. Turner
W. B. Buchanan
J. Wheeler Smith
Mr. Hope
Quenton S. Hightower
James A
Bordens
Thur
Benin City
Fla
Columbus
Delano
Laymah
Mew
Morial Drive
Methodist
Roy
Charles_.P.daisis
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Hanceville
First Methodist Church
Buckley
Gop’er
LeMaster
Rees of
Solning
Hagerty
Bulletin
Dag
Sunrise
Wwe
Barry McLemore
Jim Palmer
Hiway
Orphan
HST
Ledbetter
Antarctica
By Webb McKinley
Earl
John Chadwick
Charles E. Potter
R-Mich
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
By Ken Reynolds
Dally Want
Santa
Pearson
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