Auto collisions, arrests and social notes from city life
A 1950 Plymouth driven by Al Ten Fite Jr. and a 1949 Plymouth driven by James Marshall collided at Prospect Drive and 8th Avenue at 6 45 p m causing damage to both cars. Herman Coburn 22 was sent to prison. Mrs L O Clark of Birmingham visited relatives in Decatur. Moose women meet tonight. Building permits issued for a tool shed and other work. A man served a night division sentence for intoxication. The Rev John D Holeman returned from the Church of God convention and will speak Wednesday at 7 30. Dwight Hooper and family vacation in Gulfport. Johnny Clark names their son John Calvin Jr. The Rev W K Stephenson reported local industry closing for two weeks. See Diary on Page 2.
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al- Ten Fite, Jr
9Th Ave
James Marshall
8Th Ave
Prospect Dr
War with the Mob Prompts Union Murder Allegations
Riesel claims a mob inside labor has murdered at least 200 union officials in twenty years from Maine to California and Detroit to Florida. He highlights attacks on the Reuther brothers and notes many cases remain unsolved, with violence including bombings beatings and shootings across a wide range of unions.
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Riesel
Maine
California
Detroit
Everglades
Miami
Reuther Brothers
Walter
Victor
Reuther
Univac
St. Louis
Norman Redwood
Sandhogs
Tommy Lewis
Building Service
Johnny Acropolis
The
Teamsters
Will Large
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Guatemala Under Army Rule Strife Sparks Students’ Deaths
In Guatemala City clashes during student protests against the state of alarm left a girl and a man wounded as authorities imposed martial law. The government cited preventing seditious disorders by Communists and ordered news censorship abroad after the夜rise.
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Cnt
Carlos Castillo Armas
Guatemala
Three Men Die In B47 Crash Near Salina
A B47 bomber crashed and burned in a wheat field near Salina Kansas. The wreck killed two airmen and a third died later. Names withheld pending next of kin notification. Parts of bodies were found at the scene among burned wheat stubble.
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Salina
Kan
Plot Uncovered To Kill Batista
Mexican authorities report a planned assassination of Batista with a target date in late July. An implied network includes exiles from Argentina Peru Panama Guatemala Costa Rica the Dominican Republic and veterans of the Spanish Civil War. Simultaneous uprisings were planned in Havana and ten other cities.
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Havana
Argentina
Peru
Panama
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Iceland anti NATO coalition nears government stake
Icelandic election results show the Progressives plus Social Democrats winning 25 seats, two short of a ruling majority. The Conservatives lost ground. U S troops at Keflavik remain a political flashpoint as talks hint at removal but not immediate expulsion.
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Reyejavik
Iceland
Resouicapide Ar Spm
Progressives
Social Democrats
Penul‘tes Tak
Ghibebee
Bath
Et Ee
Olafur Thors
Mina Pa
Eee
Bara
Ee Ees
United States
Soviet Union
Thors
U. S
NATO
Keflavik
Rabb Won't Talk Before Probers Riled McCarthy
Maxwell Rabb declined to testify before the Senate Investigations subcommittee drawing anger from McCarthy who called the refusal arrogant. Rabb said there is nothing he can add to deny leaks to author Donovan about Cabinet meetings. Subcommittee chair McClellan weighs subpoena if Rabb again refuses.
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Washington
White House
Maxwell Rabb
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Rabb
Cabinet
Robert J. Donovan
Donovan
Subcommittee
Eisenhower
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
McCarthy
Justice Department
Super Hiway Bill P Passes House Easily
Washington The largest road building program in decades moves forward as the House approves the conference report on a voice vote with no debate. The bill now awaits Senate approval.
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House
Washington
America
Senate
Brazil Breaks Up Assassination Plot Against Kubitschek
Brazilian authorities announce the breakup of a plan to assassinate President Juscelino Kubitschek. Albanian citizen Col Luna Pedrosa, head of the political police, was arrested and identified as Antonio Consulidh Valentini, alias Guido Antonio Lipertenel. the colonel provided no further details.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Juscelino Kubitschek
Luna Pedrosa
Antonio Consulidh Valentini
Guido Antonio Lipertenel
Lawrence Break-In Investigated at Gillepsie Grocery
State Investigator R W Godwin and local authorities investigated a burglary at the F D Gillespie Grocery and Service Station about seven miles east of Franklin. No suspects named and no injuries reported.
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R. W. Godwin
F. D. Gillespie
Franklin
Steel unions and firms inch toward a possible three-year contract
In New York and Pittsburgh talks on a three year deal continued as union and management negotiators gathered at the Hotel Roosevelt. Both sides showed no official shift yet hints of flexibility emerged with a three three arrangement and a twenty cent hourly rise in year one under discussion. A strike set for midnight June 30 remained a looming threat for 650000 workers.
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United Steel Workers
Pittsburgh
Hotel Roosevelt
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Toe John Morse
Jet missing near Soviet waters near Japan
U S Air Force reports an F86 Sabre jet vanished off the eastern tip of Hokkaido near the Kurile Islands after radioing its position. The pilot from the 4th Fighter Wing at Chitose Air Base had about two hours of fuel left. Search aircraft were dispatched for the missing fighter.
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Chitose
Japan
U. S
Air Force
Hokkaido
Kurile Islands
Chitose Air Base
Engineer Hired To Lay Out 16 Added Miles In County
Morgan County officials vote to hire W. F. Wright to map 16 miles of new roads with 75 percent county share and 25 percent state aid. Engineering costs exceed $20,000 with first project expected to finish in 60 days. Projects include McEntire Lane extension and additional five mile routes in several districts.
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Morgan County
Board of Revenue and Control
W. F. Wright
Bette
Wright
McEntire
Decatur
Pauler
Austinville-Flint Road
Collier’s
Talueah Road
Samuel Lynn
Barkley Bridge
Hardin
Witness Says Blonde Killed Man During Struggle
A witness testified that 18 year old Faye Craig fired at Winfred Rutledge, 24, as he struggled with her boyfriend Bobby Malone. The witness said Miss Craig warned, then shot Rutledge after bending over him in the street. Malone had been wounded earlier and faced separate jail break charges.
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Rutledge
Miss Craig
Malone
Governors Show Adlai Strength
An Associated Press survey of Democratic governors or their representatives shows strong Stevenson support in states with Democratic leaders. The piece notes Kefauver’s decline and Harriman’s potential 30 Kentucky votes, with no agreement reported between Harriman and Chandler.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Associated Press
Stevenson
Chicago
Harriman
New York
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
House Asked To Determine If Contribution Lists Destroyed
Washington reports Senate inquiry into whether 1952 Republican National Committee contribution records and 1949 1952 Democratic files were destroyed as scrap paper. Justice Department investigations and archives chief statements indicate many records no longer exist or are not in existence.
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Washington
Sen. Bridges
Republican National Committee
Justice Department
St.Louis
Sepeeines Ak SO Ser
Reener Tee
Wayne C. Grover
Cullman Medical Offices Raided
Cullman City police and county officers probed burglaries at three medical offices in Cullman last night. A safe at Frutiger's Chiropractic Clinic was pried open and a single dollar bill plus a $100 bill hidden with paper were left. offices of Dr. Bogel and Dr. Williford reported minimal cash loss. Sheriff Waldrop called the break in crude and questioned narcotics theft potential.
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Cullman
Sheriff's Office
Jack Bogel
BR. F. Williford
Frutiger
Grant Waldrop
Yeggs
Quickies a5 By Ken Reynolds
A clipped item by Ken Reynolds titled Quickies a5 presents brief notes or quips. The readable text references a playful column voice and local flavor. No explicit events or names beyond the byline are shown.
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Herman Clayton Coburn
L. O. Clark
Birmingham
B. R. Ross
Mr. Ross
Johnston St. SE
Women of the Moose
Moose
Moulton St
Samuel Longford
Betty St
Jame
Moree Ae
John D. Holeman
Sixth Avenue
Dwight Hooper
Mike
Gulfport, Miss
Jack Parker
Johnny Clark
John Calvin Jr
Clark
Dorothy Jean Hyde
W. K. Stephenson
Ae Eeer
Decatur Iron and Steel Co
Peick Mikine
Buckley
Aie
Ind
Batista
Mexico City
Fulgencio Batis
M Carthy
Vete
Venus
John D. Kraus
Ohio State University
Radio Observatory
Kraus
Beliey
Cullman Exchange
Morgan Co
Adlai
Cullman Medical Offices
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