Southwind Sailing Club to host picnic supper
The Southwind Sailing Club announces a Monday picnic supper for members at Decatur Boat Harbor at 5 30 p m. Dudley Cheape club yeoman reports the event. Local items include Auburn student Mollie Ann Hendrix earning a summer course opportunity and Philip Hendrix entering Auburn this fall. National Guard units of Memphis and Jackson prepare to depart Camp Stewart Ga after three weeks summer camp. Henry R Davis recovery from recent surgery continues in St Petersburg Fla. Max Skidmore of Decatur gains American Guernsey Cattle Club junior membership. City permits issued for three homes and a garage. See Diary on Page 2.
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Southwind Sailing Club
Decatur Boat Harbor
Dudley Cheape
Club Yeoman
Mollie Ann Hendrix
Auburn
Atlanta
Philip N. Hendrix
Floyd Hendrix
St. Petersburg
Fla
Decantt
Hendrix
W A. Britain
Sherman Street
National Guard
Memphis
Jackson
Max Skidmore
Decatur
American Guernsey Cattle Club
AGCC
Max
Guernsey
Birch St
Eastmeade
Theo M. Compton
13Th Ave
Clarence Cottingham
Gordon Dr. SW
Oval Sanders
Decatur Amateur Radio Club
American Radio Relay League
Decatur Club
Chemstrand Park
Chuck Browning
Spencer Browning
Lewis Garrett, Jr
Milford McMillan
Morris Gushke
Mark Stephens
Barbara Mock
Gloria Jean Mock
Austin League
Jury Sides With Slate in False Pretense Case
A Morgan County jury found Leonard Slate not guilty on one false pretense count and the rest of the seven false pretense and two forgery charges were continued to the next term. The judge said the verdict has no effect on other cases, with further actions pending.
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Leonard Slate
S. A. Lynne
George Johnson
Slate
Morgan County Board of : and Control
Roy Wallace
Wallace
Morgan County
Board of Revenue
Lynne
International Union
Wolverine Tube
Nina Nichols
Obie Lee Ross
Frank Thompson
Ross
A. B. Townson
Knowland Sees No Changes In D Y Program
Sen. Knowland maintains the administration’s support for the Dixon Yates contract despite Memphis plan to build a 100 million dollar generating plant. He calls Memphis move a maneuver by contract opponents and says it won’t affect final congressional action.
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Washington
Knowland
R-Calif
Memphis
Dixon-Yates
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Senate
Wadley Forms Bi-Racial Council to Foster Peace
Wadley Alabama weaves a bi racial council led by Mayor W B Fackler to ease tensions after a church conference at Southern Union College was broken up by a white mob four days earlier The group includes ministers bankers and teachers and vows harmony and peaceful dispute settlement in this farming town with a 55 percent Black population
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Wadley
Ala
Alabama
Southern Union College
Southern Union
Congregational Christian Church College
W. B. Fackler
Council On Human Relations
Clyde C. Flannery
Fackler
TVA Mails 25 Million Dollar Treasury Repayment
Tennessee Valley Authority announced General Manager Aubrey J. Wagner that a 25 million dollar check was mailed to the U.S. Treasury from net income of power operations. The payment brings total TVA power proceeds repaid to 151.13 million, with 100.06 million to the general fund and 51.07 million to bond proceeds. 14 million in bonds remain outstanding.
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Knoxville
Tennnessee Valley Authority
Treasury Department
Washington
Aubrey J. Wagner
Wagner
TVA Power
No Sale Rung Up By Folsom On Circuit Shift
Lawrence State Rep. W J Lee Jr says he cannot see Lawrence leaving the 8th judicial circuit and would remain with Morgan and Limestone. Gov Folsom discussed forming a new Lawrence Franklin circuit with Lee and other lawmakers as Colbert would become a new circuit, potentially splitting Cullman and altering Morgan and Cullman counties.
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Folsom
Town Creek
Lawrence
W. J
Bill) Lee, Jr
Lawrence County
James E. Folsom
Lawrence Franklin Judicial
Morgan, Lawrence, Limestone
Cullman
Colbert County
Cullman County
Morgan Lawrence
Joe Calvin
Morgan
Albert Brew
Decatur
Moulton Weighs School Plans as Legislature Looms
Residents in Moulton and other Lawrence County schools discussed needs for new buildings heating toilets and lunchrooms as state legislation on education waits for action. Lawrence County High School serves about 700 pupils though designed for 250.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Lawrence County High School
Siftason Dies of Injuries in Highway 20 Crash
Frederick Marion Siftason Sr., 61, of Decatur, died at Decatur General Hospital from injuries suffered in a May 5 crash eight miles east of Courtland on Highway 20. Charles Freddie Langley, 35, died at the scene. Horace Knight was injured. Siftason was a Colbert Steam plant employee, Central Baptist Church member, and Rising Sun Lodge 29, A F M member. Funeral Monday at 3 30 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home Chapel.
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Frederick Marion Siftason
Decatur
Decatur General Hospital
Courtland
Charles Freddie Langley
Horace Knight
Sittason
7Th Ave
Brown Funeral Home
Colbert Steam Plant
Tri-Cities
Central Baptist Church
Rising Sun Lodge
Calvin Pushes Bill To Regulate State Purchase Methods
State Sen. Joe Calvin pursues a bill requiring at least three competitive bids on all state purchases over 500 dollars. The measure would ban splitting orders to dodge the threshold and establish a seven member board to set specifications. The bill sits in a Senate Finance subcommittee. a Tuesday meeting aims for a favorable report to advance.
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Morgan-Lawrence
Joe Calvin
Senate
Bill
Senate Finance and Taxation Committee
Sen
Calvin
Katie Kash Bonanzagram No 16 Seeks $300 Winner
Readers are urged to check claim checks against the Friday solution printed in The Daily. Contest closes Monday at 5 p.m. with a winner to be announced after verification. A new Bonanzagram pot is promised for the next round.
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Katie Kash
Katie
Daily
Bonanzagram No. 15
No. 16
Quiz Suspect On Break-Ins At Hartselle
Morgan County jail holds Sidney Lee Swopes Jr. for investigation into six Hartselle break-ins in ten days. Sheriff Jimmie Collier and Hartselle Police Chief M L Looney confirm the arrest with another man to be released. Losses total 163 to 178 dollars across the thefts including three on Thursday night, two on Wednesday night, and one on June 16.
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Hartselle
Sidney Lee Swopes, Jr
Morgan County
Decatur
Jimmie Collier
M. L. Looney
Collier
Snopes
Grandmother Gives Birth to Triplet Boys in Pa Hospital
In Ephrata Pennsylvania on June 25 Mrs. Russell Fultz 42 year old grandmother welcomed three newborn boys at Ephrata General Hospital She is already mother to ten other children marking a remarkable family milestone
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Ephrata
Russell Fultz
Ephrata General Hospital
Morgan County Maid of Cotton Contest Draws Twelve Entrants
Twelve candidates vie for Morgan County Maid of Cotton with judging at the Lyons Hotel at 5 p.m. and a WMSL-TV 9 p.m. announcement. The winner receives 100 and will represent Morgan County in the Alabama State Fair finals in Birmingham.
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Marian Chandler
Morgan County Maid of Cotton
Lyons Hotel
Wmsl-Tv
County Cotton Industries
Morgan County
Birmingham
Bette Kay Poole
Maurice Tiller
Dorothy Couch
Susan Stewart
Margie Slate
Helen Howell
Edna Louise Jackson
Shirley Cooper
Shirley Inez Garner
Mary Battle King
Flora Coleman
Yvonne Barrett
Poole
South Morrow St
Hartselle
Alabama Poly
Rome teen found murdered after rape confession
The body of 14 year old Patricia Ann Cook was found in the Etowah River near Rome, wrapped in a quilt and weighted with a wrench. Ex-convict Willie Cochran confessed to raping and killing her, saying he shot her with a .38 pistol and hid the weapon. Sheriff Atwood said a murder warrant was issued and a rape warrant awaited reports from a state toxicologist.
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Rome
Patricia Ann Cook
Etowah
Herman Jones
Cartersville
Willie Grady Cochran
Bartow
Frank Atwood
Dr. Jones
Atwood
Cochran
Weather and River Report for Decatur Area
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge rose to 21.76 feet, up .26 in 24 hours. Friday high reached 92 degrees at 1 pm, low 72 Saturday morning, 82 at 6 am. Forecast partly cloudy and warm with scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers.
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Decatur and
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
A.m
Tedey S
Molotov Offers to Pay Half the Damages
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov expressed regret over the shooting of an American naval plane in the Bering Straits and said Russia would pay one half of the damages. He presented the position in a memorandum to Secretary of State Dulles, who notified President Eisenhower by phone for further discussion.
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San Francisco
V. M. Molotov
Bering Straits
Russia
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Eisenhower
Molotov Backs Direct China U S Talks on Far East
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov endorsed Premier Chou En-lai's proposal for direct talks between China and the United States on Far East issues. He spoke at a hastily arranged press conference before departing by train for New York en route home, saying such talks would be useful in consolidating the peace all nations desire.
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San Francisco
Russia
V. M. Molotov
China
United States
Far East
Chou En-lai
Red China
New York City
Dulles and Molotov Hold Urgent Washington Talk
In Washington on Monday Dulles said the offer to pay 50 percent of damages fell short of U.S. demands. He had been in Rutherford California for a swim and lunch when Molotov urgently requested a note on the plane incident. Dulles returned to San Francisco in 65 minutes driving 66 miles. Molotov reached his hotel ten minutes after the meeting.
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Washington
Dulles
Molotov
United States
Rutherford
Calif
San Francisco
Toll Road Action Looms In Senate
Senate Public Roads and Highways Committee prepares action on Rep. Albert Brewer’s toll road bill to create a State Toll Road Authority and survey a north south super highway through Alabama. Opponents argued it would raise costs and hurt service stations. supporters cited Florida toll road plans.
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Albert Brewer
Senate Public Roads and Highways Committee
Joe Calvin
Morgan- Lawrence
Alabama
Senate
Tom Strawn
Selma
Jim Martin
Gadsden
Georgis
Richman Flowers
Rep
Brewer
Florida
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Deannessa
Henry R. Davis
Fila
Buckley
Treasury
Lawrence Solon
County
Franklin
Bulletin
F.M. Siftason
F. M
Decatur High School
Miss Tiller
National Honor Society
Business Education Club
William E. Tiller
Miss Couch
Union Grove
Oscar Couch
Florence State Teachers College
Rohn and Haas Co
Huntsville
Business Club
Future Teachers of America
Florence State
Beta Sigma Phi
Stewart
East Hickory St
Birmingham Southern College
Y.W.C.A
F.T.A
W. H. Stewart
Curry St
Florence State Teachers
Shumake
F.F.A
Leonard E. Slate
Howell
E. Booth Ave
Huntingdon College
Morgan County High School
Science Club
Alabama College
Zeta Phi Eta
National Collegiate Players of America
Mu Delta Alpha
Lambda Sigma Pi
Walter M. Jackson
Cooper
Hartseller
Falkville High School
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