Weekend arrests and local notices from Decatur area
Sheriff's forces detained nine public drunks and several violations including one peace proceeding one prohibition offense and multiple assaults. Recorder's docket shows public drunk overparking disorderly conduct license and traffic charges. Tire slashings reported by three residents. Pontiac theft noted. Trade school visitors listed. Legion Lions and Eastern Star officers to be installed or elected in upcoming meetings.
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Recorder's
Dept Store Head Louis Pizitz Dies at 91
Louis Pizitz, owner of a major Birmingham department store and longtime city businessman, died at his home after months of illness. He was 91.
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Dept
Louis Pizitz
Birmingham
Behold I stand at the door and knock
A reader asks about persistent emptiness despite therapy and a doctor suggesting spiritual factors. The reply frames the issue as spiritual, citing Jesus' invitation to spiritual openness and claiming inner emptiness will persist until the heart is opened to the Saviour.
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Jesus
Shooting Victim Died Sunday At 1
Funeral services for Mrs Eva Emiline Sapp 44 Trinity 1 will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Johnson's Chapel with Rev C G Redding and Rev Dennis Tucker officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Sapp died Sunday at 1 p.m. from pistol wounds inflicted by her husband Howard Sapp 48 of Hartselle. Sapp is jailed on first degree murder charges to be issued today. The shooting occurred Saturday morning at Big Bob Gibson's Bar-B-Q five miles west of Hartselle on Highway 36.
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Eva Emiline Sapp
Trinity 1
Howard Sapp
Hartselle
Johnson's Chapel
C. G. Redding
Dennis Tucker
Church
Sapp
Morgan County
R. L. Handley
Bob Godwin
Erlodged
Godwin
Big Bob Gibson
Highway 36
Roy Bradford
M. P. Braswell
Highway Patrol
Clint Kennum
Woman Gives Birth Four Hours After Widowhood
Mrs Mamie Gray Scroggins of Athens gave birth to a daughter Sunday four hours after learning her husband Eldeen Scroggins 23 was killed in a highway accident in Huntsville. The infant weighed six pounds six and three fourths ounces. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at the Pentecostal Church in Huntsville.
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Athens
Mamie Gray Scroggins
Eldeen Scroggins
Wheeler St
Huntsville
Scroggins
Ardmore Highway
Oakwood Ave
Lawrence Smith
Ardmore
Homer Morrell
Orell Gray
Elkmont
Athens Limestone Hospital
Smith
Pentecostal Church
Madison St
Jack Roper
Gray
Questions Faced By Louisiana Governor Crisis
Baton Rouge Louisiana struggles with Gov Earl Long ailing and under hospital observation. Doctors report cooperation and satisfactory condition as questions linger about his mental state and who governs the state while he is confined. Lt Gov Le ter Frazar and others consider legal steps to protect rights amid political turmoil.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Southeast Louisiana
Mandeville
New Orleans
Chester Williams
East Baton Rouge Parish
Long
Joseph Arthur Sims
Hammond
Lether Frazar
School Deadline Is Nine Weeks
Montgomery AP report analyzes a looming nine week deadline for a special session on school taxes as the Legislature plans to recess until August 25. Debates over whether the emergency session can be stretched linger among specialists, with some saying the August date caps any extended session.
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Montgomery
Missing four year old Danny Barter near Perdido Bay
In Lillian Alabama investigators report few clues in the disappearance of four year old Danny Barter who wandered from a Mobile family campsite near Perdido Bay last Wednesday. Skin divers boats and helicopters searched the wooded area and waters with hundreds involved.
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Lillian
Ala
Danny Barter
Paut Barter
Mobile
Perdido Bay
Danny
Vigilante's Dilemma and Echoes of Speedy Escape
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a chaotic scene with a vigilante context and rapid movements likened to Mach 3. References to a mother hearing a lamp crash before pattering feet and escaped children heading toward cakes and vases appear, plus a cryptic publishing line for a crime work by B. M. Atkinson.
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Peepee
Oook
Simon and Schuster
Curtis Co, Incdr
Whitney of Co
B. M. Atkinson
A Steel Strike Seems Certain
Pittsburgh AP report outlines ten days to a peaceful steel labor contract settlement with a June 30 deadline. USW President David J. McDonald pushes for higher wages as industry officials seek to curb wage price spirals. Workers earn $3.03 hourly on average amid a history of fourteen wage increases and twelve price boosts.
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John Moody
Pittsburgh
Steel Steelworkers Union
USW
David J. McDonald
Negotiations Reopened in Steel Industry Dispute
In New York steel negotiators resume talks for a new management union contract. Both sides deny federal settlement efforts and claim no contact has been made, with U.S. Steel executives and the United Steelworkers urging clarity as talks continue.
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New York
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers of America
R. Conrad Cooper
U.S. Steel Corp
Caddy Receives Five Dollars From President Eisenhower
Roy Fairman Jr., a 13 year old caddy delayed by church services at Gettysburg Presbyterian, missed the round. The golfer President Eisenhower later slipped him $5 saying thanks for going to church. The president had attended services and reached the course first.
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Gettysburg, Pa
Roy Fairman Jr
Gettysburg Presbyterian Church
Roy
Eisenhower
Decatur Skies This Quarter: Prominent Stars and Planets
The sky guide notes Spica in the southwest at 9 33 p m and Saturn due south at 11 58 p m. The observation highlights a clear timeline of prominent celestial objects visible from Decatur.
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Spica
Saturn
Weather and River Readings Near Decatur Tennessee
River at Keller Memorial Bridge shows 20.14 feet this morning, a 62 foot fall in 24 hours, sea level reading 554.44 feet. TVA lake stages list Guntersville 594.9 Wilson 506.9 feet with showers. Winds south up to 15 mph. Highs near 91 today and Tuesday. low tonight 64.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Guntersville
Wilson
Eleven Die in Alabama Weekend Accidents
The Associated Press reports eleven deaths in Alabama rural accidents from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. Victims include Jack Duckett 9 of Albertville struck on Alabama 75, Ben Bayless 11 of Hope Hull drowned, Janice Thomas 15 of Nauvoo died in a pickup fall, Narns Crews 14 of Newville killed on US 431, Ormat Jedie 13 of Evergreen in a Conecuh County crash, and Sgt Jimmy Gibson 27 of Tennessee drowned on Warrior River. Two Birmingham men Davis Campbell 30 and William Jackson 24 died when their auto left U.S. 11 north of Tuscaloosa and overturned. Reports also list William Johnson 42 of Anniston killed in a 3-on-year crash west of Anniston, Mamie Bumpersleman 57 of Allen killed, David Sullivan 15 of Mobile drowned at Pensacola Bay.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Mobile
Pensacola
Fla
Jack Duckett
Albertville
Ala
Ben Bayless
Hope Hull
Janice Janet Thomas
Nauvoo
Winston Narnett Crews
Newville
Oese
Conecuh County
Jimmy L. Gibson
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Tuscaloosa
Big Sandy Landing
Warrior River
Birmingham
U.S. 11
State Patrol
Davis S. Campbell
William Eugene Jackson
William Johnson
Anniston
Senos
Mamie Bumpersleman
Allen
David Sullivan
Pensacola Bay
Palice
4H Roundup Opens In Decatur For District Contest
North Alabama District 1 4H Roundup begins at Decatur High School with 120 members registering. The 16 county event runs today and tomorrow with judging in foods lamp wiring talent tractor driving dress revue essay and public speaking. Awards are presented tomorrow night after a candle lighting service and guest speech by Dr E T York Jr.
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Alabama
Ann Barr
Christine Vinson
Hartselle
John Warren
Jane Hargrove
Tanner
Mike Cleland
Moulton
Barbara Rogers
Foods Division
Douglas McDaniel
Decatur High School
North Alabama
Decatur
Murray Dodd
Nell Harbison
Cullman
Auburn
E. T. York, Jr
Alabama Extension Service
North
W. J. Johnson
Herter Reports Geneva Talks Stalled and Berlin Focus
Secretary of State Christian Herter told President Eisenhower of an hour long briefing on the deadlocked Geneva talks and outlined plans for a nationwide television and radio address. He said no summit discussion occurred and that Western nations must stay firm on Berlin as Geneva resumes July 13 with possible renewed bargaining.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Eisenhower
Geneva
Herter
Soviet Union
Berlin
NBC
CBS
Abc-Tv
Nikita Khrushchev
Andrei Gromykh
West Berlin
Germany
U. S
West
Britain
France
United States
Ussr
Tracy and His Pals Start New Adventures Today
The Decatur Daily announces the debut of Tracy and two of his associates 6 G Plenty and Grovel Gertie in a new ongoing feature. The trio, famed for their clever capers, promises lively mischief and mystery for readers beginning today.
TVA Meeting Held On Boat On Tennessee River
Presidents of colleges in the Tennessee Valley area and TVA directors held an annual meeting on a river boat between Muscle Shoals and Decatur. The TVA coordinates with agricultural colleges across seven states in a farm program. Dr. C. C. Aderhold of the University of Georgia chaired the conference. other presidents and Gen. Herbert D. Vogel were to address the final meeting Tuesday.
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Muscle Shoals
Ala
Tennessee Valley Area
TVA
Decatur
Tennessee Valley Authority
Seven State
C. C. Aderhold
University of Georgia
Walter S. Newman
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Ralph Obama
Herbert D. Vogel
U.S. Army
TVA Board
Quickies by Ken Reynolds Watchdog learns a trick
Ken Reynolds notes a savvy reader in the Daily Want Ads spotting a familiar ruse. The columnist hints at recurring schemes in classified listings and urges caution for shoppers and job seekers.
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Gum Pond
Ronald G. Williams
West Virginia
M. D. Hulsey
University of Alabama
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Phil Campbell
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Jewel Springer
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Hackleburg
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Decatur Lions Club
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