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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1955
Page
4
The Hoover Commission report on the Tennessee Valley Authority is expected to be released within the week. Readers can choose to read the full document if desired.
Alabama Power Company proposes building dams that would back up water over a large area affecting a Tennessee-Warrior-Tombig canal region. The plan could alter local watercourses and surrounding communities.
A lake event recounts a small boat overturning with fishermen stressing safety rules for water recreation. The warnings come as season activity increases and emphasize wearing life vests and following local guidelines to prevent incidents.
Cullman faces a stalemate as Alabama officials seek to reroute U.S. 31 with widespread disagreement over right-of-way prices. Property owners demand higher offers while the state pursues a fair middle ground, urging residents to weigh public good against personal claims.
The measure, introduced by Senator Potter of Michigan and sent to the Senate Finance Committee, argues for earlier retirement as a means to ease economic strain. Proponents contend wives and widows should qualify at 60, not 65, citing longer life expectancy and growing labor participation.
A 5,000 strong Selma audience heard former Georgia Governor Herman Talmadge propose a four point plan to meet desegregation threats. Mississippi judge Tom P. Brady then urged impeaching the Supreme Court, drawing the loudest applause though the crowd’s sentiment remained mixed. The piece urges calm, urging white and Black leaders to seek peace and reject incendiary calls.
The letter writer accuses the Soviet Union of using a peace offensive to mask aggression against a U.S. Navy patrol plane. He questions why the plane didn’t fire back and bars any Russian leadership from pursuing peace agreements while the Kremlin remains hostile. The piece links postwar tensions to ongoing calls for stronger retaliation.
Nelson Rockefeller and four Congressmen played penny-ante poker on the President’s special plane en route to San Francisco. Participants included Miller Democrat of Oakland Mailliard Republican of San Francisco Younger of Ohio and Scudder of California. Pearsons notes his losses.
In a closed Senate Public Works Committee session the one remaining undeveloped power site Hell's Canyon became the focal point. Senator Russell Long of Louisiana shifted to oppose his party, aligning with Republicans and Idaho Power despite prior Democratic support for government control. The vote was postponed to await Senator Murray's return, preserving the Idaho Power Company’s position.
Pegler argues the guaranteed annual wage and employer taxes violate constitutional rights and human dignity. He accuses unions and big automakers of fostering socialism and fascism and says management and government enable a labor monopoly driving higher costs and inflation.
The piece argues against living solely for self and urges engaging with others to gain happiness. It cites Shaw and Miller to support the idea that purpose and contribution bring fulfillment beyond personal gain. A closing note mentions political delay as a separate, unrelated item about a dam site vote.
The piece explains Operation Alert timed to sway public opinion toward peace talks with Russia. It notes officials evacuated Washington to simulate a hydrogen attack and argues the plan sought to demonstrate diplomacy over war. It also mentions Hobby’s H-bomb test, atomic engine timelines, and shift of intelligence duties to the Joint Chiefs.
Victor Riesel reports CIA files show Tito's radio and press blasting the U S and the Catholic Church while tying Peron to American industrialists. Tito defends Peron as Argentina's unrest intensifies, with labor groups urged to seize vehicles and resist authorities.
In a noir fable by HAL BOYLE a pair of laboratory mice, Oswald and Harriet, escape to a house with dressed human dummies and share a dance before a nuclear test spawns a mushroom cloud. Hawks strike as the world collapses, leaving Harriet calling Oswald as the scene ends. The tale closes with a cautionary moral to beware of hawks.
Pleasant and cool weather continued across the central and eastern United States while western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming mopped up after cloudbursts of as much as 20 inches of rain yesterday. Six hour falls reached 18 inches at Dickinson North Dakota and 1.42 inches at Lemmon South Dakota with 0.95 and 0.80 at Tallahassee and Daytona Beach Florida.
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