21 Jun 1956
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1956
Page
1
A short note highlights Gecatur Wu offering a glimpse into local concerns and civic life. The piece emphasizes community involvement and nearby initiatives shaping neighborhood events.
Roy M. Buchanan son of Mrs R M Buchanan and the late Dr Buchanan and brother of Mrs Jeanne Stone and Mrs W K Li id has been promoted to vice president and business manager of The Huntsville Times He will continue directing the advertising department since 1938 and since 1931 with the newspaper Two disorderly conduct and false pretense charges were on the city recorder s court docket this morning A 1953 green four door Cadillac was stolen from A B McWilliam son of Athens yesterday Four building permits valued at 23975 were issued to Sandlin Spofford and Hitt for residences and a demolition project at 12th Ave NW The First Methodist Church Sunday sermons are at 10 55 a m and 7 p m Dr Milard Triplett will preach and the subject is From Mole Hill to Mountain The public is invited A baby boy Mark Steven was born to Mr and Mrs Oakley Cole Hart selle on June 14 at Hartselle Hospital Murray Braswell discharged from Veterans Hospital Birmingham is recuperating at home on Danville Rd The State Vocational Trade School has recent visitors and the Little League board meets tonight at 7 30 in Decatur and Sheffield</S>
The Montgomery city commission plans an appeal to block a federal court ruling banning bus segregation, with the city and Alabama given until June 29 to appeal. If no appeal is filed, the injunction will take effect automatically, ending segregated seating in Montgomery buses amid ongoing protests by Black riders.
Jeremiah Reeves, a 20 year old Montgomery Negro jazz drummer whose death sentence for raping a white woman was overturned by the U S Supreme Court, has been sentenced again to die in the electric chair.
Playwright Arthur Miller testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities stating he was never a Communist. He described himself as tall and lanky while answering questions about his political affiliations.
General Nathan F. Twining Air Force chief of staff reports during departure for Moscow that the Soviet side presented an itinerary for visits outside Moscow described as interesting. The remark reflects early Cold War travel arrangements and diplomatic exchanges.
A Polish newspaper reports over 1906 merchant seamen labeled politically unreliable have been purged by Poland's Communist government to curb desertions from Western ports.
In Oxford, Harry Truman declined a student request to kiss a baby, calling it unsanitary. He warned babies cannot talk and joked about frustrated politicians being Republicans. He urged a “new Magna Carta” for economic well being and education during a Rhodes Scholars event.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles assailed Soviet Communist rule calling its leaders close collaborators of Stalin and beneficiaries of his purges. He cited Khrushchev's disclosures as damning evidence and urged free elections in Germany while stressing the German people know communism from experience.
Athens Limestone Democratic executive committee schedules a Democratic primary on Pact 18 with a runoff possible on July 30 to nominate a mayor and five city council seats. Legal questions threaten the runoff plan but the effort aims to avoid election disputes and preserve party process.
In Montgomery Alabama the state delays toll road projects awaiting a federal highway program study and Congress action. Flowers of the Alabama Turnpike Authority warns that approval could make toll road construction impractical for the state.
County schools gain a first payment of 5537 dollars for operations and maintenance under the defense area program. Earlier this year Athens city schools received about 3600 dollars in a similar grant.
The House prepared to vote next week on a four year federal aid school construction program worth 1.6 billion dollars after clearing the Rules Committee. Southerners oppose. Rep Powell may offer an amendment banning grants to segregated schools. A Senate confrontation could follow a potential southern filibuster. See SCHOOL on Page 2.
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 21.54 feet with a 0.78 rise in 24 hours. Sea level reading 555.84 feet. Yesterday’s high 90 with 68 overnight. At 8 30 am 71 and 10 30 am 72. Rainfall 1.46 inches in 24 hours. Today’s high forecast 89 and low 68. Priority alert issued for Pridey 92.
Town Creek farmer John Jeffreys was bitten by a one and a half foot rattler in a corn crib while feeding stock. He killed the snake and was taken by Dr. R J Smith to a field hospital after swelling developed.
East German rulers claim to have freed 19064 prisoners most jailed for political crimes. Minister of Justice Hilde Benjamin and prosecutor General Ernest Melsheimer are accused of unjustified arrests and ruthless justice. Premier Grotewohl had earlier denounced the ministry.
AEC announces Los Alamos team detected a neutrino, the second such particle found in under a year. The neutrino, with no charge and vanishingly small mass, interacts weakly with matter and may pass through billions of miles of solid material.
Area residents welcomed the first day of summer under heavy clouds as rain soaked fields and lawns. Temperatures stayed in the low 70s until noon, then rose. more thundershowers were forecast for the afternoon and evening. Farmers praised the rainfall for pastures, truck crops, corn and cotton, while officials noted widespread showers after weeks without rain.
Deborah Ann Johnson, six, of Austinville, searches for her chihuahua Pee Wee after the dog goes missing. The girl, who has asthma, is joined by parents, grandparents, and neighbors in a long afternoon hunt.
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