Weekend Toll Reports Three Child Deaths
Weekend toll includes three fatalities two boys found in an abandoned refrigerator and another child discovered along the plastic bag route. Investigators are probing the circumstances surrounding the deaths.
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1959
Page
4
Premium On Traffic Safety
A midwest insurer tests a premium based on driving records with Nebraska as the first state. Good drivers would pay less while careless drivers face higher rates, aiming to extend if successful nationwide and potentially reshape auto insurance. The piece argues the approach could incentivize safer driving and reduce overall costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Midwest
Weeds Threaten City Traffic At Intersections
Tall weeds along vacant lots near intersections block drivers view of approaching traffic from all directions. Even with right of way to the curb, speeders may not stop at signs, risking collisions and injuries. Cutting tall weeds around corners is suggested to reduce wrecks.
TVA Expands Alabama Spendings Boosting Muscle Shoals
Washington announces IVA will spend 72 million dollars in Alabama for the coming fiscal year. Major allocations include 12 million for Colbert Steam Plant unit 5 and 11 million for Wilson Dam units 19 20 and 21. Additional funds cover Wheeler Dam hydro additions and Wilson Dam lock completion. GAO mulls moving 65 Knoxville employees to Muscle Shoals to support TVA facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
IVA
Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Colbert Steam Plant
Wilson Dam
Wheeler Dam
General Accounting Office
TVA
Knoxville
GAO
Herbert D. Vogel
Persistent UE influence worries Atomic Energy officials
A long analysis describes a UE calling campaign to lift an 11 year ban on admission to secret AEC installations. It notes past actions by the UE and CIO against unions, AEC contract suspensions with UE unions, and DOJ attempts to disband UK. It also cites Frank Donner, a UE lawyer, and his HUAC testimony linked to a communist cell inside a federal agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atomic Energy
America
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Frank Donner
AEC
Commission
Atomic Energy Commission
General Electric Co
Knolls
Schenectady
N. Y
CIO
Philip Murray
Ussr
Stalin
Donner
House Un-American Activities Committee
New Federal Building
Pittsburgh
Washington
Russ Nixon
Congress
Brother Nixon
Nixon
ABC
Jim Matles
Communist Party
Perriahts
Hall Syndicate
Three Sets of Troubles You Should Not Carry At Once
A moral on handling trouble from Edward Everett Hale and Davidson notes three kinds: past, present, and anticipated troubles. Past worries linger, present issues demand action, and imagined future troubles drain energy. The guidance warns against bearing more than one kind at a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Everett Hale
Oil lobby flights sway California oil tax debate
The Superior Oil Company and Standard Oil of California chartered planes to fly four Republican California Assembly members to Sacramento to oppose Gov. Pat Brown’s proposed 2 percent severance tax. The move disrupted the Revenue and Tax Committee fight, shifting votes and leaving California without a severance tax despite being a leading oil producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Howard Keck
Superior Oil Company
Francis Case
South Dakota
California
Standard Oil
Superior
Sacramento
Pat Brown
Superior Oil
Standard
Brown
USA
Harold Morton
Joe Shell
California Assembly
Republican
Revenue and Tax Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means Committee. Whereupon the Oil Lobby
Oil Lobby
Allen Pattee
Carmel
James Holmes
Santa Barbara
Harold Levering
Bruce Reagan
Quincy
Dog Vaccination Schedule
The schedule lists vaccination times at multiple locations including Oak, Day’s Store, Flint, Cedar Lake, Austinville School, Clark's Spring, Salem, Anders Trading Post, and Clyde Maples, with times from 8:00 to 4:45. The list reads like a local community clinic roster with venue names and times.
Your Money's Worth Stock Story Changes For The Better
Sylvia Porter notes the stock market has shifted from a niche interest to a mass movement. Ownership rose from one in 16 in 1952 to one in eight adults, with women leading ownership and many families boosting investments through wages, inflation psychology, promotions, and new savings plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Porter
New York Stock Exchange
America
The
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Keith Funston
Wall Street
Ford's
Kcopy Tigue
Hall Syndicate
Bank statement sworn by cashier I John T Crews Jr
The text presents a bank official's solemn oath asserting the truth of a statement. It names I. John T. Crews Jr as cashier and notes the oath was sworn and subscribed on June 20 in a manner indicating formal financial documentation. The fragmentary quote preserves a formal certification context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Crews, Jr
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Standard of California
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War Petroleum Board
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Senate
Jordan and
Ervin
North Carolina
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Army
Royall
White House
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Seagrams
Slater
Eisenhower
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Arizona
Tom Dodd
Connecticut
Abe Ribicoff
Ribicoff
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Harlem Globetrotters
Moscow
Lenin Central Stadium
Russia
Abe Saperstein
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Reserve District No
Bank OF Decatur
Decatur, Alabama
United States
al Reserve Bank
Annie
A. L. Johnson
John B. Sewell
Chas. H. Eyster
Mevene Morgan
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