Defense Chief Warns of Critical Need for Missile Defense
Gen Thomas D White acting Air Force chief told a Defense Dept meeting that data shows Russia could possess ocean spanning missiles by 1960 and stressed the high priority of countermissile systems and protective shelters. Adm Burke echoed concerns over ship and submarine launched missiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton C. Fay
White
IBM
Arleigh Burke
Russia
Burke
Navy
Congressional
The Mob Bosses and Their Labor Fronts
A profile of Arnold Rothstein and his lieutenants Louis Lepke Buchalter and Gurrah Shapiro. The piece traces Rothstein’s methodical criminal empire, its reach into oil steel and railroad industries, union muscle, and the later rise of Murder, Inc. from New York to Detroit and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curley
Lepke
Arnold Rothstein
Rothstein
Gans
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati
New York
Underworld
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Black Gloves
Little Augie
Brooklyn
Legs Diamond
New
Louis
Lepke” Buchalter
Gurrah Shapiro
Gurrah
Shapiro
Murder, Inc
Lucky Ae
Murder Inc
Abe Reles
Capone
Purple Gang
Detroit
Hoods
Tom Dewey
Garrah
Sing Sing
East Side
New Tors
Hall Syndicate, Inc
Wife Of Arthur Lee Remembered In New York Funeral
Funeral services for Mrs Argie Lee of Greensboro North Carolina were held in New York after she died of a heart attack while visiting her grandchildren Terry and Roger Lee. Her body returned to Aniston for interment at City Cemetery. She is survived by her husband a son John James Lee and other relatives. Pallbearers named include Fred Hunt.
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Argie Lee
Greensboro
N.C
Brown Funeral Chapel
A. B. van Arsdale
Hartselle man dies by own action in barn scene
Morgan County Coroner rules death of 55 year old William Robert Ransom in Hartselle accidental self inflicted shotgun wound. Ransom shot himself in the chest with a 12 gauge automatic at his Bethel Road barn about 5 am. He left a wife Thelma and two daughters. Funeral arrangements set for Monday at Hartselle Baptist Church.
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Hartselle
Morgan County
Lewis C
Pinky) Brown
William Robert
Bill) Ransom
Brown
Ransom
Bethel Rd
Mr. Ransom
D. C. Stringfellow
Hartselle Baptist Church
Peck Funeral Home
Thelma Ransom
I. A. Rumler
Winter Haven
Fla
H. B. Payne
Houston
Tex
Maggie Ransom
Somerville
B. M. Cuthrell
Decatur
F. S
W. T
J. R
J. J. Ransom
the Baptist Church
Ashford Standford
Eric Howell
Clarence Smith
Leon McCutcheon
Frank Bean
Millard O’bar
Mrs. Maude Sledge Dies In Decatur Home At 67
Mrs. Maude Lee Sledge 67 of Decatur died Friday at 4 40 p.m. at her daughter’s home. Funeral services are this afternoon at 2 in Brown Funeral Home Chapel with James Ray and the Rev George Hubbard officiating. Interment in Barnett Cemetery near Lexington. Surviving are four daughters four sons and 13 grandchildren.
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Maude Lee Sledge
Riverview Ave
Brown Funeral Home
James Ray
George Hubbard
Sledge
Decatur
Charles Cox
Grant St
Presbyterian Church
Funeral Home Chapel
Barnett Cemetery
Lexington
Brown Funeral Co
Charles E. Cox
Gilbert Cox
J. C. Skillington
Robert Andrews
James, Curtis
Hollis Sledge
Otis Sledge
Athens
Ellis Kennedy
Killen
Bertha McDaniel
Texas
Lula Patterson
J. H. Lovell
van Lovell
Florence
John Dumler
Bud Young
Lester Holmes
Leon Miller
Fred Flanagan
Wallace White
Education Board To Pick Trustees
Morgan County trustees will be named at a county board meeting next Friday night at the courthouse. Six nominees from each school were named Friday night, with the board to select three representatives from each group.
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Morgan County
County Board of Education
Babe Zaharias Birthday Party to aid cancer fund at Wakonda
A pro amateur Babe's Birthday Party golf tourney will precede the WWGA Open at Wakonda Country Club Des Moines Iowa on Tuesday June 23 Proceeds go to the Babe Zaharias Cancer Fund WWGA publicity director Margaret Lenz announced Babe Zaharias four time Western Open winner now battling cancer often played birthday rounds during this event
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Chicago
Babe
Western Golf Assn
Wakonda Country Club
Des Moines
Iowa
Babe Zaharias
WWGA
Margaret Lenz
Tourists Spent 412 Million in Texas in 1955
Tourists spent 412 million dollars in Texas in 1955, the largest single industry after cotton. The piece lists business figures Tom Whitman, Joe Duncan, Duncan, Ratliff Hardwick and W David Lee.
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Texas
Cotton
Tom Whitman
Joe Duncan
Duncan
Ratliff Hardwick
W David Lee
New Salem Rites Today For Pershing Taylor
Funeral services for Pershing Taylor 38 Huntsville are set for 2 p.m. at New Salem Church Hartselle with Rev Frank Richards and Rev Joe Crawford presiding. Burial follows at the adjoining cemetery under Peck Funeral Home. He died Friday at 4 15 p.m. at Veterans Hospital Birmingham. He was a World War I veteran and resided at 378 Redstone Park Huntsville. He was a member of Redstone Baptist Church. Pallbearers include John D Taylor Paul Hamilton Sammy Pierce Earl Mashburn and Wesley Pierce. Survivors include Ruby Taylor two daughters Judy and Carolyn and son Edgar David all of Huntsville, his parents Mr and Mrs Edgar Taylor Somerville 2 three sisters Agnes Pierce Somerville Mrs Chester D Ogies Ft Eustus Va Miss Irma Taylor Louisville and two brothers Doward E Taylor Hartselle 3 Billy Joe Taylor Gary Ind.
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Hartselle
Pershing Taylor
Huntsville
New Salem Church
Center Grove
Taylor
Veterans Hospital
Birmingham
Redstone Park
Redstone Baptist Church
Frank Richards
Joe Crawford
Peck Funeral
Irma Taylor
Louisville
Doward E. Taylor
Billy Joe Taylor
Gary
Ind
Steel Crisis Bender seeks U S intervention on strike
Sen. Bender of Ohio urged the administration to intervene immediately to avert a steel strike at a critical time for world affairs. Officials said the government plans to stay out of contract talks for now, with review possible if stalemate lasts into mid next week as the current contract expires June 30.
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Washington
Bender
Ohio
Cleveland
United Steelworkers Union
Rites Monday At Macedonia For Mrs Ida Duncan
Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Rickles Duncan 77 are set for Monday at 2 p.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church with Rev. Lyndon Montgomery and Rev. J A Self officiating. She died Saturday at her Decatur 3 home. Survivors include a daughter Ruby, a son James E. Duncan, five sisters, three brothers, a grandson and a granddaughter. Interment at Roselawn Cemetery under Brown Funeral Co. direction. Pallbearers: Ben Sparkman, Davis McRight, Ray McDougle, Charlie Herring, Lonnie McCulloch, Mitchell Rodgers.
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Ida Rickles Duncan
Lyndon Montgomery
J. A. Self
Macedonia Baptist Church
George Alverson
Springville
Ala
Homer Hazel
Panama City
Fla
A. W. Rickles
Birmingham
John Rickles
Steele
J. A. Rickles
Joseph Robert Duncan
Sandra Faye Duncan
Brown Funeral Co
Roselawn Cemetery
Decaturites Named C. Of C. Officers
Two Decatur residents were elected officers of the Alabama Division of the Children of the Confederacy at the 34th annual convention which closed yesterday in Livingston. Walter Chenault was named corresponding secretary and Cecile Moseley was selected historian.
U S Air Chief Twining Welcomed in Moscow for Air Show
General Nathan F. Twining, head of the U S Air Force, arrived in Moscow to study Soviet air power during Aviation Day events and a week of tours of air installations. He was greeted by Deputy Defense Minister Ivan Konev and Russian air marshal Pavel Zhigarev, with Ambassador Bohlen arranging the welcome.
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Defense
Wilson
Air Force
Quarles
Congress
Vern Haugland
Moscow
Nathan F. Twining
Russia
U. S. Air Force
Ivan 8. Konev
Twining
Paval Zhigarev
Konev
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Eee
Wining
Washington
Charles EB. Bohlen
U. S
James Raymond Moore Rites Set at Central Baptist Church
Funeral services for James Raymond Moore, 45, are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. today at Central Baptist Church with Rev. A. B. Van Arsdale and Rev. Wallace W. Lovett officiating. Moore died after a heart attack at home and was pronounced dead on arrival at Decatur General Hospital. Survivors include his widow Myra, daughter Jeanette, mother Bertha Reed, father C. H. Moore, and half-brother Jackie Moore. Interment will be at Oakview Memorial Cemetery with pallbearers from the H. R. Leeman Sunday School Class. The body lies in state 1:30–2:30 p.m. at the church. honorary Barber Association members attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Raymond Moore
Central Baptist Church
A. B. van Arsdale
Wallace W. Lovett
Moore
Decatur General Hospital
Brown
6Th Ave
2Nd Ave
Myra Moore
Jeanette Moore
Bertha Moore Reed
Decatur
C. H. Moore
Mobile
Jackie Moore
Brown Funeral Co
Oakview Memorial Cemetery
H. R. Leeman
Barber’s Association of
Tumble Weeds of the Western Plains Identified
The Western Plains feature tumble weeds also known as sian thistles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Plains
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AF Brass
U.S
Defense Department
Department of Defense
U.S. Weather Bureau
Department of Commerce
Tad
Canal St
Neil Kirk
Jackson Street
Arthur Lee
Davidson Coal & Feed Co
Holly St
Edward Leon
Pete) Williams
Taft
Okla
Tommie Robert Cooke
Tulsa
Muskogee
Williams
Glenwood Baptist Church
Cooke
New Salem
Macedonia
Ida Duncan
Decaturites
Roy Mitchell
Mgr
Ray Mitchell
Johnny Mathers
Morgan
Limestone
Cullman Counties
Bank St
Raymond Moore Services Today
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