Weather totals and local notices from Decatur
Rainfall in the last 48 hours reached almost three inches with a 2.99 inch official reading. Local games were rained out but rescheduled for 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. Fire at Landers Grocery caused no injuries. Marine Corps officer candidate info available in Decatur. Sunday services continue at First Church of Christ Scientists. Keystone fund distributions announced for July payments. City docket lists one muffler defect case. Local housing efforts aid Redstone Arsenal personnel. Local residents note travel and vacations. See Diary on Page 2.
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First
Church of Christ Scientists
I. B. Schmidt
Christian Science
Decatur
Steel Talks Near Deadline Reached in Bitter Negotiations
The United Steelworkers press on with strike preparations as eight days remain to avert a walkout. Industry offers include fixed annual pay hikes around 7.3 cents an hour with current wages averaging 2.46 dollars, while U.S. Steel may loosen its stance amid talks.
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United Steelworkers
U.S. Steel Corp
Steel, Bethlehem
Republic
Bethlehem and Republic
U.S. Steel
Steel
Monroe Miller Leap Year Wedding Planned Before July 13
Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller disclosed plans to wed before July 13 in either New York or Connecticut. Miller testified in Washington about past leanings toward Communist causes, while Monroe kept to brief statements and prepared for her July 13 departure to London.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
New York
Marilyn Monroe
Arthur Miller
Connecticut
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Washington
Marilyn
Miller
London
Laurence Olivier
New York City
Roxbury
My War With The Mob Exposé Starts Sunday
Victor Riesel’s battle against mob influence in unions is dramatized as an ongoing exposé. The Decatur Daily promotes the first chapter detailing how the mob moved into labor, urging readers not to miss the Sunday installment.
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Victor Riesel
Decatur Daily
McFarland Restored to Full Civil and Political Rights
The Alabama Pardon-Parole Board restored Ward McFarland's civil and political rights after his recent conviction for federal income tax evasion. He had faced a $2,500 federal fine and indicted for evading $10,140 in 1949 to 1951. He remained in his post as state docks director during the appeal process.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Pardon-Parole Board
State Docks
Ward McFarland
McFarland
Birmingham
Pardon-Parole Board
Ethel Gayle
Woman sets fires on airliner during flight to Miami
A woman aboard an airliner bound for Charlotte from Cleveland allegedly set fires after takeoff saying she wanted to get off. Steward Helen Rosenthal noticed smoke but found nothing at first. two hours later smoke came from a women’s restroom. FBI and Civil Aeronautics Board joined police investigation.
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Charlotte
Miss Mills
Miami
Helen Rosenthal
New Douglas, T
Cleveland Receiving Hospital
FBI
Civil Aeronautics Board
U S Delays Steel Talks Amid Labor Standoff
Washington officials privately worry over a steel dispute as the United Steelworkers contract nears expiration on June 30. If stalemate continues by midweek, the government may reconsider intervention. A Taft Hartley Act move could trigger an 80 day injunction, delaying a showdown until after elections.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United Steelworkers Son
Secur Berablic
Eeceie
Kentucky Court Frees Carl Braden on Sedition Charge
The Kentucky Supreme Court orders the release of Carl Braden former Louisville newspaperman overturning a Jefferson Circuit Court conviction for advocating sedition. Braden had been sentenced to 15 years in prison and a $5000 fine on December 13 1954.
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Frankfort
Kentuckey
Carl Braden
Louisville
Court of Appeals
Braden
Jefferson Circuit
Soil bank program explained to Alabama county agents
Government soil bank plan outlined to county agents from 18 Alabama counties who will relay the information to farmers. Nearby, national convention planners were seen as the Miami Beach scene unfolded with detectives noting a large haul at the Shorell home on Rivo Alto island.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Miami Beach
Fla
William Philbin
Joseph Caputo
Shorell
Rivo Alto Island
Nixons To Make Trip For Chief
President and Mrs Nixon will make a trip to the Philippines at lose Howell's urging. Hagerty notes Eisenhower’s Philippines service and says the President has a great personal interest in the country. The visit underscores U S promises of Philippine independence as contrast to Soviet actions. See NIXONS on Page 2.
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Washington
Philippines
Russia
Hagerty
Nixon
Philippine
Nixons
Rights Backers Outmaneuvered In Civil Rights Battle
Washington action stalled as House Rules Committee failed to reach a quorum delaying a civil rights bill. Supporters plan to reassemble next Wednesday for a vote while Roosevelt pushes a discharge petition with 145 of 218 signatures aiming to bypass the committee.
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Edmond LE Breton
Washington
House
Rules Committee
Rep
Roosevelt
Dcalif
Weather and River Readings at Keller Memorial Bridge
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 21.72 feet, up 18 feet in 24 hours. Sea level reading 556.02. Yesterday’s high 85, low 68. At 8:15 this morning 80 degrees, 10:30 a.m. reading 87. Rainfall during the 24 hours ending at 8:15 was recorded.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Surprise Planned For Gov Folsom Denial Quietly Given
A surprise for Governor James E. Folsom was disclosed with a denial that it would cost state funds. The governor's Coffee County birthplace in Alabama is under renovation to resemble the home when his parents lived there. A press secretary said the project is not a surprise publicity stunt and the home may later become a tourist attraction.
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Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Coffee County
Folsom
Peel Aemond
Hammond
Massey Merchant Takes Own Life
Morgan County Coroner Lewis C. Brown ruled death a self inflicted gunshot by Rufus Alvie Penn Sr. 47 of Massey who ran Massey Grocery Store and died at home after weeks of ill health. Penn led Sunday School at McKendree Methodist Church and had served as lay leader of the charge.
Cullman Expands Farm to Market Road Network
Cullman county progresses on 80 new farm to market miles under state supervision since 1955. Eight miles of Cullman to Tri Cities Highway underway from Cullman to West Point, plus four mile Logan to Clarkston and eight mile Joppa to Strawberry completed recently. Fourteen additional routes including Vinemont to Odoms Store and Ebenezer to Battleground are under construction or planned.
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Cullman
Sen
Allen
Cullman-Tri- Cities
West Point
Morgan County
Logan
Clarkston
Joppa
Strawberry
Holly Pond
Union Grove
Vinemont
Odom
Ebenezer
Battleground
Enraged Gunman Kills Girl and Wounds Motorist in Drive-By
In Warren Ohio 37 year old Alfred Wilson allegedly rammed a car shot a sister in law and another woman before abducting a girl from a parked vehicle. The girl was found in a ditch near Windham as a statewide hunt began. Emmitt Dennison and a 10 year old boy escaped unharmed.
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Warren
Ohio
Here
Harry Crozier
Alfred Wilson
Leavittsburg
Crozier
Wilson
Geraldine Brown
Dennison
Miss Worthington
Windham
Three killed and one injured in U S 231 crash near Huntsville
Three men died and Howard Rice of Corunna Michigan was seriously hurt when a southbound car sideswiped a vehicle driven by Mrs Ruby of Fayetteville Tennessee and collided head on with Rice’s pickup on U S 231 about 13 miles north of here. The victims include Jerry Tanner 19 and Elbert Marshall Wallace 18 both Huntsville, and Edward Leak 25 former Decatur resident.
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Huntsville
Here
U.S
Jerry Tanner
Elbert Marshall Wallace
Edward Leak
Rice
Tanner
Wallace
Leak
Doris Ann Leak
Sos Ieeeee
State Vocational Trade School
Childs Injured On Danville Rd
Police said a baby and another child were struck by a pickup driven by Billy Brooks 17 of Decatur while at about 50 mph on Danville Road. Brooks reported braking failed to stop. both vehicles skidded, causing minor fence damage and no charges were filed. Jer and Crabb filed the second incident report.
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Billy Brooks
Decatur 1
Brooks
Mark
Danville Rd
A. C. Sample
Jer
Crabb
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