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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1957
Page
1
Annual Optimist Club Horse Show Tonight in Huntsville
The AND MINE Optimist Club Horse Show starts at 6 p.m. in Optimist Park Huntsville with barbecue served. Also notes: residents travel, building permits issued, a theft report, and Brownie and Intermediate Day Camp staff training details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Optimist Club
Optimist Park
Huntsville
C.S.T
Dey
Flint Creek
Littlehouse
John Frazer
E. K. Hensen
Dulles Stresses Stage Disarmament Plan With Russia
Secretary of State Dulles stated the United States aims for a first stage disarmament accord with Russia. He tied a suspension of nuclear tests to a full agreement to halt atomic weapons production and to transfer nuclear materials from war stocks to an international atoms for peace pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dulles
U. S
Russia
Decatur search for body of Kentucky tugboat crew member
Ken tucky tugboat deck hand Jerry Dewayne McIntosh about 19 fell into the Tennessee River yesterday afternoon near Keller Memorial Bridge while preparing a barge. The Igert Towing Co. boat from Paducah was empty and crews recovered him after two submersions. Joe Turner, captain, and Claude Hutchenson were aboard as the rescue unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullene Morgan
Decatur
Kentucky
Tennessee
Jerry Dewayne McIntosh
Universal Concrete Pipe Co
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Keller Bridge
Igert Towing Co
Paducah
McIntosh
Joe Turner
Turner
Claude Hutchenson
Lee
Tuskegee Negro Boycott Looms
In Tuskegee Alabama after a law excluding Negro voters from the city passes leaders threaten a mass boycott of white merchants. William S. Mitchell says the plan is to stop trading if voting rights are denied. A rally is set at a Negro church to discuss citizenship and the forthcoming law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuskegee
Ala
William S. Mitchell
Mitchel
Tennessee River readings and forecast for Keller Memorial Bridge
River level at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning stood at 20.69 feet up 0.2 feet in 24 hours with a sea level reading of 554.99. High yesterday reached 82 degrees and the low was 66. At 10 15 a.m. today the temperature was 76. Rainfall in the past 24 hours ended 8 a.m. totals 0.43 inches. Today will start cloudy but become mostly sunny with fair mild tonight and Wednesday. Northerly winds 5 to 10 mph day, light and variable at night. High today around 84.6 degrees, low 65, high Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Arab Man Drowns at Guntersville Lake
Clarence Dunn, an Arab man, drowned after falling from a boat at Brown's Creek Fishing Camp on Guntersville Lake during night fishing. The motor boat crashed into the shore as witnesses saw no life preserver on Dunn before his disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guntersville
Clarence Dunn
Guntersville Lake
Brown's Creek
Dunn
John Allen Carlisle
Birmingham
Little Cahaba River
Overton
Delegation Seeks Widening Of Old Moulton Road
Wallace Meadows led a committee before the Morgan County Revenue and Control Board seeking improvement of the Old Moulton Road from Decatur to the Lawrence County line. They argued the highway is narrow and heavily traveled while a parallel new Moulton Road exists nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Wallace Meadows
Moulton
Decatur
Lawrence County
Meadows
Living Costs Hit Ninth Straight Record High in May
Washington reports the cost of living rose three tenths of 1 percent in May marking a ninth consecutive record high. Real earnings for factory workers fell about half a percent due to the rise and a shorter work week. Nearly one million workers will get wage boosts under union contracts tied to the consumer price index.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Trailer Jackknifes Near Cullman Injures Woman
A station wagon and a house trailer jackknifed on the Duck River bridge nine miles east of Cullman at 4:30 p.m. injuring 31 year old Mrs Cohen of Carbondale. The driver William Howard Cohen, 29, suffered minor injuries and was treated. Damages were listed at 200 for the car and 100 for the trailer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
Duck River Bridge
Here
W.M. Brown
Willys
Wiliam Howard Cohen
Carbondale
Musselman, 56, Believed Slain Near Tennessee River
Investigations underway into the death of John Wesley Smith 56 whose body was found yesterday afternoon on the Tennessee River south bank between Keller Memorial Bridge and Decatur Box and Basket Co. Coroner Lewis C. Brown says blunt injuries suggest violent death. Police seek two questioned persons and a state toxicology report is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
Decatur Box & Basket Co
John Wesley Smith
S. Elm St
Little Rock
Ark
Smith
John Houser
Morgan County
Lewis C. Brown
Brown
Raymond Guyse
Guyse
Brown Funeral Co
Bourges-Maunoury Wins Tax Vote Amid Algeria Strife
In Paris Premier Maurice Bourges-Maunoury secured a 251 to 210 confidence vote after pushing a tax plan to replenish France's near bankrupt treasury and fund the fight against the nationalist rebellion in Algeria. Many members abstained or were absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Maurice Bourges-Maunoury
National Assembly
Assembly
Bourges- Maunoury
France
Algeria
Bourges-Maunoury
Guy Mollet
Radio TV exchange idea gains GOP and Democrat support
Secretary of State Dulles proposes an uncensored radio and television exchange with Russia to reach the people directly. It aligns with Senator Lyndon Johnson and adds bipartisan backing for disarmament talks, with potential impact on negotiations in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington. LP
Dulles
Russia
London
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
United States
Sen.Mansfield
D-Mont
Plumber Kills Secretary Then Slays Self
A Montgomery incident reports a plumber chasing a secretary around a car where his wife sat and firing multiple shots. Miss Ouida Wright died on scene. John C. McNair died later. Mrs McNair, 28, fled to a neighbor's home and survived with mild shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
George Owen
Ouida Wright
John C. McNair
McNair
Miss Wright
House Votes Extra 133 Million for Post Office
The House approved 133 million dollars in additional funding for the Post Office Department for the coming fiscal year. This supplements the 3.192 billion already provided for operations from July 1. Postmaster General Summerfield had requested 149.5 million more, warning of potential Saturday mail halts. The vote occurred without opposition after assurances no major service cuts would be needed, and the bill moves to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Post Office Department
Congress
Summerfield
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Legion Post Elects Officers for Morgan County Post 15
Morgan County Post 15 American Legion held a regular meeting Monday electing officers to serve until installation in July after the department convention in Montgomery. Named were T. D. Brooks commander Asbury Malone first vice commander Garvis Ford second vice commander Leo Wright finance officer Bruce Pirkle Junior Martin sergeants at arms J. R Williams Bishop Ganes trustees and E. R Chandler chaplain Miles T Powell acted as first vice commander in Isaac Johnson's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
American Legion
Montgomery
T. D. Brooks
Asbury Malone
Garvis Ford
Leo Wright
Bruce Pirkle
Martin
J. R Williams
Bishop Ganes
E. R. Chandler
Miles T. Powell
Isaac Johnson
Gulf Storm Found Spawning Off Texas
A tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico showed signs of intensifying and moving northward. The Weather Bureau noted the low pressure was first seen last night and remained nearly stationary about 350 miles southeast of Brownsville, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Brownsville
Texas
Governors Cold To Ike's Plea For Less Washington Control
President Eisenhower faced a cool reception at the Governors Conference as he urged shifting power back to the states and offered tax cuts if states take over programs. GOP governors backed a federal state task force to study reviving state control. Democrats criticized the idea as centralization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Washington
Williamsburg
Eisenhower
Senate Group Moves to Approve TVA Financing
The Senate public works committee was to vote on final approval of TVA financing, tentatively approving a 750 million dollar bond limit, geographic expansion restrictions, and advice to the federal treasury on bond issues. A method for repaying federal money invested in TVA remained to be settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Group
TVA
Washington
Senate Public Works Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal Treasury
Senate
Audrey Hurricanes Tops Gulf Coast Alerts
Late bulletins report Hurricane Audrey forming in the Gulf of Mexico and heading toward Texas and Louisiana coasts with winds near 75 mph. The system emerged from a tropical low as a hurricane per Navy reconnaissance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Audrey
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Louisiana
Colonel Nickerson Guilty On Secret Documents Charges
Colonel John C Nickerson Jr a West Point graduate faced a 10 man general court martial in Huntsville Alabama for letting secret documents reach unauthorized persons He pleaded guilty to 15 counts of Army regulations violations and the espionage and false swearing charges were dropped He now faces up to 30 years and a dishonorable discharge The court recessed for extenuating circumstances to consider Nickerson motives before sentencing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Nickerson
Army
John C. Nickerson Jr
Huntsville
Ray Jenkins
Knoxville
Tenn
Robert K. Bell
Redstone Arsenal
Hero
Ala
West Point
Kefauver Criticizes Proposed Court Reform Move
Senator Kefauver denounces a proposed four year cycle to approve Supreme Court justices by the Senate calling it politics. Senators Eastland and Johnston push the amendment after the Court overturned three contempt rulings tied to anti communism probes. House leaders Andrews and Mason seek impeachment moves against court members, aiming for broad sponsor support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Senate
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Sen
Eastland
D-Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Andrews
Mason
R-N
House
America
Johnston
Senate Internal Security
House Committee On UN American Activites
John T. Watkins
Illinois
Watkins
House Committee
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Blue Ridge Mountains
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U. S. Air Force
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James C. Rogers
R. C. Dumas
Double Springs
Shady Grove
Robert Woodall
Anniston
Grean Construction Co
Park St. SE
Curtis Taylor
5Th Ave
William T. Dye, Jr
13Th Ave
Lloyd Luffman
Buena Vista Circle
Paul Hurst
Memorial Dr. SW
Aléérie Porter
Walnut St
Sia
George Phillips
A. O. Damron
Aaron Locker
Elora, Tenn
Robert Winton
Wheeler Dam
W. T. Jordan
W. B. Lee
Bill
Jordan
New York City
East
Buckley
River
Rex Thomas
Carlisle
Moulton Rd
By Phillip Kyle
Musselman
By Cullene Morgan
P.O
Legion Post
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
GOP
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
McKeldin
Plan Puts Ltd
Harold E. Stassen
U.N. Disarmament Subcommittee
John Dye Cheasty
Jimmy Hoffa
Kishi
Japan
U.S
BEM Price
Curb
By Ken Reynolds
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