Disorderly conduct tops city court docket list
Thirteen cases were heard this morning in the city recorder's court with charges including disorderly conduct overparking speeding no driver's license running stop signs intoxicated on public street driving while intoxicated and using a driver’s license belonging to another. A $100 fine or 100 days was handed to L G C Lonas for driving while intoxicated and he is barred from driving in the city for 90 days.
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City Recorder’s Court
L. GC
Lonas
Nickerson Faces Major Court Martial Over Espionage Charges
Col. John C. Nickerson Jr. a top Army rocket expert will stand before a 10 man general court martial board in Huntsville Alabama beginning Tuesday to answer 18 charges including espionage perjury and disobedience. If convicted on all counts he could face up to 46 years in prison.
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BEM Price Huntsville
Ala
Army
Col
John C. Nickerson Jr
Tomor
Nickerson
West Point
Mitchell
Car Rams Pole Two Hurt In Decatur Crash
Two hospitalized and a third slightly hurt when a 1956 Oldsmobile crashed into a power line pole on 16th Ave between 11th St and Morningside sub station. Raymond Sittason 26 of 824 6th Ave SE and Wayne Eberhardt 23 of 628 E Moulton St treated at Decatur General Hospital. Marvin Golden 26 of 1003 7th Ave SE driver employed by Wolverine Tube Inc. suffered bruises. Sittason sustained serious injuries including a fractured collar bone and deep lacerations.
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16Th Ave
L1th St
Morningside
Decatur General Hospital
Raymond Sittason
6Th Ave
Wayne Eberhardt
E. Moulton St
Marvin Golden
7Th Ave
Golden
Wolverine Tube Inc
Blaze Damages Market Street Home
An early morning fire damaged the two story W. L. Hudson residence at 309 Market St NE. The upstairs suffered ruin while the bottom floor had smoke and water damage. The origin is undetermined. no occupants were present. Neighbors called at 1 24 a m. Damage estimate unavailable. The Hudsons, insured, live with daughter Peggy Linley in a rear garage apartment until repairs. An electric clock stopped at 1 20 a m. The 12 room house housed roomers upstairs. Mr. Hudson operates mussel camps in Decatur and Stevenson. he and Mrs. Hudson were in Stevenson Saturday night.
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W. L. Hudson
Market St. NE
Hudsons
Plan to Fine Jail Newsmen for Using Secret Information
Congress blasts a proposed law that would fine newsmen ten thousand dollars and imprison them five years for publishing secret information. The 12 member bipartisan commission backs loyalty security reforms, new safeguards, a wiretap debate, and a separate agency to improve program administration.
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Congress
John Chadwick
Washington
Bipartisan Commission
Eisenhower
Commission
Loyd Wright
Wright
Los Angeles
The
American Bar Assa
Japan Aims 200 Million Trade With China In Peaceful Goods
Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi said Tokyo would seek up to 200 million dollars in yearly trade with Communist China focused on peaceful goods. Current trade stands at 140 million with 60 million exports and 80 million imports. He said no plan to recognize China and opposed admission of Feiping government to the UN. He commented on the William Girard case and urged settling via the administrative agreement, defending the status of forces accord.
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New York
Nobusuke Kishi
Japan
China
Kishi
Feiping
United Nations
William Girard
Girard
U.S
United States
Governors oppose Eisenhower naming 1960 GOP nominee
Republican governors at the 49th annual conference expressed strong opposition to President Eisenhower designating a 1960 GOP presidential nominee. Governor McKeldin of Maryland doubted such action and suggested Gruenther as a potential candidate, while others questioned Ike’s ability to dictate the nomination. Nixon was viewed as the leading candidate by some, but governors doubted any successor would emerge in three years.
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Williamsburg
Conference of
Eisenhower
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Knight
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
McKeldin
Alfred M. Gruenther
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Command
Gruenther
American Red Cross
Nixon
Iton
William G. Stratton
Illinois
GOP
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
Vernon W
Hail Hits Crops In Austinville Area
Weekend hail damage reported east of Austinville near Cedar Lake. Crop losses centered on Mack Johnson's fields with about 10000 dollars in cotton and corn damage. Leaves stripped from plants. corn near destruction while cotton expected to survive. Hail described as large as a hen egg.
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Austinville
Cedar Lake
Mack Johnson
Johnson
Lawrence 4-Hers Ready For Camp
About 135 Lawrence County 4-H members prepare for a three day camp at Wheeler Dam Park. The event starts tomorrow at 3 p.m. and runs until Thursday at 10 a.m. They will join supervised recreation and workshop sessions across the county.
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Town Creek
Lawrence County
Wheeler Dam Park
Block Causes Fourteen To Die
A Pacific Western Airlines crash near Port Hardy killed 14 of 18 aboard when a ground control block remained on the tail assembly. Captain Gerald W. Allen, 37, Vancouver, reported he was not satisfied with the plane’s feel after takeoff and returned for a checkup.
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Port Hardy
B. C
Pacific Western Airlines
Line
Vancouver
Gerald W. Allen
Brakeless Sydney Brisbane Express Crashes in Brisbane
A brakeless Sydney to Brisbane express crashed into Brisbane station tearing through a steel buffer and into a concrete wall injuring about 100 people. Most injuries occurred in the first two cars with sixteen still in hospital.
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Brisbane
Australia
Tennessee River reading falls at Keller Memorial Bridge
River stage measured 20.48 feet with a 0.50 foot drop in 24 hours. Sea level reading 554.78. High yesterday 87, low 69. Morning temperature 85. Rainfall 0.04 inches in the past day. Forecast calls for clouds scattered showers and thunder showers today and tonight, with lingering showers tomorrow.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Five Day Forecast for Alabama Mississippi and Northwest Florida
Temperatures average 2-3 degrees above normal with minima 67-75 and maxima 86-93. Minor daily changes expected. Precipitation moderate to locally heavy in scattered showers.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Fifth A-Shot Of Current Test Goes Off Like Second Sunrise
At the Atomic Test Site in Nevada the fifth shot of the current nuclear series exploded from a balloon over Frenchman Flat at 6 30 in the morning. The blast was larger than previous tests and observers 40 miles away described it as a second sunrise. A massive fireball rose above the horizon as officials postponed the shot from the previous day due to winds. Over 850 military observers and Civil Defense officials witnessed the event from trenches 4500 yards from Ground Zero. The exact yield was not released but was stated to be above 20 kilotons. 835 pigs were used in the test to study radiation and heat effects.
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Frenchman Flat
Ground Zero
Atomic Energy Commission
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Nagasaki
US proposes uncensored radio TV exchanges with USSR
State Department notes would foster freer information exchange. In Alabama, Sen. E L Roberts criticizes Etowah Reps George Hawkins and E K Hanby for focusing on bidding bills over reapportionment and liquor advertising measures.
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State Department
Georgi Zarubin
Gadsden
Ala
E. L. Roberts
Etowah
Folsom
House
Roberts
George Hawkins
E. K. Hanby
Economist Blames Labor and Management for Inflation
Dr Edwin G Nourse former chairman of the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers told the National Citizens Committee to Curb Inflation that labor union bargaining and corporate price policy are the true sources of postwar inflation. He cited 11 wage increases since 1945 and a steady rise in prices.
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Edwin G. Nourse
Labor Union
Corporation Price Administration
Nourse
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
National Citizens Committee
Graham Preaches Ten Commandments at Madison Square Garden
Dr. Billy Graham spent about two weeks at Madison Square Garden delivering sermons on the Ten Commandments. He stressed that the law remains in effect, that sin is transgression of the law, and that forgiveness comes at the cross through Christ. He urged focus on God over idols and noted daily life distractors as idols.
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Elia Kazan
Barrett Shelton
Kazan
Tennessee Valley
William Bradford Huie
Hartselle
Tennessee Valley Authority
Charles McGuire
Shelton
L. C. Maddow
McGuire
Maddow
New York City
Wesley
Billy Graham
Madison Square Garden
Jesus Christ
Graham
God
Scientists claim hydrogen bomb near fallout free
Three University of California physicists told President Eisenhower that progress toward a clean hydrogen bomb is 95 percent free of radioactive fallout. AEC Chairman Strauss cautioned on broader questions for security and disarmament talks.
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Washington
Atomic Energy
Eisenhower
University of California
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
Lawrence
Dr. Teller
AEC
White House
Moulton Speed Drive Success Declared by Mayor Carraway
Mayor George F. Carraway announced a Friday speed crackdown in Moulton using an electric traffic timer. By yesterday 36 arrests were made, mostly local residents, with two trucks and one out of state car among the violators. Drivers report slowdowns beyond the arrests, and residents praise the program. Speed limits range 15 to 35 mph with fines up to 6.50 plus fees.
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Moulton
George F. Carraway
Carraway
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