Decatur Iron & Steel lands $2 million prison contract
DISCO, a Brooklyn city prison project sub contractor, received a signed contract worth over $2,000,000 for prison equipment and iron work. Castagna & Son is the general contractor for a new Brooklyn jail and remand shelter, part of a building project valued around $10,000,000. Chairman Thomas J. Kelley Jr. notes the contract as the largest prison job by value in U S jail history and cites an 18 month completion timeline.
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Decatur Iron & Steel Company Inc
Burrough
Brooklyn
Thomas J. Kelley, Jr
DISCO
Department of Public Works
City of
New York
New City
Burror~h
Castagna & Son, Incorporated
New York City
Kelley
U. S
New Burrough
Churchill Arrives for Momentous Talks With Eisenhower
Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington to meet President Eisenhower and Anthony Eden with a aim to avoid misunderstandings in the Anglo American alliance. Churchill waved to well wishers at the airport and agreed with Dulles on a smooth journey as Eden and the British entourage prepared for White House talks.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Churchill
Eisenhower
Anthony Eden
Homburg
British Overseas Airways
Eden
Richard Nixon
Dulles
Sir Roger Makins
Mike
Nixon
White House
Sermons and civic plans at Decatur First Church events
Rev. Minar L Triplett preaches on Saving Help at 10 55 Sunday morning at First Methodist Church. Dr Otis E Kirby district superintendent speaks at 7 00 pm. A Civil Defense committee led by Ransom Crawford dedicates Negro High School as a first air station at 7 30 pm Monday with Il Sheffield named chief administrator. John A Caddell listed among 65 added to Who's Who in America. Mrs Carl Pannell and Miss Donna Gail Pannell return from a visit to Peoria Illinois. See Diary on Page 2.
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Minar L. Triplett
First Methodist Church
Otis E. Kirby
Jasper
First Church
Decatur
Civil Defense Committee
Ransom Crawford
Decatur CD Health Division
Il Sheffield
Carl Pannell
Donna Gail Pannell
9Th St. SE
James Patterson
Jimmy
Kathy
Peoria
Ill
Top Red China and India Meet Opens in New Delhi
In New Delhi Prime Minister Nehru and Red China's Chou En Lai began a high level weekend of talks that could shift Asia's balance. Nehru welcomed Chou with a red carpet as crowds showed cautious support amid neutralist tensions and staged peace demonstrations.
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New Delhi
India
Asia
Nehru
Red China
Chou En-lai
Palam
Indian Communist Party
Chou
Reward Posted In Safe Case
A $500 reward was posted in Courtland by Leonard Crook owner of the Leonard Crook Furniture Store burglarized in June. Police Chief Clarence Harris said the reward seeks information leading to arrest and conviction of the thieves. The thieves took about $950 in small bills from the safe. the loot was hauled away and later recovered near Foster Bridge road near the Lawrence Lauderdale County line. Confidentiality for the informer is to be kept if possible.
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Courtland
Leonard Crook
Clarence Harris
Foster Bridge Road
Crosswhite
Crosswhite’s
Lawrence
Lauderdale County
Harris
Weather and River Report for Decatur Vicinity
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge at 21.51 feet, up 0.06 in 24 hours. High yesterday reached 93 at 2 PM. Eight o clock temperature was 80. Expect sunny hot weather today and Saturday with clear skies tonight. High today 95, low 67, high Saturday to follow.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Body Of Negro Recovered From Mallard Creek
The body of Joe N. Phillips of Ensley Alabama was recovered from Mallard Creek Thursday afternoon by grappling crews. Sheriff Franklin Smith said he fell into the creek after slipping on a rock about five miles north of Hillsboro. Deputies Willard Pierce and Auburn Smith assisted in the search.
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Joe N. Phillips
Ensley
Alabama
Mallard Creek
Lawrence County
Franklin Smith
Hillsboro
Willard Pierce
Auburn Smith
West Point of the Air to be built near Colorado Springs
Washington announces site selection for the Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs Colorado set on 15 000 acres of rolling terrain near Pikes Peak. Congress authorizes 136 million dollars for the project but final cost may rise. A temporary Denver home planned with possible use of Lowry Field.
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Washington
West Point
America
Colorado Springs
Colo
Air Force
Talbott
Rocky Mountain
Atlantic Seaboard
Army
N. Y
Navy
Annapolis
Rocky Mountain Chain
Pikes Peak
Air Force Academy
Congress
Denver
Lowry Field
Intruders Break In Charles Hardwick Home
Police received a 7 30 am report from a caretaker that the home of Charles Hardwick Jr on Somerville Road was broken into last night. Officers noted glass broken in front and rear windows and it was not known what items were taken.
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Charles Hardwick Jr
Somerville Rd
Pack Self
Charles Smith
Rebels Readying For Big Attack
Guatemalan exile leader Col. Carlos Castillo Armas reports rebels massed for a full scale attack on Chiquimula and claims 16 towns seized since invasion from Honduras. Government leaders promise swift action to repel the assault as fighting rages near the border.
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Sam Summerlin
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Chiquimula
Col
Carlos Castillo Armas
Castillo Armas
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Patterson murder probe moves under new A G control
Chief Justice J Ed Livingston orders a special grand jury to meet June 30 in Phenix City to investigate the murder of Albert L Patterson. Assistant Atty General Bernard Sykes takes command from Arch Ferrell and vows a sweeping probe in good faith.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. Ed Livingston
Phenix City
Albert L. Patterson
Walter B. Jones
Alabama Bar Association
Russell County
Arch Ferrell
Albert Patterson
Bernard Sykes
Ferrell
Si Garrett
Sykes
J. B. Hicks
Hicks
See
Larry Terry Fund Reaches Over Eight Hundred Dollars
The Larry Terry Fund surpasses $800 with donations from Athens Decatur and Hartseles homes and organizations. Larry, a Hodgkin disease patient, is at home awaiting Vanderbilt hospital care in coming weeks. The total to date stands at $801.46.
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Larry Terry
The
Daily
Larry
Vanderbilt Hospital
Athens
Bugs Graham
Decatur
Hartsell
Hartselle
Demo Chairman Opposed To Hand Picking Nominee
Birmingham Alabama Democratic chairman Ben F Ray spoke against selecting a successor to murdered Attorney General Albert L Patterson by committee vote. He urged a special primary and said the people should choose Patterson's successor rather than a hand picked nominee. The State Democratic Committee planned a special session to decide the method for choosing Patterson's successor.
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Birmingham
Ben F. Ray
Albert L. Patterson
Democratic Committee
Ray
Patterson
Mistrial in Damage Suit Over Child Burn Injury
Kenneth Lea Jr. versus Chestnut Court Apts. ended in a mistrial after hours of deliberation. The suit sought 15000 dollars under the attractive nuisance doctrine for injuries from a trash fire on a vacant lot near Beech Street on October 29, 1952. Defense argued the child acted alone. plaintiffs cited the doctrine and Sioux City Railroad versus Stout as precedent.
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Kenneth Lea Jr
Chestnut Court Apts
Beech St
Charles H
William B. Eyster
Jimmy Bloodworth
Joe Calvin
U. S. Supreme Court
Sioux City Railroad
Stout
B. Frank Chenault
Emilee J. Chenault
W. M. Chenault
Des Moines River Recedes as Levee Work Widens Its Gap
The Des Moines River crest receded and workers who battled the flood cheered the turning point. Engineers said dikes would hold while crews built new temporary barriers near the Des Moines and Raccoon junction to thwart any breakthrough from the Raccoon River. Major flooding wasn't expected from the Raccoon.
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Des Moines
Raccoon
Investigation Of Bold Vote Fraud Nearing Close
A Birmingham grand jury probes bold vote fraud in the attorney general race. It questions witnesses, including Vic Gold and Leo Willette, and weighs links to the Phenix City murder, with Judge Alta King directing uncovering who added 600 votes in Jefferson County after the June runoff.
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Phenix City
Birmingham
Graf
Vic Gold
Dale
Leo Willette
Birmingham News
Alta King
Albert L. Patterson
S. Garrett
Garrett
Galveston
Tex
J. W
Jake) Brassell
Brassell
Democratic Executive Committee
Patterson
Jefferson County
Lee
Butler Shoe Store Robbery Reported
Bill Ellison manager of the Butler Shoe Store reported a theft of 12 cases of shoes and two cases of ladies handbags. Each case held 36 to 50 pairs and items were in the basement when inventoried Sunday. Robbers entered through a coal chute, leaving dust and spider webs wiped from the chute area.
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Bill Ellison
Butler Shoe Store
Mr. Ellison
Jimmie Collier
Roland Guyse
J. B. Whitmire
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