Local notices and community updates from Florence area
A set of keys found near the Princess Theater can be claimed by calling El 3-1499. Residents from Houston arrive for a two week visit with Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Lawrence. Golf lessons at the Country Club suspended for summer. Florence residents and visitors plan vacations to Florida. Sivley family reunion set for June 28 at Woodall's Barbecue. Sub-district Two meeting at Courtland Methodist Church Thursday at 10 am. A nursery will be provided. An accident at Johnston St SE and 8th Ave SE injures two drivers. A parked car and truck caused minor damage on 1st Ave NE. City building permits issued to W. P. Johnson and C. C. Garrett and Doug Holloway reports theft of a 1955 Chevrolet near Wallace Barber Shop. See DIARY on Page 2.
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Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Courtland Methodist Church
Five Die In Head On Crash West Of Decatur
A violent head on collision on Alabama Highway 20 in Lawrence County killed five occupants of a 1954 Buick and left driver Charles Eastwood of Cape Girardeau Missouri unhurt. The victims were John Greg Sanderson 31 Opal Sanderson 31 Johnny 4 Karen 8 and Donald Richard Clement 24. Eastwood was held in the Lawrence County jail as investigators continued.
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Alabama
Here
Lawrence
12 County
Starvue Drive-In
Jack Ray
North
Decatur
Lawrence County
Highway Patrol
John Greg Sanderson
Opal Sanderson
Johnny
Karen
Shelton
Huffman
Birmingham
Donald Richard Clement
GMC
Charles J. Eastwood
Cape Girardeau
Eastwood
Grady Sibley
M. P. Braswell
Bible’s authority and Voltaire quote spark faith resolve
A preacher defends the Bible against humanist critique. He cites Voltaire on belief in scripture, shares his own journey from doubt to faith and proclaims the Bible as inspired and truthful, urging unwavering trust in God’s Word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francois Voltaire
God
Sparkle Of Gaiety At 4-H Roundup Opens First Night
Talent program with 15 performers highlighted the first day of the District 1 4-H Club Project Roundup at Decatur High School. 125 4-H members competed for a state title with winners to be announced tonight as Dr. E. T. York Jr and Ronnie Pander preside. Louis Blizzard hosted ceremonies and county dress revue winners were highlighted.
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Ballin
Martha Clark
Marion County
Decatur High School
Miss Clark
Auburn
Ronnie Pounders
Colbert County
E. T. York, Jr
Alabama Extension Service
Mentally Sick Cons In Riot At Springfield Prison Wing
Rioting psychiatric patients seized five guards and took over a wing of the U S Medical Center in Springfield Missouri. Officials feared an escape plan as inmates tried to breach the wall of the 10 North wing. Guards troopers and police formed three rings around the area while riot guns and gas grenades were kept ready but no move was made. At 6 30 am the inmates demanded food and coffee which were not sent.
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Springfield
U.S. Medical Center
Glenn Hendrix
Greene County
North
Federal Prison System
General Hospital
Country Club
Russell C. Settle
Riot Quietly Rages Among Top Prison Inmates
At 2 AM Springfield MO prison officials face a full riot in the 10 North wing. About 115 of 1,000 inmates are among the most dangerous, including some labeled homosexuals and neuropsychiatric patients. Warden Dr. Russell Settle notes the tension and darkness as guards monitor the situation.
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Springfield
Russell C. Settle
North
Amnesia Follows Train Crash That Killed Teens
In Shelbyville Illinois Ivan Moon lies in a hospital asking what happened after a high school prom night car crash. The collision involved a train and left an unknown level of detail, killing his sister his girlfriend and five other youths while his own memory failed him.
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Ivan Moon
Ivan
Shelbyville
Ill
Moon
Decatur Skies Wednesday Evening Times and Phases
Evening sky details for Decatur note sunset at 7 05 p m and tonight 10 08 p m Last Quarter on June 27 with moonrise timing to be observed.
Weather and River Readings Around Decatur Area
Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge stood at 20.46 feet, up .32 in 24 hours, sea level reading 554.76 feet. TVA stages: Guntersville 594.4, Wilson 506.3. Yesterday's high reached 90 at 4 PM, low 7 at 5 AM. at 11:20 AM today readings were incomplete.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Guntersville
Wilson
Senate Clears Way For Meet
The Alabama Senate agreed to recess the regular term to enable a special session on school finance. Governor Patterson prepared a proclamation for a Wednesday start, and the House had already approved the recess. The plan suspends the 1959 term until August 25, granting nine weeks to draft a school budget and new tax laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Senate
John Patterson
House
Bert Haltom
Lauderdale Coy County
English Power Units To Come To Decatur Alabama
Four giant electric transformers ordered from the English Electrical Co for a power station at Decatur Alabama will be on site by February 1960. British technicians will supervise the installation and the project costs 205000 pounds. The equipment is being manufactured at the Stafford works of the English company under a Tennessee Valley Authority contract.
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London
English Electrical Co
Decatur
Ala
Britain
Peter L. Young
Nac Ee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Stafford Works
Zwieback's Transition A Sudden Growing Up
A fragmentary bibliographic note discusses Zwieback as a symbol of rapid maturation from childhood hunger for bread to adult responsibilities. The text references a 1998 publication and lists incomplete author and publishing details with scattered, unclear entries.
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Zwieback
Stmep and Schuster
Cartierine
S. An
Murder Suspect To Be Observed
B L Sharp 51 of Hartseller charged with first degree murder in the June 16 pistol slaying of his wife. He was ordered committed to the State Mental Hospital at Tuscaloosa for examination by Judge James Bloodworth. Sheriff Knox McRae took him to the hospital this morning.
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B. L. Sharp
Hartseller
Tuscaloosa
James Bloodworth
Knox McRae
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Soe
Tetlien
Princess Theater
Lacey Lang
Henry C. Lawrence, Jr
Phillis
Linda
Houston
H. C. Lawrence
5Th Ave
Bill Curtis
Lula Mae Boggs
O. S. White
Susan Johnson
Mrs. Delano Johnson
College St. SE
Florence
Sivley
Woodall
Old Moulton Rd
Robert F. Paulk
Lester
Annie Lee Harris
7Th Ave. SE
Paulk
Johnston St. SE
Harris
8Th Ave. SE
1St Ave
Bobby D. Short
Lon 2
Clyde W. Clark
W. P. Johnson
Moulton St. E
C. C. Garrett
Memorial Dr. NW
Doug Holloway
Hartselle
2Nd Ave
Wallace Barber Shop
Hollice Smith
Daily
Sparkle of Gaiety
By Jack Smith
Robinson’s
Second Ave
Sparkle
By Huel E. Warren JR
Jim Billings
Springfield Daily News
Associated Press
Momma
William H. Kendall
L&n Railroad
Frank Troup
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Kendall
State Dock
Dr. Spock
B. M. Atkinson, Jr
Whitney Darrow, Jr
By Ken Reynolds
Daly Wat
Nde Cee
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